Chapter 129

Chapter 129 \nChapter 129: Harmony (1)\n

By 6am, the carriages departed, heading to the South. They kept going until noon, when they decided to rest by a limpid stream in the middle of a forest. 

“We’re in Rong Cheng’s territory already. If nothing unexpected, we can reach the city by 5pm and find a place to stay tonight.” Lin Si Yao held his twins in both arms, jumping off the carriage. He handed the twins to Liang-momo who was ready to take them for feeding. Then, he returned to the carriage, gently helping Su Shuilian down. 

“The environment here is really nice.” Although the chill of early spring still lingered, it couldn’t stop the flowers from blooming and welcoming the spring everywhere. 

Su Shuilian closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She felt so comfortable and refreshed, opening her eyes. She twisted her sore waist, giggled, and then turned to look at Lin Si Yao. “Don’t you think it’s like when you took me out of Mount Dashi?” The only difference was that there were only the two of them and the two wolves, Xiao Chun and Xiao Xue, at that time. And now, their whole crew, including the elders and the kids, was around ten people. 

“Mm,” Lin Si Yao smiled weakly, answering her. He remembered the moment that he carried her out of Mount Dashi. If he hadn’t met her at that time, perhaps, his body would have also gone by now. 

“Go. We should sit by the stream for a while.” From a distance, Su Shuilian saw Yang Jing Zhi and Qing Lan washing their faces and hands by the stream. She pulled Lin Si Yao to urge him. “At that time in Mount Dashi, I took off my shoes and soaked my feet in the stream…” Thinking about it now, she thought she was really brave at that time. Su Shuilian tucked her tongue out, which was so inviting to Lin Si Yao, making him want to pull her back to the carriage and love her more. 

“I’ve seen it once.” It was also the time that his icy heart began to crack. The tender affection that he himself didn’t understand had oozed out bit by bit, weaving into a net and trapping her. 

“Did you sneakily laugh at me at that time?” 

“I didn’t.” He had felt he had stumbled across a fairy washing her feet in front of him. It was so stunning he couldn’t even walk properly. 

“You didn’t laugh at me, right?” Su Shuilian smiled and lifted her head. Lin Si Yao seized the chance and captured her red lips in a deep, passionate kiss. Then, he released her, “Is it really important?”  

“No,” she was just a little curious. And now, she was his legal and rightful wife. Even if he had secretly laughed at her for being not elegant, so what? She was confident that he wouldn’t leave her because of that. 

“We are still in broad daylight. Please refrain yourselves.” Xue Li’s leisurely voice arose behind them. Su Shuilian was embarrassed realizing that they were in a public area with many people around. It wasn’t Mount Dashi where they could enjoy themselves alone.

“Rude to look.” Lin Si Yao said faintly. He meant that a well-mannered man wouldn’t come and disturb them at this moment. And, only he was so thick-faced to come and disturbed their good time. Didn’t he notice that the others had turned away not to peep at them? \n

“Haha… I just use my senior’s role to remind you. No matter what, we have maidens here.” Xue Li wasn’t angry. He laughed and pointed at Yang Jing Zhi and Qing Lan. 

“You guys talk. I’m going to heat up some food.” Su Shuilian understood that Blood Union’s Emperor must have something to talk to A Yao so she excused herself, walking back to the carriage. 

Lin Si Yao furrowed his brows, looking at his wife walking away. He couldn’t help but mumble to himself: How could she abandon me like this? 

“You married a good wife.” Xue Li looked at Su Shuilian leaving, after a while, he grinned and said. 

Lin Si Yao glanced at him through the corner of his eye, thinking: Nonsense! He fell for Shuilian at first sight! 

“I know you have some resentment toward us. But, can you please think about it. Your mother hasn’t been living better than you…” Xue Li wiped away the smile in his eyes. He said slowly in hope that his son would untie the knot he got with him and Feng Ruo Er. “We hadn’t had a bit of news about you, whether you were alive or not, she had never given up. She insisted that you’re still alive… Zhan-er… I’m telling you as a father, not an Emperor… I just hope that you would consider your mother… she…” 

Lin Si Yao was a little stiff. Then, he turned around, walking away. He couldn’t let it go just yet. 

Xue Li silently looked at his figure heading toward the carriage. Lin Si Yao wasn’t the one he had seen when he watched him and his wife from a distance. In this moment, a deep-to-bone chill was emitted from him. It was the pain that the parents who had missed twenty-four years of his life like him would never be able to touch. 

