Chapter 240: Volume 1_Chapter 240 A Strange Dream

Volume 1_Chapter 240 A Strange Dream

"Mother—"

Yun Qiyue called out, then turned around.

Ye Lanjue's hand remained frozen in mid-air; it was awkward to either pull it back or continue with the motion he had just intended.

Fortunately, no one knew of this embarrassment.

However, suddenly, Ye Lanjue sensed something, and his hand abruptly reached over the top of Yun Qiyue's head, hovering above her in a sheltering posture, with a faint glimmer seemingly flickering in his palm.

At this moment, Yun Qiyue was deep in a dream.

In the dream, Yun Qiyue saw her mother.

A beautiful woman in her early thirties with features very similar to her own, the beautiful woman was wearing a white outfit, standing amidst a sea of white.

Yun Qiyue looked at her, an indescribable, strange feeling in her heart.

Then, she watched her mother's lips moving, yet she could hear absolutely no sound.

"Mother, what are you saying?" Yun Qiyue asked.

But the other person's expression only grew more anxious; she could see the lips moving, but could hear nothing at all.

Seeing this situation, Yun Qiyue could not help but feel anxious herself.

She kept feeling that her mother wanted to tell her something very important.

"Qiyue, go to the Hidden World, go to the Hidden World."

Finally, a woman's voice entered Yun Qiyue's mind.

Yun Qiyue was stunned, and then, just as she wanted to ask something, her mother slowly disappeared into the white.

"Mother—"

Yun Qiyue called out.

She did not call the person back, but she woke up instead.

Yun Qiyue opened her eyes, feeling that there was an aura in the room that did not belong there, but after sensing carefully, she discovered that there was only her own aura in the room.

Knowing there were no intruders in the room, Yun Qiyue began to recall the dream she had just had.

Her mother had visited her in a dream to tell her to go to the Hidden World?

Why?

Was it a case of "what one thinks about by day, one dreams about by night," or was it a warning of some kind?

And the white clothes her mother was wearing—she always felt there was something not quite right about them.

But because the dream was entirely white and the imagery was extremely blurry, even if she tried hard to recall it, she could not make any sense of it at all.

On the other side, after leaving the General's Mansion, Ye Lanjue returned to the Regent's Mansion.

He ordered his subordinates that no one was to disturb him, then returned to his own room.

Just as he removed his mask, Ye Lanjue spat out a mouthful of blood.

Ye Lanjue's complexion was incomparably pale.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Ye Lanjue's gaze was deep.

Just a moment ago, he felt that Yun Qiyue seemed to have some unknown connection to an unknown space, and the connection was extremely weak.

Consequently, he had reached out to help.

However, this world lacked the medium for his type of ability: Spiritual Energy.

Therefore, he suffered a backlash.

Yet, he had seen the content of Yun Qiyue's dream clearly.

He had never seen the place where Mu Qingwan was.

The clothes on Mu Qingwan looked like mourning clothes, yet they seemed somewhat different.

What kind of world was that, exactly?

And what exactly did Mu Qingwan want Yun Qiyue to do in the Hidden World?

Ye Lanjue frowned and pondered while suppressing the pain in his body caused by the backlash.

The next morning.

Yun Qiyue got up early and, under the arrangement of several maidservants, quickly got herself ready.

By the time Yun Qiyue went out with Qingyan and Sixue, Yun Yajie was already waiting at the entrance.

There was only one carriage, and inside the carriage were only Yun Yajie and Yun Yarou.

When Yun Yajie invited Yun Qiyue to board the carriage, Yun Qiyue refused.

"My General's Mansion has its own carriage," Yun Qiyue said indifferently.

Soon, a carriage slowly drove over from the side gate.

"Go to Mingxin Lake," Yun Qiyue said to the guard leading the horse, then boarded the carriage with Qingyan and Sixue.

Without waiting for Yun Yajie's carriage, Yun Qiyue's carriage left first.

