In the blink of an eye.
Li Yun had spent three years in Guangyang Prefecture.
One day.
Second Miss Huang, Huang Yanshu of the Huang Family, came to the gates of the Shen Residence again with her maid.
Cao Jin answered the door and received them as before.
"Mr. Cao, may I ask if Lord Li has come out of seclusion?"
Cao Jin sighed helplessly. "Miss Huang, why be so persistent? This is already your ninth visit in three years. It isn't that I don't want to help you. My lord truly is in Seclusion, and he won't see anyone anytime soon."
"And even if he did see you, what then?"
"My lord stands above worldly affairs. He won't involve himself in the dispute between your Huang Family and the Nine Suns Sword Sect."
"You'll have to find a way to settle your own affairs."
"That's all I have to say."
"Please go home, Miss Huang."
With that, Cao Jin moved to shut the gate.
Huang Yanshu grew anxious and hurriedly held it open with one hand. "Mr. Cao, please don't shut the gate yet. Let me in. I only need to say a couple of things, all right?"
"Really, this is extremely important..."
"Perhaps Lord Li would care if he knew..."
"Well..."
Cao Jin frowned, but in the end, he let Huang Yanshu and her maid into the Shen Residence.
This time, however, he did not lead them to the rear garden.
He knew Li Yun truly was in Seclusion. Since Huang Yanshu and her maid's visit three years ago, Li Yun had not once stepped out of the Shen Residence's rear garden.
Even Cao Jin could only stand at the Shen Family's garden entrance and glimpse him from afar. Cao Jin had no idea what Li Yun was