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Golden Lucky lowered his long lashes, a dark glint flashing through his eyes. A strand of golden hair fell across his lips, concealing the trace of a cold smile as he answered softly, "The better-looking one."

He suddenly turned his head and caught the flicker of surprise between the woman's brows as she asked, "You mean the taller one is Lord Rong?"

After all, when it came to beauty, no one in Great Wei could compare to Qin Ke.

Golden Lucky merely smiled without answering. Just then, a customer asked the price, and he replied with a dazzling grin, letting the subject drop.

Before long, Liu Zishi came looking for him. Seeing that only two fish remained in the bucket, he repeatedly praised Golden Lucky.

Golden Lucky wiped away his sweat and grinned.

"Lord Liu, are you going home with Lucky?" the woman asked with a hand over her lips, smiling.

Liu Zishi nodded honestly. "Lady Xin, it is getting late. You should go home early as well."

His words were concerned, yet they made Lady Xin's eyes redden slightly.

"This humble woman has no home to return to." Tears welled in her lovely eyes, making her look pitiful and moving.

Yet one was still a young boy whose heart had not awakened to love, while the other was bent beneath a shoulder pole. Her display found no audience.

"You came to Mengshan County to seek refuge with relatives. How can you have nowhere to go?" Liu Zishi asked with pity and concern.

Golden Lucky lifted the water buckets onto his shoulders, his eyes curving with a smile. "Zishi, let's go home."

With that, he swayed away step by step.

Liu Zishi was helpless. He could only leave Lady Xin behind and run after him.

Lady Xin remained where she