Chapter 19 Old Friends
When Shi Yuan met Wu Xingzhou, she was carrying all sorts of snacks she could find at the supply and marketing cooperative, and holding all sorts of clothes she had bought for Shi Ling.
She glanced at Wu Xingzhou with a half-smile: "Looks like your injury has healed."
Shi Yuan's tone was clearly sarcastic, but Wu Xingzhou somehow detected concern in it and spoke with a smile: "Don't worry, Yuan Yuan, the wound doesn't hurt anymore."
Shi Yuan glanced at him: "Who cares about you?" She gave Sun Guangyao a wicked smile, "And you? Aren't you in pain anymore?"
"You two know each other?"
Just as Sun Guangyao was about to deny it, Shi Yuan said, "He cares a lot about my daughter and me."
"I specifically found someone in Qinglin Bay to understand our lives, mother and daughter." She paused deliberately before adding two words in a cryptic tone, "partner."
Wu Xingzhou understood the implication, and his smile faded. Then Shi Yuan asked him, "Are you two very familiar?"
Then she answered herself, "They should be familiar with each other." She even nodded seriously, "After all, his distant relative is your second aunt."
"Or perhaps, you once helped your dear second aunt send Sun Guangyao money for monitoring my mother and me?" After saying that, Yuan left without looking back.
As for how Shi Yuan would explain Xie Minyin and Sun Guangyao's scheme to the Wu family after she exposed it to Wu Xingzhou, that was none of her concern.
Just when she thought Wu Xingzhou would be ashamed to see her, he caught up with her.
“Yuan Yuan, we need to talk,” he explained. “I’m not familiar with Sun Kuan Yew.”
"I came to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy gifts for you and your second aunt."
“Meeting Sun Guangyao was an accident. I only exchanged a few polite words with him.” He took a deep breath and said solemnly, “I didn’t know that Sun Guangyao was spying on you and your second aunt.”
Huan Ni couldn't help but want to speak, but she couldn't reveal it in front of Wu Xingzhou, so she could only mutter to herself: Please, Shi Ling has already divorced twice, how presumptuous of her to still call her "second aunt"!
Then she experienced what it meant to be birds of a feather flock together—oops, I mean, to be telepathically connected—when she heard Shi Yuan say, "Don't call me Second Aunt anymore, call me Comrade, okay?" Shi Ling had already divorced on her second marriage!
"Yuanyuan, I came here specifically to see you!" Wu Xingzhou stopped Shi Yuan, his tone sincere. "Give me some time, let's talk, okay?"
Huan Ni: You think you can just talk like that? Who are you?
Shi Yuan looked at Wu Xingzhou and smiled enigmatically, then said earnestly, "Be careful when you go out in the future." Her tone carried a strong sense of threat.
Wu Xingzhou was a smart man. He understood Shi Yuan's threat and struggled to say, "Second Uncle actually misses you all very much." Then he stepped aside and dared not stop him any longer.
But he felt wronged. In his second uncle's matter, he had always sided with his second aunt and Wu Yuan!
"Comrade Wu, do you think I should explain this to her?" Sun Guangyao didn't really understand how powerful the Wu family was, but he knew very well that if the Wu family wanted to deal with him, it would only take a single word.
Wu Xingzhou chuckled: "No need for explanations. Here's what you need to do: compile all the remittance receipts my second aunt has given you over the years and give them to me."
Sun Guangyao stopped laughing. He regretted trying to curry favor with him earlier!
On the way back to Qinglin Bay, Huanni asked Shiyuan, "Aren't you even a little curious about what happened back then?"
Even with a tenfold filter applied, Shi Ling would never be attracted to someone like Yang Fuguo. If she hadn't been in real trouble back then, how could she have married him?
Shi Yuan shook her head: "Even if I'm curious, I want to hear Shi Ling tell me herself." Instead of listening to someone from the Wu family comment on what happened back then, and then saying that Wu Lao Er had some difficulties back then, and that's the end of the matter.
Whether or not to turn the page is up to Shi Ling!
Huan Ni sighed, "Think about it, in this day and age, divorce, having a troubled child, leaving your hometown—these are all fatal blows. Wu Lao Er has really gone too far!"
"Shi Yuan, you need to get your attitude right. Shi Ling worked hard to raise your body."
