Chapter 1046 – She Says (1/2)

Chapter 1046 – She Says

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

A cup of tea had been placed on the table. Its contents had long since cooled.

Chen Changsheng quietly sat in the chair. He clearly did not intend to speak first.

It was just like that year. It seemed like nothing had changed.

In truth, everything had changed ages ago.

That young Daoist who was entering the capital for the first time so that he could end his engagement was now the Pope.

Fortunately, just like in the past, Xu Shiji was not present, or else the mood would be even more awkward.

The curtain of beads lightly clacked as Xu Yourong walked through it.

Upon returning to the Divine General's estate, Xu Yourong had paid little attention to him. After leaving him in the hall, she had gone to clean herself up.

This was a very casual action, just like the black hair now casually cascading behind her.

A few beads of water could be seen in her damp hair. Coupled with her spotless face, as beautiful as a flower, she presented a very moving sight.

Chen Changsheng was very pleased by his fiancée's beauty, and he even more loved the casual way she treated him. He wanted to keep watching her like this, but this was still the Xu Estate. And besides, he had many more things he needed to do.

He stood up and said to Xu Yourong, ”Then I'll go first.”

Surprised, Xu Yourong asked, ”You're not going to eat?”

This was her home and Chen Changsheng was her fiancé. She treated both very casually, so she asked this question very naturally. Only when she noticed the strange air of the reception hall did she understand his reason. She couldn't help but smile and said, ”Then you can go.”

”I'll come to pick you up tomorrow,” Chen Changsheng said.

He turned and bid farewell to Madam Xu, and he did not forget to nod in greeting to Nanny Hua and Shuang'er.

There was nothing to be criticized about him, neither in courtesy nor attitude.

This sort of composure made Madam Xu and the others recall that sight from several years ago.

These last few years seemed to have effected no change on him. Both the young Daoist from the past and the Pope of the present treated the world and the people within it with the same sort of composure and indifference.

After walking out of the Divine General's estate and walking along that unremarkable stream, one would quickly arrive at the crude arch of the stone bridge.

When Chen Changsheng walked onto this bridge, he did not, as he had done several years ago, turn around to look at the beautiful estate.

Returning to the capital after three years, he did not go to the Li Palace or the Orthodox Academy, but to the Xu Estate. It wasn't because he wanted to do anything, but because his fiancée wanted him to accompany her back home. The reason had been that simple.

Over the years, he had played the guest twice at the Xu Estate. Did he feel proud and elated? No. Did he feel like it was all a lifetime ago? No.

He and Xu Yourong were both still very young, with long lives ahead of them. They still had many things to do, many places to go.

Compared to the future, the past was far too unimportant.

Thus, he would let it be the past. Perhaps that had always been why the past existed.

A snowflake suddenly drifted down.

Chen Changsheng opened the Yellow Paper Umbrella and vanished into the crowd.

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'Let the past be the past.' This was a simple phrase and a simple principle, but not everyone could do it.

Like Xu Shiji.

Upon returning to the estate and hearing of what had happened during the day, he gained an abnormally nasty expression. In the end, however, he did nothing.

He didn't even break a porcelain wine cup.

Because Xu Yourong was currently resting in the rear courtyard.

All of the Divine General's estate was as quiet as an ancient and remote mountain range.

In the last few years, Xu Shiji had already admitted to the fact that his status in the Great Zhou Dynasty was completely due to his daughter.

Whether it was with the Tianhai Divine Empress or now, nothing had changed.

This was a hard fact to accept, but he had still accepted it.