The next day was the most awkward day for everyone, young and old, together.
Even though everyone knew this might be the last day they spent with Tianxuan, they deliberately avoided talking about sad topics of parting.
Even the Pavilion Master Lan, who wished he could be with Hong Xiaoduo for every second of the day, used the excuse of going out to choose a new location to leave early in the morning, taking everyone from the mansion with him.
They deliberately left space for Hong Xiaoduo and the others.
No one from the Ye family came to disturb them. The three adults and six children in the house did not go out. As usual, Tian Shu prepared breakfast, and after everyone ate and tidied up, they followed their master to practice martial arts. Hong Xiaoduo leaned back in a soft chair and drank tea.
After lunch, I followed Hong Xiaoduo to learn literature, practice calligraphy, do arithmetic, and practice foreign languages.
After dinner, Hong Xiaoduo leaned against the kitchen door frame with her arms crossed, watching Tianxuan tidy up the dishes inside.
Of the three adults and six children, this child was the calmest, but he's going home tomorrow! Something's not right!
She had planned to talk to the child after he finished cleaning up, but before she could even speak, Tianxuan finished cleaning up the kitchen and told his master that there were some moves in the sword manual that he didn't understand.
So, Hong Xiaoduo watched helplessly as Tianxuan followed Quan Jinghuai to the courtyard to practice her sword.
She waited, but after nearly an hour, the master and disciple showed no sign of stopping.
Hong Xiaoduo scratched her chin and narrowed her eyes. Why did she feel like this child was doing it on purpose? But looking at her, she didn't seem to have any problem with her because she sent him home!
To confirm her suspicions, Hong Xiaoduo deliberately said goodnight to everyone and went back to her room.
Sure enough, not long after she returned to her room, the master and apprentice finished their business.
Tianxuan loudly said that she was a little tired and would wash up and go to bed early, which made Hong Xiaoduo give up her plan to go out and block him.
"Alright, let's see what kind of trouble you're up to." Hong Xiaoduo muttered to herself and then took a break.
She didn't want to speculate anymore. Wouldn't she find out the answer tomorrow? Surely they wouldn't pull the same trick as Kaiyang, agreeing to go home on the surface but then secretly hiding in the carriage and following him?
That night, Hong Xiaoduo didn't know if others slept soundly, but she couldn't fall asleep no matter what she did, and it wasn't until the middle of the night that she finally felt sleepy.
People are quite amazing. Hong Xiaoduo, who usually likes to sleep in late, wakes up very early even though she goes to bed quite late.
Everyone was not surprised to see her already up and all washed up. However, Hong Xiaoduo herself was a little surprised to see the tofu pudding, fried eggs, fried dumplings, and pickled vegetables drizzled with hot oil that Tianxuan and the others had brought to the table.
She couldn't help but look at Tianxuan, and she could understand why she cherished the opportunity to cook every meal for everyone before parting.
To her surprise, even though she hadn't eaten yet, the breakfast dishes in front of her looked incredibly tempting.
On such a special day for him, how could he still maintain such a high standard?
After everyone sat down, they all tried to calmly start eating, except for Yao Guang, who looked at the fried egg shaped like a little bear on the plate in front of her with teary eyes, pouting and saying, "Can I keep this egg?"
"Why keep it? There's no need to keep it. I'll fry it for you from now on, and I guarantee it won't be any worse than what I fry for you." Tianji coaxed his little sister.
Upon hearing this, Yao Guang looked at him and said in a tearful voice, "Third brother, no matter how well you cook it, it's not the same as what second brother cooked. How can they be the same?"
After saying that, she seemed to realize something, looked around at everyone, and then looked down at Hong Xiaoduo sitting next to her and said, "Mom, I'm sorry, I didn't want to cry either, but the tears wouldn't listen to me, they just kept flowing."
After choking back tears, she buried her face in Hong Xiaoduo's arms.
Once Yao Guang broke through their defenses, everyone could no longer hold back. Quan Jinghuai remained silent, while Tian Shu and the others had red eyes.
Feiyan and Yuheng also couldn't help but shed tears.
"That's more like it. Otherwise, I would have thought you didn't care about my departure. Hurry up and eat. Don't forget our family motto: wasting food is shameful." Tianxuan smiled with tears in her eyes, and then began to eat heartily.
He laughed, but the others didn't laugh along, and the atmosphere didn't ease at all. However, considering that this might be the last breakfast he made for everyone with his heart, not eating it would be a waste of his good intentions.
So Yao Guang didn't need Hong Xiaoduo to coax her. She wiped the tears off her face with her sleeve, picked up her bowl and chopsticks, and started eating heartily.
Regardless of my mood, I ate every last bit of breakfast.
"Big brother, you guys go ahead and clean up the dishes. I'm going back to my room to change my clothes." After putting down the dishes, Tianxuan finally didn't continue cleaning up with everyone.
Today is the first day he went back. Hong Xiaoduo is both seeing him off and accompanying him back. No one else is going.
A short while later, Tianxuan came out.
She wore a long brocade robe of lake blue, with silver trim on the collar and cuffs. A belt embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns cinched her slender waist, with an exquisite brocade pouch hanging on one side and a jade pendant of black jade on the other.
His smooth, black hair was tied up with a jade crown, his pupils were as bright as stars, his eyebrows and eyes were exquisite and his demeanor was imposing. His back was as straight as a pine tree, and he wore a pair of exquisitely crafted leather boots. His steps were light as if he were walking on clouds, showing the spirit of a young man.
The boy's deliberate and meticulous dressing made Hong Xiaoduo and the others, who spent every day with him, pause in surprise.
"Master, Sister Feiyan, eldest brother, third brother, fourth brother, fifth sister, and little sister, I'm going home today. I'll invite you all to my house to play later." Tianxuan formally clasped his hands in greeting and greeted them one by one.
Quan Jinghuai wanted to reassure his disciple, telling him not to be nervous, that it was like returning to his own home, and he would gradually get used to it.
But looking at his disciple's spirits, he felt there was no need to say more: "Don't neglect your studies even after you go home. Your master will come to test you one day."
"Disciple will remember Master's teachings." Tianxuan clasped his hands in a deep bow again, then glanced at Tianshu and the others before walking outside with Hong Xiaoduo.
Outside the gate, the Ye family's carriage had already arrived, and the three Ye brothers had come to pick them up in person.
Hong Xiaoduo and Tianxuan boarded the carriage, while Tianshu and Tianji handed over the luggage he had packed to the steward of the Ye family, who placed it in another carriage.
Standing outside the courtyard gate, watching the Ye family's carriage drive further and further away, I didn't see Tianxuan's face appear in the carriage window.
Tianji and the others understood that Tianxuan also dared not look at them, for fear that if she did, she would be even more reluctant to part.
While Tianquan was feeling sad, he suddenly realized that his older brother and the others were looking at him. The next moment, he realized that they were thinking about how he would be the next to leave and imagining the scene when he left...
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