Shi Yuan chuckled lightly: "If you ever need to commit patricide, give me a better mask."
"Hey! You ungrateful little fox sister, my mask is one of a kind in the world. You've been recognized, so look at your own problem!"
Shi Yuan chuckled: "Alright, then I won't mind the mask. I'll use it again next time."
"Exactly, what does the mask have to do with it!" Huan Ni chuckled in agreement, then realized something was off. "Wait! Did I agree to lend you the mask? You'll have to use it again next time!"
Shi Yuan smiled and smoothed down Huan Ni's ruffled feathers: "Don't get excited, we're like family."
Just as Huan Ni was about to sneer and emphasize the ownership of the mask, a rough and honest voice came: "Boss!" It was Ah Da.
I almost forgot about the final payment!
"Boss, this is a big yellow croaker that Zhu Zhishan gave me. He said he'd like to thank you."
Shi Yuan took the large yellow croaker, thought for a moment, and then took two ten-yuan bills from the reward money Gu Linyuan gave him and handed them to A Da: "This is the reward money for catching the demon, count it as your share." After all, he had carried Zhu Xiangyun's corpse.
Ah Da looked incredulous, rubbed his eyes hard until they were red, and spoke with a sob in his voice: "I knew I hadn't followed the wrong person, boss, I'm entrusting my life and fortune to you from now on."
Shi Yuan chuckled. No, you're a rough guy who's almost two meters tall, please don't go down the tea ceremony route, okay?
"Don't call me boss, we're just doing this job temporarily." Shi Yuan thought for a moment, then pulled out another ten-yuan bill and handed it over. "Go find a place to live a good life!"
"Hey! I'll do whatever you say, boss!" Ah Da quickly took the money, followed Shi Yuan all the way to the foot of the mountain, and then went up the mountain.
During dinner, Shi Ling rarely talked to Shi Yuan about the latest gossip in Qinglin Bay: "Sister Mingfen said that the mountain god temple appeared last night."
"She has invited a lot of people to go to the temple tonight."
Shi Yuan picked up a piece of fish with her chopsticks and asked, "Are you going?"
Shi Ling hesitated for a moment, but still nodded. She used to disbelieve in gods and Buddhas and never worshipped at temples, but after Shi Yuan came, she began to believe in cause and effect and in gods and Buddhas.
She wanted to pray for peace on Shi Yuan's behalf.
Shi Yuan originally wanted to tell Shi Ling that the mountain god temple was a fake temple, but then she thought that it was good for Shi Ling to stay with Li Mingfen and the others, so she enthusiastically helped her prepare offerings and watched her meet up with Li Mingfen and the others.
"What bad things are you going to do?" Huan Ni and Shi Yuan knew very well what kind of place that mountain god temple was. Shi Yuan didn't object to Shi Ling going to make offerings, and even enthusiastically prepared offerings, which was very incongruous!
Shi Yuan chuckled, "I've been too busy lately and forgot about the Yang family." She hadn't forgotten that Shi Ling's accident in the original storyline was man-made.
She changed the beginning, but that doesn't mean Yang Meiyu is innocent, or rather, that no one in the Yang family is innocent.
If they had any sense of humanity, they wouldn't have taken advantage of Shi Ling's serious injury and forced her to exchange her house and money for a letter of introduction!
She'd been holding this grudge for a while now. The rumors of Shi Ling and Yang Fuguo's divorce had died down, and she'd regained her powers. She glanced at the high-hanging moon. Tonight was a good night. She'd do some quick calculations and collect some interest!
"Are you going or not?" Shi Yuan asked Huan Ni, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm going! I definitely will!" Huan Ni circled above Shi Yuan's head. "I'll keep watch for you!"
"good!"
Shi Yuan's main target this time is Yang Meiyu, and secondarily Feng Jinqiu, who insulted her. Of course, she doesn't intend to let the scumbag off the hook either, but she'll put him aside for now and deal with him after he marries Wu Xinghe.
Feng Jinqiu and Yang Meiyu lived with Yang Fushan, the eldest son of the Yang family, and Shi Yuan went to Yang Fushan's house.
When she arrived, Yang Meiyu was pestering Feng Jinqiu in her room, saying, "Mom, give me this silver bracelet."
