Two Lifetimes of Memories

  The night wind was cold and the lanterns swayed slightly, in the darkness a face full of scars slowly appeared, in the flickering firelight it looked even more disheveled, making Lan's pair of eyes that were originally high and proud slowly widen with fear, almost bursting out.

  Whoever sees such a disfigured face on this chilly night will feel terrified, let alone the feeling that the other person gives is just like that ferocious young mistress of the house. But, the young mistress has already died and been buried! How can this not make Lan's heart tremble with fear? How can she not want to scream out loud like Sha Mu before?

  However, Lan'er hadn't even had time to make a sound when Bai Liuli appeared in front of her and simultaneously raised her right hand, ruthlessly pinching Lan'er's neck, suppressing all her fear and screams in her throat.

  Bai Luli's ferocious and terrifying face was right in front of her, so close that Lan'er could clearly see the rolling flesh on her face, which looked extremely frightening under the flickering firelight. Lan'er was so terrified that she opened her mouth wide, but couldn't make a sound, her body shaking like a sieve, her eye sockets trembling violently, and then she fainted with a roll of her eyes.

  Bai Luli let go of her hand with a look of disgust, and Lan'er's body thudded to the ground. Sha Mu's hand trembled again.

  "Stuff her mouth, get a rope to tie her up, and drag her into the garden." Bai Liuli looked down at Lan'er who was unconscious in front of her, with thick contempt and disgust in her eyes. She lightly clapped her hands and coldly ordered Sha Mu, "Faster."

  I was thinking of how to deal with this arrogant maid, but now that she has fainted on her own, it's also good that I won't have to dirty my hands. This way is better, let's keep her for later use.

  "Yes, young mistress." Upon hearing Bai Lian's orders, Sha Mu felt a bit apprehensive in her heart, but she quickly lowered her head and responded, not daring to make any slow movements. She hastily crouched down and pulled off the handkerchief from Lan Er's waist, using it to gag Lan Er's mouth. Then, she untied Lan Er's belt and used it to bind her own hands.

  Suddenly, a voice came from afar, probably the night patrol of the household guards. Sha Mu was startled and quickly put the unconscious Lan Er on her back, rushing towards the garden. Bai Liu Li noticed Sha Mu's every move and expression, and as she picked up the wind lamp that Sha Mu had dropped on the ground, she slightly curled up the corners of her mouth, feeling satisfied in her heart. The person she had chosen was indeed to her liking.

  When the patrolling house servant passed in front of the Yue Garden gate, he hesitated for a moment. Sha Mu's heart had already leapt to his throat, but the patrolling house servant did not enter the garden and instead walked away. Only then did Sha Mu let out a long sigh of relief.

  After the night patrolman left, Sha Mu moved Lan Er to a small house in the deepest part of the garden according to Bai Liu Li's instructions. Bai Liu Li went straight to Bai Yue's bedroom, but when her hand touched the closed door, she hesitated and seemed to be afraid, with a thousand thoughts swirling in the depths of her dark eyes. Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she pushed open the tightly closed door with both hands, lightly yet solemnly.

  At the moment when Bai Liuli pushed open the door, the candle flame on the table inside the room jumped, and as she slowly walked towards the bed step by step, the jumping candle flame also slowly returned to calmness.

  Standing in front of the bed, looking at the old man sleeping on the bed, looking at his gray and white hair, looking at his face full of wrinkles, looking at his tightly closed eyes, Bai Liuli's shoulders trembled slightly out of control, so that even her ten fingers were trembling slightly, the memories in her mind were too deep, so she couldn't control the emotions in her heart.

  Bai Luli stretched out her trembling hand, gently stroking the coarse grey hair on Bai Yue's temples. Her movements were slow, each one filled with regret for not listening to Grandfather, which led to her own death and Grandfather's coma.

  "Grandpa..." Bai Luli's hand stroked over Bai Yuehua's white eyebrows, and her mind kept emerging with the goodness of Bai Yue towards this grandson, Bai Luli. The remorse and guilt in her heart grew even more, causing her hand to tremble even more, and her eyes to become uncontrollably sour.

  Two lifetimes of memories, fully merged.

  Bai Luli suddenly clenched her fists, raised her head, and tightly closed her eyes. After a long time, until she calmed down the emotions that surged uncontrollably in her heart, she slowly relaxed her hands and slowly opened her eyes. Her palms were embedded with ten deep fingernail marks, and her bright pupils were calm and icy, having already calmed down.

  In this life, no one can calculate her anymore, no one can harm her anymore, and even less can harm her grandfather.

  However, at that moment, when Bai Lian's five fingers wrapped around Shang Yue's wrist, the chill in her eyes seemed to freeze the air around her.

  When Shamu arrived at Baiyue's bedroom, she was intimidated by the cold aura emanating from Bailiuli and didn't dare to get close, only standing five steps away from the bed.

  "Shamu, the person from Yuanyuan, who made him leave?" Bai Liuli covered Baiyue's hand with the quilt again, and slowly got up from the bedside, looking up at Shamu.

  Bai Luli raised her head to look at Shamu, almost freezing Shamu's soul with a single glance. The reason was that Bai Luli's eyes were too cold and too frightening, as if they were sharper and more terrifying than a blade. Shamu knew that Bai Luli's gaze wasn't directed at her, but she couldn't help feeling afraid. Coupled with that frightening face, Shamu didn't dare to look directly into Bai Luli's eyes. She hastily lowered her head and respectfully replied: "Yes, Miss. The people in Yuanyuan were withdrawn by the steward. When I came from the backyard to Yuanyuan, there was no one left. It was said that there weren't enough people in the front yard, so now only I and another person are serving Master."

  "You think of going to the pharmacy to get medicine, it's because," Bai Liuli's eyes were cold and her voice was as cold as frost, she raised her gaze to look at Shamu, her eyes like icy blades, "Can the doctor's prescription be found on you?"

  "Back to the young lady, the prescription is held by the steward, and it's not a slave who decocts the medicine. The steward only lets the slave give the old master the medicine." Sha Mu replied respectfully, then bowed his head and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, unfolded it and handed it to Bai Liu Li, "However, when I was sweeping the garden in the afternoon, I picked up this piece of paper in the corner. I recognized some of the words on the paper because I learned a few characters when I was young... after unfolding the paper ball, I found that it was the doctor's prescription for the old master..."

  "My family has been farming medicinal herbs for generations, and I'm also familiar with some of them; otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to sneak into the medicine pavilion to fetch medicine for the old master."

  Although Sha Mu bowed her head and replied respectfully, if one listened carefully, it was not difficult to hear the resentment in her tone. She was just a small servant girl, but she could still guess the consequences of this crumpled paper being discarded in the corner, Old Master...

  "You just said that Bai Zhenzhu will officially take over as the head of the Bai family in three days, right?" Bai Liuli slightly curled her lips, took the prescription from Shamu and pinched it between her fingers, then crumpled it in her palm.

  "Yes, young lady, the post has already been sent out today." Shamu replied respectfully.

  "Let's go to the medicine pavilion again." Bai Liuli nodded slightly, her eyes cold and solemn.

  Shan Mu responded, slightly raising her eyes, just in time to see Bai Liu Li open the palm that was holding the medicinal prescription. A small handful of white foam spilled from Bai Liu Li's palm, and the prescription had actually turned into powder in her hand!