The six people sat around the table and chatted about ordinary topics, as if they were discussing where to go next. There was no tension at all like before the war.
Jade said nothing and kept staring at Li Fenglan and Bai Shuyu.
She won't hide it, everything she thinks in her heart is written on her face. Even Zhu Mingyu and Hu Bo could see that she had doubts in her heart, and the doubts were about Li Fenglan and Bai Shuyu.
But Bai Shuyu and Li Fenglan acted very naturally, as if they had never quarreled before, or even Li Fenglan had never run away from home during this period.
The conversation continued until sunset when Bai Shuyu suddenly brought the topic back to him without any warning.
"Li Fenglan, when?"
Li Fenglan thought for a while: "Tomorrow at noon."
"Isn't this what you just thought of?"
Li Fenglan had a bright smile on her face: "Of course not, so many lives are at stake. Besides, some people have to take this time to think about it."
Bai Shuyu did not answer this sentence, but said: "My eldest brother and Miss Ling'er have arrived, and you people from Changfeng Tower have also hidden themselves. Everything is ready."
"Ah, I remembered, there is one more thing...no, two things have not been done."
"Which two?"
Li Fenglan did not answer, but stood up and stretched: "Jade, Amber, you two follow me. Zhu Mingyu, Mu Yun, you two wait here, the people in the valley will come to you, You two are with us in the valley. Third Young Master, you still have your own things to do, right?"
Bai Shuyu replied: "Indeed."
"That's it, let's just wait for the signal tomorrow."
Bai Shuyu asked: "Where is the Thorn Gate?"
"I told Master Shen a long time ago, don't worry. Let's go."
After Li Fenglan finished speaking, she pulled Jade and Amber out of the teahouse.
The three elders were relatively speechless.
Bai Shuyu took a sip of tea and said, "You two, I'll leave first. We'll see you tomorrow."
Han Lu suddenly said: "Third Young Master, please wait a moment."
Bai Shuyu stopped and asked, "Is there anything else?"
"Feng Lan told me before she came here that she would let me have a word with you after she takes away the jade and amber."
Bai Shuyu smiled and said: "What are you talking about? Can't you do it in front of Jade?"
"Honestly, I don't understand why either."
Zhu Mingyu teased: "You have recovered from your illness and your temper has not changed. You can do whatever Li Fenglan asks you to do without even a question."
Han Lu smiled, did not refute, and said to Bai Shuyu: "She asked me to tell you... maybe the key point of the three parties is not Li Fenglan, but what if it is jade?"
Bai Shuyu's face stiffened imperceptibly, and then he smiled: "That's it, I understand. You two, take your leave."
After saying that, he walked out of the teahouse.
Seeing Bai Shuyu walking away, Zhu Mingyu frowned and stared at Han Lu.
Han Lu felt uncomfortable looking at him and asked, "Brother Zhu, have you been staring at ***?"
"Tell me honestly, have you really become a human being?"
"That's right."
"How do I feel...are you Mu Yun now? You can't see the slightest trace of morning mist."
Han Lu smiled and said, "Then you have to practice your eyesight."
While the two were talking, they saw a middle-aged man walking towards them. Han Lu was immediately alert, but Zhu Mingyu looked relaxed.
He stood up and bowed his hands to the middle-aged man: "Uncle Fu, long time no see."
The middle-aged man smiled heartily: "Xiao Zhu, long time no see. This...is Girl Lan's sweetheart, right? His name is Mu Yun?"
Mu Yun understood that this person was from Chaolan Valley and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Junior Han Lu, I have met Senior Fu."
"Let's chat later. Girl Lan sent a message asking you two to follow us. Let's set off now."
Zhu Mingyu said: "Please ask Uncle Fu to lead the way.
"
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Li Fenglan took Jade and Amber all the way out of the city until they walked to the big forest outside the city. Jade finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Li Fenglan, what are we going to do?"
Li Fenglan replied: "Meeting someone."
"who?"
"Li Fengyao."
"Is your mother here too?"
"She's not my mother," Li Fenglan said with a smile, "It's a little complicated, you'll find out later. Did you bring amber or jade pendant?"
Amber took out a jade pendant from his pocket and said, "I brought it."
This piece of jade pendant is exactly the one that was photographed in Chang'an. It is said that it was worn by Shangguan Cheng.
As soon as it got dark, the three of them had already entered the woods. From a distance, they saw two people waiting for them not far ahead.
The people waiting for them were Zhou Xiao and Chen Yi.
Jade and Amber were very excited to see their parents again and hurried to them to ask about their welfare.
Although Zhou Xiao and Chen Yan were talking to their two girls with smiles on their faces, there was a hint of guilt in their smiles.
Li Fenglan looked at the four of them with a smile, but did not step forward or speak. Her smile was very simple, so simple that there was no impurity.
After the mother and daughter exchanged greetings, Chen Yan raised his head and looked at Li Fenglan. For some reason, this swordsman who others said could kill without blinking an eye, was a little afraid to look directly into Li Fenglan's eyes.
"Girl Lan..."
Before Chen Yan could finish speaking, Li Fenglan smiled and said, "Let's talk about it later, we still have business to do."
After saying that, without waiting for anyone else to say anything, she walked deep into the woods.
There is a well-hidden stone house deep in the woods. From a distance, it looks like an ordinary stone mountain.
There was a middle-aged woman standing in front of the mountain gate. This woman Li Fenglan and the others had met before, and she was the maid next to Li Fengyao.
Seeing them approaching, the woman came forward to greet them and said expressionlessly: "Guys, my lady has been waiting for a long time."
Li Fenglan curled her lips and whispered, "Why are you pretending to predict the future?"
