22: Chapter 22 Meeting 22: Chapter 22 Meeting Mountain rain was thick and misty, a soft drizzle enveloping the air.

In the hazy mountain rain, peaks rose sharply against the sky.

Valleys of smoke and rain stretched between them, with clouds coiling around the mountain sides.

The distant mountains appeared through the fog, half-concealed, resembling a range of mystical peaks.

Yueqi Village was far from the city’s bustle.

The deeper into the surrounding forests one ventured, the fewer the traces of human presence.

Among the peculiar trees of the deep woods, there were plenty of unique flowers and fauna.

The forest was veiled in mist all year round, and hardly anyone dared to trek into its depths.

Even the periphery of the distant mountains was scarcely visited on normal days, and in rainy weather, it was devoid of people.

Yet, it was precisely in such rainy weather, within the foggy, drizzly deep forest, that a faint figure could be seen moving.

The young girl wore a bamboo hat and a straw raincoat, strolling through the woods with a bamboo basket slung over her arm.

Whenever she came upon a flower or plant she liked, she would stop, pluck it roots and all, and place it into her basket.

Gu Zhiqi had entered the mountain today for a single plant, but the deep mountain had granted her an unexpected surprise, allowing her to return with a full load.

grew dark, Gu

of the deep forest, suddenly a

“Sir, sir!

Wait up.”

Gu Zhiqi: ?

Sir?

Was someone calling her?

sounded familiar, so Gu Zhiqi stopped and looked in the direction it

men and women, all wearing colorful raincoats and carrying

looking like a film

group drew nearer, Gu Zhiqi’s

she recognized; it was Tang Yichen, with whom she

for the other, Gu

actor, for he was quite eye-catching,

features and an excessively delicate

to shimmer with a pool of autumn water, and there was a casual and enchanting

ancient costume, with a plain-colored transparent raincoat

an air of detachment and nobility,

eyes and brows but could not hide his otherworldly

everyone else looked somewhat disheveled, he alone remained unruffled, his white clothes mysteriously free of any

the man felt Gu Zhiqi’s stare, for he lifted his gaze

girl rather than the “sir” Tang Yichen had mentioned, a flicker of

got a

complexion was pale, and her

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