The useless second daughter of the Hua family

The emperor gave him plenty of time, so Miao Yizhui slowed down his pace and intended to accompany Hua Miaomiao to relax.

During this reunion, Miao Yizhu clearly felt the changes in Hua Miaomiao. Although she tried hard to pretend to be the same as before, the sadness hidden in her bones would always overflow when she was distracted.

Miao Yizhu didn't know what Hua Miaomiao had been through in the past few years, and why Ge Qinglan wasn't by her side. But Hua Miaomiao didn't seem to want to talk about it, so she didn't dare to ask.

Fortunately, Mr. Zhu arranged everything for them along the way. He made the originally ordinary return journey more interesting by making it full of twists and turns.

He is like a walking library, with such profound knowledge and broad interests that it seems as if there is nothing in the world that he doesn't know.

Miao Yizhui was pleasantly surprised to find that with Mr. Zhu's company, Hua Miaomiao seemed to become brighter, and even their childish bickering seemed interesting.

"Hmph!" Hua Miaomiao angrily lowered the curtain, calling a temporary truce. When she turned around, she saw Miao Yizhu staring at her intently, with a teasing smile on his face.

"What's that expression on your face?" Hua Miaomiao asked somewhat embarrassedly.

"You two are quite talkative."

"Who? That annoying guy? Didn't you see he bullied me?"

When Hua Miaomiao thought about what happened just now, she got angry. Mr. Zhu handed her some brightly colored fruits, and he didn't know where he got them from. He lied to her that they were very sweet. But when she put them in her mouth and took a bite, they were sour and astringent.

That guy must have been doing this on purpose! That was why there was such a verbal battle between the two of them.

Miao Yizhu listened but smiled without saying anything. Hua Miaomiao was a little carsick before, and she looked listless. Those sour fruits came at the right time, and it was clear from the aggressive look on Hua Miaomiao's face.

But she was not going to point it out. She didn't know how Hua Miaomiao's last relationship went, and she didn't dare to rashly encourage her to start a new one. Besides, Mr. Zhu's identity was unknown, and it was still unknown whether he was an enemy or a friend.

"Miss, are you feeling better now?"

After Xiaoyu reminded her, Hua Miaomiao remembered that the feeling of chest tightness and dizziness she had felt before was gone. She looked at the remaining fruit thoughtfully, and when she recalled the taste, her mouth watered with sourness, but it seemed to be particularly refreshing.

A sudden rain in the afternoon caught everyone off guard. Miao Yizhu suggested finding a place for everyone to take shelter from the rain, but Mr. Zhu said that this place is low-lying and surrounded by mountains. If the heavy rain continues, there is a high possibility of flash floods, and it is unsafe to stay.

Raindrops as big as beans poured down. The three girls were sitting in the car, and the partitions on the windows and doors had been lowered to keep the rain out.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door. Hua Miaomiao reached out to push it open, but found that the door didn't move at all, as if someone was holding it from outside.

"Don't open it. Be careful of getting contaminated by moisture or you'll get sick." It was Mr. Zhu's voice.

"gentlemen?"

"After we cross the river, we will reach the town in about two miles."

"Are you guys OK?"

Hua Miaomiao felt a little guilty when she thought about the people outside the car who were probably soaked by now.

"It's okay, don't worry."

Hua Miaomiao wanted to retort that she was not worried, but she couldn't say it.

The carriage suddenly stopped because the river ahead was flooded and they couldn't cross the river.

Looking at the surging river in front of them, everyone was in a dilemma. Mr. Zhu looked around, and the confusion on his face became more and more obvious. He knew the weather here, and it shouldn't rain this hard.

White mist rose in the rain, carrying something with it.

"Be careful!" Lin Wei drew his sword and was on guard. Mr. Zhu quickly dodged behind him.

A man in a black robe holding an umbrella slowly approached them. He came in front of the carriage, not paying any attention to the two people's vigilance.

"Are you from outside the city? The rain won't stop anytime soon. My home is not far from here. Why don't you rest here first and wait for the river to recede before leaving?"

The person coming from the mountain had an unknown identity, so Lin Wei did not dare to be careless at all.

Seeing that they were unmoved, the visitor continued to persuade them: "The fog in the mountains is heavy and it is cold at night. Even if you two don't care, I'm afraid the women in the car can't stand this."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Wei's sword was already on his neck. The three people in the car had never shown up, so how did this man know that there were women among them?

