Seeing Jiang Nuan's low spirits, Guagua immediately appeared to comfort her.
Jiang Nuan hugged Guagua.
[Guagua, thank goodness I have you with me!]
[Guagua will always stay with you, host!]
Guagua promised.
With Guagua's promise, Jiang Nuan felt a little better.
Gradually, she began to console herself as well.
This brief separation was for the sake of a better reunion in the future. The next time they met, they would surely both be better than before.
After eating half a roasted pheasant and half a roasted wild rabbit, she briefly forgot her troubles, soothed by the delicious food.
Night soon fell. There were no cities nearby, so they decided to set up camp here for the night.
Just as Jiang Nuan was idly poking at the burning campfire, a man and a woman approached with two maidservants.
"Good evening, sir. You see, we set out a little late today, so we have no choice but to spend the night outdoors. We happened to spot your party. Would we be allowed to rest near your camp tonight?"
There were only four of them altogether, and staying out in the wilderness really was rather unsafe. But they had set out late today and could only spend the night outdoors.
When they saw Jiang Nuan's party, they thought they would come over and settle down nearby, so there would be someone to look out for them if anything unexpected happened.
"Of course, we won't settle down nearby without offering anything in return. Here are a hundred taels of silver. We only hope you might lend us a hand if anything unexpected happens, sir."
The man took out a hundred taels of silver and handed them to Eunuch Wang.
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