Wu Ling and Su Yao didn't linger at the Wu residence for very long. After providing brief instructions to his junior sisters to send Yao Meifeng's things along to the sect and changing out of feminine attire, Wu Ling rejoined Su Yao in hiring a carriage for the ride to the Su residence in the Lapis Lake Ward.
On the ride over, neither young person said much. Su Yao clutched tightly at her skirt, staring out the window of the carriage without seeing any of the people or buildings the carriage sped past. Her body shivered as she imagined how her parents would react to her decision. Her father had never in her life struck her but the look of disappointment she imagined in his eyes struck her heart like a thousand lashes of a cane.
