Translator: Xena
Lan Qing grabbed the young man’s arm tightly and did not let him go. “Chen Mo, you have ruined your own body so much. Have you once thought about your parents?”
Chen Mo gritted his teeth and used all his strength to push her away.
Lan Qing was caught off guard and was forced back a few steps. When she came back to her senses, she hurriedly chased after him.
The young man fell unconscious on the snow.
“Chen Mo—”
Lan Qing cried out in panic. She stumbled over and knelt on the ground. After she helped the unconscious young man back into the room, she could not help but break down and cry.
If she had known earlier, she would have stood on his Senior Brother’s side and told his father not to let Chen Mo participate. That way, he would not have come to Jiang City to meet Liao Qingfeng, and nothing else would have happened.
A person came in from outside the door. It was Meng Sanyuan. He went to check Chen Mo’s pulse, pinched his chin, put in a pill, and injected some internal energy. Then he said, “Junior Sister, are you willing to face it now?”
Lan Qing wiped the tears from her face and said firmly, “Chen Mo just couldn’t accept it for a while. He’ll eventually leave Jiang City and return to the valley. After a long time, he’ll recover. Didn’t he live very well in the past fifteen years?“
Meng Sanyuan said, “Senior Brother doesn’t know whether Junior Brother lived well or not.”
He looked at Lan Qing. “I’m sure you’re the same.”
Lan Qing was speechless. Back then, her father had brought back a skinny child called Second Pup. She hated the name. Thus, in the first six months, she didn’t say a word to the child.
The child also ignored her when he saw her.
Her father said that he was mute and couldn’t speak. His parents were gone and he didn’t have any relatives. He was even beaten to near-death.
After Lan Qing heard this, she felt that the child was pitiful at the very least, until one day, when she accidentally fell into the water while playing outside. The child had jumped down to save her and barely managed to climb back up.
From then on, Lan Qing took the initiative to look for the child, give him delicious food and play with him, she also secretly taught him techniques that her father did not teach him.
When they grew up, her father said that he wanted to name the child, but the child shook his head and disagreed. She and her senior brothers felt strange because Second Pup’s name really did not sound good.
Later, when the child could finally speak, he told them that he had a name, Chen Jiu1陈久: meaning to narrate or to display for a long time.
Her father felt that the name was not good, so he insisted on changing the child’s name to Chen Mo.
At first, the child was very resistant. Chen Mo didn’t respond to anyone who called him like that and always had a cold face. Only after several years did he finally accept the name her father gave him.
Lan Qing’s thoughts were very chaotic. “Senior Brother, are you hiding something from me?”
Meng Sanyuan whispered, “Junior Brother lived here before Master brought him back to the valley.”
Lan Qing looked at him incredulously. “Are you saying that Jiang City is Chen Mo’s hometown?”
“Yes.” Meng Sanyuan told Lan Qing everything he hadn’t told her, including Qingfenglou, Liao Qingfeng, the child, and the little grave west of the city.
Lan Qing was stunned.
Whether it was love or hate, it was all related to Liao Qingfeng alone. He was the one who gave it all to Chen Mo.
Chen Mo hated and loved him.
Lan Qing asked, “Where is that person?”
“In the east room.” Meng Sanyuan said, “He’ll wake up in a while.”
“Junior Sister, have you thought it through?”
“What difference will it bring if I’ve thought it through or not?” Lan Qing looked at the young man on the bed and remembered the medicinal soup on the table. “Ask Liao Qingfeng to feed Chen Mo the medicine.”
“Chen Mo can last a few more years like this. I’ll go back and tell Father. If we can find Miracle Doctor Xue, he’ll be willing to treat Chen Mo…”
Meng Sanyuan said, “With Liao Qingfeng around, Junior Brother won’t give up.”
Lan Qing still couldn’t help but ask, “Senior Brother, what do you think is so good about that person? What of him is worthy of Chen Mo’s treatment?”
She didn’t understand. Liao Qingfeng was able to make Qingfenglou famous and influential in Jiang City, but it was only here. Moreover, he was no longer young.
Chen Mo was different. Her father had said that his talent was extremely high and he had received his father’s true teachings. He had been named and rewarded by the imperial court several times. In the future, he would definitely have a bright future and make great achievements.
Therefore, Lan Qing couldn’t figure out why Chen Mo would be so desperate to destroy himself for Liao Qingfeng.
Meng Sanyuan shook his head. He didn’t know. Perhaps, no one knew.
The love-hate entanglement between two people has always been imperceptible to onlookers.
A few days later, Lan Qing went back with Meng Sanyuan. Before her departure, she left a letter to Chen Mo, hoping that he would recover well and return to the valley in June next year to celebrate her father’s sixtieth birthday. She did not mention Liao Qingfeng.
It wasn’t known what kind of medicine Woyaohuo was, but it was very magical. When Chen You fed and made Second Pup drink, he didn’t vomit blood anymore.
The snow stopped, the sun came out, and it was all warm outside.
Chen Mo insisted on going to the west of the city to see his parents.
So Chen You had no choice but to call a carriage and help the person onto the carriage that took them to the west of the city.
There was snow piled up on the grave which hadn’t melted yet. Chen Mo went to clean up the snow himself. He kept coughing amidst the cold wind, but his black eyes were very bright. It could be seen that he was in a good mood.
Chen You hid his hands in his sleeves and shrank his neck. Winter during ancient times was much colder than in modern times. Really, this feeling of his wasn’t a mistake because in the previous modern worlds, he’d hummed outside more than once. But here, hehe. He had drunk two bowls of porridge in the morning and as a result, he had to urinate urgently on the way here and couldn’t help but go to the woods to pee.
And guess what? The legendary pee ice appeared2Not too sure if pee ice means pee turning into ice before it falls to the ground..
