On the seventh day of September in the second year of Changning, when Chen, Gu Mansion.

Ah Ying stood on the stairs outside the Gu Mansion, holding Shen Dongyu's hand, and the two whispered to each other.

"Sister Dongyu, you go first, I'll chase you in two days, let's be separated for a few days for a while, and we can stay together every day in the future!" Ah Ying blinked her eyes wide and sent Shen Dongyu to the car.

"Okay, you can do your thing with peace of mind, and when you get to Jiangning, I will take you to eat delicious food!" Shen Dongyu patted Ah Jin's hand. She knew that when Ah Ying left Qinghe, everything was unknown, and she always needed to say goodbye to her relatives.

She understands that.

Guo Yu helped Shen Dongyu get into the carriage, turned his head and said to Ah Jin: "Yu'er, we will take a temporary rest in Jiangzhou in five days, and remember to send us a message after you leave." Stay safe. ”

"Don't worry, second brother. So do you. Ah Yu looked up at Guo Yu, worried.

Guo Yu knew that Ah Ying was worried that something would happen to the two of them on the way back, and comforted: "Don't worry, the two of us are enough to protect ourselves." It was you who made me worry, and when I go back to Jiangning, it's best to find a companion and take care of me all the way. ”

Ah Yu nodded.

Seeing off Guo Yu and Shen Dongyu, Ah Ying walked all the way through the corridor and returned to the three branch buildings.

At this time, Gu Chan, the mother of the Gu family, was sipping flower tea, and the warm water vapor smudged her eyebrows. I saw that she was dressed in apricot-colored clothes, with a silver collar and a string of sapphire blue beads hanging on her chest, and her sleeves were tightly tied with embroidered dark patterns of the same color, and she was wearing a silver bracelet and an agate chain on her wrist, which was noble and elegant.

Gu Chan lightly lifted her lips and said, "Ah Yin, I asked people to make some snacks, you can eat some, I saw that you didn't use chopsticks much just now, but you're going to starve later."

"Good..."

Ah Ying sat down next to Gu Chan and glanced at the small plate on the table.

It is filled with a variety of delicate pastries, such as pear blossom soybean¹, almond cake, lotus pie, and jujube paste yam cake.

The colors are different and the fragrance is full.

Ah Ying took one look and became hungry.

Just now, she was a little anxious and wanted to go to see her sister's condition, but she didn't want to show it to make her aunt worried, so she could only block it in her heart, and the food was hard to swallow.

"Auntie, you're so nice, these are the things I like to eat."

Ah Ying picked up a piece of cut pie and took a thin bite, full of crispy flavor, and couldn't help but take a few more bites.

Gu Chan saw that Ah Ying ate so deliciously, and she was also happy from the bottom of her heart, she had always liked this little girl.

"I also think you're good, unlike your sisters, this one thinks I'm salty, and the other says I'm tired of doing it" Gu Chan said with a smile.

Ah Yu blinked, her mouth was full, and she whimpered: "They don't know how to be blessed in the midst of happiness!"

Gu Chan looked at her with a smile, as if she had thought of something, and her expression was a little dim.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Ah Ying looked up and immediately understood.

Every mother loves her children.

Ah Ying pursed her lips, reached out to hold Gu Chan's hand, and asked softly, "Auntie, is Sister Nian Shuang better?"

Gu Chan was silent for a while, raised her eyes and shook her head helplessly, her voice a little low.

"I'm still delirious and often talk nonsense, but it's much better than it was at the beginning. Rou'er has been taking care of her all the time..."

Ah Ying said softly: "Auntie, don't worry, Sister Nianshuang will definitely be able to survive, not to mention that she still has you and Miao Village." There's always a way."

Gu Chan tugged at the corners of her mouth and smiled lightly, but Ah Ying still saw haggard and worried in her eyes.

Is the situation so bad?

Ah Ying said quietly: "Auntie, you have a good rest first, I'll go to Sister Nian's place to see"

"Hmm" Gu Chan nodded, "You talk to her more, maybe she can remember something"

****

Leaving the three branch buildings, Ah Ying walked around the courtyard and went deeper, and turned right at the third arch along the corridor into the Luohua Pavilion, where there was a small pond outside the pavilion and a row of crystal orchids planted by the pond.

Crystal orchids are very common in Miaojiang and are known as the "flowers of the underworld".

The two-finger-high flower body is crystal clear, the corolla is barrel-shaped bell-shaped, the roots are thin and densely branched, and they are intertwined into a nest

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Miao Jiang people believe that flowers have spirituality, can guide the direction, carry, and can be spiritual.

