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Under the moon and sparse stars, the clock struck past midnight. Search: \(¨End¨of¨Book¨God¨Station¨) to read fine literature for free. Jiangning City was ablaze with lights, like the city's outline and skeleton. Carriages galloped past, and pedestrians carrying lanterns moved along the roads, some fast, some slow, like the flow of blood. The Qinhuai River shimmered with light, and between the passing painted boats, lights formed small, box-like paths of light.

People enjoying the nightlife were already heading home. From the large mansions and small houses on the streets, occasional knocks and warm responses could be heard. After midnight, the city's lights gradually began to fade, like drifting duckweed, thinning from the surroundings toward the city center. Some brothels and teahouses still had their lights on, but they already carried a hint of desolation. The painted boats gradually docked, and then their lights went out, leaving only sparse lights in the remaining rooms.

The night gradually passed, and in the dark places, a mist began to float. One hour, then another. The city reached its quietest hour in a stilt house by an inconspicuous river bend on one side of the city, where a warm yellow light shone from the windows.

This was a seemingly chaotic woman's bedroom. The original furnishings might have been relatively simple, but the room was now filled with many things that had obviously been brought in recently: strange and unusual flowers and potted plants, several oddly shaped small cabinets, some interesting knotted ornaments hanging in several strings on the bed, and several bundles of unidentified objects, some of which had no place to put and were placed on chairs, while the dressing table was piled with rouge and powder. As the light came on, the woman's voice could be heard.

"Ugh, let Yunzhu-jie sleep a little longer..."

The mosquito net was half open, and the soft, murmuring voice came from the wooden bed. Nie Yunzhu, wearing a bodice and silk pants, reached out to put on a thin undergarment. The woman on the inside of the bed rolled over and nestled closer.

"Alright, you continue to sleep..."

Yunzhu smiled, buttoned her clothes, got out of bed, and put on her cloth shoes adorned with floral patterns. Then, she took the oil lamp and flint to the round table, which was a little more spacious. There was only one guest room in the small building, so it was simply given to Kou'er. Yuan Jin'er, under the guise of sisterly affection, righteously slept in the same room as Nie Yunzhu.

They were indeed good sisters. Sleeping together wasn't a problem, but in the past few days, Yuan Jin'er had been continuously bringing in so many strange things from who knows where, filling Nie Yunzhu's originally simple and elegant bedroom, making it a little chaotic. Fortunately, Nie Yunzhu wasn't the kind of truly aloof and unapproachable person who wouldn't allow others to interfere. Yuan Jin'er was enjoying herself, so she let her do as she pleased.

"That Ning Yi...he wouldn't dare to come today." The woman on the bed rolled around lazily, her tone drowsy, "Isn't he afraid of being scolded by me..."

Hearing her tone, Nie Yunzhu smiled slightly, and when she went out, Hú Tao and Kou'er were already awake, boiling water in the kitchen, so she went over to help. After washing her face, she returned to the dressing table in her room to do some simple makeup and comb her hair. During this time, Yuan Jin'er mumbled a few more times, but her meaning was unclear.

After a while, the woman was dressed and had changed into a formal outfit for going out. Her attire was still simple and plain, seemingly ordinary, but in reality, she spent some effort in her room every morning. Then, she walked out to the steps outside the door and swept for a while. After finishing, she carried a plate with teacups and a teapot, and sat down on the steps.

The sky was still dark, and the moon could be seen in the night sky. Far away to the east, the mountain mist was heavy, revealing a few floating outlines. The wind blew, wailing over the Qinhuai River. The light shone from behind, and she made herself a cup of tea and waited quietly.

After a while, Yuan Jin'er, casually dressed, came out rubbing her eyes. Her body was actually slender and delicate, with a flexible and graceful figure suitable for dancing, and she wasn't short, but at this moment she looked several years younger. In the past, when Nie Yunzhu sat here waiting for Ning Yi, she would either be sleeping, or say a few words and leave, but today she plopped down beside her, leaned on Nie Yunzhu's shoulder, and continued to doze off, seemingly not planning to leave. Yunzhu put her arm around her shoulders. The morning breeze easily woke people up, and after a short while, Yuan Jin'er let out a long sigh, leaned on Yunzhu's lap, and reached over to the other side to pour tea.

"Ugh, I must scold him when he comes, it's too embarrassing!"

Yuan Jin'er announced this, and Yunzhu laughed beside her: "Still angry? What's there to be angry about? He already rewarded you with five hundred taels, you did a great job."

"But who does that? He put it together! If it's not good enough, everyone will know then, where will I put my face, how can I live..."

"But he reacted quickly, and not many people could have known."

"That's nonsense, a lot of people saw it, it was so awkward at that time..."

Remembering what happened last night, Yuan Jin'er felt unbearable. At that time, she went up to give the other party enough face and asked for a reward, but they only had four taels. Not having money for a while would have been fine, writing a poem for her would have been good too, but in the end, that Ning Yi still turned around and said "five hundred taels" to the girls behind him. He didn't take it out of his own pocket, but a moment later he gathered the money from the Su family to give to Yan Cui Lou, but at least the Xue family must have known, and many others must have seen it...

It was the first time she was so embarrassed... No, it was the second time. The first time was when she ran out to scare him, but was scared by Liu Qingdi, and this time she shamefully took out four taels of silver to send herself away... Raising five hundred taels was even more embarrassing...

From last night, when she and Yunzhu left Yan Cui Lou, she had been arguing and shouting about revenge and the like. At this time, she was also muttering there, drinking several cups of tea in a row. Finally, not long after the sky began to turn white, the morning breeze gradually thinned the mountain mist, and the figure with a bandage wrapped around his left hand finally appeared not far away. With the same running rhythm as usual, he stopped when he got close and looked at Yuan Jin'er for a moment.

