Li Nuo finished his meal and was preparing to return to the Ministry of Justice when he passed by Ning'er at the Song Residence.
She carried a sword in her hand and looked very weary, her hair drenched in sweat, sticking tightly to her cheeks.
Li Nuo had truly underestimated her before.
He had thought her martial arts practice was just a passing whim, but now it seemed she was even more diligent than Mumu.
Li Nuo hadn't planned to go to the Ministry of Justice that afternoon.
But in the morning, he had spoken of "asking not for frequent meetings but for unison of heart," and "when the beloved leaves, even Chang'an feels empty," yet in the afternoon he left an old friend who he hadn't seen for ages alone at the Ministry of Justice—half of the emotional weight of that poem was lost.
But there was nothing pressing at the Ministry of Justice, and Li Nuo sat across from Li Anning, bored, practicing his writing.
