Jin Chen quietly followed beside Long Aotian. Seeing the starlight nearly spilling from his eyes, he could not help curling his lips.
He thought his days of hardship were finally nearing their end.
At that thought, he recalled his proposal fifty years ago.
Back then, his relationship with Mian Mian had long since reached the point where water naturally flowed into its channel. He had thought she would accept outright.
To his surprise, although Mian Mian had accepted, she had insisted on waiting until Su Jiu returned before forming their contract.
A mouthful of old blood had surged into Jin Chen's throat on the spot.
Wait for Su Jiu to return? That unreliable woman stayed away for years, even decades, every time she left! How long was he supposed to wait?
So if Su Mianmian hoped Su Jiu would return soon, he hoped for it even more fervently than she did.
For that reason, after reaching Nascent Soul Formation, Jin Chen had joined the Enforcement Hall, hoping to use its resources to locate Su Jiu.
Little did he know that someone within the Enforcement Hall was already secretly tracking her whereabouts.
When Jin Chen first joined the Enforcement Hall, he had neither real authority nor any position, and most of its disciples were taciturn people. Thus, even as a Personal Disciple, he could obtain very little useful information.
Only recently had he been promoted to captain of a Peripheral Squad, yet useful information remained beyond his reach.
It could be said that his fifty years in the Enforcement Hall had consisted of constantly traveling everywhere on assignments. Even the time he spent tempering himself alongside Mian Mian had dwindled considerably.
He had regretted it countless times, but he also knew that if he withdrew from the Enforcement Hall now, his