"Dad, let’s go ho and wait for our girl."
"Alright, let’s go. We’ll wait at ho for our girl to co back."
"Okay, I’ll go make our girl’s favorite dishes."
"Mm-hmm, Mommy, our girl loves tomatoes the most. We definitely can’t leave those out."
"Alright, I know."
In the pitch-black night, the line of figures slowly vanished. Their footprints on the snowy ground were quickly buried by the falling snow.
Where they had stood, now empty, a burst of colorful light flashed, and two figures reappeared. Shangguan You watched her family’s receding figures grow smaller and smaller, a pang of sorrow in her heart.
"What do you want to do?" Shangguan You asked Lin ngjie, who stood before her. She longed to feel familial warmth, to experience a mother’s love, but knew it was impossible with Lin ngjie.
"You’re too weak. I’ll give you one day to say goodbye to your family. Tomorrow night, at this ti, I will wait for you here," Lin ngjie said coldly, glancing at the plum tree, now broken in two, before speaking to Shangguan You. Although she wished to be gentler, such sentints were foreign to her, and at this mont, she couldn’t allow herself to be swayed by personal feelings.
"Why?" Shangguan You asked faintly. She felt she was already very strong; why, then, did she still appear so weak in Lin ngjie’s eyes? Recalling her recent battle with Lin ngjie, however, Shangguan You said no more.
"You are my successor. You must beco the strongest presence in this realm to fend off foreign invasions. I don’t have much ti to teach you. In three months, I will pass on all my knowledge to you. How much you can grasp will depend on you," Lin ngjie said lightly, sensing the increasingly strong impacts against the gateway.
I’m afraid I won’t have much ti left to teach her, Lin ngjie considered. And by then, Shangguan You might be too distracted by her family ties to focus on her duties. That was why she had wanted to erase everyone’s mories, so that Shangguan You would no longer exist in their hearts. This way, such a distraction could be eliminated.
"Why only three months? Where are you going? What are you going to do?" Shangguan You’s brows furrowed. Lin ngjie’s words were cryptic. What did she an? Could it be that Young Master Ye had done sothing that even Lin ngjie, the Guardian, couldn’t accomplish?
"I have my duties. You don’t need to concern yourself with them. Tomorrow night, at this ti, I will wait for you here," Lin ngjie said coldly, not answering Shangguan You’s questions. A brilliant light flashed, and the Crystal Coffin appeared once more. Lin ngjie’s form swiftly entered it.
"Mommy, you... why are you still sleeping in there? Co ho with . Daddy and the others miss you terribly. Do you really want to live all alone?" Shangguan You cried out as she watched Lin ngjie enter the Crystal Coffin.
"A lively life doesn’t suit . Besides, the crystal is my magical artifact, my ho, just like the space you’ve obtained," Lin ngjie’s voice drifted over. With a flash of light, the Crystal Coffin, Lin ngjie within it, vanished from the spot.
Shangguan You watched Lin ngjie disappear before her. The colorful light faded from view, and she could no longer feel Lin ngjie’s presence. She couldn’t help but let out a deep sigh.
Heavy snowflakes fell, dusting her figure. Her gaze drifted into the distance. She stood in the snow-covered field, unsure for how long, until dawn slowly broke. She then sighed deeply, stepped onto the snow, and left the plum grove.
That day, she did many things. First, she enjoyed a reunion al with her family; both Shangguan Hao and Shangguan Yu had taken the day off work. Although Shangguan You kept a smile on her face, they sensed sothing was amiss. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have skipped school to cling to their side all day.
In the afternoon, Shangguan Qing accompanied her to school to request a four-month leave of absence. Ordinarily, Beijing First University wouldn’t have permitted such a long leave, especially near the end of the term, but the Shangguan Family’s status held sway. The principal, beaming, personally processed her leave of absence.
Even her final exams were deferred; she could take them all at once when she returned next sester. Since enrolling at Beijing First University, Shangguan You hadn’t spent much ti there. Besides the month she was unconscious and the days of military training, she had probably attended classes for less than a month in total.
News of Shangguan You’s leave spread quickly. Soon, everyone else in Room 408, except for Yu Zijin and Gui Luo, had also applied for leave. Shangguan You’s departnt fell quiet once more. Even the flamboyant Bai Muxue and her companions took leave. The principal was unhappy about this, but he had no recourse. He also realized these students had co because of Shangguan You; naturally, they wouldn’t stay now that she was leaving.
After handling school matters, she went to the You Family’s headquarters. She t with so of the company’s earliest mbers and inford them she would be gone for three months. Seeing Zhong Mingyang’s lancholic expression tugged at her heart.
Although she didn’t know where Lin ngjie was taking her, she knew she wouldn’t see them for three full months, so she had to arrange many things in advance.
"If you encounter sothing you can’t handle, go directly to Brother Qing or the Shangguan Family. If you run into troublemakers, you can seek out the Lin Family. No matter who you approach, they will help," Shangguan You instructed Zhong Mingyang, leaving him so lifesaving dicine.
"Young Miss, rest assured. I will take good care of both the Shen Family and the You Family," Zhong Mingyang nodded, his gaze and tone somber as he looked at Shangguan You.
"Tell Chu Yi and the others to keep a low profile during this ti. If they genuinely encounter sothing they can’t resolve, they should wait for my return," Shangguan You added, a lingering worry in her voice.
Then, she gave Zhong Mingyang the firearms she had crafted in her space, for their protection, before departing. Afterward, she visited the Lin Family, where she also left countless dicines and firearms, gave further instructions, and then departed.
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