The next morning.
Before dawn had even broken, Wang Xuan was already awake.
Looking at Lu Yao in his arms, her face flushed as she slept soundly, Wang Xuan still felt as though he were in a daze.
"Ah, what kind of mess is this!"
Wang Xuan could not help but sigh inwardly.
Yesterday, Lu Yao had still been his sister-in-law, yet now she had become his woman.
He looked at Lu Yao's sleeping face and smiled. Then, moving as lightly as possible, he got out of bed and dressed.
"Brother Shi, are... are you leaving?"
Just as Wang Xuan finished dressing, Lu Yao's voice came from behind him.
Lu Yao had already sat up in bed, wrapped in the quilt as she looked at Wang Xuan with reluctant eyes.
Wang Xuan turned back and said, "Yao Yao, today is the day for special training. I have to hurry back to the barracks."
"Don't worry. It's only three days."
"Once it's over, I can come back."
Wang Xuan held Lu Yao's face and kissed her forehead.
"Alright, then be careful."
"Don't wear yourself out too much."
Lu Yao still looked at Wang Xuan reluctantly.
Wang Xuan rubbed her head, slung the Black Serpent Bow over his back, closed the door, and left the courtyard.
As Lu Yao watched Wang Xuan's departing figure, her eyes were filled with worry and reluctance. Only after a long while did she lie back down to sleep.
Outside the main gate.
Chen Feng was already waiting for Wang Xuan.
"You brat, you actually slept until now."
"Judging by the look on your face, last night you..."
Seeing Wang Xuan's expression, Chen Feng seemed to have guessed something. He looked at him with a wicked grin.
Wang Xuan could not help but smile bitterly. "Brother Feng,