After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

Chapter 385 Countdown

Gu Ling looked at her and blinked innocently.

Seeing his hopeful face, Meng Yin reluctantly changed the subject: "The wedding banquet is over...what are the plans for the rest of the day?"

Gu Ling said: "The Spring Festival will be here soon, so let's go back early."

"Ah, go back? Go back where?" Meng Yin said in surprise. She thought that everything was over and everyone would go back to their own cities.

Gu Ling didn't expect her to be so surprised, and explained: "Let's go back to Jincheng together. The cabinet is there."

"The cabinet..." Meng Yin clutched the quilt tightly, "It turns out that they don't live in the sect permanently."

Gu Ling nodded and said, "The affairs of the sect are related to the cabinet. It is enough to have a few hall masters here. As a cabinet official, you naturally have to be in the cabinet."

Meng Yin stretched out his fingers and counted, wondering, "Why isn't Jincheng among the top ten cities?"

Gu Ling said: "It is the capital of Anhong, also known as the capital, so it is not listed among the ten major cities."

Meng Yin nodded slowly, "I see."

This would be perfect, then everyone can live in the same city instead of being separated by several places.

Gu Ling was a little confused. Logically, no one in Anhong Continent didn't know this, so why didn't Meng Yin know anything about it?

Noticing Gu Ling's expression change, Meng Yin laughed and huddled into the quilt: "I'm so tired, time to go to bed."

This reminded Gu Ling. He turned around and took the medicine, smiling, "Ayin, it's time to apply the medicine."

Meng Yin was stunned for a moment, "I'm not injured, why do I need to apply medicine?"

Gu Ling didn't say anything, but reached in, touched her, and asked, "Doesn't it hurt here?"

Meng Yin shuddered and cursed, "It's all because of you! I'm in so much pain!"

Gu Ling tried to coax her again and again, and finally Meng Yin had no choice but to let him apply the medicine. However, she was afraid that Gu Ling would do something to her, so she insisted that he promise before she would let him apply the medicine.

Gu Ling had no intention of doing anything, although he still wanted to, but Meng Yin's body couldn't take it. Last night was already her limit. He would wait until she recovered.

After applying the medicine, Meng Yin blushed so much that she couldn't help it. Although they were husband and wife, it was embarrassing to do such a thing.

The candle went out, and Gu Ling hugged her, his voice was very joyful, as if he had won a battle: "Ayin, let's go to bed."

Meng Yin nodded, and soon fell into a deep sleep, resulting in Gu Ling's attempt to get her to call him "husband" failing.

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Xia Nian refused to bathe with Xiahou Yu no matter how much he persuaded her. Now she was the only one in the room. The book had arrived a few days ago, and she had been busy with other things. She only took a cursory look at it. Apart from the content about Chaomu City, there was nothing else.

Now that he had some free time, Xia Nian took it out of the cabinet and prepared to take a closer look.

It is now the hour of Hai and it is almost midnight.

Still the same, the whole book has been almost finished. The words on it are sparse but very neat, and they are all about what happened to them in the ten major cities.

The pages of the book made a crisp sound in the house, and suddenly, Xia Nian found that there was a page in the middle with no words on it.

Seeing the dim page, Xia Nian thought it was blank, but when she turned the whole page, she saw two Arabic numerals in the middle - 30!

She was sure the words were for them, as they had never seen Arabic numerals used here.

So what does this thirty represent?

The first thing Xia Nian thought of, and the thing she was most reluctant to think of, was that this number represented the remaining time they had here.

But whether it is thirty hours, thirty days, or thirty years, is unknown.

Just as he was thinking about it, the wind outside blew in and the candle flame swayed. Xia Nian subconsciously looked over, and when he looked back, the number on the book suddenly became 29!

Xia Nian was startled. She closed the book, went out and called a maid, asking, "What time is it now?"

The maid replied, "It's midnight, young lady."

