Minr Daan was about to run towards the ancestral temple when a young woman in her late teens emerged from the same house. Shui, born to Xiuyun’s stepmother, grabbed Minr Daan’s arm and whispered close to his ear: “Brother Daan, don’t chase her, just let it go…”
Minr Daan hesitated. Xiuyun’s escape meant she definitely wouldn’t return, which essentially achieved his goal. However, he kept thinking about how suspicious her escape was – being so tightly bound yet still managing to escape; someone must have freed her. Without understanding this matter, he felt unsettled.
Minr Daan told Shui: “I’ll go check what’s going on, you stay home.”
Shui nodded and cautioned: “Brother Daan, be careful, and come back once you’ve found out the truth…”
At this moment, Yu Yi saw Minr Ergou approaching and called out: “Miss Shui, why are you holding Uncle Daan’s hand?”
Shui immediately let go, her face turning bright red. Minr Daan looked around nervously, seeing Minr Ergou looking towards their small courtyard from dozens of steps away, unsure if he had actually seen anything.
Minr Daan composed himself, pretending he hadn’t heard Yu Yi’s previous words, and approached Minr Ergou to ask: “Ergou, how did Xiuyun escape?”
Minr Ergou suspiciously glanced at the blushing Shui, who quickly lowered her head and returned to the west side room. Only then did Minr Ergou tell Minr Daan: “She was definitely released by someone. It must be her lover who secretly came back and rescued her. You should go to Sanye’s house at the village entrance to discuss this, and I still need to tell everyone about this.”
Yu Yi pretended to slip, letting out an “Ouch” as she fell. Min Tiancheng heard her cry out and instinctively reached to pull her up. Although Yu Yi didn’t completely fall, she still knelt on the muddy mountain path.
Min Tiancheng anxiously asked, “What happened? Did you hurt yourself?”
Yu Yi replied with a tearful voice, “I twisted my ankle.”
At this point, hearing her cry, everyone stopped and turned back to check the situation. In the firelight, they saw Min Ling crying “Woo woo”!
