Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 204: 202: The Nightmare Strikes Again, Meng Bai’s Injured Body and Spirit

On the mountain path, suddenly a figure approached with quick steps, stopping not far from the hut, hesitating to move forward.

The two people inside the small wooden house were snuggled together as they slept.

Di Yelei’s eyes suddenly snapped open, a glimmer of light flashing in their depths.

Gently getting up, he immediately roused her, who had originally been sound asleep.

“Hmm? Ye Lei…” She called out lazily.

Her eyes were still half-closed, revealing a tender and affectionate gaze as she unconsciously rubbed her face on the thin quilt.

“Sisi, be good. I’m here; just go back to sleep.”

Carefully placing her naughty little hand that had slipped out of the quilt back inside, he checked the window before silently leaving the room.

Outside, Yuan Mengbai lingered, pacing back and forth on the nearby path, his face wrought with indecision.

Seeing Di Yelei come out, the two stared silently at each other.

“Let’s go! I’ll go and check it out again.”

Di Yelei took the lead in speaking.

“Ye Lei…”

In the house, the rush of cold air from the open door suddenly woke Liu Sisi, and she instinctively reached out for him, calling his name.

Her call made Di Yelei return once more, “Sisi, you’re awake. Why don’t you sleep a while longer? I’ll go and check on Little Sister and be back soon.”

Having said that, he carefully adjusted her quilt corner before leaving the room.

Yuan Mengbai rejoiced and hurriedly followed him.

Inside the room, Liu Sisi’s brows furrowed as she restlessly twisted her body.

At the moment, she was trapped in an old dream, and the terrifying nightmare struck again!

It was still that blood-red scene!

And those chilling eyes that seemed like cold stars, locked firmly onto her!

Yet, in recent times, the person being attacked in the dream had slowly changed from Di Yelei to a man whose face she couldn’t make out.

As always, the nightmare would end with her raising a dagger high and viciously stabbing down!

Blood splattered…

“Ah!”

She was once again startled awake by the bloody nightmare, lying down at the head of the bed while gasping for air, her body drenched in cold sweat.

This nightmare had been repeated countless times, and its content was unbearable for Liu Sisi!

The moonlight outside grew increasingly bleak.

Leaning against the window of the wooden house, illuminated by the moonlight and the faint roar of a waterfall in the distance, Liu Sisi pondered the dream.

She had once heard that even after a person died, their deepest memories remained etched into their soul.

Were what she saw only nightmares or were they the original owner’s deepest memories?

She had no answer.

Turning around and sitting up, a sudden thought reminded her of the words Di Yelei had spoken in a haze, so she decided to clean up and head to the other wooden house.

On the other side,

Di Yelei and Yuan Mengbai arrived at the door of the small wooden house. Yuan Mengbai quickly took a few steps forward and pushed the door open, only to be immediately met by a burst of angry scolding.

“Get out! Weren’t you so great? Why did you come back after leaving? Get out! Get out of here!”

Inside the room, along with Di Ruoning’s cursing, a food box was thrown out, flying straight towards the two men.

With a bang!

The food box slammed directly into Yuan Mengbai’s forehead, causing him to cry out in pain as he clutched his head and squatted down.

“Ruo Ning! What are you going on about? How can you treat Meng Bai like this? Can’t you just talk things out nicely?”

Di Yelei anxiously approached and checked Yuan Mengbai’s injury.

Upon seeing it, he immediately was shocked by Yuan Mengbai’s blood-covered hands.

“Meng Bai, how are you? Is your injury severe? Let’s go! I’ll take you to the Goddess of Mercy’s temple, the Grandmaster there must have medicine.”

But as he turned around, he was immediately tackled by Di Ruoning from behind.

“Third Brother, don’t go… don’t go… sob…”

She held tightly onto Di Yelei’s thigh, crying loudly. She couldn’t even see Yuan Mengbai’s bloody face!

Seeing this situation made Yuan Mengbai’s eyes darken, and a feeling of heartache spread from the bottom of his eyes.

“Third Brother, there’s no need. You can stay here and be with Ruo Ning; I know the way to the temple. I can go by myself.”

He covered his forehead, whispered, and left without looking back.

“Meng Bai…”

Di Yelei wanted to chase after him subconsciously but was firmly hugged by Di Ruoning around his thigh, so he could only watch as Yuan Mengbai covered his forehead and staggered out of the wooden house.

Sharp pain welled up from the bottom of his heart!

Yuan Mengbai laughed bitterly in secret!

He thought he had grown accustomed to this kind of treatment, but at this moment, his heart still ached intermittently.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the soreness in his eyes, and covered his forehead as he hurried along.

Liu Sisi came from around the corner when suddenly a figure turned and almost collided with her.

Both were startled!

Almost bumping into someone for the second time! Recognizing the person as an acquaintance, Liu Sisi sighed with relief.

“Brother-in-law, what happened to you…?”

Seeing Yuan Mengbai’s face covered in blood with his hand on his forehead, Liu Sisi asked out of instinct.

Without waiting for Liu Sisi to finish, Yuan Mengbai’s face turned awkward, and he directly walked past her without saying another word.

From inside, suddenly Di Ruoning’s wailing cry was heard.

“Third Brother! My stomach hurts so much! Wuuu…!”

Her cries were filled with excruciating pain. Then, Di Yelei’s gentle comforting voice followed.

Liu Sisi looked at the small wooden house, turned, and chased after Yuan Mengbai in the distance.

“Wait, brother-in-law. Don’t walk so fast with a head injury; let me accompany you there.”

Yuan Mengbai didn’t say a word, and the two silently proceeded. Upon arriving at the Zen temple, there was a young monk on night duty. Seeing the injured man, he rushed to grab medicine and gauze to bandage him. After some bustling, the two left incense oil money before leaving the temple.

“I’m fine now. You can go!”

Yuan Mengbai obviously didn’t want to have much contact with her and said so directly upon leaving the temple.

Liu Sisi lowered her head and was silent for a moment before sighing, “Do you want to go back to face them? Why not… go for a walk over there in the meantime!”

With that, Liu Sisi turned and walked away.

Perhaps her words struck a chord in him, as he didn’t head back, but instead slowly followed behind Liu Sisi, walking slowly toward the viewing pavilion she pointed out.

The viewing platform was on the road leading to the mid-hill of the temple and was bustling with people during the day. At the moment, however, it sat quietly with no one around.

Liu Sisi sat at the edge of the viewing platform, leaning against a column of the pavilion, gazing at the surrounding mountains under starlight.

Yuan Mengbai sat in the shadowy center of the pavilion. The bright moonlight couldn’t reach the corner of the pavilion, just like his mood at this moment.

The two sat in silence, neither speaking, allowing time to slowly pass by.

“When I first met Ruo Ning, she hid timidly behind Third Brother, her big eyes looking at me timidly. With just one glance, I knew she was the woman I had been searching for my whole life.”

Yuan Mengbai spoke softly, his murmured words so gentle that if one didn’t listen carefully, they couldn’t hear them at all.