The wind swept through the banyan trees at summer's end. The weather gradually became less hot, and Autumn Water Pavilion was no longer bustling with visitors every day.
Clear Abyss Sect was not an inn, after all. Li Mo bought a residence outside for the relatives attending the betrothal banquet to stay in, while Li Dalong and Gu Xueqin went to look after them.
The morning sunlight was brilliant, spilling cool flecks of gold through gaps in the banyan leaves. Li Mo had been waiting by the gate early in the morning to set out with Elder Qian.
"Father, Mother, your son is leaving again. This time, I'm going to the Eastern Sea. It's a very distant place."
Li Mo tilted his head at a forty-five-degree angle, his brows carrying the wistfulness and reluctance of one about to travel far away.
"Mhm. Take the trash by the gate out when you leave."
Li Dalong did not even turn his head from his morning exercises in the courtyard.
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Little Li's back stiffened for a moment. At last, he somewhat understood how Uncle Zhong had felt when no one paid him any attention in the main hall.
"Son, take these with you."
Gu Xueqin carried several bundles stuffed with clothes and daily necessities, making her son hold one in each hand while hanging another around his neck.
"Thank you, Mother, for preparing all these things for my journey. Uh..."
Li Mo accepted them, a little moved.
Yet when he looked down, he found women's clothing inside as well. "But it seems some of these things might not be needed..."
"These are for the house in Prefecture City."
Gu Xueqin wore a strange expression. "Isn't your travel speed fast, son? That cloud thing goes swoosh and you're there. Your grandparents have a