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Chapter 17: Butler Li's Retrospective

"I'm working hard for the sake of the unswerving girl. These few times Xiu Yuan's dangers have been rescued by the unswerving girl. Xiu Yuan really feels that I don't know how to thank you."

Unswervingly blushed cheeks, looking at Xiuyuan flatteredly, she shook her head stiffly, "I just want you to be safe."

"Thank you, you can save my life. Xiuyuan's kindness to the Buyu Girl is remembered in his heart." Buyu didn't say anything, his eyes drifted to the entrance of the cave, and a morning orange light shone out from the mountain stream. Xiuyuan noticed that Buyu's expression was unnatural and changed the topic, "It's already morning."

Buyu nodded, "Yes, after the heavy rain, the sky cleared up again." The sun quickly jumped up from the mountain stream, and the forest after the rain became greener, and the sunlight shone into the cave and hit Buyu's face. The snow-white and crystal skin emitted the colorful light of gems under the sun.

"I'm lucky enough to see the morning sun, the valley full of vitality," Xiu Yuan couldn't help but smile, looking at Buyu, Buyu's side face was indescribable in the sun. The smile on Xiu Yuan's face stopped because of Buyu's beauty. He himself didn't realize that he was looking at Buyu and had forgotten to take his eyes away.

The cheeks of Xiuyuan's cheeks turned redder. She turned her head and changed the topic. "Xiuyuan, this woman is likely to have something to do with your family. Maolian, who was screaming in her mouth, should be your uncle, Li Maolian, who disappeared twenty years ago."

Xiuyuan did not have the surprise expression in his imagination. He nodded, "I just learned from my father that I have an uncle named Li Maolian who disappeared twenty years ago."

"Do you know where he went?" Buyu continued.

Xiu Yuan shook his head, "My father never mentions this, and I don't know. The woman kept saying that she had been waiting for me for twenty years and kept asking me why she was betrayed her. I think she is indeed related to my uncle's disappearance."

The two fell into silence, and Xiuyuan suddenly thought of something, "We go find someone, I think only he knows what happened to our family twenty years ago."

Unswervingly flashed with her water-cut pupils and looked at Xiuyuan. Xiuyuan smiled at her and said, "Let's go."

The smile made the unswerving heart tremble. She nodded and left the cave with Xiuyuan and returned to the town.

Buyu and Xiuyuan appeared on the street, and people looked at him frequently. Xiuyuan looked at him. He was dressed in white, with long hair scattered, and his stunning face and unconventional temperament did not look like a woman in the mortal world.

The pedestrian's sideways made Xiuyuan turn his head and look at Buyu. Buyu also noticed something strange. She whispered beside Xiuyuan, "Wait for me." Then she flashed sideways into an alley next to her.

Xiu Yuan didn't have time to react. In a short while, Yu's dress in a blue cloth dress jumped out of the alley. The high-rolled bun completely exposed the delicate face that was usually hidden under the black hair. The graceful curved jaw to the neck was even more fascinating against the snow-white skin.

Xiu Yuan couldn't help but smile, "You don't look like a young man, you are obviously a lady from whom you dressed in a naughty manner."

He blinked his eyes cutely, "What about this? Is it a little like?" He stroked his index finger on his lips, and two funny mustaches immediately appeared in the place where he passed.

"I look more like a naughty boy now," Xiuyuan looked at her with laughter and cry. The fox demon who had lived for hundreds of years was indeed like a young woman in her teenage years. Maybe it was simplicity of being ignorant of the world, or maybe it was because she lived in simplicity and rarely lived in the world. Xiuyuan thought, that's good. Since the monster was transformed from animals, there would always be animal characteristics on her body, that is, she had a simple and simple heart.

Buyu smiled aloud and whispered her beard. She was very satisfied with her outfit. Her almond eyes were bent because of the smile. Buyu really wanted to laugh, from the bottom of her heart, because this was the first time she walked on the street with Xiuyuan, just like she saw Xiuyuan and Mochou on weekdays, walking so close.

The two of them returned to the Li family like this, "We're home."

Unswervingly looked at the Li family from the main door, and the two red doors opened upright, "Who is the insider you are talking about?"

"Butler Li," Xiu Yuan pursed his lips, "My father said that Butler Li's father was my housekeeper when my grandfather was still there, and Butler Li grew up with his father. I believe he must know what happened to the Li family twenty years ago."

He nodded unswervingly, thinking that Cultivation is justified.

"I'll ask him what's going on. You can wait for me in my room first."

"But I want to go with you." Buyu paused and looked at Xiuyuan.

"That's right, I'm afraid that Butler Li will not tell the truth when he sees outsiders."

"It's simple. I'll change it. Just take me with you if you change it."

Xiuyuan nodded, turned around and turned into a ropa, slowly falling. Xiuyuan didn't have time to react, and he caught the ropa with his hand. The gentle silk emitted a fragrance. Xiuyuan carefully put it in his arms and walked towards Butler Li's room.

Xiuyuan came outside Butler Li's room and knocked on the door, "Butler Li, are you here? I'm Xiuyuan."

Butler Li happened to be, opened the door and saw Xiuyuan outside the door, "It's Young Master, why are you here?"

"I'll bother you to rest," even though she said that, Xiuyuan walked in directly.

Butler Li waved his hands repeatedly, pulled out the chair and greeted Xiu Yuan to sit down, "Young Master said this and saw you. I just came back from the kitchen and ordered the preparation of lunch. Is there anything you need to ask me for?"

Xiuyuan nodded and sat down. Butler Li has a high status in the Li family. He has his own independent room and the facilities in the house are not as good as those of a servant. The furniture in the house is excellent. My father is really good at Butler Li.

