C17

The two of them rode their horses to the Sunset Mountains. The biting cold wind blew over, causing people's faces to hurt.

However, Yan Jinyuan and her brother didn't seem to feel anything. Just like when they were young, they closed their eyes and followed the feeling.

In this place, they seemed to be able to cast away everything outside the mortal world, only hearing the cold wind whistling past their ears.

"How long has it been since we walked like this?" Chu Moyuan smiled, his voice was blown away by the wind in the Sunset Mountains.

Yan Jinyuan didn't hear his words as she continued to walk forward, one step at a time, as if she was going back to her childhood.

She wondered if everything would stop happening as long as she continued walking like this when she was young. When she opened her eyes, she was once again as carefree as ever.

Thinking about this, he even forgot where he was going. When he opened his eyes, the unfamiliar yet familiar scene seemed to have occurred a lifetime ago. His sore eyes looked around but he did not see Chu Moyuan.

She remembered that she got lost here when she was young, but luckily, Chu Moyuan found her.

Chu Moyuan would come looking for him, right? Yan Jinyuan sat down unhurriedly. It was such a big Sunset Mountains. Since he was able to find her when he was young, it shouldn't be a problem now.

Moments later, Chu Moyuan's voice came from the wind. Yan Jinyuan quickly stood up and waved at Chu Moyuan who was not far away: "I'm here."

"Yuan still hasn't changed. She comes here every time we enter the Sunset Mountains." Chu Moyuan joked.

"En!" Yan Jinyuan looked into the distance, her eyes clear and bright. "And you always find me."

Her voice was extremely pleasant to hear. It was like an April breeze that caressed people's hearts and made them feel warm.

Chu Moyuan stared at her in a daze. After a long while, he finally came back to his senses. He looked at her and said, "Indeed, I can find you wherever you go."

Noticing the deep look in his eyes, Yan Jinyuan smiled embarrassedly. It wasn't that she didn't know what he was thinking about her, but she still bore a grudge. If she hadn't yet avenged her grudges, then what else could she say?

Perhaps, she still betrayed him. After a long while, Yan Jinyuan looked at him seriously and said, "Moyuan, I …"

Chu Moyuan had expected her to say something, so he hurriedly interrupted her, "Yuan, you don't need to say anything. I am willing to do it."

"Let's go over there and take a look." He was afraid that Yan Jinyuan would blame herself when she saw the hurt in his eyes, so he hurriedly said.

Yan Jinyuan nodded. The two of them walked forward aimlessly. Chu Moyuan glanced at Yan Jinyuan out of the corner of his eye. She had regained her usual coldness.

Chu Moyuan's heart ached. He wished he could bear all the pain for Yan Jinyuan.

"I want to see the spring where we used to soak our feet when we were kids." Yan Jinyuan suddenly said. Thoughts filled her eyes.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Follow this path, and we'll find a place to take a look.

"En!" Yan Jinyuan nodded and they headed for the spring.

The clear and transparent spring could no longer be found. In its place was this dry and cracked spring.

In a flash, disappointment appeared in her eyes. Even the heavens had taken away her beautiful memories.

Yan Jinyuan laughed bitterly in silence. The wind blew her skirt around, carrying away a trace of something called loneliness.

"Not here. Let's look elsewhere." When Chu Moyuan first saw the dried up spring, his eyes were filled with shock. However, he did not express it. Instead, he comforted Yan Jinyuan.

Then, the two of them continued to walk. Yan Jinyuan's brain was still repeatedly playing the dry spring, unexpectedly cutting off the voices of the people around her.

"Yuan, Yuan …" "What happened to you …"

Chu Moyuan lightly patted her shoulder. Yan Jinyuan finally came back to her senses. She looked at him blankly and asked, "What happened?"

"What was Yuan thinking just now? You didn't even respond to me calling you a few times. "

Yan Jinyuan quickly shook her head. She already owed him a lot, so she didn't want to burden Chu Moyuan with her troubles.

Chu Moyuan smiled bitterly in his heart. How could he not know Yuan's thoughts? However, he did not want to say it out loud. As expected, she did not trust him.

The two of them walked like this for a full two laps before realizing that they had been lying to themselves. The spring had dried up long ago.

"Things change when people don't do anything. Tears flow first when people desire to speak."

Yan Jinyuan looked at the dry spring and felt a pang in her heart. "We've changed, they've changed too."

The two that she was referring to was the dried up spring in front of her. She felt extremely sorrowful, but her eyes were so sore that they could not shed a single tear.

"Changed, changed, changed." Chu Moyuan's voice spread through the valley, giving off a chilling feeling.

Just then, the sound of horses whinnies came from not too far away. They looked at each other, puzzled, and went towards the source of the sound.

In the depths of the mountain, there was actually an old man. Seeing that his clothes were in tatters, yet he was constantly teasing the horses, this caused them to whimper.

The two of them walked in and hurriedly called out, "Senior, what is this about?"

The old man turned around with a pair of bright eyes on his dirty face. He glared at the two of them and said, "This horse is yours!"