Xia Nian's eyes suddenly widened. When Xiahou Yu came back, he was still muttering that it was the hour of Hai and asked her to take a bath together. Now it was the hour of Zi, so this number represented the number of days!

They will be going back in twenty-nine days!

Xia Nian's breathing became rapid, and he staggered back to the room, put the book back, and collapsed weakly on the round stool.

Do they really have to leave here?

"No, not necessarily." Xia Nian muttered to herself. This number does not necessarily mean that they will go back, maybe it has other meanings.

Xia Nian stood up suddenly, then sat back down. She was really confused. How could she find a few people to discuss this at such a late hour? She could only wait until tomorrow.

If it was really the remaining days, how would they explain it to them? Meng Yin and Gu Ling had only been married for a month when she suddenly disappeared. How could anyone bear it?

Xia Nian supported her forehead with one hand, her loose hair hanging down to cover her face, making her look very lonely.

At this time, Xiahou Yu came in with a damp body, and said as he walked, "I'm done, let's take a rest." Seeing Xia Nian sitting with his head down, Xiahou Yu hurriedly asked, "A Nian, what's wrong?"

Xia Nian raised her head and looked at him with complicated eyes, filled with reluctance, attachment, and deep sadness.

Xiahou Yu suppressed his smile, walked quickly to her side, squatted down and looked at her, "Anian, did something happen? Did you feel wronged?"

Xia Nian shook his head, and couldn't help but stretch out his hands to hold his face, gently stroking his cheek with his thumb.

Xiahou Yu was stunned and murmured, "A Nian..."

Xia Nian gritted her teeth and immediately put away the discomfort in her heart. At the moment, she was not sure about the specific meaning of the number, and she could not show anything that would make him suspicious. She would make plans after discussing it with the three people tomorrow.

"It's okay, my knee just accidentally hit the corner of the cabinet and it hurts a little." Xia Nian said, retracting his hand.

Xiahou Yu narrowed his eyes. When he came in just now, Xia Nian's expression didn't look like he was touched.

He sat on the stool, lifted her legs with his big hands, and lifted her skirt up.

The knee was normal, with no visible signs of injury. Xia Nian retracted his leg and said, "It's healed now. Let's take a rest. I'm tired."

She stood up, but her hand was grabbed by Xiahou Yu. He exerted a little force and pulled Xia Nian into her arms and sat down.

Xia Nian pursed her lips. She knew that Xia Houyu might feel something was wrong.

Sure enough, Xiahou Yu came close to her and looked at her with narrowed eyes.

Fortunately, Xia Nian's acting skills were good, and she handled his inquiring look with ease.

After a while, Xia Nian couldn't help but ask, "Have you seen enough?"

Xiahou Yu raised his smiling face and said, "No, I'm afraid I'll have to wait for a lifetime."

For a lifetime. This word made Xia Nian's heart tremble. She smiled and said, "You will also watch it when you are old?"

Xiahou Yu asked back: "What if I'm old and Ah Nian doesn't want to watch it anymore?"

"...rest." Xia Nian said as she was about to stand up, but was restrained by Xia Hou Yu. He rested his head in the crook of her neck, and Xia Nian could still smell the scent of soapberry on his body.

"Okay, let's go to bed." Xiahou Yu smiled and picked her up and walked towards the bed.

When she went to sleep, Xia Nian was worried that Xia Houyu would have wild thoughts. She thought for a while, and whispered in the dark: "Xia Houyu, don't think too much. There are some things... I can't say them now, because I am not sure myself. It's not that I intend to hide them from you."

Xiahou Yu nodded obediently. He knew that Xia Nian must be hiding something from him, but he knew Xia Nian. She didn't tell him, so there must be something she couldn't tell him.

"Then Anian, I won't force you. Just tell me when you've made up your mind." Xiahou Yu said, although he still felt a little aggrieved.

Xia Nian nodded and said softly, "I understand, go to sleep."

She paused, then said, "Go to sleep."