In the main hall of the Rao Manor, Yongzheng, Rao Zhengsheng, Dong Shun, Cao Yanmei, Yuan Xiurong, and Yuan Zixin sat together for lunch. The servants have put the food on the table. Then the housekeeper walked in and handed a letter to Rao Zhengsheng.
Housekeeper Li, "Master, this letter just arrived for you."
Rao Zhengsheng looked at the front of the envelope. He saw that it was written to him, which was the official form of calling him Zhen ge. He knew right away that the only person who sent the letter is Xue Horan. He took the letter and said, "This is from Horan."
Cao Yanmei, "How do you know?"
Rao Zhengsheng said, "From the handwriting, and the only person I know who calls me Zhen ge is Horan."
Yuan Xiurong smiled and said, "Rao gege, take a look. He might tell us where he is."
Yongzheng also wanted to know what Xue Horan wrote. After a few months, Xue Horan never wrote to him. He was sad, but at the same time he accepted that the person that is most important to Xue Horan was Rao Zhengsheng, not him.
Rao Zhengsheng opened the letter and read, "Da shixiong, I am writing to tell you that I am doing well. My travels in the past few months have taken me to different places and ate many different foods. I think my cooking skills have improved a lot. In addition, I met shijie and please tells Yanmei that Cao furen is doing well. Shijie is now married and her husband is Xue Long. She has five adopted children. Her first adopted son is Xue Zhengsheng, her daughter is Nuo, her other son is Nu, and her youngest daughter is Rou. She is pregnant now, guess what she will call her child. If you guess Horan, then you are correct. Da shixiong, I want to tell you, I found my happiness, and my happiness is not with you. Get marry and have children, shijie is younger than you, she is about to have her first child, and you are our da shixiong, so don't lose to her. Horan."
Cao Yanmei asked, "That's it?"
Rao Zhengsheng, "That's it."
Yuan Xiurong frowned, "He didn't tell us where he was, nor did he tell us where Lanying was?"
Rao Zhengsheng said sadly, "Maybe he doesn't want us to know."
Yongzheng said, "He once told me that his destination is unknown."
Rao Zhengsheng, "When did he tell you this?"
Yongzheng, "A few days before he left."
Rao Zhengsheng, "You know this, but you didn't tell me." He hit the table.
Yongzheng said, "What do you plan to do, leave Xiurong and marry him publicly?"
Dong Shun knew that as soon as this topic came out, it turned into a fist fight. Dong Shun said, "Alright, stop it. Horan has already given you two blessings. He is very happy and finally found his passion and happiness. After the four households meeting, Zhengsheng and Xiurong will get married. This is my decision." He looked at Yongzheng. "As for you."
Yongzheng interrupted Dong Shun, "I am going home. I decided I want to become a Taoist and live in the back hill with my shifu and juniors."
Dong Shun said, "Would you like to think about it? Even if you don't want to marry Yanmei, there are still many women out there."
Yongzheng said, "I have made up my mind."
Yuan Zixin said, "He made up his mind then we should let him go."
Yongzheng said, "If you need me, you know where to find me."
Rao Zhengsheng, "You also know where we are."
Early in the morning, before the first sound of the rooster, Yongzheng left Rao Manor and walked down the mountain road that merged to the main road. Before he chose to go south, he stood on the main road for a while. He knew that Xue Horan was right in one thing. Even though one tenth of a hundredth part of love is sweet, the rest is nothing but pain, but his sweetest moment is when he meets Xue Horan. The innocence in Xue Horan's eyes made him fall in love with Xue Horan at first sight. In the end, Xue Horan did not choose him, but he did not regret it because he truly loved and cared for someone for the first time in his life.
Yongzheng decided to walk all the way to Jiangnan, he will retract Xue Horan's and his footsteps. Once he arrives in Li Village, he will leave everything behind. He will spend the rest of his life in the old temple and will never step out of the old temple.
A week later, when the wind blew past his face, and the boat sailed across the open water. Yongzheng stood on the top deck, overlooking the open river. The boat arrived before noon. One of the man slid the wood plank down onto the pier, and people began to leave the boat. Yongzheng was the last person to get off the boat. As soon as he stepped on the ground, he remembered that it was here when he first saw Xue Horan. This is the exact location where they fought the two bandits.
