Who in the world does not know you?

Chapter 77 You're so lucky!

Li Zigui carried the tray up to the second floor of Heguilou and placed it on the dining table in front of him.

Leng Honglou followed closely behind, carrying the clay pot that she valued highly. She only breathed a sigh of relief after placing the clay pot on the table.

She lifted the lid of the pot, releasing a fragrant aroma, and a satisfied smile appeared on her usually icy and beautiful face.

They liked to have dinner in the central room by the window on the second floor of He Gui Lou, so they could enjoy the sunset street scene while eating, just like when they used to travel the world together and take temporary rest in many inns.

"It smells so good! As expected of you, my wife! How much would a bowl of this fragrant chicken soup cost outside? No, it's priceless!"

Li Zigui rubbed his hands together as he looked at the chicken soup, praising it excitedly. Leng Honglou was already used to this, but it was indeed very pleasing to her, so her mood improved as a result.

"Where's the woman in red? Why isn't she eating?"

"I went to call her, but she said she wasn't hungry and told us to eat first."

"Did something happen to that child outside that's making her upset...? No, I have to go ask her. What if she was bullied in Ningzhou Prefecture? How can she not eat? She'll ruin her health if she starves..."

Li Zigui muttered to himself as he got up to go downstairs, but Leng Honglou spoke up at that moment.

"It's alright, I left her some steamed buns in the kitchen."

"..."

Li Zigui stopped walking and sat back down in his seat.

"My wife, do you think we haven't been good enough to Hongyi?"

"How could that be? She's our own daughter, why wouldn't we treat her well?"

While serving soup to Li Zigui, Leng Honglou replied, and the latter, upon hearing this, realized that it made sense and was unable to refute it for a moment.

"But I always feel..."

"You found the best teachers to teach her music, chess, calligraphy, and painting when she was young. She had no interest in martial arts, finding it too arduous, so I didn't force her to practice swordsmanship. She liked Hu Youxuan's disguise and voice-changing tricks, so you even made her recognize Hu Youxuan as her master and become a thief."

"That being said..."

"Normally she had no worries about food and drink, and she never ended up in the miserable state of being exposed to the elements. After learning the art of theft from Hu Youxuan, she would steal money and valuables from someone's house on a whim. The person would not dare to report it to the authorities and would come to your door to beg you for money. You would even pay them back."

"That being said..."

As the saying goes, spoiling a child is like killing him.

"But the woman in red is a girl..."

"He who steals a needle when young will steal gold when old."

"I'll just pay the money..."

Leng Honglou placed the chicken soup in front of Li Zigui, then stared at him for a long time before speaking again.

"Even if my father hadn't died so young, he wouldn't have spoiled me like that."

"My lady, your willpower is far stronger than that of ordinary people; you are certainly not comparable to any other woman in this world..."

Li Zigui smiled awkwardly, suddenly realizing that Leng Honglou was absolutely right.

"My lord, you have treated Hongyi well enough."

"Okay, okay, let's eat!"

Li Hongyi lives in the south courtyard behind Hegui Tower.

On the days she was away from home, servants from the Fengtian Escort Agency would always come to clean her room. These people knew that the existence of He Gui Lou was extraordinary, and they never dared to rummage through things. In order to make it easier to clean, any items that were moved would be put back in their original place when they left. Therefore, everything in her room was not much different from before.

Li Hongyi's room was decorated with great care.

There were light-colored silk gauze curtains, mahogany screens carved with dragons and phoenixes, exquisitely crafted pearwood dressing tables, calligraphy and paintings by famous artists hanging on the walls, and even red tassels hanging on the door latches.

Li Hongyi sat in her room, looking around at everything. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she looked down at her limp.

No, she's not Ye Zi anymore, and she's not lame anymore.

She sat silently alone in the empty room, so it was very quiet.

She recalled what Yun Luobai had mentioned before their parting: how to see through her disguise and what she lacked in her eyes.

"The despair and cowardice of being truly at the bottom of society, having one's dignity trampled on and being powerless to resist, having to fight with all one's might to survive every day."

Yun Luobai is right.

Li Hongyi had met Ye Zi, and Ye Zi's eyes held the things Yun Luobai had mentioned.

After hearing Yun Luobai say these things, she felt even more sorry for Ye Zi.

If she hadn't helped Ye Zi, this belated realization would have been a lifelong regret for her.

Why does Yunluobai know all this?

He was an abandoned child raised by prison guards and suffered from a serious illness. Fortunately, he has now recovered and is surrounded by kind family and friends.

Li Hongyi felt inexplicably fortunate for Yun Luobai, even though they hadn't spent much time together.

Will he remember Ye Zi?

The female thief who spent very little time with him and always followed him around with a limp?

Will other people remember Ye Zi next to him?

When those people ask Yun Luobai about Ye Zi, how will he answer?

Ning Qi admires the once invincible Li Zigui so much. If he knew that Ye Zi, who always accompanied Yun Luobai, was actually Li Zigui's biological daughter, his surprised expression would be quite interesting.

Li Hongyi knew very well that her relationship with Yun Luobai had come to an end.

She wasn't the real Ye Zi, and had no reason to stay in Ningzhou Prefecture.

She was no longer curious about what the so-called Heavenly Mandate Mirror was.

As night fell, the candlelight on the table was bright but not glaring.

Li Hongyi held the note Yun Luobai had left her in her palm, examining it repeatedly. Finally, at a certain moment, she seemed to have made up her mind and reached out to place the note, which read "See you again someday," on the candlelight.

The paper burned quietly in the flames, but her clear, pure eyes had somehow turned slightly red.

He and his family and friends are all doing well.

But she will never see any of them again.

Meanwhile, in Ningzhou Prefecture, Yun Luobai sat upright in his room.

He opened the blue book that Li Hongyi had not noticed again.

As the pages of the book were turned one by one, pictures and words appeared before Yun Luobai's eyes.

It contains all sorts of divination techniques, but unlike ordinary divination techniques, the content in front of Yun Luobai can only be understood after one has devoted oneself to studying the profession of divination and fortune telling. Its mysteries are extraordinary and can be regarded as the author's masterpiece.

Yun Luobai's fingers didn't stop. He kept turning the pages until he reached the middle of the book. After using a blank space on a certain page as a dividing point, a name appeared at the top of the next page.

"Yunping"

"He was my adoptive father, and he worked as a jailer in the Ningzhou Prefecture prison."

The text below details Yun Ping's physical features and personality traits, while the rest describes the special experiences Yun Luobai and Yun Ping had in their daily interactions.

This content filled seven or eight pages; how could the experiences of more than ten years between father and son be recorded on just a few blank sheets of paper?

"You wouldn't believe it, would you? Your seemingly honest and simple adoptive father is actually a high-ranking criminal accused of treason and collusion with the enemy. He's barely able to protect himself, yet he still chose to raise you..."

Yun Luobai read aloud softly as he closed the blue book in his hand, his eyes lowered and his face cold.

"Yun Luobai, you're so lucky..."