What to do if you receive the wrong package?

They eat quickly, and get hungry quickly too.

After drinking the third pot of tea, Gu Yan realized that water could not really fill his stomach.

It's a pity that the pastry bag was left for Jiang Si, otherwise we would have had something to eat.

Seeing Gu Yan's aggrieved expression, Bai Heming couldn't help but say, "If all else fails, why don't you go downstairs and ask?"

"Fine, I'll hold on a little longer. It would be too awkward if I ran into some kind of family reunion when I went downstairs."

Gu Yan thought for a moment, then said to Bai Hongsheng, who was lying on the bed playing with dough figurines, "Shengsheng, let's play chess."

"Okay, okay, shall we make the one Second Sister taught us before?" Bai Hongsheng jumped off the bed nimbly and ran towards Gu Yan without even putting on his shoes.

"Yes, but I only play Connect Four with kids who wear shoes." Gu Yan tried to distract herself and see if that would help her fight off her hunger.

"I'll put them on, I'll put them on." Bai Hongsheng turned his head, obediently put on the shoes, and climbed onto the chair opposite Gu Yan.

After losing three out of three games, Gu Yan watched in disbelief as the black pieces successfully formed a five-piece streak once again: she had actually lost to Sheng Sheng, this little beginner, four times in a row!

Bai Heming, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hahaha, Yan Huai, your chess skills need improvement. If you can't teach your apprentice, you'll just starve to death."

"Cough cough, how could that be? I was letting Shengsheng win the first few rounds." Gu Yan forced himself to save face. "Shengsheng, I'll have to be serious in the next round. Don't cry if you lose, okay?"

"Don't cry even if you lose, Second Sister." Bai Hongsheng laughed heartily as he leaned back in his chair, watching his Second Sister pretend to be strong.

Just as Gu Yan was rolling up his sleeves, ready to "go all out," there was a knock at the door. Bai Heming, seeing the two men who were full of "battle spirit," had no choice but to get up and open the door.

Outside the door is Xiao Wan, who just returned today.

"can I help you?"

"Young Master Bai, I apologize for disturbing you. These are some snacks that Uncle Peng just made. He was worried you might not have had enough to eat at noon, so he brought them up to give you something to eat." Xiao Wan raised the tray in her hand and explained politely.

"Okay, thank you." Bai Heming took the tray, politely thanked them, and then turned and went back into the house.

As soon as Bai Heming entered the house, Gu Yan, with his sharp nose, smelled it and happily exclaimed, "Big brother, has someone brought food over?"

"Yes, these are freshly made snacks. Please try them."

Gu Yan pounced on Bai Heming like a tiger, grabbing a small pastry from each side and stuffing it into his mouth. As he ate, he mumbled, "Brother, let me eat for a while. You finish this game for me and Sheng Sheng."

Helpless, Bai Heming handed the tray to Gu Yan and then took over her half-finished but precarious chess game.

While eating, Gu Yan also fed Bai Hongsheng, all the while watching the two play chess. He thought to himself with satisfaction: This is what it means to steal a moment of leisure from a busy life.

Suddenly, a splash of yellow on the tray caught Gu Yan's attention. The yellow pastry was shaped like a five-petaled flower, and it looked remarkably familiar on the small black plate. She carefully broke off a piece and put it in her mouth. The rich, slightly sweet milky aroma instantly awakened the taste in her memory. She quickly picked up the pea flour pastry she had just broken off, and sure enough, there was red bean paste filling in the center of the flower.

To be able to make pea flour cake into a five-petal flower shape, with a rich milky flavor and red bean filling, must be Mumu!

Back then, Mumu dragged them along to play with modeling clay a lot in order to practice making five-petaled flowers. Even the suggestion to put red bean paste inside was made by Qiqi, a red bean enthusiast.

Thinking of this, Gu Yan became even more certain. He picked up the plate containing the pea flour cake, rushed out of the room, and headed downstairs.

