A life of two souls traveling through time

As the Lantern Festival approaches, the government still has not found Zhao Chu in Qile City, and the Zhao family incident has gradually faded from everyone's sight as it progresses slowly. During the New Year, the focus is naturally on gathering with relatives and friends, and going out for fun and strolling in the bustling streets.

These days, Li Yunye had to go out with Master Li for social events and banquets during the day. After dinner, when he had nothing to do, he would occasionally secretly take An Yun out to stroll around the downtown area, watch Guanpu games, shadow puppet shows, and listen to storytelling. When he saw the singing and dancing performances on the water flower boats, he would be lost in thought for a long time, perhaps thinking of another world where he was once a dancer.

On this day, as soon as Li Yunye arrived in the downtown area, he was invited by Hongnu, the maidservant beside Yanyu. When he followed Hongnu into the backyard of Hongxiang Pavilion, An Yun was stopped by Hongnu. When he saw the young master nodded at him, he had to give up his preparation to break in by force.

As soon as Li Yunye entered the attic, he heard a gentle but somewhat sad sound of a zither. Following the sound of the zither, he came to the top floor of the attic. He saw the figure of Xuanyu playing the zither from afar and couldn't help but smile:

"Although it's the beginning of spring, the snow hasn't melted yet. Isn't it cold to be up here?"

The sound of the zither slowly stopped. Xuanyu did not answer Li Yunye, but stood up and walked to the front of the balcony, looking down at the brightly lit night scene of Qile City, and murmured:

"Looking far away will tell you the wind and waves are small, and flying high will tell you the sea is calm."

"What's wrong with you?" Li Yunye saw that there was more melancholy on Xuanyu's face than usual, and coupled with the sadness in the piano music just now, he couldn't help but step forward and ask with concern.

"What are you holding in your hand?" Yan Yu did not answer him directly, but returned to her usual faint smile and asked.

"Knowing that you like sweet food, I bought some preserved fruits." When asked, Li Yunye remembered what he was holding in his hand. He hurriedly opened the paper wrapping, revealed the preserved fruits and handed them to Yanyu.

Xuanyu was slightly stunned, and looked at the preserved fruits in front of her with complicated eyes.

"What's wrong? Don't you like this preserved fruit?" Seeing that Yanyu was hesitant to move, Li Yunye felt a little guilty. Could it be that he remembered it wrong?

"Master Li is so considerate to every girl. No wonder everyone likes to talk about his romantic affairs." Xuanyu's eyes sank, and when she raised them again, she regained her cold smile. She snatched the candied fruit from Li Yunye's hand, turned around and sat down at the wooden table, jokingly.

"Don't talk nonsense. I treat you well because I think of you as a friend." Jiang Siyao was really bitter after taking the blame for Li Yunye again. He sat in front of Yan Yu and asked nervously, "Don't you notice that I'm different from before?"

Xuanyu put a piece of preserved fruit into her mouth, looked up at Li Yunye's handsome and well-behaved face, and nodded: "Young Master has indeed changed a lot. Recently, everyone talks about Young Master Li who has the style of the famous Li Shaodong from Jiangnan."

He no longer had the greasy, powdered look and frivolous manner of the past, and Huanyu found the young master of the Li family more and more pleasing to her.

Xuanyu's praise made Jiang Siyao more confident and his back straightened a lot. It seemed that Li Yunye's reputation could be improved by himself.

"But Xuanyu is curious about what caused the sudden change of mind, young master?" Xuanyu smiled like a lotus, with doubts in her eyes.

"Hehe, sometimes people's awakening is just a matter of a thought. It cannot be explained. It cannot be explained." Li Yunye coughed twice guiltily, and waved his hands and shook his head.

Xuanyu's eyes then turned cold again. Although she felt disappointed because Li Yunye kept her in suspense, she didn't say anything else.

"By the way, I heard that Zhao Chu hasn't been found yet, and no one knows where he is hiding?" Li Yunye was afraid that Yan Yu would continue asking, so he took the initiative to change the subject.

"Qile City is a prosperous city in the south of the Yangtze River after all. How easy is it to find someone?" Yan Yu replied indifferently. No one could have imagined that Zhao Chu had already died in her hands, and no one would have thought that Zhao Chu's body was sunk in an abandoned well in a dilapidated house.

"Do you think he has already disguised himself and sneaked out of the city?" A gust of cold wind blew, and Li Yunye tightened his fox fur coat and continued to ask.

"That's possible." Yan Yu smiled and nodded.

"It's better for him to leave the city than to stay in the city without anyone noticing. This way I don't have to worry all day long." Even Yan Yu agreed with his speculation. Li Yunye held out hope and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Zhao family's affairs are already set in stone. Zhao Chu will never have the chance to harm the young master again."

Xuanyu's words did comfort Li Yunye. His heart, which had been tense for several days, finally relaxed. Then he remembered that it was Xuanyu who asked him to come tonight, and asked hurriedly, "I almost forgot, did you ask Hongnu to talk to me about something?"

After a long time of asking about the serious matter, the smile on Yu Yu's face suddenly disappeared, and she lowered her eyes and sighed, "I will leave Qile City for a while."

"How long will you be gone?" Li Yunye continued to ask. Although it was a bit sudden, he didn't feel too surprised. After all, this was not the first time that Xuanyu temporarily left Qile City.

"Not sure yet, but he won't be back in the short term." Yan Yu smiled faintly, and this time her smile was mixed with more helplessness.

"Can you tell me where you are going this time?" Jiang Siyao felt inexplicably sad at this moment, as if she had returned to her childhood and was losing her good friends one by one.

"Xuanyu is only leaving temporarily, not forever, so there is no need to be so sad." Seeing Li Yunye frowning, Xuanyu covered her mouth and smiled.

"When we part, we all think it's just a temporary separation and we'll have a chance to see each other again in the future. But how many reunions after a long separation are there? Most of the time, goodbyes are just to comfort people." Li Yunye also smiled bitterly and sighed with melancholy.

"Sir, please look at this Qi Le City. The prosperity is dazzling, and the gatherings and laughter are all superficial. People in this world are always breaking up and getting together. There are seven sufferings in life: birth, aging, sickness, death, failure to obtain what one desires, separation from loved ones, and reunion with hatred. So life is all suffering, and forcing it is futile. In this case, then the simplest way is to let nature take its course." Li Yunye's melancholy also made Yan Yu sigh. She stood up and walked to the front of Goulan again, looking at the rich land of Jiangnan below her feet, feeling sad.

Xuanyu's philosophical words made Li Yunye look at her with admiration again. He didn't say anything else, but stood up and came to Xuanyu's side, looking down at the bustling city: Yes, we are human beings after all, not gods, how can we get everything we want.

Although Xuanyu's bright eyes were looking at the night view of Qile City, she couldn't help but smile from the bottom of her heart when she saw the person walking next to her. At this moment, she didn't want to think about anything else, but just wanted to say goodbye as Li Yunye's friend. Perhaps after tonight, everything would be different.