Chapter 32 Chapter 32 Have we met before? ...
At times like this, agreeing to what he said felt like making a promise.
Mu Xi pulled down his hand and said, "You should do it yourself." She smiled and said, "It's really not convenient for me."
She did not fail to notice that Feng Han's eyes turned dim in an instant.
Feng Han lowered his head and didn't respond. Mu Xi turned around to set up her sleeping area, and he didn't stop her. He just couldn't tell if it was because he had given up and let it go, or if he was so disappointed that he didn't even have the energy to try to stop her.
It was bright outside, and Mu Xi, who had been traveling all the way, was sleeping soundly.
Feng Han was not asleep. Hearing the even breathing sounds outside, he quietly got up, put on his coat and went out. He stood beside Mu Xi's bed, stared at her for a long time, and then walked out.
Mingyu and Yingzhang were waiting outside the door.
"Where are the others?"
"They've been busy for most of the night, and most of them are asleep now. The other subordinates have rushed to the outer courtyard to work."
The one who answered was Mingyu, who had always been more efficient than Yingzhang in doing things. Fenghan glanced at him.
Mingyu continued, "He's a clean person, but he's a bit of a snob."
Ying Zhang laughed out loud following behind, Feng Han ignored him, Ming Yu turned around and glared at him with a warning.
Mingyu was more perceptive than Yingzhang. From the moment Yin Xiang appeared until now, he could tell his master had been in a bad mood. He had a guess as to why, but he didn't dare dwell on it, hoping he was wrong.
The three of them arrived at Bai Yi's yard. Feng Han walked in, and the two people behind him did not stop.
Feng Han leaned over slightly, and this time it was Ying Zhang who came forward to speak. "We two subordinates are really worried about you, young master. We want to follow and hear what Doctor Bai has to say, so we can feel at ease."
Bai Yi hasn't slept since Mu Xi and Feng Han left. He knew Feng Han would come and had been waiting for him.
The three of them entered the room, and Ying Zhang, who was the last one to walk in, closed the door.
Feng Han sat down in silence. Bai Yi looked at him for a while and pushed the small box that contained white-gray powder in front of Feng Han.
"Sir, take a look. Madam Mu's situation... is the same as what you think."
Feng Han looked at the small box without moving. He raised his eyes to look at Bai Yi, "Are you sure?"
"Confirmed."
Before they appeared, Bai Yi had only heard Mingyu and Yingzhang say a few words about this Madam Mu.
She had heard in advance about Feng Han's obvious changes in his attitude towards her, but Bai Yi still firmly believed that Feng Han was just acting.
Until today, when she saw with her own eyes how Feng Han looked in front of Mu Xi, what he said, every look in his eyes, the concern and care in them, if it was fake... she didn't know what else was real in this world.
Fenghan fell into a long silence. Mingyu and Yingzhang exchanged glances, but no one spoke.
In the end, Bai Yi opened the small box and placed it in front of Feng Han.
If Mu Xi saw it now, she would be shocked.
What she originally thought was white-gray powder was not medicine powder at all, but... piles of tiny white-gray insects that could wriggle.
They were not scattered in the box pretending to be dead like before, but each one was very active.
The blood that Mu Xi had left behind was already in a semi-solidified state and was still in the center of the box. Because of the movement of the little bugs, the blood seemed to be alive and there were always subtle movements.
This scene seemed horrifying to ordinary people, but no one present felt scared.
Including Ying Zhang, they were all surprised, "Is this... Madam Mu's blood?"
"right."
Bai Yi's eyes never left Feng Han's face, but he didn't respond to her. She had no choice but to look at the other two people present and tell them the story.
"I have reason to believe that when the Feiming Valley incident occurred ten years ago, Valley Master Mu was severely injured and nearly died. To save her life, her servants took it upon themselves to use the Heart Refining Worm on her. However, the consequence was that she remembered nothing after waking up. The servants took advantage of her tactic and hid their identities with her until she was found by the Young Master."
