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Translated by Pure

Edited by NovaLeir

Chapter 129: Harmony (1)

By 6am, the carriages departed, heading south. They kept going until noon, until they stopped by a limpid stream in the middle of a forest to rest. 

“We’re in Rong Cheng’s territory already. If nothing unexpected, we can reach the city by 5pm and find a place to stay tonight.” Lin Si Yao held his twins in both arms, jumping off the carriage. He handed the twins to Liang-momo, who was ready to take them for feeding. Then, he returned to the carriage, gently helping Su Shuilian down. 

“The environment here is really nice.” Although the chill of early spring still lingered, it couldn’t stop the flowers from blooming and welcoming spring everywhere. 

Su Shuilian closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened them, she felt so comfortable and refreshed.  She giggled, twisting her sore waist; she turned to face Lin Si Yao.  “Don’t you think it’s like when you took me out of Mount Dashi?” The only difference was that there were only the two of them and the two wolves, Xiao Chun and Xiao Xue, at that time. But now, their entire crew – including the elders and the children, numbered roughly ten persons. 

“Mm,” Lin Si Yao answered her with a weak smile. He remembered the moment that he carried her out of Mount Dashi. If he hadn’t met her at that time, perhaps, his body would have also gone by now. 

“Go. We should sit by the stream for a while.” From a distance, Su Shuilian saw Yang Jing Zhi and Qing Lan washing their faces and hands by the stream. She pulled Lin Si Yao to urge him. “At that time in Mount Dashi, I took off my shoes and soaked my feet in the stream…” Thinking about it now, she thought she was really brave at that time. Su Shuilian tucked her tongue out, which was so inviting to Lin Si Yao, making him want to pull her back to the carriage and love her more. 

“I’ve seen it once.” It was also the time that his icy heart began to crack. Bit by bit, the tender affection he couldn't quite understand poured out, weaving into a net and trapping her. 

“Did you sneakily laugh at me at that time?” 

“I didn’t.” He had felt he had stumbled across a fairy washing her feet in front of him. It was so stunning he couldn’t even walk properly. 

“You didn’t laugh at me, right?” Su Shuilian lifted her head, smiling. Lin Si Yao seized the chance and kissed her red lips passionately. "Is it really important?" he asked as he let her go.   

“No,” she was just a little curious. And now, she was his legal and rightful wife. Even if he had secretly laughed at her for not being elegant, so what? She was confident that he wouldn’t leave her because of that. 

“We are still in broad daylight. Please refrain yourselves.” Xue Li softly said from behind them.  Su Shuilian was embarrassed when she realized they were in a public place with a lot of people.  It wasn’t Mount Dashi where they could enjoy themselves alone.

“Rude to look.” Lin Si Yao murmured. He meant that a well-mannered man wouldn’t come and disturb them at this moment. And, only he was so thick-faced as to come and disturb their good time. Didn’t he notice that the others had turned away so as not to peep at them? 

“Haha… I just use my senior’s role to remind you. No matter what, we have maidens here.” Xue Li wasn’t angry. He laughed and pointed at Yang Jing Zhi and Qing Lan. 

“You guys talk. I’m going to heat up some food.” Su Shuilian understood that Blood Union’s Emperor must have something to talk to A’Yao, so she excused herself and walked back to the carriage.

Lin Si Yao furrowed his brows as he watched his wife walk away. He couldn’t help but mumble to himself: How could she abandon me like this? 

“You married a good wife.” Xue Li commented after a while as he glanced at Su Shuilian leaving. 

Lin Si Yao glanced at him through the corner of his eye, thinking: Nonsense! He fell for Shuilian at first sight! 

“I know you have some resentment toward us. But, can you please think about it. Your mother hasn’t been living better than you…” He spoke gently, hoping that his son would untie the knot he had created with him and Feng Ruo Er.  “We hadn’t had a bit of news about you, whether you were alive or not, she had never given up. She insisted that you’re still alive… Zhan-er… I’m telling you as a father, not an Emperor… I just hope that you would consider your mother… she…” 

Lin Si Yao was a little stiff. Then, he turned around, walking away. He couldn’t let it go just yet. 

Xue Li silently looked at his figure heading toward the carriage. Lin Si Yao wasn’t the one he had seen when he watched him and his wife from a distance. At this moment, a deep-to-bone chill was emitted from him. It was a pain that his parents, who had missed twenty-four years of his existence, would never be able to comprehend. 

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“A’Yao?” Su Shuilian saw Lin Si Yao silently hop into the carriage. She paused while heating up the dry food, looking at him, bewildered. So… Their conversation failed again?

“Why did you leave me there?” Lin Si Yao inquired quietly.  

“Um? I… came back to heat up the steamed buns…” Alright, she intended to leave him there. She hoped that he would have a nice conversation with Xue Li. They shouldn’t just give the other face all the way back home. 

Lin Si Yao studied her face. She lowered her head, showing her fair neck to him. “Alright, it’s my bad. I shouldn’t give you a chance to stay alone with him… I’m sorry! I… I just hoped that you could be calm and talk to them… Um… I think you don’t want… to see Long-er and Xiao-er treat us the same way? I…” 

“It’s different…” he huskily remarked as he drew her into his hug. 

He would never allow his son and daughter to be separated from their parents… It had been twenty-four years… Until now, he still thought that, if he hadn’t been adopted by an abbot; if he hadn’t been lucky enough to escape and not get his legs broken after so many times stealing steamed buns on the street; if he hadn’t met any fatal danger during his life as an assassin… He would have never met Shuilian. He would have never known his real parents were the supreme leaders of Blood Union. It was also the reason why he kept the grudge… He didn’t believe what Xue Li said when he said that they had tried their best to search for him for twenty-four years. It was impossible that they had missed this son, who had almost died a hundred times…

“There’s nothing different. The parents’ hearts in this world are all the same. No matter if they are the nobles like the royal family or the low peasants… Ask your heart if you need them or not… Don’t hurry to deny!” Su Shuilian covered his mouth. “You must think about it honestly and carefully before answering. If you still don’t want to meet them or acknowledge them, I will support you… Because, you’re my husband. I will only support you… If… If your heart tells you that, actually, through many years, you’ve missed them in every minute, every second, and you still want to receive their love. Although this love’s come to you now, it’s not too late, right? We still have a long journey ahead of us…” 

This was the first time. Lin Si Yao couldn’t help but chuckle. It was the first time she reasoned so long with him. Or, to be more exact, it was the first time she reasoned with him. She just wanted him not to live with regret for the rest of his life, to not give up on his blood relatives and only live with her and their kids…

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