Phoenix Destiny

Chapter 436 - 436 The wrong person

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It’s uncommon that the Qingfeng town has tourist around, so the Aunty was happy to have someone she could talk to.

She even invited them in to have a house tour.

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It has almost been twenty-years, yet there haven’t been many changes to the House Lu Mingshu was stayed at.

The layouts were almost the same, only the decorations have changed.

The flower that grew at the corner which her mother adored is now gone and was replaced with a scallion.

The Teru Teru Bozu that she hanged on the roof has been replaced with a string of dried beans too.

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Lu Mingshu smiled.

The new master had a better life than them.

“??,?????????????????” “Elder Sister, do you know about their family?

Can you tell me more about it?”   ?????,??????:”??????.?????????,?????.?????????,??????,???????????,????!”???????,”??,???????????,????????????,?????????.” Hearing Lu Mingshu addressing her as an elder sister, the aunty smiled happily.

“Ah, such a polite girl.

I’m from the neighbouring town, so I do not know much.

I only know that they had a decent life.

After that their son-in-law dissapered, and the old one is getting too old to do anything, while the kid is still too young.

The sick one is too sick too.” She then leaned over and lowered down her volume.

“Oh, I heard that they have managed to find their son-in-law after that, so the family sold their house and went over.

I don’t know what happened after that.”   ??????,????.??????????…

Yuan Rong sat at the side patiently, listening to the aunty.

~This somehow sounds family…~   ????:”???,?????,??????!” “But I guess it would not end well!” The aunty said.

“????” “Why?”   ????”?????????”???:”??????????????,?????!???,???,????,??????????????????????!??,????,?????????.” The aunty stared at them with the “I knew you were still a kid look” and laughed.

“Duh.

If his son-in-law wants to come back, he would have already done so!

Once he goes out, how would he remember this housewife?

He most properly would already have a wife!

If she could get to be a legal wife, it’s already good enough.”   “…”  ??????,????:”???,?????????,?????????!” Seeing that Lu Mingshu was speechless, the aunty continued.

“This world is filled with an ungrateful man who has a foolish woman going after them.

That’s how they said in the play and books!”   ??????????????,???,?????.

Lu Mingshu broke out into laughter upon hearing her reason.

But when she thought about it, there’s a lump in her throat.

“????,?????,???.” “Thank you sister.

Since there’s no avail then I’ll just go.”   ?????,??????????:”??,?????” She stood up and bid her goodbye.

Yuan Rong hurried after her.

“Senior sister, who are you looking for?”   ????,??????:”??????.” After some time, Lu Mingshu than replied.

“Someone who would never come back.”  ??????.

This made Yuan Rong shiver in fear.

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After exiting the house, she saw an old man with snowy white hair seating on his lawn, busking in the sun.

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“Grandfather Hong.” She went over to greet him.

????????,?????:”?,?????????????!” The old man stared at her for a moment.

“Yo isn’t this Miss Lu, you’re getting prettier!”   ?????.

Lu Mingshu stared at him blankly.

????????:”???????????.” “Where’s your father, I have not seen him for quite a long time!”   ?????.?????,???????,?????????.

Lu Mingshu felt her eyes turning watery.

This old man is a close friend of her grandfather, he must have mistaken her as her mother.

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“Dad, who are you talking to?” A middle-aged woman shouted from the house.

When she saw Lu Mingshu, she blinked her eyes to do a double-take.

~She’s so familiar, where did I see her before—No I must be wrong.

She’s as if a fairy, since when do we have such a pretty girl in this town!

We do not have one in the city here!~   “??,”????????,”????????,?????,????!” “Miss,” The woman smiled apologetically.

“My dad is old, so he always mistakes people.

I’m so sorry!”   ???????:”??,????????.”??,????????.

Lu Mingshu smiled thinly and shook her head.

“It’s okay, I’ll have a chat with him.” She then threw a bag of silver over.

????:”??,?…” “Miss, what….” The woman stared at her, unable to believe what Lu Mingshu is doing.

“?????.” “I’ll just have a few words.”   ????????,?????,?:”?????,?????,????.”?????????????.

Afraid of Lu Mingshu’s aura and greedy for the money, the woman smiled thinly and rushed to get two chairs for them.

“He’s a muddle head now, please forgive him if he said something wrong.”   ?????,??:”????,??????!”???????,????????.

Lu Mingshu sat down and smiled at the old man.

“Uncle Hong, my dad went to collect rent income!” A sweet voice ^which is unlike how Lu Mingshu speaks^ that’s filled with the Dongyue accent gave the woman a shock.

????????,????:”?,?????????????????!” The old man did not sense anything amidst.