"You dare to come..."

"You dare to say it!" Ning Yi raised his eyebrows, "Don't you think it's chaotic enough?"

"What don't I dare to say? Four taels of silver! Four taels of silver!"

"What could I do, I only had four taels of silver, did you discuss it with me in the first place? Suffer the consequences!"

"I was covering for Yunzhu-jie, it was your fault for not doing it right!"

"Covering? Is that how you cover? By tonight, Jiangning will be in an uproar, do you know that!"

"The uproar is also about me!"

"It wouldn't have been such an uproar without you. Yunzhu's performance would have had limited impact, at most people would have been curious for a while. But this uproar of yours, it's endless... You're just stirring things up..."

"Helping you save face is for Yunzhu-jie's sake, and you still say I'm stirring things up! How many people are begging me to stir things up!"

"Thank you, thank you, for helping me save face. Did you see the expression on that guy Liu Qingdi's face when you came up? He almost devoured me alive. Later, after you and Yunzhu left, he kept asking about it indirectly."

"Then what did you say?"

"Just said I didn't know. Who knows who Yuan Jin'er is? I've never met her, why would she come up? If he wants to ask, ask you."

"So you're saying I'm offering you a cold shoulder..."

"Anyway, people are staring at me, you caused this trouble."

"I'm not very familiar with him..."

In fact, there wasn't much disagreement between them, but arguing was about not losing face, so they argued for a while. Ning Yi sat down by the tea tray to pour a cup of tea, and Yuan Jin'er argued for a while longer, asking Nie Yunzhu to judge. Nie Yunzhu smiled and pretended not to take sides, and Yuan Jin'er ran away resentfully.

The morning sun was just beginning to rise in the east. Ning Yi sat there quietly drinking tea. Nie Yunzhu hugged her knees and was silent for a long time before lowering her head and smiling: "Actually, what happened last night was my recklessness. Jin'er's stirring up was also because of following my recklessness, ha... She is inherently a lively person, Liheng... If you can not blame her, please don't..."

"It's okay, I think it's quite interesting." Ning Yi smiled and looked in the direction Yuan Jin'er disappeared. He was used to doing big things. There were times when he haggled over small things and calculated the gains and losses, but there were also times when he was incredibly bold. At this time, whether he cared or not was just a change of mind, "But when she wanted to go on stage, I don't know how many things she promised to that Yan Cui Lou."

"Jin'er and Chen-mama are old acquaintances. I heard she will go back to choreograph dances for the girls of Yan Cui Lou. I will also go to help out, it won't be a problem."

Ning Yi then nodded: "As long as it's not too outrageous."

"However... things will be more troublesome next..." Nie Yunzhu thought for a while before whispering, "The matter with... with Qin-lao, is it... would it be better if I went to apologize and declined..."

This was the most important thing to discuss. Ning Yi looked at her for a long time: "Did you think about it before going on stage?"

"Yeah." Nie Yunzhu nodded, "I thought about some, but not too much."

She was slightly apologetic: "In the end, I still caused trouble for Liheng..."

"It's nothing big." Ning Yi shook his head, "I will solve it."

"But that matter is not very good after all..."

"That's true, I'll go talk to him."

"I also know Qin-lao, he's very nice to me, it would be better if I went..."

Ning Yi thought for a while and smiled: "How about this, in a few days I'll find a time to go there together, to apologize. Rejecting the matter of becoming adopted father and daughter, after all, it's not good to cause too much trouble for people. I'll take care of the rest, you don't have to worry."

"Yeah." Nie Yunzhu replied and nodded. This time, she didn't say sorry, didn't say that she was a burden, just being able to do this together made her feel happy and at peace.

Before going on stage, she had also thought about some things, and knew that Liheng on the second floor didn't care about small things. Once she went on stage, perhaps right and wrong would again stain her. She used to be very afraid of such things, and after finally making it to the end and leaving that place of entertainment, for the next two years she was even afraid of going out too much or unnecessarily approaching those places. She was really tired and didn't want to be tainted by these disputes.

But it was different this time. Liheng didn't care, but she cared in her heart. At that time, she realized that she cared so much in her heart, and the previous fears became insignificant. Her heart already had something to rely on. She just wanted to go on stage and play for him, that was all that was clear.

She wanted to do it, so she did it.

"The city has been a little tense recently, and the city gates may be closed again. Should Liheng try not to come out so early in the morning? I'm afraid it's not safe."

After chatting for a few more sentences, Yunzhu said these words when Ning Yi was about to leave. Ning Yi nodded.

"After the city gates are closed, I won't come out for a run so early in the morning. I'll occasionally come over to take a look during the day. But you women really have to be careful. Although the security may not really be that bad, those atmospheres are indeed prone to problems."

"Yeah."

Nie Yunzhu nodded, waved her hand, and watched the figure walk away. When she turned back, Yuan Jin'er, Hu Tao, and Kou'er were all looking over here through the gaps in the windows of the room. She sighed, smiled, feeling slightly lost, but also satisfied, because in a few days, Liheng would take her to apologize together.

On the other hand, when Ning Yi returned home, breakfast was already prepared in the room. Su Tan'er smiled when she saw him. She already knew about what happened at Yan Cui Lou last night...

"I heard that Xiang Gong was very popular last night..."

That's what she said, but the smiles on Su Tan'er's and the three maids' faces were a little mischievous. Obviously, they had just been discussing these things and were still finding it interesting, unable to help but laugh...

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