An Zhengzheng never expected to meet Zhou Yu'er here.

After a century apart, we meet again, but everything has changed.

Zhou Yu'er was, after all, a girl raised by the Zhou family. Even though she had neglected her cultivation for over a hundred years, she was still able to live a relatively long life.

She was completely different from before; the girl's face had matured considerably, her brows were filled with more sorrow, and even her skin was much rougher than before.

He had become much darker-skinned, and his spirit was no longer as arrogant and naive as before. Although the fabric he wore was better than that of the people around him, it was still much worse than before.

An Zhengzheng thought for a moment, then said, "...It's me."

Zhou Yu'er felt extremely embarrassed and even a little uneasy.

In her eyes, An Zhengzheng had lived for a hundred years, and now her appearance had matured, making her look like a twenty-one or twenty-two-year-old girl. The withered bamboo on her face back then now made her stand out.

"You...you've reached the Golden Core stage?" she asked cautiously.

An Zhengzheng nodded slightly.

"Hey, Pei Tingyan's family, do you know the fairy? The fairy is amazing. She subdued the weasel spirit that was causing trouble in our village a while ago."

A gossipy person quickly introduced her to Zhou Yu'er: "A while ago, several villages were saying that a fairy had come. It was her. Our village chief personally went to the next village to invite her out of the mountains."

Zhou Yu'er remained silent; she didn't know what to say.

Old Mrs. Yu, the wife of the village chief of Qingyang Village, was quite old, so she quickly stepped in to smooth things over: "Why are you saying so much? What doesn't the fairy know? Why are you being so nosy!"

He pushed the person down, then came up again with a smile and asked, "I don't know who Fairy and Lady Pei are...?"

Zhou Yu'er felt somewhat uneasy.

But this awkwardness was quickly broken when a man carrying a four- or five-year-old girl walked out of the yard.

"Mom! Waaah... Dad said you're leaving home, please don't leave home..."

The little girl cried as soon as she saw Zhou Yu'er.

Zhou Yu'er immediately turned her head away, whether she didn't want An Zhengzheng to see her or something else, she held the child and didn't turn back.

The man glanced at An Zhengzheng several times.

An Zhengzheng guessed that Zhou Yu'er didn't want to see her, so she said to Grandma Yu, "Excuse me!" Then she asked, "The villagers should be eating soon, right? Why don't we go back and take a look?"

It was a celebration feast. The weasel spirit had been eliminated, and Qingyang Village would have a long period of peace. Everyone was happy and had to get together for a meal.

An Zhengzheng was also invited to stay at the banquet.

"Okay, okay, let's go take a look..."

Grandma Yu left with An Zhengzheng and his group.

Zhou Yu'er pursed her lips, not even turning her head, and was eventually pulled back by her husband.

On the way, An Zhengzheng also heard about Zhou Yu'er.

"I heard she used to be a first wife, but unfortunately, she got divorced and ran away. By sheer coincidence, she met Pei Da on the mountain and somehow ended up marrying into the family."

"If she gets divorced... it seems she won't be able to have children? But she got pregnant after being intimate with Pei Dacheng for a year or two, so it's probably not a problem with her body."

I listened to the bits and pieces and roughly got the gist of what happened.

On the day An Zhengzheng got her tattoo, Zhou Yu'er and Zhou Xu both disappeared. However, for some reason, Zhou Yu'er remarried and moved to Qingyang Village.

She lived a relatively harmonious life, but her relationship with her husband's family wasn't very good; her mother-in-law and father-in-law always looked down on her for being a second-time bride.

Her husband is quite honest and occasionally protects her. As long as he doesn't drink, he's a good husband.

"He tends to get drunk and act crazy, saying all sorts of things..."

An Zhengzheng listened in silence.

When asked about her relationship with Zhou Yu'er, An Zhengzheng only vaguely replied, "We've met a few times before," and then said nothing more.

Those who asked didn't dare to press further, and seeing that An Zhengzheng had no intention of answering, they didn't persist.

Everyone was eating at the table, but Zhou Yu'er was not there.

An Zhengzheng had guessed it too, so she paid more attention to Pei Tingyan. She saw that he had drunk quite a bit of wine and was starting to talk nonsense.

Finally, disregarding the objections of those around him, he came to find An Zhengzheng.

"I heard from my wife that you and she were once fellow disciples?"

An Zhengzheng frowned as she looked at him. She had just reunited with Zhou Yu'er today, and the familiar smell of alcohol immediately reached her nose.

It immediately reminded her of the last time she was smelled like that, when it was Zhou Xu.

"Is there something you need?" she asked.

"Heh, she... she must have had a bad reputation in your sect before, right?" The drunken man rambled on, "Did she already have another man back then?"

"She's a real slut! I shouldn't have married her in the first place..."

An Zhengzheng's face immediately turned cold. She stood up and said, "Watch your words! Don't say anything nonsense."

"I told you I was right, didn't I? I told you I was right, didn't I..."

An Zhengzheng raised his hand to cast a spell, a spell to silence him.

Zhou Yu'er suddenly appeared from somewhere, calling out anxiously, "Wait!"

An Zhengzheng turned to look at her.

"You...you come out, don't worry about him."

Seeing that everyone present was stunned, Zhou Yu'er said, "An Zhengzheng, come here."

An Zhengzheng sighed inwardly, put the untouched bowls and chopsticks back, and said to the old lady Yu who was hosting the guests, "I'm sorry, madam, I'll be leaving the table for a while. You don't need to wait for me."

"Alright, fairy, please go ahead."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, An Zhengzheng followed Zhou Yu'er to the riverbank, oblivious to the whispers and chatter among the people at the banquet behind them.

Zhou Yu'er remained silent the entire way, and An Zhengzheng did not urge her.

Unable to hold back any longer, Zhou Yu'er finally asked, "You must look down on me, right? You think I'm pathetic, don't you?"

"No." An Zhengzheng shook her head.

“My husband treats me well, and we have a daughter who is very lovely.”

An Zhengzheng turned to look at her. Her expression didn't seem fake. If it was really an act, then she was much more impressive than the big star from her previous life.

An Zhengzheng said calmly, "That's great."

This immediately left Zhou Yu'er speechless.

Overwhelmed with mixed emotions, she tentatively asked An Zhengzheng, "...Don't you hate me for how I treated you back then?"

Why not take advantage of her misfortune?

An Zhengzheng frowned. Actually, she was currently at the Golden Core stage and had a very good memory, but because she hadn't consciously tried to remember, it wasn't very clear to her.

She asked, "Why would I hate you?" After thinking for a moment, she added, "At most, you just stopped me a few more times. Although it was a bit troublesome, you didn't do anything to harm me."

I don't really hate her.

Moreover, An Zhengzheng is more patient and tolerant with women.