novelhk Chapter 248 Not an Ordinary Surname
Chapter 248 Not an Ordinary Surname
Chapter 248 Not an Ordinary Citizen
The morning sun streamed in from the lotus pond outside Tingyu Pavilion, the air carrying a faint fragrance of lotus flowers. After several days of recovery, Li Yun's face finally showed some color. Sitting in his wheelchair, he gazed at the distant blossoms, his thoughts seemingly stirred by the scene before him. Lu Linger gently pushed him and slowly walked to the pavilion by the lotus pond. She set out the tea set and brewed a pot of his favorite floral tea.
She quietly dismissed her personal maid, Xia Zhu, and the servant, Ping An, and told them to prepare dinner. After they left, Lu Linger leaned slightly aside and asked solemnly in a low voice, "Li Yun, can you honestly tell me if you've been ambushed? Is this connected to the rumored 'Land of Apocalypse'?"
There was a hint of urgency in her expression, clearly she had been pondering this matter for the past few days. She knew that many people, including the maids and servants, were secretly following this mysterious legend, and she wanted a definitive answer no matter what.
Li Yun looked at her quietly, without hiding anything, and said calmly: "Yes, I am the guardian."
Lu Linger was slightly startled, her heart pounding but she didn't show it. She had a vague feeling that perhaps all this had been foreshadowed long ago, she just hadn't noticed. Looking down and recalling every detail, she softly asked, "Why me? Of all the people in the world, why did you tell me this?"
Li Yun's eyes were gentle but firm: "Because you are the destined one, you are the only one who can open the Land of Apocalypse."
Lu Linger was stunned for a moment, doubts rising in her heart. She shook her head slightly, as if she couldn't believe it: "Are you so sure?"
"It can't be wrong." Li Yun raised his glass and took a sip, his eyes far away, as if he saw another world. He looked at the look of surprise on Lu Linger's face with a gentle gaze, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
Lu Linger asked in confusion: "Why me?"
Li Yun smiled faintly and lowered his voice: "When I am fully recovered, I will take you, your husband, and his family to the place where the truth is. Then all the truth will be revealed."
When Lu Linger heard the words "husband's family," she was startled, and her husband and his family flashed through her mind. She couldn't help but frown and asked, "My husband's family? What do they have to do with this?"
Li Yun smiled slightly, his eyes wandering leisurely between the lotus pond and the lotus leaves, as if he already knew her reaction. "Ling'er, do you really think your husband's family are just ordinary people?"
Lu Ling'er froze in place, stunned, as if struck by lightning. Her mind was a tangled mess, a flood of questions. Her bright, star-like eyes flickered with confusion and struggle. Recalling the daily behavior of her husband's family, seemingly ordinary yet subtly peculiar details surfaced before her. As these images intertwined and collided with the subtle hints Li Yun had just given, a startling thought suddenly erupted in her mind.
Despite this, Lu Ling'er, cautious by nature, hesitated to jump to conclusions. She bit her lip slightly, hesitated for a moment, and finally lowered her voice to ask Li Yun, "Could it be... have they been hiding something from me all this time?" Li Yun looked at Lu Ling'er, a face filled with suspicion, and nodded gently, but his expression was filled with an indescribable complexity. He was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly, his tone deep and meaningful, "They truly have no ill intentions, but some things were destined from the beginning to be theirs alone. This isn't just a simple responsibility; it carries the weight of the entire family's honor and disgrace."
As Li Yun finished speaking, the pavilion fell into a dead silence. Neither of them spoke again, seemingly lost in their own thoughts. Only the lotus leaves in the nearby lotus pond rustled softly in the gentle breeze, as if telling a secret.
Lu Ling'er lowered her head in silence, her brow furrowed as she pondered the deeper meaning of Li Yun's words. Gradually, vague clues began to connect in her mind, and a complete picture slowly emerged. It dawned on her: the opening of the Land of Apocalypse wasn't just about Li Yun's fate; it also implicated the future and destiny of her husband's family. At this thought, Lu Ling'er felt a weight drop down her shoulders, an invisible pressure washing over her.