Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Uncle Qian was also a human being, and as a human being, he had emotions and desires. It was already extremely difficult for him not to be corrupt and break the law, so how could he not have a selfish thought of planning for his descendants?

However, his "pure minister is not pure" means that his purpose may be the same as his uncle's, who may now be considering making contributions to the country's rise to power.

We can't continue this conversation; the longer we talk, the more taboo topics we'll encounter.

Zhou Banxia winked at Gu Wenxuan, tilting her chin up and outwards, "It's getting late, help me get ready first, then we'll go to bed?"

Gu Wenxuan chuckled and nodded, thinking to himself, "That's right. Look how confused I was. I was still paying attention to what was happening outside. What place is safer than a villa?"

Of course, it wouldn't hurt to put on a show. After all, it was impossible to hide the fact that Senior Brother Qian had sent these boxes; the couple had to open them and take a look first.

If you actually get these things and go straight to your room to sleep without any curiosity or opening them to see what's inside, then there's something really wrong.

The villa remained oblivious to the darkness of night. Confirming that she could still hear the sounds coming from the west room where the children lived, Zhou Banxia first pulled Gu Wenxuan to the front yard.

Whether she was too happy during the day or preoccupied with the brocade box after returning, she almost forgot about a crucial matter.

Front gate.

"Go and push it."

Although Gu Wenxuan didn't know how much this space had been developed as he and his wife traveled together, or what changes would occur after they went to Gaoyang County today.

Just like before, changes always occurred in the backyard, but this time, it's obvious that the change will be in the front gate – it can be opened now!
"Can't you see outside?"

“That’s right. We can only sense the same thing as before: the white mist outside the gate is moving. It’ll probably only dissipate after we go out.”

Outside that gate?

Gu Wenxuan couldn't help but recall the scenery outside his front gate, and the villa of his good brother that wasn't far away...

"Hurry up." Are you feeling homesick? Don't you even have the courage to open the door? Zhou Banxia gave her another push. "Let me borrow your lucky hand."

Gu Wenxuan spread his hands. Well, hopefully he wouldn't disappoint his wife. "Do you think if this main door could be opened, there would be a passage for us to go back and forth?"

What?
Zhou Banxia almost thought she had misheard. How could this be? This was already fantastical enough, but to travel back and forth through a time tunnel? "Why don't you try opening the door first?"

"You want to go back?"

Upon hearing this question, Zhou Banxia thought about it seriously for a moment and shook her head, "I don't want to, even if the natural disaster has passed and order has been restored and reconstruction has begun."

Why go back? Just so I can take the kids with me, and maybe even let my parents come along. Anyway, I have no ties to anyone over there anymore.”

They've failed miserably as parents, even failing to make their eldest daughter hesitate for a moment about whether or not to meet him.

Gu Wenxuan nodded to indicate that he understood. Some people and some things were not something she had to let go of, but rather something she had already let go of long ago, making all his efforts in vain.

Just don't dwell on things. Holding onto resentment is just self-torture. This is your new beginning, my dear wife!

"Did I open the door?"

"Okay." Believe it or not, it actually opened the door! Gu Wenxuan quickly stepped aside so that Zhou Banxia could see clearly, while freeing one hand to gesture for her to reach out.

Holding her hand, I pulled hard, and all I could see was a cloud of white mist. Then, holding her hand tightly again, I pulled hard on the door on the left!
The thick, textured copper alloy carved gate, with its double doors open, though not fully open, still provides a clear view of what's outside.

Outside.

As before, a thick white fog blanketed the area outside the door, making visibility extremely low.

Gu Wenxuan had no choice but to signal Zhou Banxia to walk behind him so he could "pave the way," since although his front gate had no steps for easy car access, who knew if things might change.

He tentatively took a small half-step, lifted his right foot and tapped the ground, then kicked forward. Sure enough, the white mist receded wherever his foot touched.

It's just the same old thing in a new guise; the same white fog still needs to be manually dispersed, so the risk isn't high. The only question is how far we can go.

One step, two steps... ten steps. "I can't go any further. I've taken just ten steps, and I can't go any further. Shall we try going left first, then right?"

Zhou Banxia, ​​refusing to believe it, kicked the end of the white mist that had retreated, when Gu Wenxuan suddenly changed the subject and suggested that they first clear the path on the left.

She smiled awkwardly, then decisively took the lead and pulled him toward the open space on the left, shrouded in white mist, before turning back to the open space on the right, also shrouded in white mist.

Before the couple could completely clear out the "open space" shrouded in white mist on the right, the "open" area was already clearly visible before them.

At this moment, the place where the couple stood was the parking lot outside their own front door, and within ten steps further ahead was still the cement road outside their own door.

In other words, this place is still in the same state as the villa, remaining in the same state as before the earthquake, after the mistaken belief that the extreme weather had ended.

I don't know the reason why, but it doesn't stay exactly as it was when we first moved in, nor does it look like it might have been after an earthquake.

That's fine, but can anyone tell her why there's still a green belt in front of the cement road, which is unusual, since most of it was converted into a plantation back then?

Looking at the green belt shrouded in white mist ahead, and the faintly visible artificial hill, Zhou Banxia snapped out of her daze and instinctively looked for Gu Wenxuan.

Gu Wenxuan was just as puzzled as she was.

Unlike leaving one's own front door, where one can only take a total of less than twenty steps, the number of steps to the left or right is still quite considerable.

He was standing on the cement road leading to his good friend Haozi's villa, but he couldn't see any trace of his good friend's big villa no matter how he looked at it.

Logically speaking, just as the plantation directly in front of us, though inaccessible, is still visible, the large villa belonging to the rat family should also be visible.

Strange, I travel this road every day, how could I not know how far it is? How could the road be so straight all the way to the end?
"Did you notice, Xuanzi?" Zhou Banxia walked quickly to Gu Wenxuan's side. "Didn't you guys dig a ditch there before?"

where?
Gu Wenxuan looked in the direction Zhou Banxia pointed, which was exactly the opposite of where he was standing. "Yes, that's right. What's wrong?"

When the ditch was dug to bring water, Haozi insisted that digging a ditch between the two families would cause them to drift apart according to feng shui, so he changed it to the other side.

"Think back again, after the ditch was dug, wasn't the artificial lake in the community about to dry up before the well was dug in that location? Now the well is gone."

No need to recall, there was indeed such a thing, but Gu Wenxuan shook his head, "It might be related to the fact that the well stopped producing water and was filled in later, after this road was built." (End of this chapter)