“Four-Ge, what is Second Pup saying to his father?”
The System was offline.
Chen You sighed. He took two steps toward the graves and saw two graves in another place. He remembered that they were Second Pup’s mother and medicine jar.
Well, since we’re here, let’s pay them respects.
Chen You moved a step and silently chatted with Second Pup’s parents in his heart.
I hope they bless and protect Second Pup ah.
Chen Mo stood in front of the grave, his hands red from the cold. He curled his fingers into fists.
“Father, if I start to let go of the past, will you blame me?”
The grave was silent.
The cold wind whistled past, stirring up a sheet of broken snow.
After coughing a few times, Chen Mo pursed his pale lips and looked at the man not far away. “You’ve seen it all these years, right? He treated me the worst and also the best.”
“Whether he lives or dies, I have to care.”
Chen Mo said softly, “Father, if you’ll blame me for being unfilial, then just blame me. Don’t look for him.”
“He’s timid, kind, long-winded, gentle, and loves to smile. He also says some strange things. He’s different from the Liao Qingfeng in the past.”
Chen You kicked another piece of snow until it was dirty. What are you talking about? Why haven’t you finished yet?
The father and son must be talking about something private, and he was too embarrassed to listen too closely.
Second Pup didn’t call him when he got off the carriage, which meant he didn’t want him to hear him.
The wind unknowingly started picking up. Chen You could not stand it anymore and shouted as he shrank his head, “We’re going back.”
The young man’s figure moved slightly, turned around and left the grave to walk towards the man.
After a year, the temperature rose again.
In March, Chen You went to Qingfenglou to bid farewell to Summer, Autumn, Winter and the others, saying that he wanted to go outside for a walk.
Summer and Winter were fine, just quietly shedding tears and wiping them away. Autumn Orange, on the other hand, cried the most, even sobbing outright.
Chen You took out the dowry he had prepared for them long ago. “Keep this. Live well in the future.”
Summer, Autumn, and Winter were stupefied. They felt warm and sour in their hearts.
They didn’t have parents. From young, they had been sold to the East House like goods, then from the East House to the West House, and finally, they were sold into the Qingfenglou.
It was hard to listen to people in this line of work. Others don’t treat them as human beings. They were just cheap sluts waiting on people, who didn’t have a good end.
Later, the Master of Qingfenglou bought them and they became what they were today.
They could stand straight when they went out and didn’t have to lower their heads. No one would point fingers at them and give them a bad look.
He really treated them like family.
Summer, Autumn, and Winter were teary as they asked, “Master, will you come back?”
No, I’ll leave when I finish my mission. Chen You thought about it and said something more emotional, “We’ll meet again if fate permits.”
After that, Chen You called Chang He over and said, “Summer Pear is simple-hearted. Be nice to him. Don’t let him down.”
Chang He replied, “Don’t worry, Master.”
After letting him go back to his job, Chen You went to the backyard to look for Big Yellow the dog.
“San San, come with me. Let’s see the colorful world together, okay?”
Big Yellow was originally lying listlessly, but when he smelled the person’s scent, he jumped up and ran over while shaking his tail excitedly.
“Alright, then we have a deal. Go and say goodbye to your brothers.”
Chen You led the dog outside and it ran to the alley on the left.
After a while, the dog came back.
Chen You squatted down and asked, “Are you done saying goodbye?”
Big Yellow lowered his head and rubbed against him.
Chen You touched its head. “Great.”
The next day, a carriage departed out of the city, followed along the official road for a while before treading into a smaller path headed east in the direction of Liangcheng.
At noon, the carriage stopped in the woods.
Chen Mo got off the carriage first. His body looked pretty well. After looking around to understand the environment, he asked the person in the carriage to get off.
A big yellow dog jumped down, followed by Chen You, the oldest and laziest, who was stretching his waist.
Two people and a dog sat under the trees and took out dry food to eat.
Chen You nibbled on a sesame cake. It was very hard and not delicious. He forced himself to nibble most of it and San San ate the rest after.
The wind blew and the leaves rustled. The golden sunlight scattered in a mottled form, sweeping over the young man’s body.
Sickly beauty was another type of beauty.
Chen You stared at him and couldn’t help but say, “I want to eat bird.”
Hearing this, Chen Mo glanced at the man and went out with his sword. Not long after, he returned with a few birds.
Chen You looked at the birds and wanted to cry but couldn’t.
Chen Mo placed the birds on the ground and said, “I’ll get some firewood.”
Then he left.
This was the first time the man had asked for something to eat, so he quickly started a fire. He went to the nearby river to handle the birds and roasted them on the fire.
It was because he had not considered everything carefully. He was used to eating dry food but the man had been used to eating fish and meat for a long time.
Seeing the sizzling birds, Chen You looked at the young man and said willfully, “I don’t want to eat birds anymore, I want to eat chicken.”
This time Chen Mo left again and came back with a pheasant which was not completely dead yet.
Fvck, why haven’t I seen you do other things this quickly? Chen You’s balls hurt. He should have added another word just now.
It wasn’t long before a tantalizing aroma permeated the bottom of the trees.
Big Yellow wagged his tail and leaned over, wanting to eat.
Chen Mo was accustomed to being taciturn. He sat in front of the fire and roasted the pheasant and the birds without saying a word. After letting it cool for a while, he tore off a piece for Big Yellow and gave the rest to the man.
“Take it.”
Thank you ah. Chen You has a chicken leg in his left hand and a bird leg in his right hand, but he was still thinking about the young man’s other leg.
Author’s note:
This world will be cut off tomorrow, so this chapter is sweet. And wow, it will be a merged chapter tomorrow, also at around this time, goodnight mwuah mwuah.
