More Good People Than Bad in This World

Before the inn, Ning Chen asked a direct, piercing question that made Elder Jialing, the guardian of the city, freeze for a moment.

"There are no explicit rules."

After a brief pause, Elder Jialing came back to his senses and answered awkwardly.

"Thank you. I understand."

Ning Chen nodded and replied calmly. He handed the child, whose injuries had been stabilized, to the woman and said, "Take this child to a doctor. There shouldn't be anything seriously wrong now."

Hearing this, the woman gratefully kowtowed several more times before picking up the child, rising, and hurrying away.

"Let's go."

Ning Chen glanced at the two beside him. Without another word, he turned and left.

A'man and Yin'er exchanged puzzled looks, then followed after him.

"Ning Chen, aren't we going to teach them a lesson?"

Looking eager for the world to descend into chaos, Yin'er asked.

"Fighting is bad," Ning Chen answered casually.

Yin'er pouted. Who was he trying to fool, a child?

Outside the ancient city, travelers became fewer and fewer. The boundless wilderness stretched beyond sight, and the road that had to be taken to reach the next city was bleak as far as the eye could see.

Ahead of the two girls, Ning Chen walked quietly onward. His red robes danced in the wind like flames, dazzling and eye-catching.

Behind him, Yin'er chattered endlessly to the woman beside her, never stopping for even a moment.

A'man wore a gentle smile throughout, listening attentively to the little girl's nonsense without the slightest impatience.

Before long, hoofbeats rang out. Amid flying dust and swirling sand, figures galloped past on horseback, kicking up waves of sand a hundred yards high.

"Ah!"

Yin'er went frantic, raising her hand to brush dust off herself, her little face full of furious displeasure.

"Hmm?"

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