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Midnight.

Chen Ji woke up from a dream and slowly sat up.

In the shabby apprentice dormitory, Liang Mao'er, She Dengke, and Liu Quxing were soundly asleep, while Liang Gou'er was still out somewhere causing trouble and hadn't come back for the night.

Normally inseparable, Mao'er and Gou'er had not left together today.

With difficulty, Chen Ji got out of his bed and tiptoed to the courtyard to figure out whether Wu Hongbiao had lied or not.

The empty courtyard was left only with Crow perched upon an apricot tree branch.

Chen Ji looked over at the courtyard wall equipped with a ladder.

No one was climbing up using their brother's shoulders anymore, nor was anyone on the opposite wall shaking as they supported their sister.

The Princely Heir and Princess Bai Li had suddenly stopped coming out to play, or perhaps they no longer used the Medical Hall as a shortcut; thus, Taiping Medical Hall had regained its former tranquility.