Chapter 78: Chapter 68 I must be hallucinating!
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That evening.

With nightfall came tranquility and mystery.

The whole world seemed to be painted in deep shades of blue, with stars twinkling in the firmament, like diamonds embedded in darkness.

The moon rose, like a silver lantern, illuminating the earth.

The lights of White Deer Manor were sparse and dim, casting a hazy glow, and the farmers’ courtyards threw deep shadows under the moonlight, their shapes blurred and enigmatic.

The night breeze gently blew, carrying the scent of distant flowers and nearby grasses, softening all sounds into part of the night.

The chirps of crickets and croaks of frogs from afar sounded like nature’s own symphony, ebbing and flowing.

Cheng Liunian stepped out of the horse barn under the cover of night, incredibly cautious.

His complexion was pitch-black, for in White Deer Manor, he wasn’t even afforded a proper dwelling; he was relegated to living with the horses in the barn.

Exhaustion had just begun to overcome him when out of nowhere a horse’s hoof would suddenly kick out.

Knocking him senseless.

Making him instantly alert.

All the horses in the barn had exotic beast bloodlines, brimming with vigorous energy, unaffected by several nights without sleep.

Normally it wouldn’t bother Cheng Liunian, but now, curled up in a stack of hay in the barn, he would occasionally receive a fierce kick from a hoof.

Just one kick was painful enough, not to mention the shock of being suddenly awakened from sound sleep, which was already torturous enough.

Who could bear such a situation?

Cheng Liunian felt that if he continued to stay with these horses for a few more days, even if he didn’t mentally collapse, he would certainly go mad.

Fortunately…

He still had a beam of white moonlight in his heart, allowing him to feel the warmth of someone even amidst the highly irritating present.

Cheng Liunian tiptoed out of the barn, threading through the quiet alleys towards the room where Bai Shuxuan was staying.

Under the feeble moonlight, his steps were light and cautious, as he tried to avoid making any sound.

If someone discovered him, in the middle of the night, on his way to Bai Shuxuan’s boudoir,

Even if Bai Shuxuan herself wouldn’t say anything, that damn Lin Cheng and the heartless Qing Luan would absolutely not let him off the hook.

Just thinking about it made Cheng Liunian realize how humiliating it was for him, the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir, to be so careful just to see his fiancée.

But for now…

He had no choice.

If someone discovered his whereabouts, death might be an exaggeration, but he would definitely be beaten up.

Cheng Liunian cautiously moved through the courtyard, sticking close to the corners of the walls, bending down, trying his best to keep his presence unnoticed.

Approaching the courtyard where Bai Shuxuan was staying, Cheng Liunian suddenly found the side gate locked.

And at the main entrance of the courtyard stood the guards arranged by White Deer Manor’s Village Head, Lv Changshou.

He simply could not get close.

To see Bai Shuxuan, it seemed he had no choice but to climb over the wall.

Cheng Liunian glanced at the top of the wall, feeling it towered higher than his own life.

At least five to six meters tall!

For an ordinary cultivator, this would mean nothing, but to someone like him who had never practiced cultivation, it was simply insurmountable.

Cheng Liunian searched around for a while, considering any other possible way or tools that could help him enter the courtyard.

Soon, Cheng Liunian found a hole in the corner of the wall.

The size of the hole was just large enough to allow a person to pass through.

But…

From the stench coming from the hole, it was clear this was not a regular hole.

Could it be a dog hole?

With that thought, Cheng Liunian’s expression turned ugly and sullen.

He hesitated for a moment.

Did he really have to crawl through a dog hole to enter the courtyard and see Bai Shuxuan?

Cheng Liunian was indecisive for a while, his princely pride making it difficult for him to swallow his pride.

But he didn’t hesitate for long. Remembering Bai Shuxuan’s beautiful and exquisite face, he decided to crawl through.

What’s the big deal with a dog hole?

Compared to the hardships Cheng Liunian had previously endured, crawling through a dog hole was a bit humiliating, but at least not many people saw it, so there was no loss of face.

So Cheng Liunian carefully crouched down, first poking his head through to look around, noticing that there weren’t many people in the courtyard, with only Bai Shuxuan’s room still lit by candlelight.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

No more hesitation.

He plunged his body into the dog hole and wriggled through like a worm, moving towards the courtyard.

Once inside the wall, Cheng Liunian quickly hid himself, fearing discovery, as that would make his crawling through the dog hole in vain.

He edged toward Bai Shuxuan’s room, moving bit by bit, extremely cautious.

In a short while, he reached the window of Bai Shuxuan’s room.

He first peered through the window.

Inside the room,

Under the moonlight,

Bai Shuxuan sat by the desk, with various spiritual medicines arranged in front of her, sometimes picking them up, sometimes setting them down.

In Cheng Liunian’s eyes, Bai Shuxuan was at the peak of beauty at this moment.

Her beauty was not just superficial, but deeply ingrained.

It was a serene and restrained beauty, tranquil as a lake’s surface, yet as vivacious as summer blooms.

To Cheng Liunian, Bai Shuxuan’s face was like delicate porcelain, with skin so smooth and fine it seemed to reflect the moonlight’s glow.