Yes, he had always been certain that he had been to Ancient Water Village.

It’s just that there was never a trace of Ancient Water Village in his memory, indicating that the memory of Ancient Water Village was forgotten along with the memory of Gu Yuan.

Chi Yu sat up straight, put down the cup of very bitter tea in his hand, and after some deliberation, asked the person opposite, "It’s like this, Sister Yao, I went through some things before that caused part of my memory to become incomplete, so my impression of having been to Ancient Water Village has become quite vague."

Yao Tao was a smart person; as soon as she heard Chi Yu’s words, she understood what he was trying to convey.

"If you want to know anything, you can ask me." Yao Tao maintained a good attitude and was very gentle.

In half an hour, many of Chi Yu’s doubts were answered by Yao Tao.

At the end of the conversation, Yao Tao brought up a crucial point: "Actually, given your relationship with the owner, my memory of you should be very strong. But for some reason, when you first arrived at the guesthouse a few days ago, I didn’t recognize you at first glance. We can rule out my memory deviation because my memory is perfectly fine, and I always remember someone after meeting them once, but my memory of you is very faint..."

Pausing for a moment, Yao Tao frowned, "You lived here with the owner, and my impression of you... shouldn’t be so faint."

That sentence hit the key point.

Chi Yu pressed his lips together, shaped like willow leaves.

Yao Tao suddenly worried that what she just said might have a psychological impact on Chi Yu, but judging by his expression... it presumably wouldn’t.

"Tea is refreshing, but you should still drink less. I’m going to rest now. Tonight, I’ve asked the village chief to lock the main gate for me. I think you shouldn’t..." she paused, then added, "climb over the wall."

Chi Yu: "..."

It’s hard to say.

The first night he sleepwalked, he even managed to find his car keys.

Climbing over the wall would be a piece of cake.

Before Yao Tao went to rest, she lit mosquito-repellent incense for Chi Yu.

Chi Yu frowned, "Why are you lighting incense for me?"

Yao Tao: "..."

She said, "The mosquitoes in the yard are pretty vicious, and with all the flowers and plants around you, the mosquitoes are more aggressive and numerous, unlike inside the room where you just use liquid repellent."

Upon hearing Yao Tao’s explanation, Chi Yu’s frown gradually eased.

He’d already been bitten by mosquitoes, though only occasionally, so he thought it shouldn’t be too much of an issue.

But after hearing Yao Tao’s words, he figured that even if the smell was pungent, it was still better than feeding mosquitoes all night.

After Yao Tao left, the large courtyard was left with only Chi Yu, who occasionally glanced at the wisps of white smoke rising from the mosquito-repellent incense at his feet, before quietly sipping tea.

He drank four pots of tea, making him feel refreshed, but he ended up going to the bathroom twice.

Now, the only remaining light in the entire courtyard was the dim lamp on the grape trellis.

Supposedly, at midnight, when everyone is asleep and the surroundings fall silent, leaving only yourself, that’s when you truly feel what loneliness is.

Chi Yu used to think it was pretentious, but at this moment, he realized that some sayings are truly not without reason.

He glanced at the time; it was almost eleven o’clock.

Yuanyuan should be asleep by now, right?

Holding his phone, he repeatedly opened Gu Yuan’s WeChat profile picture, opened and exited the chat window several times. He couldn’t stop himself from typing a few times in the chat box, only to delete it all in the end. He was afraid of disturbing Gu Yuan’s rest. Unlike in Sui City, in Yanjing she didn’t have much official work to handle, and there’s also Suisui who sleeps early...

He missed his wife so much.

Missed his daughter so much.

After putting down his phone, Chi Yu tilted his head back to gaze at the crescent moon, pouring out his longing for his wife and child.

’Buzz-’ The phone on the stone table vibrated once.

After two minutes, Chi Yu slowly picked up the phone from the table, and as the screen lit up, he saw a WeChat message, the note said Yuanyuan.

The next second, all of Chi Yu’s loneliness and longing dissipated. He was suddenly rejuvenated as if filled with adrenaline.

It was a WeChat message from Yuanyuan!!!

Chi Yu immediately unlocked the phone and nervously opened it.

Gu Yuan: It shows that you were typing several times, but I waited for a long time and didn’t see any message come through. Were you preparing to send me a long text?

After reading the WeChat content, Chi Yu’s grip on the phone tightened.

Yuanyuan knew he wanted to send her a message, which meant... just now when he typed and then deleted multiple times in the chat box, during that timeframe, her phone screen was also on the chat window with him on WeChat.

She saw those words "typing" appear.