A Dream of Transmigration

Chapter 54

"What are you doing out here?" Lin Feifei looked around warily. "Be careful in the dark, don't wander around."

Zhan Qiuyu laughed.

"If I were to be locked in my room all day, I might as well be dead."

Lin Feifei chuckled twice and puffed out her chest: "But you don't need to be afraid now, I'm here, uh no, I'm here. Call me wherever you want to go, or call Crazy Monk."

"Thank you," Zhan Qiuyu nodded, "Why don't we sit in the garden for a while?"

"Okay, but wait a minute."

Lin Feifei hurriedly went back to her room to get a few talismans and put them in her bosom. She touched the black purple stone on her chest before walking out with a smile. Zhan Qiuyu also called two servants, each carrying a lantern, and they walked along the path towards the garden.

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The cold air drifted through the night sky. The plants in the garden, which were full of life during the day, were now desolate, and even the chirping of insects was rare.

The surroundings were even more tranquil under the dim light.

Fortunately, Lin Feifei was a chatterbox, and Zhan Qiuyu was also a young man. Although he didn't know that Lin Feifei was a woman, he admired her for possessing Taoist magic at such a young age. Therefore, the two quickly became familiar with each other and no longer spoke so politely.

We chatted for a while.

Lin Feifei asked curiously, "Were you born to Madam Zhan?"

Zhan Qiuyu shook her head, but there was no regret on her delicate face: "My late mother was the Sixth Madam, who has passed away. I only call her Mother because she loved me and treated me like her own son."

Lin Feifei quickly apologized, "I'm so sorry, I didn't know your mother..."

Zhan Qiuyu smiled.

“Actually, I was the most mischievous when I was young, which made my father angry. My mother didn’t like me much when she was alive, but my fourth aunt loved me very much.” He said sadly, “It’s just that my fourth aunt passed away too early, when she was only in her twenties. I was still young at the time, and it is a lifelong regret that I was unable to take care of her.”

"Was she your father's fourth concubine?"

He nodded.

“My late mother only had me and my ninth brother. She passed away three years ago. She treated my brother and me the same as my second brother, or even better than him. Therefore, my ninth brother and I both called her our mother.”

Lin Feifei asked curiously, "Second brother?"

“Yes…” Zhan Qiuyu nodded slowly, “Second brother is mother’s biological son.”

Lin Feifei had initially assumed Zhan Qiuyu was Madam Zhan's biological son, and harbored some suspicions, thinking that, like in the movies, someone would kill another woman's child out of jealousy, especially since no trace of resentment could be found, suggesting it might have been intentional. But now, hearing this, she realized Zhan Qiuyu wasn't her biological son, and her own son was dead. If she truly wanted to harm someone, she wouldn't have killed her own son; it seemed she had guessed wrong again.

After thinking for a moment, she comforted her, "No need, aren't you her son too? Just repay her well in the future."

Zhan Qiuyu smiled and nodded in agreement.

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After this comforting conversation, the two became even closer and were both happy to have found a good friend.

Lin Feifei casually asked, "How old are you?"

"Twenty, plus a nominal advancement of twenty-one."

"I thought you were about my age, but it turns out you're older than me." Disheartened.

"oh?"

"I'm only eighteen."

Zhan Qiuyu laughed: "I should be the elder brother."

Lin Feifei patted his shoulder: "Are you going to become sworn brothers with me too?"

“Interesting,” Zhan Qiuyu, who was also quite young, said with a touch of scholarly pride, “Brother Lin, if you don’t mind, why don’t you become my elder brother?”

I laughed for a while.

Lin Feifei suddenly thought of the well. Since that day, she would think of it every time she went into the garden to check, but when she actually went to look, there was nothing unusual. She always felt very strange about it.

She wondered if going to check at night would be... Thinking of this, her eyes immediately lit up.

"How about we go take a look at that well?"

"well?"

"It's the one in the Seventh Madam's courtyard."

Zhan Qiuyu was taken aback, then realized: "That well hasn't been used for many years, do you suspect something inside...?"

"Let's see first."

Zhan Qiuyu thought about it and then agreed.

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Upon arriving at the Seventh Madam's courtyard, the two servants earnestly tried to dissuade them from entering.

"I know, haha, you're scared, aren't you?" Lin Feifei chuckled as she took a lantern. "I'm here. If you're scared, you can go back first. Brother Zhan and I will go in, okay?"

Sure enough, the two servants stopped trying to stop them.

With the sun high in the west, did Lin Feifei become bolder?

The answer is no. She dared to make such a boast only because she found that the Xuanzi Stone in her chest had not reacted at all, so she figured there couldn't be any problem. Otherwise, why would she risk her life?