0p0 Chapter 259 Lou Yexue Knows Zhai Yun's Background
Chapter 259 Lou Yexue Knows Zhai Yun's Background
The campfire crackled in the woods. In the pitch-black night, Lian'er seemed very uneasy. She glanced around fearfully, her eyes filled with unease and terror.
Yan Nanheng guided her from the side, hoping that she would speak or remember something.
Qi Nuo threw the newly gathered firewood into the fire, and then took a fox fur coat from the carriage and draped it over Zhai Yun. In the late autumn forest, the wind was chilly, and her hands and feet were cold when they left the fire.
Lou Yexue was facing Zhai Yun, with a group of women on his left and right. Ruan Ziyan was sitting on his far right, and the group of women seemed to revolve around him.
Zhai Yun got tired of sitting and went back to the carriage to rest. Xiao Nian, who had been hiding in the carriage, would occasionally peek outside. Sometimes, as if she had been seen, she would suddenly hide and shrink to the side in fright.
Having not rested well for days, Zhai Yunzhen fell asleep without realizing it. She didn't even notice Xiao Nian sneaking out of the carriage. This time, Zhai Yun had a dream that had been bothering her since her previous life.
In my dream, there was an endless expanse of white snow, even the mountain peaks were white. Snowflakes swirled and fell, the wind whipping up my sleeves and chilling me to the bone, and a sense of despair and helplessness arose from the bottom of my heart.
It was as if she had been abandoned by the world, or as if she was the only one left in the world, all alone and miserable.
In a daze, Zhai Yun seemed to see a white-clad man with an ethereal figure playing the zither under a wisteria trellis amidst lush flowers and plants in an ice sculpture. Zhai Yun couldn't see his face, but his back gave her a very familiar feeling.
It was as if she knew who this person was, and looking at him, she felt very at ease.
She was captivated by his music, her heart filled with love and admiration for him. She wanted to stand beside him, even if it meant crawling at his feet, unknown and insignificant.
Amidst the music, his voice was as clear as spring water: "These things in the human world are truly fascinating. It took me so long to learn to play even these few fragments. If you ever have the chance to go to the human world, you must find me some basic musical scores."
Zhai Yun nodded instinctively.
The man in white glanced at her slightly. His face was like that of a god. In that one glance, he was so stunning that Zhai Yun was completely stunned.
Just as Zhai Yun was about to get a closer look at his face, his figure gradually blurred, and even in that fleeting glimpse, Zhai Yun forgot what kind of person she had seen.
All she remembers is being incredibly shocked.
Zhai Yun woke up with a start. A cold wind blew in through the curtains, and she shivered from the cold. Her thoughts were still immersed in the dream she had just had, and she couldn't get them back to reality for a long time.
She tried hard to recall everything that happened in the dream, but the scene was even more blurry than the end of the dream, and she couldn't even remember what she had dreamed about.
Xiao Nian had disappeared without a trace. Zhai Yun searched the carriage in surprise and found that Xiao Nian was indeed gone.
Zhai Yun straightened her clothes, got up and got out of the carriage. The fire was still burning, and everyone around the fire was resting with their eyes closed. Even Yan Nanheng was leaning against a tree root not far away, his eyes closed as if he were asleep.
Zhai Yun, who had just woken up, felt very cold. She quietly walked to the fire and sat down. Her mind was particularly clear at this moment. She looked around and found that Qi Nuo, Xiao Nian, and even Lou Yexue were nowhere to be seen.
Lian'er also disappeared at the same time.
Footsteps sounded behind her. Zhai Yun turned her head and saw a person dressed in white. She knew who it was without even having to guess.
Lou Yexue sat down on the rock next to Zhai Yun. When he saw that Zhai Yun was awake, he seemed to be slow to react for a moment. He had a bundle of firewood in his hand at some point.
He silently placed the firewood into the fire one piece at a time.
"It's almost dawn," he said.
Zhai Yun glanced at the time; it was almost dawn, and it was indeed close to full daylight. There were many things she couldn't ask right now, so she simply refrained from asking.
He simply asked, "What are your plans for the future, Young Master Lou?"
Although the question was a bit abrupt, it was the only way Zhai Yun could think of to start the conversation.
Lou Yexue looked around, then turned his cold eyes to Zhai Yun and asked, "Does Young Master Rui know where he came from? Or would you like to know about your background?"
Zhai Yun stared blankly at Lou Yexue's unusually bright eyes. Did he know something? Or did he know everything, and share the memories she had?
He remembered that he was the one who pulled her from the depths of hell.
But those are memories from the future! Zhai Yun immediately denied it in his heart. If he had these memories from the beginning, he wouldn't have gone through such a long and complicated process.
"What do you mean by that, Young Master Lou?" Zhai Yun was very puzzled. He didn't remember those things, so he must be referring to the past.
His gaze gently shifted to Zhai Yun's left shoulder. Zhai Yun followed his gaze, and Lou Yexue was staring at the location of Zhai Yun's birthmark.
The silver crescent-shaped birthmark seemed to glow.
"A silver crescent-shaped birthmark, you have it here!" Lou Yexue's voice was very soft, each word like a stone striking Zhai Yun's left shoulder, leaving Zhai Yun no time to hide.
At this moment, Zhai Yun appeared naked to him, and his gaze held a calm acceptance that saw through everything.
The stone shattered the tranquility of Zhai Yun's heart, stirring up waves. "What do you know?"
Lou Yexue saw that Zhai Yun had no complicated emotions in his eyes. He simply looked away and continued adding firewood. He said, "There is a legend in the depths of the snowy region. They say that a group of people live there. They are neither alive nor dead, and their youth is eternal. They use the essence of the sun and moon for timekeeping and pearls from the east for lamps."
Zhai Yun had heard this legend more than once, and it was understood that in recent years, Fu Jie, the national teacher of Xuanyuan Kingdom, had sent many people there in order to study immortality.
Those people never returned, and even those who did were driven mad.
Zhai Yun recalled her dream, as if something was about to emerge. She dared not think any further, feeling a sense of panic: "That's just a legend."
How could anyone in this world truly remain young and live forever, unless they were monsters?
Someone rolled over next to them, and Zhai Yun and Lou Yexue looked toward the source of the sound and found that it was one of Lou Yexue's subordinates. In a corner that neither of them noticed, Yan Nanheng's eyelids twitched.
Lou Yexue turned around and looked at Zhai Yun, who was as frightened as a bird. He seemed to sense her emotions; she didn't want anyone to hear her!
Lou Yexue's eyes were as still as water, without a ripple, and her words revealed no emotion whatsoever: "If you really want to know, you can come to me alone."
He also didn't want anyone to hear about this.
It was already broad daylight, and looking at Lou Yexue, who seemed to know everything, Zhai Yun's heart remained unsettled for a long time.
The maids who were gradually waking up isolated Zhai Yun from Lou Yexue's perimeter. She could no longer even see the figures of those maids who were being overwhelmed by them. Zhai Yun could only hear the turbulent waves in her heart.
A gust of wind rustled through the trees as Qi Nuo landed on the ground, strode up to Zhai Yun, and whispered in her ear, "Lian'er has returned to Ye Family Village!"
If that was indeed the case, Zhai Yun laughed, a laugh that seemed chilling to onlookers.