Chapter 270 - Chapter 270: Chapter 278: Hallucination Appears (2/2)

Seeing Feng Susu in distress, Su Wenyue had just asked what was wrong when Feng Susu bolted. Hearing whom Feng Susu was shouting for, Su Wenyue started to understand. Could it be such a coincidence, or did the Bodhisattva make a miracle, allowing Feng Susu to bump into her husband? Su Wenyue harbored this thought hopefully but knew such odds were incredibly slim; it was more a spiritual comfort for Feng Susu.

“Aunt, what happened to you? Did you see An Tai’s father?” Su Wenyue asked, looking in the direction Feng Susu had run, but she only saw two women and a young scholar, none of whom could possibly be Feng Susu’s husband—not by age, not by gender.

Feng Susu seemed not to hear Su Wenyue’s voice. Even though the figure from moments before had vanished, she still pressed on, questioning everyone, persistently searching, appearing somewhat frantic.

“How could he just disappear? I clearly saw him, I clearly saw my child’s father, how could he vanish in the blink of an eye, why did I just have to fall, otherwise he wouldn’t have disappeared!” Feng Susu muttered to herself, starting to blame herself, and punched her chest several times, overcome by the shock of the joy followed by such a letdown.

“Aunt, don’t be like this, maybe you saw wrong, and it’s no use blaming yourself,” Su Wenyue said, attempting to comfort her. Seeing Feng Susu in such a state was heartbreaking for Su Wenyue, who managed to keep herself together, refraining from revealing the whereabouts of Feng Susu’s husband.

“I really saw him, I truly did. I couldn’t be wrong about my man,” Feng Susu was adamant that she had not been mistaken, but a thorough search of the vicinity yielded no sign of him. Despairing, she shouted several times.

“Child’s father! Huzi! Big Tiger! Where are you?!” After this last cry, Feng Susu broke down and wept on the ground.

“My Wife.” An Hu’s body shuddered; it seemed he heard his wife’s voice calling for him. On listening carefully again, he heard nothing. Shaking his head, he concluded he was just hallucinating from missing his wife and child too much.

“General, what’s wrong?” the Vice General asked, puzzled at the sudden pause from his commander.

“It’s nothing, let’s go back, giddy up!” An Hu said, then spurred his horse, galloping away without further hesitation. The retinue followed, kicking up a trail of dust behind them.

It took a great deal of effort for Su Wenyue to calm Feng Susu down. After venting, Feng Susu settled. She was of tough mettle, having never given up searching for many years, so she wasn’t about to break down because of this incident. Yet she still held firm to the belief that the figure she saw was her husband. This renewed a heavy layer of hope in her. No matter what, her husband was still out there, somewhere close to her and her son, and as long as she continued to look, she was sure to find him someday. And then, the day of their family’s reunion would finally arrive.