"Hyah!"
A fast horse galloped along the official road and finally entered the city just as the gate was about to close; otherwise, it would have had to wait until dawn the next day.
The person on horseback was Su Chen. After more than a month since we'd last met, his face was full of weathering, and his skin had turned rather dark.
His eye sockets were deeply sunken. From a handsome young man living amid worldly chaos, he had transformed into a rugged fellow; the change was quite significant.
...
Inside the inn.
Lin Miao's family was eating in the hall.
The sudden knock on the door startled everyone. Lin Mao went to open the door, seeing Su Chen, dusty from travel. He didn't recognize him and hadn't met him before, thinking the man wanted to stay at the inn, so he said, "Sir, our inn does not serve outsiders..."
