Even though she had already video-called Wei Yun many times, Xie Tao still found all of this very unbelievable.
She couldn’t understand why her phone could break through the boundaries of time and space and let her meet Wei Yun.
“Could it be that my phone is actually some kind of special treasure?”
Xie Tao tilted her head and thought for a long while, then she looked back and forth at her own old-fashioned smartphone with its chipped exterior several times.
She didn’t realize it could do this when she bought it.
It looks like, clearly, it’s just an ordinary old phone.
This afternoon, Xie Tao was biting her pen writing an essay. She racked her brains, sitting at her desk for over twenty minutes, but still only managed to write one line.
Because Wei Yun was busy, Xie Tao usually only video called him at a fixed time.
Now, she glanced at the time displayed on her phone screen, felt it was about right, and hurriedly opened WeChat to make a video call.
At that moment, Wei Yun had just returned from the Forbidden Palace and had not yet had time to eat. He noticed something unusual about the copper pendant, so he directly folded back to his study.
He placed the copper pendant on the desk and, seeing her somewhat downcast appearance, he opened his mouth and said:
“What’s the matter?”
As he spoke, he casually unbuckled his belt and threw it aside, instantly making his dark red robe look a bit looser, adding a sense of casual relaxation.
Xie Tao, seeing him unbuckle his belt with a lowered gaze, couldn’t help but be dazzled by his beauty.
It wasn’t until he sat down in front of the desk and took a sip of tea from the cup beside him that he said, “Speak.”
Xie Tao came back to her senses, blinked, and then scratched the back of her head, muttering, “Writing essays is so hard.”
“The teacher asked us to write an 800-word essay, but I’ve only written a little bit so far.”
She sighed.
Every time she wrote an essay, she felt life was particularly tough.
“There’s no reason.”
Wei Yun said, then slowly sipped his tea again, “If you were willing to put forth a third of your usual effort, it wouldn’t be so difficult.”
He was implying she talks too much again.
“…”
Xie Tao glared at him, a bit annoyed, “Is that the same thing?”
Seeing her look, Wei Yun’s lips curved slightly, and a hint of amusement appeared in his eyes.
“Oh right, the comprehensive history you wanted.”
Xie Tao seemed to suddenly remember something. She quickly took out a very thick book from her backpack and shook it in front of the screen.
“But how do I give this to you?” Xie Tao was a bit puzzled.
She remembered he had sent her so many parcels, so she hurriedly asked, “You sent me so many delicious things, how did you manage that?”
“Want to know?”
Wei Yun’s voice remained cool and indifferent. Seeing her eyes filled with curiosity, he casually picked up a book from beside him.
“Yes!” Xie Tao nodded eagerly, staring at him with anticipation.
Her appearance was like that of a small animal.
Wei Yun looked at her, put down his tea cup, and finally spoke, “Put the book you’re holding…”
He suddenly paused, and then continued, “Underneath the phone.”
The word “phone” was particularly foreign to Wei Yun.
But after she mentioned it a few times, he remembered this device that seemed to have established some connection with the copper pendant in his hand.
Put the book under the phone?
Xie Tao looked puzzled.
But in the end, she listened to him and obediently did as he said.
And then, in the next moment, she watched with wide eyes as a faint golden light suddenly emanated from her phone.
This scene in front of Xie Tao felt like an illusion, so she rubbed her eyes. But when she looked up again, she discovered that the comprehensive history book that had been under her phone had vanished into thin air.
Xie Tao inhaled sharply, her eyes wide with shock.
Then, through the phone screen, she saw the comprehensive history book, which she had just been holding, now in the hands of Wei Yun.
???
Xie Tao felt shocked and scared every day.
“H-How did it get there?!”
She spoke with a bit of a stutter.
Wei Yun tugged at the corner of his mouth and casually flipped through the comprehensive history book that had been transmitted from her.
Whether it was the printing technique or the cover of the book, this craftsmanship was beyond what the great Zhou dynasty could achieve at the time.
After putting the book aside, Wei Yun looked up and saw in the light screen on his copper pendant, the little girl still with her mouth slightly open, looking stunned and astonished.
Then, he saw her eyes suddenly light up.
The next moment, a black, straight object appeared on his desk; it was the pen she had just been holding.
“Wow, this is too magical!”
Xie Tao exclaimed upon seeing Wei Yun pick up the pen. Then, she pressed several more of her belongings under the phone, watching as they were enveloped by the golden light and then disappeared, appearing on the screen on the other side.
Consequently, several more unidentifiable objects appeared on Wei Yun’s desk.
Until… her elbow accidentally bumped into her phone, pressing down on a corner of her composition notebook.
Xie Tao watched as her composition book disappeared from her desk and then appeared on Wei Yun’s desk.
