Chapter 478 An Unspoken Goodbye (1/2)

The servant who was deaf and dumb was a profound animal trainer. He only touched the Black Tiger softly for a few times, it made this animal feel as though it was high in the clouds, feeling very comfortable.

The imperial guard said, ”now we go to the side hall.”

Shen Lina nodded his head. Then, he walked a long journey. Along the journey, he saw a skylark which its body was burning with fire and a dwarf that suddenly dug into the sand and became invisible.

The skylark was the Fire Bird. When it turned dark at night, it would be put into the cage to serve as the source of light. The dwarf was Tu XingSun. He could comb the lands and thus he was the spiritual vigor of Lei's Residence. He could move around under the land just like how the fishes swam freely in the water. It was born with the ability to move under the land.

After the imperial guard led Shen Lian to the side hall, he left after talking a few sentences to a maidservant.

If the Prefect Grand Usher could recall to meet Shen Lian, he would naturally call him in. However, if he could not recall, Shen Lian would sit there waiting, and he would not disturb any other visitors.

Since the imperial guard was filled with biases, he would not be happy with Shen Lian. In fact, Shen Lian's physical appearance could make 99% of the girls in this world fall for him. The maidservant noticed that he sat there like a blossoming lotus, what a serene sight. She unknowingly felt embarrassed, then she walked to the backyard to make a cup of tea and delivered to Shen Lian.

Shen Lian took the tea over and drank it. The maidservant was thinking how a person could actually have such elegance even when drinking tea. It looked way more elegant and better than the postures of the foreign female dancers.

Shen Lian still did not utter a word. This made the maidservant a little angry, thinking that why he would not even say thank you when she had made him tea.

The first sentence she asked was, ”where are you from?”

”Xi Liang Kingdom, ” Shen Lian replied.

”Where is that place? Is it very big?” the maidservant asked again.

”From Da Xia, you walk towards the direction of west, you can reach there in around two years or more if you walk a thousand miles a day,” Shen Lian said softly.

”That's really far! It'd take few months even riding Young Lady's pegasus,” the maidservant propped her chin in her palm while speaking. She was even closer to Shen Lian now. Shen Lian smelled really good, it was natural and refreshing that she was somewhat attracted.

Shen Lian smiled dimly and said, ”how about you? You look like a normal person, how did you get here?”

The maidservant startled and said, ”I don't know who my parents are. We grow up here in this residence. We're born to serve our Young Lady and Madam. But as soon as we reach 20 years old, we would be assigned to elsewhere accordingly. The only thing is that we don't know where we will end up at because those who have gone out never came back before.”

Shen Lian asked again, ”could it be that all the servants are brought here since young? Is there no girl of around seven or eight years old from outside that came into the residence?”

The maidservant startled and recalled something, then she said, ”no, why are you so concerned about what happens in the residence? It's dangerous.”

Shen Lian stared right at her and spoke softly, ”please don't lie to me.”

”I'm not lying, ” she wanted to respond like this but when the words came to her mouth, she secretly went close to Shen Lian's ears and spoke softly, ”throughout these years, there's only one girl came into the residence from outside. I heard this from those who mentioned last time. I didn't meet her before, the rest too.”

Shen Lian's abstruse eyes had seen the deepest part of her heart and he knew that she did not lie. That girl she mentioned should be his youngest aunt, Chen Yun. However, he was unable to sense Chen Yun's existence from their linked bloodline. At least she was not in Lei's Residence now. So where did she go to? Or was she not around anymore?

Shen Lian felt that there was a big possibility that Chen Yun was still alive because his premonition indicated that she should be alive.

At this point, his premonition could almost be considered as a fact, it was way closer to the truth than any logical judgment.

They continued their conversation but it was just mainly chatting. Shen Lian did not expect to get any information from a maidservant. In fact, he did not have to do such thing.

Most of the time, she was the one that was talking and Shen Lian was listening. This maidservant was only average-looking, but Shen Lian found something here that he did not ever get from anywhere else in his life, that was respect.