"Who are you?"

She was very wary.

“Ah Jiang”.

"Are you the new Taoist priest they hired?"

"no."

The girl relaxed her guard a little.

"I don't think so. You look much more capable than them. Please sit down. So, did you come here to see me come back from the dead?"

Ajahn looked her up and down: "You didn't come back from the dead."

"Oh right, you noticed, I'm clearly rejuvenated."

No, not exactly.

The girl chuckled and sat to the side, counting on her fingers as she said, "You're right, I didn't come back from the dead, nor did I become young again. So what do you think I am?"

Instead of answering her, A-Jiang asked, "Do you know their plan?"

"I guessed a little bit. It's nothing more than insatiable human nature. When they see something, they want to possess it. If they can't get it, they'll steal it. If they can't steal it openly, they'll resort to underhanded tactics. You know, people are really strange. How can their hearts be so wicked?"

"Are you not treating yourself like a human being?"

"Hmph, who would still treat me like a human being? My eldest son was so filial that he begged me for a peach of immortality, but I don't know what happened, and I ended up like this. Although I still remember some things, I know that I am no longer the original Li Zhangshi, and no one in this family will treat me like the old matriarch anymore. I might even be burned to death by those Taoist priests."

There was a sense of desolation in her eyes, as if she had seen through the ways of the world.

A-Jiang didn't respond to her words, but if those Taoist priests insisted on burning the girl in front of them to death, she would have to intervene.

"Don't you want the treasures of Lady Peach Blossom?"

The girl asked curiously.

"I have quite a few treasures too."

"But people get old. You are a cultivator. If you can also obtain the Immortal Peach, your cultivation may greatly improve."

"You know about this?"

"It's a feeling that after coming back to life, I forgot a lot of things, but also learned a lot of things."

She said with some melancholy, "I want to leave here, think of a new name, and start my life anew, but I haven't been able to come up with anything after thinking about it for a long time."

Maybe it's not that you haven't thought it through, but rather that you don't think you can smoothly start a new life.

"If you're willing, I can take you away right now."

"Really?"

Ajahn nodded.

The girl paced excitedly around the room, muttering something unintelligible, her expression changing several times.

Ah Jiang could tell that she still had many concerns, but she was no longer appropriate to be there. The Li family would never accept her again and treat her like the old lady they remembered.

She finally made up her mind, clapped her hands, and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."

Without further ado, Ah Jiang waved her sleeve and the two of them left the Li residence.

He found a clothing store and bought the girl several suitable outfits before leading her to find Xiao Songjing.

But when they arrived, Xiao Songjing was nowhere to be found. Only a cup of tea, now cold, remained in the teahouse's private room.

She immediately summoned the waiter and asked, "Where are the guests in this room?"

The waiter scratched his head: "I didn't notice."

"Didn't you notice? Did he pay?"

The waiter, intimidated by Ah Jiang's discrimination, shrank back slightly, then rolled his eyes and said, "No, are you in cahoots? Then you have to pay for our tea, which was top-quality tea! Twenty taels of silver!"

"What kind of tea costs twenty taels a pot? Give me a reason why, or I'll never forgive you!"

The girl rushed up and yelled, "You still have customers sitting in your shop, aren't you afraid of ruining your business?"

This guy's demeanor is definitely not someone to mess with, so the waiter quickly apologized:

"Oh, my lady, I was wrong. I was blind to your greatness. I've been blinded by greed. I'll take this pot of tea. Please be lenient."

"That's more like it."

A-Jiang ignored the argument and instead carefully examined the room.