Tang Chen nodded and said, "Very happy. From the time I met her until now, those days were the most comfortable and happiest time for her."
Ou Yezi stood up and said, "As long as she can be truly happy, I have no other wishes. Trust me and accept it. You should return this thing to her for me. I never take back gifts I give away. Tell her that if she doesn't like it, she can give it away or smash it. It's up to her."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Tang Chen also stood up and stuffed the brocade box into his arms, saying, "...If you want to return it, you should go. I don't know where Jiang Ling hid it now."
Ou Yezi asked with some confusion: "Jiang Ling is not feeling well. Shouldn't they be recuperating at the hot spring villa now?"
Tang Chen shook his head and said, "No, I just said that they went out for fun not long ago, and no one has come back yet. Maybe they won't come back in the future."
Ou Yezi lowered his head and looked at the brocade box in his arms, as if he was still hesitant about whether to return it. "Going out to play at this time is really Jiang Ling's usual style. So, is this the important thing you want to tell me?"
Tang Chen gestured for him to sit down first, then said, "What I just said is actually not important. There is one more thing you need to be mentally prepared for."
Ou Yezi said self-deprecatingly, "What else do I need to prepare? When Xihe was gone, wasn't I fine?" Unless Wang Ruo died now, there might be nothing in this world that could disturb his mind.
However, just as he was thinking this, Tang Chen's next words were like a bolt from the blue, a thunderclap that split the seemingly healthy tree in half.
"...Wang Ruo passed away from illness not long ago. Jiang Ling should be on her way back to the Bugui Peak now. Her ashes will be quietly buried in the Jiang family's ancestral tomb."
The smile on Ou Yezi's face froze instantly. He even thought that he might have misheard, or that Tang Chen had said something wrong, or that Wang Ruo was deliberately testing him: "Did she ask you to joke with me? This joke is not funny at all."
Tang Chen, who had always refrained from drinking, had become more receptive to alcohol as his friends and family left one after another. After downing a glass of cold wine, Tang Chen smiled helplessly and said, "If possible, just treat what I just said as a joke. When they were out having fun, besides Jiang Ling, the ones they were most worried about were you and Yao Chen. This letter and the items are for you two to each receive."
Ou Yezi asked calmly, a little too calmly, "What's wrong with her? I remember she was always in good health."
After saying this, Ou Yezi, who had just said that he didn't want to drink, picked up the wine glass with trembling hands and drank the wine in the glass.
After Tang Chen filled his glass, he replied, "It's an incurable disease, and the cause can't be found. If I'm unlucky, I might end up like her."
Ou Yezi just held the wine glass, looked at the reflection in the small cup, and said calmly: "Death is like the extinguishing of a light. There is no point in saying more. Thank you for telling me this news."
After Tang Chen drank another glass, he said, "You're welcome. This wine is for you. It won't make you drunk, but it will make you feel better."
"Thank you very much."
Having said what needed to be said and done what needed to be done, Tang Chen had nothing more to talk about with Ou Yezi, so he turned and left. Before Tang Chen could even leave, the man who had been as calm as a stone without any emotion suddenly slammed his wine glass to the ground, picked up the wine jar on the table, and began to drink furiously.
It was not until he heard a heart-wrenching wail from behind that Tang Chen slowly breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to himself, "Am I being too cruel? Perhaps I should be more tactful."
Strictly speaking, this was Tang Chen's second visit to this town. The first time was when Wang Ruo rescued Wang Yanzhou from the brutal Zhiyoulin. Back then, they weren't even being hunted down by Xie Zhuangshui's army. Who would have thought they would one day unite and form an alliance?
Tang Chen walked and sighed like this. The longer she walked, the more she reminisced about the past. When she came to her senses, she had already lost her way in this small town.
After wandering around in a somewhat open area, she saw the large word "Grain" written on faded paper above the door. Then she realized that she was quite adept at walking, having actually walked so close to this legendary granary. If she had been less lucky, would she have been able to see Li Xinzhai right now?
"...How did we end up here?" Just as Tang Chen was about to leave this dangerous and unlucky place, the voice of the little girl behind her made the hairs on her back stand up.
"Little girl, why are you here?"
Tanhua had been sitting on the rooftop, contemplating life, when he came to his senses and saw the woman from Qingliang Valley wandering around the granary, seemingly lost. Unsure of what had happened to him, he suddenly felt the urge to help her, so he jumped down from the roof. The woman didn't seem particularly pleased to see him, even though this was their first meeting.
"......" Tang Chen turned around and looked at the fairy-like little girl who had just called him, and subconsciously took a step back.
Seeing her so alert, Tan Hua tried hard to make his expression look kind and cute, then said, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to you. Shi Zairong has given the order, and you can move around the town freely."
Tan Hua approached tentatively step by step. Tang Chen was very alert and stepped back carefully, trying to keep a relatively safe distance from her. "I just stumbled over here accidentally, senior, don't worry about it."
Tan Hua explained very kindly, "I remember you weren't there at the time, but you seemed to be very aware of the grudge between us. Did you know that this is where your friend was poisoned? I was the one who gave you the medicine that helped him get rid of the poison quickly."
However, Tan Hua felt that his tone and wording were very appropriate and kind, but when Tang Chen heard it, he didn't know what the meaning of each sentence was: "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about. If it's all right, I'll leave first."
Tan Hua quickly said, "I just wanted to apologize to you. I didn't know their identities at the time. I was just following orders."
Tang Chen, who had been terrified just now, instantly turned all his fear into anger when he heard Tan Hua's words. "Haha, a simple apology would be enough. Why would we need the government office? He's already dead. Don't you think it's a bit disgusting to say this now?"
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