Li Hengsheng looked down at Lu Shiran, whose face was dusty and lips were already chapped.
In her hand, she held a dirty bun, with sand still clinging to it.
It seed like it had fallen to the ground when she was stealing food, but Lu Shiran still picked it up and ate it.
"Co eat with ." Li Hengsheng took the bun from Lu Shiran’s hand and casually tossed it aside; it was too dirty to eat.
Lu Shiran glanced back at the bun, appearing sowhat reluctant, but followed Li Hengsheng into the inn.
"Let those upstairs know I have so matters to attend to and won’t be coming up, they can do as they please." Li Hengsheng told the waiter.
"Yes." The waiter hurried upstairs to deliver the ssage.
"Shopkeeper, set up a table of dishes for us." Li Hengsheng instructed the shopkeeper.
"Yes, yes, I’ll arrange it right away."
The shopkeeper quickly went to make the arrangents.
Li Hengsheng had a basin of water brought over and helped Lu Shiran wash her face.
Once the dirt was washed away, Lu Shiran’s stunning beauty appeared once more, yet Li Hengsheng still noticed the hardships reflected in her eyes.
"Tell , what’s going on?" Li Hengsheng let Lu Shiran sit down and asked, "Why is your cultivation gone, and your Divine Body—I can’t sense it at all."
"It’s been sealed." Lu Shiran calmly replied, "Done by the Su family."
"The Su family from the Southern Wilderness?"
Li Hengsheng was taken aback.
"Yes." Lu Shiran calmly said, "The Su family ca to Guanglan Palace to discuss a marriage alliance. Originally, it had nothing to do with , but Su Xianci saw and insisted on marrying because of my Divine Body."
"Didn’t your Guang Ancestor do anything?" Li Hengsheng asked in shock.
"Originally, the Guang Ancestor refused, but then sothing changed; the Su family must have offered so conditions because he agreed. To prevent any incidents, the Su family used a Secret Technique to seal my cultivation and Divine Body, but later I still managed to escape."
Lu Shiran spoke as if it were a simple matter.
"There’s an underground river behind Guanglan Palace. I jumped into it and was swept away by the current, so they couldn’t find ."
Lu Shiran blinked.
"Without cultivation, you dared to jump into an underground river!" Li Hengsheng couldn’t believe his ears, "Are you crazy? You could have died."
"But I didn’t want to marry that guy Su Xianci. I can’t stand him, and I already have you, my husband, so how could I marry soone else?" Lu Shiran looked at Li Hengsheng.
Just as Li Hengsheng was about to speak, the waiter ca in with the dishes.
"Let’s eat first."
Li Hengsheng quickly said.
Seeing the table full of dishes, Lu Shiran devoured them ravenously.
Watching her eat, Li Hengsheng realized that she must have suffered a lot along the way. After all, the journey from Guanglan Palace to the National Guardian Mansion was incredibly long and dangerous. Without her cultivation, making it here was truly challenging.
As she ate, she noticed Li Hengsheng’s gaze and swallowed the food in her mouth, then comforted him, "Husband, don’t worry; it’s nothing. The early years of my life were like this. I’m used to wandering. Even without my cultivation, it’s not a problem, since I’ve only had it for less than a year."
"Finding you was the hard part. I was planning to go to Dao Mountain Ancient Land, but almost there, I heard you had been transferred to the National Guardian Mansion as an Inspector, so I ca here instead. I didn’t expect to actually find you." Lu Shiran chuckled.
"Hurry up and eat, there’s more if you need it." Li Hengsheng patted Lu Shiran’s head.
He also wondered to himself what Secret Technique the Su family had used to seal even Lu Shiran’s Divine Body.
Even the Five Extres Seal couldn’t seal a Divine Body, right?
And what kind of agreent did Guanglan Palace’s Guang Ancestor and the Su family’s Su Zheng reach, that even led to sending Lu Shiran off for a marriage alliance with the Su family?
Everything was a mystery.
Eventually, Lu Shiran finished two tables of food, filling her little belly before she was satisfied.
Li Hengsheng had a few beautiful clothes bought for Lu Shiran.
"Put on these clothes. The dirty ones you’re wearing should be thrown away." Li Hengsheng said to Lu Shiran.
"Alright."
Upon seeing the beautiful clothes, Lu Shiran’s eyes lit up.
"Where are you going?" Lu Shiran asked curiously when Li Hengsheng was about to leave.
"I’m going out, so you can change." Li Hengsheng paused.
"It’s okay, you can stay here. I can change even with you here, you’re my husband, what’s there to be afraid of?" Lu Shiran was nonchalant.
"No, I’ll still go out." Li Hengsheng said as he left, closing the door behind him.
Li Hengsheng planned to have Lu Shiran stay at the Inspection Mansion for the ti being, keeping her close by.
The people from Guanglan Palace and the Su family would surely be looking for her.
If so, she could be taken care of here.
Li Hengsheng didn’t want to see Lu Shiran wandering outside anymore. A girl who had lost everything.
He feared he might be her last refuge.
In both sentint and logic, Li Hengsheng couldn’t bear to send Lu Shiran away; after all, they had faced life and death together.
After waiting for a while, the door opened, and Lu Shiran stepped out.
With the new clothes, she was once again the breathtakingly beautiful Lu Shiran.
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