…

“A Yao?” Su Shuilian saw Lin Si Yao silently hop into the carriage. She paused while heating up the dry food, looking at him, bewildered. So… Their conversation failed again? 

“Why did you leave me there?” Lin Si Yao asked in a low voice. 

“Um? I… came back to heat up the steamed buns…” Alright, she intended to leave him there. She hoped that he would have a nice conversation with Xue Li. They shouldn’t just give the other the face all the way back home. 

Lin Si Yao studied her face. She lowered her head, showing her fair neck to him. “Alright, it’s my bad. I shouldn’t give you a chance to stay alone with him… I’m sorry! I… I just hoped that you could be calm and talk to them… Um… I think you don’t want… to see Long-er and Xiao-er treat us the same way? I…” 

“It’s different…” He pulled her into his embrace, and declared in a husky voice. \nHe would never allow his son and daughter to be separated from their parents… It was twenty-four years… Until now, he still thought that, if he hadn’t been adopted by an abbot; if he hadn’t been lucky enough to escape and not get his legs broken after so many times stealing steamed buns on the street; if he hadn’t met any fatal danger during his life as an assassin… He would have never met Shuilian. He would have never known his real parents were the supreme leaders of Blood Union. It was also the reason why he kept the grudge… He didn’t believe what Xue Li said when he said that they had tried their best to search for him for twenty-four years. It was impossible that they had missed this son, who had almost died a hundred times…

“There’s nothing different. The parents’ hearts in this world are all the same. No matter if they are the nobles like the royal family or the low peasants… Ask your heart if you need them or not… Don’t hurry to deny!” Su Shuilian covered his mouth. “You must think about it honestly and carefully before answering. If you still don’t want to meet them or acknowledge them, I will support you… Because, you’re my husband. I will only support you… If… If your heart tells you that, actually, through many years, you’ve missed them in every minute, every second, and you still want to receive their love. Although this love’s come to you now, it’s not too late, right? We still have a long journey ahead of us…” 

This was the first time. Lin Si Yao couldn’t help but chuckle. It was the first time she reasoned so long with him. Or, to be more exact, it was the first time she reasoned with him. She just wanted him not to live with regret for the rest of his life, to not give up on his blood relatives and only live with her and their kids…

 

Chapter 129: Harmony (2)

“You… Did you just laugh? A Yao!” When she lifted up unintentionally, Su Shuilian couldn’t imagine that she would see her husband grinning. At this moment he… he…he was actually laughing at her! Wah! How mean! She had even squeezed her brain to find all the words she could use to advise him. 

“I’m listening!” Lin Si Yao hurried to hide his smile that had filled his eyes. He nodded seriously as to show he had memorized what she had told him, and that he didn’t miss a word. 

“Then, repeat what I just said!” Su Shuilian had almost anchored her hands at her waist and glared at him. However, no matter how fierce the words were, when they came out of her mouth, they had lost their wild, fierce features.

“You want me to repeat it again?” Lin Si Yao smiled, hugging her tight, burying his head to her neck. His hot breath turned her ear red. 

“Of… Of course…” She stayed strong, trying to prevent her from falling into his arms. 

“Alright, I shall repeat it… We still have a long, long journey ahead…” 

He picked out the unimportant details to repeat to her. Then, he stooped and claimed her lips. His lips caressed hers. “Although we still have our life ahead of us, we shouldn’t waste…” 

“No… Don’t…” She held on to her last wisp of consciousness to push him. “Lin Si Yao! Everybody’s resting out there.” When she said that, she couldn’t help but blush. God! What was she talking about!” 

“… Alright, then we will continue later…” His vibrating chest revealed that he was laughing hard. Indeed, she lifted her eyes to see his beaming face.\nVisit wuxiaworld.eu for extra chapters.

“I… I’m going to see the kids!” Su Shuilian hastily stood up from his lap and re-adjusted her clothes. She didn’t even look at him before jumping off the carriage. 

Watching her, Lin Si Yao couldn’t cease his laughter. How could he want her at this moment! The previous time they had in the carriage was her last limit. 

Lin Si Yao stopped smiling. He leaned against the soft bed with his arms behind his nape. Closing his eyes, he recalled the reasons she had just told him… 

Not long after that, some commotion from outside the carriage had pulled him out of his thoughts. 

