The family members are all headed by Yun Qiao. She is the master of this world, and everyone makes it their duty to please her and serve her.
The countryside is quiet. At dusk, clumps of cooking smoke scatter in the rain, and the aroma of rice wafts out.
Living here makes you feel happy.
"It's indeed very good." Xi Lanting said.
Yun Qiao: "When I get old in the future, I will definitely come back to live here. But at that time, the servants are old and gone, and I'm afraid there won't be many left."
Xi Lanting nodded.
Yun Qiao: "So you see, my past life has ended with the death of my grandma."
When Xi Lanting heard this, he thought a little and looked down at her.
Just in time to catch her eyes.
"Uncle Qi, you obviously treat me very well, but why do I always feel like your world is so far apart from mine? Even if I want to get closer, my nightmares will stop me." Yun Qiao said, "Do you think I am a human being?
Isn’t that bad?”
Xi Lanting listened silently.
He suddenly grabbed Yun Qiao's waist, pulled her into his arms, stretched his hands from behind, and covered her forehead and eyes.
Yun Qiao was stunned.
As the night deepened, a layer of fog suddenly appeared in the courtyard. Maybe it was raining harder, or maybe it stopped raining and the night fog took the opportunity to pour in.
When people at the restaurant looked at the door, they felt they couldn't see clearly, as if the door was a dark place, and rain and fog were rising in the small courtyard.
When Xi Lanting let go, Yun Qiao stood there with a confused expression.
She asked Xi Lanting: "Uncle Qi, what are you doing here?"
Xi Lanting: "I just came back from outside. You have something to say to me, what are you saying?"
Yun Qiao: "What are you talking about?"
The rain and fog slowly dispersed, and Aunt Tong's voice came from the restaurant: "Yun Qiao, Master Qi, it's time to eat."
With her voice, her vision became clearer. Yun Qiao and Xi Lanting stood at the door, neither of them saying anything.
"Here we come." Yun Qiao said.
She didn't know what was wrong with her, but she felt that the shackles on her body had lightened a lot, and her whole body was filled with an indescribable sense of relief.
She still remembered the dream last night and everything about today, but none of these could cause her emotional fluctuations.
There was her favorite dish for dinner, and she ate happily.
She moved back to her room at night and finally had a dreamless night.
Xi Lanting stood alone in the dark room, not moving his feet for a long time.
He is deeper than the night.
After everything was prepared at home, it was Grandma Xiao's anniversary. The anniversary did not require relatives to come, so the family just burned some paper horses and put out sacrifices.
It's still raining in the morning.
Ni Yuanming said to everyone: "Go faster, we will all be wet in a while and we will not be able to burn."
A group of people went to Granny Xiao’s cemetery.
The cemetery was well built. Everyone saluted and knelt down with Ni Yuanming, and then burned the paper horses they brought, ending the worship ceremony.
Yun Qiao added new soil to her grandma's grave and said to everyone: "You go back first. I want to stay with grandma and talk to her."
No one said anything.
Yun Qiao held an umbrella and knelt in front of her grandmother's grave for a long time, telling her everything she had encountered in the past year, as if her grandmother could hear her.
When she went back, she saw a car in front of her house.
Yun Qiao was stunned for a moment, then she guessed that someone from Xi Lanting or Zhu Yucheng's family was coming to pick her up, so she didn't think much about going inside.
Unexpectedly, the car belonged to neither the Xi family nor the Zhu family, but a guest.
The guest is in his seventies, tall, thin and elegant, with a pair of reading glasses on his face and well-dressed. Outside his long gown is a thick wind cloak, which can resist the cold current.
Ni Yuanming was receiving him, looking very unhappy.
"I am a servant of this family. If you have any questions, please tell our lady." Ni Yuanming said, turning around and leaving.
Yun Qiao looked at the old gentleman.
She was sure that she had never seen him before, but she unexpectedly felt that he was friendly because he looked familiar, very familiar.
And Uncle Ni's attitude was also very strange.
Uncle Ni is the general manager of the family. Without grandma, he can be regarded as one of the masters of the family. A male visitor came, why did he hide himself and push Yun Qiao out?