He grinned from ear to ear.

“It’s a good year, huh?

You would have money for your wedding!”   ?????:”?????!” “I don’t want to get married!” Lu Mingshu whined.

“?,”?????,”?????????????” “Eh?” The old man looks at her curiously.

“Don’t you fancy the Fu family’s son?”   ????????:”????!” “He is not honest!” Lu Mingshu pouted.

??????:”????,??????,???????,?????,?????.” The old man nodded and smiled.

“This girl, smart!

I have already warned your dad many times.

That guy is ambitious, it may be hard to let him stay.”   “????????” “Uncle did warn my dad?”   “??!????,?????,??????!?????,?????,????.???????,???!”??,?????????,”?,???,???????????” “Yes!

Your dad seems stubborn, but he is actually very nice!

The guy only begged and him seeing that you liked him, he agreed immediately!

Luckily you do not yet marry yet, there’s still chance!” After this, the old man look at her, confused.

“Aye, but I remembered that you already have a child!”   ?????:”??!??????!” “Yes!

Uncle, you really can’t remember much!” Lu Mingshu said.

“??,????????.”???????.?,”?????????????????,???????,????????.” “Aiyo, I have a bad memory nowadays.” The old man shook his leg.

“Where’s your husband?

Pardon my words, but he’s such a coldblooded guy!

Who knows if he would ever be back!”   ???????:”??,?????????” Lu Mingshu’s eye lit up.

“Uncle, how did you know?”   “?!????????,???,??????????????,??????????,?????????????!” “Hey!

I have already said this earlier.

There was once that I saw him talking to a beggar outside of town, and after conning a jade from him, the beggar drowned in the river the next minute !”   “??!”??????,”????,??????” “Dad!” The woman hissed.

“Didn’t we say to bring this to our graves?”   ????????,?????????.

Lu Mingshu glared at her, and the woman shut up immediately.

“??,?????????” “Uncle, when was all this?”   ???????:”???????,????????,??????????.?,??????,??????????,??????.” “When?” The old man pondered for a moment.

“When was it?

Oh, when you just got married!

Ah, I wanted to tell you but you were already married, so, harsh…”   “???…” “I see….”   ???????,??????.?????????,???????,????.

The old man is already very old, so he couldn’t speak properly.

But Lu Mingshu was patient.

She took her time until the old man fell asleep.

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She stood up, looking expressionless.

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Seeing her face, the woman’s heart is at her throat.

She already has some guesses after hearing Lu Mingshu.

Just that she dare not voice it out.

?????????,??:”????,??????” But Lu Mingshu shook her head and flashed a wide smile at her.

“Aunty Hong, do you still remember me?”   ??????????????,??????,???:”??…???” The Woman’s guess was proven.

She glances at Lu Mingshu and asked softly.

“Are you….Mingshu?”   ????:”????.” “Yes.

It’s been long.” She nodded.

??????????:”????????,????.”?????,??,”????????????????” Aunty hong flashed her an awkward smile.

“You resembles your mother a lot, even I was confused.” Seeing that Lu Mingshu did not reply, she continued.

“So it was successful?

Where’s your mother?”   “???.”?????,”??????????.” “Died of illness.” She said calmly.

“The day when she found my father.”   “?,????…”?????,????,”???????.” “Haish is such a pity….” After an awkward silence, aunty hong broke it.

“Still you have found your father.

That’s good.”   “?.”??????,”?????????????????????” “Yeah.” Lu Mingshu smiled.

“Aunty must know a lot about my father, right?

Can you please tell me?”   …

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As they exit the town, Yuan Rong kept glancing at Lu Mingshu.

“??????” “What’s on your mind?”   ??????:”????????.”????,????????????,????.

“If I would be killed to shut up.” Yuan Rong blurred out.

She immediately realised her mistake and look at Lu Mingshu in shock.

?????,?????????,?????:”???,???????,??????,?????…” ~Cute yet stupid.~ Lu Mingshu do not even have the heart to scold her.

She sigh.

“Junior sister Yuan, this was not even on my mind but now that you mentioned it….”   ??????,????:”?,???,???????,??…” Yuan Rong jumped out of her skin.

“Senior, senior sister Lu, I promise, I promise I’ll keep it a secret…..” She stammered.

“???,???????????” “But with your character, who knows?”   ????:”?,?…” Yuan Rong became speechless.

“I,I….”   ??????,??????????:”??,??????.”??????,???,”??,?????.” Seeing her turning white, Lu Mingshu can’t bear to tease her anymore.

“Okay I won’t.” But before Yuan Rong could heave a sigh of relief, she added.

“But you have to swear to god.”