That night, Rong Yi tossed and turned in bed but just couldn’t fall asleep, with that fortune-teller’s words ringing in his head. He and Yin Jinye planned to get married on August eighth, but met the centurial meeting. Is it really like what the fortune-teller said-he and Yin Jinye are destined to meet but not fated to be together?
Rong Yi turned to look at the empty bed. It was 1 a.m., Yin Jinye still hadn’t come back. So he got up and asked the guard outside, “Where is your master? Why hasn’t he come back?”
The guard said, “A guard came to inform us that the master will refine magic weapons tonight, so he wouldn’t come back to sleep tonight, and ask you to sleep early.”
“Why? All magic weapons and equipment are prepared.” Out of curiosity, Rong Yi came to the magic weapon refining room, but got stopped by the guard.
“Young master Rong, the master said that no one should disturb him tonight.”
Rong Yi asked, “Even including me?”
The guard nodded.
“What is he refining? Why make it so mysterious?” It made Rong Yi more curious. Pity that the door was closed and got sealed with a formation, so he couldn’t even peep inside.
Rong Yi had to go back to the room, not until dawn did Yin Jinye came back.
Yin Jinye took his hand, “Come with me.”
“Where to?” Rong Yi asked.
The mouth of Yin Jinye curved, but he did not answer him.
Rong Yi asked again, “Daddy, what were you refining last night?”
Yin Jinye still did not speak, but the smile grew a lot bigger.
He took him to the yard next door.
As the guard at the gate saw them, he let them in immediately.
Rong Yi looked around, very curious about why Yin Jinye brought him here.
Then, Yin Jinye covered his eyes.
Rong Yi got confused, “What?”
Yin Jinye said, “Don’t peep, or use your divine sense.”
Rong Yi smiled, “OK, I won’t peek. There will be no surprise if I peek.”
Yin Jinye made a smile, then took him to a place, held his hand to touch the object in front, “can you feel what it is?”
Rong Yi’s fingers touched cold something, the surface was smooth, with a tap, it made some kind of ‘kuang’ sound, “What is it? Iron? No, iron wouldn’t make this kind of sound. A folding screen?”
Yin Jinye did not answer him, only took him to walk forward, “It’s the threshold before. Lift your foot.”
Rong Yi lifted his foot and stepped inside.
Yin Jinye and brought him to the front of an object, and then picked up his hand to let him touch it.
Rong Yi felt something round, about one and a half chi in diameter, covered with a lot of iron wires. Under the round head was a supporting iron pole. The whole body was as high as to his chest, and it felt like a modern floor fan. But there wouldn’t such a thing in ancient times. “What is it? Your new magic weapon? It doesn’t feel very good. Taking this with you will spoil your image as the chief.”
Yin Jinye found it so funny, “It’s not a magic weapon.”
He led the man to another object, “Feel this one then.”
Rong Yi felt a large square object with a smooth middle. He could not guess what it was, “What on earth is it? Ingredients? Or a magic weapon? A mirror? A dish? Daddy, give me a hint, what is it?”
Yin Jinye tipped hi, “All things that you have seen before.”
“I have seen so many things. How to guess?”
Yin Jinye brought him to some item again, “I bet you’d know what this one is.”
Rong Yi curiously touched the smooth surface, and pressed it as Yin Jinye said, soft inside, “The surface is fur? And it has a back? Is it a chair? The seats in our mansion are so soft and so long???”
The more he felt it, the more it came to resemble the modern sofa. So he tried to guess, “It’s a leather sofa, isn’t it?”
With a chuckle, Yin Jinye withdrew his hands.
Rong Yi immediately saw a large white leather sofa made of leather, although the workmanship was very rough, it was done very carefully, at least quite similar to the sofa in his home.
“Holy shit…” He looked around in surprise and muttered, “Daddy, if you weren’t still standing by me, I’d think I am back in the modern day.”
The room had not only leather sofa, but also TV, air conditioner, electric fan, floor lamp and other household appliances, even the walls were painted white, and the exquisite big droplights were hanging over the head. Although it was not completely the same as the modern houses, it was already quite similar.
Rong Yi walked to the front of the television set, “Is this that square thing that I just touched?”
Yin Jinye responded with an ‘hmm’.
Rong Yi walked up to the electric fan and said, “Is this the thing I just touched?”
“Yes.”
Rong Yi went to the door and touched the clear glass, “This should be the screen I felt when I came in?”
Yin Jinye smiled without saying a word.
