Forty past one in the morning.
Qi Qingyao was still in the room, dazed. Suddenly, she caught sight of a silhouette at the door and was shocked. She thought it was Gongsun She again. The person at the door knocked and she went over. She first asked who it was. After Lu Yan announced himself, Qi Qingyao let out a sigh of relief and opened the door.
Lu Yan asked.
"Have you packed your things?"
"What do you think?" Qi Qingyao answered, her mood sour.
Lu Yan pointed at the night sky and said, "Then, let's leave."
Qi Qingyao was stunned for a moment before asking with confusion, "Why do we have to leave the city all sneaky in the middle of the night?"
Lu Yan pursed his lips together and said, "Do you perhaps want to leave in broad daylight and have half the city come to send you off happily?"
