Who in the world does not know you?

Chapter 86 What can I do?

At dusk, the loneliness in people's hearts is always magnified infinitely.

Li Hongyi spent her days idly writing and drawing in her study.

She was taught music, chess, calligraphy, and painting by the best teachers when she was young, and later learned a lot from Hu Youxuan. Her skills in calligraphy and painting were far beyond those of ordinary people, and she could paint flowers, birds, fish, and insects with ease.

"Red dress, dinner's ready. Your mother made braised carp, which you loved when you were little."

As Li Zigui spoke, he stepped across the threshold, while Li Hongyi remained focused on the painting in front of her.

"You guys eat first, I'm not hungry."

Li Zigui watched as his twenty-year-old daughter became completely absorbed in her painting; he had never seen her so serious about anything before.

"If you're in a bad mood and need to do something to distract yourself, why don't you practice swordsmanship with your mother? Once you've mastered martial arts, you'll have a weapon to rely on when you roam the martial world, so you won't panic when things happen."

Li Zigui tucked his hands into his sleeves and spoke to Li Hongyi with a gentle and pleasant expression.

"I already had martial arts skills; my master taught me martial arts."

"With your meager martial arts skills, you might not even be able to beat the chieftain of any bandit gang in any mountain stronghold..."

Li Hongyi neither confirmed nor denied this.

She never cared about martial arts skills, otherwise she wouldn't have found martial arts training so difficult and resisted it from a young age, resulting in her current mediocre martial arts prowess.

"So what? I learned lightness skill from my master, the master of the thief's lightness skill. Even if I can't beat him, I can still escape."

"You can run away for a while, but can you run away forever? You always have to face what you have to face. You told me about that invincible monk you encountered in Ningzhou Prefecture. If he hadn't underestimated you and didn't take you seriously, how could you have succeeded? If he didn't even give you a chance to get close, no matter how sharp your edges are, how can you break through his external martial arts if you can't even touch his skin?"

"Dad, you're such a coward, always worrying unnecessarily. I'm not some vicious criminal who kills and sets fires all the time. Why would anyone bother targeting me?"

Li Zigui wanted to say something more, but realizing it would be pointless, he could only wave his hand helplessly.

"Oh well, never mind..."

Li Hongyi continued to paint, seemingly focused, but in reality, she was distracted.

Li Zigui noticed his daughter's absent-mindedness and didn't want to waste any more time, otherwise the food would get cold.

He took out the tabloid from his pocket and threw it in front of Li Hongyi, who only glanced at it indifferently but did not reach out to flip through it.

"Look at that. Leng Xiao went to fight someone again, and lost again. This time he's even injured."

"It was definitely intentional. Didn't you say that with his martial arts skills, he's already almost unmatched among the younger generation in the martial arts world? He's not me, why are you worrying about it?"

"Tsk, but this time Leng Xiao was injured after being defeated in a fight in Ningzhou Prefecture. Aren't you interested?"

Upon hearing the words "Ningzhou Prefecture," Li Hongyi suddenly raised her head, her eyes lighting up.

She reached out and picked up the tabloid, quickly flipping through it to capture its contents.

"My troublesome cousin, how could he be bullied like this... I wonder what kind of strength this Wen Zhao has, I never saw her before when I was in Ningzhou Prefecture..."

Listening to Li Hongyi's soft mutterings, Li Zigui smiled, looking like he knew what was going on but wouldn't say it.

"Dad, you said my cousin got beaten up. As his older cousin, shouldn't I stand up for him?"

"That makes sense. The main problem is that even Leng Xiao can't beat him, so there's no point in you going. Forgive my bluntness, but even three of you couldn't beat one Leng Xiao."

Li Hongyi looked at Li Zigui with a resentful expression, and the latter knew that his daughter desperately needed a way to save face.

"But as her older cousin, it's only right that you go and check on Leng Xiao's condition."

"Alright, I'll set off tomorrow to visit my cousin in Ningzhou Prefecture!"

Li Hongyi smiled, dropped the calligraphy brush in her hand, and skipped and hopped out of the study.

"Braised carp? I love my mom's braised carp the most!"

Hearing the cheers outside, Li Zigui stepped out the door, shaking his head helplessly as he walked.

She said she was going to Ningzhou Prefecture to visit her cousin, but she knew perfectly well what she was really thinking...

If Leng Xiao were to leave Ningzhou Prefecture now, his cousin would probably skin him alive if she found out...

Well, good luck to you...

By the window on the second floor of Hegui Tower.

Looking at his daughter, who was eating heartily, and then at Li Zigui, who was smiling, Leng Honglou, sitting at the dinner table, understood what was going on.

"When are we departing for Ningzhou Prefecture?"

"tomorrow."

As Li Hongyi picked out the fish bones, she spoke with a tone that was unusually lighthearted these days, clearly indicating that the gloom in her heart had dissipated and she was in a much better mood.

"Do you want your dad and me to go with you?"

"What are you going to do?"

"Let your father meet that fortune teller and see if he's a bad person. Your father is very good at judging people; he can't hide anything from him."

"I went to check on my cousin, not to do anything about fortune telling."

Li Hongyi's eyes darted around, and she spoke without much confidence.

She was well aware that she and Yun Luobai had never really crossed paths, and that this change in their status when they met again would likely create a sense of estrangement.

But she just found the people in Ningzhou Prefecture very interesting, and Yun Luobai was just one of them.

Li Zigui could actually understand Li Hongyi's thoughts.

Twenty is a vibrant and energetic age, but Li Hongyi doesn't have many friends whose names she knows.

He never objected to Li Hongyi's friendships, regardless of their social status; friendship is always priceless.

Perhaps it was because his identity was different from that of ordinary people that Li Hongyi was always labeled with a special tag from childhood to adulthood.

When people see her, their first reaction is that she is the daughter of the world's leading sword master, someone they can't afford to offend.

If you can't afford to offend her, you can always avoid her, which is why not many people dare to associate with Li Hongyi.

Li Hongyi said she didn't care, but when she went out for a stroll and saw young girls walking side by side on the street, how could she not feel a little envious...

"Red Robe, take this opportunity to make some friends, if those people you mentioned are really reliable. Didn't you keep emphasizing that they were all good people? But they're all teenagers, and as the saying goes, there's a difference between men and women. If you have the chance, see if you can get to know any girls your age who you can confide in."

Upon hearing Li Zigui's words, Li Hongyi suddenly seemed to have thought of something.

"Father, Uncle Yun has been wronged. Can you think of a way to clear their name?"

"What can I do? Even if what he said is true, he has no evidence to prove his innocence. At most, I can give him a medical checkup, but what else can I do for him..."

"father……"

"Also, when you're out and about, don't trust people too easily."

Li Hongyi wanted to say something more, but seeing that Li Zigui was indifferent to Yunping's matter, she was both anxious and angry, yet helpless.

"People say you know the emperor, is that true?"

"Of course it's true. He even came to our wedding banquet."

"Then you should talk to him..."

"It's been so many years since we last met, people might have even forgotten who I am, what do you say?"

"..."

Li Zigui sipped his wine, his thoughts drifting aimlessly.

emperor……

The emperor was so busy...