Winter Blazing Wild

Yu Tang did not sleep well tonight.

I'm already used to business trips and don't have the habit of being attached to my bed.

But because of the video call with Zhou Shenye, she heard some noises that she shouldn't have heard, and her dreams throughout the night were filled with scenes of her and Zhou Shenye entangled.

After waking up, my whole body ached.

dog man!

Yu Tang lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling to clear his mind for a long time, and cursed Zhou Shenye a thousand times in his heart.

Her thoughts were interrupted again by the ringing of her cell phone.

This time it was a nurse from the nursing home calling.

In order to prevent outsiders from knowing that he had a connection with his master's sanatorium, Yu Tang did not save the nurse's number. He only knew it was her after seeing the last few digits.

When I picked up the phone, my heart tightened, "Master, what happened?"

"No, no," the nurse said quickly, "Grandpa is fine, but something happened last night. I think I should talk to you in person. Could you please come over now?"

Fortunately, Yu Tang had the foresight to stay in T City for two more days.

"Okay, see you in ten minutes."

The two met on the rooftop terrace of the sanatorium.

The nurse got straight to the point. "Yesterday morning, I went to check on the old man as usual. He seemed to be sleeping soundly. I adjusted the air conditioning temperature for him and was about to leave when I heard him talking."

"say?"

"It must be the talking in my sleep. I don't understand it, and I don't know if it's nonsense, but I'm afraid..."

The nurse took out her cell phone and handed it to Yu Tang.

"I was afraid I might miss some important information, so I recorded it on my phone. It's difficult to send it to you, so I can only ask you to come here and play it for you face to face."

The phone was handed to Yu Tang.

Yu Tang stared at the recording page for a while and clicked it.

The master's voice came out.

He has always been a man of great energy. Even when he was talking in his sleep, his words were clear and he sounded full of justice.

"I have never done anything wrong in my life!"

"Devote myself to the tradition of embroidery!"

"The only person I feel sorry for is that child, Yu Tang. Accepting her as my last disciple is not a good thing for her. Her life should not have been burdened with such a heavy responsibility."

In the following few sentences, the tone gradually softened.

Yu Tang listened with tears in his eyes.

The nurse tactfully stepped aside and said a few words. Although she had already heard these dream talks during the recording last night, out of respect for Yu Tang, she still had to give her some space.

There was a long blank in the mobile phone recording, interspersed with the master's violent coughing and the sound of the nurse gently patting his back.

After a pause, the master spoke again, "I have three closed disciples. I didn't let them meet because I wanted to protect myself. Now that I think about it, it was really selfish. If they could support each other, then..."

There was another violent coughing sound. After coughing, the master turned over and fell asleep. The recording ended here.

The phone screen went off, and Yu Tang had not yet recovered from the message he had just heard.

The nurse came over, gently grasped her wrist, tightened her fingers, and wanted to ask something, but swallowed it back as soon as she opened her mouth.

Yu Tang turned to look at her, "When you were there last night, did you feel that what Master said was not just a dream?"

Maybe in the first few sentences, but after that violent coughing that lasted for a full half minute, it was impossible for him not to have woken up.

The nurse looked troubled. "The old man has been experiencing memory loss and mental confusion lately. He's like this even when he's awake, but when he's asleep... I can't explain if he's deliberately using his sleep talking as an opportunity to speak the truth."

Because I was unsure, I chose to record it and give it to Yu Tang to let her make the decision.

Yu Tang deleted the recording and returned the phone. "I understand. Don't tell anyone about this. If this happens again next time, please tell me immediately."

"Okay." The nurse nodded.

Before leaving the sanatorium, Yu Tang returned to the nurses' station, watched his master on the monitor for a while, and made the decision to go back on the spur of the moment.

That night, Yu Tang returned to his home in Yuncheng.

She dragged her exhausted body to open the door, and before she even stepped into the house, she saw Meng Qianyi leaning against the entrance with his arms folded, looking at her.

"came back?"

Yu Tang glanced at her and sat down listlessly to change his shoes.

"It doesn't look far, only about two or three hundred kilometers. Driving back and forth by myself is really tiring."

"That's because you're feeling heavy-hearted. If you were going on a trip, you'd be happy to go out and come home happy."

"Stop the sarcastic remarks," Yu Tang glanced at her. "You came quite quickly. I thought I would have to wait until late at night to see you."

Meng Qianyi turned around and went into the house, pouring a cup of hot water for Yu Tang.

"I'm concerned about you, right? As soon as I received your call and knew you were coming back today, I came right over. Xiaoye was so happy. He was supposed to eat the canned food tomorrow, but now he has it today. His belly is so full, he looks so cute."

Yu Tang turned his head and took a look. Xiao Ye was full and sleeping soundly, curled up on the top level of the cat climbing frame.

Yu Tang collapsed on the sofa, holding a glass of water.

Meng Qianyi came over and said, "Tell me, why did you summon me here so urgently? What's the big deal?"

If Yu Tang wasn't so confused, he wouldn't want to disturb Meng Qianyi at this time.

But I can’t talk about these things with others.

Yu Tang stared at the transparent cup in his hand and said, "I got the half of the embroidery that Master left behind."

As expected, Meng Qianyi nodded, "Well, then?"

"But when the two pieces of embroidery are put together, there's nothing special about them."

"That's normal," Meng Qianyi said. "Since it's a secret your master has buried for so many years, it certainly won't be so easy to crack. It's all in your hands anyway, so take your time. There's no need to rush."

"There's another thing..." Yu Tang took a deep breath, "I also heard a piece of news. It turns out that besides me, Master has two other closed disciples."

"What?" Meng Qianyi was really surprised. "Doesn't the last disciple mean the last one? How can there be three at the same time?

"It's always mysterious for a master to accept a disciple. The three of us didn't know each other, and we all thought we were the only one."

Meng Qianyi took a deep breath. "No wonder your master's enemies haven't discovered your existence yet. It's because there are two other people covering for you. It seems that your master might be protecting you."

Yu Tang shook his head. "No, he is protecting the secret in the embroidery."

The more mysterious it is, the harder it is to dig out the truth.

"Master has devoted his entire life to embroidery. He didn't want me to get involved in this war, but he had to hand it over to me."

Meng Qianyi nodded. "The more capable a person is, the greater the pressure they bear. There's nothing I can do about it."

After that, he asked again, "So what are your plans now?"

Yu Tang sighed deeply, his face pale. "I don't know. I suddenly have no idea. I can't give up my work at Sitang Perfume. Pavot has just been launched and is still in the critical promotion period. Zhou Shenye has an important game soon..."