The two of them nodded in agreement. However, the old man said, "Your horses are in my path now. Pay up." As he spoke, a dirty hand appeared in the depths of his heart.

Chu Moyuan's eyes were filled with anger, he didn't expect to meet such a shameless old man. He was about to pull the horse away, but the old man suddenly flashed in front of the horse, put his hands on his hips, and angrily said: "What? You two still want to go back on your words? "

Chu Moyuan was so angry that he couldn't control himself and wanted to hit him. Yan Jinyuan hurriedly stopped him, but the old man didn't mind. He shouted loudly, "I hit him, I hit him …"

Chu Moyuan couldn't move even if he wanted to. He could only stare blankly. Yan Jinyuan took a step forward and said, "Senior, are these enough?" She took out the silver she had prepared for the day.

The old man snorted, "This girl is sensible." With a flash, he disappeared in front of the two of them.

The two of them were shocked. Yan Jinyuan thought that there was nothing wrong with her attire, yet this old man was still able to see through her.

Such a person would definitely not be an enemy if she could become friends with him. At this moment, she was incomparably glad for the money she had contributed.

After being disturbed by the old man, the two of them were no longer in the mood to play. They instead rode their horses towards the city.

The horse ran with the wind, and in a moment it was at the city gate. It was unknown what it was inspecting, but it was still very tight.

Seeing the galloping horses, the leader of the soldiers made a gesture and said, "Who are you guys talking to? Please accept the investigation."

Chu Moyuan held onto the reins tightly and looked at the soldier with disdain: "What? You don't even know me anymore? "

"I still need to know you. Smile …" Halfway through his words, the soldier raised his head and saw Chu Moyuan. He quickly kneeled down and begged for mercy.

Chu Moyuan glanced at him and said coldly, "Open the gate."

"Yes, yes, yes. Let's go immediately." The soldier quickly nodded and bowed before instructing the others to open the gate.

With the protection of Master Chu's identity, the two of them quickly entered the city. Chu Moyuan only left after escorting her to the back door.

There was no one guarding the back gate of the Prime Minister Mansion, so Yan Jinyuan took advantage of this gap to enter. Unexpectedly, she met Xu Rufeng coming towards her, which startled her.

Xu Rufeng, who only saw her once, was even more unlikely to recognize her. Thinking about it, Yan Jinyuan pretended that she couldn't see Xu Rufeng as she walked past him, "I saw it when you left." Xu Rufeng's voice sounded in her ears, causing a thousand ripples in her heart.

Yan Jinyuan stopped and looked at him with disbelief. However, she soon recovered her composure and said coldly, "Young Master must have recognized the wrong person."

Her voice was no longer crisp like before, instead, it was thick like a man's. Xu Rufeng was stunned for a moment and then quickly reacted, "Stables …" After he said these two words with great interest, he saw a strange look in Yan Jinyuan's eyes. However, if one did not look carefully, they would not notice it at all.

Yan Jinyuan laughed coldly and was about to leave when Xu Rufeng's voice sounded again, "Four hours." She turned around and saw Xu Rufeng raising two fingers with a proud smile on his face.

Yan Jinyuan did not deny or admit it. However, she was apprehensive. Would Xu Rufeng tell Han Shizhong about this? It would be even more difficult for her to get out in the future.

When she heard maidservant call Xu Rufeng, Yan Jinyuan didn't have time to think about it, so she just left without looking back. Xu Rufeng had an unexpectedly deep look in his eyes.

Returning to Fanghua Garden, Yan Jinyuan poured herself a cup of tea and called out, "Si Qin."

Si Qin walked over from the side hall. When she saw Yan Jinyuan, she said excitedly, "Miss, you're finally back. If you didn't come back, I wouldn't even know what to do."

"What happened?"

"You don't know, ever since you left, there have been many accidents in the house."

"First one of the horses ran away …" Yan Jinyuan remembered that she had slipped away on a white horse and asked, "Did you find anything?"

"I just found it. I heard the horse came back by itself."

Yan Jinyuan understood. She must not have known that she had slipped away.

"Miss, what are you thinking about?"

Yan Jinyuan shook her head and said, "Nothing? What else happened? "

"As soon as you left, the First Young Master came looking for you. He wanted to see you."

"Oh? Did he find out? " Yan Jinyuan asked indifferently as she poured herself another cup of tea.

Si Qin's expression turned serious. "Miss, if you don't come back, this servant really won't be able to stop the eldest young master. Perhaps he will find out about your disappearance."

"Come, have a sip of tea to calm your nerves." Yan Jinyuanfu poured another cup for Si Qin, which she quickly explained. Looking at his clothes, she said fearfully, "Miss, you, you …" She pointed at Yan Jinyuan's clothes.

Yan Jinyuan looked down and remembered that she had forgotten to change her clothes. She ordered Si Qin to prepare hot water.

It had been a while since she last rode a horse. Her body was already a little sore, so she decided to go to bed after taking a bath.