Chapter 537: Lihua Tells No One
After parting ways with Ruyi at Chuanfeng Lane, each entered their own courtyard.
Ruyi washed her face. Seeing the moonlight reflected in the wooden basin, she gazed at it for a long while, lost in thought, as if pondering something.
A young woman’s thoughts are always hard to guess.
She sighed, wiped the water dripping down her chin, and went inside the house.
Lying in bed, her mind raced and she couldn’t sleep.
By midnight, she was still tossing and turning.
Finally giving up on sleep, she thought to herself that the night sky was clear. She went to the firewood shed, fetched the ladder, leaned it against the courtyard wall, and climbed onto the roof.
Ever since her mother remarried and left, she often came up here. When she felt lonely, she’d gaze at the moon. The view was best here; she could see far, far away places.
She remembered dad, mother, Ping’an, and Uncle Chen…