Capítulo 1188: Chapter 1179: The Mountain Girl
It was a bracelet, of an unknown material, yet still quite lustrous. Taking the bracelet, Xiao Yifei curiously asked the girl, “Is it because I have the handscroll that you’re giving this to ?” Upon hearing that, the girl smiled and nodded, “That’s right, soone gave this to earlier, asking to give it to soone who had a handscroll.”
Saying this, the girl cheerfully looked at Xiao Yifei. Seeing this, Xiao Yifei nodded, “Thank you.” Xiao Yifei responded politely. Hearing this, the girl shook her head and said, “It’s nothing, little brother. You’re so handso, I think it’s actually quite nice.” Saying that, the girl suddenly stared straight at Xiao Yifei.
The sudden complint made Xiao Yifei blush a little. Seeing this, the girl exclaid in surprise, “Oh, why are you blushing?”
“It’s nothing, nothing.” Xiao Yifei quickly waved his hand, trying to hide his blushing face. “Thank you, miss.” Saying this, Xiao Yifei hurriedly fled the scene, heading to the next marked place. Watching Xiao Yifei leave, the girl smiled, though now the smile was no longer as innocent as before.
“Oh, what a pity, such a good-looking person.” Saying this, the girl helplessly headed back into the house. Xiao Yifei was still sowhat blushing, wondering how a girl from the mountains could boldly complint others. Xiao Yifei kept thinking as he continued forward helplessly.
At the next places, instead of receiving earrings or necklaces, Xiao Yifei started to suspect that Muyun’s mother had given him all her jewelry. He had no idea what the intention was behind giving him these things. Once more, Xiao Yifei was on the verge of completing an entire outfit of accumulated jewelry.
Along the way, Xiao Yifei did not find anything particularly unusual. The sa village, the sa people, the sa reactions. Up to now, Xiao Yifei felt sowhat numb, uncertain whether he was solving a mystery or playing a collection ga. Arriving at one place to get an item felt a bit like collecting in a ga.
More importantly, Xiao Yifei had only traversed half of the places marked on the handscroll, aning he still had half of the mountain path to go. Looking at the endless mountain road, Xiao Yifei sighed. What could he do; his curiosity back then had led him here, and he had no choice but to carry on.
Once again, he arrived at a village, initially presuming he would receive another trivial item, but Xiao Yifei was mistaken. This ti, the item genuinely caught him by surprise.
“Where has Xiao Yifei gone? Why haven’t we seen him yet?” Hua Xiangrong visited the Hua Mansion once more, initially planning to see if Xiao Yifei had returned, as many days had passed without any sight of him, leaving Hua Xiangrong genuinely anxious.
Thus, she ran to Old Hua to complain, but Old Hua also had no idea where Xiao Yifei was. Not only Hua Xiangrong, but Old Hua also felt concerned. “Alright, alright, don’t worry. Xiao Yifei will co back.” Old Hua did not voice his worries to Hua Xiangrong, instead comforting her not to be anxious.
Hua Xiangrong naturally could tell that Old Hua was only reassuring her. Right now, nobody knew Xiao Yifei’s whereabouts. Watching Hua Xiangrong’s worried expression, Old Hua felt a bit guilty, hence he jokingly said, “Hey, Xiangrong, you’re so worried about Xiao Yifei. Do you perhaps like him?”
Upon hearing this, Hua Xiangrong, who was still worried, blushed imdiately. “Grandfather, what are you saying? Is this the ti to discuss this?” Listening to Hua Xiangrong’s shy tone, Old Hua laughed. Judging by this deanor, what else could it be if not her liking Xiao Yifei? Thinking about this, Old Hua thoughtfully nodded.
Honestly, Old Hua was quite fond of Xiao Yifei. If Xiao Yifei could marry Hua Xiangrong, it would definitely not be a bad thing. So now, the image of Hua Xiangrong leading Xiao Yifei kept running through Old Hua’s mind.
“Grandfather, what are you thinking?” Hua Xiangrong asked puzzledly upon seeing Old Hua’s silly grin. Hearing this, Old Hua realized he had spaced out earlier, and quickly waved it off, claiming he had just been lost in thought. Hearing Old Hua’s explanation, Hua Xiangrong helplessly chuckled.
Where, exactly, was Xiao Yifei? Hua Xiangrong gazed at the sky outside the window, pondering this.
Perhaps Hua Xiangrong and the others couldn’t imagine that at this very mont, Xiao Yifei was in the Ten Thousand Mountains in the Southern Border. Following the markings on the handscroll, Xiao Yifei had already reached the latter half of the locations it recorded.
It was the sa familiar routine. Following the markings, Xiao Yifei found a place, again a residential ho. As soon as he saw it, he knew soone would be giving him sothing. Touching the jewelry in his pocket, Xiao Yifei felt a sudden urge to give up. What are these things? Could it be that the secret Muyun’s mother left behind is this?
Holding such doubts, Xiao Yifei quietly waited for soone to co and find him. Sure enough, after not too long, a middle-aged man ca looking for Xiao Yifei. Seeing the handscroll in Xiao Yifei’s hand, the man imdiately lit up with excitent—it was as if he’d been waiting for this person.
The man was about to say sothing when Xiao Yifei interrupted him, “Alright, alright, let’s skip the conversation. Just give the item first.” Xiao Yifei was tired of the lengthy dialogues up to this point, so he straightforwardly told the man to hand over whatever it was, though it was admittedly sowhat rude.
Upon hearing this, the man was visibly taken aback, then awkwardly smiled. He reached behind him to pull out an item—an antique box, unlike anything Xiao Yifei had seen among the previous items, making him particularly attentive this ti.
“He told to give this to you,” the man said, extending the item towards Xiao Yifei. Xiao Yifei nodded, taking the box. After receiving it, he glanced at the man and then, sowhat skeptically, opened the box. However, upon seeing what’s inside, Xiao Yifei was stunned.
The box was simple, so it was easy to see what’s inside. It was a silver needle resting on red cloth. The needle’s head was shaped like an eye, and the tail was exceedingly sharp, resembling a silver light. In the sunlight, Xiao Yifei found it difficult to look directly at it.
“This is?” Xiao Yifei was sowhat scared to utter the needle’s na, but he knew very well in his heart that this was the Green-eyed Silver-tailed Needle! Xiao Yifei could never have dreamt of encountering the Green-eyed Silver-tailed Needle in such a place, handed to him unconditionally by soone.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yifei frowned, then quickly shut the box, looking at the man before him, “Where did you get this item?” Xiao Yifei pointed at the box, questioning.
Upon hearing this, the man appeared quite calm, seemingly not surprised by Xiao Yifei’s intense reaction. “I don’t know; I never opened it?” The man innocently waved his hand, indicating he had no idea what was inside the box.
This was obviously not the answer Xiao Yifei was looking for, so he closed in on the man, furrowing his brows, asking, “Who gave this to you?” However, everyone seed united in saying they couldn’t tell Lin Mu, “Damn it!” He stomped his foot forcefully in frustration.
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