???
Xie Tao was stunned.
But seeing Wei Yun’s eyebrows slightly raised, he picked up her composition book that was already open. She hurriedly yelled, “Don’t look!!”
Wei Yun paused and looked up at her, “Why not?”
“Just don’t look!” Xie Tao was desperate, “Give my book back to me!”
Seeing her like this, Wei Yun became even more curious than before.
So amidst her protests, he still looked down at the page she had opened to the content:
Make Dreams Come True
Everyone dreams, but not everyone can have beautiful dreams. I am different, I have had many beautiful dreams, but how can we make these dreams come true? I found myself deeply pondering…
“… ”
Just a short sentence made Wei Yun frown.
Perhaps accustomed to the elegant works of the literati, he had almost never encountered such plain and utterly uninspired writing before.
Even just this short sentence was enough to explain everything.
When she heard his sudden light laughter, Xie Tao was both angry and embarrassed, her face turning red, “I told you not to look!”
“Give me back my notebook now!”
Wei Yun, however, placed the composition book on the desk, speaking slowly with a deliberately teasing tone, “What will you do if I don’t return it?”
“I, I…” Xie Tao struggled for words but couldn’t utter a single sentence.
She just glared at him.
Being stared at by such watery, almond-shaped eyes, the corners of Wei Yun’s mouth slightly curled up, still appearing completely calm and collected.
After a while, he suddenly heard her speak again:
“Please…”
Her voice was soft and fine, even somewhat pitiful.
It was as if something had stung his chest, Wei Yun’s hand touching the tea cup paused momentarily, but his expression remained unflustered.
Ultimately, he placed her composition book beneath the copper pendant.
Having gotten her notebook back, Xie Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief, but her face heated up again when she caught sight of his amber eyes hidden with a hint of amusement.
“I told you I’m not good at writing essays…” she muttered softly.
Wei Yun, however, said, “Although I was prepared, I didn’t expect your essay to be so…”
He paused, then did not continue.
“…”
Xie Tao said indignantly, “I’m not one of your ancient people! Do you expect me to write you an essay in classical Chinese?”
“Even for modern vernacular, this is a bit too casual.” In the end, he still chose his words carefully.
But this still made Xie Tao feel as if her heart had been stabbed.
So, she glared at him again.
“Alright.”
Wei Yun sighed lightly, “It seems that in the future, I need to keep a closer eye on you.”
“Do, do what?” Xie Tao suddenly had a bad feeling.
“To have you read more books, so writing essays won’t be such a torture in the future.” Wei Yun stood up and picked a book from the shelf behind him to flip through casually.
Upon hearing this, Xie Tao shuddered and quickly waved her hands in refusal, “No, no need!”
“Really no need?” Wei Yun glanced at her, his voice indifferent.
Xie Tao suddenly wilted, and finally, she pouted and said softly, “Do girls in your place also have to go to school?”
Wei Yun flipped through the book in his hand, “There are often schools specially set up for noble daughters.”
“It is beneficial for women to have more knowledge, with no harm at all.”
After saying this, Wei Yun glanced up and caught sight of her hanging her head in boredom, a hint of a smile that was not quite a smile in his eyes, “But you are unwilling to read a few more books?”
“…Not really.” Xie Tao gave a sheepish smile.
Her eyes were curved at this moment, like the shimmering light on the surface of a lake.
“What would you like to eat today?” Wei Yun put down the book in his hand and suddenly asked her.
“Ruyi cake!” Xie Tao answered without thinking, her eyes sparkling again.
She perked up at this.
Wei Yun couldn’t help but laugh.
“Alright.”
He finally agreed.
From that day on, Xie Tao discovered this special way of transmitting things, and she would from time to time press something under her phone.
That night, just after Wei Yun returned from the forbidden palace to the Imperial Advisor’s mansion and had bathed in the backyard pool, he went back to his bedroom.
By the flickering light, Wei Yun placed a copper pendant by his pillow, then laid down on the bed in his thin undergarment, and closed his eyes.
The fatigue of the past few days had made him feel very tired.
In such a quiet night, however, a delicate, bell-like sound suddenly rang in his ears, now vague, now clear.
Wei Yun immediately opened his eyes.
When he turned his head to look at the copper pendant he had placed beside him, he saw a box appear out of nowhere.
Then, a flower lightly floated down onto the paper box.
Inside the box were the crisp sugars that Wei Yun had seen before, more than ten of them.
And that flower… was a white iris.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Wei Yun’s fingers, clear and distinct, pinched the white iris. His eyes slightly narrowed, his tongue pressed against his teeth, yet he laughed in amusement.
He really wanted to crack open her head and see what kind of mess she had inside.
But after a while,
He looked down.
For some reason, his ears felt inexplicably warm.
