Time Travel and Love

The two of them laughed and laughed. Mo Liujin felt relieved. "It would be great if she could always be like this. I rarely see her laugh so happily. Ever since she came back, she has never stopped, always looking worried."

"Yes, since Qing Meng left, I haven't seen her so carefree and happy with anyone. Perhaps, being closer is also a good choice." Mo Liuyuan was filled with emotion when he saw Mu Lingxue sitting on the ground wiping her tears with laughter.

They invited the two to come over and eat something first. The two sisters naturally wanted to drink, but were stopped by the two brothers.

"No, I'm not fully recovered yet, so I can't drink." Mo Liujin took the jar of wine and placed it next to him.

"You want to drink right after you feel better?!" Mo Liuyuan also took Mu Lingxue's wine bowl, "Just eat something."

After watching them for a while, Chu Qingmeng guessed that there was no hope of drinking, so he smiled and said, "Lingxue, let's try a new game. How about we play a drinking game and they drink?"

Mo Liujin raised an eyebrow and looked at Chu Qingmeng, "You two also know how to play drinking games?!"

"Who are you looking down on?" Mu Lingxue glared at Mo Liujin arrogantly, then looked at Chu Qingmeng, "Come on, come on, let's continue with the ending of the poem or the Feihua Ling?"

"Flying Flower Order, aren't you good at it? Come on, come on."

"Okay." Mu Lingxue was genuinely happy. "A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without a date."

Mo Liuyuan looked at Mu Lingxue, no longer surprised. Instead, he was filled with admiration. She was indeed knowledgeable in poetry, but she simply didn't want to show it. He had witnessed it at his mother's birthday party. Her poems were novel in style and fluent in words. They were completely different from the poetry collections they read every day! And Lingxue hardly read! She always told him she couldn't read! But someone who couldn't read could be knowledgeable in poetry? How could it be possible?

"When people are idle, the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers fall, and the spring mountains are empty in the quiet night."

"The ground in the courtyard is white, crows roost in the trees, and cold dew silently wets the osmanthus flowers."

"The white snow thinks spring is coming too late, so it flies through the trees in the garden."

"I listened to the spring rain in the small building all night, and sold apricot blossoms in the deep alley tomorrow morning."

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Watching the two exchange poems, Mo Liujin couldn't help but smile. The women's drinking games were quite elegant. Before long, the two brothers were downing cup after cup. While they were far from full, it was clear they were exhausted. Chu Qingmeng waved her hand, picking up the teacup to moisten her throat. "No more, I'm out of words."

"I'm almost done too." Mu Lingxue was also a little amused. "If we don't drink, what's the point of staying together until tomorrow?"

"I'm giving you a gift." Chu Qingmeng looked at Mu Lingxue and suddenly remembered the gift she had asked Kui Wenzhong and the others to find a long time ago. Ever since she gave her the pipa, she had ordered people to look for it, but they had just found it. She took the Yueqin handed to her by Feiying and gave it to her. "It wasn't easy to find. It took some time."

Mu Lingxue held the pipa and looked at Chu Qingmeng, laughing out loud, tears streaming down her face. Forty years, forty years! She had almost forgotten what she used to be like. "Fuck you! You're going crazy tonight! Come on! Take your pipa and sing a song with me!!"

Her tears and curse shocked Mo Liuyuan. He had never seen her like this before.

Feiying had guessed it long ago, and he took out the pipa and handed it to Chu Qingmeng, but Chu Qingmeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "No! I'm an amateur! I've only been learning for two and a half days. You're a professional, there's no way I can keep up with you!"

"Come on, keep me company!" Mu Lingxue felt a lot of emotions in her heart as she touched her old friend whom she hadn't seen for a long time. She missed her parents and hoped that they were still doing well!

Seeing that she was upset, Chu Qingmeng stopped refusing and picked up the pipa, "Come on."

Mo Liujin watched with great interest as Chu Qingmeng and Mu Lingxue harmonized, but it was clear that Chu Qingmeng was unfamiliar with the piece and couldn't keep up with Mu Lingxue's rhythm. Finally, Chu Qingmeng called a halt, "I'd better not harmonize with you anymore. This is such a good song! I'll sing, and you play?"

"Okay!" Mu Lingxue was happy today. She wanted to be her former self again. Ever since she came here, she'd been busy trying to survive and improve her life. Then she met Mo Liuyuan, and every day was filled with problems. She had to deal with decorum and steadiness, and learn how to manage social relationships and household expenses. She had been assimilated into this era, and there was little left of her. This moon guitar brought back the memories of her past self. Someone still remembered her! The song "Shui Tiao Ge Tou" played softly.

Chu Qingmeng laughed and spoke in an operatic voice. Mo Liujin was surprised. He knew Chu Qingmeng had a great voice, but he had never known that the operatic voice could sound so beautiful.

Mo Liuyuan watched Mu Lingxue entranced. She mastered the art of music, chess, poetry, and painting... Though he'd taught her chess, she mastered it instantly. Her painting was lifelike, yet she'd always kept it secret. He'd seen her once, a painting of Chu Qingmeng. Using only a piece of charcoal, she'd captured her image, but she'd only briefly thought about it before burning it. He didn't understand why she hadn't spoken to him. They'd been together for over twenty years. Wasn't it time for her to be honest with him?

When the song ended, Chu Qingmeng had a playful thought. He smiled and picked up the grapes on the table and rubbed them against Mu Lingxue's arms in a coquettish manner. "My piano playing is very good. Can I have a grape to moisten my throat?"

When Mo Liujin and Mo Liuyuan saw Chu Qingmeng holding the grape in her mouth and putting it into Mu Lingxue's mouth, and Mu Lingxue smilingly calling her "beauty" and hugging her to take it with her mouth, the two brothers stopped laughing for a moment, and stood up at the same time with dark faces. One of them pulled Chu Qingmeng into his arms and ate the grape in her mouth in one bite, and the other directly picked up Mu Lingxue by the waist and took her away.

What's going on?! Doing this in front of them?! Never think about being alone with me again!!