Outside, the wind and rain still raged. Branches and leaves trembled, and the thick storm clouds refused to disperse, leaving the rain to patter endlessly.
There was no electricity in the Wei Family Old Mansion this time. Emma sat beneath the eaves, heating a kettle on the little stove used for brewing medicine. She fanned it slowly, then looked up at the jeweled curtain of rain falling from the roof.
Little Coal Ball lay by her feet, warming himself by the fire and yawning lazily.
Occasional murmurs of conversation drifted out of the room, like background white noise, making Emma feel a little sleepy too. She could not really understand what they were discussing.
"Thinking about it carefully, my whole life has been like a fleeting dream. I walk through it, never knowing when it will end."
Wei Jianye sat opposite Xie De. He took off his glasses and wiped them with a handkerchief, his tone so casual that he really did seem to have come over for a chat.
He was putting on an act, and so was Xie De. Neither of them would speak plainly.
Xie De gave a meaningful smile without saying anything, then lowered his head to sip his tea, seemingly unconcerned.
455 reminded Xie De, "The entire Wei Family Instance has been upgraded to SS Rank, so as its main Boss, this guy is at least an S-Rank NPC. But his makeup is a little complicated right now. 730 still hasn't figured out which phenomenon his S-Rank represents."
"But you can guess it has something to do with those feudal times. Add in the Wei Family's tradition of venerating ghosts, and we can reasonably infer that this phenomenon is the accumulated resentment of the Wei Family over hundreds or thousands of years."
"So don't let