In the morning, after they had breakfast and the two saw him off to Yu Huan, Wu Mengqi quickly contacted Hua Ziyan with a long-distance communication talisman to confirm if what she blurted out yesterday was true and was overjoyed to hear her answer positively, however, as she continued to listen to the explanation of what that second virginity actually meant her face and then ears quickly started to turn red.

As she in turn explained to Sui Luxiao she became beet red as well, but after a moment, nodded with a determined expression.

“Y-you want to-…?”

Wu Mengqi asked with astonishment, and Sui Luxiao took a deep breath before confirming once again.

“Hmm, Mingyu is in the Fantian Kingdom at the moment, with Ziyan, Shen Min and Sister Ling. So it would be hard to get her to help you…”

She lamented, but Sui Luxiao did not look fazed.

“There is a branch of the Soaring Feather Trading Company in the Fantian Kindom, where there is a long-distance communication formation which we could use for long conversations”

She said, and Wu Mengqi widened her eyes, as such formations usually used up a lot of Spiritual Stones to run, and an extensive communication during which Luo Mingyu could teach Sui Luxiao would be enormously expensive, but since the latter was so eager and ready for such expenses, she had no way other than contacting Hua Ziyan and Luo Mingyu.

The two then proceeded to Sui Luxiao’s trading company headquarters where the formation was, and she greeted the two beauties on the other end of the formation for the first time.

This type of communication formation was a whole room which had to be the exact same on both ends, which would then create an illusion of all parties sitting in the same room when activated, projecting the image of people missing in each location in the spot they sat in in their location.

Usually this room was used for the annual reports from all the main branches of the continent as several such communication formations could be linked at the same time.

Over the course of the next few days, while Wu Long was teaching Yu Huan the necessary knowledge required to refine the pill as well as make the cure for Song Lingfei, had her learn the recipes, Sui Luxiao was busy learning first the Cyclic Burning Cauldron, then Dual Extremes Infinite Union Art, and then various techniques and skills like the “Art of Natural and Alternative Lovemaking” or the “Unflying Unerring Butterfly Penetration Art”, or the more advanced ones like the “Backdoor to Heaven”.

At the same time Sui Luxiao’s trading company was in the rapid process of preparations as they were preparing to move headquarters. But even with such a massive undertaking, Sui Luxiao managed to put some time aside to learn from Mingyu and Ziyan.

Wu Long smiled as he kissed the women before going out in the mornings, struggling not to show laughter at the quite obvious “conspiracy” of the two ladies. Wu Mengqi in particular was quite bad at keeping a natural demeanor, her slightly nervous laughter with averted gaze whenever the conversation went to their day being a dead giveaway. But he decided to not dampen their surprise and only chuckled on his way to the tiny house of the alchemist and Imperial Guard Captain.

Bi Rui was indeed not home during the hours he visited, only briefly coming at night to sleep and going out early in the morning, showing that being a captain was a busy job.

As Yu Huan required some time to digest what she learned and practice, Wu Long visited the palace, as the week drew to a close, where he was greeted by Bi Rui who escorted him to Song Minfu.

“Have you come clean before Yu Huan?”

Wu Long suddenly asked as they walked through the corridor of the palace, that was open on one side, overseeing a garden, and she halted her steps. 𝑖𝘳.𝒸ℴ𝑚

“…No”

She shook her head as she looked down, not turning to him and he smiled slightly.

“Is that why you have been so busy?”

She slightly shook at his words, and sighed.

“You see right through me every time”

“Well, last time it concerned being a maiden, and I am an expert in that field, so it is a given. This time, it is just a logical conclusion, since you are in the end a good friend”

“Good friends don’t deceive their friends for years”

“They do, a simple and seemingly innocent lie can get out of hand very quickly, and when it does it is hard to come clean. The difference is that a good friend will feel guilty”

“I know that distancing myself is not right”

She sighed as she understood logically that it was a simple manner of having a talk. The guilt she felt intensified when she made that lie a reality, at least partially, by asking Wu Long to help her, since she felt that she was covering up her lie with another lie.

“Ironically it is your loyalty to your friend that drives you further from her. You distance yourself because you feel guilty, making you even more guilty creating a perpetual cycle. You understand with your mind that it can all be solved by that one single simple step, but unable to take it.

But you are not alone in this. People act in counter-productive ways all the time. This is something almost anyone has experienced at least once in their lives”

Wu Long said with a calm tone as he turned to the garden, looking at the beautiful scenery as bright colored leaves of the golden autumn.

“Look at this scenery. It looks beautiful to our eyes, but those bright colors are a sign of decay.

You might feel sad when you think about the true meaning of it, and when the illusion sheds as the leaves fall to the ground, but come spring, a new life will bloom in this garden.

You fear of the moment the leaves fall off to reveal the naked branches, because you don’t look further than the coming days”

Wu Long said, and Bi Rui raised her gaze as she turned in the direction of the garden as well.

“Do you think she will forgive me?”

“That I do not know, but the question is not if she will forgive you or not, but will a spring come after the winter”

Wu Long shook his head.

Bi Rui bit her lip as she looked at the scenery, and then turned her gaze to the man whose words while not being overly comforting, somehow made her feel relieved and soothed.

“Um, I will guide you to His Highness”

She then gasped as she realized they were making the Crown Prince wait and led him forward as he chuckled, following her.

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