"Go ask your mother-in-law for it!" Feng Jinqiu hid the silver bracelet. "This is for my future granddaughter-in-law!"
"Mom! I'm your daughter, why don't you think of me when you have good things!"
"I'm already thinking about you enough!" Feng Jinqiu rolled her eyes at her. "What kind of daughter goes back to her parents' home every day after she's married?"
"I'm just being filial!"
"I have a filial son, I don't need you!" These words were spoken with anger.
Yang Meiyu rushed over and grabbed Feng Jinqiu's arm: "No son is as considerate as a daughter."
"Thoughtful my foot! She's all sticking to her in-laws' house!"
Knowing she was in the wrong, Yang Meiyu quickly changed the subject: "Mom, do you really agree to my second brother marrying that widow?"
“Your brother is blinded by lust and insists on marrying her, what can I do?” Feng Jinqiu’s face darkened further when Yang Fuguo and Wu Xinghe were mentioned. “They already have a child, what can I do if he doesn’t marry her?”
Yang Meiyu rolled her eyes and asked in a low voice, "Mom, do you think that widow is really carrying my second brother's child?"
"You know her reputation."
"What are you planning now?"
“What can I possibly do?” Yang Meiyu hugged Feng Jinqiu and said, “I heard that widow is very rich.”
"Mom, even a widow needs a dowry when she gets married."
Feng Jinqiu was tempted. Since Yang Fuguo had a child, he could no longer inherit the business, so she had to save more money for him.
"Let's discuss it," she said.
"Okay, I'm going to relieve myself. I'll tell you all about it when I get back." Yang Meiyu left the room with a big smile. She was determined to get a piece of flesh off Widow Wu!
Yang Meiyu walked into the makeshift toilet made of wooden planks in the courtyard. Just as she unbuckled her belt and squatted down, several balls of will-o'-the-wisps rushed straight towards her face!
Yang Meiyu was of course aware of the miraculous appearances at the mountain god temple. The version she talked about most was that the commotion was caused by the mountain god subduing the ghosts who had not entered the gates of hell.
"Ah! A ghost!" Yang Meiyu screamed and tried to run away, but she forgot to take off her pants down to her ankles. She tripped over them and fell backward on her bottom.
Yang Fuguo's toilet was poorly constructed. There were only two wooden planks placed under the footrest for defecating. Yang Meiyu was quite heavy, and when she fell, the wooden planks snapped with a "crack".
Yang Meiyu fell into the cesspool along with the wooden plank.
Hearing her cry, Feng Jinqiu came out to check and shouted "Meiyu!" He subconsciously took a few steps forward and reached out to pull Yang Meiyu out, but then suddenly remembered where he was and withdrew his hand.
She covered her nose with some disgust and said, "You're such a grown man, how could you fall into a latrine while taking a dump!"
"You wait, I'll have your sister-in-law come and pull you out."
Before she could turn around, she was kicked in the lower back. She vaguely heard someone say, "Go inside and wash your mouth." Then the person pounced on Yang Meiyu and slammed her head into the cesspool. She opened her mouth to call for help, but was forced to swallow a mouthful of excrement!
Shi Yuan clicked his tongue twice, keeping his achievements and fame hidden.
When Shi Ling returned, Shi Yuan specially opened the door to greet her, and seemed to be in a very good mood.
"Go to sleep," Shi Ling said with a smile. "I'll fry you some eggs for breakfast tomorrow."
"Okay, then you should go to bed early too."
The next day, Shi Yuan, who rarely wanted to hear the latest gossip from Qinglin Bay, specially accompanied Shi Ling to work.
Not long after, Li Mingfen came over. She first praised Shi Yuan for being filial, and then, with a look of relief, pulled Shi Ling aside and spoke to her in a low voice.
"Let me tell you, yesterday when we went to the mountain god temple, Yang Meiyu and her mother were kicked into a cesspool by a ghost!"
Shi Ling looked completely bewildered: "Who am I? Where am I?"
Li Mingfen repeated herself and said, "Their neighbors heard Yang Meiyu shouting about ghosts with their own ears, and they even went to the scene to see what was going on. They heard that when the mother and daughter were pulled out, they were covered in feces and were crying and vomiting at the same time."
