"Poplar Town is still some distance away from the capital. It will take at least a day to get back to the palace. It's already afternoon now. I do want to leave right away, but I don't want to lead you on a journey in the dark. It's too dangerous. So, shall we set off tomorrow?" Xin Zizhao said gently to Wei Shuxuan.
"Yeah, I understand. I don't want Wei Wei and the others to be in danger either, especially in our current situation."
Wei Shuxuan reached out and held Xin Zizhao's hand. His palm was broad and warm, which instantly calmed her restless heart, just like a crying child getting their favorite toy.
"It's okay. I'm here for everything..." Xin Zizhao pulled the person beside him into his arms with their clasped hands. Wei Shuxuan obediently leaned against Xin Zizhao. She wasn't afraid because she still had Xin Zizhao and the others by her side.
At night, Poplar Town was extremely lively. People were coming and going, and the peddlers were shouting. Wei Shuxuan and Xin Zizhao's room happened to face the street. She leaned out of the window and saw that the street was lit with all kinds of lanterns, adding a warm color to the whole town. However, there was an inharmonious black shadow flowing in this warm color.
"Xin Zizhao, I want to go out for a stroll!" Wei Shuxuan said excitedly to Xin Zizhao who was reading a book in the room.
"Didn't I tell you during the day that there are ambushes in Poplar Town? And now you want to go out. Do you want to get captured?" Xin Zizhao said seriously with the book in his hand.
".....I know, but it really looks so lively now. I just want to take a look."
Wei Shuxuan also knew that her behavior was willful and would only cause trouble for Xin Zizhao and the others. Xin Zizhao put down the medical book in his hand and walked to Wei Shuxuan's side. "After all the things are settled, I'll take you here to Poplar Town again, okay?"
"....That's okay."
Hearing Xin Zizhao say this, Wei Shuxuan nodded. At this critical moment, she'd better not cause trouble for Xin Zizhao and the others. She'd better stay obediently in the room. Wei Shuxuan closed the window, but the noisy voices could still be faintly heard, though not as clearly as when the window was open.
"I'll close the window so that I won't want to go out. Xin Zizhao, I want some midnight snacks."
"What's wrong? Didn't you eat enough just now?" Xin Zizhao turned his head and looked at Wei Shuxuan pouting.
"No, I'm just a bit greedy..."
Xin Zizhao gave her a cool look. "You're not thinking of sneaking out to the night market while I'm buying food for you, are you?"
"How could that be! You think too badly of me!" Wei Shuxuan couldn't help but retort. Although she did have a lot of past misdeeds, there was no need to suspect her like this, right?
"You've got too many past misdeeds. Stay here obediently. I'll go and get you some food. Don't run around, okay?" After all, Xin Zizhao couldn't bear to let his wife suffer, so he got up and went to the kitchen to get food for her.
After seeing Xin Zizhao go out, Wei Shuxuan obediently stayed in the room alone. But the noise outside and her absent - mindedness made her not notice that there were several figures outside her room.
However, Wei Wei, who was meditating in the next room, sensed several different auras and suddenly opened his eyes. The auras were coming from the next room, which was Miss Wei's room!
Wei Wei suddenly got up and rushed out. He quickly pushed open the door of Wei Shuxuan and Xin Zizhao's room. As soon as he opened the door, he saw several black - clothed men carrying the unconscious Wei Shuxuan away. They didn't seem to expect that someone would notice them so soon, so they quickly carried Wei Shuxuan and ran away.
"Put down Miss!"
Xin Zizhao, who was coming back with beef noodles, heard Wei Wei's voice from upstairs. He didn't even care about the beef noodles in his hand. The bowl of noodles was instantly dropped to the ground and shattered. The red noodle soup spread on the floor.
Xin Zizhao didn't care about this and quickly flew upstairs. He saw Wei Wei entangled with several black - clothed men. When Wei Wei saw Xin Zizhao coming, he said, "Mr. Xin, Miss has been taken away by them. Hurry up and chase. They ran in the southeast direction!"
"Okay!"
Xin Shang and Ge Zian, who came after hearing the sound, also joined the battle. It took them a while to deal with those black - clothed men. Wei Wei said, "Leave them alive."
They still needed these black - clothed men to find out where Wei Shuxuan was.
"The black - clothed men just now were more powerful than those we met during the day."
"They changed people. At first, they probably underestimated our kung fu. They didn't expect us to be so powerful, so they changed people. But why did they kidnap Xuan'er?" Ge Zian was a bit confused.
"Miss is so well - protected by us. If she is captured, they can use her to threaten Mr. Xin and us."
"Xin Shang's analysis makes sense. At this time, we should interrogate these people..."
According to Wei Wei's words, Xin Zizhao chased in the southeast direction. Those people shouldn't be able to run fast with Wei Shuxuan. Why hadn't he seen any figures yet? Xin Zizhao anxiously looked ahead, and his irritability welled up like a swarm of disturbed wasps.
But soon, Xin Zizhao could see two or three figures in the distance. One of them was carrying a person on his shoulder. He could clearly see that the person on the shoulder was Wei Shuxuan.
"Xuan'er! Put Xuan'er down for me!" Xin Zizhao's voice sounded behind them. The leading black - clothed man turned his head and saw that although there was still a distance of several hundred meters between them, this man could catch up in such a short time. His kung fu was extraordinary.
"Let's run quickly! This man is not an ordinary person! His kung fu is better than ours!" The weak always had the ability to sense the strong.
Seeing them speeding up, Xin Zizhao also quickened his pace. His figure flashed like a phantom in the night sky. The black - clothed men were about to be caught up by Xin Zizhao when they dodged into an abandoned temple in the suburbs. Xin Zizhao quickly chased after them into the broken temple.
However, when he entered the broken temple, he didn't find anyone. Their auras were well - hidden, but Xin Zizhao still keenly noticed them. "Don't think that I won't find you just because you're hiding. Come out and return Xuan'er to me!"
After Xin Zizhao finished speaking, a powerful aura burst out from him, which made the two black - clothed men hiding on the beam tremble. In order to successfully take the person away, they used the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain.