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What... did he just say?
Shen Yuan stared blankly at the other person, "Return to the Capital City?"
"Why the surprise?" Chen Qing said with a smile, "I heard you talking on the boat, saying that you would return to the Capital City to visit your elders by the year's end."
"Uh... no, no, no, no!" Shen Yuan quickly waved his hands, "I was just joking. How could I dare to return to the Capital City now?"
Not to mention having learned so many secret techniques from Chen Qing's power, whether they would even let him leave was one question, but even if they did, he wouldn't dare to head straight back to the Capital City. His own family wouldn't be able to protect him, with all the things he now had on him, those major families would surely skin him alive!