Her face was filled with a sense of shared indignation and satisfaction: "Neither of them is good. They bullied you like that and even kicked you out of the old house. They deserved it!"
Shi Ling used all her strength to keep herself from turning her head to look at Shi Yuan. She was almost certain that the incident of Yang Meiyu and her daughter falling into the cesspool had nothing to do with ghosts, but rather with Shi Yuan!
Shi Yuan helped Shi Ling with work for half a day, listened to a lot of anecdotes about the Yang family mother and daughter, and went home satisfied.
Seeing that the Yang family hadn't come to cause trouble for Shi Ling, and that Shi Ling insisted on not letting her go to work, she didn't go to the fields in the afternoon.
It was mainly because Ah Da came to her furtively, saying that Zhu Zhishan needed her help with something.
When she arrived at the cave, Zhu Zhishan was leaning against the mountain wall, looking somewhat dejected. Zhu Xiangyun was anxiously talking to him. When she saw Shi Yuan coming over, she hurriedly went up to him and said, "Shi Yuan, please help me persuade my father. I'm not in a hurry to be reincarnated."
When Zhu Zhishan saw Shi Yuan approaching, he quickly got up from the ground and staggered over to Shi Yuan, saying, "I clearly found an auspicious burial site for Xiang Yun and even performed a ritual for her to be reborn, so why can't she be reincarnated?"
Shi Yuan frowned. Zhu Xiangyun's restraints had been lifted, and she had been buried by her closest relatives. Logically, she should have let go of her obsessions and entered the cycle of reincarnation.
However, this was a blind spot in her knowledge. Ji Ying had wanted to teach her this skill, but she felt that if she learned it, she might wake up every day to perform rituals to help the zombies in the city pass on, since they were all once human.
It was too heavy; she couldn't even get enough to eat. Instead of learning the basics, she learned a few powerful talismans that were compatible with her abilities and used them to create a way out for herself.
"How about this, I'll go ask around for you." Shi Yuan thought that the Seventh Division should have professionals who knew how to handle this matter.
"Thank you, thank you!"
"Consider it after-sales service, no need to thank me." Shi Yuan told Zhu Zhishan to wait for her in the cave, and then went to town again.
"Why didn't I ask for more back then? I could have gotten Ma Rong's car too." Shi Yuan looked at the long path and said weakly, "Now I understand what it means to miss something once it's gone forever."
"It's definitely because the road is too far and they're too lazy to walk!"
Huan Ni flapped her wings and rolled her eyes: "Is it really that big of a deal for such a short distance?"
"Of course!" Shi Yuan exclaimed. "I wish I had learned how to use a communication talisman! There isn't even a telephone in Qinglin Bay!"
"Huan Ni, would you like to hear a story?"
"What story?" Huan Ni asked with interest, flapping her wings and flying over.
"The Condor Heroes." Shi Yuan made up the story in a serious tone, "It mainly tells the story of a majestic eagle carrying its master to become the number one in the world."
Huan Ni flew a little further away: "Is there really such a story?"
"You didn't just make me turn into a giant eagle for you to ride, did you?"
"Is there any trust left between us?"
"No," Huan Ni said coldly. After a while, she flew back, landed on Shi Yuan's shoulder, and asked, "If Gu Linyuan recruited you to join the Seventh Division, would you join?"
Shi Yuan shook her head: "No." Responsibility can sometimes be a shackle, and she might not have the courage to perish together with the zombie king for the sake of responsibility.
She couldn't do the work in the seventh department.
“However,” she looked into the distance, where the sunlight always shone, “if Gu Linyuan offers more, I’m willing to accept the commission.”
"Shi Yuan, you must have had a very hard time before?" Huan Ni asked softly.
"It's all in the past," Shi Yuan said with a smile. "We will all have a bright future."
"Yes!" Huan Ni nodded vigorously.
Suddenly, a white jade cup appeared before Shi Yuan's eyes. She looked at Huan Ni with a question in her eyes.
"Let's drink a big toast!" The nonchalant attitude lasted only a second before Huan Ni said with a heavy heart, "This is spirit wine; every cup we drink is one less we can have!"
She quickly changed her mind: "Oh, you don't understand. Forget it, let's not drink anymore. Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative in town and buy some Erguotou."
