The Prime Minister's Darling

Chapter 1017 - 1017 484 Unrivaled Jiaojiao (Part 2)

?Chapter 1017: 484 Unrivaled Jiaojiao (Part 2) Chapter 1017: 484 Unrivaled Jiaojiao (Part 2) The war-torn Lingguan City was a sight of devastation, where soldiers outnumbered the commoners on the streets, and innocent civilians were arbitrarily arrested without cause.

Gu Chengfeng constantly reminded himself that he was a great thief, that the life and death of the commoners had nothing to do with him. Yet, when he actually witnessed such scenes before him, the blood in his veins couldn’t help but boil with anger.

He clenched his fists tightly and it took tremendous effort to barely suppress the urge to kill those Zhan Country soldiers who bullied the commoners with his sword.

He couldn’t expose himself.

Not yet… not yet…

“Let’s find an inn!” he said, turning away, afraid that another glance would make him unable to hold back and rush over.

“All right,” Gu Jiao replied, calm and collected as she nodded her head.

She seemed indifferent to everything, with the life and death of others appearing insignificant in her eyes. Yet, she had traveled thousands of miles to this bitterly cold and perilous land for the sake of the “fool” and brothers she spoke of.

Suddenly, Gu Chengfeng realized he couldn’t understand her.

The two found an inn nearby.

The inn bore signs of being plundered. The shopkeeper’s face was horrifically marked with the imprint of a slap. As for the servers in the inn, they were either injured or in pain, with swollen eyes.

They were busy setting upright chairs that had been knocked over. The inn was devoid of other guests, and it was unclear if no one had stayed there to begin with or if they had all been scared away.

Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng approached the counter.

The shopkeeper, trying to gather his spirits, looked at them with a voice still trembling from previous sobs, “Are the honored guests here to eat or to stay?”

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