Chapter 238 Dumbass’s Breakthrough (1/2)
Mu Tingchuan and Master Hou sat in a pavilion while the beautiful Tang Xueyan danced among flowering shrubs.
Mu Tingchuan took a sip of warm tea, raised his head and looked at Master Hou as he grinned. “Master Hou, you look several years younger in just a few days.”
Master Hou smiled, “Really?”
Mu Tingchuan turned his head and fixed his eyes on Tang Xueyan who was surrounded by flowers. “Is it because of her?”
“Yes…” Master Hou sighed, “She looks so much like her. Wouldn’t you agree?”
“She’s certainly a spitting image of her.” Mu Tingchuan could understand Master Hou’s feelings. He once loved this girl. He was even willing to die for her. Yet afterward, she became his greatest anguish for the rest of his life.
Mu Tingchuan himself was in a complicated frame of mind, but he remained rational. He looked at Master Hou and asked, “Master Hou, did it ever occur to you that this girl suddenly showed up while we are at a crucial war with the Long Family…”
Master Hou smiled, “Perhaps this is a present from the gods. Maybe she’s her reincarnation, a chance for me to redeem my sins.”
Mu Tingchuan smiled bitterly, “I’m the one who should make atonement if it’s necessary. But I fear that it’s some kind of a plot.”
“What plot could it be? Zhuge Jiangnan’s counsel is totally ignored. Do you think Lord Long will win, given his brains? Besides, even if it’s some kind of a plot, I’m willing for it even if it costs me my life.”
Mu Tingchuan sighed, “Master Hou, that doesn’t sound like you.”
“People become old and old people will change…” Master Hou said gravely, “Anyway, I will not let the same incident happen again…”
“I understand,” Mu Tingchuan sighed.
“Zihou, come and take a look at this. The ants are moving.” Squatting on her heels, Tang Xueyan turned and looked at Jiang Zihou with a pure smile on her face.
Laughing, Jiang Zihou strode towards her. “What’s so interesting about ants moving?”
The old man and the young girl did look like a couple. Tang Xueyan was too shy to speak in front of the others and she only smiled happily when she was with Master Hou. Sometimes Jiang Zihou would wonder if it was all destined.
“It’s not boring at all. I sometimes feel happy watching the ants moving.”
“Really? Why is that? Explain it to me.”
Jiang Zihou stood up with a faint smile on his face.
Pointing at the ants lined up on the ground, Tang Xueyan explained while smiling, “They all line up to do one thing. Isn’t it a happy event? To accomplish one thing with the others? No one will bear unnecessary thoughts to do harm to others. I believe that’s the most joyful thing in the world.”
Jiang Zihou pondered for a moment and grinned, “You do have a point.”
Tang Xueyan sighed, “But people will always do something they dislike as long as they’re still living in this world. Happy or not, few in this world truly live for themselves.
Looking at this pure-hearted young girl, Jiang Zihou suddenly sensed a faint sadness in her. He felt sad too because what the girl said made him recall many things in the past, especially what happened dozens of years ago.
Jiang Zihou sighed, but then he put up a smile. “Maybe losing your memory is a good thing. If you never remember what you have been through in the past, then you can just live in this mansion without worry about anything for the rest of your life.”
Tang Xueyan stared at him and said, “I don’t why you are so kind to me, but I thank you, Zi Hou.”
Smiling, Jiang Zihou suddenly gave Tang Xueyan a gentle kiss on the forehead. “You don’t need to thank me. It’s all I ever want.”
Xiao Bing did not know how Master Hou had been the last two days. He was with Yezi. After he was wounded, Yezi seemed extremely afraid of losing him. So she had been accompanying him every day. She did not even go to the company, which almost broke Xiao Bing’s heart. She looked very strong on the outside, yet she had too much to bear in her heart. Xiao Bing could even imagine the reason for her fear, especially after all that had happened to her family.