I trade in both worlds

After receiving Xiao Xiangxiang's instructions, Lin Yi immediately began to arrange the action.

In the afternoon, when the villagers went to work in the fields, Lin Yi and his guards quietly came to the vicinity of the courtyard.

They were armed with bows and arrows and kerosene, lying in ambush on the surrounding heights, their eyes as sharp as hawks, always watching the movements in the yard.

The guards also began to sprinkle oil around the courtyard. They moved quickly and skillfully, and soon the entire courtyard was surrounded by a circle of fire.

Lin Yi stood in the middle of the yard, looking at the houses and land that were about to be engulfed by the flames.

Following Lin Yi's order, the guards lit the fire and then quickly hid.

The flames shot up into the sky, illuminating the terrified faces of the surrounding villagers.

They rushed over with buckets of water and tried to put out the sudden fire, but the fire was out of control.

Xu Xu's second uncle and aunt, Xu Jizong and Xu Ershen, rushed over after hearing the news. When they saw the raging fire, they instantly collapsed to the ground.

They cried out the names of Xu Xu and others and tried to rush into the sea of fire to save them, but were stopped by the villagers.

"Why is this happening? How can I explain this to your parents?" Aunt Xu cried heart-wrenchingly, her eyes blurred by tears.

Xu Jizong clenched his teeth, clenched his hands into fists, and his eyes flashed with anger and helplessness.

At this time, Xu Xu was walking around in the yard in a panic, occasionally looking up at the door frame leading to Dayun Dynasty.

When Xu Zhun came back from buying fruit, he saw the anxious Xu Xu as soon as he entered the door and asked worriedly, "Sister, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Xu looked at Xu Zhun anxiously: "Xiao Zhun, I feel something is wrong. I want to go back and take a look."

When Xu Zhun heard Xu Xu's words, he frowned, quickly put down the fruit in his hand, and walked quickly to her side.

There was a hint of worry in her tone: "Sister, are you crazy? It's too dangerous to go back now. Those people must still be guarding there. Wouldn't you be walking into a trap if you go back?"

Xu Xu bit her lip, a trace of struggle in her eyes: "But... I always feel uneasy, as if something is going to happen. I'm worried about my second uncle and second aunt, and our house... What if they really did something..."

Xu Jin, who came out after hearing the noise, also sighed and said, "Sister, don't let your imagination run wild. We are safe now, and the most important thing now is to protect ourselves and Weiwei. As for what's happening over there, we can't do anything about it for now. We'll think of a solution after the storm has passed."

Xu Xu was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, but her eyes were still a little dazed, and it was obvious that the uneasiness in her heart had not completely dissipated.

At the same time, in Dayunchao, the fire had completely engulfed the entire yard.

Raging flames shot up into the sky, and thick smoke billowed, blocking out the sun.

Although the villagers tried their best to put out the fire, the fire was too fierce and could not be controlled at all.

Xu Jizong and Aunt Xu collapsed on the ground, watching their former home turn into ashes, their hearts broken.

Second Aunt Xu cried so hard that she almost fainted. She kept muttering, "Xuxu, Xiaojin, where are you guys? God, how can you be so cruel?"

Xu Jizong stared at the fire in a daze. He knew that Xu Xu and the children should be safe at this time, but he was still worried because he didn't see anyone. What he was more worried about was that the house was burned down and Xu Xu and the others would never come back.

Lin Yi stood in the distance, watching all this coldly. There was no mercy on his face, only coldness and determination.

He whispered to the guards around him, "Keep watching. If you find any trace of the Xu family, shoot them immediately."

The guards nodded one after another, scanning the surroundings like hawks, trying to find a clue in the chaotic crowd.

However, they were doomed to be disappointed. Xu Xu and Xu Qiwei were no longer in this time and space, and no matter how hard they searched, they could not find any trace of them.

The next day, modern Xu Xu was still uneasy.

On the third day, she always felt that something had happened, but she couldn't explain it clearly.

