Chapter 143: Parting Tears (2)

He was the guard in Blood Union’s imperial palace, the right hand of the Blood Union’s Emperor. How could he cross thousands of miles and leave his country to live in this remote and quiet private mansion just… for… her… No no no! She would never have such a right. She was just a lowly maid. How could she make a first-grade imperial guard settle down here with her? 

As for her, she couldn’t leave this place. She was a life-time maid of Prince Jing’s mansion. She was the maid with a life-time contract. As long as she was alive, she wouldn’t leave Prince Jing’s mansion. Unless her master was kind enough to let her go… But she could not place hope on such an unrealistic wish…

So, she and he were people from two different worlds. She should go her way and watch him go his…

But what was the wet and salty thing on her face? Was it raining? But why did the rain taste salty? Or… Was she crying… She was crying for a man who was a stranger to her half a month ago. It was the first time in her life… 

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“Mother!” Her mother-in-law had tricked her to get here to give Xin Lan and Jian Heng a chance to talk in private. 

“Erm… It’s… It’s your father’s idea.” Feng Ruo Er embarrassedly ratted out the mastermind, which was Xue Li, not her. 

“Father? Isn’t Jian Heng going back to Blood Union? Why would you make him meet Xin Lan?” Su Shuilian admitted that she was angry. Her father didn’t keep his word. That was what she had concluded inwardly. 

“You thought so too?” Xue Li sounded excited and amused, asking. 

“Isn’t it true?” Su Shuilian looked at Feng Ruo Er skeptically. Seeing her face, she knew the other didn’t have a clue. Begrudgingly, she sighed, “Father, Xin Lan’s a good girl. At first, I thought that you sincerely wanted to match her with Jian Heng. That’s why I agreed to help. But unexpectedly… You…”

“See?… I told you, our daughter would blame you. This time, let’s see who will help you. You’ve wronged our daughter-in-law, see how you will explain this to your son.” Feng Ruo Er shook her head reluctantly, sending a glance to the man sitting next to her. 

 “I just wanted to test them. I’m not really going to part them!” Xue Li's eyes widened when he heard that his son will ignore him again. 

Su Shuilian listened to Xue Li’s explanation and suddenly understood: “You mean…”

“Sigh, you’re always smart, but when we talk about relationships, you’ve become slow-witted. Come, bring your ear here!” Xue Li whispered to Su Shuilian’s ear for a while to explain. At the end, he patted her shoulder, sniggering. “What do you think? Your father’s plan is brilliant, right? What’s this called? The “darkness before dawn”… Hahaha!”

Su Shuilian and Feng Ruo Er exchanged looks but they said nothing. They tacitly pretended not to hear him. 

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“Hey! Why are you still lingering here?” After checking the last patient, Yang Jing Zhi walked out of the clinic and saw Liang En Zai lying on the bench in the room. She couldn’t help but kick him and wake him up. “Hey, if you want to sleep, go home. What good image do you have to sleep here!”

“Hm…” Liang En Zai crooned with his eyes closed. He casually pulled Yang Jing Zhi. Indeed, she stumbled and fell into his chest. 

“You… you rascal…” Yang Jing Zhi blushed, hurrying to get out of his grip. Just when she managed to get up, he pulled her into his embrace once more. 

“Xi-er…” He hugged her, sighing with satisfaction. “Please don’t avoid me.”

“Who avoided you? Don’t plate gold on your face!” Yang Jing Zhi tried her best to push his face away, not letting him breathe hot air onto her face. Did this man know anything about how a man and woman shouldn’t casually touch? Even a girl from the twenty-first century minded this a lot more than him. 

“Is it so? So who has been avoiding me everywhere? Who is it that didn't even join the private mansion’s reunion party on Mid-Autumn's night?” He continued to press.

“It was because I had many patients in the clinic. I couldn’t come.” She insisted. 

“Do you really hate me?” Liang En Zai sighed and let go of her. His indifferent question revealed his loneliness, which made her heart ache. 

“… No, it’s not like that.” All of a sudden, she couldn’t give him the “yes” answer. Was she afraid of not being able to see his smiling face ever again? 

“Before coming to Fan Hua Town, I went to Blood Union…” He narrated with a low tone that didn’t carry any emotion. 

“Blood Union? Why did you… go there?” Don’t say that he went there to find her! That reason wouldn’t touch her a bit. 

“I…had  some official duty. I planned to visit you on the way… I didn’t expect that you did not return…” He changed the topic. He didn’t want her to know about his passion. He was afraid that she would laugh at him. For her sake, he had asked to go North, even if she didn’t want to receive his love. 

“Oh…” Indeed, she knew he wouldn’t have such affection for her. He was a dignified Wangye, ordained by the Emperor. After this year, he could build his own mansion, expand his sphere of influence, and make his political career more prosperous. He would not chase the lands for someone like her.

Yang Jing Zhi bitterly swallowed the reason that had kept her heart from relaxing. She tried to sound cold and indifferent. “When will you come home?” She knew he planned to go back to the imperial city today. 

“I’m leaving very soon.” Liang En Zai suddenly got up. He adjusted his clothes then turned around, leaving the clinic. Yang Jing Zhi looked at him leaving, until she heard his last sentence. “Believe it or not, I came here… Just because… you’re here.” puretl.com is the original translator, please do not repost

This wicked man! Before he left, he had made her… both happy and hurt… Her tears rolled, and she had even frightened Qing Lan, who had just entered the clinic. 

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