"I didn't look for her."
Feng Han finally spoke, but what he said was such a nonsense.
The three of them looked at each other, and Feng Han added, "We met by chance, and she saved me."
Bai Yi should have been the one who knew the least about the situation among the three, but because he was older than them, he understood many things just by seeing, hearing and thinking about them.
Ying Zhang went straight to the point and asked Bai Yi, "So, the Heart Refining Bug you've been looking for isn't somewhere else, nor is it hidden away. Instead, it was eaten by Madam Mu?"
"Yes." Bai Yi nodded, "That's why she heals faster than ordinary people."
Mingyu was puzzled: "But if Doctor Bai's guess is correct, she took the Heart Refining Bug ten years ago. Is it still alive now?"
"The Heart Refining Bug never dies. No one knows how many years it can live, but it's definitely much longer than you and me."
Bai Yi raised his finger and pointed at the small box. "These blood-sucking insects feed on blood, but they can't eat her blood because they're afraid of the Heart Refining Worm. Mu Xi...her blood is alive, so even if it leaves her body, it can still survive for a while. I'm just not sure how long yet."
Mingyu asked: "So what should we do now?"
Bai Yi looked at Feng Han and saw that he was still in the same posture as before. He felt a little disappointed and more anxious.
"Sir, can I take your pulse first?"
Feng Han finally turned to look at her. However, when Bai Yi's fingers were about to touch his wrist, Feng Han withdrew his hand. "I know my own situation very well. You just need to tell me what I need to do to break the impermanence calamity."
Bai Yi suddenly felt something was wrong, but he still honestly told his solution.
"The Heart-Refining Worm recognizes its master and has been passed down from generation to generation in the Mu family. Only members of the Mu family can drive it to save people. Originally, only Madam Mu was required to drive the Heart-Refining Worm..." She paused, knowing that it was meaningless to say this now.
"Since the Heart Refining Worm is now within Madam Mu's body, it must be hiding deep within her heart, which is why she has lived so healthily for the past ten years. If you want to break the calamity of impermanence, you can only gouge out her heart and eat it."
Feng Han frowned slightly, raised his hands and placed them on the table to prevent his body trembling from being too obvious. His hands hidden in his sleeves were clenched into fists, and his heart was aching.
Ying Zhang took a deep breath and asked anxiously, "Heart-ripping?! Can Madam Mu still survive?"
"Of course he can't survive." Bai Yi shook his head, wanting to say that this kid was too stupid. How could a person survive without a heart?
Mingyu considered more, "Doctor Bai, you just said that the Heart Refining Bug recognizes its master. If I forcibly cut out its heart, Madam Mu will definitely resist. Will the Heart Refining Bug still be useful then?"
"As long as you're quick enough, it won't be a problem. You have to eat her heart while it's still beating after it's taken out. That way, the Heart Refining Worm will automatically retake your body as its host. She's healed so quickly from her injuries now, and you'll be able to do the same in the future. Furthermore, Madam Mu is different from most people. I suspect her heart will continue to beat for a long time after it's taken out. This won't be a difficult task for you, Master."
Ying Zhang murmured softly: "This is too..." He couldn't say it out loud.
Mingyu looked at Fenghan just like Baiyi did. Fenghan didn't say anything and just sat there in silence like a stone statue.
Bai Yi had no choice but to continue, "If she is hiding the Heart Refining Bug somewhere, you need to flatter her to gain her trust and let her voluntarily use the Heart Refining Bug to save you. The current situation is actually much simpler."
On the one hand, she wanted to boost morale, and on the other hand, she wanted to remind Feng Han not to forget what his original purpose was when he approached Mu Xi.
Sure enough, Feng Han's forehead twitched slightly, the corners of his lips twitched, and he was silent for a long, long time...
"What other methods are there?" Feng Han's voice was hoarse, and his whole body seemed to be emitting coldness.
Bai Yi shook his head, "This is the most foolproof method."
