Assassin Farmer Chapter 143 (Part 1)
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“Xin Lan?” Su Shuilian looked at Xin Lan who looked absent-minded. She couldn’t help but sigh. It seemed her cunning father-in-law didn’t want to see people happy. Just when Xin Lan and Jian Heng had a chance to grow their affection, her father-in-law asked Jian Heng to follow him and return to Blood Union.
She didn’t know what he was planning. Previously, he was the one who initially tried to match Xin Lan with Jian Heng. And now, he was also the one who was going to part them. Sigh, he made her a wicked person this time.
“Ah… My Lady?” Xin Lan got a hold of herself, shyly receiving the fruit basket from Su Shuilian. “Oh right, you want to go and pick fruits.”
They had grown a lot of fruit trees around the house. And now, as it was the middle of autumn, it was harvest time. If they didn’t pick them, the fruits would fall to the ground and become fertilizer.
After they picked the fruits, besides the part they would eat fresh, most of them would become fruit wines as per request of most of the residents. The rest would be dried to make dry fruits. puretl.com is the original translator, please do not repost
Every day, the maids in the private mansion had their fixed jobs. Thus, for the temporary jobs, like planting in spring or picking fruits in autumn, the maids would take turns to do. It was Xin Lan's turn today. Su Shuilian was bored so she decided to take a walk with her. They would pick the fruits within reach and pick the lotus seeds, and also leisurely bathe in the warm autumn sun.
“Jian Heng, he…” Su Shuilian wanted to comfort her but she didn’t know where and how to start.
“My Lady, there’s nothing between him and I.” She just helped him bandage his wound once, helped him dress, and accompanied him to Qing Yang Clinic once. On their way there, she was careless and sprained her ankle. He carried her all the way, until they got on a horse carriage… Thinking about it, wasn’t it just mutual help? Why… Why did she suddenly feel like she had just lost her vitality after she heard that he would leave today?
“I think he will come back soon. Perhaps he’s returning to hand over his job to someone else…” Su Shuilian gently told the other her guess. It wouldn’t be incorrect, would it? Otherwise, why did her father-in-law spend so much effort to match the two? And when their relationship was about to bloom, he forced them to part?
“My Lady, Xin Lan understood. We can’t force such a thing.” Xin Lan lowered her head and accepted her fate.
Jian Heng… He was the imperial guard of the Blood Union’s Emperor. To her, he was someone of a higher social class. So, no matter what he decided, she would follow his opinion. Just think of it as… the one time she detailed her decision to remain single.
It’s just as Doctor Yang said: that men were … we shouldn’t get involved with. Erm, using the word “beasts” wasn’t really polite. Men and women were both human beings, why were men beasts?!
“Lady! Lady!”
Su Shuilian and Xin Lan had just left the main house and were about to head to the horizontal rooms in the south to pick grapes at the corridor along the riverbank. From a distance, Xin Zhi, who was in charge of the nearby house, rushed toward them, panting.
“My Lady… Madam said that she had some urgent matters… She asked you to come there. She said that… She didn’t feel well.” Xin Zhi gasped for his breath, but he had also finished the message.
“Xin Lan, you go first! I’m going to the Bamboo Garden to see her.” Would it be because her mother-in-law was upset when her husband had to return to Blood Union, and it affected the baby?
Su Shuilian hurried to follow Xin Zhi to Bamboo Garden, while Xin Lan carried the basket, walking toward the corridor by the riverbank.
She only had these sections to pick, as Xin Lan had already picked the other grapes; they had already entered the process of wine fermentation.
She should finish picking the grapes in this area before noon. And then during the afternoon, she would pick lotus seeds from the lake. Working more should help her forget about him.
Quickly forget! For the first time, a man who wasn’t a member of her family had occupied her mind for half a month!
“Xin Lan…” A low voice called her from behind.
The call had startled her. Xin Lan patted her chest to calm down before turning around. puretl.com is the original translator, please do not repost
“You… I thought you left?” Looking at the handsome and tall man standing in front of her, Xin Lan’s heart, which had just calmed down, began to race.
“I haven’t said goodbye to you.” Jian Heng took a step forward and gently brushed away the vine on her shoulder. Then, he stepped back, not to give people a chance to notice.
Goodbye? Ah, no no! She didn’t want to say goodbye. If so, she will think deeply about the meaning of his gesture. Unless, “Have you said goodbye to the others?”
“Not yet,” only you. Jian Heng muttered. He brought his fist to his mouth and faked a cough, trying to cover his unnatural expression.
“Huh? Why… Why aren’t you going to bid other people farewell?” Xin Lan felt so embarrassed she didn’t know where to put her hands. She stammered disordered words that she didn’t even understand.
“Yeah, you… take care…” Jian Heng told her then turned around, leaving the corridors which had so many bunches of ripe grapes. Xin Lan looked at his departing back, in this afternoon light, his figure had a lonely air she couldn’t name.
However, she didn’t have that right. She didn’t have the right to wash away his loneliness. The position next to him didn’t belong to her. In other words, it didn’t belong to anybody here…
