Early in the morning, Lu Luanti got up, taking her iron cup and a willow branch to wash up beside the well in the courtyard.
She looked languid, yawning and brushing her teeth leisurely.
That's when she saw Hu Lai, with his signature mustache, swaggering into the yard through the gate.
The living quarters for male and female disciples were separate, and neither was supposed to enter the other's courtyard.
However, the brothers Hu Lai and Hu Kan were exceptions.
They were well-known faces in the female disciples' yard and were free to come and go as they pleased.
Instead of being wary of them, the girls were actually quite familiar with them and would greet them warmly.
The reason being that the brothers knew their limits. They never let their gaze wander inappropriately and often brought gossip and news from the outside to alleviate the girls' boredom.