After all, Bai Yi only met Mu Xi once, and Mingyu and Yingzhang knew clearly why Fenghan was hesitating now.
Humans are not plants or trees.
Mingyu hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and stepped forward. "If you can't bear to do it, I'm willing to do it for you."
"You dare."
Feng Han spoke in a stern voice, Ming Yu knelt down immediately, and Ying Zhang realized it later and knelt down as well.
"I know Madam Mu is a good person, and I also know she has a miserable life. But hasn't you suffered these years? Why don't you think about how you got to where you are today? You have already spent too much time on her! Not everyone in Beiqu Pavilion truly respects you. Your second uncle even covets the position of Pavilion Master."
He kowtowed twice and lay on the ground. After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and spoke again: "Besides, Ji Lian is still looking for her. Wu Yue Tower and Bei Qu Pavilion have always been incompatible. As long as Madam Mu is alive, she will be Ji Lian's fiancée. They will be a legitimate couple. Madam Mu is with us now because she doesn't remember anything. When she remembers everything, she will return to Ji Lian sooner or later. Why don't we -"
"Shut up!"
Feng Han waved his sleeves and swept the teacups and teapots on the table to the ground. One of the scattered porcelain pieces just happened to scratch Mingyu's eye, and blood flowed down his face.
Mingyu didn't dodge, but raised his upper body straight up and looked at Fenghan——
"Master, have you forgotten all the hardships you've endured since childhood and the vows you've made? Are you going to give up everything you've worked so hard to gain just because of her?!"
Feng Han's muscles were all tense, and a bloody smell kept rising from his throat. His eyes were bloodshot as he looked at Ming Yu. Ming Yu looked at him neither arrogantly nor humbly.
Ying Zhang was obviously frightened when he saw Feng Han like this. He gently tugged at Ming Yu's sleeve and saw the wound on his face. He whispered, "You...you're bleeding."
Mingyu turned away and said in a deep voice, "We have shed more blood than this. I believe that during the days that you and Madam Mu have been together, you have forgotten everything."
"Are you pushing me?"
Mingyu raised his head and looked Fenghan in the eyes. "I dare not. I just want to remind you, sir, that you can only do this, as planned from the beginning."
"Okay, let's apply some medicine first." Bai Yi wanted to pull Mingyu up, but he stiffened his neck and refused to move. There was no choice but for Bai Yi to bend down and apply medicine to him, and the bleeding quickly stopped.
Feng Han suddenly stood up, and all three of them were startled.
Before leaving, Feng Han looked at Ming Yu and said, "I know what to do. Just take care of yourself, or I'll make you know what regret is."
After Fenghan left, Mingyu's stiff body finally relaxed, and he seemed to be in a state of collapse. Bai Yi and Ying Zhang lifted him up and helped him sit down.
Only then did he realize that his clothes were soaked.
"If you are so scared, how dare you speak to the young master like that?"
"Over the years, he's been my master and also my family. I've always trusted him and knew that anything he set his mind to would be accomplished. But look at him now. He's completely clueless and doesn't even dare to take the final step."
Ying Zhang sighed and scratched his head. This seemed difficult to him.
They knew Mu Xi's character better than anyone else, and... and if it weren't for this incident, he would actually be happy to see Mu Xi and his master grow old together.
No matter what, they had to admit that Mu Xi was completely different from the women they had seen in Beiqu Pavilion since childhood.
But if this incident had not happened, they would never have traveled thousands of miles to the remote Luan County, and naturally they would not have reached this point today.
"I think you're too impulsive," Bai Yi said soothingly. "Although the young master may be tough on the outside but soft on the inside, we've been with him all these years, and he's never been vague about the most crucial matters. Given a choice between his biological mother and me, he'll always choose me. He knows exactly what he wants. Perhaps it's just a spur of the moment impulse, but when the impermanence strikes, his true feelings will remind him what to do, and he knows what to do."
Ying Zhang looked at Bai Yi, then at Ming Yu, not daring to speak.
