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There are some more cute moments in this chapter but with the arrival of Jing Wan’s father, we know that Liu Shao and Jing Wan’s nebulous relationship cannot continue. We’ve seen Jing Wan heartbroken over Jian Zhang in the last chapter, but have these few short weeks been enough time for her to accept Liu Shao? What will Yin Chu Fan have to say about these rumors swirling around the couple?
Encountering Love: Chapter 33
Although Jing Wan had not interacted with Shu Ning for very long, she felt that the other woman was cultured and gentle, and seeing her sitting there quietly at the moment, not knowing what she was thinking about, her head slightly bowed, her long eyelashes raised like a small fan. Her hands were holding a pomegranate flower, and she plucked the fire-red flower petals one by one, letting them fall thickly onto the rug. Lan Qin returned, holding many photos, and spread them out onto the bed one by one to show her: “This is when we were still in Wang Zhou, the Commander and Liu Shao are together in this one, Madam and Liu Shao in this one…”
Jing Wan picked up that photo, which was taken when Murong Feng was about ten, in the middle of the picture sat a beautiful and delicate madam, Murong Feng stood next to the chair, his face full of childishness as if he just wanted to get away from there; he was obviously a willful and arrogant child. She was lost in thought, but suddenly she heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside, followed by the sound of the guards’ greeting, she was very familiar with the sound of those leather shoes, and as she expected, Murong Feng had returned.
He made several trips a day to come and see her, and it seemed as if he had just returned home as he had not even changed out of his military uniform before walking in and taking off his hat, which Lan Qin quickly took from him; Shu Ning also stood up. He first gazed at Jing Wan’s face, and said with a smile: “You seem much better today, have you eaten yet?”
Jing Wan shook her head, and he said: “I sent a car to bring an important guest here. You will definitely be very happy to see this important guest.” Seeing that there were many pictures of himself spread out on the bed, he beamed: “Why did you suddenly think to look at these?” Bending over to pick up a childhood photo of himself, he stared at it for a while and said: “A while ago, a newspaper sent people to interview me and took a few upper body photos of me. I will bring them for you to look at.” Jing Wan smiled slightly and asked: “What kind of important guest is visiting?”
Murong Feng was in a very happy mood, so he said: “I’m not going to tell you now. You will know when you see him in a bit.” At this time, he had just realized that Zhao Shu Ning was also in there, so he asked: “Has Fourth Madam started dinner yet?” Shu Ning replied: “I’ve been here for a while, I don’t know.” He paused, then said: “I should return to eat. Miss Yin, I will come to visit you again tomorrow.” Jing Wan knew their family customs, even the elders and the madams treated Murong Feng with great respect, so she did not urge him to stay longer.
Jing Wan did not think anymore about the mystery he had given her, Murong Feng chatted with her a little while longer, but then, the man outside entered to report: “Liu Shao, Mr. Yin has arrived.”
Jing Wan was pleasantly surprised, and as if she were in a dream, she only saw a manservant leading a man inside, who really was Yin Chu Fan. Jing Wan called out: “Father!” Her tears flowed freely, Yin Chu Fan rush forward the last few steps and grasped her hand, his eyes shining with tears: “Jing Wan, how have you been? Your mother and I have been worried almost to madness for you.” She felt grieved, broken-hearted, happy, and sorry, all at the same time; even though her eyes were full of hot tears, she forced herself to smile and say: “Father… I… I am well.”
The father and daughter have not met for a long time, so they had a lot to say to each other. All the things that had occurred could not be explained in merely a few sentences, Jing Wan had a stomach full of grievances but she was afraid that her father would worry, so she only chatted briefly before asking: “Father, why have you come here?”
Yin Chu Fan replied: “I arrived yesterday. After you left, your mother became ill, so I had to delay at home for many days. On the way, I also encountered Cheng Zhou’s martial law and only arrived in the city yesterday.” When Jing Wan heard that her mother was ill, she felt both worried and guilty: “What happened to Mother? Is it serious?” Yin Chu Fan solemnly said: “Anyways, you almost worried us to death, why do still you ask? When I left, she was already better, she’s only concerned about you. Yesterday, I searched all the hotels in the city but did not find you. Will you only be satisfied when you frighten your mother and I to death?” Jing Wan felt terrible and called out: “Father…” Yin Chu Fan was extremely angry, but upon seeing his daughter, his heart immediately softened, and seeing his daughter so anxious and ill caused him to take pity on her. Even though he showed her how upset he was, he did not have the heart to reprimand her, only saying: “Then, I called on Commander Yu and found out that you were here recuperating. How can you impose on Liu Shao like this?”
After saying this, he raised his head and gazed at Murong Feng. Murong Feng was very polite, raising himself slightly to say: “Mr. Yin does not need to treat me as a stranger. Miss Yin saved my life, which is why I boldly asked Miss Yin to stay here to recover.” Yin Chu Fan was full of misgivings, but at this moment he understood the situation more and gave a sound of affirmation. Jing Wan had spoken for a long time and felt slightly weary, her heart was full of both happiness and pain, she was holding her father’s hand, unwilling to let go.
After seeing her father here, she obviously became livelier. She was still young and there were famous doctors and good medicine, so she recovered very smoothly. Yin Chu Fan accompanied his daughter every day, and seeing that the state of her wound was improving, relief filled his worried heart. Yin Chu Fan was also quite a famous businessman in Qian Ping, so he had relations with many people within the Cheng army. This time when Yin Chu Fan came to Cheng Zhou, many of his old friends kindly offered to host him, and once Jing Wan’s wound improved, he then took the time to socialize.
That day, Murong Feng’s did not have much business to attend to, so he returned before noon. When he got home every day, he would always go to see Jing Wan first. Jing Wan had a habit of taking a nap at noon, and once Murong Feng walked to the outside room Lan Qin had also walked over and she said with a quiet laugh: “Liu Shao, Miss Yin is sleeping.” He hesitated for a moment but finally walked into the room. The curtains around the entire room were dangling heavily, at the corners of the curtains hung small balls of embroidery floss, which were rippling slightly in the wind. The room was so quiet that he could ever hear the slight sounds of her shallow respiration, she seemed to be sleeping peacefully, the corners of her mouth were curled upwards slightly, as if she was hiding a hint of a smile. He was afraid that he would wake her up, so he held his breath as he walked to the edge of the bed, and seeing her sweet, calm sleeping form, he could not help but bend over her. After Jing Wan was wounded, she slept very lightly, and even though he treaded softly when he entered, she vaguely heard the rustling of his clothes. Indistinctly noticing the scent of peppermint and tobacco, she knew who it was, but for some reason, she did not open her eyes.