Yan Qi gave Kang Liang a wink, and Kang Liang immediately returned to the Cullinan and directed the three cars to drive away.

Yan Qi moved to the passenger side door and looked inside through the window.

The car door was pushed open a crack from the inside.

Yan Qi reached out and opened the car door, glancing at Liang Yu in the passenger seat, and asked in a low voice:

"woke up?"

Liang Yu rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, nodded, and got out of the car while holding onto the door.

She staggered to the front gate of the house, rummaged in her bag for a while, and muttered to herself:

"Where are my keys?"

Liang Yu simply squatted down on the ground, emptied all the contents of his bag, and searched through them one by one.

She searched for a long time, then finally looked up at Yan Qi, who was also looking for the keys with her, and asked vaguely:

"Can you bypass the Great Firewall?"

Yan Qi had participated in special forces training abroad, so scaling walls was a piece of cake for him.

When he opened the gate to the courtyard, he saw Liang Yuzheng leaning against the gatepost, asleep.

Yan Qi silently turned around and walked slowly toward the main house of the mansion.

The self-built houses in the countryside all have old-fashioned door locks, and Yan Qi easily forced the door open.

When Yan Qi returned to Liang Yu, Liang Yu had already been awakened by the sound of the door being broken down.

She rubbed her eyes, looked around the yard with a dazed expression, and mumbled:

"The door is open? Thank you! Send me the order, and I'll pay in a bit."

As Liang Yu spoke, he wobbled as he walked into the house.

As soon as he entered the house, Liang Yu collapsed onto the sofa, rested his head on the armrest, and closed his eyes.

Yan Qi stood beside Liang Yu and looked around the room.

The whole house was decorated in an old style, and the furniture and appliances were all very old. Even in the dim moonlight, you could see that the tables were covered in dust.

This house has been vacant for a long time.

Yan Qi found the power switch and turned it on, then tried the switches in the room before going into the bedroom to find a blanket.

His phone suddenly vibrated; it was Kang Liang calling.

Yan Qi glanced at Liang Yu, who was fast asleep on the living room sofa, casually closed the bedroom door, answered the phone, and lowered his voice:

"explain."

Kang Liang also lowered his voice:

"Young Master Qi, if we don't leave now, we'll miss the chance to pay our respects to the old master."

Yan Qi replied coldly:

"understood."

After saying that, he hung up the phone, grabbed the blanket from the bed with one hand, and walked towards the living room.

Liang Yu curled up on the sofa, like a wounded kitten.

Yan Qi walked lightly to Liang Yu's side and carefully covered her with the quilt.

The blanket was slowly pulled up to her chin, and her shallow breaths fell onto the back of Yan Qi's hand, like a feather gently brushing against it.

It feels a little itchy and numb.

Just as Yan Qi was about to pull his hands back, Liang Yu, who was fast asleep, suddenly raised his hand and placed it on his wrist.

Liang Yu's fingers were cool, and they trembled slightly the moment they touched Yan Qi's hot skin.

Liang Yu struggled to open one eye a crack, mumbling incoherently:

"Don't go..."

……

When Liang Yu woke up, it was already broad daylight.

She slowly sat up, glanced at the thin blanket covering her, and rubbed her temples with the heel of her palm while recalling what had happened last night.

Liang Yu remembers hiring a designated driver to drive her around, and that driver even helped her open the door to the old house.

The last thing she remembered was calling out to the designated driver, wanting to pay some service fees.

Did she actually pay the service fee?

She couldn't remember.

Liang Yu fumbled for his phone on the sofa, but it was out of battery and turned off.

After charging her phone, she got up and took a cold shower in the bathroom.

The temperature in Haicheng in spring is over 20 degrees Celsius. The cool water splashed on his body raised a layer of goosebumps, which suddenly woke Liang Yu up.

After taking a shower, Liang Yu sat back on the sofa and turned on his phone.

There was a message from Fang Ze on my phone, sent last night.

