Ning Wenyi frowned, his face grave: "I know, if there's nothing else, you can go back to the camp first."
Ning Jin returned in a hurry, but left again in less than half an hour.
On the other side, Madam Ning pulled Ning Yao back to her courtyard.
He held Ning Yao's hand tightly the whole way, as if afraid that she would suddenly disappear again.
The servants in the mansion found this scene extremely unsettling.
He hurriedly bowed and ran off.
Madam Ning didn't care about all that; nothing could compare to her daughter right now.
Helping Ning Yao remove her elaborate red dress, pressing her back onto the bed, and covering her with a blanket, Madam Ning watched her intently.
Ning Yao felt a chill run down her spine from the stare and couldn't help but say, "I'm not dead, I'm still alive."
She could feel the intense maternal love and worry emanating from Madam Ning.
This was normal for the original owner, but it felt very awkward to her.
In her past life, she only had one master since she could remember, and no other relatives, let alone parents.
As for the Ning family in S City, she was not the eldest daughter of the Ning family.
The real eldest daughter of the Ning family died long ago after being taken in by the organization and subjected to brutal training day after day.
Ning Yao had no parents, so she naturally felt awkward about Madam Ning's maternal love.
Madam Ning looked at her lovingly: "Mother knows. You get a good night's sleep. Mother will stay with you. Everything will be alright when you wake up tomorrow."
Ning Yao lowered her head in silence, then suddenly noticed the pendant on her chest.
The candlelight was bright enough that she could see the pendant clearly.
It's exactly the same as the Ning family heirloom from my previous life.
Ning Yao picked up the jade Buddha, and through the candlelight, she could see a traditional Chinese character for "Ning" inside the Buddha's body.
It just feels like this jade Buddha is more translucent than the one from my previous life.
Seeing that Yao Yao was staring at the jade Buddha, Madam Ning asked, "Is this black jade? This Buddha is quite exquisite. When did Yao Yao buy it?"
Ning Yao frowned slightly. Madam Ning had never seen this jade Buddha before, which meant it wasn't the original owner's possession.
If that's the case, could she interpret it as the Jade Buddha also being transported into the book along with her?
"I just bought it a couple of days ago."
The lie was clumsy, and Madam Ning did not expose it.
He lovingly patted her head and gently coaxed, "Sleep well, Yao Yao."
Ning Yao wasn't sleepy at the moment; she wanted to verify what the jade Buddha was for.
With Madam Ning present, she couldn't make any moves.
"You must be tired after a long day. Go back and rest. I want to sleep alone."
A hint of disappointment flashed in Madam Ning's eyes, but the next second she smiled again: "Then I'll have Zhilan stand guard outside the door. If you need anything, just call her."
Zhilan is Ningyao's personal maid.
Ning Yao nodded.
Madam Ning got up and left the room.
The moment she turned around, the smile on Madam Ning's face vanished, replaced by sorrow and melancholy.
Ning Yao lay in bed, her head still aching a little, but she could bear it.
She discovered that as long as she didn't resist the original owner's memories, her body felt comfortable all over.
By the dim candlelight in the room, she examined the jade Buddha pendant.
Even in the dimly lit room, her vision was not affected.
The reason she went to the Ning family to get the jade Buddha in her previous life was not only because the eldest daughter of the Ning family asked her to, but also because she was curious about it herself.
The reclusive Ning family, and their extraordinary abilities.
On the training field, two five-year-old girls leaned against each other side by side.
Do you have a name?
"No, my master said my code name is 1."
“My name is Ning Yao. My mother gave me this name. Yao means beautiful jade, and people usually like beautiful jade. My mother also hoped that I would be liked by everyone.”
Codename 1 Silent, she had no family and knew nothing of the meaning of her name.
"How about you also be called Ning Yao?"
Code Name 1's calm heart was stirred by ripples.
"That's your name, I don't want it."
Five-year-old Ning Yao tilted her head and looked at her for a while, then looked up at the sky.
The boundless blue sky and vast expanse of earth are a paradise for birds, but also a cage from which they cannot escape.
"Since only one person can leave here in the end anyway, and I can't leave, why don't you take my name with you when you leave?"
Code Name 1 didn't quite understand why she was so fixated on this name.
Later, in a critical moment, Ning Yao saved her life, which caused her to lose the right to leave and also lose her own life.
Even at the last moment, Ning Yao was still thinking about having her use this name as well.
Code Name 1 agreed.
"S City, Ning Family Residence."
"The reclusive Ning family, the jade Buddha."
Ning Yao uttered only these few words before passing away in front of her.
Code Name 1 silently memorized it and fought to the very end, managing to leave that place alive.
When they met their master again, Code Name 1 told him about Ning Yao.
Clearly, the master knew something.
But he didn't say anything, and just told her to take Ning Yao's name.
She was only five years old at the time, and the matter of the Ning family was buried in the daily training.
When she heard about the Ning family again, she was already eighteen years old.
During the coming-of-age ceremony, the master told him everything about the Ning family in S City.
However, there are only a few words about the reclusive Ning family and the jade Buddha.
"Legend has it that the Ning family has been living in seclusion for a thousand years. The Ning family knows the destiny of heaven and earth, and understands past and present lives. All the answers about the Ning family are hidden in that black jade Buddha. If you go to the Ning family and find it, you can fulfill her last wish."
The master's release of information about the Ning family's eldest daughter caused the Ning family to become completely uneasy.
Ning Yao is the only descendant of the reclusive Ning family who has been separated from the world.
Now that Ning Yao has appeared, there is a chance to uncover the secret of the Jade Buddha.
Ning Yao took the opportunity to attend the banquet and obtained the jade Buddha.
But in the end, he was still tricked and killed, and ended up here.
When she woke up, it was already broad daylight, and she dreamed about her childhood again.
She lay on the bed in a daze for a long time, covered by a soft silk quilt and with a satin bed canopy above her head.
He lay on an antique-style golden nanmu wood bed with intricate handcrafting.
There was a faint, pleasant fragrance in the room.
Ning Yao sat up and subconsciously reached out to touch her chest, where she touched the jade Buddha.
Sunlight streamed through the window, making the jade Buddha seem almost alive.
The scene before her suddenly changed, and the unfamiliar surroundings made Ning Yao tense up instantly.
Before me lay an extremely empty space, so vast that it stretched as far as the eye could see, its silence unsettling.
Ning Yao was always vigilant about her surroundings; it was an occupational hazard of being a special agent.
She looked around and spotted something that resembled a boundary marker.
Upon closer inspection, a traditional Chinese character, 宁, was carved on the top of the door, exactly the same as the one inside the jade Buddha.
"Is this... inside the jade Buddha?" Ning Yao boldly guessed.
The stone tablet was grayish-white all over, as if it had been dirty for a long time and had not been taken care of.
Ning Yao subconsciously reached out to wipe away the dust.
The moment your hand touches the stone tablet, the dust on it vanishes instantly.
The gray stone tablet turned into a translucent black color, and the character "Ning" was embedded in the stone tablet, just like on a jade Buddha.
Then a voice rang in my mind.
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