Even if the night is deep and the sky glimrs weakly, seeing a face so close suffices.
Liang Zhi’s gaze fell upon this face, causing him to feel as though struck by lightning, and he retreated two steps suddenly: "...Miss Fu!"
The face beneath the veil was exquisite and flawless.
She was breathtakingly beautiful, yet absolutely not like the beauty of the aunt in his mind!
"What, what ga are you playing?!"
He instantly recalled how he was deceived by the person before him into going to Canglang Pavilion, and how a cup of tea from her had him knocked out!
So it was her?!
But how could she look so much like Liang Ning, like his aunt?!...
Fu Zhen silently gazed at him and said, "Why do you call Miss Fu instead of Aunt? Didn’t you say just now that no matter what I beco, I am still your aunt?"
Liang Zhi felt like his head was about to explode!
This gaze, this deanor, this tone—it really was his aunt! They had been together day and night for over ten years; he was thoroughly familiar with every breath in her calls!
But, but, why did she beco Miss Fu?
Why did she no longer look like Liang Ning at all?
Why has she beco so young?
...
Why has she, apart from tone, temperant, and shared mories with him, beco a completely different person?
Liang Zhi’s head was filled with countless questions as he looked around blankly.
Was he dreaming?
Didn’t he faint at Canglang Pavilion earlier?
Even if he had fainted, Xiao Si and the others would never let her move him around, so he surely couldn’t really appear at the place of his aunt’s accident in the middle of the night.
Miss Fu couldn’t have the ability to bring him here.
Every ti he returned to the capital, he would co here to visit his aunt. It must be that his aunt missed him, so she entered his dream and summoned him here!
... It must be.
"Miss Fu," he swallowed hard, turning back to Fu Zhen, "I know it’s you. Even if this is a dream, I won’t allow you to beco her, or allow anyone to desecrate my aunt!"
Fu Zhen glanced at him and walked over to draw the sword from his waist.
Liang Zhi instinctively blocked, but Fu Zhen was a step faster, chopping towards his right arm with a knife hand!
Of course, this little trick couldn’t bring down Liang Zhi, especially since he had already been tricked once today and would be more cautious.
But even after he struck with lightning speed, he abruptly pulled back his hand mid-way!
"Liang Family’s Boxing!"
Liang Zhi looked in shock at the unfamiliar face before him! "You know our Liang family’s martial arts techniques!"
Indeed!
She didn’t seem to have any strong force, but her techniques were utterly accurate! Her moves were precise and practiced!
She definitely trained hard for this!
How could an outsider have persevered in training the Liang family’s martial arts?!
Moreover, she was so young; unless she had practiced from a young age and received their legitimate guidance, how could she master it so authentically?!
A tallic taste rose to Liang Zhi’s throat as he looked at the girl before him, clearly not his familiar aunt but obviously his aunt, struggling to speak coherently!
"What, what in the world is going on?"
His voice was hoarse, with a firm belief inside him that this was indeed his aunt, but this face, this face...
If this were a dream, it was too cruel.
Back when he heard the bad news, he was already heartbroken once; now, if given this joy only to find it was just a void, wouldn’t it be more cruel than never having this joy?
Fu Zhen did not answer him, instead raising her voice to call: "Xiao Si, co over!"
Those who had been watching from afar, upon hearing the call, rushed over imdiately!
From the mont they saw Liang Zhi crying into Fu Zhen’s shoulder, they were already astounded, though they couldn’t hear what was said.
Then they saw Fu Zhen using familiar techniques and Liang Zhi, clearly about to capture her, stopping in place, growing even more puzzled!
When they reached Liang Zhi’s side, they surrounded him with concern!
"Master!"
Liang Zhi exclaid: "Why are you all here?"
Xiao Si glanced at Fu Zhen: "After Miss Fu ambushed the Master, we fought each other, but Miss Fu pulled out the military order issued by the Great General during the Qianlong Temple battle to repel us!
"She said she had classified matters to discuss with the Master and brought him here, forbidding us to get close. So we could only keep our distance along the way..."
Liang Zhi was startled again: "That top secret order?"
"Exactly!"
With lingering astonishnt, Liang Zhi turned to Fu Zhen, his blood rushing too fast through his body, leaving his limbs a bit numb.
This reached an absurdly clear degree, so it definitely wasn’t a dream!
"Retreat."
Fu Zhen still ordered Xiao Si and the others to retreat.
After they left, she looked at Liang Zhi: "What do you want to say now?"
"Are you really my aunt?!"
Liang Zhi eagerly asked this question, taking another step towards her more urgently!
Fu Zhen calmly drew the long sword from his waist smoothly this ti.
Looking at the cold blade gleaming in the night, she said: "On your tenth birthday, I gave you a sword, inside the scabbard were three pills: one of our family’s Soft Muscle Powder, a Golden Healing Pill specially made by our military doctor, Old Xiong, and an old ginseng pill.
"These three pills, one can help you escape, one can save your life, and one can help you maintain your strength during peril."
As she spoke, she skillfully twirled the sword scabbard with her thumb and index finger, causing a hidden latch to snap open with a click, revealing three wax pills of varying sizes in the hidden compartnt!
"They’re still here. Good, which ans you haven’t encountered a life-or-death mont in recent years."
"Aunt!"
Unable to hold back any longer, Liang Zhi dropped to his knees!
This was undoubtedly a mber of the Liang family, Miss Liang, whom everyone believed had long perished in that great fire!
Liang Zhi raised his tearful eyes, his body trembling like a sieve.
His young aunt had truly co back to life, just as their family always wished before the Buddha, this aunt who suddenly left them had really returned!
Suddenly, he lunged back into Fu Zhen’s embrace!
He hadn’t hugged her since he was seven, but at this mont he couldn’t resist; he just wanted to experience the realness and warmth of a loved one brought back from the dead!
Fu Zhen let him rest there for a while, then patted his back and sighed: "Get up."
"No!"
Fu Zhen said: "If you don’t get up, how long do you think your aunt, with my current fra, can withstand you?"
Liang Zhi paused, then sniffled as he raised himself, seeing her bent backward like a crescent moon from supporting him, and promptly stood up straight.
"I’m sorry, Aunt!"
He helped Fu Zhen straighten up, and examined her again, his breath still unsteady: "Aunt, how did you beco Miss Fu?"
Fu Zhen sat back on the low wall, crossing her legs again: "If I hadn’t beco Miss Fu, I wouldn’t have known how capable you are! Before, you couldn’t even speak in front of a girl, yet now that you see , your aunt, you’re running up to ?"
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