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Fu Hai said, "If you're so free, Sister Qiu Ying needs to go into town to find a carriage to take Grandpa Fu and the others back..."
"Ah, I'll go see him off, I'll go see him off." Having found something to do, Xia Yuelan grabbed his umbrella and ran down the mountain.
"Why did you steal my umbrella?" Fu Hai was forced to cover his head and rush into his yard.
Fortunately, the rain wasn't heavy in the morning, so I wasn't completely soaked.
He washed and tidied up his room and found that there was really nothing to do.
After being busy for many days, I'm actually a little restless now that I have some free time.
Thinking of going to visit Xiaoye to see if she needed yang energy, I realized I didn't have an umbrella.
He took the umbrella down yesterday, and the one that Yue Lan just snatched away was the only one he had. There were several other umbrellas at the inn, but he didn't bring them up.
"That girl, is she trying to cause me trouble?"
Left with no other choice, he grabbed a piece of wood to shield his head, rushed out of the courtyard, and headed towards Yue Lan's pavilion to see if she had an umbrella.
"Senior brother!" Song Lingyue, who happened to be holding a light blue umbrella, walked over from the opposite direction. "Why didn't you take an umbrella?"
"Yue Lan snatched it!" Fu Hai threw down the plank and hid under her umbrella. "Do you have any other umbrellas?"
"I do have an oil-paper umbrella that I brought from the inn last night." Song Lingyue turned around and first escorted him to her quarters. "Where did Yue Lan take your umbrella?"
"Grandpa Fu and the others are going back. They said they need to help out at their son's house. I asked Yuelan to go into town later to find a carriage to take them. Originally, Sister Qiu Ying said she would go, but Yuelan is free anyway."
Upon arriving at Lingyue's residence, Song Lingyue said, "The umbrella is upstairs. Senior Brother, go get it yourself. I'm going to the inn."
"Hmm." Fu Hai responded, then added, "Have you seen Xiao Ye? Yue Lan seemed to have gone looking for her earlier, but didn't see her."
Song Lingyue said, "Is she at the stone house on the back mountain? She's in that kind of flower, and I'm afraid she won't survive this downpour."
Fu Hai said, "Ah! Then I'll go find her."
Song Lingyue left first, holding up her light blue umbrella, and went down the mountain.
Fu Hai went upstairs, found the oil-paper umbrella in her room, and then left the building and headed towards the back mountain.
Upon arriving, I indeed saw Xiaoye. The new flowerbed next to the stone house was indeed in disarray. Xiaoye was wearing a trench coat, her hair styled in twin buns, and the butterfly hairpin he had given her yesterday. She was holding an umbrella and watching helplessly from the side.
“Xiao Ye,” Fu Hai walked to her side and pulled her into the stone house, “Let’s finish this in a few days after the rain stops.”
"I know," Xiaoye said softly, "I just came to check on things. By the way, brother, look over there."
She pulled Fu Hai along the eaves of the stone house to the back, pointing out towards the outside of Xiaodiancang Mountain.
"Huh?" Fu Hai exclaimed in surprise, "How come there's an extra lake?"
Chapter 186 Sisters United in Heart, Forgetting All Else
On the Anjun side, to the west lies the north-south Duanyun Mountain Range, the formation of which remains unclear.
Although the other directions are mountainous, there are no very high mountains anymore. Xiaodiancang Mountain is considered high in the south of the city.
Because the area was surrounded by mountains, it was not very accessible to the outside world in the past. People gathered around the Yuehe River and formed towns.
Later, an official road was built, which finally allowed them to barely maintain contact with the outside world.
The Grand Canal connects the north and south. In fact, there were already large rivers in both the north and south. The main project was the large-scale construction in the west of Anjun, which consumed a lot of manpower and military resources and was the largest project ever undertaken.
However, judging from the results, this Grand Canal has obviously brought great benefits, and it is no exaggeration to say that it has made a contribution for generations to come.
The area south of Xiaodiancang Mountain was originally also a mix of mountains and forests. Although it was relatively low compared to Xiaodiancang Mountain, it was still rugged and undulating.
Fu Hai was surprised to find that a lake had appeared at the foot of the mountain.
The lake isn't very big, but it didn't originally exist.
Duanyun Mountain is not a "watershed". Although it rained heavily all day, it was not enough to create a lake.
Fu Hai exclaimed in surprise, "That's strange. Could it be that there was originally an underground river here, and the water is flowing back from the other side of the canal?"
Xiaoye said, "But I didn't see this lake the day before yesterday."
“Such a large project as the western canal will inevitably have some impact, right?” Fu Hai said. “However, the underground area was originally a valley, so it shouldn’t have any impact on the city.”
"Let's observe first, and then we'll inform the authorities after the rain stops."
In those days, local government officials weren't that efficient, so sending a notice now wouldn't be of much use.
The lake was surrounded by mountains, and its terrain was lower than the official road to the west. There were no villages nearby, so even if the government were notified, they would probably just send someone to take a look and that would be the end of it.
Although it's called a lake, it's not actually that big; it should be considered a pool more.
After thinking it over, I guess there was originally an underground river that found a breach and started flowing out for some reason.
"It seems like the rain is slowly stopping!" Fu Hai looked at the sky. "I originally thought it would rain for several days at this rate. It looks like it will lessen this afternoon."
Xiaoye nodded gently: "When I was alone in the mountains, I liked to watch the rain in the treehouse I built. When it rained, I felt that the whole mountain would be more lively, with the sound of rain splashing."
Fu Hai couldn't help but laugh and said, "Most people think that when it rains, they feel a sense of peace and quiet, with fewer people coming and going, and nothing but the sound of rain."
