30 Huiyi; Memories Or Recalling the Past

The next morning, Xun Ying woke up to see Feng Baiyu curled up near her feet, sleeping.

Xun Ying rubbed her eyes and smiled.

Yesterday, after bathing Feng Baiyue. They had a long chat about Eververse and exchanging their knowledge with each other.

Estervale forest was filled with magical beasts, the people in this world didn't treat the beast badly with discrimination but would seek a beast companion. The beasts and the people co-exist with each other, but of course, there are people that are too greedy for their own good and end up being eaten by them.

The Estervale forest was a place where the magical beasts claimed their territory and many people wouldn't enter unless they had official business and had a guide. The forest was covered in illusion spells that only affect the human and would judge whether the person intruding is able to enter or not.

There are the brave and the foolish that went to challenge the forest to find their companion. Although the dangers are great the rewards are also very generous. Feng Baiyue was one of the species that lived in the forest. Although the stats didn't show Feng Baiyue's species, she can roughly guess that Feng Baiyue was part of the rare fox species, perhaps the ice-snow fox or even the legendary nine-tails fox clan. Although Baiyue is not a red fox, his stats didn't reveal his identity is indeed a bit suspicious and caused Xun Ying to think that Feng Baiyue is not really simple.

Xun Ying softly slid off the bed and wore her shoes. The basin of water was already beside her bed with a towel. The water was warm.

[If they are butlers or maids, they would surely be very popular. They are almost like ninjas, disappearing and appearing whenever they like. Although it was most likely because of their martial arts or cultivation stage.]

Xun Ying splashes water onto her face and absent-mindedly wiped her face with the towel.

Feng Baiyue's ears twitched. He yawned and opened one of his eyes half-way.

"Ah Ying?"

Xun Ying turned to see the little fox trying to open his eyes fully but was unable to do so. Feng Baiyue yawned sleepily again.

Xun Ying rubbed Feng Biayue on the head and softly said, "Go back to sleep, I'll go out for a while."

Feng Baiyue nodded and nuzzled Xun Ying's hand for a while before curling up and went back to sleep.

Xun Ying chuckled. [Just like a kitten.]

Xun Ying went out to see the sun rising on the horizon.

She sits on the roof, watching as the trees rustling with the wind as a golden color as shown while the twilight colors retreated.

"How nostalgic. It should be about 6 or 7 in the morning. At this time, I would be getting ready to go to school..."

Xuan Wu went out of the painting, to see that Xun Ying was already up, staring at the sun.

"Ah Ying, you are already up?"

"Mhm. The other three are still sleeping?"

"Yes, Bai Hu and Zhu Que don't like it when someone wakes them up. Qing Long just fell asleep."

"Bai Hu and Zhu Que argued for a long time last night?"

"Mhm."

"I see. It must be hard on you and Qing Long."

"It's okay. Those two are the youngest out of us after all."

"If I remembered correctly, you are the oldest, Qing Long the second oldest then comes Bai Hu then Zhu Que."

Xuan Wu nodded.

"The three would be sleeping for a while, don't you want to catch your sleep too?"

"It's okay, I'm used to it. I'll sleep later."

Xun Ying pats Xuan Wu on the head.

"Get some rest while you can. It's not good to not sleep even if you are a guardian beast, especially when you're also on my watch."

"Ah Ying, You know that you are younger than us, right? You are still young, so act your age."

Xun Ying coughed.

"Anyway, go to sleep."

Xuan Wu stared at Xun Ying before sighing.

"Okay, then."

The surrounding was once again silent except for the rustling of the leaves.

Xun Ying sighed.

She propped her hand against her cheek.

She took out a flute. It was light green made out of jade with the curving Huiyi on it. There was a tassel attached with a symbol of the Tian family as well as the character Ying from her name. She got this from her father on her second birthday since she asked for it.

Learning how to talk at three months, run at eight months, and during the second birthday, she was caught reading a book.

She traces the surface of the flute.

The name of the flute, Huiyi, means recalling the past or meaning memory.

Xun Ying in her past life learned how to play the flute from her grandmother who had practically brought her up and watched as she grew from a baby to a young teen.

She pressed her lips against the flute. A clear sound resounds from the flute.

She then started playing the song that her grandmother taught her.

It was already a routine every morning ever since two months after she got her flute.

She would always get up around this time and sit somewhere isolated where no one is around and play the song.

Since it was morning, some people weren't up yet. When she first played the song, no one knew except for the guards that were secretly protecting Xun Ying.

Her grandparents only know after, but they didn't expose Xun Ying since there must be a reason why Xun Ying didn't tell them that she can play the flute or how she can play it.

The sad and sentimental notes were pressed and resound in the wind.

A whole story was expressed from the song. Happiness, worry, hope, sadness, and grief.

This song was what Xun Ying's grandmother wrote for her grandfather who had died before he had the chance to even see Xun Ying yet.

This song flute she would dedicate to her past life. She is starting a new life, instead of how others cast away their previous life, she would store it and keep it deep inside her as she would experience her new life.