"Sister-in-law Chen, I won't make it difficult for you to say anything to me or do anything for me, but can you please stop calling me young lady in the future? Please call me Hu Ling. I am not Qi Yue's lover, let alone his."
Wife." I looked into Mrs. Chen's eyes and said.
Mrs. Chen thought for a while and finally nodded, "Then when there are only two of us, I will call you Miss Hu. When Master Qi is at home, I will try not to call you."
"Thank you!" I said sincerely.
"Miss Hu, don't say that. I don't know what's going on between you and Master Qi, but I can see that you are a good girl, but I am just a servant. They are rich... you know
, I also have a son..." Mrs. Chen stuttered a little.
"I understand!" I nodded, "Actually, I'm very happy that you can tell me so much. Actually, it's okay if you don't know about Qi Yue and I. I don't want to injure you!"
Mrs. Chen lowered her head guiltily, "Ms. Hu, actually I thought about it for a long time last night. I, I'm sorry——"
"You don't have to tell me you're sorry." I took Mrs. Chen's hand, and her hand trembled slightly.
She looked at my hand and said with some distress: "Miss Hu, look at your hand, the wall is so high, why do you bother?"
"My hand is fine, Sister-in-law Chen, can you tell me where we are?" I asked Sister-in-law Chen.
Mrs. Chen thought for a while and said: "It was night when Master Qi sent me here, and he also closed the curtains on the car window. I guessed it was in the direction of Mulan Mountain, but I don't know the specific place. I just
I remember that the mountain road was winding for a long time, and there seemed to be no other houses nearby."
"Let's go back to the house!" I said after a moment of silence.
Back in the house, Mrs. Chen quickly served me a bowl of porridge and brought out two plates of side dishes.
I didn't have much appetite, so I used my chopsticks to scratch the porridge in the bowl.
"Ms. Hu, I know you feel bad, but as the old saying goes, no matter what, your body is yours. Look at how thin you are, so just eat more!" said Mrs. Chen.
I nodded, looked outside the door and said, "Sister-in-law Chen, I just saw the old Hao you were talking about."
"You must be scared by his appearance. In fact, he is not bad. You see how well he has cultivated those flowers. When Master Qi is not around, he always comes to help me clean the glass." Mrs. Chen sat down opposite me.
"Do you take his meals to the backyard for him?" I asked.
"No, he cooks for himself in the backyard. I gave it to him twice, but he refused. He seems to have been a vegetarian," Mrs. Chen said.
"Vegetarian?" I asked a little strangely, "Does he believe in Buddhism?"
"I don't know either. He was here when I came here. The two times I went to the backyard to bring him food, he didn't let me enter his two wooden houses. Master Qi only told me that he had a weird personality.
Tell me not to provoke him, I look at other people quite well, you see he has raised so many chickens, and the eggs are always put in baskets and sent to the front." Mrs. Chen replied.
"How often does Qi Yue come back? Is he here every day when I'm not awake?" I nodded, thought about it and asked again.
"That's not true. He hadn't been here before you came. He stayed here all night on the day you came. But don't worry, he slept in his own room, the one next to yours. He just asked me to help him.
You changed your dirty clothes, took good care of you, and left early the next morning, but he didn't come back until the day you woke up." Mrs. Chen said.
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It's not just a matter of coming back. Maybe I still have time to find a way out.
After breakfast, I went back to the garden and walked around again. This time I didn't meet the gardener named Lao Hao again.
Standing under the high wall, I did not try to climb over it again. The weird force coming from above my head made me believe what Old Hao told me about the restriction.
Since it's a waste of effort, it's better to think of other ways.
I suddenly thought of what Grandpa Xiu Cai, Mrs. Hu Santai, and Xiao Han said about my catastrophe. Could this be my catastrophe?
Grandpa Xiu Cai and Grandma Hu Santa both told me that no matter what happens to me, never give up on cultivation. Maybe, I should calm down and use this time to improve my cultivation.
Thinking of this, I turned around and went back to the villa. After saying hello to Mrs. Chen so that she wouldn't have to call me downstairs, I went straight back to my bedroom.
I was in such a hurry when I came out that I didn't even bring the Baipi Dragon Scales with me, let alone the "Shengyuan Heavenly Book". I had no choice but to practice Qi according to the breathing method taught me by Grandpa Xiucai.
After Xiao Zhoutian, I felt that the breath in my body gradually stabilized and began to show signs of strengthening. My mind began to become clearer, and I could vaguely remember some contents in the "Shengyuan Heavenly Book".
Unfortunately, when that breath sank into the Dantian, it seemed as if it had fallen into a bottomless black hole, disappearing in an instant without leaving any trace behind, and the concepts that passed through my mind also became blurred.
The whole person seemed to have walked into a fog.
I was a little discouraged, but I didn't stop. The old monk sat on the bed as if in trance, constantly fighting against this state of being sometimes awake and sometimes confused.
I don't know when the sky slowly turned dark. I slowly opened my eyes and found that I was covered in thick sweat. It seemed that all the pores in my body were blocked, making it sticky and uncomfortable.
There is a bathroom in the bedroom, and all the toiletries are fully prepared. I took a shower and came out feeling refreshed and my headache was gone.
Although I still can't see any different smells, looking at the night outside the floor-to-ceiling window is no longer like looking at a black curtain, it is a little clearer, and my hearing seems to be better, as if I can still hear the sound of the yard from a distance.
Insect chirping.
When I went downstairs and walked to the living room, Mrs. Chen was cleaning the house. When she saw that I finally came out of the bedroom, her face became more happy.
She looked at me, stunned and said: "Ms. Hu, you look much better than in the morning. You seem to be full of energy."
I smiled and asked, "Sister-in-law Chen, is there anything to eat? I'm a little hungry."
"Hey, yes, yes, I cooked the rice and stewed the soup. I'm going to bring it to you." Mrs. Chen said hurriedly.
Mrs. Chen quickly brought out the prepared food, sat opposite me and watched me eat with a smile.
Just after taking a few bites, I heard the sound of a car engine in the distance, frowned, and put down my bowl and chopsticks.
"Why don't you eat it? Is it not delicious?" Mrs. Chen asked me worriedly.
"No, he's back!" I said.
"Are you talking about Master Qi? No, he didn't call back today to say something." Mrs. Chen said doubtfully.
Before she could finish her words, there was a sharp sound of brakes coming from outside the courtyard, followed by the sound of the iron door opening and closing.
Mrs. Chen's expression changed. She stood up with some fear and said, "Miss Hu, you can eat. I'm going in to get busy."
With that said, he ducked into the kitchen.
The sound of the doorknob turning soon came from the villa door, and someone pushed it open from the outside. I raised my head and met Qi Yue's eyes. This chapter has been completed!