Fan Zijin, who had just bought an eatery and planned to transform it into a restaurant, was indeed well-informed. The person he had sent to keep an eye on the Qi family reported that the Qi family's servants had been waiting at the Ten Mile Pavilion outside the north of the city for two days. Hearing that, he knew that the Qi family had definitely not received the news that Haoran and the others were arriving late.
Hence, when he returned at night, he locked himself in the study and wrote a letter imitating Qi Haoran's handwriting and tone. The next day, he got someone to find an acquaintance at the relay station to make it appear that the letter was sent from Jingzhao Prefecture before sending it to the Qi Residence.
Qi Feng widened his eyes and asked angrily, "A letter actually took a month to arrive?"
The signature on the letter indicated that Qi Haoran had written this the night before they set off. It was already the 31st day today.
