Chapter 551: The Worry on Li You Ran’s Mind
Translator: Novel Saga Editor: Novel Saga
[I’m no longer the Guan Qing Han I used to be. Rather, I’m a new individual. I’m no longer the daughter of the Guan Family alone. Instead, I’m also the Jun Family’s daughter now. Moreover, I’m the sole daughter of the family!]
[I’m born anew. I can groom myself again. I can choose a worthy man and get married if I wish to. And, I can make my own decision in this regard now!]
An entirely new life awaited her in the future!
However, Guan Qing Han’s eyes were constantly looking out for soone in the crowd even during such an exciting mont...
And, she eventually found the one she was looking for.
That handso face was softly smiling towards her with a gentle expression in his eyes! Suddenly, she heard a feeble sound. It resembled a mosquito’s buzzing. But, it was extrely familiar to her, "Qing Han..."
Guan Qing Han smiled with tears in her eyes, and softly sighed. Her face suddenly started to blush, and reddened as a result. But, her heart was brimming with a sour feeling at the sa ti. There was a variety of mixed emotions in them. She didn’t know whether she ought to laugh or cry. It was obvious that she was happy. However, tears were still flowing down her eyes in silence... It seed as if she was finally parting from that nightmare of a day...
The distinguished guests took their respective seats under Song Shang’s guidance in an orderly manner, and waited for the wine-party to begin. This was the sa wine which the Jun Family had previously auctioned for an extrely high price. Each table was provided with more than ten jars of wine. This amount was sufficient to enjoy it. In fact, it was more than sufficient. The feast hadn’t even begun. However, the strong sll of the alcohol had already set everyone’s mouth in action...
Jun Mo Xie was about to move forward when he saw a man approaching him with a smile on his face. This man then spoke-up in a soft voice, "Third Young Master Jun, could you spare so ti? How about a small chat between us...?" This man was tall, and had a handso face. His expressions were gentle, and his gaze was cordial. Each of his movents was refined, elegant, and thoughtful. This man was the top talent of the capital city. He was the first son of the Imperial Tutor’s lineage. And, he had already been determined as the successor of the Li Family — Li You Ran!
"Oh? A chat? A chat with you?" Jun Mo Xie faked a smile as he saw Li You Ran. He then titled his head at a crooked angle, and spoke, "Do you think there’s any room for us to talk? Is there anything left to be talked about?"
Li You Ran faintly smiled in response. His gaze remained fixed on Jun Mo Xie as he spoke, "Yes. There’s much room for a talk. In fact, I believe that it’s necessary for us to talk! Moreover, I’m convinced that the subject of our discussion would interest the Third Young Master!"
Jun Mo Xie turned his head to look at this man. Then, he muttered, "Oh! You’re so confident about it?! Okay. Let’s talk and satisfy this cherished desire of yours. I must say that having a chat with you doesn’t make much sense under these circumstances. But, it will probably be less boring than the people who’ve assembled here."
Li You Ran forced a smile; [It seems this guy can even see that it’s my cherished desire to have a conversation with him. It’s fortunate my cherished desires are only limited to a conversations!]
"It’s very noisy in here. Follow ..." Jun Mo Xie said with a mischievous smile, "I presu that you don’t wish other people to hear what you talk to about; right? Therefore, a quieter place will be more comfortable to have a chat!"
Li You Ran smiled and said, "Precisely. I’d like to keep the pleasure of disturbing the Third Young Master to myself."
Jun Mo Xie laughed out loud at first. Then, he turned around, and began to walk while leading the way. Li You Ran tailed behind him, and kept pace with him. They were strangers, but they resembled a pair of close friends as they walked while talking along.
Jun Mo Xie had clearly sensed that the Emperor had gazed at him from a distance when he had turned his head. The Emperor’s glance had been too distant to be scared of. However, those deep eyes had contained so incomprehensible emotions...
Jun Mo Xie led Li You Ran a long way away. The two of them crossed a few hallways, and arrived at the garden’s pavilion. It was strange to hold a eting in a garden at such a ti of early winter... It could be presud that this strange thing was happening for the first ti in the Tang Xiang city; quite possibly the entire Tian Xiang Empire for that matter...
A dense red cloud had covered the entire sky. The winds were biting cold. However, the pavilion was even windier since the cold breeze was rushing inside the pavilion from all directions. But, it must be said that the area was bright and spacious. In fact, it was indeed an amazing place...
Also, it was the most suitable place for catching a cold!
However, Jun Mo Xie hadn’t chosen this place because he wanted to neglect his guest. Instead, it was because there was no other suitable place to go. [Nurous guests have arrived to congratulate us! And, they’ve occupied the entire main hall and the lobby. Guan Qing Han’s courtyard is presently occupied by i Xue Yan and her people. Therefore, these places aren’t suited for Li You Ran. My courtyard is lodging Ye Gu Han and those two handicapped children. So, I can’t take him there either. Furthermore, Silver City’s Han Yan ng and Mu Xue Tong have been hidden in Third Uncle’s courtyard. Also, there are a large number of my soldiers standing guard there. So, that place is even more unsuitable... So, there’s only place left — my grandfather’s study room. But, wouldn’t I be giving him too much importance if I took him there?]
Jun Mo Xie thought about these things, and decided to bring Li You Ran to the garden. Anyway, the two people’s strengths were sufficient to prevent any cold or heat from bother them...
Li You Ran looked around in astonishnt. He then said, "The Third Young Master’s residence is genuinely worthy of his na. I can’t think of any place in this wintery Tian Xiang which can match this area."
