After listening to Wei Shuxuan's words, Sima Yongheng shook his head. However, Wei Shuxuan didn't get angry. Instead, she smiled and patted Sima Yongheng on the shoulder. "Then you should think carefully about what you're going to do to change yourself after finding your family."
"Okay, Sister Xuan."
"Alright, our conversation ends here. I still have something to talk to Xin Zizhao about, so I'll leave first!" Before Sima Yongheng could react, Wei Shuxuan had already run away. She rushed back into the inn, leaving him alone in the backyard of the inn.
However, when Wei Shuxuan returned to her room, she didn't see the person she was looking for. She went to look for Xin Shang and Xin Shi, only to find that they were also absent. But it made sense. If Xin Zizhao was going out, Xin Shang and Xin Shi would surely accompany him.
"What the... They're not here. I came back so excitedly..." Wei Shuxuan's tone was tinged with undeniable loneliness. She walked to the window, pushed it open, and the cool breeze gently caressed her face. Her wispy hair fluttered with the wind.
When Xin Zizhao came back, he saw Wei Shuxuan standing in a daze by the window. It was the first time he'd had a cold war with Wei Shuxuan. She'd said she didn't want to talk to him. Now he really wanted to tell her not to stand in the wind by the open window as she'd easily catch a cold, but he didn't know if he should speak up.
Women's minds are really hard to guess, Xin Zizhao thought silently to himself. However, he was still actively thinking of a solution.
Just as Xin Zizhao was still wondering what to do, he heard Wei Shuxuan's voice. "You're back, Xin Zizhao?"
"... Yeah."
He didn't expect Wei Shuxuan to initiate a conversation with him. Had she stopped being angry?
"Where did you go? Why wasn't I able to see you when I came back?" Wei Shuxuan walked up to Xin Zizhao and asked with concern. "Did you go out with Xin Shang and Xin Shi?"
"... Yeah," Xin Zizhao was a bit unaccustomed to Wei Shuxuan's overture. She'd given him the cold shoulder last night and this morning. Had Zi'an said something to Xuan'er? "You went out with Zi'an. Why did you come back so early?"
"Well, I came back after finishing my business. I have a plan. I want to go to Baolan Town. What do you think?" Wei Shuxuan asked for Xin Zizhao's opinion.
"No problem. Since we're already here, we should go there. Moreover, the missing - person cases on the border didn't only happen in Kele Town and Leopu Town."
After saying that, Xin Zizhao noticed that Wei Shuxuan didn't continue the conversation. Instead, she blushed and lowered her head without saying a word. He found it strange. "What's wrong, Xuan'er? Do you feel unwell?"
After Xin Zizhao asked, Wei Shuxuan hesitated for a while before saying, "... I'm really sorry for losing my temper last night. So, I'm apologizing to you. I knew you were concerned about me, but I still couldn't help losing my temper at you."
"Did Zi'an say something to you?" Xin Zizhao knew that Wei Shuxuan wasn't an easy person to persuade. It must be that Ge Zian had said something to her, which was why she apologized to him so quickly.
"Yeah... It's just about the time when I left the palace."
Xin Zizhao rubbed his forehead. Sure enough. "Zi'an still told you about this. I didn't want you to know about this in the first place. I didn't want you to feel the slightest bit of unease and wanted you to stay by my side without worry..." I want you to never have the intention of leaving me.
Xin Zizhao silently added the last sentence in his heart.
"Sorry, Xin Zizhao!" Wei Shuxuan threw herself into Xin Zizhao's arms, and he caught her right away. "I feel that I've become more willful since I've been with you."
"Anyway, aren't you just that kind of person?" Xin Zizhao wrapped his arms around Wei Shuxuan and smiled gently.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Wei Shuxuan angrily hit Xin Zizhao, but to Xin Zizhao, her strength was neither too heavy nor too light. "I wasn't that willful before."
"Okay, okay. If you say you weren't, then you weren't."
Xin Zizhao was infinitely tolerant of her willfulness. Wei Shuxuan leaned in Xin Zizhao's arms and gently asked, "Where did you go just now?"
"Nothing. I just wanted to go out for a stroll. Didn't you get angry with me? I guessed that you surely didn't want to see me, so you made an excuse to go out and find County Magistrate Tang."
Ah, he guessed it right... Wei Shuxuan thought silently.
"No way. I just went to do some work by the way. However, County Magistrate Tang also said he had no clue. Let's go to the next town and see if we can find any other clues."
"That's of course a good idea."
"And also..." Wei Shuxuan buried her head in Xin Zizhao's arms and said in a muffled voice, "Let's not quarrel anymore in the future. I'll be very sad if we do."
"Yeah, okay."
Actually, when he saw Wei Shuxuan sad, how could Xin Zizhao not feel sad himself?
As a result, during dinner in the evening, the two of them were inseparable again. Ge Zian saw this situation and felt that he'd played a perfect role as a peace - maker. Ge Long'an, on the other hand, was a bit displeased. "Xuan'er, Zizhao made you angry. Why did you forgive him so quickly?"
"No. Actually, the problem lies with me in the end. Daddy, don't make it sound like I should be angry with Xin Zizhao forever! You're driving a wedge between Xin Zizhao and me!" Wei Shuxuan looked at Ge Long'an very dissatisfied.
Seeing Wei Shuxuan angry, Ge Long'an quickly added, "No way! Daddy is just afraid that you'll be bullied! You know, if you always give in to your husband, you're surely going to be bullied!"
"I'm not that easy to be bullied! Daddy, you're overthinking it!"
"Exactly, Dad. Hurry up and eat. Xuan'er won't let herself suffer. You're worrying too much!" Ge Zian picked up some food for Ge Long'an, trying to shut Ge Long'an up with the dishes.
Right after dinner, Wei Shuxuan told them, "We'll set off for Baolan Town in two days. Remember to pack your things then. I can pack my own things. That's it. Go back and rest."
After Ge Long'an returned to his room, he took out a dart from his bosom. There was a small mark on the dart. As soon as he arrived at the border, he'd sent his secret guards to look for this mark, but they'd found nothing. Could it be that the assassins who killed Brother Wei Tu weren't in the border area?
"Dad, what are you thinking?"