Seeing that Gu Yan was acting strangely, Bai Heming and Bai Hongsheng quickly got up and followed her downstairs.

In the lobby on the first floor, only Mai Dong was dozing off against the counter. Gu Yan shook Mai Dong awake and asked eagerly, "Mai Dong, who made today's pastries?"

Mai Dong rubbed her eyes, and after recovering her senses, said, "It was Uncle Peng who made it."

"Where's Uncle Peng? Is he in the kitchen? I need to talk to Uncle Peng, really, it's urgent!"

Seeing Gu Yan's anxious expression, and then looking at Bai Heming and Bai Hongsheng following behind her, Mai Dong thought something serious had happened and hurriedly shouted to the kitchen, "Uncle Peng, come out quickly, Miss Bai has something urgent to tell you."

"Coming, coming, what's wrong?" Uncle Peng heard the shout and came out without even taking off his apron. Aunt Hong and Xiao Wan, who were equally confused, followed behind him.

Seeing Gu Yan's reddened eyes and her tightly gripping the plate in her hand, looking as frightened and uneasy as a pitiful young animal, Aunt Hong felt very sorry for her and walked up to Gu Yan, asking softly, "What's wrong, Miss Bai? What's wrong? Tell Aunt Hong."

"Aunt Hong... pea flour cake, who makes pea flour cake?" Gu Yan grabbed Aunt Hong's sleeve tightly with his other hand, as if he had grasped a lifeline, and stared straight at Aunt Hong.

"I did it. Is there a problem?" Standing behind Uncle Peng, Xiao Wan took a step forward, looking at the somewhat flustered Miss Bai with a hint of doubt, and took the initiative to admit it.

Upon hearing the answer, Gu Yan released Aunt Hong and walked step by step to Xiao Wan, staring at her intently, as if afraid that she would disappear again in the blink of an eye.

Looking at Gu Yan's tear-filled eyes, Xiao Wan suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if she understood something. She took a step back in shock, her face full of disbelief, and asked uncertainly in a low voice, "A-Yan... is that you?"

"Mumu, it's me, it's me!" Gu Yan said, tears welling up in her eyes.

Their eyes ignited a fire when they met, and with a passionate embrace, endless words and tears of emotion intertwined.

finally found you!

The others in the room were completely baffled by the two girls' crying and laughing. Bai Hongsheng asked in confusion, "Big brother, what's wrong with second sister?"

Bai Heming patted Bai Hongsheng's head without saying a word. He silently watched everything before him, his eyes darkening, his emotions surging. His gaze fell on Gu Yan and Xiao Wan, quickly overlapping with some scenes from his memory. He felt a warm swelling in his heart, and a slight smile appeared on his lips, filled with an indescribable joy.

After hugging for a while, Gu Yan and the other person gradually calmed down. Under the surprised and puzzled gazes of those around them, they held hands and smiled at each other.

"Xiao Wan, what's going on between you and Miss Bai?" Aunt Hong asked with concern as she watched the two girls laughing and crying.

“It’s alright, Aunt Hong. Do you remember I told you before that I came out to find someone? Miss Bai is the person I’m looking for.”

"Oh, wait a minute, how come you didn't recognize me at first?" Aunt Hong was a little confused.

Gu Yan chuckled, wanting to see how Mu Mu would respond. After transmigrating, their appearances had changed drastically. If it weren't for Mu Mu's pea-yellow coat, she would never have guessed that the "Xiao Wan" right in front of her was Mu Mu.

"I last saw Miss Bai when she was a child. Now she's grown up so much, I almost didn't recognize her." Mu Mu—Shen Mujin glared at Gu Yan, who was "watching the show" from the side. I'll settle the score with you later.

"Why are you asking so many questions? The two girls have finally reunited, they must have a lot to talk about. Let's go do what we need to do and not disturb their reunion."

Uncle Peng pulled Aunt Hong, who still wanted to ask more questions, back to the kitchen. Mai Dong and Mai Qiu, who had come to watch the commotion, also returned to behind the counter. Gu Baiheming smiled gently at Gu Yan and the other person, picked up the little boy, and went back to the house to continue playing chess.

