He looked at her, a slight smile playing on his right lips, and murmured, "Fairy of Rainbow Robes, you've finally arrived. I've been waiting for you for so long."
"Wait for me?" Leng Nianhan smiled slightly, turned around and sat on the side chair, looking up and saying, "I remember that I am not an old friend of Master Bian."
"Oh?" Bian Cheshuang gently skimmed the fragrant tea floating in the cup with the lid, took a sip, and said, "Did Fairy Ni Chang call me 'Father' before? Has the fairy forgotten?"
Leng Nianhan was taken aback, then a sly smile appeared on her lips. She remained remarkably calm, though her eyes darkened: "So even Master Bian knew. That means..."
“That’s right.” Bian Cheshuang interrupted her, saying, “I’ve always known you were in the manor, but I didn’t make a fuss. I deliberately let you see me having a secret meeting with Tang Yi’an. And…” He suddenly looked up, his wicked smile deepening, “And I also deliberately revealed to Tang Yi’an that the only thing that could be used as a catalyst was the blood of the Bian family.”
Leng Nianhan remained seated upright in the side chair, her eyebrows furrowed as she stared at him coolly.
"I knew Tang Yi'an wasn't truly obedient to me; he just wanted to get the secret to awakening the Gangyang Jade from me. So, I played along and set up this trap. Hahaha, as expected, Fairy Ni Chang and Jade-Faced Thief didn't disappoint me." Bian Che Shuang laughed loudly, then suddenly looked up, his face contorting into a ferocious expression. "But none of you have considered me! You don't know that Yun Hui isn't my biological daughter; her blood is useless. Even if Jade-Faced Thief Tang Yi'an is incredibly powerful, he only possesses three items and cannot awaken the Gangyang Jade. He will also die from the Intestinal Dissolving Marrow. Because there is no antidote for Intestinal Dissolving Marrow!"
"No cure?" Leng Nianhan clenched his fist, staring at Bian Cheshuang, and asked, "Then why didn't you die seven years ago when you were poisoned by the Intestinal Marrow?"
"Why am I not dead?" Bian Cheshuang slammed the porcelain cup in his hand to the ground, shattering it. His face instantly turned icy cold as he rose and approached Leng Nianhan, roaring, "That's because my wife risked her life to save me!"
Upon hearing this, Leng Nianhan suddenly remembered that she had indeed never seen the wife of the master of the number one manor in the world for the past seven years, whether at the Heroes' Gathering or the Hall of Heroes.
She still remembered standing in front of Bian Cheshuang seven years ago, begging her to forgive him.
Leng Nianhan suddenly understood everything and said, "So you had Tang Yi'an help you steal the Soft Condensation Bottle and the Mirror Flower Snow Moon Powder so that you could bring your wife back to life?"
Bian Cheshuang's expression was extremely crazed: "Yes, I will save her! I will not only save the lady, but I will also let you taste the torment of lust!"
Leng Nianhan gathered his sleeves and glanced at Bian Cheshuang, who continued to ramble on insanely. He still smiled maniacally and said, "Leng Nianhan, do you think you can escape just because the owner of Su Sha Fang used the Illusion Token to cover up your memories?"
"What did you say?" Leng Nianhan turned around abruptly upon hearing this.
Before Leng Nianhan could ask further, Bian Cheshuang suddenly narrowed her eyes and looked at her, saying softly, "Isn't Fairy Ni Chang curious why you yourself are still alive after being poisoned by the Intestine-Dissolving Powder?"
Leng Nianhan didn't know why he suddenly brought it up, so she stared at him without blinking, waiting for him to continue talking.
"To cure the poison in your intestines, two people in love need to exchange blood to absorb the poison. And it was Tang Yi'an who helped you cure your poison."
"Tang Yi'an?" Leng Nianhan suddenly grasped the key point.
Bian Cheshuang remained silent, her smile growing even more cunning.
Leng Nianhan rushed back to Su Sha Fang and hurried to the main hall. Without kneeling or bowing, her first words were an insubordinate question.
Why did you lie to me?
"Green Rainbow Robe, please stop..."
"Enough." The lord frowned, stopping the maid. He turned to look at her and pondered, "I was asked to do this, but it's for your own good."
"For my own good?" Leng Nianhan retorted. "I'm the only one who doesn't know my own situation. I can't even judge for myself what's for my own good and what isn't!"
The lord did not speak, but shook his head inwardly. After a long while, he asked, "Then what do you want?"
"To regain my memories," Leng Nianhan replied firmly.
After a long silence, the lord finally nodded.
Once the illusion is dispelled, the memories rush back.
She recalled the three years she spent chasing after Tang Yi'an, during which not only did he lose interest in his hobbies, but she also gradually fell in love with him.
She recalled the month she spent in Luoyang Prefecture, which was both the happiest and the most difficult time of her life.
The happiest time was when she was with him all the time, from dawn till dusk. The hardest time was when she realized that she had unknowingly become infatuated with him.
She remembered the poison from seven years ago. Before she single-handedly conquered the most powerful clan in the world seven years ago, she had tested the poison on herself. She used all her strength to suppress her emotions while doing her best to cure the poison. A month later, Tang Yi'an recovered, and she decided to leave, going her separate ways forever.
But to her dismay, despite her efforts to control the poison, it still took effect. Tang Yi'an also learned that she had been poisoned by the Intestine-Melting Poison. He went alone to the Number One Manor in the World to seek the antidote, but returned empty-handed, leaving him extremely melancholy. She remembered trying to persuade him then, but he had instead struck her acupoints when she wasn't expecting it.
She heard him say, "Nianhan, you can't die. I must save you."
After that, she fell into a coma and was then detoxified by Tang Yi'an and sent back to Su Sha Fang.
She knew that it was Tang Yi'an who had begged the lord to seal her memories. She understood that Bian Cheshuang had told Tang Yi'an how to dispel the intestinal marrow because he wanted her to personally experience the feeling of being worse than dead when the person she loved died to save her.
The candlelight flickers, as if whispering unspoken words.
Leng Nianhan looked at Tang Yi'an lying on the stone bed and suddenly smiled.
She remembered hearing his flute in the woods that day, a sound so familiar it touched her very bones, a sound as sweet as honey. She quietly reached into his clothes and found the flute. Her slender, pale fingers caressed the jade-colored surface of the flute.
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