Chapter 100
The woman's grief-stricken voice echoed vaguely in his mind, and his vision blurred.
When I opened my eyes again, the blood was gone.
The surrounding area was fairly familiar; it was the backyard of the Ningyuan Marquis's residence.
The woman had lost a lot of weight, her back was thin, and her eyes were dim as she looked at the plum tree in the yard.
Spring has come, but the tree remains withered and yellow; it is dead.
Just like her heart.
"Send the lady to another residence and keep her under strict guard."
"yes."
Pei Lingjun watched helplessly as Wen Shu left the Ningyuan Marquis's residence and went to the Pei family's estate.
Amidst the ongoing disputes outside the manor, the Empress Dowager has fallen from power, and the Ningyuan Marquis's long-standing feud has finally been avenged.
But when he returned to the estate, Wen Shu was already dead.
He was still a step too late.
Pei Lingjun watched as the young man held the woman's body and wept silently, feeling as if struck by lightning.
He remembered, he remembered everything in a coherent and complete way.
He and Wen Shu truly had a karmic connection spanning a lifetime.
"Cause is effect, and effect is cause."
A deep, resonant voice echoed in his memory. The abbot, dressed in a bright red robe, lowered his eyes and asked, "Benefactor, are you really sure about this?"
"This journey is one of life and death, and reincarnation is impossible. When you find your chance, it will also be the moment when your soul and spirit are annihilated."
"I'm willing."
He heard the young man say this.
...
"Young lady, you'd better go and see him quickly!" A frantic, aged voice called out. "My husband hasn't eaten properly since he came back. He drinks all day long, and this old servant dares not try to persuade him!"
Pei Yuyan, the daughter of Marquis Ningyuan and the elder sister of Pei Lingjun, was invited back by the household's nanny because her husband had been acting very strangely lately.
There are only two masters in the mansion. The first wife spends all her time worshipping Buddha and does not see outsiders.
As servants, how could they dare to offer any advice?
We had no choice but to bring the eldest daughter back.
"Granny, you can go now. I'll go check on him."
The old woman acknowledged and withdrew.
Pei Lingjun lay on the soft couch in a daze. Pei Yuyan was almost driven out by the smell of alcohol in the room when she entered.
There were countless wine jars scattered haphazardly on the table and the floor, some opened and some unopened, all mixed together. A scruffy-bearded man lay on the bed.
He was half-drunk and unconscious, his eyes red from crying.
Pei Yuyan confirmed several times that this really was her younger brother, Pei Lingjun.
She had seen him cry in her life more than a decade ago, when her father was seriously injured and the Marquis's mansion was on the verge of collapse. He was just a teenager then. He grew up quickly, took over the Marquis's mansion, and became the ruthless and cold-blooded valiant guard.
"Jun, what's wrong with you?"
Pei Lingjun opened his eyes, his gaze dazed, and murmured, "Sister, I've lost someone very important..."
"Since you know it's important, then find it again." Seeing his distraught state, Pei Yuyan couldn't get any information from him.
Zhu Zijin has disappeared somewhere, and she doesn't even have anyone to ask him anything.
"I can't find it, I missed it..." Pei Lingjun said, his eyes closed, his mind reeling with drunkenness. "She should hate me... I'm the one who wronged her..."
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