Female lead: No, it's me again??

Chapter 254 The Vanished Star

Xuan Li excitedly called out, "Waiter, bring me some of your signature dishes, along with some side dishes!"

After saying that, she pulled Feng Siyue toward one of the few remaining empty seats.

"okay!"

The waiter at the door quickly went inside to deliver the message.

A short while later, a slender, hunched waiter came out carrying a tray, walked up to them, and said in a hoarse voice,

"Sir, your dishes are ready."

After putting down the dishes, she turned to leave.

The waiter's behavior was quite strange.

His back was slightly hunched, and most of his face was covered by his hair, revealing only the half that appeared to be relatively intact. It was this half of his face that made Feng Siyue feel a sense of familiarity.

"Wait, the wild geese are flying south?"

Xuan Li paused, holding her chopsticks, and looked up at the person with slight surprise. "Oh, it's you. I didn't expect to see you here after we last met."

Xuan Li then asked, "Didn't you say you were in Yunbi City? How did you end up here?"

Upon hearing the slightly familiar voice, the woman quickly lowered her head even further, pulling her hair to cover her face.

"I'm sorry, gentlemen, you've mistaken me for someone else."

After saying that, she hurriedly walked back.

Xuan Li looked puzzled. "What's going on? Why is she pretending not to know us?"

Feng Siyue shook her head slightly, "Perhaps I've mistaken someone else for someone else."

That figure didn't match Yan Nanfei's slender physique.

Xuan Li was puzzled. "Really? But that profile is clearly hers."

"Alright, it'll get cold if we don't eat it now."

"Oh."

The restaurant served a dish of crispy duck with lotus root and crispy pork trotters.

The lotus root and drunken duck dish is crisp and fragrant, while the roasted pig's trotters are spicy and flavorful—truly delicious.

Xuan Li ate two pig's trotters and half a roast duck before clutching his stomach and embarking on the return journey with Feng Siyue.

In the quiet lanes of the southern suburbs, the bright moon hangs high, its light spilling out, and the wild grasses swaying by the roadside leave playful shadows on the ground.

Back in Feng Ning Courtyard, Xuan Li sat on the swing and swung around.

In the sky, a star was gradually obscured by thick, dark clouds.

Three days passed.

What may seem like an ordinary day is actually fraught with undercurrents.

Feng Siyue sensed that there was a lot of unfamiliar atmosphere around her.

It seems that their existence has been discovered by many observant people.

Was it that imperial concubine, or someone else?

Several days have passed, why has no one disturbed us?

Qianshui City seemed to foresee the impending disaster, and a torrential rain began to fall, which continued for several days.

Feng Siyue's mood also became depressed with the arrival of the downpour.

The thought of the impending calamity that would befall Qinghe and Luozhou, the inability to offer any warnings or foreshadowing, and the forced to watch helplessly as many of her people perished in the disaster...

Feng Siyue's heart ached faintly.

Really, is there nothing we can do?

What would be a way to protect those around you and even more people?

Xuan Li had a vague feeling that Feng Siyue seemed to have something on her mind, and she had been particularly distracted these past few days.

Finally, at lunch the next day, Xuan Li asked, "Feng Siyue, what's wrong? You seem distracted?"

Snapping out of his thoughts, Feng Siyue said...

"nothing."

Xuan Li frowned, put down his chopsticks, and said, "Are you really alright? If you're lying to me, your alchemy furnace will definitely explode today."

Fryer?

Feng Siyue said helplessly, "It's really nothing, I just need to relax my mind."

"that is it?"

"Ah."

Xuan Li looked at her suspiciously for a while before saying, "Alright, I'll reluctantly believe you."

The two continued to eat.

As she ate, Feng Siyue looked out the window at the bustling crowds and laughing children on the street, and hesitated for a moment.

Are you okay?

My thoughts drifted back to last night.

Feng Siyue observes the stars daily.

Among the once pristine and flawless stars, one star is missing.

"What happened to Dongming?"

Feng Siyue circulated the power of the stars within her body, attempting to find its trace.

Dongming is an important star in the Vermilion Bird constellation, located in the heart of the Vermilion Bird. In constellation calculations, it symbolizes kinetic energy and vitality, representing the source of the Vermilion Bird constellation's enduring vitality.

It is a pale pink star, not the brightest, but visible to the naked eye among the stars.

But today, it's gone.

Moreover, the star field where Dongming was located was dim and dusty, and one of his wings was filled with evil energy, faintly forming a triangle shape with the Ghost Constellation.

The Ghost Constellation is even more terrifying, its malevolent aura turning from black to red, a sign of bloodlust.

One is a disaster.

The second is a calamity.

The three kingdoms suffered terribly, and countless lives were lost!

Feng Siyue's pupils contracted slightly!

The people are suffering terribly... How could it be so serious?

What will happen in Qinghe Luozhou?!

Feng Siyue sat cross-legged on the ground, gazing at the starry sky in a daze.

In that instant, she suddenly felt as if she were empathizing with the seniors of the Heavenly Destiny Pavilion once again.

Such a celestial phenomenon is fine if you only know it will happen, but once you come into contact with human joys and sorrows, you will feel compelled to interfere and thus disrupt the laws of nature.

"Really, we can only watch?"

Feng Siyue asked herself this question.

But what can we do?

If she can't find a way to ensure their safety, she can't involve the people around her.