Yongzheng decided to go to the street, eat a bowl of noodles, and then go to the old temple. When Yongzheng walked into the crowded street, he saw many people walking by him, but he could not recognize any of the people's faces. He found the noodle stall. When he approached the noodle stall, he stared at the familiar back. He stopped for a while, listening to the conversation between the person sitting in front of him and the stall owner.
Stall owner asked, "Five bowls of noodles as usual?"
Xue Horan responded, "Yes."
Stall owner asked, "You haven't finished five bowls, why do you always order five bowls?"
Xue Horan said, "I'm waiting for someone. He eats a lot."
The stall owner shook his head, but put the five bowls of noodles in front of Xue Horan. The stall owner said, "Enjoy your food."
Yongzheng slowly passed by Xue Horan, but his eyes were fixed on Xue Horan. Yongzheng saw the long eyelashes and the pinkish lips. He walked over and sat in front of Xue Horan.
Xue Horan looked up, smiled at Yongzheng and said, "Yongzheng, you finally decided to show up."
The stall owner walked over and asked, "Is this the one you are waiting for?"
Xue Horan smiled, "Yes."
The stall owner said, "Fortunately you are here today. This young man has been sitting here at noon every day for the past few months and ordered five bowls of noodles, but he never finish all of them."
Yongzheng said, "I will eat all of them." He picked up his chopsticks and ate the noodles happily.
Xue Horan asked, "Yongzheng, are you passing by or go to Butterfly Island with me?"
Yongzheng said, "I will go wherever you want to go."
After eating, they rented a boat to go to Butterfly Island. When they got there, it was already dark. They decided to sit on the bamboo porch swing outside the small bamboo house, drinking wine and watching the stars.
Yongzheng asked, "How have you been?"
Xue Horan said, "Good, but very boring."
Yongzheng asked, "How come?"
Xue Horan, "Waiting is boring. There is nothing to do except watching people disembark and get on the boat."
Yongzheng, "Have you been waiting all these time?"
Xue Horan, "Yes."
Yongzheng asked, "What will you do if I don't come?"
Xue Horan, "I will wait until you show up."
Yongzheng held Xue Horan in his arms and kissed Xue Horan's forehead. Xue Horan looked up, stretched his head and kissed Yongzheng's lips.
Xue Horan said, "Yongzheng, hold me for a while. I really miss your warm hug."
Yongzheng held Xue Horan tightly in his arms all night. When the sun came out the next morning, Yongzheng kissed Xue Horan's forehead.
Yongzheng whispered, "Horan, the sun is rising."
Xue Horan yawned and said, "Yongzheng, I want to watch the sunrise with you again and again. Every day, until I can no longer open my eyes."
Yongzheng said, "Okay, that's a promise." When the sun began to rise from the morning horizon, he smiled. "That one tenth of a hundredth part of love, is not so bad after all." He smiled and embraced the early morning sunrise with the one he loved inside his arms. "Horan, I love you." He kissed Xue Horan's forehead.
In the early morning, the quiet bamboo forest outside the small bamboo shed. A man dressed in black, with his long white hair reaching his waist was playing the jade flute, and the birds began to chirp in the bamboo forest. The sweet flute melody of longing could shed a person's tears, but the man in black is playing the flute in front of an unknown lonely grave.
Wen Huifang held a black cloak and stood behind the man. She waited until the man finished his music. She took the black cloak and put it on the shoulders of the man in black. She went to the front and began to tie the two ropes together.
Wen Huifang smiled and said, "Many years ago, I made a similar cloak like this for right-guard Zan to wear on the day when he ascend the leader seat, but right-guard Zan never get to wear it." She tied the two ropes together. She reached out and put the hood on the man's head.
Ma Jingguo smiled at Wen Huifang. He said, "Thank you, Wen qianbei."
Yuan Chaomei walked in and said, "Chief, we are ready."
Ma Jinggou smirked and said, "Let's go bring right-guard Zan home."