Don't worry, landlord

  As Ci Ling Gu Hong said, these days he changed his usual leisurely pace with Tang Nian Nian. In the morning, he would prepare her meals and accompany her to eat, then leave without knowing where he went, occasionally some days not returning until noon.

  Tang Nian also followed him without running around, and when he was not there, she would practice medicine in a leisurely manner, occasionally going to the inner world to take a look at the greenery, and then tidying up the medicine field. That relaxed posture made Zhu Miaoqi speechless and helpless. She just didn't understand, did the master's wife not have any tense or worried emotions at all? And how could the master not be by her side, without even a hint of longing from the master's wife?

  Zhu Miao felt defeated in her heart, and once again it was because of Ci Ling's lonely and unjust situation.

  "Master." Zhu Miao Jie approached Tang Nian Nian who was concentrating on playing a game of Go.

  Tang Nian was pinching a white egg and raised her eyelashes, "En?" The egg fell to the ground.

  Zhu Miao glanced at the chessboard with curiosity, and was instantly struck by the dismal situation, unable to help but laugh and cry. She coughed lightly and said, "Madam, don't you want to know what the host is doing?"

  "Oh." Tang Nian again picked up Heizi, carefully observing whether it would fall or not.

  Zhu Miao sighed, her eyes narrowing as she let out a soft sigh, gazing wistfully into the distance. "For whom has Master Zhu been exhausting himself these past few days?" She glanced down at Tang Nian, seeing that she was still unmoved, and administered another strong dose of medicine. "Isn't it all for you, Mistress?"

  "For me?" Tang Nian's gaze finally came out of the chessboard and looked at Zhu Miaoqi.

  "It's all for the mistress!" Zhu Miao Jie changed his tone from just now, but the complex emotions in his eyes couldn't be faked. Seeing that Tang Nian Nian looked puzzled but didn't show much concern, Zhu Miao Jie pursed his lips and decided to clear up some things. These matters would definitely not be mentioned by Master Zhai's temperament, but if Master Zhai didn't say anything, how would the mistress know what he had done for her and how much he had paid?

  Zhu Miaoqian bowed her head slightly and sat down beside Tang Nianian, asking: "Master, how much do you know about the owner of the manor?"

  "He's very strong." Tang Nian began to put away the chessboard and pieces, one black and one white piece by piece into the box.

  Such a simple answer would make people feel perfunctory, but Tang Nian's tone made her feel serious. Zhu Miaoqu was relieved, if the hostess Chen listed a bunch of examples, it wouldn't be the hostess anymore. Besides, these three words were indeed facts.

  "Madam, I'm considered one of the old people who have been by Master's side since childhood, watching him grow up." Zhu Miao said this, her tone naturally becoming softer, and a lingering sadness appeared in her eyes. "You don't know, Madam, that the only thing the Su family has brought to Master is pain. He doesn't like it here, if not for you, he might never have returned."

  Tang Nian's movements on his hand unconsciously slowed down, and a puzzled expression appeared on his face as he looked at Zhu Miao's eyebrows, indicating that he was listening carefully.

  Zhu Miao saw her like this, thinking of Si Ling Gu's concern for her, and couldn't help but surge with emotions, starting an unstoppable desire to pour out her heart. Bitterly, she said: "The Si Ling family has a long history, and they are especially strict in cultivating their children. The young master was different from others since birth, his body full of poison. As a child, he didn't understand how to control it, and wherever he went, everything withered and died. The people who served him also never survived. Children of the same age as the young master feared him like a ghost, and they often bullied and insulted him. But the Si Ling family rules are based on strength, so they wouldn't pay attention to these things. If not for the lady's selfless care and guidance..." She pressed her lips together, looking at Tang Nian, and vented the resentment and anger that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time. "Do you know? The young master was born with an extraordinary talent, he started remembering things from birth, and from the age of one, he was thrown into a snake pit, fed all kinds of poisonous medicine, bitten by various poisonous insects, and struggled to survive in the Crazy Person's Valley... At such a young age, what he remembered were these experiences..."

  Zhu Miao's chest rose and fell slightly, as if recalling some memories, her face painful and reluctant to continue, only looking at Tang Nian.

  "Oh." Tang Nian responded faintly. The terrifying and painful childhood that others saw as unbearable, did not evoke even a hint of sympathy or emotional resonance in Tang Nian's ears. All she felt was a thread of astonishment, astonished by the similarity between Cui Lingyin and her own past, and a slight sense of camaraderie born from shared suffering.

  Zhu Miao felt her emotions were like hitting a cotton ball, making her heart feel stuffy. Her sadness and anger that had sunk into memories unknowingly disappeared. She looked at Shi Lan who was standing on the side with a pale face, eyes revealing shock, grief, and injury. Then she looked at Tang Nian who didn't change his expression, and she felt an urge to hit the wall.

