Inviting the Moon to the Farmhouse

Is Chapter 105 just wishful thinking?

As night falls, the village gradually quiets down, with only the chirping of insects and the croaking of frogs remaining.

Xia Lanyue quietly walked out of the house and came to Xia Yao's window.

He was still reading, and the shadow cast on the bed reflected his focused expression.

Xia Lanyue suddenly felt a little afraid to bother him.

After hesitating for a long time, she turned and left, but her unintentional cough startled Xia Yao inside the house.

Xia Yao put down his book, got up and opened the door. Looking at Xia Lanyue outside the door, he made way for her to come in.

Xia Lanyue walked into the house, gently touched the door, and asked, "Is your injury better?" Afraid that he would misunderstand, she added, "I mean the wound on your chest."

"Much better," Xia Yao said, raising his hand to gently press on the wound, as if sensing the extent of the injury.

"That's good, then I can rest assured," Xia Lanyue said, lowering her head.

Xia Yao glanced at Xia Lanyue, then lowered his eyes and continued, "However, it still hurts, especially after it got wet yesterday."

Xia Lanyue panicked immediately. "What should we do?! Could it be inflamed? Did you apply any medicine?"

"no".

"Where did you put your medicine? I'll apply some more for you," Xia Lanyue said.

Xia Yao turned around, took out the bottle of medicine she had given him from the drawer of the table next to the bed, and handed it to Xia Lanyue.

Xia Lanyue took it, pulled off the cap, and waited for him to unbutton his clothes.

However, after waiting for a long time, Xia Yao did not move. Xia Lanyue couldn't help but look up at him, only to see Xia Yao's deep and evasive eyes.

Their eyes met, and Xia Yao immediately panicked. He tried to hide his nervousness and pretend to be nonchalant.

Xia Lanyue noticed all of this, and her hand holding the medicine bottle tightened unconsciously.

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward, and Xia Lanyue nervously lowered her head.

“You… have a mirror, apply the medicine yourself,” Xia Lanyue handed the medicine to Xia Yao.

Xia Yao did not answer.

Xia Lanyue kept her head down, not knowing what he was thinking. But as time went by, Xia Lanyue felt more and more uneasy. She grabbed Xia Yao's wrist, stuffed the medicine into his hand, and turned and ran out.

Xia Lanyue lay back on her bed, recalling Xia Yao's gaze from earlier. Her mind was in turmoil. What did his gaze mean? Did he like her? But just yesterday, he had yelled at her. Could it be because of what happened yesterday afternoon? He… Xia Lanyue shook her head. She felt she might be overreacting and imagining things.

Late at night, Xia Yao next door was still awake. He took out a folding fan from under his pillow, gently opened it, and found a poem written on it, with his signature in the lower right corner—Dai Xiyue.

When Xia Lanyue woke up in the morning, she felt much better.

She noticed the wine on the table and realized she had forgotten to drink it yesterday.

If she doesn't want to drink, then so be it. She's not in a rush to know about her past anymore. Xia Lanyue got up, tidied the bed, and left the room. After eating, Xia Lanyue decided to go to town.

She'd figured it out these past few days. If she rejected Dai You, he wouldn't be the same person he used to be. Would he still be someone she could rely on? If she couldn't rely on others, she had to rely on herself. She needed money, the ability to earn it, to survive. So she resolved that no matter what their future relationship might be like, she needed to establish herself first before thinking about anything else.

When Xia Lanyue left the courtyard, Dai You was already at the door, as if waiting for her. Xia Lanyue ignored him and walked on her own. Dai You quietly followed behind, keeping a distance of about five meters. He probably knew that Xia Lanyue didn't want to talk to him, so he didn't say anything.

Upon arriving in town, Dai You watched Xia Lanyue leave for Wang Xiang's shop, and then he went to the pharmacy.

As soon as Xia Lanyue arrived at the shop, Abei walked up to her and asked, "Sister Dai, why haven't you come these past few days? Are you sick?"

Xia Lanyue smiled and said, "No, I had some things to take care of at home, so I couldn't come."

"What's wrong?" Abei asked.

Xia Lanyue was taken aback. Recalling what had happened in the past few days, she realized she couldn't talk about it with anyone, so she could only make excuses, "Why do you have so many questions today? Go and do your thing."

Ah Bei pouted unhappily and then walked away.

Xia Lanyue went to the backyard, prepared today's rice cakes, and then carried them to the end of the street.

Nothing special happened today, except that two guests came and caught Xia Lanyue's attention.

Usually, most of the people who come to buy her rice cakes are women. Even if there are men, they usually come with children. But today, two burly men came.

One of them was about 1.7 meters tall, with big eyes and a cunning look, but I felt like I'd seen him somewhere before. The other was about 1.8 meters tall and looked relatively honest.

Xia Lanyue thought they were like Li Si, who would make things difficult for her, but they didn't. They bought five bags of rice cakes, paid, and left without saying a word. This made Xia Lanyue feel strange.

Xia Lanyue leaned closer to her aunt beside her, "Auntie, do you know these two men?"

"I don't recognize them. These two look unfamiliar. They're not from town. I guess they're from some village," the aunt said, watching the two men's backs as they walked away.

"I see," Xia Lanyue had a bad feeling.

Fearing something bad might happen, Xia Lanyue hastily packed up her stall after selling this basket of rice cakes.

She still didn't want to wait for Dai You, so she went to Wang Xiang's shop, put down her things, and walked out.

The shopkeeper called out to her, "Sister Dai, are you leaving already?"

“Yes, I want to go home early today,” Xia Lanyue said, turning around.

"What if that man comes looking for you that day?"

"That man?" Xia Lanyue thought for a moment and realized he was referring to Dai You. "Just tell him I'm home."

"Oh," Ah Bei nodded, as if he hadn't finished speaking.

"I'm leaving," Xia Lanyue said, turning to walk away.

"Um... do you still have any unsold rice cakes?" Abei asked hesitantly.

"I don't have any today, can I get them for you tomorrow?" Xia Lanyue said.

"Tomorrow? Tomorrow is fine too, but are you going back so early? Is something wrong?"

Xia Lanyue was taken aback. Abei seemed to be talking a lot more nonsense today. What was he trying to say? "It's nothing, I just don't want to sell today. Abei, is there something you want to say?"

"No, I just wanted to talk to you," Ah Bei said, making up some random things.

Xia Lanyue frowned, feeling that Abei was acting strangely today, but she didn't want to go back with Dai You late, so she told him, "Let's talk tomorrow," and left in a hurry.

Unbeknownst to her, Jiang Di arrived at the shop shortly after she left.

As soon as Jiang Di entered the door, she headed straight for the backyard, but was stopped by Abei. "Manager Jiang, why are you so late? Sister Dai has already gone home."

"Huh? You went back so early?!" Jiang Di was a little surprised. She ran to the door and looked around, but didn't see Xia Lanyue. She then walked back with her head down.

“She doesn’t seem to be in a good mood,” Abei said.

"Did she say why she hasn't come these past few days?" Jiang Di asked anxiously.

"Well... she just said she had something to do at home, and that's all," Abei repeated Xia Lanyue's words.

Why didn't you try to keep her?

"I'm not good with words, but I've said everything I can think of. Who told you not to walk faster?" After saying that, Abei turned and walked away, still looking annoyed.

"Sigh, you..." Jiang Di sighed, somewhat helplessly.

But not long after, Abei turned back and said to Jiang Di, "She said she'll come again tomorrow." Then he laughed and ran away.