Chapter 99

Chapter 99: Letter to My Wife (7)

Jiang Shi Yue followed behind them. By the lotus pond, a huge crowd had already gathered, and sobs tangled with the sound of rain.

Rainwater soaked their thin clothing.

Jiang Shi Yue could hardly tell whether the sound in her ears was crying or rain.

She stood behind them and peered through the gaps, but she could only see Miss Cheng’s feet. One foot wore an Embroidered Shoe made of deep-blue satin, with an exquisite twin lotus on the toe – dark green leaves, curling stamens. The other Embroidered Shoe had probably been washed away by the pond water, leaving only that wet, bare foot –

Jiang Yue jerked awake. She suddenly found herself standing alone in front of Run Yuan’s carved wooden door again. The clothes that had been soaked through by rain were dry in an instant.

The evening light was so soft and warm, and brilliant sunset clouds glowed in the distance.

Two men stood at the gate in front-fastening short jackets, with close-cropped hair, black cloth shoes, and cloth wraps around their calves. They looked brisk and capable.

One of them saw Jiang Shi Yue and immediately hurried over with a bright smile. “Miss Xiu Xiu, is the bangle the Young Master ordered finished?”

Jiang Shi Yue’s smile suddenly deepened.

She was back at the very beginning.

So it was a day that kept looping.

Miss Cheng’s refusal to accept it made her mental power erupt, and that mental power actually created a looping mental space.

The sheer impossibility of it made even Jiang Shi Yue click her tongue.

The existence of a psychic entity was already rare enough, and now it could even create a mental world.

What kind of power could produce something like this?

Even in her own time, it would count as a miracle.

But to Jiang Shi Yue, it felt like playing a game. On the first run, maybe you could not avoid death, but death would give her more intel and strategies, and then on the second or third run it would help her clear the level. With luck, she might even unlock a hidden ending.

Besides, she already had a lot of interesting intel now.

Jiang Shi Yue smiled at the man by the gate and nodded. “Yes.”

The man tried to curry favor again. “Miss Xiu Xiu, just think about it. Miss Zi Yu really has good luck, to have your honored father personally make a bangle for her.”

Just like last time, Jiang Shi Yue only smiled and said nothing, walking through the open gate into the courtyard.

“Miss Xiu Xiu, you’re here!” The round-faced little maid saw Jiang Shi Yue and, just like on the first run, greeted her happily. “Is the bangle for Miss Zi Yu finished? Come with me to see the Young Master.”

Jiang Shi Yue nodded, but this time she deliberately avoided Miss Cheng and went straight to find Young Master Cheng.

“Young Master, Miss Xiu Xiu is here,” the round-faced maid said, still as respectful as ever.

Young Master Cheng spoke the same words as before. “Miss Xiu Xiu, it’s finished, is it? You really put your honored father to trouble.”

“As long as Miss Zi Yu likes it,” Jiang Shi Yue said, her smiling expression unchanged.

The moment her words fell, fine threads of rain started to drift down again. Young Master Cheng looked up at the sky, brushed the cool rain with his fingertips, and could not help sighing. “Miss Xiu Xiu, it’s almost evening. I’m afraid there’s going to be a storm. If you don’t mind, rest in the guest room for the night. I’ll have someone inform your honored father.”

But this time, Jiang Shi Yue did not stay in the guest room the whole time like she had before.