"Mochou City."
Nie Qianyu helplessly named a place.
Then she added, "Great Hero Ren, I never told you the name or location of our manor because I truly had my own hardships. Please be magnanimous and do not hold it against me."
"Eh?" Zhang Xiaohua found this quite strange. "Miss Nie, what made you think I was unhappy? Haven't I also never told you where I'm going? Everyone has their own privacy. I have no leisure to meddle in other people's affairs. Besides, we're about to part ways. Even if I were angry with you, what could I do?"
Upon hearing this, tears shimmered in Nie Qianyu's eyes, and her face turned somewhat pale.
Zhang Xiaohua found Nie Qianyu's reaction quite odd, but he had no time to coax her. He turned and left the little room, though he paused slightly as he stepped outside.
He said, "Miss Nie, you keep calling me Great Hero Ren. It sounds very awkward to me. If possible, why not call me as you did before?"
"Mm, all right, all right." Nie Qianyu nodded like a chick pecking at rice. "I'll listen to you, Great Hero Ren—no, Brother Ren."
Her face, which had just been gloomy, instantly cleared into sunshine. Her tears vanished, replaced by a smile.
Xiao Juzi beside her, however, looked extremely unnatural.
The Fushun Escort Agency was some distance from the inn. Zhang Xiaohua did not ride Four Unlike, merely strolling along at random while keeping an eye out for any suspicious-looking martial artists.
Danhe City was a large city, no less impressive than Pingyang City. Countless people came and went, mixed among them were martial artists carrying swords and sabers. Yet they all seemed to be hurrying along without looking about, so presumably they were not Nie Qianyu's enemies.
Thus,