"Who are you? What is your purpose?"

The man was not panicked at all, as if the sharp sword with a cold glow did not exist.

"How do you know who's in the car?"

"Guess."

"Nonsense!"

"Believe it or not." The man simply gave up.

Seeing that Lin Wei could not get any results from his questions, Mr. Zhu hurried forward and carefully moved the sword away with his fingers.

"Sir, we are not judging you by our own standards. We are just going out with our female relatives, so we need to be more cautious. I hope you can understand."

Seeing that Mr. Zhu's attitude was sincere, the man softened his attitude.

"I live in seclusion in this mountain. I came here with good intentions because I couldn't bear to see you suffer."

"Thank you for your kindness!" Mr. Zhu hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

"You are not ordinary people, as you look at it. The people in the car are probably officials or their wives. And this place is sparsely populated. I don't think any official would come here."

The two returned to the carriage and discussed with the three people in the carriage. The man was a little suspicious, but staying here could not guarantee that he had any tricks up his sleeve. Besides, the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping, and staying here would risk being swept away by the mountain torrent.

In the end, several people drove the carriage and followed the man into the depths of the mountains.

Along the way, Mr. Zhu used his eloquence to try to get as much information as possible from the other party, but the other party did not respond at all. He only told them that his last name was Yu Yao and that he was living in the mountains with his wife to recuperate.

The carriage went along the mountain road until we saw a small farmyard surrounded by a bamboo fence.

Xiaoyu wrapped Hua Miaomiao in several layers, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed before letting her get out of the car.

As soon as she entered the yard, Xiaoyu felt something was wrong.

"Miss, this yard..."

Hua Miaomiao held her hand and secretly wrote on her palm. "There is a barrier. Don't tell anyone. Be careful."

Xiaoyu nodded, then helped Hua Miaomiao, who was pretending to faint, into the house.

Miao Yizhui was walking behind them and had no idea what Hua Miaomiao was up to. He just saw her go limp all of a sudden, so he hurried forward to help hold her up.

"What's going on here?"

The person in front also heard the noise and came back.

Xiaoyu intentionally blocked the gazes of several people and explained, "My young lady may have caught a cold. Mr. Yu, can you lend me your bedroom so that my young lady can rest?"

Master Yu raised his hand and pointed to one side. "There are three rooms here. My wife and I will live in the east room. You can use the other two rooms as you wish."

As soon as she entered the room, Xiaoyu closed the door, leaving Lin Wei and Mr. Zhu outside looking at each other in bewilderment.

When Miao Yizhui saw that Hua Miaomiao was no longer as weak as before, he felt relieved, knowing that she must have discovered something.

I thought Hua Miaomiao would set up a barrier like she did on the carriage before, but Hua Miaomiao just dipped her hand in the tea and started writing on the table.

"There is a barrier outside the courtyard. The owner of the house is not an ordinary person."

Miao Yizhui nodded, then drew a big circle with his hands, meaning why don’t they make one, it will be so troublesome to communicate.

Hua Miaomiao also wrote, "It might alarm the other party. We don't know whether he is good or evil yet, so we should hold off for now to avoid unnecessary disputes."

The three of them looked at each other and nodded in tacit understanding.

Xiaoyu borrowed the kitchen to boil water for tea. She always felt that someone was looking at her, but every time she looked back, she saw nothing. When she thought that the owner of the house might not be a human, her discomfort of being secretly coveted by someone became even worse.

"I am no longer an ordinary person who has never experienced anything. If someone dares to attack me, I will use him as a training ground."

Xiaoyu secretly encouraged herself, but the cold touch that passed by her ear instantly broke her defense and she screamed. She waved the spatula excitedly, and it seemed that she had hit something in the chaos.

This time, she calmed down. If it wasn't a ghost, she wouldn't be afraid.

She lifted her skirt and chased after it. The thing was running away in a hurry and scratched a lot of things. Xiaoyu followed the trail and chased it until it reached the east room.

Xiaoyu didn't hesitate and pushed the door open. The room was simply furnished, and in the middle of the bed covered with gauze, a woman was lying diagonally. She was almost frightened, covering her mouth and nose with a silk handkerchief and coughing non-stop, her eyes were red and faintly tearful, and her frail body seemed like it would collapse at any time.