Meeting again, but strangers

Past events flashed through my mind quickly, and in my memory, the face that I couldn't forget was gradually overlapping with the beautiful figure that was slowly approaching.

She has matured a little, but her eyes seem to be a little more melancholy and sad, and the rest seems to be the same.

Yes, for her, only two years have passed from 1896, when Zhang Buyi last left, to 1898 now.

But for Zhang Buyi, decades have passed, and there have been two lives in between, and his life has changed from Chen Lianfang to Zhou Tai.

We met again, but we were strangers!

Under the fluctuation of emotions, the characteristics of love and sadness spread, and Zhang Buyi's whole temperament changed. The original gentleness was replaced by a touch of sadness, making him look very melancholy, which made people feel distressed!

Before the girl could approach, Zhang Buyi came to his senses, turned around and left in a hurry.

For her, meeting again is just the next year. For him, meeting again is already the next life.

Since it is impossible, the best choice is to stop trying to break into her life. Meeting strangers and looking at each other in the world is his best blessing to her!

They are destined to be inseparable after all!

"Sister Qing'er, I heard that you are here too, and I was planning to go find you!" Kang Tongbi looked at Zhu Qing'er and said happily.

Zhu Qing'er frowned slightly, looked at the back of Zhang Buyi who left in a hurry, and asked with confusion: "Who is that?"

Only then did Kang Tongbi realize that Zhang Buyi had run away. She shook her head and said, "I don't know, the person I met just now wanted to trick him into playing tricks on him."

As she spoke, it was probably because Zhu Qing'er's arrival diverted her attention, and she no longer had the previous interest in Zhang Buyi. She pulled the good girl beside her, stepped forward and held Zhu Qing'er's hand and said: "Sister Qing'er,

Let’s go to the lake!”

"Hello, Your Highness!" The good girl next to her also said timidly at this time.

Zhu Qing'er frowned and looked at the disappearing figure, turned around with a very shallow smile and said: "Let's go."

"By the way, sister Qing'er, why are you here in Nanzhou? Aren't you treating diseases in various places in the north? Do you want to go back to Mianzhou?" Kang Tongbi asked.

When Zhu Qing'er heard the name of Mianzhou, she was stunned for a moment. The maid next to her also subconsciously looked at her young lady.

Zhu Qing'er didn't lose her composure. She was just stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "I have some things to do when I go south this time. As for coming to Nanzhou... I heard that your father is going to Beijing, so I guess you will do the same.

Follow me, I thought I’d drop by and have a look.”

The four of them gradually drifted away while chatting.

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Zhang Buyi hurriedly left a long distance away. After feeling Zhu Qing'er's gaze, he stopped and looked back.

In the distance, I saw four women walking towards the distance together while talking.

He was stunned for a long time, his emotions rarely fluctuated. Sad emotions filled his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh:

“Spring and Autumn reincarnate several times, and the world has countless vicissitudes;

Looking back at the dim lights, we are still far away from home;

Alas, we are not on the same road after all. I wish you happiness!"

Following Zhang Buyi's words, a strong sense of sadness rose up all over his body, and his temperament became extremely melancholy. This kind of aura seems to have a fatal attraction to the people around him, especially women.

Many girls were looking at him, and at this moment, they were all crazy.

Especially in the hearts of some girls, he is like a light in the dark night, bright and dazzling, and they want people to pounce on him regardless of their own safety.

Looking at the melancholy Zhang Buyi, their hearts ached like throbbing, and many of them wanted to step forward and stretch out their hands to smooth his slightly raised brows, remove the pain in his heart, or bear it for him.

【Fate +1!】

"What a poem, what a poem! I didn't expect that little Nanzhou is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger! But if the master continues like this and doesn't use his magic power, I don't know how many girls in Nanzhou City will lose sleep tonight."

A cold word interrupted Zhang Buyi's thoughts and brought him back to reality.

After regaining consciousness, Zhang Buyi noticed the strangeness around him and quickly collected his aura. It seems that this property solidification is not all good!

"Chirp!"

In his arms, the little fox also looked at Zhang Buyi with doubtful eyes, and chirped softly in worry and doubt, as if trying to comfort Zhang Buyi.

Zhang Buyi reached out and touched the fox's head, then turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound.

At this moment, the sky was already dark, and the lanterns were starting to turn on. In the hazy moment, a woman wearing a light gauze colored skirt walked towards Zhang Buyi with a faint smile.

Not only does she look extremely beautiful, her graceful figure is also swaying in the wind as she walks, but she doesn't show any charm at all.