Seeing this, Yun Yajie ordered her own carriage to follow.

Inside the carriage, Yun Yarou was very indignant, "Big Sister, Yun Qiyue is so arrogant, why are you still being polite to her? For someone like Yun Qiyue, isn't it as simple as crushing an ant for you to deal with her, Big Sister?"

Yun Yajie kept her eyes slightly closed and did not answer Yun Yarou's words.

Yun Yarou's expression was not very good, and she continued, "Big Sister, look at our mother, our father—they were all harmed by Yun Qiyue. Big Sister, you came out of Huangyun Academy, and you don't need to fear her. Why don't you avenge Father and Mother, and instead treat her so well?"

Yun Yarou simply could not understand it in her heart.

Clearly, Big Sister was capable of dealing with Yun Qiyue, so why did she insist on not doing so?

Not only that, but Big Sister seemed to treat Yun Qiyue even better than she treated her own sister.

Yun Yarou suddenly felt a bit of resentment toward Yun Yajie in her heart.

If she herself had come from Huangyun Academy, she certainly would not let her family's enemy go unpunished; she would definitely give Yun Qiyue a profound lesson.

Her eldest sister's attitude was clearly fueling Yun Qiyue's arrogance.

However, just as Yun Yarou was feeling resentful, Yun Yajie opened her eyes.

Yun Yajie looked at Yun Yarou with a calm gaze, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Clearly, Yun Yajie's gaze and expression were not at all frightening, yet Yun Yarou inexplicably felt a bit of fear.

"No, I was just..."

"No one has the qualifications to question what I do; you just need to do your own duty." Before Yun Yarou could explain, Yun Yajie gave a faint warning.

"But..." Yun Yarou subconsciously wanted to argue back.

However, Yun Yajie reached out her hand.

Yun Yajie's hand rested on Yun Yarou's face, her lips still carrying a shallow smile, "Be good, listen to me, otherwise your sister will get angry."

As she spoke, Yun Yajie's fingernails grazed across Yun Yarou's fair, tender face, leaving only a slight red mark, neither painful nor itchy.

Yet, Yun Yarou's face turned pale.

At this moment, Yun Yarou felt that her eldest sister seemed even more terrifying than Yun Qiyue.

Yun Yarou widened her eyes in terror as she looked at Yun Yajie, not daring to say a single word.

Seeing Yun Yarou like this, Yun Yajie seemed very satisfied with Yun Yarou's reaction, and then calmly closed her eyes.

Throughout the journey, Yun Yarou did not dare to speak again.

She did not even dare to continue thinking about anything.

Yun Yarou herself did not know why this was, but her body could not help but stiffen, and her heart could not help but feel afraid.

The distance from Jingcheng to Mingxin Lake was not short.

The carriage traveled for a full hour.

After leaving the city gate, they encountered quite a few carriages heading in one direction; clearly, everyone was going toward Mingxin Lake.

Along the way, some people would recognize the Yun Family's carriage and come over specifically to greet Yun Qiyue, but Yun Qiyue did not know them and paid them no mind.

On the other hand, Yun Yajie acted approachable throughout the journey, and many young masters and ladies had a very good impression of her.

Finally, the carriage stopped at Mingxin Lake.

After getting off the carriage, Yun Qiyue looked at the two sisters, Yun Yajie and Yun Yarou, and clearly sensed the difference in Yun Yarou.

However, Yun Qiyue did not pay much attention to it.

To go to Lake Heart Pavilion, one must take a painted boat.

There were quite a few young masters and ladies gathered by the lake now, and although the painted boat was not large, Yun Yajie suddenly suggested, "There are many servants in Lake Heart Pavilion to attend to us, and there are also people on the painted boat responsible for our food and other needs. Since there are already so many of us, why don't we leave the maids everyone brought here?"

As soon as Yun Yajie said this, Yun Qiyue subconsciously looked at her, only to see Yun Yajie smiling at her, and Yun Qiyue could not help but frown.