Chapter 413 She Doesn’t Want to Return to Nanlin
Miao Yi bit her lip. She was about to say something when she suddenly noticed there seemed to be someone next to her.
"Who?!" She looked in that direction vigilantly and took a few steps back.
"Moyan." The snake wizard called out.
The thin figure hiding in the dark slowly walked out.
She was a girl wearing a lavender long dress, about fourteen or fifteen years old. She was not very pretty, but quite pretty.
"This is..." Miao Yi frowned and gave the snake witch a look.
Does that mean this is the substitute girl he found?
The snake wizard did not answer immediately, but waved his hand to send the girl away.
He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something to Miao Yi, but in the end he just nodded.
Miao Yi felt a little strange, but didn't think much about it. Instead, she asked about the Snake Witch's past few years: "Brother, have you been looking for that girl all these years?"
"Well, I'm currently working for Prince Heshun," the snake witch said. "Didn't I tell you to wait patiently in Nanlin? What are you doing out here?"
Miao Yi sighed: "You've been gone for so many years, and there's no news from you. I'm worried about you."
The snake wizard frowned, and the terrifying blue veins on his face wrinkled together: "Tell the truth."
"Hehe," Miao Yi grinned. "Oh, my brother found out. There was a plague in Nanlin Kingdom not long ago. Almost everyone in a small tribe died."
"That old King Nanlin thought the snake god was angry, so he wanted to hold a sacrificial ceremony to the snake god in advance. How could I wait? Of course I ran! I dragged Kabei with me to Dakang."
"Are you now... settling down in the Shanhai Tower in this city?" asked the snake wizard.
Miao Yi nodded, then suddenly became nervous: "Brother, what do you want to do?! Yun Ran is a good person, she is my friend! You are not allowed to touch her!"
"No." The snake wizard replied briefly, "It's getting late, you should go back."
"Then I'm leaving!" Miao Yi said, "You... take care of yourself. I'm doing well now. If you don't have anything else, don't come to see me."
"Yes." The snake wizard's deep voice was hoarse and broken. "You fled without permission. I'm afraid King Nanlin won't let you go so easily. He will send people to look for you soon. Be careful."
Miao Yi nodded, turned and left.
The live chicken in the basket had long since run away, leaving only two pieces of fresh pork.
She muttered something unhappily and planned to go back to the market to see if there were any chickens for sale.
When we returned to Shanhai Tower, it was already completely dark.
There were many guests eating in the lobby, and it was almost full.
Yun Ran was sitting behind the counter, propping up his head with his eyes half closed, as if he was taking a nap.
The warm yellow candlelight on the counter illuminated her rosy little face, making it look gentle and quiet.
Miao Yi walked in with a basket in one hand and a chicken's neck in the other. The chicken rolled its eyes because of the weight she was holding.
Glancing at Yun Ran taking a rest peacefully behind the counter, Miao Yi smiled, put the basket and the chicken on the ground, walked up to Yun Ran, and yelled into her ear with malicious intent.
"Boss! I bought the chicken and pork you asked for!"
Yun Ran suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, not like he was just taking a nap at all.
She yawned and sat up straight, supporting her head with one hand, looking at Miao Yi lazily: "You are so slow, I am getting sleepy waiting."
"Tsk, but you clearly weren't asleep just now." Miao Yi was not convinced. When she was making trouble in Nanlin in the past, no one could resist her.
Yun Ran then curled his lips and smiled: "I really fell asleep, and you came in with the chicken, and the noise was too loud, so I woke up."
"Is it the chickens that are making noise or me?" Miao Yi stared at her and asked.
"The chickens are clamoring, why is Sister Miao Yi clamoring?" Yun Ran blinked his eyes, picked up the chicken whose feet were tied on the ground and flapping its wings, picked up the basket of pork, and went upstairs.
"Sister, take a break. I'm going to cook!"
Miao Yi watched her figure disappear around the corner of the stairs, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her face.
She had fallen in love with her life at Shanhai Tower and didn't want to go back to Nanlin anymore.
…
Time flies, the leaves fall, autumn goes and winter comes, and in the blink of an eye it is the end of the year.
That day, Yun Ran was cooking in her small kitchen when Yun Chengxi jumped in with a basket of books on his back.
"Sister! Sister! Brother-in-law is back!"
The tender and clear voice of the child was very penetrating. Yun Ran's hand holding the kitchen knife shook and he almost cut his hand.
She quickly stopped what she was doing and looked at Yun Chengxi who rushed in and said, "Chengxi, you'll be eight years old soon. Be more steady in your conduct and actions."
"Right away, it hasn't arrived yet." Yun Chengxi pouted, "Oh, sister, little Prince Jing'an is back! What are you cooking? Go and take a look!"
Yun Ran put down the kitchen knife, took off her apron and put it away, then took Yun Chengxi's hand and went downstairs.
As they walked, they asked him, "You said that little Prince Jing'an is back. Where is he?"
The smile on Yun Chengxi's face froze: "Maybe he's back in Beijing."
He caught a glimpse of the fierce look in Yun Ran's eyes and chuckled again: "Sister, I heard someone say on the way back from the academy that the young prince Jing'an has returned from the border. Well, returning to the capital is also returning, there's not much difference."
"I knew it." Yun Ran was helpless.
Yun Chengxi, this kid, is used to believing everything he hears. She asked why Ye Jingzhen would make a special trip around Kuizhou when he came back.
After urging Yun Chengxi to go upstairs to finish the homework assigned by the teacher, Yun Ran went back to the small kitchen to continue cooking.
In the evening, Ye Jingzhen did not come back, but Yun Chenglu came.
Yun Chenglu now had his own small house in the capital. He followed General Zhao back to the capital, changed his clothes in his house, and then rode to Kuizhou City.
When he arrived, Shanhailou was already closed.
Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, starting from the next few days, Shanhailou will close at dusk.
At this time, the lobby on the first floor had been cleared. Uncle Chang asked the waiters to put a few tables together, and five or six people gathered together to have dinner in a lively atmosphere.
After a tiring year, we get together at the end of the year to talk and chat.
Yun Ran, Yun Chengxi, Nan Xuan, Ling An, Miao Yi and Ka Bei were sitting around a table. Yun Sanlang and Yin Qianlan were supposed to come over at this time.
But there was a lantern festival in Kuizhou City today, so Yun Sanlang took Yin Qianlan and the other two to visit the lantern festival, leaving Yun Chengxi to be looked after by Yun Ran.
The lonely king squatted obediently beside Yun Ran, resting his wolf chin on the edge of the table, staring at the table full of delicious food, and keeping his mouth tightly closed to prevent drooling.
Nan Xuan held his cheek and poked the king's tightly closed wolf mouth out of boredom. He poked and bared his teeth, making him smile so much that his peach blossom eyes curved.
Ling An helped everyone serve the food, and Ka Bei went back and forth to bring the dishes prepared by him and Yun Ran to the table.
Yun Ran and Miao Yi sat together, and the two girls of similar age were talking in low voices.
The atmosphere in the lobby was peaceful, but someone suddenly knocked on the door of Shanhai Tower.
"We're closed! Please come back tomorrow for dinner!" Yun Ran looked up and shouted towards the door.
The knocking didn't stop.
Nan Xuan paused the finger that was poking the lonely king's cheek, then pointed in the direction of the gate.
The bolt clicked open and the door was pushed open from the outside.
Yun Chenglu came in from outside, wearing a royal blue robe and looking exhausted.
Grinning at him, "Master!"
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