Ah Ying walked in again, only to feel an inexplicable feeling of refreshment.

As soon as I looked up, the three words Mochizuki came into view.

It's here.

This atmosphere is not like a seriously ill person living in, Ah Ying inevitably has some doubts in her heart.

Ah Ying gently slammed the door, the sound was not loud but a little abrupt in the empty courtyard.

The door opened from the inside, and Ah Ying was stunned after only one glance.

The people in the door were also a little stunned. Neither of them spoke for a moment.

"Sister Rou, I'll take a look at Sister Nianshuang." Ah Yu spoke softly, for fear of disturbing the back room.

Gu Rou's face was obviously haggard, which made Ah Ying a little frightened and distressed. Sister Rou has rarely directly expressed her emotions.

Ah Ying really didn't expect that Sister Nianshuang's situation had deteriorated to this extent.

Gu Rou's movements were a little stiff, and she gave way and said, "Come in, she just fell asleep."

Ah Ying closed the door lightly, bypassed the screen, and Gu Nianshuang, that is, Gu Yue, lay quietly on the bed.

I saw that her eyes were gently closed, her eyelashes trembled slightly, her face was slightly red, and she was breathing softly. It doesn't seem to be any different than usual.

Gu Rou tugged at Ah Yu's sleeve and motioned for her to follow.

The two came to the small table outside the screen and sat down, and Gu Rou poured her a glass of water.

"Ah, are you leaving soon," Gu Rou asked softly.

"Yes, I'm going to leave around tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

Gu Rou stared at her hands, was silent for a moment, and said, "Ah Yu, you have also seen the situation of the eldest sister, and you need someone to take care of it every day... Now it's just me at home, if I leave again..."Gu Rou smiled bitterly, "So, I can't go to Jiangning with you this time."

Ah Ying pursed her lips, still a little regretful.

The two of them have been close since childhood, and they are together almost everywhere. When Gu Rou told her that she would go to Jiangning with her, she couldn't mention how happy she was, the cooperation between the two of them has always been tacit and invincible.

Ah Ying stayed in Gu Mansion this time to see how Sister Nianshuang's condition was, and then went to Jiangning with Sister Rou, but she didn't expect it to be like this now...

But she can understand it.

Gu Lang, the son of the Gu family, has had to manage all external affairs since he took over his father's duties, and there is no way to take care of them because of the difference between men and women; Gu Congjin, the second daughter of the Gu family, and Lu Yuan married in the Jiangning Palace, and they were too busy to take care of themselves; Now only Sister Rou can take on this heavy responsibility.

Ah Ying didn't speak for a long time, Gu Rou squatted in front of her, took her hand and said, "Ah Jin..."

There was a crashing sound from the screen.

The two glanced at each other and immediately ran inside.

I saw Gu Nian's body hanging at the head of the bed, his hands hanging on the ground, and his fingers were white.

Gu Rou ran over and stayed for a while, and seeing that her sister didn't move for the time being, she gently straightened her and helped her back to the bed.

Gu Nian's brows were tightly locked, his head was covered with fine sweat, his hands began to wave unconsciously, his legs curled, as if he was struggling with something.

"Ah Jin, pour me a glass of water!" Gu Rou said hurriedly, took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, poured out two pills, and handed them to Ah Yu.

Ah Ying took the pill and mixed it with water for Gu Nianshuang to take it.

Gu Nianshuang struggled a little, and her arm kept hitting Ah Jin, who subconsciously grabbed her hand and wanted to stop it.

Gu Rou saw it and said quickly: "Don't move her!" Don't stop her from making any moves! ”

Ah Yu was stunned and didn't dare to make the slightest move.

Gu Nianshuang tossed for a while and then quieted down, Gu Rou sat on the edge of the bed and massaged her acupoint joints.

About half an hour later, after making sure that her sister was asleep, Gu Rou pulled Ah Ying out quietly.

The moment the wooden door closed, Ah Ying felt as if she had entered another world.

She hadn't come to her senses yet, and it was indeed beyond her expectations.

How did it come to this?

Gu Rou glanced at her, sighed softly, and said, "Since she woke up, the eldest sister has become like this." After coming back, the uncle showed her, and like Grandma Lu, it was speculated that it was a soul dementoring technique. ”

"Dementors?! Isn't this a forbidden technique?! This person's cultivation is so high. ”

Gu Rou nodded, the corners of her eyes drooping a little, and she couldn't hide her tiredness.

