Chapter 709 - 704: Setting Out, Going Home

Chapter 709: Chapter 704: Setting Out, Going Home

"What’s this?" Lin Wanwan was taken aback and flipped through it carefully, blurting out, "Big brother, so you’re the fool who spent double the market price to buy this little courtyard?"

Lu Shouyue chuckled, "Money isn’t the most important thing; what’s important is that this is where we started. Don’t you want to have it?"

Lin Wanwan expressed her confusion about this sense of ceremony. Wasn’t the place where they started Buzhou Studio’s old shop in Yongcheng?

That’s where their entanglement really began!

"Thanks, but I don’t want it. Teacher Lu, stop giving me gifts all the time!" Lin Wanwan refused, "I’ll be staying in hotels when I visit the Ancient City in the future; I don’t need to buy property here, and it’s troublesome to manage as well."

"You don’t have to manage it; you can hire someone to do it."

Lin Wanwan shook her head, "No, thank you."

After a moment, she added seriously, "Teacher Lu, don’t give me such expensive gifts. Although I’m not as wealthy as you, I don’t lack money. If I need something, I’ll buy it myself. I’m not used to spending other people’s money."

Lu Shouyue helplessly replied, "I’m not ’other people’; I’m your man."

"What are you talking about?" Lin Wanwan’s face turned slightly red, "Anyway, no, stop giving them to me."

Lu Shouyue sighed softly. Didn’t Old Wang and Old Ye both say women love receiving gifts from their boyfriends? Giving jewels and houses are sure bets, yet he always fails?

Lin Wanwan didn’t want to waste more breath on this topic and quickly changed the subject after expressing her stance.

She brought out a wooden box crafted from gold-threaded nanmu that she got from the Great Tang, with a modern lock installed on it.

Inside were all the calligraphy and paintings she had collected from the Great Tang Chang’an City over the past few months, masterpieces of national treasure quality, worth at least several billion.

"Teacher Lu, um..."

Hearing her call him ’Teacher Lu’ several times, Lu Shouyue couldn’t stand it anymore and finally leaned in and blocked her lips. After some kissing and nibbling, he raised an eyebrow and said, "Wanwan, what are you supposed to call me? Have you forgotten?"

Lin Wanwan was dazed and tingling from the kisses; she was talking business, yet this guy was so frivolous!

Her cheeks flushed, and she murmured, "Isn’t it all the same? I’m used to it."

She’s been calling him that for two years.

Lu Shouyue hugged her waist, leaned into her ear, and laughed softly, "How can it be the same? Does Wanwan feel that calling me by name isn’t intimate? How about... hubby?"

Too embarrassing!

Lin Wanwan’s ears felt like they were going to get pregnant, instantly turning crimson! Asking to be called hubby after just three months of dating! How shameless!

"Hubby what! It’s so cheesy!"

"It will certainly be in the future," Lu Shouyue said confidently and unequivocally, "And it always will be."

"Stop interrupting!" Lin Wanwan said sternly, forcefully steering the conversation back, "Hmm, these are my treasures inside, and I need to disconnect for a week. Lu... During this time, please take care of the box for me, okay? Could you help me bring it back to Yongcheng?"

"Sure~"

Regarding this matter, there was nothing left to say; Lu Shouyue agreed without hesitation and casually asked, "What’s inside? May I take a look?"

Lin Wanwan thought for a moment and said, "Not convenient now; maybe later."

After arranging matters regarding the national treasures, Lin Wanwan started preparing to travel back to the Great Tang.

However, Lu Shouyue had just traveled a long way to come here, and clearly couldn’t bear to part so soon; he hugged her, refusing to let go, wanting only to be affectionate.

"Wanwan, does this mean one week later you’ll go straight to Yongcheng?"

"Yes, right. I’ll continue my retreat studying first. We’ll reconnect once we’re in Yongcheng."

"Oh, alright." Lu Shouyue was pondering Lin Wanwan’s motives for doing this, remembering how earlier this year when Lin Wanwan first came to the Ancient City, she had also told Su Yanwei and others about disconnecting for a week to relax.

When she came to the Ancient City, she disappeared for a week, and now she plans to do the same upon leaving.

There aren’t such coincidences in the world.

It’s known that Wanwan’s location when traveling through time changes based on her current geographical position.

Considering the speed of carriages and horses in the Great Tang, the journey from Yongcheng to the Ancient City mostly involves a combination of water and land routes, without exhausting the horses, it would take at least a month.

Combining this with the period she disappears in the modern world, does this mean the time flow between the two realms has a fourfold difference?

Lu Shouyue suddenly asked, "Wanwan, regardless of what happens, I’ll always be behind you, providing support. Do you trust me?"

Lin Wanwan froze at his words, sensing the heartbeat coming from the chest close to hers, murmuring, "I trust you."

The national treasures, she wouldn’t even trust a bank vault, choosing Lu Shouyue to safeguard them instead.

"Little liar." Lu Shouyue peered deep into her pupils, unable to resist embracing her further, wanting to be as close as possible, "If you trust me, why do you always deceive me?"

Lin Wanwan was at a loss for words, facing Lu Shouyue, unsure how to respond, remained silent for a moment before suddenly inspired, raised her head, and gave him a kiss.

No need for words; body language is the most direct.

Lu Shouyue paused, his heart electrified, blood surging, emotions swelling instantly, no longer concerning himself whether or not she was deceiving him.

As she was about to retreat, he raised a hand to hold her head, deepening the tentative kiss.

The air gradually turned sweet.

The long kiss ended, leaving Lin Wanwan disoriented, her heart pounding, as if in a dream.

Lu Shouyue watched her closely, smiled, and happily released her, sighing, "I really don’t want to part from you."

Lin Wanwan finally came to her senses, lowered her head and eyes, "I really have to get busy now."

"Fine, once your retreat ends, make it up to me."

After Lu Shouyue left, Lin Wanwan reminisced about what happened just now before locking the door and traveling back in time to the Great Tang.

The preparations for departure were complete; Lin Wanwan bid farewell to Old Sun, who was also at the manor today, and then got on the carriage, leaving with her family.

Along the way, many village children chased the carriage, reluctantly calling out for little Qingyu.

As little Qingyu departed, there would be no one giving them treats at dusk; the children were genuinely reluctant and sad.

The carriage "rumbled" along the main road; journeying at this time meant they couldn’t reach the big city that day, only stopping at a small town for rest.

However, Lin Wanwan’s desire to return home couldn’t be ignored.

Xiao Yixun followed along as usual, Lin Wanwan had already sent messengers with news to Xiao Deyan’s residence in Chang’an City.

Lin Wanwan left abruptly, without bidding farewell in person to families with whom she interacted in the city, yet she left notes, which servants would deliver to those homes one by one.

In the era of slow transportation, a separation could mean forever. Just as she departed, she began missing them.

Reflecting on the people she met during her time in Chang’an City felt surreal.

She personally delivered Cheng Chubu and Li Mingda, formed a friendship with Princess Changle, learned etiquette from Princess Xiangcheng, and received treasures from Empress Xiao.

She owned quite a few imperial gifts from Li Shimin and served as a wellness doctor for Zhangsun’s family for a long time.

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Her life was fulfilling for one trip to Chang’an.