Chapter 716 - A strange tacit understanding (1/2)
Chapter 716: A strange tacit understanding
Translator: G.o.dBrandy Editor: Kurisu
Early in the morning, around 5 AM.
The members of Jacob’s Production Team were currently having breakfast.
They had already packed all the equipment and stage props necessary for the shooting of the movie, and were ready to set out at any moment.
Meanwhile, Song Shuhang was accompanying Ye Si, strolling through this holiday residence that Venerable White had ‘casually’ found. Since they would soon leave this place and head toward the next shooting location, Ye Si wanted to stroll around and take a look at this place. After all, these were the ruins of the original Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion.
As such, Song Shuhang decided to accompany her for a walk.
At this moment, the duo arrived in front of a small road that was paved with cobblestones.
Senior Sister Ye Si fell into deep thought, and, after a short while, said, “Right here, where this small road is located, was once a beautiful river. There were a lot of willow trees planted on both sides of the river. Shuhang, do you remember?”
Song Shuhang nodded his head. He had pa.s.sed some time in that new Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion located in s.p.a.ce. Therefore, he had seen that beautiful river.
“When I was still alive, I liked to play here with my senior sisters. Back then, there was a special type of spirit beast residing in the river, the ‘Rose Petal Fish’. During the course of its life, the fish would continually produce spiritual qi, filling the whole river with spiritual energy,” Senior Sister Ye Si muttered to herself.
Song Shuhang silently nodded his head, but he found it somewhat strange when Senior Sister Ye Si said the sentence ‘when I was still alive’.
“Unfortunately, things change with the pa.s.sage of time. Now, that beautiful river has disappeared without traces.” Ye Si stretched out her hands, and grabbed Song Shuhang’s arm. “Shuhang, let’s go. Let’s go take a look at the pavilion I was residing in. I’m very curious to see what happened to it in the end.”
As such, the duo quickly walked away.
Very soon, Senior Sister Ye Si and Song Shuhang arrived in front of a small pavilion.
This small pavilion was completely made of green bamboos; it looked as though it was something that nature itself had created.
“Eh?” A surprised expression appeared on Ye Si’s face as she stood in front of the small pavilion.
“Is something the matter?” Song Shuhang asked in puzzlement.
“My residence has the same appearance as before?” Ye Si said with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
All the nearby building had been reduced to ruins, and were later rebuilt by Venerable White. However, her small pavilion still had its previous appearance…
She blinked her eyes, and pulled Song Shuhang’s hand, entering the small pavilion made of bamboo.
The things she saw after entering the pavilion made her remember about her past. There was a large number of bookshelves in the pavilion, as well as a big chair in the center.
This was precisely her previous dwelling.
The whole pavilion resembled a huge library. There were four stories in total, and they were all full of bookshelves. Back in the day, she used to squat on that big chair in the center and read books while hugging her knees.
Right now, the bookshelves were still there, the chair was also there, the tea table adjacent to the chair was also there… but the books on the bookshelves had all disappeared.
Senior Sister Ye Si examined all the things inside the pavilion, and fell into deep ponder.
Song Shuhang also examined the surrounding area, and asked, “There isn’t any book on the bookshelves. Is it possible that Senior White stored them in some other place?”
All the books that Ye Si had collected were rare and valuable books. If he were in Senior White’s shoes, he would store them in a safe place.
But right at this time, Ye Si shook her head, and said, “No, that’s not the case. This pavilion was rebuilt… this isn’t my original pavilion.”
Song Shuhang was confused. “Hmm?”
“Even if the shape of the pavilion, the position of the bookshelves inside, and the position of the furniture and decorations are all the same as my original pavilion, there are some slight changes that didn’t escape my eyes. I can tell that the bookshelves, chair, and the whole pavilion were rebuilt at some point,” Senior Sister Ye Si said in a soft voice.
“Is it possible that Senior White rebuilt them?” Song Shuhang said. However, Senior White had never met Senior Sister Ye Si before, and it was impossible for him to restore the pavilion return to its original appearance without ever seeing the previous version!
“I have no idea.” Senior Sister Ye Si shook her head.
Afterward, Senior Sister Ye Si lost interest in strolling through the ‘ruins of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion’. Although this was the old Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion, all the people that used to live here were gone. If she were to keep strolling around in this place, she would only feel nostalgic, and nothing more.
Next, she and Song Shuhang headed toward the second floor of this pavilion made of bamboo, and leaned against the guardrail, gazing at the far-off landscape.
At this time, they were free and had nothing to do.
As such, after Senior Sister Ye Si’s requested him, Song Shuhang started to teach her modern simplified Chinese characters.
He just happened to have Dharma King Creation’s big notebook and a pen with him.
Thereupon, Song Shuhang wrote various characters on the blank pages at the end of the book and taught Senior Sister Ye Si about their meanings.
Time slowly pa.s.sed by…
Without them noticing, something had changed between Song Shuhang and Senior Sister Ye Si. There seemed to be a mutual and tacit understanding between the two now. However, this mutual and tacit understanding was somewhat strange.
When he was teaching Senior Sister Ye Si how to identify simplified Chinese characters, Song Shuhang had sometimes just finished writing the character and had yet to open his mouth to explain its meaning—with only the thought flas.h.i.+ng through his mind—and yet, Senior Sister Ye Si’s eyes would suddenly lit up, and she would correctly guess the meaning of the character immediately afterward.
Song Shuhang felt that there was something wrong with this situation.
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Early morning, 6 AM.
The members of the movie crew had finished their breakfast, and were ready to set out.
The whole movie crew was about to head toward the White Cloud Academy.
In the next scene they were going to shoot, Venerable White would be cast as Ling Ye and leave the Immaterial Cloud Sect with a broken heart since Senior Sister Murong Hua had ended up marrying Feng Chuanzi.