withered prosperity

In fact, Yan Hai's reaction was faster than Yun Ji's. He noticed something was wrong almost the moment he saw the stone tablet fall.

But before he had time to remind Yun Ji, he felt pushed from the waist, and then fell into a dark place.

It was a narrow downward road. After falling into it, Yan Hai couldn't stand up at all, and almost rolled all the way down, bumping into hard walls constantly during the process.

Feeling that this dark passage didn't seem to be very short, he hesitated for a while, but in the end he didn't use his internal strength, he just tried to protect his head and neck as much as possible.

As expected, after rolling down for a while, Yan Hai rolled out of the narrow path and hit a soft place.

He held his forehead with his hands and waited until the dizziness had completely passed before opening his eyes.

Full of embroidered curtains, carved dowry, and luxurious decorations, this is a beautifully furnished boudoir.

Yan Hai sat on the soft cushion where he fell, looked up at the dark hole above the white wall, this was the most inconsistent place in the whole room.

Looking at this unclimbable hole, he frowned thinking of Yun Ji's reaction after being separated from him.

He had already discovered before that when Yunji had to be separated from him, he would feel very anxious and irritable, and as the relationship with him became closer, this situation not only did not diminish, but intensified.

This made him secretly happy in his heart, but also faintly uneasy.

To this day, deep in his heart, he is still entangled in Yunji's feelings for him...

After sitting there resting for a while, Yan Hai stood up and looked around.

Finding that the house actually had windows, he walked to the window and looked out.

This room is actually on the second floor.

Looking down from the window, there is a small courtyard outside, there are ponds, flowers and trees, and rockeries... If everything is not shrouded in a dim green light, he would think that he is really in a unique garden .

He raised his head and looked at the large luminous stone inlaid above.

"elder brother."

Downstairs, a little girl in a yellow dress was happily waving at him.

Yan Hai tidied his clothes and hair slowly before pushing the door out.

"Brother!" Ah Ying was already bouncing up the stairs, and came over with a happy face.

Yan Hai looked at her with lowered eyelashes, and said with a half-smile, "You are quite capable."

"I was very, very scared just now!" Ah Ying patted her chest: "That bad guy is really fierce, it will be a disaster for us if he catches us."

"Bad guy?" Putting this word on Yun Ji, it's quite... interesting, Yan Hai couldn't help laughing.

"It's that bad guy. He's very scary. He's been holding on to my brother, and he must be trying to eat you all up!" You saved my brother!"

Yan Hai didn't answer her words, and pretended to look around: "Is this where you and your mother live?"

"No, my mother lives in the back, I will take you to find her later." She took Yan Hai's hand and went back into the house. "Brother, come in with me first!"

Once in the house, Ah Ying ran to a big box by the window, opened it and rummaged inside.

At this time, Yan Hai was not in a hurry to see Yue Linghan anymore, he wanted to see what the kid was going to do.

"Look!" Ah Ying finally found what she was looking for, held it in her hand and showed it to Yan Hai.

"This is..." Yan Hai was stunned for a moment.

"This is brother!" Ah Ying shook the puppet in his hand towards him, and said as if offering a treasure: "Ah Ying made it herself, does it look like it?"

No!

This puppet was made very rough, that is, some cotton was wrapped in cloth, and the facial features were drawn casually with a brush, but the thick and long scar on the face was painted on it deliberately.

Yan Hai touched his cheek, and suddenly realized that he had overlooked one thing.

The last time the kid saw him, he didn't use this face.

"How did you recognize me?" He softened his voice: "I was not like this last time!"

"I've already said it! Brother, you smell so fragrant, I knew it was you when I smelled it." Aying took out another rough puppet from the box: "Look, brother, this is what you look like now !"

It looked the same, except that there was no scar on the face, and the clothes were made of gray rags.

Yan Hai took a few steps forward and stood beside the box.

There was actually a small half of the box of ugly dolls inside, most of which were carved out of the same mold as the one in her hand, but the color of the clothes was different, and the rest of the small half looked weird and looked even uglier.

Yan Hai turned his gaze and took out one from inside.

"Is it all me in this box?" He played with the puppet in his hand. "Why do you do so much?"

"Brother, I just lied to that bad guy." A Ying said to him a little embarrassed.

"What lie?" Yan Hai put the puppet's long arms and tied them together.

"I didn't dream about my brother once, but many times." Ah Ying came over and pulled his sleeve, looked up at him: "A Ying has been dreaming about her brother since she was very young."

"Oh?" Yan Hai squatted down and looked at the child carefully: "How young? What did you dream about?"

"So small!" Ah Ying moved a very small distance away, her eyes shining brightly: "I dreamed that my brother's body was shining, it was very beautiful, but because I was too young, I couldn't see his appearance clearly, but A few days ago, I suddenly dreamed of my brother again, and I could see it very clearly, Ah Ying is very happy!"

With a full smile, she put the puppet with the scar on its face in front of Yan Hai.

Yan Hai patted her head.

"My brother is with me now." She narrowed her eyes comfortably, and said longingly, "When I grow up, I can eat all of my brother."

"Why do you have to wait until you grow up?" Yan Hai showed a puzzled expression: "Why not now?"

"I'm still too young." A Ying told him seriously: "If you eat it, you will die!"

"Who told you these things?"

"I know it!" Ah Ying was a little unclear, so she could only emphasize: "Anyway, I know it."

"You still have a long time to grow up, let's talk about this later!" Yan Hai stood up and patted her on the head: "Now, take me to meet your mother."

When he walked out of this "yard", Yan Hai looked back.

He has reason to believe that these beautiful pavilions are just burial objects carefully crafted by skilled craftsmen.

a grave?

Why on earth is Yue Linghan in such a place?

And that's not true, during those years on the island, he didn't even show his feet at all, and no one saw through his disguise. Does he have such great ability?

He actually gave birth to a daughter with Yue Linghan?

What happened to the two of them in the years after getting off the ship?

All of these... Yue Linghan, will he answer for himself?