"You actually find it lively?"
Xiao Ye whispered, "Because there are no people coming and going in the mountains anyway."
Fu Hai felt a little sorry for her as he listened, so he raised his hand and scratched her hair.
"Don't mess up my hair!" Little Ye said sweetly.
Fu Hai laughed and said, "I'm the one who styled your hair. I'll keep styling it for you from now on."
Little Ye blushed and glanced at him.
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By the afternoon, the rain had indeed lessened considerably.
The drizzle drifted in the wind like willow catkins, and the sky grew brighter.
Fu Hai descended the mountain and arrived at the inn, only to find Qiu Ying alone there: "Has Yue Lan not returned yet?"
“She asked Xiaolong’s gang for a carriage and drove the old couple there herself,” Sister Qiu Ying said. “When she returned the carriage, she probably went straight to play with Xiaolong’s gang’s kids.”
She pointed upstairs: "Miss Butterfly is here, in her room."
"Oh, so early?"
Fu Hai went upstairs to room number seven, knocked on the door, and soon Murong Die opened the door and let him in.
At this moment, Murong Die had changed into the starry blue embroidered star and moon sash that he had given her. The tightly bound sash accentuated her figure even more perfectly.
Fu Hai stopped hiding it and sat down with Butterfly Girl to tell her what had happened a month ago.
Murong Die asked in surprise, "So, back then, it was you who saved Ye Liuxiang?"
“I’m sorry, Sister Die,” Fu Hai said, “I know you’re all looking for her, but I also know you’ve got the wrong person. If she really died there, no one will know who the real killer behind the mummified corpse serial case is.”
Murong Die sighed softly and said, "In that matter, we were indeed all used. Fortunately, you saved her, otherwise we would have made a grave mistake without realizing it."
"Looking back, it was really remarkable that you were able to figure out we had the wrong person before everyone else, and even found her while everyone else was searching the mountain."
Fu Hai didn't hide anything: "Sister Die, do you remember when we met in the western forest during the search?"
Murong Die recalled for a moment and said, "She was there?"
Fu Hai said, "Yes, she was buried by the mudslide and hid under that big rock. I found her at the time, but I didn't say anything."
He apologized again, saying, "I'm sorry I kept such an important thing from you."
Murong Die said, "There's no need to talk about the past. Alas, it's no wonder she was so hostile towards me. If it weren't for you, she would have been killed by us innocently."
Then, puzzled, she asked, "But why did she turn into an ordinary person? If she had been like this from the beginning, no one would have mistaken her for a monster."
Fu Hai then recounted how, during the process of treating her, he had gleaned from her practice of the Bright Moon White Bone Observation the method of harmonizing Yin and Yang, namely "Yang Essence" and "Moonlight Essence," which not only cured her but also helped her solidify into a physical form.
Although Murong Die was a martial artist, ordinary martial artists only cultivate their qi and blood. This method of cultivating the essence palace and soul acupoints left her dumbfounded, as if she had heard a heavenly book.
Even so, it was still generally understandable, and the fact that Ye Liuxiang could "live" even when she was just a skeleton meant that she couldn't possibly be practicing an ordinary technique.
"You, you, you," Murong Die finally understood, "you went to her back and gave her yang essence?"
Although it's unbelievable, now that we've come this far, why bother hiding it anymore?
Fu Hai said, "In an emergency, we have to act expediently. I'm only trying to save her, and besides, we're sworn siblings, so it's alright!" He confirmed.
"Oh, since you've become siblings, then it's fine... Doesn't that mean you can't do anything?" Murong Die was almost confused by his matter-of-fact attitude.
Although it sounded absurd, she managed to roughly understand the process.
Although Fu Lang and Ye Liuxiang were sworn siblings, their relationship was that of brother and sister. But once things had started, they had become intimate, so it was impossible for them not to have any feelings for each other. If they really didn't have any feelings, things wouldn't have gotten out of hand in the first place.
“I understand,” Murong Die said in a low voice. “Please let me meet her. In the end, it was my fault from the beginning. I was so easily manipulated by outsiders.”
Fu Hai said, "Sister Die, please wait for me here."
He left the inn, found Xiaoye who was waiting for him, and took her to room number seven.
After the door closed, Murong Die and Xiao Ye met.
Murong Die knew that she was the one who made the mistake first, so she took Xiao Ye's hand and said sincerely, "Little Ye, it's my fault. I was tricked and almost harmed you."
Xiaoye knew that she and her brother had known each other first, so she said in a low voice, "Sister Die, it's all in the past. I don't care about what happened before."
The two sat down at the table, and although they deliberately tried to get closer, they still had a pleasant conversation.
They started talking about the previous night again. Murong Die said angrily, "This guy, he really did invite me and you at the same time."
Although Xiaoye no longer blamed her, she still felt a little resentful that her brother had lied to her. Pointing to the butterfly hairpin on her head, she said, "My brother lied to me and said he was going to help me prepare a surprise. He was gone for so long. I really thought he was being kind."
Murong Die said, "He also bought this belt for me. It has stars and moon on it, like the night sky. I even said he has such good taste in choosing things... um."
She looked at the butterfly hair ornament on her younger sister Xiaoye's head.
Xiaoye also looked at the wide "Night Sky" belt wrapped around Butterfly Sister's waist.
To say it was sent to the wrong person doesn't seem quite right.
Murong Die felt that the butterfly hairpin was small and exquisite, and was indeed more suitable for Xiao Ye. Besides, she only used hairpins and not hairpins.
Xiaoye also knew that she didn't wear a wide belt and always used a waist sash.
If it wasn't delivered to the wrong address, something seems off.