Lin Si Yao turned around, got up from the soft bed, and jumped off the carriage. The scene in front of his eyes dumbfounded him. He didn’t know if he should cry or smile. 

A group of villagers dressed in bandit costumes wielding their swords had surrounded them. 

“Don’t… Don’t move! Give us all of your money!” A masked bandit who seemed to be the leader of this gang waved his big saber. When his fellows quieted down, he turned and shouted at Lin Si Yao’s group. 

“Boss, the carriages!” A young bandit reminded him timely. “We can sell the carriages for a lot of money!” 

“Err… Right! The carriages! You… Hurry to leave all valuable belongings and leave this place! Or else… Or else… Don’t blame…this boss…. this boss won’t show any mercy!” He was the chief but his stuttering threats as if they were the ones who got robbed.

After he finished yelling, around twenty ‘bandits’ gazed at the people they had besieged, waiting for them to throw out their valuable belongings and run away. That was how they could have a big catch. Truth was, there weren’t many people traveling through this path. It was really rare for them to have such a big chance to fill their pockets. So, no matter what, they couldn’t yield.

However, it didn’t happen as they had envisioned. Within the short time of a blink of an eye, the ones who had to run for their lives weren’t the others but themselves. 

“Sir… Sir… Please spare my life!!!” The chief sobbed and begged while hugging Situ Yun’s leg. 

“Am I really old?” Situ Yun arrogantly glanced at him, but he couldn’t help but roll his eyes too. This mob wasn’t enough for him to wield his sword, and they dared to learn to be thieves. Tch, tch, if his Uncle had taken action, they would have lay motionless on the ground by now. 

\n“Er… Young master, please spare our lives!” The chief immediately changed the way he addressed the other. 

“Senior Uncle, how should we deal with them?” Situ Yun turned to see Lin Si Yao who was protecting his wife and children several meters away from him. 

“Disabled them!” Lin Si Yao spoke coldly. With this sentence, it was enough to guess the future of those pathetic bandits. 

“Don’t… Please, you noble hero, please don’t! We still have old parents to support… Our children are crying in hunger… They are even younger than those two… If we’re not backed in the corner, we wouldn’t come up with such a stupid solution and rob you guys… Boohoo!!!” He was a man that looked in his forties but he could cry easily while talking. Indeed, he had made Situ Yun baffled. 

“I think you should let them go! They have to get out here and work to feed their parents… Unlike someone who doesn’t want to accept his real parents!” Xue Li’s cold voice arose. The ones who knew the hidden story had their hair rising. Situ Yun reacted first. He pulled the uncle who was hugging his leg, running out of the area, away from Lin Si Yao. 

Strangely, Lin Si Yao didn’t fume at all. His eyes raked through Xue Li then pulled Su Shuilian to a big rock by the stream. “You sit here and rest for a while. After I’m done with them, we’ll depart. Don’t forget you still owe me…” 

“Ah!” Su Shuilian suddenly got what he meant. She raised her hands to cover his mouth. She didn’t dare to look around, shyly preventing him from mentioning things that would make her blush. 

Lin Si Yao smiled, pulling her hand down. “What are you thinking about? You’re so red! I just want to say that you owe me a dish of steamed buns. I’m so hungry.” Right after that, the corners of his mouth curved. He stood up, walking toward the mountain bandits. 

“Go! Take me to your place! Let’s see if you have old parents and children to feed. If I find you’ve lied, don’t expect any mercy.” Lin Si Yao stood in front of the chief, ordering coldly. 

“Yes, yes, yes, we don’t dare to lie a word. Hero, please, come this way!” The chief hurried to get up and lead Lin Si Yao on a trail to the mountain. 

“Tsk, tsk! Only you could subdue him. I wonder who he takes after, so stubborn and awkward.” Xue Li brought Feng Ruo Er to Su Shuilian, smiling and shaking his head.  

“He’s just not good at showing his emotion. Actually, he’s not as cold-blooded as you’ve seen,” Su Shuilian smiled, explaining. 

Xue Li and Feng Ruo Er exchanged smiles. They had already given this daughter-in-law full marks. 

“Thank you! If you haven’t advised him, I think… He wouldn’t save me just now…” Feng Ruo Er held Su Shuilian’s hands, thanking sincerely. Right when the mountain bandits created a mess, her son had pushed her away from an incoming attack. Although he was still cold, at least, she knew he had something for her in his heart. It’s enough for her!