The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 182: Intrepid people will inevitably get hurt

Ning Yuxuan looked at Ning Mingjie as he asked, "Older cousin, don't you have to go back to look after the junzhu?"

Ning Mingjie shook his head and said, "It's a bit far. I might as well wait until tomorrow morning and find her then."

There wasn't much in the city temple. There was only some straw and dry firewood left behind by other passerby. After Guibai tidied up the area, the group could get by with staying here for one night.

"What happened to your mask?" Ning Yuxuan calmly asked.

Ji Man pursed her lips and said, "I ripped it off in order to escape from them."

"What are you going to do when you get back then?" Ning Yuxuan furrowed his brow.

Ji Man didn't have a better option, so she could only say, "I'll have to find someone to make me a new one. I luckily still have the design used to make my face mask. As long as there's a craftsman that specializes in this trade in the capital, he'll be able to make me a new one using that design."

Ning Mingjie quietly said, "I know a craftsman that happens to be an expert with this sort of thing. You can find a place to temporary stay in the capital. Wait until the mask has been made before walking about."

Ning Yuxuan swept his gaze over him. "Older cousin, you're returning from Jin Province. You should be meeting with the emperor first, right? There are also some matters that you need to hand over to the Ministry of War once you return to the capital. As for her matters, there's no need for older cousin to worry about them."

Ji Man followed along and nodded. "Thank you for offering, General."

Ning Mingjie couldn't help laughing. "You're right, it's none of my business. Yuxuan, I hope you're not bothered by my offer."

He wasn't bothered. Why would he be bothered? Ning Yuxuan sat down with his back against a pillar. He swept his gaze over Ji Man, who had come out unscathed, before lightly turning his head away. He felt exhausted after rushing here from the capital.

Ji Man's head was lowered as she blankly looked at the straw on the ground. She was very quiet as she leaned against Ning Yuxuan. When he asked her what had happened today, she remained absent-minded as she answered him.

Ning Yuxuan sneered. This person completely didn't understand how he was feeling. Feeling drowsy, he drifted off to sleep while leaning against the pillar. Ning Mingjie and Guibai also respectively found a place to sleep for the night. It was only Ji Man that stayed awake with her head lowered as she silently thought about something.

When her surrounding had fallen into silence, Ji Man finally raised her head. She glanced at Ning Yuxuan and let out a long sigh.

" Loving him, hating him, begging him. None of these things are allowed. Am I not even allowed to die..." Someone quietly sighed in her mind. "Are you really any better than me?"*

"Don't make fun of me," Ji Man quietly replied, "I won't fall to your level."

I won't.

* (T/N: These are the words that Nie Sangyu says to Ji Man in .)

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When dawn had just arrived, Ning Yuxuan took Ji Man with him and resumed the journey back. No one had slept well last night. As for Ning Mingjie, he went back to Kangyuan Junzhu.

When they were separating, Ning Mingjie was very worried as he looked at Ji Man for a long time. He couldn't resist urging Ning Yuxuan, "Make sure to hide her well."

Because of these words, Ning Yuxuan showed an unpleasant face to Ji Man the entire way back. After tossing her into the other estate, he went back to her room in the main estate to look for that design.