"Come with me." Shen Mujin pulled Gu Yan up to the third floor of the inn and back to her own room.

The house isn't big, but it's clean and cozy.

After circling around, Gu Yanqian sat down at the table and asked with a smile, "Mumu, oh no, Xiaowan, aren't you going to introduce yourself?"

Shen Mujin poured two cups of hot water and handed them to Gu Yan. "Won't Miss Bai introduce herself first? I heard from Aunt Hong and the others that the Bai family is the richest family in Wuzhou."

"Sigh, don't even mention it." Gu Yan sighed. "So what if we're the richest family? We were wiped out because we were too conspicuous. Let me tell you, if it weren't for my older brother, you might not even be seeing me now!"

"Oh, what happened? Tell me quickly."

"Take off that 'watching the show' look on your face. Shouldn't you be worried about me right now?"

"It's worry! Look at my sincere eyes." After saying that, Shen Mujin blinked and tried to squeeze out a few worried tears.

"My name is Bai Yanhuai now. I'm the second young lady of the Bai family, born out of wedlock. My mother died early, and my father didn't care for me. I was raised by my aunt. It's said that I used to have a stutter, but it cleared up after I transmigrated. Oh, and there's also a young master Qi that I like, but he got engaged to my eldest sister. When the original owner heard that, she immediately fell seriously ill, and that's how I ended up here. How's this plot? Sound familiar?" Gu Yan raised an eyebrow and gave a brief summary of the original owner's background.

"That sounds familiar. Compared to this, your background is the typical setting for a time-travel romance novel."

"What's going on with you? Is this some kind of atypical time-travel novel?"

"Not really, it's just that the place I traversed was too remote. At the foot of a high mountain, besides me, there was only a dog, two graves, and a bunch of wild animals." Shen Mujin listed them off on her fingers.

"What? There's a grave? Did you transmigrate into a horror novel?" Gu Yan was stunned.

"Although the original owner's parents are buried there, I was quite scared at first. But luckily, I had Dahuang with me. Dahuang is that dog, a very smart one. Sometimes I even suspected that it had become a spirit. But I got used to it and it was fine."

"As expected of our Mumu, if it were Hua Bao or Yue Ya, they'd probably run away overnight." Gu Yan wanted to give Shen Mujin a thumbs up. "But I'm really curious about that big yellow dog that's become a spirit. Did you bring it with you this time?"

"Yes, yes, that little devil is even smarter than a monkey, he's being kept in the backyard now. But Ah Yan, there's actually something even more powerful in the mountains. The original owner lived there to protect it. Can you guess what it is?" Shen Mujin suppressed her smile and looked up at Gu Yan.

"Since you're asking this, it must be related to our time travel, right?"

“I don’t know the specifics either. I only learned about the original owner’s family’s responsibilities through a letter. I also explored the mountains alone many times, but I didn’t find the treasure mentioned in the letter. But I found this.” After saying that, Shen Mujin took out a jade pendant from her clothes.

Do you remember this jade pendant?

Gu Yan didn't answer. Instead, he took out the jade pendant from her hand from inside his clothes and waved it in front of his eyes. "What a coincidence, isn't this one? I have one too."

Shen Mujin took Gu Yan's jade pendant and examined it carefully: "We didn't observe it carefully before we divided the jade pendants at the gathering. During the few days I was in the mountains, I kept thinking about whether our jade pendants were exactly the same or there were differences. Sure enough, they are slightly different."

"Where? Let me see." Gu Yan leaned closer and carefully observed the place Shen Mujin was pointing to.

Both jade pendants are roughly half-fan-shaped, with only the middle part being carved differently. However, it is difficult to describe exactly how they are different. It's like each small packet in a whole bag of Sachima; although everyone knows it's Sachima, the pattern of each small packet is unique.

"Mumu, how long have you been in Wuzhou? Have you heard any... rumors?"

