Ji Youran continued speaking under Ji Youzhi's intense gaze, feeling rather guilty.
"Originally, it was a journey of over a hundred li. I should have just gotten a fresh horse and ridden straight back. But I couldn't buy a horse at the Horse Market. A horse dealer there said he knew a shortcut and could point it out to me. I listened to him, but I didn't expect to fall into a hunter's trap. I only managed to climb out as it was getting dark. So, by the time I got here, it was already midnight."
Ji Youzhi and Ji Youcheng gave Ji Youran a sympathetic look, then urged him, "You haven't eaten anything for a full day and night. Hurry, eat more, eat more!"
Soon after, Jin Ge and the Shuntian Prefecture constables also went to the Yuelai Inn. They were followed by the members of the Divine Hunter Station, summoned by Ji Youzhi's order. They searched all around the Yuelai Inn but ultimately found nothing.
