Farm Girl's Manor

After hosting the first month celebration, Xue tuanzi’s Spiritual Power finally returned to its peak, and the first thing to do was to prepare to break through the void and take Mo Yan back to her home in another time-space.

"Yanyan, with my current strength, I can only let you stay in that time-space for up to three days. If you want to return again, you’ll have to wait at least another ten years," Xue tuanzi communicated with her through the sea of consciousness as she lay in Mo Yan’s arms that night after everyone else had fallen asleep.

"That long?" Mo Yan frowned and asked with concern, "Tell me honestly, does taking me home cause you any harm?"

Although she really wanted to return to her family in the other time-space, to see if her relatives were safe, to tell them she was doing well and happy so they wouldn’t grieve her "death," all this was contingent on Xue tuanzi being unharmed.

On hearing this, Xue tuanzi, moved, rubbed against Mo Yan in her embrace and said with prideful coyness, "Of course there’s no danger. How could there be? I am the only Artifact Spirit in this world that has transformed through accumulated virtue. How could there possibly be any danger?"

There was of course danger — or else it wouldn’t be just once every ten years. After breaking through the void each time, it would enter a dormant period to heal the damage caused by the time-space storm. It would take at least ten years to heal each time. During this period, it would be weak, although this was relative; its Spiritual Power could still be used, and it could still protect its master well.

After hearing all this, Mo Yan still had her concerns and said, pinching Xue tuanzi’s little fleshy hand, "Don’t lie to me. You’re as important to me as my own family. I would rather not see my parents if it meant you getting hurt."

This was truly how Mo Yan felt. Her family was of utmost importance, and Xue tuanzi was family too. She didn’t want Xue tuanzi to be harmed in the slightest.

"Worrying over nothing!" Xue tuanzi rolled its eyes and became even more determined to send Mo Yan home for a "family visit." She said, "Just think about how to get rid of my father and the others, and how to return home without being detected."

It would indeed be difficult to visit home, but since it had finally "come into being," it should at least meet its grandparents, right? Yanyan was always overthinking; once they got back, it would definitely complain to the grandparents about her.

By now, Xue tuanzi had adapted quite well to its new identity, in front of Mo Yan, calling out "Dad" and "Sister" as smoothly as ever!

Seeing Xue tuanzi like this, Mo Yan felt somewhat reassured. She pondered and then said, "It’s too hard to leave for three days without them noticing. Don’t you have a way to make them temporarily forget about the two of us?"

Xue tuanzi rolled its eyes again, "There is a way, but time flows differently in the two time-spaces. If you go back to the modern era for three days, that’s thirty days here. Even if my father and the others forget about us for those thirty days, someone will remind them that they have a wife and mother. If we make everyone involved lose their memory, it would consume too much Spiritual Power, and then I wouldn’t be completely confident about bringing you back home safely."

When Mo Yan heard this, she felt a headache coming on, "What should we do then? You know I can’t find a suitable excuse to take you away from them for a whole month!"

Xue tuanzi thought for a moment then gave a suggestion, "Why not just tell Dad the truth? If you’re worried, once we get back, we can erase Dad’s memory, right?"

Tell the truth?

Mo Yan’s brows furrowed even more. She had never thought about sharing her biggest secret with her most intimate loved one. It had nothing to do with trust; it was just that some things were better left unsaid.

Xue tuanzi didn’t rush her. The decision to speak or not was in Yanyan’s hands. Although Xue tuanzi could predict that Cool Dad would at most be shocked, he would definitely do nothing to harm Yanyan.

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In the end, Mo Yan could not bring herself to tell Xiao Ruiyuan the truth. Over the next few days, she continuously searched for a suitable excuse to leave home for a month but couldn’t think of any.

She had no choice but to consult with Xue tuanzi to see if it had any way to get Xiao Ruiyuan to take the children away from home. Then, she would make an excuse to stay behind and avoid the maids attending her.

Unexpectedly, Xue tuanzi really did come up with an idea — it was to plant a suggestion to Chu Heng to go on an imperial hunt at Phoenix Mountain ahead of schedule. Such a hunting expedition would take at least half a month. She would then find an excuse to go to the nunnery to offer prayers, which would require forty-nine days in total. She would take the beasts with her, and as long as they stayed around the nunnery, no one would suspect her disappearance.

Mo Yan thought this was a good idea. The autumn hunt had been set long ago, but no one expected the sudden floods and epidemics in the South. Who would still be in the mood to prepare for the hunt? Now that the flood had receded and the epidemic had been resolved, it was quite normal for Chu Heng to want to go hunting. ƒreewebɳovel.com

After mother and daughter had laid out the follow-up plans, that very night, Xue tuanzi planted the suggestion in Chu Heng’s mind. As expected, at the early court the next day, Chu Heng decreed that the autumn hunt would take place in half a month and that officials of the Positive Third Rank and above must join with their families.

As a senior minister, Xiao Ruiyuan naturally fell within this order. What’s more, Xiao Wan and the others had been longing to go on the hunt, making it even less possible to go without them.

Confirming that her husband and sons would all be attending, Mo Yan sent the maids to pack, and then used a well-thought-out excuse to tell Xiao Ruiyuan, "Sixth Small and Seventh are too young to take to the hunting grounds, but someone has to stay at home to look after them. I won’t join the hunt this time. Take good care of the children."

Xiao Ruiyuan frowned involuntarily and disagreed, "The younger ones could be watched by the maids, or we could leave Mao Tuan and the others behind, so there won’t be any problems even if you’re not there."

No matter how he imagined it, he couldn’t guess that his wife had other plans; he thought she truly couldn’t bear to leave the children, and that was why she didn’t want to accompany him hunting.

Mo Yan was not about to agree, holding her newly woken younger son and saying obstinately, "You’re reassured, but I’m not! This time I’ll stay at home to accompany my son and daughter. Either take the children with you, or stay home to be with us."

Xiao Ruiyuan was obligated to accompany on the hunt and couldn’t stay home. Seeing his wife’s resolved attitude, he knew further persuasion would be futile and could only say reluctantly, "Then you stay safe at home with the children, and when I return, I’ll take you to Liuyang Town for a leisure trip."

Mo Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and agreed with a smile.