To Tang Chen's surprise, Ouyang Ming told her that he had already found his family and had seen them from afar. However, he had no plans to meet them for the time being.
When Tang Chen asked him why, he just smiled helplessly and changed the subject: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You are a girl living alone outside, so remember to be patient and keep things calm."
"I know."
"That's good. Well, it's getting late, let's go back and rest early."
"The same to you."
Before Tang Chen closed the door and left, Ouyang Ming suddenly called out to her, but he didn't say anything. Tang Chen felt as if he had some questions for her, but he refused to speak, as if he had something to hide. Despite repeated questioning, Ouyang Ming remained silent, simply stroking the medicine box with his hand, lost in thought.
The next day, Tang Chen deliberately chose to leave before dawn. To be honest, she wasn't very good at handling this kind of farewell; she was afraid that her overactive tear glands would hinder her departure.
Tang Chen tiptoed out of the quiet courtyard, carrying his bag, looking back every three steps. Wang Fengjiao, who had no idea how long she had been squatting there, jumped down from the tree with two panda eyes. "Sister, you're leaving and you won't let me see you off?"
"Brother, you got up pretty early today."
Wang Fengjiao sighed deeply and patted Tang Chen's thin shoulders gently. "...I don't have anything to give you. Wait until our family settles down. If you still want to realize your dream of building a business empire, I will definitely help you with all my strength."
"...Thank you. Take care."
"……Bon Voyage."
After leaving Qinghe County, Tang Chen didn't know what kind of tomorrow would greet her. Maybe it would be stormy, or maybe it would be sunny and windy...
At the end of the You month in the Ganzhi calendar, Cold Dew arrives. Autumn deepens, cicadas hush, and lotus leaves wither. The mountains within the Qingliang Valley are awash in green and yellow. As the birds grow quieter in the evening, the rumble of wheels echoes along the valley's main road. Passing the densely populated town, the carriage ascends along the stone-paved road, arriving directly outside the residence atop the valley's highest peak.
As soon as the carriage came to a complete stop, Tang Chen couldn't wait to jump down from it. Gazing at the villa on the top of the mountain, which blended harmoniously with the yellow and green surroundings, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide. "Wow, Boss Wang is indeed Boss Wang. This place is so grand!"
"Girl, be reserved."
"oh."
The familiar woman beside Tang Chen, Lian Qiao, was a special favor bestowed upon her by Zhang Xiaohua. While she served as Tang Chen's maid, she was actually acting as a guide. Zhang Xiaohua knew Tang Chen didn't understand many things, so she specifically asked Lian Qiao to stay by her side to help her out.
Tang Chen had just gotten out of the car when the tightly closed palace slowly opened. A middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper came out with several followers and stopped in front of her. "Miss Tang, the Valley Master instructed before he left that if you arrive before him, you should stay here for now."
"Thank you."
Three days after Tang Chen arrived at Qingliang Valley, he still hadn't seen Wang Yanzhou. Lian Qiao said that Wang Yanzhou seemed to be still away.
Although Lian Qiao was with him, to be honest, Tang Chen felt that the current situation was almost the same as being alone in this unfamiliar environment.
Over the past three days, she felt like there was something wrong with her biological clock. Specifically, she couldn't eat during mealtimes, but as soon as those times passed, she would feel terribly hungry. Furthermore, she couldn't wake up during the day and couldn't sleep at night.
Tang Chen used to have a penchant for staying up late, but that was in the past. No one could say no to those computers, tablets, and phones that blinked their big eyes and whispered to them. Since she lost those, her habit of staying up late had been cured eighteen years ago; now, well, it's back again.
Tang Chen's stomach was really rumbling in the middle of the night. After making sure that Lian Qiao was asleep, she decided to implement her first plan to find the kitchen.
However, after leaving the house, Tang Chen, relying on her memory to walk to a few places she often visited, was completely confused. She hadn't walked around the entire place, and she didn't know how big the house was. At this moment, Tang Chen, with her sense of direction completely lost, decided to follow the call of her heart.
Tang Chen searched quietly from room to room. When passing by a small courtyard, her sense of smell told her that something was going on here!
Tang Chen tiptoed to the door, carefully leaned against it, and sniffed the room vigorously. He sighed in disappointment, "...It doesn't seem to be here either."
Just when Tang Chen, feeling disheartened, was about to go back to sleep before being discovered by the guards and beaten to death as a thief, a voice drifted from behind him: "Leave the kitchen and turn right through two doors."
"Oh, thank you!"
Tang Chen was delighted when she realized something was wrong and turned around abruptly. Amidst her fear and anxiety, the touch of her hand suddenly made her feel at ease.
Wang Yanzhou looked down at Tang Chen's dirty hands on his chest and hit Tang Chen on the head with his fan: "...Do you have to be so polite every time you see me?"
Although Tang Chen covered his head with tears in his eyes, he could not hide his inner happiness and excitement: "Boss!"
Wang Yanzhou took out the key and opened the door while saying, "You always find your way to my study when you look for the kitchen. You are really capable. If I didn't know you were an idiot, I would really suspect that you were a spy sent by the neighbors."
Tang Chen wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said very modestly: "Well, boss, thank you for your compliments. Thank you for your compliments."
The dark and silent courtyard was now quietly lit with a warm candlelight. Wang Yanzhou searched the room and unexpectedly found a few bags of walnuts that someone had given him. Thinking he didn't like them, he casually placed them on the table and threw a walnut-cracking stone on top.
Seeing that there was food, Tang Chen immediately started cracking walnuts skillfully. Wang Yanzhou looked at her unguarded look and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. He asked her a question: "Aren't you afraid that I will poison it?"
"ha?"
Before Tang Chen could hear what Wang Yanzhou was saying to him, he immediately changed the question: "When Qinghe sent you here, didn't he tell me what you were doing?"
Tang Chen smashed one in front of Wang Yanzhou and replied, "No. She just said she helped me and asked me to help her. Then she sent me here and didn't say much else. Oh, by the way, if you have any technical questions, you can ask Lian Qiao. She can be considered my agent."
Wang Yanzhou really didn't know what Zhang Xiaohua was thinking. He had clearly agreed to help her without asking for payment, so why was she acting like this? "...never mind, you'll understand after a while."
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