Lu Fei thought for a moment, then said, "Then I'll leave tomorrow night."
Zou Yuzhi knew she couldn't persuade him to stay, so she could only agree. That night, she tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Her mind was filled with Lu Fei's figure. This outstanding youth had left a deep impression in her mind, one that she feared would never be able to erase for the rest of her life.
Early the next morning, a doctor came to see Zou Yuzhi. After seeing her, he couldn't make up his mind. But seeing him trying to leave the room as quickly as possible, Zou Yuzhi's parents could roughly guess what was going on. They couldn't help but inwardly sigh. Their daughter was fine a few days ago, so how did she suddenly get tuberculosis?
At noon, Zou Yuzhi summoned Lu Fei. The two of them stood in the small hall, looking at the scenery in the distance. When she thought of Lu Fei leaving that night, Zou Yuzhi immediately felt melancholy. But she was a girl, and it had taken all her courage to ask him to stay once. How could she ask him to stay a second time? Lu Fei saw that her mood wasn't good, so he said, "I'll take you out to play."
Zou Yuzhi said, "Father and mother won't let me go out."
Lu Fei said, "If we sneak out, how will they know?"
Zou Yuzhi thought about it. The servant girls had also found an excuse to go home, so she guessed that no one would discover that they had left the manor. She cheerfully said, "Okay, let's go."
Lu Fei immediately grabbed her waist and flew out the window. Zou Yuzhi cried out softly and landed safely on the ground. Lu Fei leapt up again, and they were already outside the courtyard walls. Lu Fei pulled her around several courtyard walls, thinking that it really wasn't good for the eldest daughter of the Zou family to wander around. He immediately went to a shop and bought a veil for Zou Yuzhi's face.
As the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, Zou Yuzhi strictly adhered to etiquette. She usually didn't go out, so she didn't have time to wander around the streets and alleys. Lu Fei took her to eat many snacks that she had never seen before. Seeing that Zou Yuzhi was happy, Lu Fei was also very happy. But he had asked Kong Yi and the others to meet in Wujin, so how could he stand them up? He could only come back to visit her when he was free.
Lu Fei took Zou Yuzhi to the highest mountain outside the city to watch the sunset. When the sky was about to turn dark, he sent her back to the attic. The two of them had a day of fun and were more familiar with each other. Zou Yuzhi sat on the couch and said, "Today is the happiest day I've ever had in my life." She stared blankly at Lu Fei and said, "I really envy you. You can go everywhere and watch the sunrise and sunset every day."
Lu Fei smiled faintly and said, "Time is everything. If you look at it for a long time, you will get tired of it. If you look at the sunrise and sunset every day, you will get tired of it one day."
Zou Yuzhi said, "There are other interests in the tranquility, but I'm starting to like seeing many sceneries. I finally know why so many people want to wander around. It turns out that the world is so big."
The two of them looked at each other for a long time. The sky gradually darkened. Lu Fei said, "You should rest."
Zou Yuzhi knew that he was about to leave, so he said, "Before I leave, can you sing a song for me?"
Lu Fei picked up the pipa on the table and said, "Then lie down and cover yourself with the quilt."
Zou Yuzhi took off her shoes and lay down on the couch. She covered herself with the quilt and looked sideways at Lu Fei. Lu Fei slowly plucked the strings and sang, "I forget how it started. Maybe it's because of you, I have a feeling …"
Zou Yuzhi listened to his gentle voice and inexplicably felt sleepy. She fell into a deep sleep, but her mind firmly remembered every line of Lu Fei's song. She felt incomparably at ease. When she woke up, the sky was already bright. When she got up and looked around, Lu Fei's figure was long gone. The pipa lay quietly on the table, as if everything that had happened in the past few days was just a dream.
Zou Yuzhi got up and walked to the table. She saw a few lines of words on the table. They were written with water. Zou Yuzhi read, "A duckweed returns to the sea. It's a small world. We'll meet again on the first day of the first lunar month." The words were still wet. Lu Fei had obviously left not long ago. Zou Yuzhi smiled and hurriedly opened the calendar. There were still more than two months to the first day of the first lunar month.
She walked to the window and looked out. She saw the sun rise, shining golden light everywhere. Zou Yuzhi had never felt that the morning sun was so beautiful.
After leaving the city, Lu Fei rushed all the way to Wujin. On the way, he bought a good knife from a blacksmith shop and tied it to his back. In this chaotic world, thieves were everywhere. He had to be vigilant.
One day, Lu Fei didn't see any village shops. Just as he was thinking that he might have to sleep in the open, a tall city finally appeared in front of him. However, if he rushed there, the city gate would have been closed. He could only find a village to stay in first and plan to enter the city the next day.
He hurried forward for a while and saw a village near the farmland. He immediately rushed over. Perhaps he could catch up with a hot meal.
He chose a manor that looked relatively extravagant for the night. He didn't want the servants to see him tired and worn-out, so they directly chased him away. Lu Fei didn't mind. He found another house that was relatively simple. This house was occupied by a young couple. They were quite hospitable. When Lu Fei put out a string of money, the couple hurriedly killed a chicken and cooked, treating him well. The husband looked like a scholar. He took advantage of the dusk to fetch a pot of good wine from the village entrance to entertain Lu Fei.
After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Lu Fei went to sleep in the side room. He woke up early in the morning, left the couple some money, and left to continue on his way.
When the sky was about to brighten, another village appeared in front of him. However, the city wall still looked very far away. Lu Fei directly passed through the center of the village. When he passed by the door of a large house, he saw an ox cart parked by the side of the road. An awe-inspiring young man sat on the cart. He looked very young, but his muscles were solid. When he looked around, his imposing manner was even more intimidating. Although it was late autumn, his arms were still bare. It was obvious that this person had some foundation in martial arts.
When Lu Fei was passing by, the door of the manor next to him suddenly opened. Three people walked out. The one in the lead was a middle-aged man. The two behind him had steady footsteps and seemed to know some martial arts. They were probably his bodyguards.
The middle-aged man took two steps. The two people behind him suddenly felt that something was wrong. They shouted at the tall and sturdy man, "Stop! Who are you?"
The tall and sturdy man didn't answer. He leaned forward, flicked his wrist, and revealed a dagger. He stabbed at the middle-aged man. Although the middle-aged man's martial arts were poor, at this critical moment of life and death, he still rolled and crawled to avoid the tall and sturdy man's knife. He panicked and ran forward. The tall and sturdy man was about to chase after him when the two bodyguards pulled out their knives and slashed at him, wanting to entangle him.
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