On the fourth day, she tried several times to go back to ancient times to check the situation, but was stopped by Xu Zhun and Xu Jin.

"Sister, you can't go back." Xu Jin tightly grasped Xu Xu's hand, gritted his teeth and said, "It's too dangerous over there, I'd better go."

"No." Xu Xu refused: "You can't go back."

After saying that, she looked at her brothers' worried eyes, finally sighed, and gave up the idea of going back.

However, fate did not seem to let her go.

At night, Xu Xu had a strange dream.

In her dream, she returned home and saw a blazing fire.

In the firelight, the figures of Xu Jizong and Aunt Xu were looming, and their faces were full of pain and despair.

"Xuxu..." Aunt Xu's voice echoed in my dream, as if it came from a distant place.

Xu Xu suddenly woke up from her dream, her forehead covered with cold sweat. She sat up, gasping for breath, and the uneasiness in her heart became stronger.

"No, I must go back and take a look." Xu Xu made up his mind. While Xu Zhun and Xu Jin were still sleeping, he quietly got up and walked towards the door frame leading to the ancient times.

She took a deep breath and pressed her hand on the door frame. However, this time, the door frame did not respond.

Xu Xu was stunned. She tried again, but still nothing happened.

The door frame seemed to have turned into an ordinary wooden door, no longer able to take her through time and space.

"How could this happen?" Panic surged in Xu Xu's heart. She desperately banged on the door frame, trying to find a clue, but it was all in vain.

She finally realized that she could never go back to ancient times.

Early in the morning, Xu Zhun and Xu Jin found Xu Xu sitting in front of the door frame in a trance.

They hurried forward to inquire about the situation.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Xu Jin asked worriedly.

Xu Xu raised her head, her eyes full of tears: "I...I can never go back."

Xu Zhun and Xu Jin looked at each other and immediately understood something. They quickly put their hands on the door frame and looked at each other.

After a while, Xu Jin put down his hand dejectedly and comforted her: "Sister, don't be sad. We have anticipated this situation. However, our family is together, and that's enough."

Xu Xu nodded silently, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

She knew that she could never return to that world, never see Xu Jizong and Aunt Xu again, and never return to the home where she had lived since she was born.

Xu Xu hated Yang Erzhu for making them leave their homeland and never be able to return home. She hated Xiao Xiangxiang's cruelty even more. She secretly hoped that Liu Shenzhi could send their complaint away.

However, what they didn't know was that the lawsuit was burned to ashes after Liu Shenzhi handed it to his father-in-law.

A few days later, the fire was finally extinguished, and only a charred ruin remained in the yard, but no body was found.

Xu Jizong and Aunt Xu's faces were filled with fatigue and despair, as if they had aged ten years overnight.

"Xuxu, where are you and the children..." Aunt Xu murmured in a low voice, her eyes full of tears.

Xu Jizong sighed and patted his wife's shoulder gently: "Don't be sad, maybe... they have gone to a safe place. As long as they are still there, they will definitely come back if they have the chance in the future."

Aunt Xu nodded sadly.

Because Xu Xu's family disappeared without a trace, some people began to say that Xu Xu and her family had secretly left long ago, and some said that they were captured by the Yang family. For this reason, Xu Jianli took dozens of clansmen to smash and destroy Yang's house.

Doctor He came to Xu's house with the verification results. Seeing the yard burned to ashes, he punched himself twice in sadness.

When Yang Erzhu heard that Xu Qiwei was missing and the Xu family was burned to ruins, he fell into a chair. He knew very well who was the mastermind behind this disaster.

But for the sake of his future he had to pretend not to know.

As time went by, Xu Xu's life in the modern world gradually returned to normal. She tried hard to adapt herself to the new life, take care of the children, and depend on her brothers and sisters.

However, whenever it was late at night and everyone was asleep, she would always think of her former home, Xu Jizong and Aunt Xu, the old patriarch, Sister Feng, and the world to which she could never return.

She knew that she could never go back and could never change anything.

She can only continue to live with this regret.