"You have been in the Li family for so many years and have watched me grow up again, just like half of my father." Xiuyuan respects Butler Li very much on weekdays, and Butler Li is quite close to Xiuyuan. Although it is not surprising that Xiuyuan is visiting like this today, he suddenly said this and asked Butler Li to guess the rough idea.

Butler Li smiled and touched the gray mustache on his chin, "Young Master, please beg me if you have something to do."

Xiuyuan scratched his head embarrassedly, "If you see it, I won't go around the corner. I want to ask you something, and I hope you will tell me the truth."

When Mr. Li saw Xiuyuan's serious expression, he felt very happy. He watched Xiuyuan grow up and never married for his whole life. He had already regarded Xiuyuan as his child. Although he knew that his identity should not be true, he had been in the Li family for decades. Maochun never paid attention to these etiquettes in private. "Ask, I can tell you everything I can."

Xiuyuan rolled his eyes and walked to Butler Li, "You have to keep your word and can't lie to me."

"I will definitely not lie to you." Butler Li smiled and narrowed his eyes into a line.

Xiuyuan took a serious breath, as if he was ready, "I want to know about my uncle Li Maolian."

When the plum rain season is coming, there are mostly thunderstorms in Yongning Town. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence. When Xiuyuan mentioned Maolian’s name, there was a thunder in the sky. The clear sky and bright sun suddenly disappeared. The loud noise made Butler Li’s smile froze on his face.

"Where did you hear it?"

Xiu Yuan looked at Butler Li seriously again, "Tell me, you promised me."

Butler Li sighed, "If you don't say we will forget him, of course we may not really forget him, but we were buried in our hearts."

"Why? Did he make any mistakes? How did he leave the Li family?"

"How old is your uncle Maolian younger than your father? It's because your grandfather has a son. He likes this youngest son very much. But your uncle is born again and is very smart and intelligent. When he was in school, the husband told your grandfather that this child must be well cultivated. Your grandfather remembers that he has high hopes for your uncle in his heart," Mr. Li paused, picked up the water on the table and took a sip, moistened his throat and continued, "When your uncle grows to ten years old, he is already very famous in the town and has outstanding talents and looks. Your grandfather always hopes that he will take the provincial examination and get a fame, but at that time your uncle was infected with some bad habits, which made your grandfather know and was very angry."

"What bad habits?" Xiuyuan's curiosity was completely aroused by Butler Li.

"A place where fireworks are lingering." Butler Li swallowed his saliva. The style of Li's family has always been simple, so he naturally regarded this kind of thing as a corrupt family style.

Xiuyuan opened his eyes wide, "What?"

Butler Li sighed, "At first, your grandfather found out, he was punished to kneel on the archway of his ancestors three days and three nights before. Your uncle got up with a serious illness. After all, your grandfather felt sorry for his son and was not pursuing it. However, your uncle had an old problem again as soon as he recovered from his illness, so he stayed in the fireworks alley every night."

Xiu Yuan raised his eyebrows, "Does my uncle only go to one place at a time?"

Butler Li nodded, "At that time, there was a very famous prostitute named Luo Lingxiao in the town, in Yanyulou, and your uncle was very good at marrying her later. Of course, your grandfather could not allow it, so he locked your uncle and refused to let the two meet."

"What later?" Butler Li stopped talking, but Xiu Yuan suddenly remembered the poem. The light stone steps invaded the sunset, and the wind and moon were flowing in the sky. The poem really contained Luo Lingxiao's name. The words deeply engraved on the stone bridge, Xiu Yuan touched the cold stone. The concave and convex handwriting still existed after twenty years of wind and rain. Even if the handwriting was blurred, it was difficult to erase the woman who was engraving the words there at that time.

Butler Li shook his head, "Young Master Xiuyuan, don't ask questions. There are many things that my father and I swear to your grandfather, I can't lie to you, but don't make things difficult for me anymore. I really have difficulties."

Xiuyuan looked at Butler Li's vicissitudes of life, with deep wrinkles on his forehead, and the folds at the corners of his eyes were carved by time. He confirmed the Li family's past and the history of the Li family. They hid those secrets of the past, but they could not say that Xiuyuan felt that he could not force it. He nodded and held Butler Li's old hand, "Thank you."

Xiuyuan stood up and said, "You have a good rest. I won't tell my father about what happened today. It's hard for you. Xiuyuan apologizes to you here." He bent down and bowed.

The moment I left the door, I suddenly turned around, "Butler Li."

Butler Li sat there without moving, and Xiuyuan's call made him raise his head.

"Does my uncle and I look like each other?"

At that moment, Butler Li's eyes flashed with an indescribable look. He hesitated for a while, then nodded, "It's exactly the same as when he was young."

Xiu Yuan smiled, a strand of black hair fell down in his ear, and his thin lips curled up, "I understand."

The infatuated woman must have regarded herself as her uncle Maolian.

"Young Master Xiuyuan," the moment Xiuyuan walked out, Butler Li called him.

Xiu Yuan turned around, butler Li looked a little vague as if he had made up his mind, "Wait for me."

He slowly moved to the bottom of the cabinet, opened the bottom drawer, and took out a cloth bag, which was a bag that was tightly wrapped in many layers.

Butler Li took it to Xiuyuan, "This is your uncle's thing. He gave it to me before he left. I don't know why he gave it to me. Maybe he thinks I am the only person he can trust in the end."

Xiuyuan took over the burden, "Have you opened it and read it?"

"See," Butler Li nodded, "so he thought it would be better to let this thing not be hidden in my cabinet all the time. Take it, I know you will continue to inquire about your uncle. You are a unwilling child."

Xiuyuan nodded, "Butler Li, thank you."
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