Three Realms in One Leap! The Late Ink-Point Realm!

Night deepened over Yuhang City.

The group did not head for the Demon Suppression Office or the official inn. Instead, they turned into a quiet lane beside the river.

Several old osmanthus trees stood at the lane's entrance. Though their blooming season had passed, a faint sweetness seemed to linger in the air.

The vermilion gates had gleaming door rings.

Lanterns hanging on either side swayed gently in the night breeze.

"Inspector Jiang, the official inn has too many prying eyes, and the Demon Suppression Office is too noisy. I'm afraid you'll have to make do with my humble home tonight."

Jiang Yuechu looked up and surveyed the place, then gave a slight nod.

"Sorry for the trouble."

Behind her, Xie Tinglan's eyelid twitched.

Humble home?

This was the Yue Clan's ancestral residence in Yuhang.

Yue Huaiyuan might be a mere martial man, but the Yue Clan was half an aristocratic family in Yuhang.

It could not compare with the great East Riverlands families whose legacies stretched back a thousand years, but its foundations ran deep.

In the past, even when a Gold Robe inspector came from the capital or a high-ranking official paid a visit, Yue Huaiyuan kept matters strictly official. At most, he arranged a room at the finest inn in town.

After all, public business was public business, and private life was private life.

It was enough to give them due respect in official circles. Why bring them into his own home?

Yet Yue Huaiyuan had thrown open the gates of his ancestral residence to host Jiang Yuechu. That alone showed how fond the old brute was of Miss Jiang.

Xie Tinglan sighed inwardly.

Well, well.

I get to share in the good fortune and stay at the Yue Residence, a place most people can't enter.

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