Before Huan Ni could finish speaking, Shi Yuan picked up her glass and downed it in one gulp: "Good wine!"
She rarely spoke about the apocalypse: "Compared to this, the wine refined from mutated plants is like shit."
"You got off easy." Huan Ni put away the white jade cup, flapped her wings, and flew away.
Shi Yuan watched her fly in the sky, his eyes full of smiles.
When He Tian led her into Gu Linyuan's office, Sheng Yunhua was also there, and standing next to her was a tall man wearing a dark green robe embroidered with gold patterns.
The man, Shi Yuan, withdrew his gaze and thought to himself: The Seventh Division is quite tolerant.
She explained her purpose, and since this matter was within the purview of the Seventh Division, Gu Linyuan did not refuse. The peach blossom branch on his wrist trembled slightly, as if he were recommending himself.
Sheng Yunhua chuckled and said, "I knew it! I was right."
She gracefully walked to Shi Yuan's side and clicked her tongue in amazement: "How long has it been since I've seen such a beautiful younger sister?"
Shi Yuan: ...So, by wearing a mask, she blocked the police officers' view?
"I'd like to see what kind of beautiful place could have nurtured such a gifted and talented person as my sister."
She glanced at the man in the long robe, then turned to Shi Yuan with a smile and said, "There's no need for the director to trouble himself with such a trivial matter. I'll accompany my sister."
"Then I'll trouble you, beautiful sister." Shi Yuan readily agreed and thanked her with a smile.
With all this talk of "older sister" and "younger sister," an uninformed person might really think that Shi Yuan and Sheng Yunhua have a very close relationship.
In fact, this was their third meeting.
Sheng Yunhua naturally didn't need to walk when traveling; he preferred to sit in the back seat of a luxury car and experience the thrill of a roller coaster in the 1970s.
The appearance of the black sedan in Qinglin Bay caused a great sensation. When the villagers saw it, they got out of the car and their eyes widened in surprise.
"Could these be Shi Ling's family members?" someone speculated. "I've always said that Shi Ling is different from us country folk."
"Yang Fuguo must be kicking himself now!"
"Yes, such an impressive person has now become a relative of his."
"It's a good thing Shi Ling got divorced, otherwise her family would have lost all face if they knew she had a mother-in-law and sister-in-law who had fallen into a cesspool."
"Who can argue with that?"
"Hey, do you think Shi Ling and her daughter are leaving?"
"No way?"
"Maybe."
The villagers watched from a distance, discussing among themselves, but tactfully refrained from approaching.
Shi Yuan glanced at Sheng Yunhua's high heels, then at the man beside her, and didn't offer any further comments.
It's nothing unusual for someone from Division Seven to wear high heels while climbing a mountain.
Before getting out of the car, Sheng Yunhua wore a women's Zhongshan suit, and because the car blocked the view, the villagers did not see Sheng Yunhua's gorgeous cheongsam and high heels.
On the way up the mountain, Shi Yuan was bombarded with displays of affection. High heels are inconvenient for climbing mountains? Not at all, the young lady doesn't need to walk at all!
Upon arriving at the cave, the man in the long robe gently put the young lady down.
The man in the long robe could tell at a glance what was wrong with Zhu Xiangyun.
"She was suppressed for too long, and her soul is incomplete, so she cannot be reincarnated." This situation is the same as that of the other girls in the mountain god temple.
“According to procedure, Zhu Xiangyun is supposed to work for the Seventh Division to earn points and earn herself a chance to be reincarnated,” Sheng Yunhua said with a smile, looking at Shi Yuan. “But since my sister has stepped in, there’s no need for all that trouble.”
She glanced at the man in the long robe, who smiled indulgently, raised his hand, and a passage radiating dazzling white light appeared in the void.
"Xiangyun, go." Zhu Zhishan's eyes were filled with tears, but his tone was firm and gratified. "Go quickly and find a good family to live with."
Zhu Xiangyun kowtowed three times to Zhu Zhishan: "Father, take care!" After saying that, she stepped into the white light.
"Wait for me! Let me in too! I want to be reincarnated!" Accompanying the male voice was a hurried figure.
Seeing that the white light was about to disappear, he leaped forward, intending to jump into it, but instead crashed into the mountainside.
Shi Yuan looked at the "big" character on the mountain wall and couldn't help but shake his head. It was just one second short.
