Early morning.
As the first rays of sunlight quietly spilled across the windowsill, the young woman lying in bed slowly awoke.
The first thing she wanted to do after waking was visit Xiao Mo in the bamboo grove at the foot of Qianxue Peak.
Though Tushan Jingci kept reassuring herself over and over that "Xiao Mo will definitely emerge from closed-door cultivation safe and sound" and "nothing will happen to Xiao Mo,"
deep in her heart, her worry and concern never went away.
So as soon as the sky began to brighten, Tushan Jingci quietly changed her clothes, planning to sneak over to Xiao Mo's courtyard.
The result was just as expected.
Tushan Jingci was caught red-handed by Yueshi.
"Sister Yueshi, please let me go..."
"Sister Yueshi..."
"Nothing will happen if I go."
"Besides, Xiao Mo has already begun closed-door cultivation..."
"I know Mother is worried there might be unpleasant rumors about Xiao Mo and me."
"But Xiao Mo is in closed-door cultivation! He's just like a stone now, sitting there without moving. What kind of unpleasant rumors could possibly come from that..."
As she spoke, Tushan Jingci gently shook Yueshi's arm, wheedling as she always did.
The young woman's voice was soft and sweet, with a hint of coaxing.
"..."
As her young mistress gazed at her with those pleading eyes and begged her again and again, Yueshi's resolve softened little by little.
Yueshi thought it over in secret and decided her young mistress did have a point.
After all, Xiao Mo was in closed-door cultivation. The two of them wouldn't have any contact, and her young mistress only wanted to take a look at him. Surely that would be harmless.
But then Yueshi remembered Madam's instructions, and a troubled look rose across her face.
"Sister Yueshi, if you