Chapter 2

The old lady gestured for someone beside her to take the prescription, then she sighed deeply, her tone filled with indescribable loneliness, "At this point, as long as my grandson can survive, I am already very content. As for the past, let it be forgotten. Someone, escort Doctor Sun out of the manor!"

"Yes!"

Soon, a servant stepped forward and made a gesture inviting Doctor Sun to leave. Doctor Sun picked up his medical bag, his mouth moved a couple of times as if he wanted to say something, but he stopped himself before the words came out. In the end, he just shook his head and left.

After Doctor Sun left, the old lady instructed Yueyang to rest well and then stood up and left the room, leaving Yueyang with a belly full of questions and two young maidservants...

More than ten days later, at dusk, under the grape arbor of a small courtyard, a young man around twenty years old with clear and bright eyes sat on a chair, quietly watching the sunset. Behind him stood two exceptionally beautiful young girls, both around sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed as maidservants. Remarkably, the two girls looked exactly the same, clearly a pair of twin sisters.

This young man was none other than Yueyang, who had mysteriously arrived in this world. Over these ten days, Yueyang finally understood his current environment from the people around him and the things he encountered. Just as he often heard in modern society, he had "traveled through time." He had traveled to the body of a young master from a wealthy landlord's family in Wulizhai, which belonged to Yingzhou Prefecture in Shanxi Province. Coincidentally, this young master was also named Yueyang. Moreover, he was the only male in the family, making Yueyang the undisputed and sole legitimate heir of the landlord's family.

Logically, Yueyang should have been very happy to have such a good background and to be nearly ten years younger. After all, in modern society, his parents had already died in a car accident, leaving him only a house in a remote suburban countryside. After graduating from university, he had been struggling to make ends meet, and at thirty, he was still single. Now, to have the identity of a rich second generation should have been satisfying.

That was true, and the original Yueyang had thought so too. He had considered living a simple life as a landlord in this time, guarding the vast fields of his family, and marrying a dozen beautiful women to live a comfortable life. However, when Yueyang understood the dynasty and time he was in, he was stunned. One of his close maidservants told him that it was the middle of June in the fifth year of the Chongzhen era of the Ming Dynasty.

When Yueyang heard this news, he was immediately stunned. Anyone with even a basic knowledge of history knew what this time meant. It meant that the era Yueyang was in would soon be engulfed in a nationwide storm of blood and fire. Whether it was the footsteps of the bandits or the iron cavalry of the Manchus, they would tear apart the Han-ruled empire, and everything Yueyang now possessed would become like flowers in water or the moon in a well.

A young girl whispered softly, "Sister, look, Young Master has been sitting there motionless for two hours. In the past, he always read books in the study, but since the incident, he hasn't touched those books at all. Could it be that Young Master has really changed..."

"Shh..."

Before she could finish, the other girl, who looked exactly the same, quickly covered her sister's mouth and warned her softly, "Yulong, you can't say such things. Young Master is our master, and speaking ill of him behind his back is not something we, as servants, should do. If these words reach the old lady's ears, we will surely be punished."

"I know, Sister!" The girl playfully stuck out her tongue.

"Yuling, Yulong, what are you saying behind my back?"

At that moment, a voice sounded from the front. It was Yueyang, who had already stood up and was looking at the two girls with a gentle smile.

"Oh, no, we really didn't say anything!" The girl who was startled quickly waved her hands, denying it.

The other girl, frightened, quickly stepped forward and was about to kneel down to beg, "Young Master, it was Yulong's fault for speaking recklessly. If Young Master wants to punish someone, please punish me!"

Yueyang quickly held the girl's hands and said helplessly, "Yuling, you do this again. I've told you many times not to kneel so easily. I'm annoyed by it too. Alright, go and prepare the meal, I'm hungry!"

"Yes, Young Master!" The two girls quickly ran to the small kitchen.

