The caravan set off the next day. Wu Jian was given a place inside of Xing Zhenya’s carriage. Gao Zhou had offered resistance, stating that it wasn’t appropriate for a young lady to let a young man into her carriage like this, but Xing Zhenya had been adamant. Her refusal to budge was so strong that Gao Zhou had no choice but to relent, lest they waste more time.
Wu Jian spent the first few days talking to Xing Zhenya. She was a pretty young woman with long brown hair typically tied in a loose braid. The strands framing her face served to highlight her light brown eyes, which seemed to radiate kindness.
Whenever she made a hand gesture, the voluminous sleeves of her robes. The clothes she wore were different than those of the Shang Kingdom. They featured a stand collar and a large number