She left the cave with Zhu Zhishan and led Sheng Yunhua out of the cave.
"Thank you very much, Comrade Sheng."
Sheng Yunhua smiled even more brightly: "Look at my little sister, you were the one who needed her first, so why aren't you calling her 'elder sister' now?"
"Comrade Sheng, please speak frankly." Sheng Yunhua's enthusiasm was strangely warm, and Shi Yuan didn't believe that the other party was a kind-hearted person.
"Look at what my sister said, I feel that we are destined to be together."
"I also feel that we are destined to be together. Thank you for your help, sister. I'll treat you to a meal next time."
Sheng Yunhua didn't expect Shi Yuan to take advantage of the situation and try to get rid of her with just a meal.
“My sister is so funny.” She laughed and made a request, “I’ve said before that I wanted to know what kind of place raised someone like my sister.”
"Won't my sister invite me to her house for a visit?"
Shi Yuan's smile faded slightly: "Sister, please speak frankly. There are people at home, so it's not convenient to entertain guests."
Is it your mother?
Shi Yuan's face darkened; Shi Ling was her Achilles' heel.
Sheng Yunhua also straightened her expression: "Don't misunderstand, I didn't mean anything by it." She held Shi Yuan's hand, "If I'm not mistaken, your mother is an old friend of mine."
She looked into Shi Yuan's eyes: "You are Shi Ling's daughter, right?"
Shi Yuan did not deny it. Sheng Yunhua could easily find out that Shi Ling had lived in Qinglin Bay with Shi Yuan for so long by asking any villager.
Sheng Yunhua was very sincere. She said she could wait outside the courtyard, and if Shi Ling did not want to see her, she would leave immediately.
Shi Yuan thought about it and agreed.
Shi Ling is an independent adult, and whether or not she should see Sheng Yunhua should be her own decision.
Upon hearing Sheng Yunhua's name, she was very excited and asked, "Who did you say is here? Yunhua? Sheng Yunhua?"
Shi Yuan nodded.
"How could that be? Isn't she?" Shi Ling hurriedly went to open the door, and when she saw the pretty Sheng Yunhua outside, tears fell before she could even speak.
"Sister Ling!" Sheng Yunhua threw herself into Shi Ling's arms. "It's so good to see you again!"
"I should be the one saying that!" Shi Ling held Sheng Yunhua's shoulders and examined him closely, her tone anxious. "Didn't you say he was shot? Where is the wound? How is it healing? Does it still hurt?"
Sheng Yunhua shook her head: "It doesn't hurt anymore, it's all better now, don't worry."
"Quickly, come in, come in and talk."
Shi Yuan went to the kitchen to make tea, and then she and the man in the long robe quietly stood aside and watched the two women, who had been separated for a long time, talk.
"Yuanyuan is amazing. Sister Ling has taken such good care of her."
The man in the long robe glanced at Shi Yuan, and Shi Yuan looked back at him.
Before this, she would have worried that the man in the robe could see through the abnormality of her body and soul, but after she regained her powers, she was more in sync with this body. With the help of Huan Ni's spirit wine, she was confident that even if the man in the robe was a being like the Ghost King, he would not be able to see through her origins.
Sure enough, the man in the long robe glanced at her casually before fixing his gaze on Sheng Yunhua again.
Shi Ling and Shi Yuan had a deep conversation about Shi Yuan's changes. They both knew that Shi Yuan's changes were too thorough and abrupt, which would arouse suspicion from others.
Therefore, Shi Ling would tell others that Shi Yuan had actually been conscious for a long time, but was still occasionally confused, and that she taught Shi Yuan a lot of things when Shi Yuan was conscious.
After regaining her powers, Shi Yuan demonstrated drawing talismans in the void to Shi Ling and asked her if her abilities would cause trouble for Shi Ling.
Shi Ling remained silent for a long time before telling Shi Yuan to use the talismans as she pleased, and subtly implying that if anything went wrong, the Wu family would cover for her.
When Sheng Yunhua asked about Shi Yuan, Shi Ling took the opportunity to tell him about Shi Yuan's situation.
"Sister Ling must be working very hard."
Shi Ling shook her head: "If the result is good, then it doesn't feel bitter." "By the way, how did you end up here?"