Watching the slender backs of the two girls, Yueyang's face showed a warm smile. The twin sisters, Yuling and Yulong, were the maidservants his "grandmother" had recently assigned to him. Although they had only served him for ten days, Yueyang already had a very good impression of them. Yuling was gentle and sincere, while Yulong was lively, cute, and kind, making it impossible for Yueyang not to like them.

After a while, Yulong's voice came from a distance, "Young Master, dinner is ready, please come and eat!"

"Got it!" Yueyang responded and walked towards the kitchen.

After dinner, Yueyang let the sisters, who had been busy all day, go to sleep in the west wing of the house. He then went to the grape arbor in the backyard, where he washed his feet, cooled off, and pondered his thoughts.

At this moment, Yueyang was very depressed. Looking at the novels, none of the people who traveled through time did so without a "golden finger" (a special ability or item). Some had laptops, some were incredibly strong and had photographic memory, and some even had a base. But what about him? He had nothing but his own body. Oh, right, there was also this jade pendant!

Thinking of this, Yueyang took a white jade pendant from his neck and examined it carefully. This jade pendant was something he had bought from a roadside stall while in college. Due to its poor quality, it only cost him eighty yuan, and he had always worn it around his neck. One rainy day, while he was in the courtyard of his home in the suburbs, he was struck by a sudden purple lightning bolt, and then he found himself here. What puzzled Yueyang was why this jade pendant had also come with him to this time.

Although it was already evening, the bright moonlight allowed Yueyang to clearly see the patterns and color of the jade pendant in his hand.

"There's nothing special about it. How did you come with me?"

Yueyang examined the jade pendant from all angles, and suddenly his hand slipped, and the pendant fell from his fingers into the wooden basin at his feet with a "plop."

"How could this happen? It even fell!" Yueyang shook his head and was about to bend down to pick up the pendant, but something strange happened.

After the jade pendant fell into the basin, the moonlight shone through the water onto the pendant, and it quickly emitted a series of silver-white lights. These lights began to intertwine about three feet above the ground, forming a door-like structure about two meters wide and three meters high. Yueyang, who was washing his feet, was caught in the middle and felt a tingling sensation all over his body as he began to levitate. Suddenly, everything went blurry, and he felt himself and the basin hit the ground.

"Clang! Ouch!" This was the sound of the basin hitting the ground and Yueyang's involuntary exclamation.

Yueyang slowly got up from the ground, but when he saw the surroundings in the moonlight, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning again, his body stiffening, and his eyes widening.

The scene before him was all too familiar. Having lived there for decades, he would never mistake it. This was his home in the suburbs of the modern world.

"What... What's going on? How did I come back here?" Yueyang felt his heart beating so hard that it seemed it might jump out of his chest. "Could it be... Could it be that I've been living in an illusion these past few days?"

Yueyang looked down at himself. Finally, he confirmed that the body and clothes he was wearing were real, and that what had just happened was not an illusion, but that he had traveled back from the Ming Dynasty to his modern home, and even to the same place where he had been struck by lightning.

Having confirmed that it was not an illusion, Yueyang's mind began to function normally. He recalled what had just happened.

"Just now, I was cooling off and washing my feet in the courtyard. The jade pendant fell into the basin, and the moonlight shone on it, emitting a series of bright lights that formed a light door. Then I ended up here... Could it be that my return to the modern world is related to this jade pendant? Does this mean I can use this jade pendant to return to the end of the Ming Dynasty again?"

Thinking of this, Yueyang quickly bent down to look for the jade pendant and soon found it on the ground next to the basin.

Holding the jade pendant tightly, Yueyang felt a dizzying excitement. Even a fool would know that if someone could freely travel between the Ming Dynasty and the modern world, it would be an incredibly powerful ability. This meant he could do things that ordinary people couldn't, and even change an era!

"However, before that, let me see if anything has changed in this time." With that, Yueyang ran towards the house...