Chapter 1263 The Returnee's Notes 337
"Meow!"
Black Egg was so anxious that it paced around in circles, biting Xie Ning's clothes to make her get up.
Xie Ning took out the copper coin, and seeing Heidan's state, a thought struck him. "Heidan, do you know how to get there?"
Black Egg meowed, then walked upstairs, turning back to look at Xie Ning, signaling her to follow.
Xie Ning's eyes stung for a moment, and then she noticed that the scene in front of her had changed slightly. The colors in the world in the cat's eyes were weaker than those in her eyes, so when there was something brightly colored, it would stand out.
Xie Ning followed Heidan's footsteps and ran upwards. The stairs not only seemed endless, but also had many branching paths, like a huge suspended maze. Some stones floated around, some as big as a person, and some only the size of a fist.
And whether it was Xie Ning's imagination or not, she noticed that the stones were falling off, and there seemed to be something else inside... was it a mirror?
Xie Ning ran while observing the changes around him, and stopped when he passed a mirror that was about two meters high.
The mirror also reflected her, but not the current her; instead, she was wearing a purple robe, a floral crown, and holding an ivory tablet.
At that time, she was already the prime minister, and the official robes of female officials in the court were modified under the advocacy of a female official from the Ministry of Rites. After all, many women were sitting in positions that were previously reserved for men, but they were wearing men's official robes.
Before Xie Ning was about to make changes, a female official had already submitted a proposal outlining her own design for a women's official robe.
Xie Ning then stopped making any moves and let them go ahead and try to break through.
Further up, there is her sitting by the window of a secluded mansion watching the plum blossoms fall like snow, her wearing a gray-blue military uniform, and her in a military researcher's uniform.
Not only her, but those floating fragments also reflect the people she cherishes.
Finally, seeing Xie Ning lingering in front of the two mirrors for so long, Black Egg couldn't help but climb onto Xie Ning's shoulder to take a look. There was a man and a woman, also wearing military uniforms, and their faces even resembled Xie Ning's.
Suddenly feeling an itch in its ear, Black Egg turned its head to look and saw a tear slide down Xie Ning's cheek and soak into its fur.
"Meow?" Black Egg tilted its head. It didn't quite understand human emotions, but it had never seen Xie Ning shed a tear since it met her.
Xie Ning, standing before them, seemed deeply saddened, as if swallowed by an endless tide. She reached out to touch the two fragments for the first time, and then the person reflected in the fragments seemed to come alive and appear before them.
Black Egg blinked, and then from Xie Ning's perspective, he saw the man holding the woman's hand, reaching out to rub Xie Ning's head, as if saying something.
Their faces showed joy, but their eyes seemed to hide sorrow. The woman, who had been silent all along, suddenly hugged Xie Ning.
Black Egg flicked its tail; it suddenly felt very uncomfortable too.
A moment later, the man and woman turned and left.
"Don't go!"
Xie Ning was stunned for a moment, and the next moment she was about to follow. Half of her body had already stepped off the stairs when Black Egg quickly bit Xie Ning hard, waking her up.
Xie Ning refocused her eyes and realized that her center of gravity had shifted and she was about to fall. Startled, she quickly pulled her umbrella back up.
Xie Ning, who was slumped on the ground, was still a little dazed. She felt her cheeks were wet, and when she reached up to wipe them, she realized that she had been crying.
The sudden surge of emotions had left her breathless, and even now her heart was aching terribly, though she didn't know why. She still remembered what those two people looked like.
But now she can't remember when she met those two people at all. It's as if they were very, very important people to her, but... she's forgotten.
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