Qingzhou, Bishui County.
It was still the middle of the night. A full moon hung overhead, and the county town lay in utter silence.
Xiang Yuan vaulted over the wall into the courtyard, landing without a sound. His stealthy movements had grown ever more practiced. He pushed open the door to the small courtyard house and saw Ziping sitting cross-legged on the couch. Just as I thought, he said to himself.
Just as he had expected, A Ping had once again been made to wear ill-fitting shoes for seducing Eldest Sister's man. With nowhere left for her at Sword Heart Studio, she had been driven out.
And, incidentally, A Ping had been used as bait to catch the cheating adulterer red-handed.
Though the entire process had gone wrong, the result was right: Shang Qingmeng had once again hooked him.
Paying a visit to Sword Heart Studio's women's quarters in the dead of night was indeed rather improper. Xiang Yuan had wanted to spend the night in Xiao Lingyue's room, then arrive at Sword Heart Studio the next day refreshed and in high spirits, asking to see Sword Venerable Su Ran as the Heavenly Sect's Young Sect Master.
But Xiao Lingyue refused. No matter what he said, she would not let Xiang Yuan stay the night. Even when he brought up Xiao Lingyan, she did not so much as blink.
If you've got the nerve, then go over there!
But if he really went, she would be unhappy again!
Xiang Yuan naturally could not truly go looking for Xiao Lingyan. He had wanted to have a little fun with Xiao He, only to be shut out at the door, so he had come straight to Qingzhou, intending to make quick work of things.
He was not worried that Sword Heart Studio