In her dream, one day, Su Jinyu suddenly received a letter from Liu Huizhou, in which she said that her daughter had died.
At first, she didn't believe it, so she went to her husband to confirm it, but Ye Jing remained silent, looking at her with eyes full of grief. Then Su Jinyu understood; her daughter was truly gone.
Her daughter, whom she had raised for over a decade, lost her life during a trip.
Su Jinyu and Ye Jing brought Ye Ying's body back together. The weather was getting warmer, and even if they went quickly, they couldn't make it in time...
Later, Su Jinyu cried very sadly. To prevent her from overthinking, Ye Jing entrusted the woman that Liu Huizhou had rescued to her care.
As for him, he went to ask Liu Huizhou about what had happened.
According to Liu Huizhou, after he met Ye Ying, Ye Ying was arrested by the head of the Ye family that very night, and Ning Shuyue, whom he met on the way, was also arrested.
In the end, Ye Ying died, and Ning Shuyue fell off a cliff.
With grief in her eyes and indignation in her voice, Liu Huizhou said, "I have no grudge against Xie Nanzhou, and I don't know why he would target me like this."
"And for this, I even harmed my junior sister." The man's voice suddenly lowered, filled with obvious guilt. "Master, I am sorry for failing to live up to your and your wife's teachings."
Liu Huizhou always appeared gentle and honest in front of Ye Jing, and Ye Jing had no doubts about his behavior this time.
After all, he did know why Xie Nanzhou was targeting Liu Huizhou, but he never expected that his momentary leniency towards his wife back then would now harm his own daughter.
Later, to avenge his daughter, he taught Liu Huizhou his unique swordsmanship, because he also had Xie family blood. As long as he was stronger than Xie Nanzhou, or had a second option, Xie Nanzhou might not be able to hold onto the position of Xie family head.
Even while busy seeking revenge, Ye Jing didn't forget to care for his wife. He was initially worried that she would be too heartbroken, but then he noticed that she was in much better spirits with Ning Shuyue by her side, so he was relieved.
After everything was over, Su Jinyu suggested to Ye Jing that they recognize Ning Shuyue as their goddaughter.
Firstly, it was to alleviate the pain of missing her daughter, as it would be good to have someone by her side; secondly, seeing that Ning Shuyue was an orphan with a pitiful background, she wanted to help her.
Ye Jing tried to persuade her, but it was no use, so he had no choice but to go along with her.
In the very end, the scene showed the four of them laughing together.
Su Jinyu stared blankly at the scene in her dream. She was just thinking that this dream was really strange. Her daughter was about to marry Xie Nanzhou, so how could she die?
Ye Jing, meanwhile, struggled, drenched in sweat, somewhat incredulous. The daughter in his dream looked nothing like Liu Yin.
The scene shifts, and both of them simultaneously dream of the moment Ye Ying died.
Ye Ying, who was thin and frail, was tied to the edge of the cliff. A cold wind was blowing, and her health was already poor. She was coughing with a pale face.
As for Liu Huizhou, who was concerned about her junior sister in the eyes of the two, she was fighting fiercely with Xie Nanzhou's men and didn't care about her junior sister's life or death at all.
Xie Nanzhou watched from the sidelines, completely disdaining to fight Liu Huizhou.
Even though Liu Huizhou tried his best, he was still no match for one of his guards, which Xie Nanzhou found laughable, so he actually laughed.
The piercing laughter filled Liu Huizhou with resentment, along with a barely perceptible sense of inferiority. As the two fought, they drew ever closer to the cliff edge, and in the end, Liu Huizhou's defeat was inevitable.
During this time, no one noticed Ye Ying. It wasn't until Liu Huizhou recovered from his injuries and got up from the ground with a pained expression that he noticed Ye Ying was already silent.
He was initially flustered because he didn't know how to explain things to his master. Just now, after Ning Shuyue fell, Xie Nanzhou was about to leave, but he was stopped by Xie Nanzhou, who was blinded by rage.
He was so focused on avenging Ning Shuyue that he forgot his junior sister was still waiting for him to save her.
Ye Jing noticed that Liu Huizhou's expression changed quickly. At first, he was flustered, but soon he became calm and composed, as if he had already come up with a brilliant idea.
Even in his dream, Ye Jing couldn't help but think of Liu Yin. No wonder he always felt something was off when he looked at her.
It turned out that it wasn't his imagination.
Ye Jing was half asleep when he heard faint sobbing. He was startled awake and turned to see his wife weeping.
Seeing that he was awake, Su Jinyu quickly wiped away her tears and explained, "I just had a nightmare."
"In my dream, our daughter died, and I even adopted someone else as my daughter." But her daughter was clearly not dead, and was about to get married.
Ye Jing remained silent, only looking at his bewildered wife, which made Su Jinyu feel uneasy. "What if I told you it's true?"
"How could this be?" Su Jinyu exclaimed in surprise. "Weren't we on our way to a banquet? Our daughter is getting married soon!"
Ye Jing grabbed her shoulders and comforted her, "Calm down, I'll explain."
He didn't believe his wife hadn't noticed anything amiss; she just didn't want to believe it. But no matter how unwilling she was to believe it, it was true.
Perhaps, this is something they've done before.
...
The next morning, the two headed towards Yuncheng again, but this time, they traveled even faster.
They arrived in Yuncheng a few days before the wedding. Su Jinyu stayed at an inn, while Ye Jing went to the Xie residence to find Liuyin.
The servants were quite familiar with this face and recognized him as the lady's father, so they went to inform Liuyin early on.
Ye Jing saw Liu Yin by the waterside pavilion. The first thing he noticed was Liu Yin's attire: a light blue ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) paired with a matching jade beaded necklace. Jewelry and beauty complemented each other perfectly.
But his daughter disliked these cold, hard jewelry pieces the most.
She always complained that those things were too cold; no matter the season, they all made her feel icy cold, and she didn't like them at all.
Liu Yin naturally knew why Ye Jing had come this time. She reached out and fiddled with the pastries on the table. "The chef newly hired in Nanzhou is best at making these sweets. Would you like to try some?"
Ye Jing stared at her for a long time before sitting down opposite Liu Yin. "You cannot marry Xie Nanzhou."
His words were very straightforward and unvarnished, but to be honest, Ye Jing wasn't confident he could get Liu Yin to agree to this, unless...
Liu Yin wasn't foolish enough to ask him why. She just smiled and said casually, "But the people she hates the most are the two of you."
After saying that, Liu Yin picked up a peach-shaped pastry with great interest and handed it to Ye Jing, saying, "Don't you love sweets the most? Try it."
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