Chapter 192 (2/2)

Yeah… Fei and Scarlet thought simultaneously. There was nowhere Miss could go. However, why was the way the Miss was behaving making them even more restless?

When Feng Luodi saw Fei and Scarlet's pensive expressions, she noticed that it wasn't appropriate for her to stay in Autumnal Ombre today.

”I want to go out and take a walk. Stay here and don't follow.”

Feng Luodi brushed pa.s.s the two, leaving them in a daze.

It was already time for lunch. There weren't many pedestrians on the roads. The commoners had either returned home or went to restaurants to have their meal. The teahouse, however, was still as busy as ever. Along the street, there were vendors hawking their goods in succession.

Feng Luodi took a deep breath, the flavour of the ancient times a.s.saulting her senses. What was she doing?

As she'd said before, she took a walk and strolled all around the place.

Pa.s.sing by the pots of arranged at the roadside, she checked the small pendants at a vendor's stall. She then ran from the store selling pastries to the entrance of the teahouse to inhale the sweet fragrance of teas.

Every store at Chang'an Main Street had trails of Feng Luodi stopping over.

Feng Luodi had the impression that it had been three years since she'd arrived at this place, but she'd never earnestly toured Chang'an. The places that she had been to the most were Manchun Tang and Moonglade.

One was a restaurant while one was a zither parlour. The former contained countless memories and she dared not go there again. The latter was the beginning of her journey.

Coincidentally, Feng Luodi happened to pa.s.s by Manchun Tang today. The restaurant was bustling with activity as crowds surrounded the place outside. The owner was probably holding some culinary arts compet.i.tion again. Delicious fragrance wafted outside unceasingly and the people who stopped by also increased by the minute.

Everything looked so similar. Feng Luodi wanted to laugh but she couldn't. Clearly, she should have remembered all of these with a smile, but to her disappointment tears welled up in her eyes and she struggled hard to prevent them from trickling down.

She ran past Manchung Tang and naturally pa.s.sed by Dream Mirrors. This was once one of the three great zither parlours. It was a pity that it had now become a teahouse. She walked further ahead and saw Moonglade, which had already been deserted since some time ago.

Chang'an's commoners had never expected for something like this to happen. Moonglade's proprietor, female zither performers, maidservants and pages had all vanished overnight; it was as if the place had never existed before. This caused numerous scholars to thump their chests and stamp their feet in sorrow. After all, they didn't get the chance to meet the beautiful and alluring Miss Ling Long nor did they get to listen to those zither performances.

Moonglade had been sealed up for the time being until the transfer of owners.h.i.+p had been completed. Feng Luodi stood silently before the entrance for a long time, deep in thought.

She actually didn't like to recall the past. Although her memories generally contained the joys and sorrows of her life, those were things of the past and there was no use even if she were to recall something.

But, some memories that were deeply engraved in her heart couldn't be erased no matter how hard she tried.

Those memories lingered in her mind and she couldn't help but recall everything. It was as if those memories contained some sort of magnetic force that made her recall them day and night, and every time she did, she would be in unbearable pain.

Feng Luodi realised that if she continued standing there, she would definitely go mad. This wasn't her fault, it was just that the things she had missed were too much, such that they penetrated deep into her heart.

She subconsciously continued walking and arrived at Flowers of Fog.

Once, Moonglade's zither, Dream Mirror's dance and Flowers of Fog's pieces were Chang'an's Three Finest. But now, only Flowers of Fog remained. Miss Liu Li's tunes were still as enchanting as ever, but the other zither performances and dance gradually thrived after the disappearance of the two other zither parlours.

Flowers of Fog was already in a league of its own and there were many visitors every day.

When Feng Luodi entered, it was a maidservant who welcomed her and led her to Miss Ling Long's boudoir.

Pa.s.sing through a corridor and a small pavilion, they took a roundabout route and finally stopped before a room.

”Miss Liu Li, Miss Feng is here.”

Soon after, someone came and opened the door.

It was Miss Liu Li herself.

”Miss Feng.” Liu Li sincerely paid her greetings.

Feng Luodi naturally returned her greeting with the proper etiquette.

Feng Luodi was invited into the room and Liu Li didn't say much and directly took out a guqin. It was the guqin named 'Sonorous'.

”When you contacted me and said that this guqin was with you, I was shocked.”

Feng Luodi stared at Sonorous with a complicated look in her eyes.

”In fact, I'm safeguarding this guqin in someone's stead.”

Liu Li's voice was soft and mesmerising, seemingly like an oriole singing a tune.

”I did say that I would wait for an appropriate time to notify you. Now that the time has arrived, I finally dared to write a letter to your residence. I hope that Miss Feng won't take offence.”

At that moment, Feng Luodi thought of Phantom, the Grim Reaper. It wasn't long ago that she found out that Phantom could transform into a human.

”In that case, thank you Miss Liu Li. I will forever remember this great favour.”

1. A written contract in which one sells himself, herself or a family member