It was this very sentence that dispelled all of Xue Huaiyuan’s doubts.
As a father, having witnessed his daughter be hurt once, all he wished was for her safety. Although Ah Li was smart and capable of many things, when danger erged, a person who could protect her was worth more than anything.
Xue Huaiyuan said, "You’ve won."
Jih Heng still wore a smile.
"Ah Li is in your hands now, Jih Heng," Xue Huaiyuan said, "Please take good care of her."
The young man shed the malice of rumors, incredibly mild mannered, he said, "I will also take good care of you all, because you are her family."
As if still right before his eyes was the conversation with Jih Heng, Xue Huaiyuan then saw Jiang Li knit her brows and say, "But what exactly did you two discuss?"
"Ah Li," Xue Huaiyuan said, "Dad is getting old, and perhaps won’t be able to accompany you for a long, long ti. He can protect you, and I have confidence in him. You should have confidence in him too, and have confidence in yourself."
Jiang Li was silent.
She could tell Xue Huaiyuan had truly relaxed, and the eting with Jih Heng had gone smoother than she had imagined. Xue Huaiyuan wouldn’t say more, so Jiang Li didn’t press further. If Dad wouldn’t say, there must be his reasons, and after all, it was a private conversation between two n, a secret between them, which deserved respect.
After warning Xue Huaiyuan again, she was about to leave when Xue Zhao called from behind, "Sister, help bid farewell to Brother-in-Law, will you?"
That child! Jiang Li thought amusedly, he had accepted the matter more quickly than anyone else. After giving it so thought, Jiang Li said, "Ah Zhao, you also owe Doctor Situ a proper thanks. He’s treated your injury and you didn’t even pay him. That can’t be right, can it? That’s not the Xue family’s way."
After saying this, she left without minding Xue Zhao standing there dumbfounded and went out the door.
It was not until she was outside and had said farewell to Ye Mingyu and Ye Shijie that Jiang Li finally approached Jih Heng. She actually still had so words to say to Jih Heng, but seeing that Wen Renyao and the rest were already in the carriage, it was not convenient to speak and they had to part ways. Still, before parting, Jiang Li couldn’t help but say, "How could you speak to father like you did today? You gave quite the scare."
Jih Heng had never been so polite when speaking to others.
"Because he is your dad, because of you," he said with a smile.
Jiang Li was stunned.
Perhaps it was because she, in her previous life, had changed for others, knowing the bitterness of it, and had never experienced the acceptance of soone changing for her. But Jih Heng, viewed by everyone as a villain, would change for her.
She began to smile, feeling that Jih Heng was like a fairy sent by the heavens to make up for what she had been through, similar to the tales in unofficial histories where, at monts of ill-fortune, a stunning demoness would descend from the skies to warm a scholar’s chamber, offering companionship and support, leading to his teoric rise on the imperial examinations list.
Only, those stunning demonesses never had good endings; those scholars would discard them as re romantic adventures. But in her heart, Jiang Li silently vowed that she would never abandon Jih Heng.
Seeing her staring and smiling at him, Jih Heng reached out and gently pinched her cheek, his hand was very light as he teased, "Silly girl."
So nice.
...
The eting between Xue Huaiyuan and Jih Heng was thus smoothly concluded. After that, Jih Heng beca busy and Jiang Li was unable to see him again. Zhao Ke, however, ca back to the Jiang Residence to resu his role as gardener. Tonger made subtle inquiries to the other servants, and they, as if it was the most natural thing in the world, told her that Zhao Ke had left previously due to a death in his family.
The lie was, admittedly, well-founded, well prepared from the start for his return.
The weather grew colder day by day, and gradually Tonger took the opportunity of sunny days to air the rabbit fur cloak and the fox fur overcoat, saying that within a month or two, Yanjing City would truly enter winter and see heavy snow. It was important to get these items ready ahead of the cold.
The Jiang family mbers were also very busy, so much so that sotis Jiang Li would not see either Jiang Yuanbai or Jiang Yuanping for several consecutive days. They left early and returned late, and by the ti they got back, Jiang Li had already gone to bed, naturally missing them. She guessed it was because of Yin Zhan’s matter. Madam Jiang the Elder and Lady Lu gradually accepted Jih Heng as a son-in-law for the Jiang family and began preparing Jiang Li’s dowry. When Ye Zhenzhen married into the family years ago, her dowry had been quite substantial. Ji Shuran, after joining the family, took those items for herself, planning to give them all to Jiang Youyao for her dowry, but she never expected such a turn of events. Madam Jiang the Elder then handed over the storeroom key to Jiang Li, instructing Lady Lu to draft a dowry list.
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