A few days later.
Lu Zheng had just finished having lunch with Liu Qingyan at Renxin Hall and was leisurely heading back home to take a nap under the persimmon tree in the backyard.
As he turned into Tongyi Lane, he saw a carriage parked at his doorstep.
"What's going on?" Lu Zheng blinked, then suddenly realized the carriage looked familiar.
"Young Master Lu is back!"
A shout interrupted Lu Zheng's thoughts, and he saw a man dressed in strong clothes emerge from the doorway.
"Is it you?" Lu Zheng exclaimed in surprise.
This man was one of the escorts from the Du family's mother and daughter whom Lu Zheng had rescued from the World in the Painting on his way from White Cloud Temple to the Jinhua Sect.
"Indeed, it's me!"
The man quickly bowed with a smile on his face, "I heard the Young Master was back, so my master immediately set out from Yizhou Prefecture to thank you personally. Please forgive the intrusion!"
"No, not at all! Thank you, thank you!"