Sheng Yunhua then mentioned her current position in the Seventh Division: "I'm here on a business trip." She glanced at Shi Yuan and continued, "I felt like I recognized Yuan Yuan the first time I saw her."
Later, when I learned Shi Yuan's name, I immediately thought of Shi Ling.
"Sister, have you ever thought about going back to Beicheng?"
Shi Ling was very open-minded about this: "It's fine whether I go back or not."
"And you? I remember you came back with news of someone's death. Was that a mistake?"
Sheng Yunhua pursed her lips and nodded: "Yes, it's a misunderstanding. Unfortunately, when I returned to Beicheng, Sister Ling had already left."
Shi Ling held her cold hand: "Haven't we reunited?"
"Oh, right, Wu Guanhai sent me a letter saying he wants to take Yuanyuan back to her ancestral home." Shi Ling stated this without much emotion, then asked Sheng Yunhua, "I remember Xie Minyin was already pregnant before I left."
"You know how he disliked Yuanyuan all those years."
Seeing Sheng Yunhua nod, she continued, "I feel a little uneasy. I don't know what Wu Guanhai, or rather, the Wu family, wants to do?"
"Anyway, I don't believe that Wu Guanhai just wants to take Yuanyuan back to acknowledge her ancestors."
Sheng Yunhua pondered for a moment, then said, "The Wu family has not been affected by this turmoil." Her brows furrowed slightly. "Since you left with Yuanyuan, I have paid little attention to the Wu family."
"Okay, I'll call home and ask my family to keep an eye on things."
"Thanks."
"Why are you being so polite?" Sheng Yunhua chided. "I'm your family member. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you back then."
"Don't say such things." Shi Ling squeezed Sheng Yunhua's hand. "Your survival is the best news for me." There was a deep sense of guilt hidden in her eyes.
Don't misunderstand, she didn't do anything to wrong Sheng Yunhua. She felt guilty because she kept things from Shi Yuan.
But Shi Yuan's story was too bizarre, and Sheng Yunhua was working in the Seventh Division, so she really dared not say anything.
She couldn't bear the consequences of something going wrong.
“I remember you love lionfish, I’ll make it for you,” Shi Ling suggested with a smile.
"No, I still have some things to finish at the Seventh Division, and I'm in a hurry to get back." Seeing Shi Ling's disappointment, Sheng Yunhua quickly added, "There's plenty of time in the future."
"Okay, then go ahead and get busy. Come over whenever you have some free time, and I'll cook something delicious for you."
After seeing Sheng Yunhua off, Shi Ling was somewhat absent-minded.
"What's wrong?" Shi Yuan asked with concern.
Shi Ling shook her head, looking somewhat bewildered: "She's clearly still the same person, but I feel like something about her is different."
Shi Yuan put her arm around Shi Ling's shoulder and said with a smile, "It's normal for people to change after more than ten years." She could tell that Sheng Yunhua had no ill intentions towards Shi Ling.
Sheng Yunhua dares to wear a cheongsam and high heels in this era that advocates hard work and simplicity, which is her own strength. She also has the support of the Seventh Bureau and the man in the long robe. Just having such a person standing next to Shi Ling is a form of protection.
Wu Lao Er, unaware that she had regained her senses, sent Wu Xingzhou to take her back to the Wu family. It seems that there must have been some unknown changes in the Wu family.
She refused to go north and was confident that no one could force her, but what if the Wu family set their sights on Shi Ling?
It's always a good thing for Shi Ling to have many capable people around her.
"It's a joy to see an old friend again, so don't worry. Instead, think about how to entertain Comrade Sheng next time she comes."
“You’re right!” Shi Ling wasn’t the sentimental type, so she immediately put aside her melancholy and started talking about going up the mountain to pick some fruit to make candied fruit, as Sheng Yunhua loved these snacks the most.
Shi Yuan interjected with a smile, "I like to eat it too, please make more."
"Okay, you little glutton!"
Ah Da's figure flashed past the courtyard gate.
"I'm going out for a bit, I'll be right back."
Shi Yuan closed the courtyard gate and walked towards the foot of the mountain.
"What is it?" She was just about to ask Shi Ling about the past when she was in a better mood!
