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<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="299" data-orig-width="448"></figure>It’s not in Murong Feng’s personality to just give Jing Wan up like this. But he knows that if he forces her to remain by his side through underhanded means, she would hate him for it and she certainly wouldn’t just settle down. It’s a pity that Liu Shao is not so clear-minded when more problems crop up in the future.
Encountering Love: Chapter 38
Even though the men on his left and right were holding large umbrellas over him, because the wind was too big, Murong Feng’s clothes were still soaked by the rain. Seeing that he had arrived, his face was expressionless, and he only asked: “How is it?” He Xu An saw that his personal servants and the official in charge of building a dam on the river were standing by him, and it was not convenient for him to say much, so he vaguely replied: “The other party has already agreed, but the condition is… Liu Shao should return and I’ll give you a more detailed report then.”
Murong Feng raised his eyebrows slightly and turned around to look at the surging waves of the river, this Cheng River flowed towards Cheng Zhou, passing through the Jiang Zhou and Ming Zhou provinces, and has already become a permanent river. North of the Yong River was what was commonly called the Sixteen Provinces of the North, and as of now, nine provinces were under his control, the other seven provinces were controlled by the Ying army. South of the Yong River were the inexhaustible lakes and mountains rich in fish and rice. It was raining very hard, and a white mist covered the surface of the river, so that no one could see the other side of the riverbank. He called the Secretary of Water Affairs over: “Right now, the flooding situation is urgent, I only have a sentence for you – continue building that dam, if you do not build the dam, you cannot stay.”
That person was a civil government official before, and was so frightened that he could only nod. Murong Feng did not concern himself with that, and only said: “Let’s return.”
Since the flooding began, Murong Feng personally came every day to watch the dam being built and look at the water situation. After returning to the Commander’s Estate, he went to change out of his wet clothes first. He Xu An waited in the reception hall, and saw Shen Jia Ping walking in the corridor, he and She Jia Ping were acquaintances unconstrained by rules and were used to quarrelling with each other, he had been on a business trip for over a month and have not had an opportunity to talk to each other. At that moment, he clapped him on the shoulder and said: “Hey, Lao Shen, what is making you pull that long face? Look at the distressed state that you are in.” Shen Jia Ping frowned, and raised his head to glance upstairs, He Xu An was a very clever person and immediately understood: “I was wondering why Liu Shao looked pissed, and on the car, he didn’t even say one word to me. What happened to that person?”
Shen Jia Ping gave an ‘oh’ and said: “You have been on a business trip for over a month, of course you don’t know. It’s very strange, everything was well before, but then one day, they suddenly got into a fight. These past few days, Liu Shao has not gone to see her very often and she has also returned to the guest room to stay. When they see each other, they are civil with each other but Master Yin is always in between them. Upon seeing that Miss Yin’s wound is almost healed, Master Yin ordered tickets a few days ago and they will be returning to Qian Ping by train this afternoon.”
He Xu An thought for a bit and asked: “What does Liu Shao want to do? Is he just going to let this go?” Shen Jia Ping hesitated slightly, and then said: “Since he has already let her go, he has also let go of all his plans.” At this time, he saw an atrium manservant walk out to call someone to prepare the car, he said: “Liu Shao wants to send Miss Yin to the train station.”
Upon hearing that Murong Feng wanted to personally send her off, Shen Jia Ping quickly went to prepare an escort. In a short while, Murong Feng, having already changed into civilian clothes, walked downstairs. Upon seeing him, he called out to say: “Xu An, wait for me for a while and then we’ll talk.” He Xu An gave a sound of agreement, and saw the atrium servants carrying luggage, going to load the car, but Murong Feng only stood in the hall with his hands crossed behind his back, gazing at the heavy rain outside, lost in thought.
Although Jing Wan had already decided, when the time to leave came, a strange feeling overcame her. Since that day, she always avoided being alone with Murong Feng and Murong Feng did not approach her. Whenever they saw each other, he only gazed at her with disappointed expression on his face, making her overcome with an inexplicable feeling of confusion. Her personality was very straightforward, so she chose to take resolute measures to solve this complicated problem. Once her wound had almost healed, she decided to immediately return to Qian Ping with her father.
The rain outside continued to fall heavily, and because it was raining too hard, the car was going very slowly as there were many puddles on the road, the car plowed through the waves, the water rustled as it splattered everywhere. The rain was heavy, not even a rickshaw was in sight and there were very few pedestrians. Murong Feng respected Yin Chu Fan and asked him to sit the back with Jing Wan, while he would sit facing backwards. In this small and narrow compartment, he sat across from Jing Wan, whose heart was extremely jumbled and only turned her face to look at the street. In a flash, they had already passed downtown, and like the day when she first arrived in Cheng Zhou, everything swept past her eyes in a confused gray blur, dim and unclear.
When they arrived at the train station, Shen Jia Ping’s men were already on alert at the platform and Murong Feng continued to accompany them until they arrived at the compartment. They had specially reserved two compartments, Jing Wan was afraid that he would say something so she went into her father’s compartment and sat there, not returning to her own compartment. Shen Jia Ping gave them some fruits and snacks, saying: “This is what Liu Shao ordered us to prepare for Mr. and Miss Yin’s journey.”
Yin Chu Fan repeated over and over again: “We don’t deserve it.” Murong Feng said: “Mr. Yin does not need to treat me like an outside, if you have the opportunity, I invite Mr. Yin to come to Cheng Zhou and allow Pei Lin to offer you a host’s hospitality.” The two of them continued to exchange polite words while Jing Wan sat on the sofa, gazing at the platform outside the compartment window. That platform was full of sentries, and even though it was a torrential downpour and their clothes were fully soaked, they continued to stand there, motionless. This kind of strict military discipline unconsciously made her hold them in high esteem. Murong Chen had always trained his troops with such discipline and Murong Feng still upheld stern military training, so the Cheng army had always been known for such. She thought of his words: “I want to bring the world to your feet.” A strange pain passed though her hear. He had numerous lofty ambitions, she knew that one day, he would be able to accomplish them. When the time came and she saw him again, she did not know what kind of situation this world would be in.
Perhaps in ten or twenty years, she would only be able to gaze up at him from the side.