In the courtyard.
Jiang Ning continued practicing his boxing, and every movement and conversation outside the courtyard entered his ears.
Why had Qingyi come?
And who were those two people who had come with her?
A flicker of doubt flashed through his mind.
Then, with his powerful five senses, every movement and word of the four people in the outer courtyard surfaced vividly in his mind.
A moment later, he heard Qingyi, Jiang Li, and the maiden who had come with Qingyi leave. Clearly, they had gone indoors to take shelter from the wind and cold.
But the man named Ji Minghao was still standing in the wind and snow, waiting for him to finish his training.
"Ji Minghao?"
Jiang Ning pondered inwardly.
He searched through his memories, yet he had never heard this name before.
After thinking for a moment, he set it aside for the time being and continued practicing.
Outside the courtyard.
The goose-feather-like snow quickly covered Ji Minghao's head and shoulders, piling all over the Fox Fur Coat draped over him.
The bone-piercing cold wind blew over from the vast lake surface. Even with the tall courtyard walls blocking it, it still seeped through every crack, howling as it drilled into the gaps in his clothing.
Very soon, Ji Minghao seemed to have turned into a snowman, even his brows dusted with fine snowflakes.
Yet amid the wind and snow, he stood upright like a pine.
Suddenly, creak—
With the sound of the courtyard gate turning, the main gate before Ji Minghao slowly opened.
The next instant, he saw Jiang Ning appear before him, simply dressed in a white training suit.
Seeing this, Ji Minghao immediately shook his shoulders, and the snow piled on him rustled down.
"I am Ji Minghao!"
Ji Minghao cupped his