Ah Da was smiling, but when he saw that Shi Yuan's tone was a little impatient, he immediately stopped smiling, took out two large yellow croakers from his pocket and handed them over: "This is what Old Man Zhu asked me to give you. He said thank you for your trouble."
"Oh, and he said he found a few boxes of high-quality cinnabar a few days ago. When is it convenient for you, Boss, to go get it from him?" Seeing that Shi Yuan's expression had relaxed a bit, A Da quickly added, "Boss, if you trust me, I'll go get it for you."
Upon seeing the big yellow croaker, Shi Yuan's annoyance at having "so many trivial matters" vanished: "Alright, then you go and make the trip, and please thank Zhu Zhishan for me."
After thinking for a moment, she added, "I only ran an errand for Zhu Xiangyun's reincarnation." Of course, without her help, the matter of Zhu Xiangyun's reincarnation would likely have had many more twists and turns.
"In that case, I'll keep one of the big yellow croakers, and I'll give the other one to the right person on his behalf." Zhu Zhishan's identity is a minor but significant threat; if someone were to deliberately target him, they could easily succeed. The old man is quite sensible; I'll give him a good outcome.
"Yes, I'll do whatever you say."
Shi Yuan took a few steps, then turned around and called out to A Da: "Are you planning to spend the night in the cave?"
Ah Da scratched his head: "I was tricked by that guy Ma Rong. The household registration he gave me was fake, and now I have nowhere to go."
"As you know, my previous identity was also problematic."
Okay, Ah Da's identity is also a bombshell!
Shi Yuan sighed, wondering what kind of people she had encountered!
She couldn't very well go to Gu Linyuan again and ask him to help Ah Da get an identity, could she?
I don't have that much face!
"Wait a little longer, and we'll see when the opportunity arises to get you a proper identity."
"Hey, I'm not in a hurry. Living in a cave is great, it's so liberating!" Ah Da grinned, never expecting Shi Yuan to consider his identity!
Heaven finally smiled upon him, and he found a good leader.
"Boss, I'm going to town now, I'll come find you later!"
Seeing Ah Da happily heading towards town, Shi Yuan was a little puzzled: "Why is he so happy?"
Huan Ni Dou Dou looked blank: "Maybe it's because she's close to Zhu Zhi Shan?"
Shi Yuan glanced at Huan Ni, her face full of speechlessness. She weighed the large yellow croaker in her hand: "Absorb them all tonight." To avoid any unforeseen complications.
"If you send Sheng Yunhua a large yellow croaker, won't she have any objections? What if she doesn't accept it?"
“This is what she deserves, what’s there to think about?” Shi Yuan chuckled. “Don’t overcomplicate relationships between people.”
Huan Ni scratched her head with her wings: "Am I overthinking this?"
Shi Yuan poked Huan Ni's stomach: "Give me a yellow talisman."
Confused, Huan Ni spat out a piece of paper.
Shi Yuan conjured a few lines of supernatural power from her fingertips, briefly explaining what had happened, and then wrapped the large yellow croaker in yellow talisman paper: "Open your mouth."
"ah?"
Shi Yuan shoved the large yellow croaker wrapped in yellow talisman paper into the mouth of the Illusion Bird: "My two legs can't keep up with Sheng Yunhua and the others, you go."
Huan Ni: ...Just let her choke to death!
Shi Yuan patted Huan Ni's tail feathers: "Go quickly and come back quickly!"
Helpless, Huan Ni rolled her eyes and chased after Sheng Yunhua's car.
Shi Yuan let out a breath, just as she was beginning to feel a little relieved, when she heard a voice whisper in her ear: "I also want to be reincarnated, sister, please help me."
The wind picked up, and it might rain, so Shi Yuan strolled home to help Shi Ling pick vegetables.
Looking at the scenery outside the car window, Sheng Yunhua's eyes filled with emotion: "I never thought I would meet Sister Ling again."
"She grew up to be so beautiful; she has finally reaped the rewards of her hard work."
Sheng Yunhua rested her head on Feng Cheng's shoulder: "Feng Cheng, I've been feeling uneasy lately."
The man in the long robe held Sheng Yunhua's hand and gently comforted her: "Don't worry, I'm here for you."
The two were gazing tenderly at each other when suddenly a "knock knock knock" sound came from the car window.
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