"I've been here for less than half a month. I've probably heard some rumors, but judging from your expression, you must have some deep feelings about it." Shen Mujin was in the inn where information traveled the fastest, so she knew a little about everything that happened in Wuzhou, not to mention major events like the occupation of the Bai Mansion.

"Where is the deep feeling? We're clearly the victims! I don't know where the rumor came from that there's one of the Seven Star Stones in Wuzhou, and it's attracted so many people. But..." Gu Yan lowered her voice and whispered her discovery to Shen Mujin, "I suspect that the Seven Star Stones might be related to the jade pendant we have, and maybe even to our time travel."

"This..." Shen Mujin hadn't expected their time travel to be related to the Seven Star Stone. The more they were involved now, the more problems they might face in the future, and the slimmer their hope of returning would become. Thinking of this, she didn't know what to say for a moment.

Gu Yan noticed Shen Mujin's melancholy and helplessness, and patted her shoulder comfortingly: "Since we're here, let's make the best of it. Now that we've met, we'll definitely figure out a way to leave once we find Yueya and the others. Many hands make light work! Five of us can outwit two Zhuge Liangs!"

Shen Mujin was amused by the last sentence. "You know how to round up."

"Of course!" Gu Yan, who beamed with pride at the slightest hint of joy, raised her head proudly. "Alright, Miss Xiao Wan, isn't it time for your moment to shine?"

"First, let me introduce myself. The original owner's name was Shen Nianwan. Note that it's 'wan' as in 'evening.' As I just mentioned, the original owner's family had a huge secret about guarding a treasure. I didn't know anything about the outside world since I left the mountain on my own, and I was afraid that revealing my real name would attract criminals, so I made up a name called Shen Xiaowan." It has to be said that Shen Mujin herself admired herself; there aren't many people who can have three names at the same time.

"Sister, thank you for your hard work. I'll go and subtly inquire with my older brother in a bit to see if there are any rumors about your Shen family guarding the treasure. If not, you can breathe a sigh of relief."

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely remember."

"Mmm, I got it. By the way, didn't anything interesting happen to you while you were deep in the mountains?" Gu Yan pricked up her gossipy little ears.

"No." Shen Mujin nudged Gu Yan a little guiltily. "Why don't you go ask now? I'm afraid you'll forget later."

"...You can ask now, but you'll need a tiny bit of something in return." Gu Yan chuckled slyly.

"What are the benefits? You'll be performing, not selling your body," Shen Mujin said, hugging herself tightly, looking wary.

"Hey, I'm just a little short on cash lately. You work at this inn, and I know some of the staff. Don't you get any employee benefits?"

Shen Mujin rolled her eyes at Gu Yan. "Do you think this is modern times? Employee benefits, huh? But if you really have any difficulties, you can talk to Uncle Chen directly. Uncle Chen is a good person, he will definitely help you find a solution."

"Okay, I'm relieved to hear that. I'll go ask now. Do you want to come with me? I'll give you a free chance to admire some handsome guys."

"I won't go. But I have a question: are you and Young Master Bai really related by blood?"

"Huh?" Gu Yan was taken aback by the question. "Yes, I have a half-brother. Don't we look alike? Although I don't have my brother's stunning looks, I think I have some good looks too."

"You're handsome, you're handsome. I didn't say you weren't. I just think your older brother is good-looking and has a good personality. According to the tropes in novels, if there's no blood relation, these are usually the male protagonists, right?" Shen Mujin quickly explained as she looked at Gu Yan, who was leaning closer to the bronze mirror.

"I've thought about that before too. It's a pity I'm not interested in orthopedics. I wonder which girl my older brother will end up with." Gu Yan shrugged, finished his tea, and waved goodbye.

Watching Gu Yan's departing figure, Shen Mujin pondered her earlier question, and couldn't help but recall the sect leader who had once freeloaded at her house down the mountain and even started a fight at the slightest provocation. She muttered to herself, "I wonder how his health is lately..."