At that moment, several martial arts experts around the garden were vigilantly scanning their surroundings. They had protected the old madam for years and knew their duties well.
Whenever their gazes swept through the garden, they saw that the old madam still had her eyes half closed, hovering between sleep and wakefulness, before looking away again.
The old madam comes back here every year, and she seems to want to stay longer and longer!
One of them thought this to himself. They also knew this was not the old madam's estate, yet over the past decade, she had always liked to return for a short stay in spring and autumn.
Li Yan stood before Li Yue. In her face, he could faintly make out some of Li Wei's features.
"What is your name? Why have you come here?"
Li Yan's fathomless gaze pierced straight into her mind. By then, Li Yue had already lost her independent awareness.
"Li Yue. This is my eldest brother's estate. I came to pay my respects to my parents!"
"Your eldest brother's estate? What is his name?"
"Li Wenwu..."
When the elderly Li Yue woke from her deep sleep, she felt as though she had had a very strange dream. In it, she had met a young man she had never seen before.
His attire was peculiar, and she could tell at a glance that he was not from the dynasty. Yet something about him made her feel utterly safe and at ease.
It was as though he were a great mountain that could shelter her from every storm.
Then he had asked her some questions about the Li family, and she had answered every one in full. There had not been the slightest resistance in her heart; she had told him the truth about