Jun Mo Xie laughed out loud. Then, he lifted his hand and offered Li You Ran a seat. But, he didn’t respond to Li You Ran’s words.
However, Li You Ran didn’t sit down. Instead, he stood facing Jun Mo Xie, and folded his hands behind his back. He seed spellbound by the greenery around him. He began to talk, but it seed as if he was muttering to himself, "Jun Mo Xie, this ought to be our first formal conversation if my mory serves right."
"Well, it is our first..." Jun Mo Xie nodded as he sighed, "It’s a pity that I wasn’t able to take the ti out earlier. I genuinely couldn’t..."
"I’m eight years older than you. You’re only eighteen. And, I started this year at twenty-five!" Li You Ran ignored Young Master Jun’s scornful joke. In fact, it appeared as if he was lost in his thoughts. His drooping eyebrows had made his loneliness evident. "Third Young Master Jun, are you aware how I’ve managed everything over these years?
"You don’t know why I wish to talk about the issues I’ve suppressing for such a long ti. This is happened because I’m in front of you now. I know that we aren’t great friends as of now. But, I have a desire to tell these things to you. I hope Third Young Master doesn’t mind listening to . Please treat it like a story. It’s not a very brilliant story, but it’s sowhat interesting."
His smiled in self-deprecating manner as he waited for Jun Mo Xie to answer, "These thing have been in my heart for a very long ti! It’s unfortunate that I’ve never found a suitable situation or person whom I could confide in. However, I’m overwheld with emotions today, And, I genuinely need to spit it out! I’m saying these things for the first ti in my life."
"You’ve asked to listen to you. We might be friends. But, I’ll be a good listener this once!" Jun Mo Xie’s face unexpectedly revealed a rare expression of seriousness and decency. He had felt the desolation of Li You Ran’s heart. And, that’s why he wasn’t able to prevent himself from sympathizing with the man.
Li You Ran stood quietly for a while. It seed as if he was adjusting the train of his thoughts, and organizing them into a suitable manner of speech. Then, he slowly began to speak, "I clearly rember everything. My mory has always been very good. I still rember that my grandfather took from my mother’s care when I was three years of age. He then announced that my mother had died long ago. He had done this because my mother hadn’t been able to teach anything in the ti I had been in her care... I still rember that my mother had been very distressed. She had cried a lot. She had even begged my grandfather with her entire face being stained in tears. She had only begged him to let her have for another year. However, my hard-hearted grandfather didn’t agree to it. Though, he allowed her to et once a month!
"That was obviously the first profound mory I have of my mother — she was crying," Li You Ran closed his eyes as he blurted everything out. Then, he gave out a heavy sigh as his face showed rare traces of emotions. It appeared as if the turmoil in his mind was very forceful.
He continued with his story after a while passed. But, his voice had beco steadier, "My rich grandfather hired a Sky Xuan expert for when I was three years old. That expert was supposed to clean my ridians for a month so that it could lay down a firm Xuan foundation for . And, I began to spend my days in cycles from that ti onwards. I would have six hours of Xuan practice. There would be six hours of education and etiquettes, and four hours of sword training. And, the remaining ti was allotted for eating and sleeping."
Jun Mo Xie sighed softly. He didn’t know what to say; [These high-born people... They endure the kind of hardships and tempering which children from ordinary families don’t even dream about in their teenage. And, they’re valued very highly by their elders if they are capable of enduring more. That is why they turn into extrely irascible individuals once they grow up into talented individuals. So of them even beco perverted!]
[After all, their characters have been distorted since childhood! They’re constantly kept under a lot of pressure. So, they need to release that pressure! That’s why they often misuse authority if they’re given so. And, that’s how they often turn into tyrants. In fact, many tyrants of the past have been shaped in a similar way! Many tyrants from history were talented and virtuous people before they obtained power. However, they beca unimaginably violent and brutal after they got their hands on that power!]
"I also wanted to play when I saw the other children at it. But, they could, and I wasn’t allowed to. My grandfather would beat up if I slacked in any way. Moreover, the old man was a hundred tis more critical and strict with than he was with my brothers... even more than that!"
Li You Ran was spoking softly. In fact, it seed as if he was whispering, "He would always tell when I was a child —’You’re different from others. That’s why it’s important for you to be capable of doing big things when you grow up!’ And, I always kept this in mind!
"I eventually accept my high-ranking identity in the midst of countless beatings and criticism — the identity of an individual with an extrely high status!" Li You Ran’s expressions were tranquil. It appeared as if he was talking about soone else’s life, "I have to be calm and cultured at all tis. I must never to speak loudly. I need to look calm and undisturbed even if I’m awfully angry. I must look comfortable even if I have a horrible ache in my body. In fact, I must make it look as if I’m enjoying myself. And, that’s because my grandfather told that perseverance is the essence of success in life.
"My mother used to visit for one day every month back then. Let tell you that such days would be the happiest ones for ... Because, I wouldn’t lag behind in my tasks for that one day! And, this stood true even if the tasks were the sa as the day before. Even my supervisors and masters would leave. After all, my mother would accompany to the practices, sword training, and etiquettes lectures. She would cook for , and stand quietly on a side to watch practice. I used to wait for that one day every month. I would never dare to relax on the usual days. That’s because my mother’s face used to light-up in surprise when she used to see my progress. She used to get so cheerful... She used to get so happy... And, I would feel very happy whenever I saw her like that... Therefore, I wouldn’t slack because I wanted to make her happy every month..."
Li You Ran shut his eyes tightly. His eyelashes were sowhat moist; expressions of longing had appeared on his face. However, he was standing with his back towards Jun Mo Xie. Therefore, Jun Mo Xie couldn’t see it.
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