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In fact, it wasn't me who said this.

Many years ago, when I opened this teahouse in accordance with Sinan's wishes, Sinan and I named it "reincarnation", which means reincarnation of the mandate of heaven. At that time, I was not deeply involved in the world, and I was at a loss for the sophistication of human affairs, and I didn't understand the meaning of the word "reincarnation" to the world, and Sinan was one of the four great immortals, and he was ruthless and desireless, and he was even more indifferent to it, so this name was used for more than a hundred years, until the appearance of that person.

He was the only one who knew the secret of my teahouse but only wanted to come for tea, and he was the only one who dared to call me "Hua'er". He always felt that the word "reincarnation" was too cruel, and from time to time he wanted to change its name, and I always thought that he was too smart, so I always refused to agree, for fear that he would reveal my secret.

Later, he became a frequent visitor to "reincarnation" and became very good friends with me and Sinan. I once suspected that there would never be anyone other than me and Chenbei who would be willing to be close to him with Sinan's character, but to my surprise, Sinan gave him a very high evaluation, and he also recognized the friendship between the two with a folding fan drawn by himself.

This folding fan is still in Sinan's hand, and what he left me is the plaque hanging high on the lintel.

When I allowed him to help me inscribe the plaque, he was about to go out with the army. Although I did not have the ability to predict the future, I knew too well about war, and I knew that it might be difficult to see each other again from now on.

He didn't react to this with any surprise, as if he had expected it, just rubbed my head and smiled and asked me to prepare pen and ink. He is much taller than me, and such a pampering action is so casually shown by him that I am extremely useful, and I know that he writes well, so I simply took out a piece of ancient cold wood that I snatched from Sinan from the warehouse and gave it to him, asking him to make a plaque directly for me.

I didn't expect me to have such an inch-inch-to-inch thought, and he smiled gracefully but presumptuously when he saw the black wood. I couldn't help but be stunned on the spot by such a different laughter, after all, I had the impression that he had always been gentle and well-behaved, and he had never behaved so indulgently.

Just when I was wondering, he had already put pen to paper. I followed his movements, and I couldn't help but be shocked again. People say that words are like people, and I have always thought so, but seeing that his pen is strong and powerful, and every stroke has the momentum of three points into the wood, and his own weak appearance, the difference is more than 108,000 miles.

In a few moments, the plaque was written. I looked at the three big characters on the plaque, which were free and easy, and I couldn't believe that they were actually written by a weak scholar like him. I think he should also have a chic and uninhibited personality, but unfortunately, for a long time, I may never have entered his heart.

Thinking about this, I was lost for a moment.

To hide the undue emotions that were churning up inside me, I forced myself to turn my attention to the plaque.

The thick gold dust glows with a cold light, and under the reflection of this light, the black cold wood reveals a simple but prohibitive sense of solemnity. I couldn't help but take a step back so that the plaque was straight in the middle of my line of sight.

"Thoughts of the afterlife. ”

I whispered the three gilded characters on the cold wood, and couldn't help but muttered again.

"What a strange name. ”

Apparently my words did not escape the ears of the person who wrote the inscription, for after I had finished speaking, he raised his hand in front of me and rubbed my hair.

"Believe me, flowers, those who say it's strange will come to you for a cup of tea one day. ”

After that day, he went out with the army in the name of a military advisor, and never returned. The three words "reincarnation" replaced "reincarnation" and became the new name of my teahouse, which has not changed for thousands of years.