Jiang Lingxi watched as Changning returned with an unremarkable little box.
From the outside, it looked like the smallest type of safe, and it even had a combination lock.
Who would have thought that inside was a heart.
"Are you sure it won’t be detected when boarding the plane?"
"Master said it would be fine, so it should be fine." Changning still trusted her inexpensive master quite a bit.
After all, monks don’t lie, right?
"Lingxi, do you want to take a look? This heart is quite different from a normal one."
Jiang Lingxi intended to shake her head, but paused when she heard the latter part of the sentence.
"Then, let’s take a look?"
Changning unlocked the safe with the code and took out a transparent box from inside.
The box was engraved with golden symbols that were unintelligible; at least, Jiang Lingxi couldn’t understand a single one.
However, she guessed those symbols were probably used to bypass airport security.
There were no barriers on the transparent box, and one could clearly see the fist-sized heart inside through the box.
The color was vivid, nothing like one that had stopped beating for several days.
At first glance, Jiang Lingxi thought it was a stone shaped very much like a heart inside.
"This heart does seem a bit strange."
She had expected to feel a sense of disgust seeing a part of Wu Hua’s body but, in fact, she didn’t.
Why had all of Wu Hua’s blood turned black, yet this heart remained red?
Moreover, after purification, only this heart remained.
Why had Wu Jue instructed Changning to bring this heart back separately?
There must be some reason behind this!
But without someone nearby, and with her current physical inconvenience, Jiang Lingxi could only set aside this question for now.
Changning closed the safe again. "Gu Qiantong should already be on the plane by now. She asked if Lingxi would see her, and I replied with two words: No time."
Not mentioning how shocking it was for the Gu Family to finally see the dramatically changed Gu Qiantong being released, Aibosi Koli also received news that Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing were preparing to leave.
Vini was sent over to convey an invitation from her grand-grandmother for a farewell dinner before their departure, which Jiang Lingxi politely declined.
Her hand could barely move for the moment: she couldn’t even hold a spoon, let alone chopsticks.
Usually, Shen Yunqing acted as her hands, but during meals, it was either just the two of them or well-acquainted people around.
Having to be fed in public, even though she considered herself thick-skinned, still felt uncomfortable.
The dinner wasn’t necessary.
"Fine then," Vini wouldn’t insist, skipping the dinner and switching to another topic. "I can book the plane tickets with just a phone call. When you arrive at the airport, you can board directly."
This small favor Jiang Lingxi didn’t refuse. "Then I’ll trouble Miss Vini."
"You’re welcome, it’s just a minor effort."
Not long after seeing Vini off, Jiang Lingxi received a text message on her phone confirming the successful reservation of the plane tickets.
The flight was at ten o’clock the next morning and would land in the Imperial City just in time for the morning there.
Looking at the destination, Imperial City, displayed on the screen, she suddenly felt a strong desire to return home.
The initial plan was to be back within a week, but the disruptions caused by Wu Hua prolonged it excessively!
In the past few days, she always woke up around nine or ten in the morning at the Changcang Sect. Whenever she awoke, the bed next to hers was empty as Shen Yunqing had risen hours earlier to handle much work.
Before going to sleep, Jiang Lingxi even specifically asked Shen Yunqing to wake her up early, but the next morning she awoke even before she needed the Shen Yunqing alarm clock. At dawn, when the bed beside her was still motionless, she had already woken up first.
Waking up so early made her a little dazed.
After coming to her senses, Jiang Lingxi silently concluded that only the Changcang Sect could suppress her.
Her movements upon quietly getting up awoke the person lying on the adjacent bed.
As soon as Shen Yunqing opened his eyes, he looked at Jiang Lingxi’s bed and saw a figure sitting by the bed.
Jiang Lingxi watched his rarely seen sleepy expression upon waking and couldn’t help but chuckle, "Did I wake you up?"
"Away from the Changcang Sect, I don’t seem to be that sleepy anymore."
Shen Yunqing lifted the quilt and sat up, turning on the lamp by the bedside.
Jiang Lingxi automatically extended her hand.
"It seems a bit better today than yesterday."
She moved her fingers that she could still move a bit.
Shen Yunqing leaned in and scrutinized thoroughly, nodding and softly humming his assent.
Putting on gloves, Jiang Lingxi retracted her hand, "Don’t worry, it’ll heal. We still have some time, so help me wash my hair."
Honestly, if her hand hadn’t been temporarily out of commission these past days, she wouldn’t have discovered Prime Minister Shen’s skills in washing hair and giving massages.
It was way more comfortable than washing her hair herself.
After washing and drying her hair, there was a knock on the door outside.
"Lingxi, Sir, are you up? Come out for breakfast!"
The luggage was packed the night before, and while the three of them were eating breakfast outside, someone helped transfer their luggage to the car.
Aisbosi Koli came with Vini to see them off.
When Jiang Lingxi came out, she went forward to embrace this mysterious and powerful girl, "Next time you visit the town, stay at the manor, this courtyard will be reserved for you."
The other party saved the Aibosi family from a potential huge crisis and essentially granted a second life to the nearly ruined Hemier.
Only a fool wouldn’t want to maintain a good relationship with such a friend.
And she was certain that although this was Jiang Lingxi’s first time at the international fashion event, it would definitely not be the last.
"You’re also welcome to come to Hua State. Let me act as host when you visit."
Vini, standing behind her grand-grandmother, couldn’t hold back her excitement. She gently hugged Jiang Lingxi and nodded repeatedly at the words, "I’ll definitely go. I’ve always been curious about the food in Hua State."
The grand-grandmother was too old to travel much, but she could still fly to Hua State.
After saying goodbye to Aisbosi Koli and Vini, who came to see them off, the three of them got into the car taking them to the airport.
The journey to the airport was smooth, except that passing through security made Jiang Lingxi a little nervous. She had experienced the prowess of those security machines that could reveal anything placed inside, as if everything was transparent under the device.
But when the machine scanned the safe, it registered as a blank.
This even made the security personnel in charge of the scanner take a second look at Changning, who was carrying the safe.
It was just an empty box, so why be so cautious!
After passing security, they were in the first batch to board.
This time there were fewer outsiders and fewer eyes, so Vini booked Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing a luxurious double seat.
Pulling up the door offered a private little cabin.
Across the aisle was Changning’s seat.
When it was time, the plane took off, and after flying for more than ten hours, a gentle reminder from the flight attendant echoed in the cabin.
Feeling a hand gently pulling down her eye mask, Jiang Lingxi opened her eyes, got up, and turned her head to look out the small window beside her.
A red sun was bursting forth!