With a faint sigh, the woman in white slowly turned her head, and a face as pure as a lotus came into Hu Meiniang's sight. Hu Meiniang stared at her blankly, and a sense of déjà vu suddenly surged in her heart. That kind of eyebrows, that ethereal temperament, seemed to have been seen somewhere before, but when she thought about it carefully, her mind was inexplicably blank. Thinking of what the other party had just said, Hu Meiniang asked in confusion: "You said you knew my name, so who are you?"
The woman in white looked at Hu Meiniang quietly, with a complicated look in her eyes. After a long while, she opened her red lips and slowly said three words: "Ao Ningshuang!"
"Ao Ningshuang..." Hu Meiniang murmured the name. It was just three words without any weight. It was just the name of a stranger. However, the name Ao Ningshuang seemed to weigh more than a thousand pounds. It hit her heart inexplicably and made her breath suddenly choke. She subconsciously covered her chest with her hands, frowned, looked at Ao Ningshuang blankly, and asked blankly: "Do we know each other?"
"Mei Niang, we don't know her. It's getting late. Let's go back quickly." Caiyin pulled Hu Mei Niang over, stared at Ao Ningshuang with vigilant eyes, and urged again. No matter what the woman's name was, it was obvious that she came for Mei Niang, and from her tone, it seemed that she already knew Mei Niang's name. Maybe she knew all about Mei Niang. If she had no intention, why would the woman in white bother to check these things? Even if the other party had not shown any hostility so far, who could predict what would happen next if they continued to stay here! Leaving early might be the wisest thing to do.
"Caiyin, I have a strange feeling, as if... I should recognize this Miss Ao." Hu Meiniang murmured in a low voice.
Caiyin interrupted her and reminded her in a low voice: "That's impossible, Mei Niang. I've always been with you. I should know the people you know, but we have never seen Ao Ningshuang before. Mei Niang, there are all kinds of people in Phoenix Mountain. Some of them may have ulterior motives. It's better for us not to cause trouble. Let's go quickly." Seeing that Hu Meiniang was still hesitating, Caiyin simply pulled her back, walking hurriedly and anxiously.
"No Caiyin, I want to ask clearly!" Hu Meiniang broke away from Caiyin and walked quickly back to Ao Ningshuang. Looking at Ao Ningshuang from a close distance, she realized that the other party's face was unusually pale, as if she had just recovered from a long illness. There was a hint of tiredness between her brows, but her eyes were deep. Standing in front of her, Hu Meiniang suddenly had a feeling that she had nowhere to hide, as if all her worries could be seen through by the other party.
"What's wrong? Why don't you speak? Don't you have something to ask me?" Seeing Hu Meiniang staring at her blankly for a long time without saying a word, Ao Ningshuang couldn't help but smile. She saw a blade of grass stuck to Hu Meiniang's hair by her ear, so she reached out to help her remove it, but Hu Meiniang subconsciously dodged to the side. Ao Ningshuang was stunned for a moment, looking at Hu Meiniang, and her eyes suddenly dimmed.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything else..." Ao Ningshuang stared at her fingers, smiled dejectedly, shook her head, and flicked her fingers. Her fingers did not touch Hu Meiniang at all, but just used a burst of true energy to flick away the grass leaves on her hair.
Looking at the fallen grass leaves, Hu Meiniang blushed, looked at Ao Ningshuang, and explained somewhat at a loss: "Just now I..."
“Ahem…” Ao Ningshuang waved her hand and said with a smile, “No need to explain… Ahem… There’s nothing wrong with keeping a certain distance from strangers.”
Hu Meiniang bit her lips hard, feeling annoyed. Seeing that Ao Ningshuang was still coughing and her face was getting paler, she couldn't help but start to worry and anxiously asked, "Are you okay? Why are you coughing so badly? Is there anything I can do to help you?"
"Cough cough... It's okay..." Ao Ningshuang shook her head and said calmly, "It's just an old illness." Taking a deep breath slowly, Ao Ningshuang's expression relaxed.
"Are you really okay?" Hu Meiniang asked anxiously. Seeing Ao Ningshuang nod, she relaxed and breathed a long sigh of relief. Then she repeated her previous question and asked Ao Ningshuang: "Do we know each other?"
"Yes!" Ao Ningshuang sighed softly, and said with some emotion: "We do know each other, so I know your name is Mei Niang."
Hu Meiniang showed a bewildered look on her face: "But why don't I recognize you? You said we knew each other, but why do you remember me but I don't remember you?"
"Because we knew each other in our previous life, and we are just meeting for the first time in this life, so you don't recognize me." Ao Ningshuang stared at Hu Meiniang with complicated emotions in her eyes.
"Really?" Hu Meiniang frowned. She clearly saw a faint smile on Ao Ningshuang's lips, but she also saw traces of sadness in her eyes. Hu Meiniang's heart was suddenly pierced by Ao Ningshuang's sad eyes, and pain spread in her chest.
Ao Ningshuang was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Do you want to hear a story?"
Hu Meiniang looked up at her and asked, "Is it about you?"
Ao Ningshuang's eyes were somewhat far-flung. She looked up at the sky and replied softly, "No...it's about you and me."
"Okay." Hu Meiniang nodded, with anticipation in her eyes. She also wanted to know what kind of relationship she had with the woman in front of her in her previous life.
"I'll wait for you here tomorrow." Ao Ningshuang looked at Hu Meiniang deeply.