amaotonovel Chapter 52 Farewell to Lotus Pavilion
Chapter 52 Farewell to Lotus Pavilion
"Let's not talk about Li Xiangyi, let's talk about Fang Duobing instead. I wonder how he is now. I'll go and pick him up."
Li Lianhua grabbed Wu You's hand again, preventing her from leaving.
Why are you so concerned about Fang Duobing?
“I don’t know him well.” Wu You looked up at him and asked, “Don’t you want to rescue him?”
Meeting Wu You's questioning gaze, Li Lianhua turned her face away and said in a low voice, "It's not that we don't want to save him, but how about we go outside the stone gate, and I'll open the mechanism to get him out? We can't let anyone else in from here?"
Li Lianhua tentatively spoke.
"Why go through all that trouble? It's just a matter of a moment." Wu You was puzzled by Li Lianhua's words.
"Fang Duobing is an outsider, and also the young master of Tianji Manor. Just imagine if he came here and saw so many things he'd never seen before, do you think he wouldn't ask questions? Would he want to study them? Would you have to answer him? How would you explain?"
"What if he goes back and tells his parents? Then the news will spread, won't it? Do you think you'll ever have a peaceful life again?"
Li Lianhua's barrage of questions left Wu You completely bewildered. He nodded knowingly, "You're right, it's indeed difficult to explain. But isn't Fang Duobing your apprentice? How could he be an outsider?"
Li Lianhua was not intimidated at all and said confidently, "Although I don't know where you got this information from, Fang Duobing is Li Xiangyi's apprentice, not Li Lianhua's apprentice, so he is naturally an outsider."
Wu You couldn't think of a rebuttal to Li Lianhua's fallacies. Seeing that Fang Duobing was unwilling to come in, Wu You had no choice but to agree.
"Let's go, let's get out of here quickly, lest the air over there gets thinner and thinner and he starts to suffocate."
They went to the window again and saw that the view outside had changed to the stone gate. They picked up the flashlight and went out with Li Lianhua.
As soon as I came out, I heard Fang Duobing banging on the stone door, as if he was saying something, but his voice was too soft to hear clearly.
"Oh no, things are about to collapse inside, Li Lianhua, hurry!" Wu You handed the flashlight to Li Lianhua and then started banging and knocking on the stone door.
"Young Master Fang, Fang Duobing, are you alright? Are you alright?"
Inside the stone gate, Fang Duobing leaned against it, tapping the gate intermittently with his Erya sword, calling out the names of Wu You and Li Lianhua, but no one answered.
After what seemed like an eternity, the torch in his hand appeared to grow dimmer and dimmer, as if it were about to go out at any moment.
Just as Fang Duobing was wondering if Li Lianhua and the others would come to rescue him, he finally heard Wu You calling his name from outside.
Did she remember him? Has she finally come to save him? Fang Duobing hurriedly got up from the ground and pounded on the stone door: "Miss Wu, I'm inside. Are you with Li Lianhua? Please help me open the mechanism quickly."
"Okay, Li Lianhua is also checking the mechanism. Please wait a moment." Hearing Fang Duobing's strong voice, Wu You felt a little relieved and quickly replied to reassure him.
"Okay, I understand. Be careful too, and don't trigger any traps or mechanisms." Fang Duobing relaxed. Although Li Lianhua had no experience in this area, he figured that with his intelligence, he should be fine.
After a careful search, Li Lianhua finally discovered the mechanism and rescued Fang Duobing. In the process, she activated various traps, including three types of arrows, five types of poison needles, and hallucinogenic drugs.
Each time, Li Lianhua would lead Wu You to dodge in various ways. If it was really hard to avoid, she would pull Li Lianhua into the room to hide.
When the three, or rather the four, emerged from Yipin Tomb, it was just getting dark. It was as if a giant dome had enveloped the entire world, and Li Lianhua and the others seemed to have stepped out of a small box and entered an even larger one.
The nearest village was an hour away, and it was too dark to travel there, so the group found a dilapidated temple nearby and made do with spending the night there.
Wu You couldn't help but regret it. Why couldn't he have left a day earlier or a day later? Why did he have to choose today? It's always been a bad thing to be near the main characters. Look, it's only the first day and they're already spending the night in a dilapidated temple.
If I had known, I shouldn't have been afraid of that headless corpse from Puchu Mountain yesterday at noon; I should have run away. I'm so regretful now.
The next day, he still had dark bruises under his eyes.
Upon arriving at Lotus Pavilion again, Wu You felt a sense of trepidation, standing outside the building and hesitant to step inside.
The Lotus Pavilion remains the same as before, only weathered by time, bearing the marks of years, with much of the paint peeling off.
Several wooden fences surrounded the area, and the vegetables inside were growing quite well. A small yellow dog, locked under the eaves, was whimpering and barking at the group.
Fang Duobing tied the Ge Pan he was carrying to a tree trunk next to the Lotus Pavilion and, very consciously, took the lead in entering the Lotus Pavilion.
Seeing that Wu You hadn't come in, he was still puzzled: "Miss Wu, please come in and sit down. Haven't you ever seen this moving building before? I remember you said you had seen it before."
Li Lianhua had already released the vixen who was screaming happily. Seeing Wu You hesitating and not knowing why she hadn't entered the building yet, she went forward to pull her.
Wu You finally made up his mind and mustered up his courage to walk into the Lotus Pavilion, but he didn't see Li Lianhua's outstretched hand.
Li Lianhua followed Wu You's footsteps, while the fox spirit ran back and forth between their feet, full of curiosity about Wu You, the newcomer.
The building is now more lively and welcoming than before, with a touch of everyday life.
Wu You looked at this familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar place, feeling a mix of emotions. She slowly walked towards her old room, only to find the door locked with a large padlock.
Fang Duobing was drinking water when he saw the two of them going upstairs together. He was puzzled, so he followed them up the stairs.
Seeing Wu You walk straight to the door locked by 'Chihiro', Fang Duobing quickly stepped forward to stop her: "Miss Wu, this lock was specially found by Li Lianhua. The things inside should all be his important things. Why don't you go to another room?"
Wu You didn't make a move, while Li Lianhua, who was between the two, turned around and went into a room next door. When she came out, she was holding a bunch of keys.
"You can open it yourself." Li Lianhua placed the key to 'Chihiro' into Wu You's hand.
Wu You picked up the key and tried to insert it into the lock. He inserted it correctly several times, which made Fang Duobing, who was standing next to him, want to go over and help.
Finally, it went in, and with a gentle twist, the lock clicked open.
I gently opened the door, and the scene before me was exactly the same as I remembered, without a single change, as if I had just left yesterday.
The only unreasonable thing is that this place is clean and tidy, without a speck of dust, as if it has been carefully maintained.
All of this made Wu You feel choked up, unsure how to express it. Had she, besides curing Li Lianhua of the poison from the green tea, perhaps added unnecessary burdens to him?
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Lotus Tower Small Theater
Li Lianhua: Welcome home.
Wu You: Hello Li Lianhua, hello Fang Duobing, hello Lotus Tower, hello fox spirit.
Li Lianhua: All is well.
Fang Duobing: It's alright.
Lotus Pavilion: ......
Fox spirit: Woof woof woof.