Chapter 133
Pei Lingjun chuckled briefly twice, then turned his head toward the window and whispered, "You little ingrate!"
The footsteps faded into the distance. Wen Shu stared intently at the window, slipped on her shoes, extinguished the candles, and climbed onto the bed.
Just as Pei Lingjun said, several guards came to the courtyard the next day. After greeting Wen Shu, they hid inside and outside the courtyard and were usually nowhere to be seen.
Zhu Zijin never came again.
As soon as the snow stopped, Zhuang Yan packed her bags and prepared to set off.
Hanxiang carefully checked her baggage again to make sure nothing was missing before she felt relieved.
Wen Shu tucked the hand warmer embroidered with golden branches and lotus flowers into Zhuang Yan's arms, "Did you tell your family to come pick you up on the way?"
Zhuang Yan nodded, tears welling in her eyes, "I've already informed them, we'll run into them on the way."
Wen Shu nodded, "Let's go, we'll come back next spring when the weather is warmer."
The two sisters said goodbye, turning back every few steps. As they reached the courtyard gate, Zhuang Yan hugged her, sobbing uncontrollably, "A-Shu, I'll never like him again..."
Wen Shu knew perfectly well who he was.
She suppressed the bitterness rising in her chest, patted Zhuang Yan's back, and gently comforted her, "What kind of good men aren't there in the world? Ayan is beautiful and intelligent, she will always meet someone who will cherish her."
Zhuang Yan nodded with tears in her eyes, and said in a cheerful tone, "That's right, that's right. If he doesn't like me, someone else will... I have no reason to get hung up on this... Never mind, I'm going back now. It's windy outside, you should go back too. I'll come see you again next year."
The mistress and servant saw Zhuang Yan off, and only after the carriage disappeared around the corner did Hanxiang turn her gaze away, sighing, "Zhuang Niangzi is such a good girl, why doesn't Master Zhu like her?"
Hanxiang was still young and always thought love was a simple thing, believing that as long as a man and a woman were in love, their relationship would last forever. Unfortunately...
"How can you explain something like liking someone? It doesn't really have a reason..."
Hanxiang didn't understand, staring blankly at Wenshu, and remained silent.
After Zhuang Yan left, the courtyard was less lively.
Wen Shu went to the pharmacy as usual during the day, while Wen Ji stayed at home busy with chores, occasionally practicing with a gun and sword. Hearing that he would be joining the army after the New Year, he was both excited and worried.
"The North is so far from Shanzhou. What will happen to you and Mother if I leave?"
Wen Shu flipped through the account books and smiled, "What are you worried about? Your mother and I are doing just fine here. It's you I'm more worried about..."
She paused, recalling Wenji's death on the battlefield in her previous life, and couldn't help but feel a lingering fear. "Wenji, the battlefield is extremely dangerous. A slight mistake and you could lose your life. Have you really thought this through?"
Wenji paused, his hand gripping the spear, his expression turning serious. "I always heard the teacher speak of loyalty to the country in school, but now that the people of the desert are so unrestrained in the north, I... I also want to do my part..."
"I support you, sister." Wen Shu handed him the safety amulet she had obtained from the temple, "but you must also protect your own life."
The safety amulet was perfectly preserved. Wenji took it and suddenly felt his eyes sting. He held the amulet in his palm and said in a muffled voice, "I'm going to fetch water now."
In the depths of winter, the weather is bitterly cold.
The Laba Festival has arrived in the blink of an eye.
There is no custom of drinking Laba porridge in Shanzhou. Wen Shu and Zhou Yun cooked a pot of mutton soup. Wen Shu took most of the pot of mutton soup to the courtyard and invited the guards inside and outside the courtyard to drink it together.
The only way Wen Shu can find out about Pei Lingjun now is through them.
On that snowy night, Pei Lingjun said he would return before the New Year, and now it's already the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month...
"Gentlemen, is Commander Pei still in Jijing?"
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