Chapter 69 Po Jun, startled, fluttered away...

Po Jun fluttered away in fright for a while, then seemed to suddenly realize something was wrong. It then realized that it was a sword, and nothing could do anything to it, so why was it running away? Thinking this, Po Jun huffed and puffed as it flew back. It flew slowly, like a person walking, only slightly stirring up a breeze that rippled the lake surface.

Its head peeked out of the cave, like a curious snake.

Finally, at the end of the cave, it saw the little white thing again.

The little creature, just like Po Jun, was terrified. It kept banging its head against the end of the cave in a panic, trying to get through and escape, but the other end was made up of incredibly thick rocks, making it impossible to pass through.

Only then did they realize that the thing banging its head against the stone wall was actually a person, a very young boy. The child's hair was messy, and he looked like a beggar madman. Apart from a thin linen garment that was twice his size loosely covering his small body, he was naked, without shoes, and his two little feet were sticking out.

He sensed that Po Jun had returned, and he trembled even more, banging his head against the wall with all his might. At the same time, he seemed to be wondering why he couldn't just pass through here like before.

Despite the impact, his head remained unharmed.

Once Po Jun realized it was a child, he wasn't flustered at all and slowly moved closer.

Seeing this, the child banged his head even harder.

Po Jun stopped, watching him crash with amusement. To make it easier to watch, he even gathered up the ginkgo leaves on the ground so it could lie down and observe. The child crashed for quite a while, until he was too tired to continue, before finally calming down, turning around, and glaring at the broken sword that had been watching the spectacle.

Although the child was glaring at people, he wasn't scary; on the contrary, his thin face made him look somewhat pitiful.

Perhaps sensing that Po Jun had no intention of harming him, he stopped moving, closed his eyes, clutched his stomach, and fell asleep in discomfort.

Po Jun glanced at him, then suddenly turned and flew out of the cave.

The child opened his eyes, shifted his body, and went back to sleep, ignoring the noise.

Po Jun flew back to Lu Hun's room without stopping. At this time, Wei Yin had just put down the food box and left. Lu Hun was thinking about something, sitting in front of an oil lamp, lost in thought, leaving the food box aside, without any appetite.

Po Jun crept over quietly.

Lu Hun had noticed this long ago, but today he was clearly not in the mood for it.

Po Jun immediately noticed the food box on the table next to him.

Seeing that Lu Hun hadn't used it for a long time, it immediately went over silently, picked up the food box with the tip of its sword, and then flew away in an instant.

After a while, Lu Hun came to his senses and felt a bit hungry. He was about to take the food box.

The food box was discovered to be missing.

His hand froze.

Po Jun, having retrieved the food box, returned to the cave. Hearing a noise, the child was startled awake again and began banging his head against the wall once more.

Po Jun put down the food box and tapped his head with the tip of his sword.

Only then did the child realize that it was the broken sword from before.

While the child was stunned, Po Jun casually pushed the food box towards him.

The child was confused.

However, Po Jun had already turned his sword away, looking like he didn't want to pay attention to him, and swaggered back to lie down on the pile of ginkgo leaves to sleep.

The child hesitated for a long time. Seeing that Po Jun had no reaction, he finally cautiously reached out and opened the food box. When he saw the food inside, his eyes lit up, and he began to wolf down the food.

No one in the entire house knew what had happened in the cave in the garden.

Po Jun found it even more amusing, and every day it would secretly sneak out some food for the child, sometimes from Lu Hun, sometimes from Wei Yin, and sometimes it would even go to Wei's father, Pei Lao, or even Ji Jiayu.

Each time, they didn't take much, and no one else paid much attention, but Ji Jiayu was the only one who noticed something strange.

He is strong and has a big appetite. He loves to eat and always keeps snacks on hand. He is usually mindful of his surroundings, but recently he has noticed that his snacks and pastries are frequently going missing.

This made him somewhat possessive of his food.

Ji Jiayu was walking sullenly in the garden when he happened to see Lu Hun reading a book under a shady ginkgo tree that never saw sunlight. He immediately went over to him.

A tea table and a reclining chair with thick cushions were specially set up under the ginkgo tree. Wei Yin had arranged it. Lu Hun was still recovering from his injuries and was weak. It was too boring to stay in his room all day, so he was allowed to read books and drink tea here to pass the time.

Seeing Ji Jiayu walk over, Lu Hun slightly raised his eyes from his book, glanced at him, and then lowered his head again.

Ji Jiayu had only met Lu Hun a few times, but she already knew his taciturn nature. She poured herself a cup of tea and gulped it down.

Seeing that Lu Hun remained silent for a long time, Ji Jiayu couldn't help but ask curiously, "Young Master Lu, how did you manage to win over Yin'er with your quiet personality?"

Lu Hun finally looked up.

But he didn't utter a word.

“It’s really strange.” Ji Jiayu sighed. “These past two days, my food has been mysteriously disappearing. I think Huangzhou is very strange. Last time I clearly saw a child enter this garden, but there was nothing there. This time, the food keeps disappearing by itself.”

Lu Hun's expression turned slightly serious. "Young Master Ji, did you really see a child last time?"

“I’m not that old, and my eyesight isn’t failing me yet,” Ji Jiayu said firmly. “There’s absolutely no way I could have been mistaken. I clearly saw that he was wearing a very loose white linen robe.”

Lu Hun gripped the book tightly, his knuckles turning white from the pressure.