He thought the same as Mingyu. He felt that... the master probably wouldn't hurt Madam Mu.
It's autumn now, and you'll feel cold when you wake up in the morning. This is what Feng Han tells Mu Xi every day, asking her to put on more clothes when she wakes up in the morning and take off clothes at noon.
But Fenghan himself was wearing only a single layer of clothing at the moment.
When passers-by on the street looked at him sideways, he remembered that he was not wearing any disguise or veil, but was just walking on the street alone.
Usually at this time he and Mu Xi walked side by side. Mu Xi would talk to the store owner about what to buy, and he would just follow her and watch her.
More and more people were looking at him. Feng Han quickly took a few steps and turned into an empty alley. After walking a few steps forward, he suddenly heard the sound of reading aloud.
There seemed to be a school in front. Feng Han stopped involuntarily, listened for a moment, and then went up to the roof quietly.
No one noticed.
He listened to the sound of students reading aloud in the hall and thought of the situation when he first arrived in Luan County.
Before officially appearing in front of Mu Xi, and before he was completely sure of her identity, he had actually stayed in Luan County for three days.
Even Mingyu and Yingzhang didn't know about this. No one knew about it except himself.
When he learned that the woman he met five years ago was his savior again, he felt a little uneasy.
Is she still alive? It has not been easy for me in the past five years, so what about her?
Luan County is in a bad state, and poverty is evident from the inside out.
In five years, not much has changed there.
Mu Xi's attire matched the poverty of Luan County, but she still looked out of place.
During those three days, Fenghan would occasionally listen to her lectures on the dilapidated roof like this.
When she lectures, she observes the students sitting below. Even though most of them are not motivated and don't listen carefully, she doesn't slack off, but she also doesn't sigh and lament like the loud-mouthed principal.
She just does her job well, as if everything else has nothing to do with her.
Mu Xi would read with her students. She would read a sentence and the students would follow her.
This was Fenghan's favorite moment. The sound of her reading was very pleasant, just like the spring water he soaked in after being injured as a child. It was almost one of the only two things in the world that he liked but would not hurt him.
Fenghan noticed that she would deliberately wait for a while after school. If no students came to her for questions, she would immediately walk away as fast as if her feet were greased.
When Mu Xi passed by the bun shop next door, the owner would take the initiative to greet her, and her eyes would linger on the hot buns for a little longer while greeting the owner, which meant she must be hungry at that time.
The shopkeeper clearly wanted to give her two and asked her to take them, but she insisted that they didn't need them and that there was food at home and it couldn't be wasted.
He is so poor and wants it but doesn't say it. How much is it worth?
Feng Han snorted, bought two buns, took a bite, and didn't think they were delicious.
Without realizing it, I followed her again, and soon realized that I had finished eating. I felt that I had also become infected with her poverty.
I felt disgusted for a moment, but my stomach felt full and my body was warm.
Mu Xi definitely didn't like cooking. Feng Han felt that she was just like she was five years ago, living in a dilapidated house with nothing.
She had the same expressionless face when she cooked as when she did everything else. Feng Han suspected that she was missing the two buns she had already eaten.
No matter how poor she was, he almost wanted to throw some money at her.
In fact, he did throw it away.
Feng Han told himself that no matter whether she was the person he was looking for or not, she had saved him after all. He left without saying goodbye five years ago. In her opinion, he might be a person who did not know how to repay a favor.
Compared with the two of them at that time, he was obviously more miserable and had no money. Now he has some, so he is not stingy and can give her some.
The next day, after she got up, Feng Han put a purse outside the door, knocked on the door, and hid in the corner.
Mu Xi opened the door, looked down and saw the purse, looked around for a while, picked it up and went in. When Feng Han looked out, he just saw the hem of her skirt swaying over the threshold.
That day, Fenghan still followed her to school in town, but along the way she kept asking which neighbor's purse fell at her doorstep.
No one claimed it, so during the lunch break, Mu Xi went to the county government office as if she was holding a hot potato.
