A Teenage Girl Meets the GOAT (End)

Having made it through the checkpoint set up by our village guards, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

One look at the villagers' reactions was enough to guess what was coming.

Still, since I'd even sent a letter, surely they wouldn't start by grabbing a club and swinging at me.

As I turned onto the stone-walled lane near our house, relief washed over me. I was so moved I could have cried.

‘Home really is the best.’

There really is no place like home for an extreme introvert like me.

“You're off duty. You're off duty, Ziqing!”

“Yes, my lord.”

“You worked hard! This is your pay for all your trouble. Go to the market and buy yourself all the fish you want, or do whatever you like.”

I took spirit stones and gold bars from the storage pouch and handed them to Ziqing...