The Three-Life Stone

Xia Jin looked at the whole family, who seemed united, and felt relieved.

Sister Yun Nuan, you helped me in my last life, and I will lend you a helping hand in this life. You have always had your own ideas and opinions, and your life will definitely get better and better.

A few days later, a lady came to visit nearby. It was too late and she was unfamiliar with the place, so she had to come to this village to find a place to settle down first.

It happened that Amu's house was at the intersection, so after asking for directions, the lady stayed at Amu's house for a few days, and then Amu acted as a guide to introduce the local characteristics to the lady.

So Mrs. Nalan settled down like this.

Mrs. Nalan's eyes were red as she watched Yun Nuan walking around the house. She held back her words and looked at Amu and asked, "Excuse me, is this your wife? She's so beautiful?"

Amu scratched his head and smiled, "Yeah."

"Madam, you can only walk around the room and cannot be exposed to the wind. Is she sick or is she in confinement?"

"To be honest, I became a father a few days ago."

"Oh? Really? That's really a coincidence. I came here just in time to share in the good fortune. I wonder if everything went well."

"It's going smoothly. It's a daughter." Amu scratched his head and replied.

"That's great. Would it be convenient for me to go over and take a look?"

"It's convenient. Madam, please come this way."

Madam Nalan walked in. To outsiders, she just greeted the woman in labor and went to check on the child. Only Yun Nuan knew that silence was more powerful than words at this moment.

Soon they heard grandma calling for dinner. Amu and Xia Jin first prepared food and brought it to Yun Nuan. Madam Nalan went out and sat at the table to chat briefly with grandma. After Xia Jin came out, the three of them started eating first. Madam Nalan looked at Amu who was taking care of Yun Nuan and nodded with a smile.

Xia Jin was a little envious. Some people can always feel their parents' care even when they are not around, while some people feel like outsiders even when their parents are around. But she was just a little envious.

Yun Nuan is living a good life now. Her parents are at ease, her mother-in-law is kind, her husband is hardworking, and she has a baby. She will be able to leave in a few days.

Mrs. Nalan would walk around the neighborhood with Amu every day to get to know her daughter's living circle and take a look at the nearby environment. After returning, she would chat with Yun Nuan and occasionally play with the child. A few days later, when she returned, the old lady found the silver bills and some small clothes she had sewn by herself under the bed when she was cleaning the room. She thought for a long time and then went to find Xiaoyun.

After Yun Nuan finished her confinement, Xia Jin said that she had been away for too long and her family was worried that it was time for her to go back, so she left while everyone was reluctant to let her go but didn't know how to keep her.

Xia Jin said she would come over when she is free, and she wanted to hear the baby call her godmother after he learns to speak.

After getting used to company, she felt a little lonely when she was alone again. However, staying alone in someone else's home all the time is not a permanent solution. She has to get used to this loneliness, doesn't she?

It was midsummer and clothes were convenient to carry, so it was a good time to leave. Amu wanted to give Xia Jin some local specialties, but Xia Jin declined. Yun Nuan wanted to give her silver, but Xia Jin said no.

Xia Jin just wanted to travel light, not to mention that she had enough banknotes. As long as she spent frugally like an ordinary citizen, it would be enough for her life. This was probably a kind of luck.

Carrying the small package on her back, Xia Jin thought about waiting until autumn to winter to buy a small donkey, so that the heavier luggage would not hinder her travel.

Otherwise, go to Jiangnan. I heard that it is spring-like all year round there. The scenery must be beautiful, with countless talented men and beautiful women, and many people who compose poems and couplets.

Dian Kingdom is also very beautiful. If you have the chance, you can go there to see it. Their national costumes are very distinctive and their architecture is also unique. You can also go there to try the local food and experience the local customs.

I heard there is a Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, where lives the legend of Jigong, the reincarnation of the Dragon-Subduing Buddha. A leg-stretching and eye-staring pill is worth a fortune even if it is free. I heard there is a Leifeng Pagoda in the West Lake in Hangzhou, where the White Snake was once suppressed. The cruise ships on the West Lake sing the love story of Xu Xian and the White Snake. I really want to witness these legends.

Let’s go to Yangzhou next spring. The ancient poem "Yangzhou in March with fireworks" has been passed down for many years.

Bei Ming Mo, I am very fulfilled now. I still miss you, but I have a lot of places I want to go, so I don’t have that much time to miss you.

I would never have thought that he and I would have any connection.

It was when she was passing by and heard that there was a war in the town ahead, Xia Jin took a detour. For some unknown reason, she was knocked unconscious and taken to the battlefield camp.

She didn't know what was going on outside, or who was fighting on this battlefield. She just felt that someone had trapped her in the tent and had not done anything else. They also delivered food on time. Based on past experience, these people were not enemies, but she couldn't tell what their purpose was.

Four or five days passed in obscurity, and Xia Jin had her head covered and sat in a carriage, not knowing where she was going.

When she woke up again, she had already arrived at the palace. The sudden brightness made her squint her eyes, and she quietly looked at a man in front of the magnificent building wearing a general's uniform, with some dried blood on his body, which was obviously left by the previous fight.

Xia Jin looked at the figure in front of her which seemed both familiar and strange. She approached quietly, not daring to make any sound. When she reached the side of that person, her tears started to fall.

She looked at the other person in disbelief. The man just stood there with his eyes closed like a sculpture.

Xia Jin was a little excited and a little flustered. She really wanted to see him but was prepared to never see him again in this life. She wanted to get closer but didn't know what identity to use. She wanted to escape but didn't know what the other person thought. Her thoughts were very complicated for a moment and she didn't know what to do.

Both of them seemed to have become sculptures, and time seemed to have stood still.

Xia Jin saw Bei Ming Mo's Adam's apple moving up and down, and then she called out in a hoarse voice: "Bei Ming Mo?"

The standing man slowly turned his head, his eyes were bloodshot when he opened them, and he didn't know whether it was because of emotional fluctuations or because he didn't sleep well after the battle all night. He swallowed and asked, "How have you been all these years?"

Both of them had hoarse voices as they just stared at each other. Xia Jin wanted to tell him loudly that everything was fine. She had seen many beautiful sights, traveled to many places, and even met sister Yun Nuan, who became the godmother of her child. But she couldn't say it. A corner of her heart that she had hidden away was ruthlessly torn open, and all her thoughts poured out. She felt that nothing was good at all, and that something had been missing in her heart.

"How have you been lately?" Xia Jin asked in a trembling voice.

"Do you love me?" Bei Ming Mo asked the question he wanted to ask most. He had thought about this question for a long time and once thought it was unimportant. Now he wanted to hear her answer, instead of his previous self-righteous assumption that she loved him.

"I..." Xia Jin was stunned for a moment when he didn't respond to the question, and then asked back, "What do you think?"

"I don't want to feel it anymore." Bei Ming Mo closed his eyes and shook his head helplessly.

"What answer do you want to hear from me?"

"..."

"If you love me, then my answer is that I love you. If you don't love me, then my answer is that I don't love you and it won't cause you any trouble." Xia Jin answered in a relaxed manner.

"Xia Jin." Bei Mingmo said in a louder voice, "I don't want to hear such ambiguous answers. I just want to put an end to our relationship of so many years. I want to know your true answer."