The woman stretched out her hand behind her and said, "Miss, if you have brought the token, please come in."
Li Fenglan took the jade pendant and walked to a boulder. She looked at the boulder in a daze.
Under the moonlight, it can be seen that there is a groove on the boulder similar to the pattern of the jade pendant.
She turned to look at the woman and saw a trace of displeasure on her face.
Li Fenglan sighed and said, "Why bother with this? Is a secret from more than 20 years ago still a secret? Why on earth are you guarding this Li family underground palace?"
The woman replied: "There are always secrets that others care about."
Li Fenglan said helplessly: "Yes, at least there are one or two secrets that others care about."
"Ms. Li, it's getting late. Make a decision quickly."
Li Fenglan suddenly felt angry: "Miss Li? I can't bear this Li character. What's wrong with you people? Do you insist on pushing the problem on me? Bai Shuyu is like this, Li Fengyao is like this, everyone is like this, Even Chen Zijue wants me to find a solution that has the best of both worlds."
At this point, she took a deep breath and murmured to herself: "Forget it, I'll do it. I'll do it."
Li Fenglan turned around, looked at Jade, adjusted her mood, and said, "Jade, come on."
Jade was a little confused, but still walked to her side and asked in a low voice: "Where are you going?"
Li Fenglan grabbed Jade's hand, put the jade pendant in her hand, smiled and said, "Go inside and meet your mother."
Jade didn't understand this sentence, but after just two breaths, her eyes suddenly widened, and she thought about some things clearly.
Jade suddenly turned around and looked at Chen Yi and Zhou Xiao.
Zhou Xiao's face was full of guilt, while Chen Yan turned his face away, his eye circles already red.
Jade turned to stare at Li Fenglan again and asked blankly: "What do you mean?"
Li Fenglan replied calmly: "I thought about it for a long time... I just couldn't figure it out.
This is a bad idea... Jade, go in first. If you feel unhappy, we can talk about it when you come out. "
Jade felt that she had lost the ability to think. Li Fenglan grabbed her hand and placed the jade pendant in the groove. After a while, the boulder slowly moved away, revealing a hole as high as one person.
Jade looked at the entrance of the cave and didn't move.
Li Fenglan gently pushed her lower back and whispered, "It's okay, I'm here."
Jade then took a step forward and disappeared into the black hole.
When Jade went in, Li Fenglan let out a long breath. She turned around, lowered her head and walked to a big tree, and slowly sat down. It seemed that a huge burden had been lifted off her body, but she didn't feel much relaxed.
Chen Yan walked over and sat down next to her. Zhou Xiao sat on the other side, and the three of them remained silent.
Amber was out of sorts from the start: what happened? Why did Sister Jade go in? Shouldn't Sister Lan go in?
She was about to ask when she suddenly heard Li Fenglan say to Chen Yan: "You must be tired after hiding it for so many years... Mom."
Li Fenglan's words "mother" instantly broke Chen Yan's psychological defense. This woman, who looked like a murderer to outsiders, covered her face and started crying.
I waited for this word for eighteen years, and finally waited for her to speak it.
Chen Yan wiped his tears, put his hand into his collar, and then slowly pulled off the face. It was a mask, a human-skin mask that reached to the shoulders.
As the mask came off, a face that looked almost identical to Li Fenglan appeared in the moonlight.
Amber stared at this incredible scene with wide eyes.
Li Fenglan's eyes were a little blurry, and she felt like there was something stuck in her throat. She said softly, "I heard from Sister Bai Ling that wearing this mask for a long time is not good for the skin."
Zhou Xiao, who had been silent since entering the woods, finally spoke: "Originally, we just wanted to confuse Li Fengyao... There were not many people in the valley at that time, and everyone had no idea. The bad idea was between you and me, Zhou... Your mother thought about it together. You were just born at that time, and Jade was only a few months old, so it was not much different, so... we just kept it a secret."
Li Fenglan said: "You didn't think Jade would be so powerful at first."
Zhou Xiao nodded: "Yes... I didn't expect that the longer you grow, the more you look like your mother. But you had already remembered it by that time. I was afraid that you would find out, so I made a mask for your mother. I will make one every year until you When you were about ten years old, you two didn’t look so similar.”
Tears were already welling up in Li Fenglan's eyes. She sniffed and tried to calm down her tone: "Why are you so cruel to me? Do you know that I... some time ago..."
Finally I started to choke and tears fell.
Chen Yan hugged Li Fenglan into his arms and cried, "Daughter, I'm sorry. If your father and I hadn't come up with this bad idea, I wouldn't have made you so sad."
The mother and daughter cried bitterly. Zhou Xiao felt very embarrassed and simply hugged the mother and daughter together.
Amber walked up to the three of them and asked blankly: "Why... mother and sister Lan... look the same?"
No one answered her, so Zhou Xiao reached out and pulled Hu Huo over.
After crying for a long time, Li Fenglan was the first to break free from the bitterness of the reunion.
She cried and said, "Let's talk about this later. I have to go inside and bring your other daughter back."
After saying that, she pulled Amber to stand up and walked to the stone door.
The woman guarding the door stretched out her hand to stop her: "Ms. Li, you can't enter this place." Kanshu La
Li Fenglan wiped the tears from her face and changed her face to one that looked like someone was eating someone: "Are you sick?"
"how you said that?"
"Can you stop me? Kohaku! Stop her, don't let her get in my way!"
"good!"
After Amber finished speaking, he pushed towards the woman. This woman knew some kung fu, but she was completely incompetent in front of Amber. She was pushed to the ground by Amber. Before she could stand up, Li Fenglan had already entered the stone gate.
