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Life seemed to settle again into a calmer rhythm.
Li Yuan was called upon to assist with missions more and more often, and his freedom gradually returned. In time, he was even allowed to travel alone as far as the second gate, and then the first gate. Each time he came back safely, the watchers grew less suspicious.
He also started taking Ping’an with him more frequently. Their personalities were worlds apart; at best, they could avoid arguing. Li Yuan was calm enough, but Ping’an would explode at the slightest spark…like a keg of gunpowder with a short fuse.
Eventually, after one particularly intense battle, Li Yuan earned enough trust to take Ping’an outside the third gate—and then brought him back again under watchful eyes.
Not long after, the watchers, confronted by...
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