It was Cui Yuanxi. What was she doing here?
Zhang Yuan looked over at her voice, the corner of his eye twitching.
With that one remark from her, the surrounding Nine Turns Qi Refining Perfected Persons all turned strange looks on him. Deprived of even the chance to pretend he had not heard, he could only follow the path everyone cleared for him, walk to the front, and stand beside Cui Yuanxi.
"Miss Cui, long time no see."
Zhang Yuan chuckled, raising his brows slightly. He noticed that Cui Yuanxi was alone; Xiao Shi, the maid who had always been inseparable from her, had actually not accompanied her. So he asked:
"Are Miss Xiao Shi and Chen Xinqiao doing well?"
Cui Yuanxi smiled brightly and said with pride, "Don't worry, I've been taking very good care of Xin Qiao. It's just that she loves reading too much and usually has so little energy. It really worries me. Xiao Shi is doing very well too. She's probably eating pastries again right now."
With the kingdoms at war, every clan had to send members of its direct line into battle. Having been confined for a month, she naturally agreed with delight when she learned that she would represent the Aohai Cui Clan.
What she had not expected was that she would be the only one sent into battle. Neither Xiao Shi nor Chen Xinqiao could come with her. That left her glum and bored for quite some time, feeling that she might as well not have come. She did not even have anyone to talk to here.
Thus, seeing Zhang Yuan had truly filled her with unexpected delight.
It felt like meeting a fellow townsman far from home.
Zhang Yuan nodded and was just about to ask what was happening.
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