After seeing the first letter, Fengling stared at it in deep thought for a long time.
Only then did I slowly open the next letter:
[My dear husband, the pond outside the courtyard froze over today, and Xiaoying and I skated on it for a while. Xiaoying said you used to play like this when you were little, and Ting'er was very happy. Although I've never seen it before, looking at the portrait in the room, I can almost picture you, and it makes me feel less lonely.]
[My dear husband, spring has come again, the warm sun shines on all things reviving, and I long to go out for a stroll. Fortunately, the Yao mansion is large enough for me to explore for several days. I wonder when you will return. Last year I knitted you a winter sweater, but by this year, it's hardly new anymore. I wonder what color you like, my husband? If you have a moment amidst your busy schedule, please write back...]
[My dear husband, Xiaoying brought home a little turtle today. Guess why? She said, "A turtle means 'return'!" I've been so happy for so long; I'm sure I'll be able to wait for your return. Right?]
......
[My dear husband, for three years I've written to you every month, more than 30 letters in total, yet I still haven't received a reply. This winter feels especially cold. Perhaps, Ting'er doesn't share your fervent patriotism.]
Yesterday, the turtle accidentally fell into the icy pond and froze to death... I think it's fate, so be it... If it's truly heartless, or if it has someone else who truly loves it, it might as well let me go... Why torture me like this?
I've found that writing to you is less effective than squatting by a pond and talking to myself. Perhaps then the wind will ripple across the surface, giving me a response. But writing to you is like throwing a stone into the sea—completely silent.
......
Yaohua, please allow me to call you that. I wonder if you still remember. Several years have passed. Five years. I don't understand why you won't even reply to a single letter? Why won't the Yao family let me leave the house? Why must I hide whenever guests come? Am I really such a wretched person? Someone abandoned by her husband, someone who can't even be seen by outsiders? Am I supposed to stay here and wait for you for the rest of my life? Until I die? Is this what growing old together means...?
Although Xiaoying says no, I roughly guessed it. You didn't go to cultivate; you just ran away from your arranged marriage, right? Come back. Come back and divorce me. I won't cling to you anymore. For the past twenty years, I've pretended I never lived. I just want to start a new life.
......
"Yaohua, Xiaoying told me that rumors of a monster have been circulating in the capital again recently, and many people have died. It's said to be ruthless, killing without blinking an eye, not even sparing children. I'm curious, what does that monster look like? And is it even as ruthless as you?"
Why aren't you replying? Why aren't you replying? Why aren't you replying? Are you feeling guilty? Are you afraid? What are you doing? Are you dead? If you are, please become a monster and come find me, take me with you.
[I've been wondering, how do those legendary monsters, or rather, monstrous creatures, become? Is it only after a heartless person like you dies that they transform into a monster? I also think, perhaps becoming a heartless person would make things easier. So, this is the last letter. I truly don't understand any grand principles; I'm just a woman, I just want to... never mind, that's all.]
This was indeed the last letter, written a year before the Yao family's incident.
Feng Ling quickly finished reading and exchanged a glance with Ruo Qingyan.
Both of them were shocked.
How short life really is.
It was so short that it only took a few minutes and dozens of letters to read through her life of despair.
So short-lived that it didn't even last until someone returned.
In the end, she never had the chance to see the outside world.
In the end, however harshly she did not scold him.
There wasn't a single word of despair in the text, yet it conveyed a profound sense of sorrow and helplessness.
This is the truth about Yaohua's wife!
He never married that woman; instead, like Lei Jingyun, he ran away halfway through!
But for some reason, the Yao family still took her home.
Furthermore, he was placed under house arrest at Yao's house.
As for the letters his wife Ting'er wrote to Yaohua, they were all intercepted by the maid.
Forget whether Yaohua replied or not, he didn't receive a single letter at all!
But why did the Yao family place her under house arrest for the next two matters? What was the reason for this?
The wind chimes couldn't guess.
But he already knew the rest.
He pressed the button on the headset and said in a deep voice:
"I'm going back now."
Chu Sheng asked in confusion:
"Go back where? To the capital? Don't you not have that instance?"
"Give it a try. If possible, there are some things I'd like to confirm myself."
There was a moment of silence on Chu Sheng's end:
"Wind Chime, the family's meaning is that you can go back, but you can't enter the Imperial Capital instance... to avoid pointless elimination."
Wind chimes: ......
"Um."
They then glanced at Ruo Qingyan, but neither of them said anything.
We will immediately depart from the border to return.
The Lei and Ruo families who went to the border together originally intended to return with Feng Lingruo Qingyan.
However, the Bai family seems to want to continue moving forward.
So they all stayed and continued on to the border.
To prevent the Bai family from seizing the initiative.
At this moment, everyone outside the capital was exchanging and discussing this level's instance.
No one had any clue.
Even if there was a slight suspicion, I didn't have the courage to go in.
So far, the elimination rate is 100%.
Even if a player receives an item as a reward, the item is still eliminated!
Gradually, even the discussions quieted down considerably.
Because when the discussion gets to the crucial points, there will always be parts that don't make sense.
They can never get around that question: after Yaohua's wife became a demon, how did she slaughter the entire Yao family?
No matter how much resentment a person harbors, when they first become a demon, they are only at the first level.
Could it be an ancient monster that directly transcended its level after transforming into a demon?
Or perhaps Yaohua's wife's resentment had exceeded the level of worries that normal people could understand.
Or did she communicate with demons while she was alive?
But what kind of monster would dare to enter the Yao family?
Based on these guesses alone, they still dared not enter the instance.
Just when everyone was at a loss.
"The Holy Maiden and Wind Chime are back!"
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