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The departure of familiar faces one by one from her side could not but leave Xiao'er feeling a touch of melancholy.

As the old poem goes, "A fire burns on the peak for three months, and a family letter is worth ten thousand taels of gold."

After Xiao'er received a letter, she felt revitalized.

The content of the letter was simple, only four characters: "Safe, don't worry."

This eased Xiao'er's mind considerably.

Through all the sorrow of parting had passed, she now found trouble sticking to her.

The weather was stiflingly hot, and it was unbearable to stay inside the house. Xiao'er had people move everything to the pavilion in the courtyard where she planned to spend the entire morning designing jewelry on the stone table.

She had long planned to open a jewelry shop, but had not found a suitable store until a few days ago when she finally acquired a two-story building. Although the building was small, it was excellently located, right opposite the Rare Treasure Store.