A piece of Japanese incense

Nanyin looked in the direction where the little girl ran. The room was bright and clear. The purple gold incense burner on the table was made into an exquisite little animal shape, emitting fragrance. The four corners of the bed were hung with tassel-studded sachets, bright in color. On the golden nanmu high table was a blue-white glazed plum vase with a few flowers inserted diagonally. A sandalwood screen with white jade and emerald birds facing the phoenix stood in front of the door.

She felt as if a thunderbolt had struck her head: "No... No, what's going on? Why am I dreaming again?!"

Nan Yin was speechless. How could this dream continue?!

"He'er! He'er!" Yunhe shook her shoulders. Nanyin came back to her senses, closed her eyes, opened them again, and stared at her in a daze.

"Mom will be scared to death by you. I'm afraid you'll fall into a coma again for who knows how long once you close your eyes!"

"Good boy, come and show grandpa what's going on!"

Nan Yin saw Yun Jingmo rushing in from outside, exhausted. He rubbed his hands, first reached into his neck, then rubbed his hands again and blew out a breath. When it was not so cold anymore, he grabbed Nan Yin's wrist and felt her pulse.

"Hmm! Her pulse is strong and her thoughts are relaxed, so she should be fine. He He, bring her a dose of Qi-boosting and mind-replenishing medicine later. After she wakes up from a good sleep, the little girl should be fine."

"You little rascal, how come you were unconscious for more than a month? I'm so worried about your grandmother that I'm about to lose my life!"

"Yihe, do you know why you are unconscious?"

Nan Yin looked at them talking to each other, feeling upset. She rubbed her hair and covered her face to express her inner upset and confusion.

"How do I wake up? I have to pinch my thigh."

Nan Yin patted her cheeks, widened her eyes, and pinched a small spot of flesh on her leg with her fingertips.

"Hiss..." It hurts quite a lot!

"Oh! Okay, enough, the child hasn't recovered yet. You guys are gathered together here. Aren't you annoying? Leave He He here alone, and let's all go out!" Yun Jingmo waved his hand and asked everyone to disperse.

The room returned to silence, with only Yunhe, Yutuan and Yuyi left guarding the bed.

Nan Yin planned to continue sleeping. She had to wake up as soon as possible, otherwise her grandmother would be worried sick.

She raised her head and was about to ask them to leave first, but when she saw Yun He's bulging belly, she was surprised and thought: "Hey? How come this woman is fat only in her belly and not in her face? No, could it be that she is pregnant?!"

Yun He looked at Nan Yin looking at her belly, smiled softly, grabbed her hand and placed it on her belly, stroking it up and down and said, "He Er, feel it, in another 5 months, you will have a little brother! He Er will soon be a big sister!"

Nan Yin placed her hands on her bulging belly, feeling deeply moved: "Women in ancient times are so pitiful~ They are not emotionally compatible, but they still want to give birth to others. I really don't understand~"

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on every corner of the house, giving the ancient brick walls a layer of golden color.

People came into the house to visit one after another. The yard was filled with the aroma of food. Everyone was talking about family matters, and laughter and conversations echoed in the house. This happy atmosphere was still very unfamiliar to Nanyin.

She didn't understand whether she had really traveled through time and the exam was just a dream, or whether she was still dreaming. She pinched her thigh hard again. Ouch! It still hurts! Why didn't she wake up?

She couldn't sleep, so she sat up shakily, her shoulders slumped slightly, her eyes blank, like a petrified fossil, silently watching everyone busying themselves...

Yu Nian hurried in, frowning. He stood in front of the bed, sighed and said, "I heard you woke up, so I rushed over after school. Are you still feeling unwell?"

Nan Yin shook her head.

"You finally woke up. You didn't know that you had been lying there for more than a month, which frightened Her Royal Highness the Princess. Doctors came one after another, and even wizards were invited, but you didn't wake up. Everyone thought you would never wake up again, and your mother and grandmother cried until their eyes were almost blind. Until your grandfather took out a piece of fragrant cake passed down from his ancestors, saying that it was the last resort, and if it didn't work, they would prepare for your funeral... The fragrant cake was burned for a day, but I didn't expect that you would really wake up!"

When Nan Yin heard Yu Nian talking about incense, her expression paused: "What kind of incense?"

"I'm not sure, it seems to be called 'He Yue Xiang'? There is only one piece. The doctor said you wouldn't wake up, and the family has bought funeral clothes. Your grandfather didn't believe you couldn't wake up, so he took out the fragrant cake. It is said that once the incense is lit, it can dispel the plague within a thousand miles. The fragrance will last for months, and even monsters will be afraid and hide. Corpses can be resurrected when they smell it. Smell it, the house is still filled with this smell now!"

"Ah?!" Nan Yin's brain exploded and she was silent in surprise. She couldn't believe her ears and a look of disbelief appeared on her face.

This scent...isn't it what she often smells at home? How come it's out of print here?

"Could it be that I really traveled through time? It is true that I was kidnapped and ran away, and it is also true that I went to take the college entrance examination, but I was called back because my grandfather burned incense? What about Zhi Yihe? She was in a coma for more than a month after I left. Could it be that she died on the mountain where she was kidnapped?" Nan Yin thought with doubts in her mind.

Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. A cool breeze blew at night. The autumn wind is always refreshing and elegant. The deeper the autumn, the colder the weather. Nanyin was walking in the yard wearing a beige leopard-edged fur cape.

Ever since she woke up in the ancient bed that day, she thought that the dream would end soon, but she has actually spent more than a month here. All she does every day is sleep and eat. This dream seems too long and too real. She thought, she might have really traveled through time!

She has to go back!

My grandma is still in the hospital waiting for me to wake up. I am her only one, and she is still waiting for me to come home!

Nanyin picked up a dead branch that had fallen from the tree and slid it along the ground in the moonlight:

Crossing factors: (1) strong winds (2) heavy rain (3) lightning

No, these three should be one reason.

She crossed it out and wrote it again.

(1) Heavy rain and lightning

(2) Overuse of the brain

(3) And Yuexiang?

After thinking hard for a long time, she still couldn't think of any other factors that could cause her to travel through time.

It might be hard to encounter lightning when it rains, but the last piece of this ancient piece was used up by her, leaving her with only the second option. Oh! It only takes a few minutes to use your brain.

She went back to her room, closed the windows and doors, took off her cloak, put a cushion on her back, and lay down on the recliner, drooping her eyelids. She yawned calmly and slowly, opened her arms, stretched her body, and thought hard...

Her body relaxed and she let out a long breath. She felt every cell in her body stretching out, like energy being released...