The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot
Chapter 641: Entering the City

Chapter 641: Chapter 641: Entering the City

Zhong Niangyao looked up at the imposing city wall and a shallow smile surfaced on her face.

Although she was unable to let go completely, her over twenty years in Lai Country weren’t all unpleasant. At the very least, during the time she spent with her Master, she was indeed very happy.

Thinking about it now, she didn’t know how the old man was doing or whether he had already reincarnated.

When her Master was dying, he told her that their master-disciple fate was only this long. He asked her not to try to summon him after his death.

This was Master’s dying wish, and naturally, she couldn’t refuse.

Lu Yichen, seeing Zhong Niangyao fall into silence, couldn’t help but feel a tinge of heartache. He gently embraced her, asking softly, "What are you thinking about?"

"It’s nothing." Zhong Niangyao’s mood quickly adjusted, and she looked up at Lu Yichen beside her, "I don’t think I’ve ever told you, but one of my souls once reincarnated here and lived for over twenty years!"

With that said, Zhong Niangyao began to recount the events that happened to her in Lai Country.

While listening to Zhong Niangyao’s narration, Lu Yichen’s mood was initially very calm. But when he heard that the Royal Family of Lai Country had forced her to sacrifice her body to heaven, a chilling aura suddenly started emanating from him and dark clouds began to gather in the sky.

Seeing this, Zhong Niangyao was startled and immediately took Lu Yichen’s hand, soothing him, "It’s okay, I’m fine now, aren’t I? Actually, I already had the idea of sacrificing myself to heaven. Otherwise, based on the one sitting on the throne, he definitely wouldn’t have had the ability to force me."

As she spoke, Zhong Niangyao looked up at the sky, which was still a threatening mass of dark clouds. It seemed that Lu Yichen hadn’t calmed down. Indeed, Lu Yichen’s next words confirmed her guess.

"Your willingness to sacrifice yourself is your nobility," Lu Yichen’s eyes filled with murderous intent, "but his desire for you to die is absolutely impossible."

"It’s fine now, isn’t it? I’m unharmed!" Zhong Niangyao tugged on Lu Yichen’s hand, her tone carrying a hint of coquetry, "Besides, if I hadn’t sacrificed myself, my fragmented soul wouldn’t have made it to the modern era, and we might not have met yet!"

"And besides, I didn’t sacrifice myself for the sake of the Royal Family of Lai Country, but for the people of Lai Country. Don’t be angry anymore, or the citizens of Lai Country that I struggled to save will suffer again."

Hearing Zhong Niangyao say this, the anger in Lu Yichen’s belly subsided quite a bit, and he sighed helplessly, "You!"

Seeing the dark clouds in the sky disperse completely, Zhong Niangyao breathed a sigh of relief. Then, looking towards the bustling city gate and through to the prosperous scenes inside Beijing, her lips couldn’t help but curve into a slight smile, "Now, it seems my sacrifice was worth it! Look, people here are doing well, aren’t they?"

Although the monarch of Lai Country once forced her to sacrifice her body to heaven, he was still a good emperor. One who could provide for the citizens was a good ruler.

Lu Yichen followed Zhong Niangyao’s gaze briefly before withdrawing his own. His face remained emotionless, showing neither joy nor anger.

"Let’s hurry into the city!" Zhong Niangyao pulled on Lu Yichen’s hand, smiling as she spoke, "If we keep waiting, the sun will set, and it will be less convenient to enter the city then."

Admission to the city required showing the proper documents, and naturally, Lu Yichen and Zhong Niangyao hadn’t prepared such things. However, they used an Eye-blocking Technique, deceived the guards at the gate, and entered the city directly.

After entering Beijing, Zhong Niangyao wasn’t in a hurry to look for Zhong Mingxin’s whereabouts. Instead, she found an inn with Lu Yichen and settled there first.

Once in their room, Zhong Niangyao spoke, "Yichen, I feel that time here flows differently from the modern world we were in."

"You mean—"

"Just now, I made some inquiries on the side," Zhong Niangyao continued, "I was in the modern era for just a year or two, but here, a whole ten years have passed."

When she left, the entire Lai Country was suffering from drought.

After she died, the heavens finally had a change of heart and were willing to send rain.

However, while the drought had passed, post-disaster reconstruction was a major issue. It took ten years for Lai Country to recover to the state she was seeing now.

Lu Yichen understood, "Which means, although Zhong Mingxin has been missing for over twenty years, it’s still unknown how many years he’s actually spent in this world."

"Yes." Zhong Niangyao nodded, "So it’s possible he’s been in this world for only a short time, or perhaps a long time. The only thing we can be sure of right now is that he is still alive."

"We’ll find him," Lu Yichen gently patted Zhong Niangyao’s hand, his voice soothing, "Now that we’ve come here, we’re bound to find him. There’s no need to rush, everything will work out when the time comes."

"I know," Zhong Niangyao was quite calm, "Since we’ve already arrived, no matter what condition Zhong Mingxin is in, we will definitely take him back."

Even if not for Baili Lele, it was also for Old Sir Zhong and Old Madam Zhong. The two elders were still waiting at home eagerly for their youngest son to return and reunite with the family!

"Let’s inquire early tomorrow," Lu Yichen said.

"We don’t need to do it personally."

As if she recalled something, Zhong Niangyao’s eyes gleamed, "I almost forgot, in Beijing, there are organizations that specialize in gathering information! Let’s have them help us find him!"

Back when she was in Lai Country, even though she was State Preceptor and spent most of her time in the National Master Hall, she would still take the opportunity to sneak out and play during her leisure time.

She was quite familiar with the affairs inside Beijing. She had only failed to think of it just now, but now that it came to mind, she would naturally not continue wasting her own energy.

"Alright, we’ll look for it tomorrow," Lu Yichen nodded, not offering his own opinion, "Then let’s rest early. We’ve had too much happening today and you must be tired as well. Don’t think too much about it. Get a good night’s sleep, so we can start fresh tomorrow."