Chapter 77: Dark Moon and Windy Night

Wolong temple in the mountains, evening darkness, pattering rain. Rain with rolls of cold air came, Gu Yu to cover the window, looked at Shen Miao said: “girl carefully do not catch a cold.”

Stinging put on the cloak for Shen Miao, worriedly opened his mouth: “The mountain road is not good, if it rains all night, tomorrow morning after the incense, I don’t know if I can start the journey. Muddy road to walk, it is impossible to say that we have to rest here for one more day.”

“Rest for one more day then rest for one more day.” Gu Yu laughed: “The scenery here is very good, the environment is also quiet, it’s always better than….” She swallowed the rest of her words back into her stomach, wanting to say that it was better than those people in the Shen residence who were not in touch with each other.

Shen Miao sat at the table fiddling with the chess game, nowadays she loves to play chess more and more, but unfortunately the several girls around her don’t know how, so she is always playing alone. Occasionally Gu Yu and Sting will feel strange, their own girl in a game alone, sometimes will show some strange look, let a person look at the heart chills.

The door was pushed open, and Sister Gui walked in with a big smile. With some food in her hand, she smiled and said, ”Miss, this is the temple’s fasting food. Even though they are all vegetarian fasts, the vegetarian fasts at Wolong Temple are all good. The old slave also specially went to ask for a bowl of crystal osmanthus soup. Both the eldest and second girls have already used it, and both say it’s good for miles.”

“Oh, put it there.” Shen Miao faintly said.

“The girl had better eat it while it’s hot, it won’t taste good if it gets cold.” Gui mama’s warmly picked up the bowl and was about to hand it to Shen Miao.

“What is Sister’s hurry.” Stinging took the porcelain bowl in Sister Gui’s hand without a trace and said with a smile, “The girl didn’t say to put it there. Fangcai is still a little uncomfortable, wait for a while and then use it again.”

Gui ma ma heart some annoyed, but see Shen Miao to the alarming hibiscus words a non-committal look, secretly bit his teeth. Once upon a time, Shen Miao is to the words of Grandma Gui, if Grandma Gui and a few maids quarrel, is bound to be the first chastisement of the maids, I do not know when the sting Guyu these maids went to get Shen Miao’s face.

While pondering, he heard Shen Miao suddenly say, “It has been fourteen years since Sister accompanied me.”

Sister Gui’s heart jumped and looked at Shen Miao. Shen Miao happened to look over as well, a pair of clear eyes as always, as if childlike innocence, and Sister Gui was also in a trance.

Unconsciously, the wailing baby grew into a little girl, grew into a young girl in front of the pavilion like jade now. Sister Gui heart some sigh, when the Shen Xin couple always fighting in the battlefield, instructed her to take good care of Shen Miao, actually a flash of fourteen years have passed.

“Since the grandmother is close to me,” Shen Miao said softly: “I remember once I had a fever at night, outside, like now, it was raining, the house took the post to ask the doctor to delay, the grandmother was worried, she ran out to look for the result of the road slipped, fell and broke his head, but also insisted on going to look for another doctor Come here.”

Sister Gui froze and her expression couldn’t help but soften, “The girl still remembers this.”

“Naturally, I remember that Sister has accompanied me for more than ten years, and neither my father nor my mother have ever accompanied me as long as Sister has. I regard Sister as a relative.”

“The girl has taken advantage of the old slave.” Sister Gui sighed in her heart, but did not expect that Shen Miao, who had been cold to her for a while, would suddenly be this close today. Sighing heart is rising a wave of intolerance, people are not at the beginning is this way, initially Shen Xin couple let her become Shen Miao’s grandmother, then her son has not married, also has not had grandchildren, since Shen Miao as their granddaughter. There have also been times of true love, but …… people are not for themselves, Shen Miao, after all, is not her own granddaughter, and the big house also promised that if the matter came to fruition, her son’s family could benefit.

The rich and powerful, and Shen Miao indeed can not bring her what. Sister Gui eyes color changed a few times, finally still smiled and said: “girl, the day is cool night heavy, or early after the meal rest good, to be tired, point a smoked incense, beautiful sleep, tomorrow morning on a pillar of incense, for the lady master praying for blessings, it is good.”

“Thank you Sister for hanging on to me.” Shen Miao also smiled, only the smile seemed to contain something of unknown meaning. She said, “Sister go down first, I will use the meal myself.”

Sister Gui still wanted to stay for a while, but seeing Shen Miao’s look of expulsion, she could only retreat in a sarcastic manner. She exited the room, but did not go far, but walked to the window, listening carefully to the movements inside.

A few moments later in the room, Gu Yu’s voice rang out, “Girl, the food is getting cold.”

“Set the meal.”

Immediately afterward, there was a sound of clanking chopsticks and bowls, and it seemed that someone had sat down at the table to eat. Sting asked, “Does the girl think this cinnamon soup is okay?”

“Not bad.” Shen Miao’s voice rang out, “It’s very palatable.”

“Then eat more.” Gu Yu smiled.

After listening for a while, Shen Miao seemed to have finished eating, the house resounded with a sound of cleaning up the dishes, Gu Yu walked out with the food basket. Only to hear Sting say, “The girl still wants to read for a while?”

“Somewhat lackluster, look at it for another moment, you go and light the smoky incense.” Shen Miao’s voice was wan.

Sister Gui straightened up, breathed a deep sigh of relief, twisted her head to take another look at the window, walked out of the courtyard, and when she was out of the courtyard, she still couldn’t help but turn back and murmur, “Miss, don’t blame the old slave for being hard-hearted, if the First Mistress wants to deal with you, no one can stop her.”

After Sister Gui left, he didn’t see a man’s figure appear behind him, looking at Sister Gui’s back as she hurriedly left, his face flushed with some anger.

In the house, Sting looked at Shen Miao worriedly, “Miss, Gu Yu has already gone out, the slave girl still doesn’t understand, what exactly does the girl want to do?”

For some reason, there was always some uneasiness in Sting’s heart, as if something was about to happen in this quiet, deep mountain. She asked, “The girl did that play to fool Sister Gui just now, is it possible that Sister Gui has some trick up her sleeve?” And Shen Miao’s kind words to Sister Gui made Sting nervous, fearing that Shen Miao would again obey Sister Gui as before.

Shen Miao looked at the burning jumping lanterns, tiny sparks formed crackling sound, with the rain outside pattering in stark contrast.

Pretending to eat and pretending to light incense was just a stopgap measure. As for why she said that part to Sister Gui, it was not because she was soft-hearted.

No one can turn back on this path of revenge. Either there has been a favor in the past, or it is a reason to make a mistake in the future. Wicked people never deserve mercy, those are just like in the harem, the winner said to the loser, the words on the road before the severed head.

She gently closed her eyes.

“Girl, what do we do now?” Seeing that Shen Miao did not answer her words, Sting had to change her question.

“Wait.”

“Wait for what?”

The young girl’s eyelashes moved slightly, and the corners of her lips lifted.

“When the moon is dark and the wind is high, when the killing is done.”