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<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="366" data-orig-width="500"></figure>I’ve had this chapter ready for several days now, just waiting for comments. But I’m feeling somewhat generous today, so here Chapter 34. :D
Liu Shao has begun to pursue Jing Wan openly since Xu Jian Zhang is now out of the picture. While other men would buy flowers or a stuffed animal for the girl they are pursuing, Murong Feng goes even further by building her a greenhouse and giving her a live pet. His tactics are definitely working, but will that change when her father arrives?
Encountering Love: Chapter 34
He bent down, her breath warmly caressed his face, her lips were red colored, unlike how pale they were before, this red color was so attractive, as if they were the most seductive thing in the world. He was so close that he could have raised his hand to touch her, he slowly moved closer and Jing Wan’s heart began beating furiously, she wanted to open her eyes, but at that moment, his breath gradually receded; in the end, he only reached out his hand to tuck her blankets around her. Her heart was in great disorder, she did not know whether to feel relieved or be inexplicably confused. At this time, her mind was in complete chaos, and deep down, she felt a thread of uneasiness, but she was unwilling to ponder about it further. Pretending to have just woken up, she slowly opened her eyes.
After seeing that she was awake, Murong Feng felt slightly guilty: “Did I wake you up?” The light within the room was dim, he had not yet changed his clothes and was still in his military uniform, his belt and epaulet were both a icily cold metallic gold color, but his gaze was warm. She shook her head and he smiled, saying: “Since you are awake, I want to take you to see something.”
He always tried to win a smile from her, by every conceivable means possible, but at that time, she did not feel like moving, so she said: “Let’s look at it this afternoon.” Before, he was always followed her wishes, but this time, he persuaded her patiently: “It’s just outside of this courtyard. They worked very hard to prepare it and I have to go out for some business this afternoon. Let me accompany you to see it right now.”
The reason for all this was actually a Western-styled greenhouse, all four walls were made of glass, the ceiling was also made of a large piece of glass. Jing Wan saw that the shelves were filled with pots of orchids, she could not help but hold her breath, and only after a long time did she point to the flowers in front of her and say: “This is actually tianli [1]. How did you obtain it? As far as I know, there isn’t a single pot of this kind of orchid within the sixteen provinces of the north.” Murong Feng smiled but did not speak, while Jing Wan looked around the dazzling display of rare and precious plants, each pot priceless, she sighed deeply. Murong Feng replied: “Last time you said that amongst all the flowers, orchids are the most perfect, the flower that you love most, so I sent someone to gather a few from around the country.”
She knew that even though that the flowers were rare and precious, Murong Feng’s power is incomparable, even spending such a large sum of money was nothing difficult, the difficulty was that he remembered something that she briefly mentioned, and even ordered his men to go through the trouble of arranging this. Until now, he always treated her as if he were head over heels in love, and after she was wounded, he was even more attentive and considerate. He was such a wonderful man, so diligent and attentive, that her heart fluttered slightly, and after a while she said, upset: “There are so many rare and precious species. This orchid conservatory is unparalleled, but each orchid plant is extremely delicate and unsuitable for the northern climate. I’m afraid they won’t survive.”
Murong Feng replied: “I sincerely believe that if the will is strong enough, anything is possible. As long as I spare the effort, I will definitely be able to make these orchids survive.” Before, his disposition was that of a military man, but at that moment, his gaze was as gentle as water, enough to even drowned someone. She turned her face away, staring blankly at that peerless tianli [1], having never heard these words before. Murong Feng saw that she was gazing at the flowers, lost in thought, and he not speak either; the two of them just stood there, silently looking at the pots of orchids.
Since Yin Chu Fan had arrived in Cheng Zhou, he only wanted to bring his daughter home, but when he later found out that Jing Wang had a falling out with Xu Jian Zhang, he thought that his daughter was throwing a tantrum. When he saw Murong Feng’s behavior, he could then faintly guess what had happened, his old acquaintances were exceedingly polite this time, and from them he learned that Jing Wan and Murong Feng had been friends for a long time and that everyone knew about their intimate relationship. Deep down, he was extremely angry, so he woke up early to visit his daughter. The suite was enormous, and since it was so early in the morning, only a few servants were standing in the outer room. When they saw him, they all greeted him respectfully, someone had opened the door for him and he could hear the faint laughter of Murong Feng from within.
Murong Feng had come over so early in the morning and said to Jing Wan: “I have a gift for you.” With a purse of his lips, Shen Jia Ping happily walked forward with a cage in his hand. Jing Wan saw that there was a cat lying inside the cage, its paws grasping the bars, crying charmingly. She could not hold back her smile and said: “What a big cat.”
Murong Feng laughed and taking the cage over, he said: “I just knew that you would think it was a cat…” Seeing that she had reached out her hand, he quickly said: “Careful, it’s a tiger.” Jing Wan jumped with fright, but soon after, she actually smiled and said: “I have never seen a small tiger before.” That young tiger bared its teeth in the cage, continuously crying, but after a while, it licked its nose and then the metal bars with a ‘gege’ sound. Jing Wan could not help but stretch her hand out to pet its soft, snow-white belly, but before she touched it, Murong Feng suddenly gave an ‘hey!’, frightening her so much that she recoiled. She then realized that he was just scaring her but he had already begun to laugh loudly. Jing Wan shoved him with her elbow: “You are so evil!”
With a slight smile, Murong Feng was just about to responded, when he raised his head and saw that Yin Chu Fan was just walking in, so her called out politely: “Mr. Yin.” Jing Wan smiled and called out: “Father!” Murong Feng said to Jing Wan: “I still have some business to attend to, I will come back later to see you” and to Yin Chu Fan, he said: “If Mr. Yin has any requests, do not act as an outsider, just order the servants to do it.”
After he left, Yin Chu Fan sat there, taking out his tobacco pipe. Because he had heard the nurse say that smoking was not allowed there, he only held it in his mouth as a habit, but he did not light it. Jing Wan watched the young tiger stretch out its paws, reaching between the crevices of the cage to scratch at the designs on the carpet while hissing. Deep in thought, Yin Chu Fan gazed at the young tiger for a while, and then tapped his tobacco pipe against the table. Jing Wang called out: “Father…” Yin Chu Fan sighed and said: “Child, his social status is too high.”
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