The carriage slowly rolled into Koller Town. Wei Shuxuan kept her eyes on the scenery outside the window, completely ignoring Xin Zizhao beside her. The scenery in Koller Town wasn't much different from that in the capital. The streets were still teeming with people, and there were peddlers carrying their wares to set up stalls on the street.
"Xin Zizhao, I want to go shopping."
Wei Shuxuan clung to the carriage window with both hands, then turned to look at Xin Zizhao with expectant eyes. Xin Zizhao had been closing his eyes to rest. Hearing Wei Shuxuan talking to him, he opened his eyes, glanced at her, and said, "Wait until we find an inn to stay in. Then I'll go out with you. For now, just stay obediently in the carriage."
"......Alright then."
Xin Shang and Wei Wei asked a few passers - by before they found the largest inn in Koller Town. Xin Shang pulled the reins to stop the horses and said to Xin Zizhao inside the carriage, "My lord, we've arrived at the inn."
After a while, a faint reply came from inside the carriage, "......Mm."
Xin Zizhao helped Wei Shuxuan out of the carriage. She looked up at the name of the inn, which was "Sanmei Inn". What a strange name!
"What's wrong?" Xin Zizhao noticed that Wei Shuxuan had been looking up at the name of the inn, so he walked over and asked her.
"......It's nothing. I just think the name of this inn is really strange. Let's go."
Withdrawing her gaze from the inn's plaque, Wei Shuxuan walked up to Xin Zizhao, hooked her arm through his, and as they walked into the inn, she asked, "By the way, how many rooms have we booked?"
"We'll share one room. Wei Wei and Xin Shang can decide for themselves how to share the rooms. But if the expenses exceed the budget, I won't pay for it."
"......Stingy."
Wei Shuxuan rolled her eyes at the stingy Xin Zizhao. Xin Zizhao ignored her eye - roll and just pulled her up the inn's stairs.
Their room was on the fifth floor of the inn, the one at the very end. Looking out from this room, one could almost see the entire view of Koller Town. The moment the window was pushed open, a gust of wind blew in. Wei Shuxuan stood by the window and looked out. She could clearly see the whole street in Koller Town. Moreover, even though the window was open, it wasn't noisy. The noise was only concentrated on the lower floors.
Xin Zizhao was tidying up things in the room. Originally, Xin Shang wanted to come and help, but Xin Zizhao refused, saying that he could do it himself. So, besides tidying up his own things, Xin Zizhao also helped Wei Shuxuan tidy up.
"Xuan'er, I've already put your luggage away."
"Okay, thank you." After enjoying the view outside, Wei Shuxuan closed the window a bit, then rushed in front of Xin Zizhao. "Since you've already finished tidying up, can we go shopping now, Xin Zizhao?"
"......Sure." Xin Zizhao turned around, grabbed Wei Shuxuan, and made her sit on his lap. "You just love going out and having fun."
"Because it's my first time coming to this small town. I'm really curious, so of course I want to go out and take a look. Isn't that normal?" Wei Shuxuan looked at Xin Zizhao happily.
"Yes, yes, yes."
"By the way, what on earth are you doing here? Are you really just here to inspect the people's livelihood, or are you here to investigate the disappearance cases like Zi An said?"
"Just like Zi An said. I'm here to investigate the disappearance cases. Recently, in these small towns near the border, there have always been reports that many young and strong men have suddenly disappeared. The government once sent people to investigate, but they couldn't find anything unusual. As time went by, many people said that there were too many vengeful spirits who died at the border, and they came here to suck the essence of young men so that they could stay in the mortal world."
"This is just some kind of supernatural legend. There's no credibility at all."
Wei Shuxuan didn't care about such non - scientific things at all. Xin Zizhao nodded. "Yes, I don't believe this either. The local government here also believes this legend. I thought that if the local government couldn't find out anything, then I had to come and investigate myself."
"Is that the reason you agreed to come out and play with me?" Wei Shuxuan raised her eyebrows and looked at Xin Zizhao.
"......Not really. It's just that I haven't been out with you for a long time, so I agreed to your request."
Hearing Xin Zizhao's answer was quite satisfactory, Wei Shuxuan's expression softened a bit. "Your answer passes. Your will to survive is really strong."
"As your husband, if I can't even tell whether you're happy or not, then what right do I have to say that I love you?" Xin Zizhao unconsciously said something like a confession, which made Wei Shuxuan blush.
It's really so unfair to say such things! Wei Shuxuan thought silently in her heart.
"Didn't you say you wanted to go out? Let's go now. After we've been out for a while, we'll come back for dinner."
"Okay. Let's go and ask Zi An and godfather if they want to go out with us."
"Okay."
Si Ma Yongheng and Wei Wei shared one room. Ge Long'an and Ge Zian each had their own rooms. Xin Shang and Xin Shi shared one room. Wei Shuxuan walked over and knocked on each door, asking them if they wanted to go shopping with her and Xin Zizhao.
"This subordinate would like to go."
"This subordinate too."
"Sister Xuan, I want to go with you too!"
"Then as your brother, I naturally have to go with you too."
"Xuan'er, I'll go with you too."
In the end, for just a simple shopping trip, a large group of them set out in a grand manner. However, Xin Zizhao still left some secret guards in the inn in case of any unexpected incidents.
Wei Shuxuan really liked shopping in these small towns because there were many novel and interesting trinkets. And at this time, the streets were very bustling.
"Xin Zizhao, I want to buy this!" Wei Shuxuan pointed at a very delicate wooden windmill and turned to ask Xin Zizhao to buy it for her.
"Xin Shang."
"Yes, my lord."
So, Xin Shang very proactively came over to pay for Wei Shuxuan. After just a short while of shopping, Wei Shuxuan had already bought a lot of things, which were then carried by the accompanying people. Wei Wei and Si Ma Yongheng weren't unfamiliar with Wei Shuxuan's shopping power. It was extremely terrifying. They kind of regretted not saying no to going shopping with her earlier.
"Xin Zizhao, I want to eat candied haws! Give me the money to buy... Ah!"
Suddenly, a girl in a pink dress rushed out from the front and bumped into Wei Shuxuan, who was just about to reach out for the candied haws.