Xu’s heart surprisingly jumped abruptly, as if something was about to happen. She hurriedly withdrew her gaze and entered the carriage in a panic, with an uncontrollable tremble in her voice, “Let’s go.”
The carriage driver flung his whip, but failed to drive the carriage forward.
Shen Yan rode in front, his gaze falling obsessively on the still shifting curtains of the carriage.
Alerted, Song Lin took two steps forward and stared at him, “What are you doing?”
Shen Yan kept his gaze on the carriage, his grip on the reins tightening so that he could restrain himself from pulling people down.
There was no movement inside the carriage.
Song Lin noticed the difference, looked at Shen Yan and then back at the carriage, his mind flashed back to Meng telling him that Xu was once engaged to be married.
“Wan ……”
Shen Yan a word out, the face then surfaced a painful colour, he is now no longer qualified in such a way to address the people in the carriage.
Inside the carriage, Xu’s heart was beating wildly, she covered her chest, not daring to take a big breath, she vaguely guessed who the person outside was.
“Do you hear me, you’re blocking our carriage, make way! Make way!”
Song Lin raised his voice.
“Dangler ……”
Her voice carried a tremor she couldn’t even detect, “Help me down.”
Shen Yan watched as Song Lin went over, lifted the curtain of the carriage and helped Xu Qingwan down, he almost ripped the reins out of his hand.
Xu bowed her head, clutching Song Lin’s hand with one hand, and went back into the courtyard.
Shen Yan wanted to push his horse over, but it was as if he was frozen in place, with no strength around him and no sound coming out of his open mouth.
Xiao Si came out of the courtyard and saw Shen Yan sitting on his horse, and came over quickly, “This gentleman, our master asks you to come in for a chat.”
Song Lin was just a countryman, where would he be called master, it must be Wan’er who wanted to see him, Shen Yan instantly had the strength to jump down from his horse and walk in with great strides.
The courtyard was quiet and Xu stood in the drawing hall holding Song Lin’s hand.
“Wan ……”
Shen Yan had just shouted out one word when Xu let go of Song Lin’s hand and blessed herself towards him, “Sir Shen.”
Shen Yan was struck by lightning and stood at his spot.
Xu’s body suddenly went limp and she leaned back.
Song Lin caught her, “The child’s mother!”
“Wan’er!”
Shen Yan instantly arrived in front of them and reached out his hand to touch Xu, but was opened by Song Lin, who bent down and picked Xu up and headed inside, “Xiao Si, hurry up and call Yue’er over!”
Xiao Si panicked and went to shout for someone, Song Wan Yue came over with both hands drenched in flour, seeing an additional strange man in the hall, after a pause, she lifted the curtain and walked into the house.
“Quickly take a look, what’s wrong with your mother?”
Song Wangyue rushed out and quickly washed her hands, wiping them as she went back inside and placed her hand on Xu’s pulse.
Gu Yi also came over and saw the frozen Shen Yan, narrowing her eyes and asking Xiao Si with her eyes what was wrong.
Xiao Si shook his head slightly, he didn’t know either, just now the in-laws’ wife and the master had gone and returned, instructing him to go outside and invite someone, so he went.
Gu Yi walked inside the hall.
As if he did not notice, Shen Yan stood in place, looking anxiously into the house.
There was silence inside and outside the house, silence that made people panic, silence that Shen Yan could no longer hold back, stretching out his hand ……
“Father, don’t worry, there is nothing serious wrong with Mother, she just suffered some stimulation.”
Shen Yan went to lift the door curtain hand paused.
A short while later, the curtain moved and Shen Yan subconsciously took a step back as Song Wan Yue came out of the house and looked up at him.
Shen Yan’s gaze also fell on Song Wan Yue’s face, and he was in a trance when he went back to the first time he went to the Xu residence and saw the clear and fresh Xu Qingyuan.
“Uncle Shen?”
Shen Yan’s thoughts returned, looking at the face similar to Xu Qingwan’s in front of him, his hand hanging at his side clenched tightly, this was supposed to be his and Wan’er’s daughter.
“Don’t you worry, my mother will wake up soon.”
Shen Yan’s lips twitched.
“Please sit down first, and speak slowly if you have anything to say.”
“She ……”
Shen Yan finally made a sound.
“My mother fainted because she saw Uncle Shen, but that should be a good thing. She might remember something when she wakes up, so Uncle Shen should take a seat first.”
He had been at the border for many years and had a biting aura about him, people would have to retreat when they saw him, but Song Wan Yue, who was only an eight or nine year old girl, had no fear at all and greeted him calmly.
Shen Yan felt his heart ache again.
He stumbled and sat down on a chair, while Xiao Si carefully brought tea and placed it in front of him.
“My mother hurt her head many years ago and lost all her memories, it was only years ago that she occasionally had some headaches, so we asked my master to treat her, then when she came to the capital and saw the head face my grandmother gave me, she remembered her maternal great-grandfather and grandmother, as for the others, she still cannot remember, so please don’t blame Uncle Shen.”
Pain surfaced on Shen Yan’s face.
Wan’er must have blamed him for not being around when something happened back then, and that was why she did not want to remember him.
“Uncle Shen doesn’t need to blame himself, no one expected something to happen back then, thankfully my mother is still alive, let her catch up with you properly when she wakes up.”
“Yatou ……”
Shen Yan spoke hoarsely, without the slightest concern that Song Lin was inside the house, “Has your mother had a good time all these years?”
“It’s not bad, my father can hunt, my mother can embroider, the family life is better than other families, grandma and grandpa and second uncle and second aunt never let my mother go to the ground, except for me, my mother is the most favored person in our family.”
Shen Yan closed his eyes, Wan’er should have been the son’s wife of the Duke of Zhen’s house, enjoying the service of her subordinates, looking at flowers and plants every day, going out shopping with her good sisters, buying rouge and powder, buying her favourite clothes, living a carefree life, but all this was ruined by those few damn things.
Snap!
The tealight in Shen Yan’s hand was crushed and the tea flowed down his hand.
As if he did not notice, he looked into the room in pain.
Song Wangyue and Gu Yi looked at each other and did not speak again.
Silence fell in the room.
After an unknown amount of time, Song Lin’s delighted voice came from inside the house, “The child’s mother, you’re awake.”
Shen Yan instantly got up and was about to go in, but was stopped by Song Wan Yue, “Uncle Shen, don’t worry, I will go in first and see if my mother is alright, she will come out to talk to you.”
Shen Yan stopped his feet.
Song Wangyue went in, “Mother, how are you feeling?”
Xu heard her words and knew that Shen Yan was still outside, she closed her eyes and raised her hand, gesturing for Song Wan Yue to help herself up, “I’m fine, I don’t know how I suddenly fainted, I didn’t scare you, did I?”
Song Wangyue shook her head, “No.”
She also asked, “Does Mother remember anything else?”