Chapter 45: A Look Back at the Mortal World after Three Years (1/2)

Chapter 45: A Look Back at the Mortal World after Three Years

Autu in the north of the State of Zhao Most of the rattan vines had dried and withered, and leaves floated down froourd bottle froo, would eventually reach the Milky Way Sea and then float on to the Great Tang in the Eastern Lands

Beneath Mount Daqing lay three counties Yunjie County was the e, but it bustled with people When athered there, and a hubbub of voices would fill the air

On this day, a younga clean, blue scholar’s robe walked into Yunjie, seeer, his face looked fa Hao

He walked down the fa houses and shops As he strolled through the s from the past This place contained his memories from childhood, the lonely bitterness of his youth, and his stubborn attachettable events

Passing a large courtyard, he said, “That would be where Miss Sun lives…” The walls which had seemed so tall in the past, now looked somewhat short Past the walls were Miss Sun’s bedchambers, a place that had been the subject of ined that Steward Sun would take a liking to hie She was rumored to be as beautiful as a Goddess

Three years had passed, not a very long tieneration had co his head emotionally, he was about to move on, when suddenly the ed Meng Hao stopped How often in the past had he looked into the courtyard, hoping to catch a gliazed at the sedan chair The wind suddenly lifted the screen curtain of the sedan, and he saw an extreirl inside, her face covered with dark spots She was young Meng Hao’s jaw dropped

If he hadn’t recognized the serving girl next to her, he would never have believed that the young woman was actually Miss Sun

The sedan chair disappeared into the distance, and Meng Hao continued walking, feeling a bit regretful

“I just destroyed the i his head “Well, the sages were right: avert the gaze from inappropriateness I shouldn’t have looked, shouldn’t have looked” A look of pity appeared on his face as he walked away

Around noon, Meng Hao found hie house off in the distance It orn-out and dilapidated and there were clearly people living inside He could hear noise drifting out fro

This was Meng Hao’s ancestral residence Years ago, he had been destitute, and was forced to sell it Inside that house were many beautiful and happy

I Hao’s an to fall

Silently, he approached the door, raised his hand, and knocked

The knock silenced the din of arguhout the afternoon After a edHis face was covered with lines from a lifetime of hardshi+ps

“Who are you? What do you want?”

“Uncle Li…?” said Meng Hao quietly, looking at the edHao, and then a look of disbelief filled his eyes “Meng Hao? You… Where have you been? Co Hao into the house

“Wife, coed woman sat inside, tears in her eyes When she heard her husband’s words, and saw Meng Hao, she gaped for awith joy

“It really is Meng Hao…” said the man

“Child, everyone said you just up and left that year Let Auntie have a look at you” She stood in front of hi him up and down, her eyes filled with happiness She see “I haven’t seen you for years You’ve grown taller, but, ai, you’re so skinny You must have endured a lot over the years

“Here, have a seat Auntie will cook a few dishes for you You just got back, stay a while You may have sold this place to your Uncle Li, but it’s still your holared at the man and went into the kitchen