An Ning glanced left and right without speaking, and Lu Xiu didn’t rush her, just quietly stood by and waited.

After a while, An Ning finally said, "Let’s go, I’ll go tell An Yu."

Lu Xiu just nodded, "Alright."

An Ning turned and walked towards the room.

As she pushed open the room door, Mu Yi and An Yu were still talking about something. Hearing the door open, they turned around suddenly and saw An Ning.

An Ning: "I’m going home."

An Yu nodded, looking somewhat guilty, "Ningning, I’m sorry..."

Right now, he truly couldn’t go back; however, Yan Shi divorced because of his coaxing, and now he left everything for An Ning to handle, which was quite unreasonable.

"You don’t owe me anything; I’ll arrange the matters at home. Once things stabilize here, try to go back as soon as possible."

An Ning understood his difficulties; after all, An Bingfeng was the one who raised him, and now, when An Bingfeng needed him the most, there was no way the recently recovered Yan Shi could compare.

Things just happened to be so unfortunate; as An Ning and Lu Xiu had just left on an ox cart, Sikong Wuyou returned on the other side.

As soon as he entered the door, Sikong Wuyou asked the gatekeeper nearby, "Where’s Miss An?"

It was because he received the news of An Ning’s visit that he hurriedly finished his work to come back.

Unexpectedly, the gatekeeper replied, "Sir, Miss An just left; she should have reached the street corner by now..."

Without a second thought, Sikong Wuyou turned and rushed into the distance.

"Brother Lu, stop the cart for a moment..." An Ning said.

Lu Xiu obediently stopped the ox cart, then turned to ask An Ning, "Sister An Ning, what’s the matter?"

"There’s a place selling sesame cakes over there; wait here for a bit while I go buy some for dinner." An Ning said as she got off the ox cart.

Meanwhile, Lu Xiu responded, "Alright, there are quite a few people here; I’ll park the ox cart under that big tree ahead and wait for you. Sister An Ning, be careful..."

"Got it." As they spoke, An Ning already ran over there.

Watching the joyful figure, Lu Xiu smiled helplessly, then drove the ox cart towards the tree.

Coincidentally, Sikong Wuyou arrived on horseback at this moment, instinctively glanced around but missed An Ning’s figure, and continued running forward.

The man selling sesame cakes was burly, surrounded by customers; business was good. An Ning queued for quite a while before she could finally make a purchase.

"Brother Lu, this one’s for you all..." An Ning handed the larger portion to Lu Xiu; there were more of his brothers, and they were at the age of growing, naturally having bigger appetites.

Lu Xiu didn’t stand on ceremony, taking it, "Thank you, Sister An Ning, then I won’t stand on ceremony."

An Ning smiled, then got on the ox cart and drove away with Lu Xiu.

Sikong Wuyou perfectly missed An Ning.

When An Ning got home, Yan Shi was standing at the door looking out.

The ox cart was still quite some distance away when she came out to greet it.

Upon entering, seeing only An Ning on the cart, she unconsciously showed a disappointed expression.

"Ningning, your brother still hasn’t come back?" She had a bad feeling, thinking that An Yu might have run into some trouble. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Otherwise, how could he have gone to the county all of a sudden time and again, yet couldn’t bring anyone back!