"Senior sister! How can it be you?" Chen Hao looked astonished as he watched Man Qingting approaching him with an umbrella.

Man Qingting stopped, gave Chen Hao a faint smile, but that smile was colder than the rain falling at that moment, causing Chen Hao to shiver involuntarily.

"To be honest with you," Man Qingting said, slightly lowering her head, "I've actually been following you for over an hour. Just now, when you brushed past me, you seemed to be preoccupied, so I followed you. I hope I haven't offended you or caused any inconvenience!"

Chen Hao quickly waved his hand and replied, "You haven't caused me any inconvenience, senior sister!"

Man Qingting lifted her head, her brows slightly furrowed as she looked at Chen Hao and asked softly, "Why do you keep calling me senior sister?"

"Ah!" Chen Hao's eyes sparkled, and he scratched his head as he explained, "To be frank, I've actually remembered the memories of my past life as Ye Heng and your connection. I also know the secret you carry. But I apologize, senior sister, no, sister, I'm just his reincarnation, but I am not him!"

Man Qingting smiled faintly, then lowered her head again, her every frown and smile laced with a bitter and melancholic chill.

After a long silence, Man Qingting finally raised her head, forcing a smile, "Actually, from our first meeting, I knew that you weren't my junior brother. Your eyes aren't as cold as his, and you seem more outgoing!"

Chen Hao nodded vigorously, saying with a laugh, "And I also look handsomer than him!"

Unable to suppress her amusement, Man Qingting said softly, "Both you and he are handsome, but are you perhaps more adorable than him? By the way, where is the girl who was with you the other day, the one who is as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal? She is not an ordinary person, is she?"

The girl as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal that Man Qingting mentioned was Ye Yuqiao. The moment Chen Hao thought of Ye Yuqiao, a shadow instantly clouded his face, and his heart ached as if an old wound had been suddenly exposed.

After taking a deep breath, Chen Hao then asked, "Senior sister, how do you know she's not an ordinary person?"

"Because more than a thousand years ago, I had seen her once!" Man Qingting explained, "At that time, she appeared suddenly, just like me, trying to save you when you were seriously injured."

"What!" Chen Hao exclaimed, shocked, "So she has known Ye Heng since a long time ago!"

Man Qingting looked puzzled and asked, "Didn't you say you recalled your past life's memories? Didn't you remember anything about her?"

"I only remember up to your death," Chen Hao mused, his mind full of questions. "By the way, senior sister, there's something I've always wanted to ask you on behalf of Ye Heng."

Man Qingting suddenly took a step forward, moving close to Chen Hao, and covered most of his head with her umbrella, saying, "It seems we have a lot to talk about. My house is nearby; why don't you come over? I'll make you a bowl of ginger soup, junior brother!"

At that moment, in Man Qingting's eyes, Chen Hao had transformed into the stubborn and introverted Ye Heng from over a thousand years ago.

Chen Hao nodded coldly and responded, "Senior sister, no, sister, alright!"

Ten minutes later, Man Qingting led Chen Hao to a nearby old house. As soon as he entered, Chen Hao smelled a faint scent of incense, which he found pleasant, so he took several deep sniffs with his nose.

"I always use some sleep-inducing incense before bed," Man Qingting explained.

Hearing this, Chen Hao couldn't help but speculate, was it hard for her to sleep because Ye Heng wasn't around?

After seating Chen Hao at an antique tea table, Man Qingting went to the kitchen to make ginger soup for him. Ten minutes later, she brought out a bowl of steaming ginger soup and placed it before Chen Hao.

"Senior sister, no, sister! Thank you for the ginger soup!"

"If you don't mind, just call me senior sister!" Man Qingting said with a serene smile, her misty eyes showing a tinge of sorrow.

After hesitating for a while, Chen Hao gave a silly smile and said, "Then I'll call you Senior Sister!"

Man Qingting nodded her head, with a gleam of tears in her eyes.

Watching Chen Hao sipping the hot ginger soup while blowing on it, Man Qingting smiled, with her mind filled with images of Ye Heng.

"By the way, Junior Brother, how did you recall the memories of your past life?"

"It was because of Ye Heng's flute," Chen Hao put down the cup of ginger soup he was holding onto the coffee table, "She, the girl as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal, sealed all of Ye Heng's memories into his flute before I went through reincarnation. A few days ago, she returned the flute to me, and then when I played the flute, I remembered Ye Heng and your past."

"I see!" Man Qingting said emotionlessly, "Then when you go back later, continue playing the flute. Maybe you will be able to remember the matters between Ye Heng and that girl. She must have been very fond of you or Ye Heng, right? When you went to seek revenge against your enemy, you received serious injuries multiple times. I've seen her save you at least three times."

Upon hearing Man Qingting mention this, Chen Hao felt a complex feeling in his heart and wondered if, as Man Qingting had said, Yuqiao might have liked him or Ye Heng? Although they seemed like the same person, he always differentiated himself from Ye Heng in his heart.

"Junior Brother!" Seeing Chen Hao's complexion looking a bit off, Man Qingting spoke softly to break his train of thought. "You don't have to struggle with whether she liked you or Ye Heng. If she liked Ye Heng, she would surely transfer that affection to you, just like--"

Man Qingting stopped herself mid-sentence.

Chen Hao frowned, asking involuntarily, "Just like you?"

Man Qingting was startled, her eyes wide as she stared at Chen Hao. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded and said, "Yes, in my heart, there's really no difference between you and Ye Heng, even if you insist that you're not Ye Heng. Perhaps that girl thinks the same!"

"So you mean, you liked Ye Heng?"

"Mhm!" Man Qingting lowered her head, "You could say I liked him quite a bit."

"Senior Sister, how did you become a zombie in the first place?"

"I used to live on a snowy mountain, and there was a woman who lived alone and admired my father's talents. When I was sixteen, I encountered an avalanche while traveling and was buried deep in the snow. Later, that woman was the first to find me, and in order to save my life, she bit me, turning me into a zombie."

Chen Hao nodded, thought for a moment, and then continued to ask, "Senior Sister, there was a period of time when you and Master left the bamboo forest, were you out seeking a cure for this condition?"

Man Qingting gave a hum and said, "I had already planned to give up, but later on, because of you, I decided to give it one more try. Actually, I regret it. I shouldn't have gone looking for any miraculous elixirs; that way, I could have spent another year and a half with you."

"What if there really had been a miraculous elixir that cured your condition?"

Man Qingting smiled bitterly and sighed, "Then I definitely would have married Ye Heng and become the mother of that child!"

"If Ye Heng heard this, he would probably be very happy."

"Too bad you're not him!" Man Qingting's voice grew softer and softer.

Chen Hao let out a helpless sigh and asked, "Senior Sister, I thought you had entered eternal rest? How did you wake up later?"

"Because of a person, someone from this era, who used his own blood to wake me up six months after my feigned death."

"Someone from this era?"

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