Chapter 156 There is a Fairy in the Temple

"Plain clothes?"

Ye Wan went into the woodshed to look for someone, but no one answered after calling out several times.

When the constables came, Huigu quickly disguised herself and hid.

The person disappeared right then and there.

"Madam, we found a letter under her bed." Hui Gu handed Ye Wan a folded piece of paper.

"Wanwan, I've remembered who I am. I'm leaving now. Don't worry about me. We'll meet again someday."

After reading the crooked handwriting, Ye Wan's shoulders slumped. "Auntie, don't look for her anymore, she's gone."

"What if she gets targeted if she goes out looking like that?"

The constables are looking for Su Yi tonight. Could it be that she has some extraordinary identity?

"Auntie, she hasn't been gone long, she should be able to catch up, right?"

Ye Wan glanced outside, then shook her head after speaking, "Forget it, she wanted to leave, even if we chase after her, she'll still leave."

Her insistence on keeping them was simply asking the impossible.

Huigu comforted her, "Don't worry, Madam. She was able to protect herself even when she didn't remember who she was. Now that she has remembered, she will definitely be fine."

The constables didn't see anyone today and left, but they'll probably come back looking for them when they realize what's going on.

A living person can't hide no matter how hard they try, and that's probably why Su Yi left.

"Hmph, what a heartless beauty. She left a letter and just left, not caring whether others would be sad or not. I'm not going to care about her anymore."

Ye Wan looked unhappy.

Daya placed the chicken soup in front of Ye Wan. "Mom, don't be upset. She must have gone to find her family. I made some chicken soup for you to drink."

Ye Wan couldn't help but sigh again, "Sister Suyi also loves chicken soup. How come she can't stay with such delicious chicken soup?"

Let her go. It's not like she's stopping me. She's just packing some things and leaving like this. How can anyone feel at ease?

Er Ya came in too. "Mom, don't be sad. She must have been afraid of causing trouble for our family, so she left on her own."

Er Ya didn't want another person at first, but now that they've spent time together, she's a little reluctant to part with them.

Sanya hugged Ye Wan's arm, "Mother, Sanya listens to you the most, please smile more."

Just as Da Ya was about to continue offering comfort, she heard Ye Wan speak again.

"Let her go. If she suffers outside and finds that home-cooked food is still the best, she'll come back sooner or later."

Three girls: ...

Huigu: ...

It feels like the mother/madam is like a man who loves but cannot have, and in her anger, she utters a few harsh words.

In the next room, Aunt Cai was also talking about this with the coughing old man.

"Which family in the capital has such a beautiful noblewoman?"

The old man was stunned. "This... how would I know?"

He spent more than ten years in Beijing but didn't get to know many women.

"I was just asking casually, how would you know? Even the most beautiful woman in the capital back then couldn't compare to her."

Aunt Cai tried to recall the noble ladies in the capital, but after thinking it over, she couldn't recognize any of them.

However, such a stunning beauty might be kept hidden away.

Aunt Cai glanced out the window. "Look at the sky, it's going to rain tomorrow or the day after. How can we feel at ease if she just leaves like this?"

...

...

It had been drizzling for three days in a row, the sky was dark and gloomy, and it was getting a bit cold.

It's even colder riding a horse at night.

As dawn broke, a group of people wearing straw raincoats and riding horses arrived at a dilapidated temple on the outskirts of town in the drizzle.

The person riding at the front was completely covered up, but his eyes, which were sharp and dignified, were visible.

"Master, we've been traveling all night. Let's rest for a while in the dilapidated temple ahead before continuing our journey."

"The Fairy Maiden Temple?"

The man looked up at the dilapidated temple, dismounted, and stepped inside.

The temple was leaking everywhere, but fortunately there were still dry places.

Suddenly, they heard a faint noise, and the guard beside them shouted, "Who goes there? Hiding like that, come out!"

Beneath a dilapidated statue sat a woman dressed in green, with black hair like clouds and a face as white as jade, like a goddess descended from the heavens. Between her brows was a dark red hell flower, making her seem both demonic and celestial.

The leading man took a while to find his voice, then took off his bamboo hat, revealing a handsome face with a slightly stubble. "Fairy, would you like to come with me?"

The fairy maiden looked at him calmly, her lips slightly parted, "Why should I go with you?"

"I am the king of this Xia Kingdom."

The fairy stared at him for a long while, then nodded.

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"Mom, it's snowing!"

One autumn rain brings a chill, ten autumn rains mean it's time to wear cotton clothes.

When we woke up that day, it seemed as if the world was covered with a layer of silver blanket, and large snowflakes were still falling.

"It's snowing. I wonder how Su Yi is doing, whether she's cold." Ye Wan sat in front of the stove roasting chestnuts.

The roasted chestnuts emitted a sweet aroma, and Sanya, ignoring the heat, peeled one open and stuffed it into her mouth.

Er Ya whispered, "Mother, you weren't this concerned when Father passed away."

She missed her father a little, and her eldest sister missed her father too, but Sanya only knew how to eat.

He was as strong as an ox, and almost as tall as her.

“Your father is a man, what is there to worry about? Sister Suyi is a woman.” Ye Wan rested her chin on her hand, actually missing Lin Anyuan a little.

She could hardly remember what Lin Anyuan looked like anymore, and as for the silly girl, she didn't know if she was alright, or if she had sent her a letter.

The old man brewed a bowl of tea. "The snow is really heavy today. If it keeps falling like this all day, people will freeze to death at night."

Aunt Cai was sewing shoe soles around the stove. "We told them to store firewood in advance to heat the kang (a heated brick bed), so life is much better than before."

The newly built stove and kang (a heated brick bed) were connected together, so the house could be heated while cooking. Every household built this kind of inkstone.

"I'll go check on the school," the old man said, getting up.

"With such heavy snow, what are you doing at the school? Aren't all the students on holiday? You must be bored."

"Dad went to school again?" Ye Wan looked up and saw that the old man had already left.

"He just wants to be a teacher all his life, so let's not worry about him."

Huigu came in from outside, brushed the snowflakes off her clothes, and carried a package and a letter. "Madam, Young Master Liu has sent a letter."

"Liu Wenshu has sent a letter?"

Ye Wan took the letter, glanced at it, and her eyes lit up. She hurriedly showed it to Aunt Cai: Tao Chuang had married a woman from the capital.

Meanwhile, Liu Wenshu was also reading the letter, but he was reading it while lying in bed.

Greenie brought in a steaming bowl of medicine. "Young master, it's time to take your medicine."

"Let go...cough cough..."

Liu Wenshu had barely uttered a single word when he let out a violent cough, his face turning red from the cough, and it took him a long time to catch his breath.

"Young master, young master, you should drink your medicine!"

Yantai was already wiping away tears. The young master, who was perfectly healthy, had caught a cold and was now bedridden.

The young master has just gained favor with his superior and is at the peak of his future. How could Heaven be so blind?