A piece of Japanese incense

Without replying to Yu Nian's words, I secretly took out two eggs from my sleeves, raised them with both hands, and showed them to him proudly: "Jia jia jia jia! Look what this is!"

Yu Nian let out a low laugh. He was holding a black, cracked egg in one hand, and the painting he was drawing was already blurry.

"Ah!" I stomped my feet violently, let out a dissatisfied sigh, then crossed my arms over my chest and sat silently on the chair.

"Why are you still sulking?" His shoulders trembled slightly, and his chest rose and fell when he laughed. It took him a long time to speak.

"If I had known this, I shouldn't have brought it with me when I went hiking. I was sweating all over and the eggs broke. I spent a long time drawing on it and I wiped it off after the ink dried."

He leaned back lazily, staring at me with a slightly raised eyebrow, "It's not so bad, this way you can roll the luck for me, so you don't have to break it on my head."

My eyes sparkled: "Then I'll roll eggs for you in advance! Just consider it as celebrating your birthday in advance!"

He stood up straight, arms outstretched: "I'm ready!"

I held the boiled egg in my hand, starting from the waist, and rolled it from front to back, across my face, back, and limbs, chanting as I rolled: "Rolling bad luck away, rolling good luck in, rolling disease away, rolling health in..."

After rolling the egg and cracking it on our heads, we said in unison, "Now we understand!" Our eyes met, and there was a tacit smile in each other's eyes.

My mother walked through the yard dejectedly, as if she had just wiped away tears. I felt worried and called her softly, "Mom?"

Mother hurriedly straightened her clothes, pulled herself together, and said with a forced smile, "Ah He, play with your brother for a while. I'll go talk to your Aunt Hong. Don't run around with your brother. Do you understand?"

"Yes!" I nodded decisively.

"Ah He, Master and..."

"Shh!" I put my index finger on my lips, "We kids shouldn't get involved in adult matters." I raised my eyebrows and said to him playfully, "Brother Nian, I've prepared another gift for you. Remember to check it on your birthday."

"Don't mess around! I was still in the examination room at that time!"

"Oh! I know, you will know when the time comes, I will never do anything stupid."

Happy times are always short. When the morning light appears, after waking up, it is time to get ready and go to the palace to work as a humble worker.

The afternoon sun was as warm as spring. After lunch, my grandmother and mother were busy loading the luggage on the carriage. The luggage was piled up like a mountain, filling the entire carriage, just like the day when I first stepped into the palace.

I could have chosen to set off early tomorrow morning, but this time I had to go to the palace alone, and he was afraid that I might make some mistakes, so my grandfather had to inform the palace in advance and asked me to leave for the palace at twilight hour...

"He Baoer, after we leave this time, I don't know how many months it will be before we see each other again. Don't be reluctant to spend money. Your grandfather goes to the palace every month. Tell him if you need anything. Don't get bullied without telling your family..." My grandmother had tears in her eyes and kept talking to me.

I wanted to interrupt her several times. Looking at her worried expression, which overlapped with the look of worry my grandmother gave me every time before I went out, my heart seemed to be blocked by something, and I choked with sobs and couldn't speak.

"Alright! Alright! I'm tired of hearing you talk since breakfast. It's not like I'm not going home. I can come out again when I have a day off."

"You damn old man! Since you can come to the palace so often, of course you would say that!"

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My grandparents were arguing, my mother was still giving instructions to Yutuan and Yuyi, and I was lying on the recliner. Fuguier seemed to have foreseen that I would leave home, and he had been sticking to me since last night, not wanting to leave for a moment.

I think I should find a reason as soon as possible to stop being their study partner. Even if I can't go back to the modern world, it would be great to be able to stay with them forever.

After getting in the car, I quietly asked Yu Tuan, "Is everything arranged?"

"Of course! It took a lot of effort!"

"Yeah! Not bad!" He turned to look at Yuyi, "What about you? Are you ready?"

"I did take it, but girl, will it really not be discovered? I... am a little scared."

"Just hide it on your body. Oh, leave it to me. I'm not afraid." Yutuan took the bamboo tube from Yuyi's hand and put it into his sleeve.

"Miss...Miss, will you really not cause any trouble?" Yu Yi asked tremblingly, full of worry.

I thought about it for a moment and felt that something was wrong, so I hesitated and said, "How about...let's just leave it at that?"

"Girl! Don't listen to Yuyi! How can you be so spineless! The rash on your body is still there, we can't just let this matter go! We have to let them all know that we are not easy to bully!"

I nodded in agreement: "Well, anyway, after entering the palace, we still have to find out clearly. If it is really Fang Juexia, then we will settle this account with her!"

As soon as she arrived at the Girls' School, Yu Tuan couldn't wait to go out to get news.

After being away for a few days, some of the vegetables planted in the yard have sprouted. Yuyi and I put the luggage in the yard away one by one. Just after we unpacked two packages, Yutuan ran in from outside the yard in a hurry.

"Girl, that woman did it! That day, the girl sank some cakes into the water, and they melted when they came into contact with water. The water in the entire pond became turbid. They fished for a whole day but couldn't clean it up. Fang Juexia threatened that she would teach you a lesson!"

"Ah! That's it?"

"Oh! This is not conclusive evidence!"

I sighed and said helplessly, "Xiao Tuantuan, we didn't investigate the incident with Xiao Ke last time, so we dumped the box of cakes in her yard. Let's not talk about whether she was the one who did that last time, but at least, was she the one who took the blame for the cakes for us?"

Yu Tuan argued unconvincedly: "Who else could it be except her? She is the only one who doesn't get along with the girl."

"We need evidence! Evidence, understand? We can't convict people based on speculation alone. What if we accidentally offend others?"

I held her hand and lowered my voice, saying, "Last time, we just dumped the cakes into her pool. It didn't have any substantial impact on her, and no one would suspect anything. This time is different. We are going to give a tooth for a tooth, and give someone a tooth for a tooth. The nature is completely different. Do you understand?"

Yu Tuan lowered her head, bit her lips, kicked the pebbles on the ground, and muttered softly: "But didn't the girl say that the bugs can only be found in warm places with water? No matter how I think about it, it must be her!"

Yuyi had just finished watering the vegetables and came over with a kettle. She put one arm around Yutuan's waist and grinned, "Okay, why are you in such a hurry? Our Yutuan is smart and everyone loves to make friends with you. Is there anything you can't find out?"

I leaned on Yutuan's shoulder and said slowly, "That's right, it didn't cause any harm to me anyway, someone just wanted to make trouble for me. Life in the palace is so boring, just treat it as a game, and it's quite interesting to compete with others!"