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Qi Xuansu followed Pei Xiaolou into the Zhenwu Temple.
“Qing Xiao isn’t here?” Qi Xuansu asked nervously.
“She’s not. She’s out visiting someone,” Pei Xiaolou replied.
After working with Zhang Yuelu for some time, Pei Xiaolou had genuinely come to fear this junior because, to him, there was nothing more intimidating than someone who took things too seriously.
Qi Xuansu breathed a sigh of relief because he was not quite ready to face Zhang Yuelu yet.
He did not think that he was the type to cower in front of women, nor did he intend to act like a henpecked husband. The reason he feared Zhang Yuelu was not because of her higher status or her assertive personality. It was because he had deceived her, so he felt guilty and simply could not muster any confidence.
“Who are we meeting?” Qi Xuansu asked again.
“Your direct superior,” Pei Xiaolou replied casually.
As they spoke, the two men arrived at a standalone courtyard with two Spirit Guards standing at the entrance. Upon seeing Pei Xiaolou, they immediately saluted the Sage and granted the duo passage without question.
Though these Spirit Guards belonged to the Ziwei Hall, and Pei Xiaolou was from the Chongyang Palace of Immortality, everyone knew that he was Sage Donghua’s younger brother and Lei Xiaohuan’s husband....
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