Yu Yi’s face instantly turned bright red, and she spat, “How improper! Have I been too good to you that you dare to tease me so rudely? Instead of wasting time chattering, quickly go prepare hot water. I’ll bathe and then rest.”
“Yes. We obey your command.” Yue Tao and Chun Yan laughed and retreated from the room.
Soon after the bathwater was ready, Meng Qing waited for Yu Yi to leave the bedroom, then silently pushed open the lattice window and placed the jade dragonfly on the table.
As he was about to turn and leave, he felt a strong reluctance, wanting to look at her a while longer. Without the memory of that person, she was no longer the one he had loved, and he had lost his memories of her. Strangely, just thinking about leaving here and never seeing her again made his chest suddenly ache.
Meng Qing stood in place for a moment, realizing he was now a voyeur. He smiled. Earlier, she had defended him, and when the maid teased her about having feelings for him, she hadn’t denied it.
Perhaps she harbored some good feelings toward him, but that was all they were – just good feelings. She would no longer suffer family destruction; her family was now complete and happy, and she would eventually marry a suitable official’s son.
He finally resolved to leave for her own good and should not disturb her again. “Goodbye,” he silently murmured, preparing to depart, when he heard an unusual sound from the other side of the room, as if someone was quietly approaching.
He quickly retreated a few steps, hiding behind the wall corner. Wearing an infrared imaging device, he could see a figure gradually approaching her window, reaching out to attach something to the inner side of the window. This movement was familiar to Meng Qing, something he often did when monitoring targets. The figure made this single movement, then raised their left arm, sliding their fingers on it a few times before vanishing into thin air.
Meng Qing was even more surprised. This was clearly another time-space traveler. Why were they monitoring Yu Yi? If there was indeed a related mission, why did they leave this time-space immediately after installing the monitoring device? Usually, one should not leave until the mission was completed.