"Looking at the entire Miao Jiang, there are few people who have practiced, let alone reached this level. It's already amazing to have been exposed to it. All I can do now is to keep cultivating and slowly recovering. However, no one can give a definite deadline. It may not be good soon, probably, it will not be better for a lifetime. ”

Ah Yu was silent.

"And this situation is capricious, there is no fixed number, and sometimes if the reaction is too violent, it is very likely that you will lose your breath all at once. Therefore, it must be watched every day, all the time. ”

Gu Rou was already a little choked up at the end.

What a strong woman she was, I had never seen her tortured like this by the unknown.

Ah Ying gently hugged her, patted her back, and murmured, "It's going to be okay, it's going to be okay...".

I don't know if I'm talking about it to Gu Rou or myself.

****

The next day, Ah Ying got up early in the morning and moved his muscles and bones in the yard.

She took a breath, the air was fresh, bathed in the cool breeze, and she was refreshed.

Around midnight, Ah Ying asked the attendant for directions, and went all the way east to Jinyuan.

I heard Sister Rou say that Uncle Gu will live here alone for a period of time every month.

The garden is more like a flower garden, surrounded by a fence.

Ah Ying gently pushed open the fence, inside is a stone road, next to the stone road is a large area of hibiscus flowers, as far as the eye can see, the sea of lilac flowers, bright and gorgeous.

No wonder it's called Jinyuan.

Although it was her first time here, she quickly fell in love with the atmosphere. It is quiet and serene, as if all the distractions of the outside world are gone.

The whole world seems to have only flowers, and you.

Ah Ying walked along the gravel path and soon approached the low house.

Gu Changfeng was loosely tied in a gray robe, sitting at a small wooden table placed at random, holding a scroll in one hand and a tea cup in the other, unrestrained and chic, like a master outside the world, floating like a fairy.

Ah Ying had never seen such an Uncle Gu.

In fact, Ah Ying is a little strange, Gu Nianshuang is still in crisis, but as a father, he can do this ignorance and carelessness. What is more important than his children in his heart?

Gu Changfeng heard the footsteps, turned his head and looked, as if he had a moment of distraction.

"Uncle Gu~"

Ah Jin's smiling eyes are full of eyes, like a flower, blooming in the idyllic song, even brighter than the hibiscus in this life.

In this situation, Gu Changfeng seemed to see a familiar figure through her.

"You're here?" Gu Changfeng blurted out, his tone was gentle, and then he realized that he was speechless.

Although Ah Ying felt that the tone of this question was a little strange, she still replied: "Does Uncle Gu know that I am coming?" The tone is brisk and unusual.

Gu Changfeng waved his hand and said, "Why do you have time to come and see me, an old man." Say, find me something".

Ah Ying sat opposite Gu Changfeng, took out the string of obsidian beads from his arms and handed it to him, and said, "Grandma Lu asked me to bring it to you."

Gu Changfeng looked at the swaying beads in front of him and didn't speak. The obsidian glows and seems to tell some story of a bygone past.

Gu Changfeng raised his hand to take it, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and then pinched it and put it into his arms.

"Okay, I'll take the things, and you can do your business with peace of mind. When do you plan to meet next time? Gu Changfeng took a shallow sip in his cup.

Ah Ying thought about it, shook his head, and said, "I don't know when I will be able to come back, I don't have any plans, let's take a step at a time..."

Gu Changfeng snorted lightly, "I don't believe that you girl has no plans, she must have thought properly in her heart, and she will come to this set with your Uncle Gu."

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Ah Ying smiled, "How dare I hide it from you, I really don't know when I will come back, there will always be things that are no longer planned."

Gu Changfeng agreed, nodded and said, "When will you leave?"

"The day after tomorrow"

"Then you go back with Gu Zhan, Jiang Ning has something to deal with with him, and he has something to take care of." Gu Changfeng said in a deep voice, there is no excuse.

"Okay" Ah Ying should get down and get up, "Then I'll go and talk to Uncle Gu, lest he leave me behind."

Gu Changfeng picked up the book again, didn't raise his head, and said leisurely: "Go, go."

After Ah Ying left, Gu Changfeng looked at the words in the book, he had been distracted, and after a while, he still couldn't calm down, so he simply put down the scroll.

He took out the string of beads from his bosom and rubbed it in his hand, his fingers knuckled.

He still couldn't let go after all.

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