“I haven’t forgotten her either. If, as you said, she successfully changed history, we should forget her. Maybe it’s just delayed. Memory is an impression of the past, so memory might disappear slightly later than her actual self,” Lin Bai pondered.
Meng Qing took out a jade dragonfly. They had found this piece of jade while playing in a stream at Xiye Manor. He had it carved into a dragonfly, intending to give it to her as a New Year’s gift, but never got the chance before she disappeared forever.
He stared at the jade dragonfly, hoping to preserve some trace of her existence while his memory of her remained.
Chapter 155: The Second First Encounter
“The spring morning sunlight was brilliant, a gentle breeze caressing branches with new buds. Paired birds chirped on the branches.”
Yu Yi looked up at the birds, feeling a slight resentment. This was the most beautiful season of the year, the most leisurely time of day. On such a lovely spring day, she could only walk in the rear garden of the marquis’s residence.
It was a day off.
Her father had invited colleagues to go boating, and Hong Rui had also gone out with classmates.
She envied the birds, able to fly beyond the wall and soar in the vast blue sky. Ah, but such thoughts were futile. She only had this brief moment of leisure before returning to practice painting.
Yu Yi sighed, walking into the garden pavilion. Moon Peach quickly wiped the dust from a bench and laid a thin cloth cushion. Yu Yi smoothed her skirt and sat down lightly. Spring Swallow handed her a travelogue.
Yu Yi flipped through a few pages but found herself unable to focus on the book. She looked up towards the pair of birds among the cherry trees, noticing they were still there, becoming more intimate. One bird was flying around the other, hopping back and forth on the branches, seeming to dance joyfully.
Yu Yi found it interesting and closed her book, watching them for a while. She said to her two maids, “Bring me my painting supplies. The sun is warm and pleasant, so I won’t go back to my room. I’ll paint these birds here in the pavilion today.”
Chun Yan and Yue Tao agreed and went to her room to fetch the supplies.
