Chongming pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is truly strange. I'll go and investigate."
It was early morning. Yaohua watched him leave, feeling a sense of unease in her heart. However, even when it was time to go to bed, he still hadn't returned.
Late at night, in a hazy state, she fell into a warm embrace. She couldn't help but open her eyes and asked, "How did it go?"
Chongming gently kissed her forehead and said, "Don't worry. Everything is fine."
She nestled in his arms and gradually fell asleep, feeling at ease.
The next day, when she opened her eyes, he was no longer by her side.
After living a secluded and peaceful life for a hundred years, she had long been accustomed to his presence. At this moment, her heart felt empty. She couldn't help but sit by the bed, looking a bit dejected. It took her a while to get up.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she stepped out of the door, she noticed bloodstains on the threshold.
Whose blood was this? Could it be Chongming's? Was he injured?
Panic welled up in her heart. At this moment, Yaoyao appeared, covering her forehead. "Ouch, it hurts so much!"
Seeing Yaohua standing there, Yaoyao immediately threw herself over, looking aggrieved. "Woo, Mother, I accidentally took a big fall this morning. My forehead hit the threshold and bled a lot. It hurts so much, woo."
"Is this your blood?" Yaohua couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. She hugged Yaoyao and examined her forehead. She gently blew on it and coaxed, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt."
Yaoyao stamped on the threshold and said angrily, "Bad threshold! Next time, I'll ask Father to take you down and burn you for fire."
"By the way, where's your father?" Yaohua quickly asked. "Why is he nowhere to be found early in the morning?"
Yaoyao looked puzzled and said, "Isn't he in the kitchen?"
"Brother Five sent over some excellent spiritual rice and told me to cook some porridge for you to nourish your body." Chongming walked over slowly, smiling slightly.
Yaohua finally felt relieved. "I see. I thought you went to investigate yesterday's matter again."
Hearing this, a shadow flashed across Chongming's eyes. Then he brought the porridge to Yaohua and said, "Have some porridge first."
In the following days, the couple continued to live a peaceful life. However, Yaohua always found strange bloodstains everywhere. When she asked Chongming about them, he also didn't know.
The system said in a sarcastic tone, "With so many strange bloodstains, it's possible that your residence has been invaded by enemies. It's ridiculous that you still haven't found any trace of them."
Yaohua retorted, "You think you're so great, but you're still sealed inside me, a mediocre person. And you can't even find out the origin of these bloodstains. What right do you have to mock me?"
The system was hit on its sore spot and got extremely angry. "If it weren't for you, I would have been free!"
Yaohua let out a cold laugh. "If the heavens knew that you would do bad things once you got your freedom, they would never let you be free for ten lifetimes."
The system flew into a rage. "You're cursing me!"
Yaohua said calmly, "I'm just stating the truth."
The system was extremely angry, but it had been subdued enough in these days, so it quickly calmed down.
At this moment, Yaohua's eyes lit up. "Big Brother, Second Brother... Why are you all here?"
Led by Yanling, several of her elder brothers came, their eyes full of tenderness. "Of course, we came to see you."
"Coincidentally, I also have something to ask you." Yaohua told them about what had happened outside. After hearing this, they all looked at each other, not knowing whether they should say something or not.
She couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart. "Is it very troublesome? Do you need our help?"
Yanling waved his hand. "No, no. This is our matter. How can we trouble you? Just stay here and sleep peacefully."
Although he said so, there was an indelible shadow between his eyebrows.
Yaoyao tilted her head and said, "You all seem to have something on your minds... Otherwise, I'll go out instead of Mother to help you?"
"You're still too young. How can you go out? If someone has to go, it should be me." Yaohua tidied up her clothes, her eyes full of worry.
At this moment, Chongming came out with some pastries. "Yaoyao has made a breakthrough in her cultivation. It's time for her to go out and gain some experience. Otherwise, it will have a bad impact on the stability of her cultivation. The matters outside aren't difficult. The elder brothers can handle them. You don't need to worry blindly."
Yaohua couldn't persuade them, so she could only watch Yaoyao being taken away. That night, she tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep.
Thinking that Chongming had also gone out with the elder brothers, saying that he had something important to discuss, and she had been refused when she wanted to follow, she couldn't help but feel a bit depressed.
Did they really think she was so weak?
The night wind was rustling. Suddenly, she noticed that there seemed to be a shadow moving outside. Doubt welled up in her heart. She got up and came to the courtyard. Just then, she saw the shadow flash across the wall, leaving mottled bloodstains behind.
The shadow seemed to have noticed her presence and quickly ran away.
She took two steps forward to take a closer look, but then she heard Chongming's voice behind her. "Madam, what are you doing?"
She was startled and pointed at the wall. "Didn't you see that thing just now?"
Chongming hugged her into his arms, looking puzzled. "What?"
She told him what had just happened. Chongming thought for a while and immediately made a decision. "From today on, I won't go out. I'll stay at home with you to find out what that shadow is all about."
The next night, the couple came to the courtyard again.
Yaohua watched the shadow disappear and said annoyedly, "He got away again!"
But when she looked up, she noticed that Chongming was looking at her with extremely complex eyes. She couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Why are you looking at me like this? Is there something on my face?"
Chongming lowered his eyes and said, "There's nothing there at all where you pointed just now."
Yaohua was shocked. A chill ran down her spine. "You didn't see anything?"
Chongming slowly shook his head. "I only saw the bloodstains. I didn't see anything else."
At this moment, a small figure came back dejectedly.
Yaohua temporarily put aside her doubts and asked curiously, "Why do you look like this? Isn't it fun to gain experience outside?"
Yaoyao was extremely frustrated. "They took me to solve a case, but I not only couldn't find the murderer, but also got tricked. Gaining experience is not fun at all. I'll never go out again!"
Yaohua was curious. "How about I go out for some fresh air?"
Chongming originally opposed the idea of her going out. But after what had happened with the shadow just now, he had another thought in mind and readily agreed. "Okay, let's go together."
Unexpectedly, Yaohua almost met the murderer several times, but the situation was the same as when she was looking for the culprit of the bloodstains on Danyaoshan. Only she could see it, and no matter how hard others tried with their magical techniques, they couldn't find any trace of it.
After watching the shadow slip away for I don't know how many times, she felt extremely frustrated.