I was a bit harsh today, please don't be angry. Once I'm done with this busy period, I'll take you to Iceland to see the Northern Lights.

This was the first time in six years that Fang Ze had said he wanted to travel with Liang Yu.

In the past, Liang Yu would have been very excited about his trip to Iceland to see the Northern Lights.

But now she has no expectations at all.

You might even find yourself speculating.

Did Shi Ya once say that she wanted to go to Iceland to see the Northern Lights?

Liang Yu glanced at her chat history with Fang Ze.

It was mostly Liang Yu sending messages to Fang Ze.

The last time Fang Ze sent a message to Liang Yu was three months ago, and it contained only one word: "Hmm".

Fang Ze has always been like this.

He rarely replied to Liang Yu's messages, and even when he did, it was just a few words like "okay" or "um".

Even with Fang Ze's perfunctory reply, even though he only sent a single "hmm," it was still a relief.

Liang Yu will also reply to Fang Ze's messages as soon as possible.

My phone suddenly vibrated; it was a call from an unknown number.

Liang Yu answered the phone; it was the head of the renovation company calling to schedule a time for them to come and measure the dimensions of the door.

Liang Yu was surprised and asked:

"How did you get my number? And how did you know I needed to replace my door?"

The person in charge of the decoration company replied:

"Ms. Liang, your designated driver contacted us, saying that your front door was damaged last night and needs to be replaced immediately."

The designated driver last night was quite responsible and meticulous in his work.

Liang Yuhui:

"You can come over now and change all the locks on my doors while you're at it."

Less than an hour later, the renovation company's people arrived.

After meeting Liang, the person in charge asked directly:

"Ms. Liang, I need to understand your needs first. If you plan to live here long-term, it would be best to replace all the doors in the house."

"The doors in the house are too old and don't have matching locks. Also, the place is very remote. Smart doors would be safer."

"If Miss Liang doesn't plan to stay here permanently, then there's no need to change all the locks."

Liang Yuhui:

"Replace all the doors; the main door needs to be replaced with a smart control system."

The head of the renovation company nodded repeatedly with a happy expression, as if he had completed a task.

"Okay, no problem, we'll definitely install the latest and safest door for you."

The renovation company measured all the door frame dimensions and reinforced the door that had been broken into last night.

Before leaving, the person in charge of the decoration company said that Liang Yu's order was urgent and they would come to install the doors in a few days.

Liang Yu got the designated driver's phone number from the person in charge.

She hasn't paid for the designated driver's fee from last night.

Liang Yu dialed the phone number, and the call connected after just one ring.

There was silence on the other end of the phone. Liang Yu spoke:

"Hello, my name is Liang Yu. You drove me here last night, from the bar to No. 28 Lishu Village, do you remember?"

"Thank you for contacting the renovation company for me. I don't think I paid you the valet parking fee last night. Is this your WeChat ID? I'll transfer the money to you."

After a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, a gentle male voice spoke:

"Ms. Liang, we apologize for the inconvenience caused by the breaking and entering last night. We'll waive the valet parking fee."

Liang Yu insisted:

"If you hadn't broken down the door last night, I wouldn't have been able to get in. The valet parking fee is your hard-earned money, so I still have to pay you."

The person on the other end of the phone replied:

"Ms. Liang, actually, I wasn't the designated driver last night. I will pass on your message to the person from last night. If that person is willing to take me in, I will contact you again."

Liang Yuhui:

"Okay, please thank him for me."

Liang Yu hung up the phone and sent Lin Xiao a cute emoji.

Lin Xiao replied to the message five minutes later.

[Your Majesty, what are your orders?]

Liang Yu returned.

[This empress is just a figurehead; it's better that way. She's left the palace today and is now living peacefully in a separate residence.]

Lin Xiaohui.

[The Empress has actually left the palace? Could there be a coup at court? Send me the address, I'll rush to her aid. Empress, remember to prepare a reward.]

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