A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 304: Red plum blossoms are like flames, graceful and charming

The north wind wails in the middle of the night, and snow flies across the land for thousands of miles. It turns white at first, and it is pure and clean, with only a touch of red on the plum blossom branches.

In the snow-white valley, the branches of the red plum trees are dotted with buds. In the dark red attic hidden in the plum forest, Youmei pulled Hong Ali to stand in front of the window, looking at the plum buds in the valley that are about to bloom. A happy smile appeared on his still handsome face, and the deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes also appeared.

Hong'a was still wearing the dark red robe, with his jet-black hair falling down like brocade. The plum blossom mark on his forehead was painted red with cinnabar, making him look even more handsome. However, his beautiful eyes were dull and lifeless, having completely lost their former liveliness, like a puppet without a soul.

"When the snow gets thicker, all the red plum blossoms in the valley will bloom again." They held hands under their sleeves and said lazily and vaguely. He turned his head affectionately to look at Hong'a beside him and smiled gently.

Hong'a was still staring out the window blankly, unmoved. The situation had changed. He was now also being controlled by Youmei with the same secret drug, Gu Xin.

"You have been scheming against me for the past ten years, and I have been on guard against you every day, but I didn't expect that I was still careless and fell into your trap. It's a pity, Hong'a, Hong'a, you are too smart. The current Shadow Sect respects His Majesty for everything. It is no longer the Shadow Sect ten years ago. You fantasize that you can get rid of His Majesty's control by your own strength? If I hadn't pleaded with His Majesty, you would have been the one who was skinned alive that day." Youmei said, still feeling a little scared. He held the other's hand and pulled Hong'a into his arms. He frowned and buried his face in the black hair, greedily sniffing the plum fragrance on Hong'a's body, and continued faintly: "The incident ten years ago did punish you too severely. How can I bear to let you suffer the punishment of slow slicing again now."

With his eyes slightly closed, his mind was filled with their beautiful memories of the past:

When Hong'a entered the film industry, he was still an innocent, bright, and ignorant beautiful boy. He was bullied by his peers because of his androgynous and handsome face. His parents also hated him because of the ridicule of others and beat and scolded him. Under the influence of their parents, his older brothers and younger sisters also followed their parents' example and bullied him.

Once, by chance, Youmei passed by the village and happened to meet Xiaohong, who had just been bullied and was crying silently under a tree. His tearful eyes made Youmei feel pity for him, but he just walked up to him and threw a handkerchief to him coldly before turning away. Until he was far away from the village, he found that the child was still following him from a distance:

"Why are you following me? Don't you want your family anymore?"

"Family?" Xiao Hong smiled bitterly with red eyes and continued, "They are just like everyone else in the village. They don't like me, beat me, and scold me. I don't want such family."

"Do you want to recognize a stranger as your family?" There was a dangerous look in Youmei's eyes.

"Growing up, my family would only laugh at me and say I deserved it when they saw me crying, and scold me for being incompetent. But you, a stranger, care about me. I'm cold. I've been cold for twelve years. Can you take me away?"

Youmei looked at Xiao Hong'a's pitiful appearance and couldn't bear to refuse but didn't agree either. He just turned around silently and continued on his way. However, Xiao Hong'a took his silence as consent and followed him through mountains and rivers.

Over time, he began to take good care of him, and he went from being cautious to unscrupulous and followed him around with a silver bell-like laugh. When staying overnight in the suburbs, Xiao Hong Ah also liked to lie on his knees and listen to his stories, and fell asleep peacefully while listening.

After returning to Yingmen, Youmei renamed him Hong'a. Originally, her name meant red plum blossoms that were as flame-like and graceful, but Hong'a didn't like the word "female", so she simply changed it to Hong'a.

From then on, Youmei kept Hong'a by his side and protected her carefully, not letting her suffer any grievances. In order to please him, Hong'a fell in love with plum blossoms, inhaled the fragrance of plum blossoms, drank red plum blossom tea, and her clothes also turned the color of plum blossoms...

But Youmei's endless doting eventually spoiled Hong'a. Two years later, he became arrogant and did whatever he wanted outside, breaking the rules of Yingmen and almost exposing the headquarters, which aroused the anger of the sect. The four elders jointly requested the Lord in charge to severely punish Hong'a.

As the leader of the Shadow Sect, Youmei was always clear about rewards and punishments, and he also knew that he should be stricter with his own people. Seeing that the four elders unanimously condemned Hong'a, he could not protect her no matter how much he loved her. So he castrated Hong'a in public and branded a red plum mark between his eyebrows, intending to make him remember this lesson forever, but he did not expect that he would hate him for more than ten years.

"This shopkeeper Ni did find a good doctor, but we don't know where Yanyu and her sister are now. There is no fixed time for them to come. We can't just invite a doctor and keep him waiting, right?"

At the Li Mansion in Qile City, Li Yunye sighed with some difficulty after reading the letter sent by Manager Ni.

"That's true. Even if we are willing to invite the doctor to Qile City, it's the end of the year now, and the doctor will definitely not agree to wait here." An Ge on the side also echoed.

"By the way, Shopkeeper Feng told me earlier that Xuanyu's sister heard that there was a doctor named Ling in the southwest with excellent medical skills, so she and Master Zeng took Xuanyu to the southwest. Until now, there has been no news. Could it be that they have found the doctor and can cure Xuanyu?" Li Yunye suddenly thought of something and asked again.

"That's also possible. Why don't I send two people to the southwest to inquire?" An Ge also remembered this matter belatedly. In this way, it can also explain why Miss Xuanyu and others have not arrived in Qile City yet.

"Send someone now." Li Yunye immediately ordered An Ge.

"Yes, sir." Ange responded and left the study.

"Oh." After Ange left, Li Yunye frowned and looked at the rustling snow outside the window, and sighed again.

"Young Master, are you worried about Young Master Mu Liang again?" An Yun, who was standing silently beside him, asked hurriedly.

"Yes, it started snowing again..." Li Yunye still looked out the window, muttering with a worried look on his face.

Li Yunye received a letter from his sworn brother a month ago. He learned that after leaving Yujiang City, Brother Mu Liang went to various shops to inspect the stores and also looked for a doctor for Xuanyu. It was estimated that he would not be able to return to Qile City until the end of the year.

In the cold winter, with the New Year approaching, bandits from all over the country are rampant and robbing merchants. Since Li Yunye received the letter, he has been worried about Mu Liang. After all, when he thinks of the bandits, Master Li's death will reappear in his mind, and he will be as frightened as a frightened bird.