"This weather is really something, shall we keep going?"
"Letâs wait and see. If the weather is normal by noon, we shall continue."
Who would have thought the weather would be so unpredictable? After noon, it began to pour again, and it lasted for several days.
If it were only rain, it wouldnât be that bad. But one day it even started to hail. In such a lush season, how could there be hail?
"If this keeps up, could there be a flood?" Li Luru worriedly looked at the rain outside, thinking that Ye Haoxuanâs quest to find his sister was too fraught, constantly interrupted by various events.
"Are you silly?" Ye Haoxuan vigorously rubbed her head, "Though itâs raining heavily, look, thereâs no water accumulation on the ground. Besides, there arenât any big rivers or streams around Liyang, how would a flood happen? Do you think this is Jiangnan?"
"Ouch... Why are your hands so mischievous?" Li Luru swatted his hand away, her hair messed up by him.
"Hehe..." Ye Haoxuan chuckled a couple of times and bypassed her to enter the room.
But just as he stepped into the room, Li Luru shouted excitedly, "Hey, hey, hey, itâs not raining anymore. Itâs stopped. Look, the sun is out."
Ye Haoxuan turned around helplessly, "Iâm not called âheyâ."
"Oh, donât worry about it." Li Luru clung to his arm, "As long as you know Iâm calling you. Hey, itâs not raining outside. Should we just leave right away?"
Having stayed in Liyang for several days, she was utterly fed up, and now she didnât want to stay another day.
"Letâs leave tomorrow; let the roads dry up a bit first."
With so many days of rain, the roads must be muddy, making it difficult for the carriage to travel.
"Alright then."
Yet at that moment, he didnât realize what was about to happen, regretting later that he didnât leave in the afternoon.
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In the evening, Ye Haoxuan and his group were having dinner together, watching Xiaobai circling restlessly in the air, chirping incessantly.
No matter how Li Luru tried to calm it down, it wouldnât stop chirping.
"Itâs annoying the hell out of me," San muttered, "If Miss Li ever doesnât want it, Iâm going to roast it and eat it."
Ordinarily, Xiaobai would have already fought back, but this time it paid no mind to him, only calling frantically toward Li Luru.
Thinking it was unwell, Li Luru held it and smoothed its feathers.
But it continued chirping; afraid it might disturb everyoneâs meal, Li Luru took Xiaobai back to her room.
"Is it okay?" After dinner, Ye Haoxuan came up and asked.
"It seems fine," Li Luru touched Xiaobaiâs belly, "Maybe it ate too much and feels uncomfortable."
Ye Haoxuan had never kept birds, he believed her, and didnât ask further.
But come midnight, he finally understood why Xiaobai had been crying out so desperately earlier.
In the dark, Ye Haoxuan left the swaying room, heading next door, "Li Luru, Li Luru, get out quickly, thereâs going to be an earthquake!"
Indeed, an earthquake was imminent, explaining why the weather in Liyang had been so unusual in recent days.
After knocking twice without response, he kicked the door open.
At that moment, the building trembled even more violently, and his companion San didnât hesitate, grabbing him and jumping off the corridor, escaping as the inn collapsed entirely after reaching the outside.
Watching the inn behind them reduced to ruins, San wiped his sweat, thankful for his quick thinking.