Vol 2 Chapter 108 (1/2)
Chapter 108: Paying Respect Across the River
It was still early the next , the sky was not yet lit and the hills were still bathed in mist The es of Fananyone in the country estate In the backdoor of the yard, Teng Zijing, as on crutches, stood with his wife to see thehter as rubbing her eyes as if still asleep
He had arrived at the capital gates once again However, this tie was now unh after a brief inspection Looking at the Fan euard duty dared cause any unnecessary trouble After all, Jiao Ziheng, their former boss, lost his job due to the assassination attempt on Fan Xian
The carriages had arrived at Fan ot out and ordered the servants who ca, ”There are some salt-cured foods; unload them and put the a bite or two Big Brother had it prepared as a gift!” He then opened his eyes wide and roared, ”If, whensister from the Lin household comes over tos, I’ll personally break one of yours as payback!” The servants had long been used to this young an to unload the goods
The bodyguards also cae, waiting for hie was all quiet To his dise was empty; Fan Xian and Fan Ruoruo were nowhere to be seen He immediately ran to Fan Sizhe and asked, ”Little Master, ave him a look and scolded hiot off in the middle of the trip They don’t want you to always follow”
At this point wang Qiannian was half-scared to death This Sir Fan was the sole reason he could return to the Overwatch Council When Director Chen Pingping personally greeted him, he was ordered specifically to ensure Sir Fan’s safety; he was supposed to never let Sir Fan leave his sight wang Qiannian never expected Sir Fan to secretly ditch hi at his strained expression, Fan Sizhe said, ”He said he’d be back this afternoon; don’t be so worried” Fan Sizhe didn’t knoang Qiannian was; in the beginning, he thought this wang Qiannian was just soned to Fan Xian by their father Later, though, he sensed so any deeper
wang Qiannian didn’t interact further with this second young e, and headed out
The cicadas called lazily in the sweltering summer heat Fan Xian led Ruoruo on a stroll on the bank of Liujing River (with Liujing ot here early, and there were plenty of shade around to make the heat somewhat tolerable Fan Xian had already unbuttoned his shi+rt down to his chest, showing a large patch of skin Ruoruo couldn’t do the sa herself with her handkerchief With a smile, Fan Xian took the handkerchief and dipped it in the river before handing it back to her
”Do you knohy this river was called ‘Flowing Crystal’?”
”According to capital records, this name predates the current dynasty Supposedly, as the river flowed around the capital towards the Cang Mountains in the west, the terrain caused the waters to flow extremely fast But in some areas, the water is tranquil like the surface of a mirror, like crystals suspended in tiot its name”
Fan Xian nodded as he thought of th
is tranquil part of the river Occasionally flower boats floated past, re him of Si Lili, as behind bars; he didn’t knoould ulti a bit further, they could see a house hiding a the trees on the other side of the river The house had a siant courtyard A few bamboo branches poked past the walls towards the sky In this sued to express a sense of coolness
”So that’s Taiping Courtyard?” Fan Xian squinted Fan Ruoruo answered him, ”Yes, I heard back in the day, the owner of Ye household lived there The courtyard later became Imperial property once the Ye household was dissolved I just never heard Ruojialived there before”
Fan Xian thought about it for a bit and suddenly sht, and lived Seeing her brother’s smile made Ruoruo happy too She asked, ”You seehtly da It was already bold of hih Ye Household didn’t appear to be thathis father and Wu Zhu’s seriousness made him decide to be careful about it
He had planned to go there to pay his respects Now that he kneas Iave up on the idea The fact he still didn’t knohere his rave was made him very uncomfortable