Chapter 425: The Second Half of Life is Settled

Si Rong's eyes lit up instantly.

That's great!

My sister's future is finally settled.

"Then, Comrade Sun, could you invite a few single comrades to join us for a hike up Yuan Peak? One of them must be that Comrade Xue."

Sun Yu scratched the back of his head, "Sister-in-law, no problem!"

Once the person left, Ming Zi said, somewhat speechless, "Surname Xue? Did that old man in your dream tell you that too?"

"Yes, and the old immortal said that you two were destined to be together in a past life."

Ming Zi: "..."

"Does your Jiang Cheng know you've become so superstitious lately? Old immortal? Are you lying to me?"

She simply did not believe there were any old immortals in this world.

"Let's make a bet then; this Comrade Xue will definitely be very handsome," Si Rong understood her good sister—deep down, she was still a sucker for good looks.

"Really?" Ming Zi was half-doubting.

She felt the strange part was that there was no way Si Rong would go through all this trouble to come to Yunchuan just to lie to her, right?

Still, there was one thing that was strange, "Rongrong, I have another question. Why would the old immortal entrust my marriage to you in a dream instead of telling me directly?"

Si Rong:...

Having told so many lies, she could now spout them off the cuff, "Was it because you were sleeping too soundly? The old immortal wanted to visit you in a dream but couldn't wake you up?"

Ming Zi:...

That made sense; she did sleep a bit soundly.

The two found a guesthouse, and heard from the owner that there would be a molten iron flower performance at the street corner that night.

After dinner, the two went to the street corner together to wait. First, there was a folk dance to warm up the crowd, and then the staff began to have the audience move back, and the molten iron flower performance began.

With the rhythmic clanging sounds, the iron flowers bloomed in the night with brilliant colors; the scene was breathtaking.

"Wow! Can iron really be beaten into flowers?" Ming Zi watched with great wonder.

Si Rong had seen a brief introduction when she was reading before, "They use molten iron."

However, this kind of performance still required coordination between several performers.

"Young lady, you certainly know a lot!" a middle-aged woman holding a child said, "You two are from out of town, right?"

"Yes." Si Rong took Ming Zi's hand and stood a bit further away; as the saying goes, one must always be on guard. In this era, there were no surveillance cameras or the like, so human traffickers were rampant.

Even though they were adults, they still had to be extra careful.

In the sky, there was another grand display of molten iron flowers, and right under that light, Si Rong inadvertently saw the child held in the arms of the woman from earlier.

That face looked remarkably similar to Shen Yuan when she was a child in her past life.

Actually, as the girl beside Li Xuan grew older, Si Rong had already discovered that the child's appearance did not resemble the Shen Yuan of her past life.

But in this life, many things were different from the past life, so she hadn't thought much of it.

Could Li Xuan not recognize her own daughter?

Looking at it now, was the girl Li Xuan found and brought back Bai Mo, while her real daughter was here in Yunchuan?

Truly, the wicked live for a thousand years.

With her Rebirth, now both Bai Mo and Shen Yuan had appeared.

Perhaps because of the entanglements from the past life, the little girl in the woman's arms kept her gaze fixed on Si Rong for a long time.

"Young lady, you are beautiful; my daughter likes looking at you!" the woman said again.

Si Rong smiled faintly, "Your daughter is very cute too, how old is she?"

"Five years old," the woman said, holding the child very affectionately; it was clear she doted on the child in her arms.

Si Rong pursed her lips and smiled, saying nothing more.

In this life, the lives of the aunt and niece, Shen Yuan and Bai Mo, seemed to have been swapped.

Separated by thousands of miles, she hoped that the real Shen Yuan could live a peaceful and quiet life in this life.

After watching the molten iron flower performance, the two returned to the guesthouse to rest, waiting only for the next day to go hiking with a few soldiers.

Si Rong knew that soldiers were always rigorous and punctual, because the one she married was a soldier.

But after waking up and seeing the soldiers standing in two rows at the entrance of the guesthouse, she still felt it was too much.

No wonder she felt the guesthouse owner had been much more diligent, always busy but looking like he didn't know what he was actually busy with.

"Good morning, Sister-in-law!" As Si Rong walked over, the group greeted her in unison.

Si Rong:...

It was clear that Comrade Sun Yu had completed his task very seriously; knowing she wanted to set her sister up on a blind date, the ones he brought were all quite good-looking.

She quickly noticed the young Xue Ming.

Si Rong breathed a sigh of relief in her heart; she could consider her mission for this trip to Yunchuan successfully completed.

The group went hiking, and their personal bags were arranged by Sun Yu to be carried by two of the soldiers.

"Is this okay?" Ming Zi stood bashfully beside one of the soldiers named Gao Lang, "Will it tire you out?"

Si Rong:...

It was her oversight; this one named Gao Lang did seem to be a little handsome.

"It won't." Gao Lang scratched the back of his head, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Si Rong found an opportunity to pull Ming Zi to her side, "What is going on with you? The old immortal already told you, your destined marriage is with Xue Ming, seize the opportunity!"

Ming Zi:...

"I want to choose for myself."

Otherwise, it always felt like an arranged marriage—just not arranged by parents, but by an old immortal.

"Have you forgotten that Luo Sheng?" Si Rong hurriedly dragged out her late ex-husband from her past life, "He was the one you chose yourself back then; now he keeps the red flag at home from falling while the colorful flags outside flutter in the wind."

"Be good, the old immortal's judgment is better than yours, just accept your fate!"

Ming Zi:...

Halfway up the mountain, she took her bag back from Gao Lang and handed it to Xue Ming, "Brother Ming, could I trouble you to carry my bag?"

Everyone:...

Xue Ming:...

He silently took the backpack, and the tips of his ears quietly turned red.

"Brother Ming, have you ever come to this mountain to play before?"

"No, no I haven't."

"Then where do you like to go to play, Brother Ming? Can you take me with you?"

"Bu, but I have training."

Comrade Sun Yu was not very satisfied with his answer, "Once training is over, won't you have free time? At that time, take your sister-in-law and Comrade Ming out for a good stroll."

Xue Ming:...

"Yes."

Si Rong wanted to laugh, but since she was the sister-in-law now, she felt she should be more dignified, so she kept holding it in.

At the same time, she noticed that the few soldier brothers accompanying them were also holding back laughter.

Ming Zi was quite good at flirting; it didn't take long for her to flirt with Xue Ming until even his neck turned red with shyness.

That evening, Si Rong treated the few soldier brothers to a meal at a restaurant.

Then Ming Zi suggested drinking, but the soldier brothers didn't drink, saying they had training early tomorrow morning.

Si Rong had no choice but to drink with her; Ming Zi was not a person who loved to drink, so the sudden rush of alcohol to her head meant she was likely about to do something bold.

She remembered that in her past life on Haidao, when Ming Zi kissed Xue Ming, she had also been drinking.

Uh, could it be that history is about to repeat itself?