  "Madam, don't you have any feelings at all?" Zhu Miao asked reluctantly.

  "What's wrong?" Tang Nian asked.

  Zhu Miao Jie certainly wouldn't say anything sympathetic or pitiful to the landlord, so Zhang Zhang Kou couldn't get a word out and said defeatedly: "Nothing."

  Tang Nian started arranging the chess pieces again and threw a sentence at her, "You still haven't told me why Gu Hong came back for you."

  Zhu Miao Long regained his composure and said, "As I was about to say, on that day, Young Master Gui Yan came to the manor and mentioned letting Manor Lord bring Madam back home. This shows that the Si Ling family has already taken notice of Madam. With Madame and Madam threatening Manor Lord, originally it was just Madame, Manor Lord wouldn't have come back here again. However..." His words suddenly stopped there, Zhu Miao Long's expression turned solemn and complex as he looked ahead.

  Tang Nian followed his gaze and saw a slender figure walking towards him with the warm sunlight shining on her, her beauty was like a willow tree swaying gently in the breeze.

  The girl was about twenty years old, with a black cloud-like hair tied up in a seemingly simple yet intricate and delicate bun using purple jade, her face as white as jade, a pair of narrow and long innate charming eyes that shone brightly when she moved, but upon closer inspection, a purple gauze covered the bridge of her nose, and the fine outline of her chin and lips that seemed to be painted with rouge were faintly visible.

  She wore a pale purple outer garment embroidered with silver silk peonies, and inside was a dark purple cloud-patterned silk skirt. At her waist was tied a silver-white jade buckle satin ribbon, and there was also a jade pendant flowing from it. As she walked, the hem of her dress swayed gently like ripples on water, elegant and refined as if she had stepped out of a painting, with a gentle smile. Zhu Miao Ti stood up and bowed his head to the woman who had approached him, saying: "I've seen Miss Xi Yan."

  The girl's eyes sparkled as she moved her pupils, and it seemed like there was a flowing light in her eyes, which was moving and charming, yet not vulgar. After glancing at Zhu Miaoqi, she smiled lightly, "Sister Zhu is being polite, what need is there for these empty formalities between us? It's only been a few years since we last met, and you're already distant from me again."

  Zhu Miaoji withdrew without a word, her face wore a gentle smile that was indeed distant and soft, but the complexity in her eyes did not diminish.

  "This sister is indeed Tang Nian Nian." Gu Xi Yan's gaze finally fell on Tang Nian Nian. From the moment she arrived, she had already taken a clear look at Tang Nian Nian. The rumored Shuang Hong Xian, Water Crystal Fruit was indeed extraordinary, but whether this figure was truly like a swan and whether her heart was as crystal clear as water remained unknown.

  "You're really strange." Tang Nian said suddenly, her eyes scanning Gu Xiyan's body without any concealment. This person actually had a subtle demonic aura on their body, yet they were human. Since feeling the demonic aura on Bai Li's body, Tang Nian knew that this world actually had demon cultivators.

  "Oh?" Gu Xiyan's eyes flashed with displeasure, but her movements were gentle and elegant as she sat down across from him, smiling brightly: "I don't know what's so strange about me?"

  "Soul." Tang Nian's clear and transparent eyes flashed with a hint of blue that was hard to detect. This woman's soul had a problem, could it be that she was possessed by an evil spirit? "Your soul is not pure."

  Gu Xi's face suddenly changed, and the sharp killing intent flashed in her eyes before disappearing. She lowered her head and chuckled a few times, but there was no smile in her tone, only a hint of anger that was hard to detect. "It seems that Gu Hong has told my sister about my affairs, but why did she have to deliberately use this to humiliate me?"

  On the other side, Zhu Miao was also surprised to see Tang Nianian. She knew the temperament of Si Ling Gu Yun and he would never casually tell Tang Nianian about this matter.

  "When did I ever insult you?" Tang Nian's eyes rolled, her expression clearly written on her face: You're being unreasonable.

  Her face suddenly turned pale, and the curved eyebrows could no longer conceal her true smile. Her slender fingers stroked the jade chessboard, and the corners of her mouth curled up with a hint of deliberate teasing. "Since you already know the secret about me, then you must also know how important Lone Swan is to me, and how he's different in my heart - something that no one can replace. Am I right, sister?"

  "Huh?" Tang Nian's attention had been elsewhere for a while now, and she raised her puzzled eyes. What did you just say?

  Crack——

  The jade stone chessboard cracked under her fingertips, Tang Nian's hand holding the piece paused in mid-air, staring at Gu Xiyan, and spat out a word: "Compensation."