The officer naturally knew her and asked her to keep it while chatting with her, saying that if no neighbor claimed it, it was most likely not left by a local. Judging from the patterns, it was very valuable and could not have belonged to a local.
Mu Xi waved her hands repeatedly to refuse, muttered something, and turned away.
The officer didn't hear it clearly, but Fenghan heard it clearly, but he just didn't know what it meant.
She said: "Although there was no anti-fraud software in ancient times, I have anti-fraud awareness."
Fenghan thought that besides being poor, she was also a little stupid... and sometimes she was weird.
On the third day, Mu Xi repeated almost the same life as the previous two days.
Before school ended that day, Fenghan heard her finish her reading with the students and say goodbye to them, and he also said goodbye to her in his heart.
When passing by the bun shop next door, the owner was not there, but Mu Xi stopped and took a few more glances at the buns in the steamer.
Fenghan's heart suddenly beat faster.
In a short time, he changed his appearance, put on a veil, bought four buns from the clerk in the bun shop, caught up with Mu Xi, and called her.
Mu Xi turned around, and when their eyes met Feng Han's, Feng Han smiled at her.
"What's up?"
Fenghan told her that he had just moved to Luan County and that he had a younger sister who was about to go to school, and he heard that she would be the one teaching her.
Mu Xi's eyes softened from defensiveness, and when she asked him what his sister's name was, Feng Han made one up.
"Okay, don't worry. If she has any problems getting used to it after entering school, you can ask her to tell me."
"Thank you, my lady." Feng Han handed over two buns. Mu Xi's face changed slightly and she waved her hands repeatedly, saying no.
"The buns here are especially delicious. I bought too many. It would be a waste if my wife doesn't accept them."
Mu Xi hesitated, Feng Han stuffed the bun into her hand, smiled at her, said "goodbye", and turned to leave.
Unexpectedly, Mu Xi called her. Feng Han asked her what was wrong. She was fascinated by the fact that she had changed her appearance and was not so outstanding that her face was not fully exposed.
Nature is not obsessed.
Mu Xi asked him, "Have we met before?"
Feng Han's heart nearly jumped out of his chest. "Of course not. This is the first time I've met you today."
Mu Xi nodded, tilted her head, and smiled at him, "I know someone. You two are both wearing red clothes, so they look a bit like you."
She waved to Fenghan and said "see you later".
Her words soothed my originally carefree mood. Like? Who is like him? Who does he look like? He is exactly him.
Soon after, Mu Xi's identity was confirmed, and he learned that she and Ji Lian had been engaged since childhood. He thought of the face and eyes he saw when he looked up from the bottom of the well five years ago.
Then he thought of the girl he had seen five years later. No matter which girl she was—
Ji Lian is not worthy.
Although Mu Xi was poor and stupid, Ji Lian was not worthy of her at all and was far inferior to her.
Feng Han was still brooding over the person who "looked" like him. With this in mind, he changed into plain clothes and went to meet Mu Xi. This time, he stood outside her house openly waiting for her to come back.
The sound of reading suddenly stopped, and Fenghan's thoughts were forced back to the present.
"It's raining! Hurry, hurry, collect the books! Collect the books!"
"Everyone come out! Everyone come out!"
A student shouted, and soon several students ran out and picked up books in the yard.
I must have been drying the books in the yard early in the morning because the weather was good.
Before I knew it, it was already noon.
Feng Han looked at their teacher. Faced with this sudden situation, the relaxed and contented demeanor she had just had disappeared. She looked both embarrassed and panicked.
He naturally thought of Mu Xi again. Even though she was very scared, nervous and surprised, she still looked calmer than others.
Mu Xi is different from anyone else in this world, Feng Han told himself, it’s not the first day you know this.
He snorted, laughed mockingly in the rain, and shook his head.
The light sigh melted in the rain.
Some students below seemed to sense something and looked up, but there was nothing on the roof and the rain was like a curtain.
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