Stabber of Hearts Chapter 243

Liam returned to Manzhou alone, and Bai Ji did not go to look for her. She knew her good friend's character well. After all those years of persistent searching, who would have thought that he would lose her again? She only hoped that this glimmer of hope would not be dashed again, and that Liam could really find that person.

In the first year, Bai Ji and Zhong Linwan spent most of their time looking for Zhong Linwan's former home. When Zhong Linwan was abducted, he was still very young. The mountains of Manzhou are towering and green. Where could they find him in a corner? They could only rely on Zhong Linwan's vague memory of the surrounding plants and trees, and search with their own strength. Fortunately, they really found that place. The two thatched houses had long collapsed and decayed, and even the ruins were covered with green plants. Bai Ji found a grave not far behind the house. The grave was overgrown with weeds, and the wooden sign in front of the grave had long been toppled and rotten. It was unknown which passerby saw the exposed bones and kindly buried them. Zhong Linwan cried bitterly and kowtowed to Bai Ji in front of the grave. After discussion, the two decided to settle down there so that they could renovate the tomb for their master and even re-enclose the former medicinal garden to make it look the same as when Zhong Linwan was a child.

On New Year's Day that year, Bai Ji and Zhong Linwan went to visit Liam together. Liam did not look depressed. She had kept the wooden house on the cliff tidy and she was still as elegant as ever in her plain clothes. But Zhong Linwan always felt that something was different about Sister Luo. She was thoughtful and tried her best to act naturally so as not to touch the wound in Liam's heart. They talked about recent events and learned that Lin Yang had fallen and disappeared in the cave. Liam was not on the cliff most of the time and they just happened to run into her this time.

After the two of them left, Zhong Linwan realized belatedly that Liam was different. He said to Bai Ji with disappointment, "Xiaobai, Sister Luo...is no longer smiling."

In the second year, the new medicine in the medicine garden grew, and Zhong Linwan was finally no longer sentimental. The environment in the deep mountains was quiet, and all kinds of exotic flowers and herbs were endless. Zhong Linwan was able to concentrate on studying medicine, and even dabbled in the art of alchemy that he had never tried before, so he did not waste his time. On New Year's Day that year, when they went to the cliff again, there was no trace of Liam in the wooden house. Bai Ji felt something and took Zhong Linwan to the tiankeng to look for him. Sure enough, they saw Liam there. At the edge of the obviously sunken pit, a wooden house stood alone, which looked very simple. Later, after talking with Liam, Zhong Linwan learned that the place where Lin Yang fell had long been buried by rocks. Liam groped in it for several months before he found another deep cave leading to the underground among the large and small caves. However, this cave was more than a hundred feet deep, and the bottom was so vast that there was no end in sight. It would take several days to enter the cave every time. Over time, Liam no longer went back and concentrated on staying here to look for Lin Yang.