After exchanging a few words and becoming a little closer, Ji Jiayu snatched the book from his hand and said, "Oh dear, stop reading. You're always cooped up here; it's not good for winning a girl's favor. Since the weather is nice today, and I have some time off these next few days, shall we ask Yin'er to go catch some fish? I saw a lake deep in the garden with plenty of fish in it; they're at their fattest. What do you say?"

Lu Hun looked at the sunlight and shook his head: "Young Master Ji, you go ahead, I won't go."

"Go ahead." Ji Jiayu felt that the young boy was too quiet and wanted to take him for a walk. "Reading is so boring. Go and catch a fish yourself and grill it for Yin'er. She will definitely be happy."

Lu Hun had a thought, but the sunlight outside the ginkgo tree made him stop in his tracks.

He shook his head again.

"Thank you, Young Master Ji, but I'd better not go."

As soon as Ji Jiayu left, Wei Yin brought over a plate of fruit and placed it on the tea table. She glanced at Lu Hun, who immediately obediently offered her his arm. Wei Yin rolled up his sleeve and looked at it. The burns on his body had healed very well, leaving only faint traces.

She smiled and said, "Apply the medicine again tonight, and it should be fine."

When the topic of applying medicine came up, Lu Hun's ears turned red.

Just then, Wei's father walked by, and Wei Yin called out to him, "Father, where are you going?"

“It’s all because of Jia Yu.” Father Wei seemed to be in a good mood. “He said he wanted to catch some fish and grill it for me to try, and he insisted that I come over and watch. I want to see how he catches fish.”

Upon hearing this, Wei Yin said, "Really? Then I'll go try it later."

"Alright," Mr. Wei waved his hand, "I'll have him leave you a note."

Lu Hun lowered his eyes and asked, "Does sister like to eat fish?"

"It's alright." Wei Yin didn't notice Lu Hun's expression.

"Then you can go ahead, sister. I'm going to read now." The boy turned the pages of his book again.

Wei Yin didn't think anything of it and really went over.

Under the ginkgo tree, only the boy remained.

At some point, Lu Hun noticed that Po Jun was standing beside him. Po Jun seemed to sense that Lu Hun's mood was lower than usual and touched the back of Lu Hun's hand with the blade of his sword.

Lu Hun patted its head, "Go play."

Po Jun didn't move.

As night fell, the area under the ginkgo tree was completely shrouded in shadow. Lu Hun had read the last page of his book before putting it down. Po Jun had disappeared without a trace, along with the plate of fruit that Wei Yin had brought him earlier.

He didn't touch the plate of fruit.

Lu Hun stared absently at the fruit plate for a moment before returning to his room.

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Outside the room, very light footsteps. Wei Yin walked in. Lu Hun was holding a porcelain bottle and applying medicine to his body. It was difficult to apply the medicine to his back, so he had some trouble.

"Why did you wipe it yourself?" Wei Yin hurried over and took it from him.

When Lu Hun saw that it was her, he lowered his head again. "I'm a little tired and I was planning to rest early. I thought that my sister might have a good time at the lakeside pavilion tonight and wouldn't be back early, so I went up by myself."

"Then you can go to sleep first, and I'll apply the medicine when I get back."

Wei Yin applied the ointment to his face with her fingers and rubbed it in.

Lu Hun hummed in agreement and said nothing more.

Wei Yin lowered her head and saw that he was very silent, so she smiled and said, "You're still so quiet. You don't know how to talk to your sister more."

Lu Hun hunched his back and remained silent, but for some reason, he couldn't help but look at her again, and then said in a muffled voice, "Sister, I'm sorry, I'm not as cheerful as Young Master Ji, and I've made you unhappy."

Wei Yinyuan had only said it casually to tease him, but she was stunned when he said something like that.

"What are you saying?" Wei Yin leaned down and kissed him on the lips. "What made me unhappy?"

Lu Hun's eyelashes were covered in shadow.

After applying the medicine, Wei Yin, as usual, unbuttoned her clothes, wrapped her arms around his neck, touched her forehead to his, and smiled, "Alright, why do you suddenly look so sullen? Can I let you kiss me?"

Lu Hun did not kiss her, but instead reached out and buttoned her clothes back up.

Wei Yin was completely stunned.

Why is this boy acting strangely again?

Wei Yin pondered his thoughts, and it seemed that he had started acting strangely ever since Ji Jiayu mentioned something last time.

Today feels even more gloomy.

"elder sister."

The boy suddenly spoke up again, asking a question out of the blue.

"Lord Wei seems to really like Young Master Ji."

Wei Yin nodded. "Ji Jiayu is quite unreliable, a bit possessive of his food, and sometimes a little silly, but this temperament suits my father's taste just right. However, he's not a bad person."

Lu Hun suddenly said, "Young Master Ji is very insightful..."

Wei Yin paused, as if she suddenly realized the reason why Lu Hun was so gloomy and depressed tonight.

She immediately cupped the boy's face in her hands and said earnestly, "Lu Hun, people have different personalities. Whether it's someone as cheerful as Ji Jiayu or someone as repressed as you, it's just that everyone has a different temperament. It doesn't mean there has to be a certain way that's good or bad. Do you understand?"

The gloom in Lu Hun's eyes gradually dissipated, and he said, "I understand, sister. Cover your eyes. Tonight... there is no older sister yet."

Wei Yin couldn't help but burst into laughter.