Time Travel and Love

After leaving the study, Chu Qingmeng remembered her early morning wish to see the children studying, so she asked Chunhe to help her go to where the children were currently studying. It was summer, and the teacher and the children were studying under a large pavilion. As Chu Qingmeng had expected, there were indeed a huge number of children! She had no idea who was who or what their names were.

Standing in the corridor a little further away, listening to their reading, every word etched in his ears and heart, Chunhe wiped the bench in the corridor and asked Chu Qingmeng to sit down. Seeing the undisguised joy on her face, Chunhe felt a slight sense of relief. Since she had lost her sight, he rarely saw such an expression on her face. Although she smiled most of the time, there was always something missing. Only the Third Master could truly make the girl laugh.

After listening for an unknown amount of time, Chu Qingmeng suddenly remembered the phrase "Study for the rise of Dragon Nation" from his school days, and laughed nostalgically, "Ha, youth is truly the best. Back then, studying late into the night only made me sigh that it was not a life for human beings. Now, what's the point of reminiscing so much?"

Mo Liujin stood aside, raising an eyebrow in surprise. Studying late into the night? Women also needed to study so hard? Was it true that women could enter the government? He gently placed his hand on Chu Qingmeng's shoulder and spoke softly, "Qingmeng also studied late into the night?"

Chu Qingmeng smiled when she heard his voice, "Yeah. Did you finish your talk so soon?"

"It's been two hours." Mo Liujin reached out and helped her up. "Let's go. Let's go back home."

"Aren't you going to see Aunt Liu?" Chu Qingmeng tilted his head towards him.

"Do you really want to go and see her?" Mo Liujin was a little reluctant to let her go. It was true that if Aunt Liu spoke to her nicely, it would be fine. But if Aunt Liu said something bad, he had no way to stop her.

"Go ahead. If an enemy comes, I'll fight him; if a flood comes, I'll block it with earth. I'll just bear with it. If you're troubled, don't ask. I'm only coming this once anyway. Even my mother is exempt from all her greetings. I shouldn't have to come to her every day to pay my respects."

"Well, there's really no need to come and pay respects every day." Mo Liujin helped her walk towards Aunt Liu's yard.

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"Aunt." Cui Xi ran into the Buddhist hall in a panic.

"What's the matter? Why are you so flustered?" Aunt Liu closed her eyes and kept twirling the Buddhist beads with her hands.

"I followed your instructions and went to deliver something to my uncle, but this time my uncle locked me out. I asked around and found out that my cousin had died..." Cui Xi knew how much Aunt Liu loved this cousin, and whenever she had beautiful jewelry and clothes, she would always give them to this cousin.

"What?!" Aunt Liu was startled for a moment, and hurriedly stood up and looked at Cui Xi, "Tell me! What's going on?!"

"Yes, the doorman at my uncle's house said my cousin was murdered. We originally thought it was an accident, but we only found out the day before yesterday that..." Cuixi hesitated for a moment, and then Aunt Liu scolded her, asking her to speak quickly. Cuixi finally answered, "It was someone from Third Master's family who did it! They say they paid a lot of money to hire a killer to kill my cousin."

"What?!" Aunt Liu's face was filled with astonishment. Her Qing'er... why?! She was already married! Married to the Crown Prince! She clearly had such a bright future... Tears instantly flowed down her face, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have promised her to Jin'er. It's my fault, wuwuwu... But it's been over twenty years! What on earth is that monster trying to do? It's been so long! She won't let my son go! She won't let my Qing'er go either! Why... She almost killed Jin'er a few days ago, but the prince won't let me leave the yard to see him! That's my son! What on earth is that monster trying to do! What is she trying to do!!"

Cui Xi finally persuaded Concubine Liu to stop crying after a long time. Then the maid outside the door came to announce, "Concubine Liu, the Third Master and the Third Madam are here."

"How dare you! What Third Madam?! Where is this Third Madam?! She's a monster! A monster!" Aunt Liu cursed with her eyes still red. Cui Xi tried to persuade her, but she calmed down again and let Cui Xi dress her. "Go and ask the Third Master to wait for me in the main hall."

He asked Cui Xi to finish her makeup and sent her out to serve tea to the two of them. He then secretly took a dagger and hid it in his sleeve.

"My son, are you feeling better?" Aunt Liu came out of the room and looked at Mo Liujin with a distressed look on her face. "Where are you hurt?"

Mo Liujin helped Chu Qingmeng up, but did not pull her to salute. Instead, he knelt down and saluted Aunt Liu. "My son greets you. Don't worry, I'm fine now."

Aunt Liu helped Mo Liujin up and looked at him carefully. "Why have you lost weight? Are you seriously injured? Your father won't let me see you. I've been really worried about you these days."

"It's all fine now, mother, don't worry." Mo Liujin leaned over to help Chu Qingmeng over, "My son and my wife are here to see you."

Chu Qingmeng wanted to do the same with him, but Mo Liujin held her firmly, so she could only do a simple greeting. "Greetings, Auntie."

Aunt Liu was startled at the sight of her white hair and blindfolded eyes, but then she felt happy again. Serves her right! Serves her right! This monster is blind! But she didn't say anything. Instead, she sat down in the main seat, neither asking her to excuse herself nor paying any attention to her.