Time Travel and Love

After leaving the house, a few people began to stroll outside. It was already early afternoon, and people began to walk in groups of three or four on the road. Looking closely, they were almost all dressed as scholars, but each of them had a look of sadness between their eyebrows. Although most of their clothes were not patched, they were already washed white.

Finally, they walked back to the teahouse and mounted their horses. Chu Qingmeng looked at Mo Liuchen and asked, "Fifth brother, do you want to take another look?"

"Well, turn around and put on the veil." Mo Liuchen took the veil and put it directly on her head. "Even if you are wearing men's clothes, your appearance is too outstanding."

"..." Chu Qingmeng looked at him speechlessly through the gauze curtain of the veil. Forget it, just wear it. This head full of white hair will probably always attract the attention of passers-by.

A few of them rode to Wuhuali, only to find it was even worse than Aunt Guihua's. The houses were mostly adobe, and some of the walls had even collapsed. Even from this dilapidated courtyard, there were still more than a dozen students. They all wore patched clothes, looked pale and thin, and walked with a light, unsteady air. Standing at the street corner for a while, Mo Liuchen's brow furrowed even more tightly. "Let's go and take a look at the dilapidated temple."

Before reaching the dilapidated temple, they saw a group of students coming in and out. They were all dressed in rags, each protecting their own bag. The bag probably contained writing brushes, inkstones, and the last decent piece of clothing. Mo Liuchen looked at the horses in front of him and turned his horse around in a moment, "Let's go back to the mansion."

Chu Qingmeng listened to him and walked back. Mo Liuchen was silent all the way, so Chu Qingmeng turned his head to look at him frequently. Finally, when they returned to the general's mansion, Chu Qingmeng asked, "Fifth brother, would you like to come in and sit down?"

"No, I want to be quiet first. Let me think about it, and I'll come to you again." Mo Liuchen now feels that he can't calm down.

"Okay, take it easy." Chu Qingmeng dismounted and waved at him. Seeing him ride off, he shrugged and walked into the mansion. After a long journey back to the main house, Wu Qing arrived before he could even catch his breath.

"Master, today's files." Wu Qing took a dozen pages of files and placed them on the desk next to Chu Qingmeng.

"Yeah." Chu Qingmeng took a sip of tea and suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked up at Wu Qing.

Wu Qing was confused by her gaze, "Master, what's wrong?"

"Have you been delivering the files recently? I haven't seen Wen Zhong for about ten days?" Chu Qingmeng turned his head to look at Shuang Cheng beside him and wanted to confirm with him.

Shuang Cheng suppressed a laugh for a moment and nodded. Wu Qing coughed strategically before speaking, "Well, my eldest brother had some personal matters to attend to, so he went home."

Looking at their reactions, Chu Qingmeng raised his eyebrows and said with a wicked smile, "I smell a hint of gossip~ Wu Qing, I want to hear it."

"Well, um, sir, my eldest brother doesn't let us say it." Wu Qing obeyed his eldest brother's orders.

"Wu Qing, are you sure you want to go against my words?" Chu Qingmeng's evil smile became more and more obvious.

"..." Wu Qing was silent. He had to choose between 'betraying' his elder brother or disobeying his master.

"Master, could you please not use your order in places like this?" Shuang Cheng was also at a loss for words, then he gloated, "Big brother's romantic debt has come knocking on his door, and he's gone home to deal with it."

"Sit down, sit down, both of you! Tell me in detail, I love to hear it~" Chu Qingmeng's eyes lit up and he looked at Shuang Cheng.

"..." Shuang Cheng was speechless for a moment. How much more detailed could this be? This time it was Wu Qing's turn to gloat over the misfortune. You must open this up to your master!

After organizing his words, Shuang Cheng spoke again, "Twenty years ago, my eldest brother accidentally saved a woman. She fell in love with him at first sight and refused to marry anyone else. He was busy avoiding her all day, but she always found him accurately. They kept entangled like this for two years. One day, the woman suddenly disappeared, and my eldest brother became restless all day. After several twists and turns, the two finally got together, but for some reason, they inexplicably separated again in just over a year. The woman left on her own, leaving only a letter asking my eldest brother not to look for her anymore. Now she has found the son that my eldest brother left behind."

"..." Chu Qingmeng was speechless for a moment, then looked at Shuangcheng and said, "Shuangcheng, I'm sorry for you. You took something that was originally quite gossipy and made it sound so... uh... serious!"

Shuang Cheng was also at a loss for words, "Sir, I'm a man, how would I know how to talk about gossip among women?"

"That woman is back with her son? Is your eldest brother's expression interesting?" Chu Qingmeng supported his chin with one hand and looked at Shuang Cheng.

"The woman passed away. Before she died, she asked the child to find it himself." Wu Qing explained.

"What a pity..." Chu Qingmeng felt a little sorry. Wen Zhong now looked like a gentle and elegant scholar. If they were younger...tsk tsk, they might have been a perfect match. "Why couldn't you cherish her back then? If she said not to look for her, then she shouldn't look for her anymore? Alas, women need to be coaxed!"

"..." Feiying grumbled inwardly, "Cherish her? When you ran away from home, did you ever think about cherishing the Third Master? You won't let me find you? The Third Master wanted to find you, but did you give him the chance to find you? A woman needs coaxing? Haha, you have to find her first before you can talk about coaxing her!"