Time Travel: The Heroine Has Arrived!

He returned to the town in an excellent mood, completely unaware that someone had quietly followed behind him.

Gu Shengyin stayed at home. When she heard the commotion outside, joy flashed across her face, then suddenly cooled.

"Jiujiu." Chang Gensheng pushed open the door, and what he saw was his daughter’s smiling face.

Gu Shengyin said, "Judging by Father’s expression, everything must have gone very smoothly today, right?"

Chang Gensheng nodded. "Old Madam Li and the County Magistrate were both quite pleased with the gifts I brought. I think that in Cloud County, we probably won’t be bullied anymore."

Gu Shengyin smiled and nodded.

Chang Gensheng glanced at the courtyard full of flowers and plants, a satisfied smile appearing on his face. "My Jiujiu has mastered such an impressive craft; you’re much more capable than your father."

He said, "I’ve made up my mind. I’ll take all the savings from these years and rent a shop in Cloud County. If we run this flower shop well, it could earn much more than our cloth shop at home."

"It’s just that my Jiujiu will have to work quite hard." Chang Gensheng said, his heart aching a little.

Originally, he’d planned to spoil and protect this one precious daughter of his. Once she grew up, he’d carefully choose a good husband for her, and make sure Jiujiu would be free from worries about food and clothing all her life.

He had never expected that in the end, Jiujiu would still have to toil over flowers and plants.

Gu Shengyin shook her head. "I just water them and move them around a bit every day. There aren’t that many, it’s not tiring."

She was telling the truth. The flowers she grew, not to mention dying, didn’t even grow bugs. They were ridiculously trouble‑free.

Chang Gensheng still wanted to say something else, but Gu Shengyin said to him, "Father, you’ve been busy all day today. Go rest early. Whatever it is, we can talk tomorrow."

Chang Gensheng’s expression held a slightly helpless smile, but inside he felt deeply warmed as he went back to his room.

Once her father had returned to his room, Gu Shengyin closed the gate of her own courtyard.

She turned and walked toward her room, and without warning, ran straight into a wall of flesh.

Gu Shengyin: "..."

She hurriedly took a step back, covering her forehead as she glared at the person in front of her.

The man in the purple robe had handsome features, and at that moment his gaze was fixed intensely on her.

"Who are you?" Gu Shengyin lowered the hand covering her forehead, and the man in purple looked at the reddened patch on her fair brow.

Such a delicate girl, he thought to himself.

But his mouth instinctively answered her question. "My name is Qi Chengxuan."

Qi Chengxuan?

In an instant, the system transmitted the relevant information into Gu Shengyin’s mind.

She frowned at him. "I don’t care who you are. Showing up at a time like this and trespassing into a private home—what exactly do you plan to do?"

Qi Chengxuan raised his brows and looked at her. "You don’t seem surprised that I suddenly appeared in your courtyard, and you’re not afraid of me either?"

As he spoke, he unconsciously took a deep breath through his nose.

A faint, elegant fragrance flowed into his body with his breath. The restless agitation in his heart seemed to be gently soothed by a tender hand, miraculously calming down.

This feeling was really wonderful.

At that moment, even the air around him seemed to soften.

Gu Shengyin looked at him and suddenly said, "You have a heat syndrome in your body?"

Qi Chengxuan’s gaze turned cold, his sharp eyes locking onto Gu Shengyin. "Who exactly are you?"

Seeing that she wasn’t startled or afraid, that she could see his hidden illness at a glance, and could even grow those flowers that eased his heat syndrome...

How could a girl like this possibly be an ordinary merchant’s daughter?

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Uh... Chapter Seven.

I don’t even know why, but lately I always only manage to get to Chapter Seven by ten o’clock. I get stuck writing every night.

This is truly terrifying. I’ll see you later tonight.

I’ll slowly brute‑force the next Chapter out ==