Pei Ye turned with a smile and took the fishing rod from her. "I'll stay with you for one last fish, then your eldest sister and I are leaving Gong."
"All right!" Li Wuyan thought, It took Brother Pei Ye more than two hours to catch one fish. This way, we can play until dark.
But before her voice had even faded, the young man lifted the rod, pulling up a lively, wriggling fish.
"There we go. We'll play again next time, Wu Yan." Pei Ye wound up the line and placed the rod in her arms. "Sorry for the trouble of keeping this for me."
Li Wuyan stared blankly, then cast a slightly aggrieved, reproachful glance at Li Xizhou beside the tree. She could only lower her head and pack up her little fishing rod.
"You look forward to seeing your Brother Pei Ye every day, but sometimes when I'm in the palace, you don't even ask me to fish with you," Li Xizhou said with a smile.
"Eldest Sister, you can't even bait a hook or cast a line, and you won't touch earthworms." Li Wuyan's little brows furrowed. "How am I supposed to fish with you?"
"..."
Pei Ye smiled. "It's all right. I'll come into the palace often to play with you from now on."
The excitement in Divine Capital City had not entirely subsided. The whole city would celebrate for three days, until the Feather-Scale Trial began.
Pei Ye walked through the bustling crowds with the woman dressed as a scholar. He said nothing, but seeing her appear before him again, safe and sound, had indeed brought him great relief.
Outside a clothing shop by the street, Li Xizhou lowered her head to hide her face. Pei Ye went inside, bought a veiled