Chapter 116: One Night (1/2)
Chapter 116: One Night
Chen Rong wordlessly dropped her gaze
Night turned deep in the blink of an eye
She slept in the rooht wind blowing through the ba and turning through ht, she found herself truly unable to sleep She put on a robe and sloalked out
“Miss?” asked a servant sleeping in the corner, her voice tinged with sleepiness
“Go back to sleep,” Chen Rong softly replied
“Aye”
Outside, the stars were still hung across the sky, along with a crescentand carefully descended the staircase
She walked through the barove to the peach forest that was across fro that when spring caht to behold
She then turned to go in the opposite direction, walking ai place
Under the stars, a snohite figure was quietly standing on the grassy field in front of her as he looked up to the sky
Chen Rong recognized at a glance that he ang Hong
She dazedly looked at hiue, and then quietly turned to leave
Suddenly, his soft and sweet voice called out to her “Ah Rong?”
Chen Rong froze
She slowly turned around
Theat her His eyes were incredibly quiet, easy, and serene
She approached hi to a curtsy when she was five paces from him
“Sit”
She sat down at the table opposite hi at the meat and wine in front of her, she softly asked, “Where’s General Ran?”
“He had gone to rest”
wang Hong took a cup fro’s table When he withdrew his hand, he waved his wide sleeve, after which the cup Ran Min had left behind rolled onto the grass
Chen Rong looked at it in surprise and turned to wang Hong She saw his fluttering white robe and flowing hair in their usual tranquil manner
She couldn’t tell whether he was intentional or not, and so she withdrew her gaze
At this ti, will you play a song for me?”
“Aye”
She rose fro’s table onto her own, and pressed her fingers to produce awas typically resplendent and glorious At this s, it carried some bitter vicissitudes and selfeach other – one played the zither while the other watched the ht was cold, its shadows lonely
At this ti’s loft lifted
The round faced ht as her slender brows knitted together She held her chest, ”
Ah Zhi was aand Chen Rong, but she did not reply
The round faced maid knitted her brows further “How extraordinary is our Qilang? Why would he fall in love with this vulgar girl?”
Ah Zhi s will be the wang clan’s pillar As his maid, I will help him do what he cannot or do not want to do”
While the round faced maid blinked and waited, Ah Zhi slowly s s, the most miserable are the ones who cannot have what they want How can this vulgar girlwhat he wants? Perhaps we ht need to lend a hand after all”
At this juncture, Ah Zhi dropped ato leave
A long while later, the song finally concluded
Chen Rong rested her hands on the strings as she slowly raised her head to look at wang Hong
wang Hong was still looking up at the sky
At length, he waved his wide sleeve and quietly said, “Go”
“Aye”
Chen Rong gave hiure vanished into the barove behind the pine trees