"This weather is really something, shall we keep going?"

"Let’s wait and see. If the weather is normal by noon, we shall continue."

Who would have thought the weather would be so unpredictable? After noon, it began to pour again, and it lasted for several days.

If it were only rain, it wouldn’t be that bad. But one day it even started to hail. In such a lush season, how could there be hail?

"If this keeps up, could there be a flood?" Li Luru worriedly looked at the rain outside, thinking that Ye Haoxuan’s quest to find his sister was too fraught, constantly interrupted by various events.

"Are you silly?" Ye Haoxuan vigorously rubbed her head, "Though it’s raining heavily, look, there’s no water accumulation on the ground. Besides, there aren’t any big rivers or streams around Liyang, how would a flood happen? Do you think this is Jiangnan?"

"Ouch... Why are your hands so mischievous?" Li Luru swatted his hand away, her hair messed up by him.

"Hehe..." Ye Haoxuan chuckled a couple of times and bypassed her to enter the room.

But just as he stepped into the room, Li Luru shouted excitedly, "Hey, hey, hey, it’s not raining anymore. It’s stopped. Look, the sun is out."

Ye Haoxuan turned around helplessly, "I’m not called ’hey’."

"Oh, don’t worry about it." Li Luru clung to his arm, "As long as you know I’m calling you. Hey, it’s not raining outside. Should we just leave right away?" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Having stayed in Liyang for several days, she was utterly fed up, and now she didn’t want to stay another day.

"Let’s leave tomorrow; let the roads dry up a bit first."

With so many days of rain, the roads must be muddy, making it difficult for the carriage to travel.

"Alright then."

Yet at that moment, he didn’t realize what was about to happen, regretting later that he didn’t leave in the afternoon.

"Tweet tweet..."

"Tweet tweet..."

"..."

In the evening, Ye Haoxuan and his group were having dinner together, watching Xiaobai circling restlessly in the air, chirping incessantly.

No matter how Li Luru tried to calm it down, it wouldn’t stop chirping.

"It’s annoying the hell out of me," San muttered, "If Miss Li ever doesn’t want it, I’m going to roast it and eat it."

Ordinarily, Xiaobai would have already fought back, but this time it paid no mind to him, only calling frantically toward Li Luru.

Thinking it was unwell, Li Luru held it and smoothed its feathers.

But it continued chirping; afraid it might disturb everyone’s meal, Li Luru took Xiaobai back to her room.

"Is it okay?" After dinner, Ye Haoxuan came up and asked.

"It seems fine," Li Luru touched Xiaobai’s belly, "Maybe it ate too much and feels uncomfortable."

Ye Haoxuan had never kept birds, he believed her, and didn’t ask further.

But come midnight, he finally understood why Xiaobai had been crying out so desperately earlier.

In the dark, Ye Haoxuan left the swaying room, heading next door, "Li Luru, Li Luru, get out quickly, there’s going to be an earthquake!"

Indeed, an earthquake was imminent, explaining why the weather in Liyang had been so unusual in recent days.

After knocking twice without response, he kicked the door open.

At that moment, the building trembled even more violently, and his companion San didn’t hesitate, grabbing him and jumping off the corridor, escaping as the inn collapsed entirely after reaching the outside.

Watching the inn behind them reduced to ruins, San wiped his sweat, thankful for his quick thinking.