Chapter 137 - Break the cocoon

"Whoa, hey, Aunt Hong, it's the first time I've ever heard you say something that long at once and make sense of it! The connotation is buried deep!" Qian Wanjin playfully laughed. "The convention is about to commence, so it's impossible to find a vacant inn in the city at this time. We won't stay here for long anyway. The convention will be over in three or four days at most, so shall we make do with what we have, Nannan? I really can't find anything to fault in this small courtyard. It's peaceful and quiet, clean, cozy, and it provides satisfactory service. All of which are merits, but no one else has had the chance to live here."

Da Huang also blinked at Liu Yusheng.

One to three.

Liu Yusheng could only nod, "I always feel that something isn't quite right. Anyway, everyone should be more alert for the next few days while living here. Just think of me as a villain. It doesn't hurt to always take precautions."

The young master, Qian Wanjin, and his servant nodded.

Wei Hong quietly turned her face aside. Having guarded the girl for so many years, she knew too well how vigilant she was. Master would lose.

Since it was the Chamber of Commerce, many merchants had already come to this side to book stalls and display and sell a wave of their own products before the Chamber officially started. So walking along the street, the entrance merchandise can be described as a wide variety.

Since it was a commercial convention, many merchants had already arrived at the location, put up stalls, and displayed and sold a wave of their own products before the convention officially started. So walking along the street, the display of merchandise could be described as a dazzling array of beautiful exhibits.

There were silk fabrics, embroidery, medicinal herbs, as well as gold, gems, and jade… Products that could be displayed during the convention were all top-grade products in all walks of life.

Liu Yusheng was interested in medicines and medicinal herbs, so she went straight to the medicine area and searched among them for patent medicines that Baicao Valley produced.

"Why isn't there any? Didn't they say that people from Baicao Valley would come? I didn't see their signboard."

"… Could it be that they were late and didn't put up a booth? It's also possible that they're waiting for the convention to start to display their goods. Baicao Valley has always been mysterious, so it's not surprising if they acted strangely," Qian Wanjin subconsciously explained to pacify her.

Liu Yusheng narrowed her pretty eyes. "It can't be that Baicao Valley wasn't on the list of participants at all, right?"

"How could it be! The invitation I received detailed the merchants in attendance, and it did have Baicao Valley on it! I'll show you when I get back if you don't believe me!" There she went again. That little look in her eyes, like he was a big liar. Could he lie to her?

His eyes didn't flicker; there was no sweat on his nose; and there was no sign of a guilty conscience on his face, which was why Liu Yusheng turned her gaze away and let the him go.

Now that she couldn't see what she wanted to see, she lost interest.

"Since they aren't here now, we'll wait another day. The convention starts tomorrow. Are you afraid you won't see them?" Qian Wanjin couldn't bear to see her in a mood. "Didn't you always like to collect precious herbs? There will definitely be no shortage of treasures you can see this time, so you'll have to brace yourself to grab them!"

Liu Yushent didn't even want to roll her eyes at him. In the past, the reason she collected precious herbs was to have a source to speak of when she took out herbs to use from her space. If she really wanted to compare the preciousness of the herbs, they wouldn't even add up to what she had.

She's collected enough rare herbs over the years, so she didn't need them anymore.

It was pure waste of money to buy them again.

"Then why don't I take you guys for a tour in the lake? There's a Xingyue Lake on the edge of Xuzhou, which is also one of the famous scenic spots in Xuzhou. It's not a bad idea to rent a gaily-painted pleasure-boat for a stroll. It's still so early in the morning. I don't want to go back too early. Too much idleness will get me moldy!"

"You guys go ahead. I want to go back and rest. I'm a bit tired," Liu Yusheng refused.

Qian Wanjin wilted, "What's the point of the three of us going if you don't go?"

"Why is it meaningless? Go swim down the lake, and listen to a tune. You might be able to sing me an amusing tune when you come back."

"You want to listen to me sing a song?"

"…" I was just joking around.

"Okay, when I learn it, I'll sing it for your entertainment!"

No, please, can you stop learning? I don't really want to listen …

After sending Liu Yusheng back to the entrance of the small courtyard, the other three headed to Xingyue Lake.

Before turning around, Wei Hong took a glance in a certain direction to make sure that her companion was there and that Liu Yusheng was safe and sound before leaving.

Walking alone in the quiet garden of the private residence without those three, especially Qian Wanjin around, the noise was scraped a bit far away, so silent that it was a bit discomforting.

Liu Yusheng laughed at herself. Habit sometimes was really pretty scary.

It was akin to wanting to forget someone, but there were some habits that would always remind you of him.

Unless you could endure the pain, quit along with the habit.

She strolled along the garden path and was lost in her thoughts. She lost consciousness, and when she snapped back to her senses, she already left the boundaries of the guest quarters and seemed to have broken into a private courtyard.

The layout was consistent with the style of the outer rooms, beautiful and quiet with beautiful flowers and plants inside. At the entrance, there was an ancient camphor tree like two people hugging.

As she turned around to return, she paused when her gaze inadvertently swept over something at the root of the camphor trunk.

She turned around and walked forward, then squatted down and looked at the object out of fascination.

It was a cocoon.

Attached to the root of the tree with a small crack at the top.

Inside, the pupa was breaking its cocoon open.

Struggling, twisting, ramming, trying with all its might to break free of its bonds.

So painful and difficult.

She could have freed it with a simple squeeze of her fingers, but she couldn't.

Breaking the cocoon was the ordeal of the chrysalis' metamorphosis. It could only transform into a beautiful butterfly by breaking the cocoon shell by itself.

Like Axiu.

If she had helped and saved it from the hardships of life, it would die weakly. Because without the painful metamorphosis, it wouldn't be able to endure the storms of nature. It wouldn't become a butterfly.

Watching the cocoon slowly crumble under the chrysalis' desperate efforts, the chrysalis clumsily and firmly crawled out of the broken hole. Liu Yusheng curled her lips and smiled from the bottom of her heart.

She hoped that Axiu would be the same, breaking into a butterfly cocoon in a place she didn't know, even if she couldn't see the beauty he would display.

After squatting too long, her legs and feet were a bit numb. It took a moment for Liu Yusheng to go out, then, she heard footsteps from getting closer from afar.

Whoops, she stayed too long and was about to get caught by the master.

Liu Yusheng cried deep within, but raised her head and squeezed a smile in preparation for an apology, but she ran squarely into a pair of deep, starry eyes.

They were so familiar that her eyes suddenly heated up and her voice lost all sound.

Those eyes were too familiar.

But that face was so strange.

Right, she had almost never seen Axiu's complete appearance, and couldn't even make a comparison.

She looked straight into that face, those eyes, and then at him, who passed her by without blinking.

Liu Yusheng's tightly clenched heart swung to the bottom of the valley and became cold.

"What are you doing here?" A man's questioning voice suddenly came from behind her.

The voice was like a spring flowing in the mountains, and a gentle breeze on the face.

One could feel warmth just by listening to the voice. He should be a very gentle man.