She was obviously wearing a gauze colored skirt that was a bit revealing for this era, but it was not at all gaudy or tacky. Instead, it gave people an elegant feeling of orchids and green bamboos in the empty valley.

Elegant, noble and inviolable!

The contradictory visual and sensory gap makes people unable to forget it after just one glance. Coupled with her perfect face, her whole person is simply a masterpiece from God.

"I lost my temper just now and made everyone laugh!" Even though he had never seen this woman before, Zhang Buyi immediately guessed who she was when he saw her.

"The artistic conception is vicissitudes of life, a little sad and miserable. Is the young master feeling hurt?" Sai Jinhua said while looking at Zhang Buyi with a smile.

"Haha, I just felt a little emotional and recited some sentences casually." Zhang Buyi replied with a smile.

"Next? I'm sorry for my ignorance, little girl. It seems I haven't heard of it before." Sai Jinhua said in surprise.

Zhang Buyi paused, "If you have heard of modern Internet poetry, I should doubt your identity!"

Zhang Buyi smiled and said: "I felt emotional, so I couldn't help but recite it."

Sai Jinhua was stunned when he heard this, then looked at the smiling Zhang Buyi and said with a strange expression: "Young Master is a wonderful person. Why haven't you heard of Young Master before?"

"An unknown person is not worth mentioning. It's only normal that no one has heard of him!" Zhang Buyi replied with a smile.

"Girl, we don't have much time, it's almost o'clock!" At this time, a maid following Sai Jinhua reminded in a low voice.

Sai Jinhua paused, looked at Zhang Buyi and said, "Young master is also here to participate in the poetry meeting, right?"

Zhang Buyi nodded with a smile.

"The little lady will take the first step. I look forward to seeing you on the flower boat!"

As she spoke, Sai Jinhua saluted Zhang Buyi, Zhang Buyi returned the greeting slightly, and the other party left in a hurry.

Zhang Buyi looked around and found that some women were still looking at him from a distance, unwilling to leave, with obsessed eyes.

He frowned slightly and quickly left the place, heading towards the small square in front of the lake.

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As the sky darkened and the lanterns started to turn on, the garden party did not seem to become deserted, but became more lively.

When Zhang Buyi came to the small square in front of the lake, it had turned into a place like a lantern gathering.

Many people were playing in the small square, and there were many women holding lanterns and setting them off by the lake. Yanran really felt like it was a lantern festival.

But among the crowd, more people's attention was focused on the building-searching boat in the center of the lake.

The building boat did not keep everyone waiting for a long time. After a while, before the sky was dark, the lights were quickly turned on.

"The Chunfu Garden Poetry Festival is about to begin. Please use your own means to board the boat. Anyone who can board the boat can participate. The only rule is that you cannot cross the lake by boat!"

As the candlelight lit up on the building, the entire building was illuminated. On the building, a cold voice spread out, allowing everyone who had been waiting for a long time to hear it.

"What? There is no bridge or ship, how can we board the ship?"

"Are we going to swim over?"

"That's right, if you don't want a boat, let's find a bridge to get out of it!"

In an instant, many people around who had been waiting for a long time vented their dissatisfaction.

"Haha, interesting. It seems that the requirements of this poetry club are a bit high! Then let me take the lead!"

While everyone was talking, a middle-aged Confucian scholar suddenly laughed, broke off a dead branch, threw it into the lake, stepped lightly, and walked across the water on the dead branch!

"It's Master Qin. I didn't expect Master Qin to be here!"

"Bullshit, everyone is having a poetry meeting!"

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Zhang Buyi looked at this scene and pursed his lips. This Master Qin was obviously trying to make excuses, that's all, there was still some money.

However, the effect was good. Following Master Qin's actions, those who were originally a little apprehensive also started to take action.

In an instant, demons began to dance wildly on the lake.

There is someone who is so good at lightness that he can cross a river with a reed;

Some have amazing bounces and can be jumped over directly;

There are also those whose figures are floating, as if they are flying by.

And those scholars who came here because of the reputation and passed the literary test could only look at the garden party by the lake longingly, which was their place.

Obviously, only monks can participate in the night party of this poetry meeting, and they must have a certain level of cultivation. It seems that this so-called poetry meeting is not only to curry favor with Kang Youwei, but also has other purposes!

"Get out of the way, why can't I go there? Everyone has their own way."

"My aunt, please don't embarrass me. I really have something to do today, and I won't tolerate your nonsense!"
To be continued...