With that in mind, Wei Liuying walked to her bed and lied down. Her eyes were looking to the ceiling as she let her mind drifted into dreamland. There were still many things that she had to do, so she had to rest properly.

The night passed quietly.

Aside from Yang Xian, who was still awake due to Prince Ji Sheng's punishment, the rest was having a comfortable night rest. Wei Liuying woke up early and looked at her surroundings. Somehow, she had grown the habit to survey her surroundings first when she woke up in the morning because she kept on moving to different place within a short period of time.

"Young Master Liu, would you like to be served?"

A faint pleasing voice sounded from the door. Wei Liuying raised her head and narrowed her eyes. "There's no need. I can take care of myself."

"Yes, Young Master Liu."

The servants in Prince Ji Sheng's Residence were not aware of Wei Liuying's real gender. They treated her as a young master despite the fact that Yang Xian made her hide her 'noble' background. After all, those who were close with Prince Ji Sheng were all very remarkable regardless of their background family.

Wei Liuying washed up and prepared herself quickly. Her long hair was tied to form a bun in an orderly manner, then she changed her clothes. As she had been tending herself without anyone's help for the past few months, she had gotten familiar with dressing up as a man and acted as one.

Habits were really scary.

"Liu Ying is here?"

Hearing the surprised tone, Wei Liuying turned her head and saw Gao Ling walked to her direction. Gao Ling held surprised expression, yet there was also happiness light from within her eyes when she saw Wei Liuying. Clearly, the event back in the temple had scared her greatly.

"Lady Gao," Wei Liuying bowed and greeted. "My apologies for making you worry."

"Don't be so formal with me," Gao Ling said with a grunt. She looked at Wei Liuying up and down. "You look much better now. Do you still have any wound?"

"Fortunately, my wounds are healed."

"That's good." Gao Ling smiled happily. She glanced at the servants around her and her brows creased a bit. This place was a bit unsuitable for her to talk with Wei Liuying privately. "Let's go to the garden."

Wei Liuying looked to the hall for a moment but then nodded. There was still enough time for her to check on Yang Xian and talked with Prince Ji Sheng later. For now, she should just accompany Gao Ling.

The two girls walked to the garden and Gao Ling dismissed her servants.

"Liu Ying, I haven't had the chance to tell you this before, but thank you. Thank you very much for protecting me until the very end," Gao Ling said sincerely.

Wei Liuying smiled. "It's my duty, Lady Gao."

"You know that you can just run away and leave us alone, right? With my drunken state, I won't be able to survive," Gao Ling said while shaking her head. Thinking of that day, she was full of loath to herself. If only she didn't drink so much because of trying to make fun of Wei Xiao Hua, she would have been able to fight better and Wei Liuying might not need to be wounded so badly.

As a commander in the battlefield, she felt that she has brought shame to herself and her soldiers. Even though her father never allowed her to command the soldiers from the front and only at the back, she's still a commander.

Wei Liuying shook her head. Leaving Gao Ling and the others? While it was possible, Wei Liuying never thought of that possibility. They have accepted her and trained her to be part of them. Even though Wei Liuying herself still kept her heart tightly wrapped, she didn't want to leave.

This was the only place she could feel at home.

Home…

The corner of Wei Liuying's lips curled to form a smile. In the past, she could never consider Wei Family Household to be her home. It was a very dark and murky place that she hated so much.

But here, it was completely different.

"This is my home, Lady Gao," Wei Liuying said slowly. "There's no way I would want to leave this place."

Gao Ling looked in Wei Liuying's direction and smiled brightly. "Right. You can always return back here no matter how your condition is. That's what a real home is."

"Yes."

"I'm glad."

"Yes?"

"I didn't think that you'll find this place to be that comfortable for you," Gao Ling replied with a laugh. "I'll be happy too if you're happy."

Wei Liuying was stunned for a moment. Afterwards, a smile was formed on the corner of her lips. "Yeah. Thank you for accepting me."

"Silly gi….child."

The two of them looked at each other and laughed. There was nothing important in their conversation, but this was the first time Wei Liuying felt so comfortable. Probably, having a home meant that she would also have people who cared for her no matter what.

…

In the meantime, not far from them.

"I didn't expect that the mighty Third Prince would fall so low as to eavesdrop the conversation of two young ladies."

Prince Ji Sheng glanced to the back and scowled, "What are you doing here, Xian? Have you finished your work?"

Yang Xian rolled his eyes and grunted. "I have finished."

He glared at Prince Ji Sheng. Thanks to a certain prince, he had to work all night long when the others were resting peacefully. He lacked sleep because of the work that Prince Ji Sheng assigned to him.

"Good. Call Yan to depart soon."

Yang Xian arched his eyebrows. "Yan have arrived?"

"Yes. The servants reported that he'll make a stop in this city for an incense stick of time to buy some food. Afterwards, he would depart to the north."

"Alright, I'll talk to him after I tell Liu Ying…."

"I'll be the one to tell him."

Yang Xian sighed and turned around. "Fine, but make sure that he'll come to the gate in less than half an incense stick time."

"I know."