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Is it her? It really is her?
Years ago in the capital, he had accidentally caught Che Xi stealing his father's purse. Seeing that she was young and had lost her father, his father, feeling a moment of compassion, brought her back to the Feng Family.
Unexpectedly, two months later, his father suddenly left everything behind in the capital and brought him to Jin Yang to become a small Captain.
He still remembered that Che Xi was six years old and he was seven. He had always been quiet and reserved, while she, due to years of wandering, spoke and acted with great caution. Every time she saw him, she would blush and timidly call out “Brother Feng” with utmost respect.
On the day his father took him away from the capital to Jin Yang, it rained heavily. She stood at the door, watching him and his father leave, tears glistening in her eyes. Her lips were tightly pressed together, yet she never opened her mouth to ask his father to take her along.
“That's right, I am the one who heard you say that all suffering has passed, and that you and Uncle Feng would protect me!”
The coldness in Che Xi's eyes was unyielding, her voice laced with resentment. “Do you know that was the first promise I ever heard since I could remember? All these years, not a single day went by without me thinking that perhaps you had your reasons for leaving me and the old steward behind in the capital. Until we met again in Jin Yang, you saw me but didn’t remember me at all. I watched you countless times with Lin Jingxia, feeling like a fool. All along, it was only me who cared; only I took it seriously… You didn’t even acknowledge my existence. Yet I regarded you as my everything, even hoping that one day you would come looking for me…”
At this point, she suddenly laughed, tears streaming down her face as she did so. “So, Feng Qingyuan, what right do you have to ask for my help? Why do you think I would stand by a man who has left me utterly despairing of this world?”
A wave of guilt surged within Feng Qingyuan, overwhelming him like a tidal wave. He lowered his head slightly, his voice filled with regret: “I’m sorry… Shortly after my father brought me to Jin Yang, something happened. I was living under someone else's roof and had no ability to seek you out. Later when I became a constable, I sent someone to our old residence in the capital to deliver a message for you, but that person returned saying the house had been abandoned for years, so I didn’t pursue it further…”
“Enough!” Che Xi suddenly let out a piercing laugh that echoed through the room, sounding particularly harsh. “You’re just like my adoptive father, wanting to attribute everything to fate and destiny! Why? Why am I destined to be abandoned and forgotten? If your father hadn’t taken you away from the capital back then, all the love you have now would belong to me! All your kindness towards Lin Jingxia should have been mine! I even liked you longer than she did!”
As she spoke, it seemed she remembered something important; her emotions flared up as she grasped Feng Qingyuan’s hand tightly, her nails digging into his skin. “You care so much about Lord Lin’s whereabouts; it must be for her sake, right?”
Seeing her fluctuating emotions, Feng Qingyuan’s gaze darkened suddenly, turning cold and sharp: “Don’t talk about the kindness Lord Lin has shown me over the years; even if she were an ordinary person, neither of you has the right to decide someone else’s fate. Besides, I promised Jing Xia that on our wedding day, I would ensure that Lord Lin would be happily handed over to me by her own hands. Therefore, no matter what happens with Ru Lin, I will never allow anything to happen to Lord Lin!”
His calm face showed no trace of genuine emotion as he turned and walked out the door with determined steps, not looking back.
"Wait!" Che Xi called out behind him, her voice laced with a hint of threat. "Since you dare to appear before me, aren't you afraid I will tell your adoptive father that you already know his identity?"
"I'm here to find you because I don't see you as an enemy. But... now I don't think there's anything left for us to discuss!"
Feng Qingyuan's deep, ocean-like gaze fixed intently on her, disappointment evident in his eyes. "If this is how you express your feelings for me, then I'm glad I haven't remembered you all these years!"
"Feng Qingyuan!" Che Xi's eyes seemed to flash with sharp ice daggers aimed at him, her voice turning piercing with anger. "Then just go back to the county office and wait for the body of Lord Lin!"
A fierce anger ignited within Feng Qingyuan, causing him to pause momentarily. His body trembled slightly from rage, but he merely clenched his fists, knuckles turning white from the pressure, and walked out of the courtyard without looking back.
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