Chapter 1478: Chapter 85: The Hairpin (Double Chapter)
When caught in silence, the person you think of suddenly appears before you.
Moreover, it’s already been almost three years since the last eting.
Before Wang Anfeng could even react, he had already responded; at this mont, any timidity, any hesitation was set aside, and his heart was free of these distractions, leaving only the purest emotions.
He held Xue Qinshuang, as if embracing a fragile and soft bundle of snow, carefully.
His heart suddenly grew as calm as the pine forest under a snowy night.
A full moon rises, and the surroundings beco serene, utterly satisfying.
This is enough, just this is enough.
He almost instinctively whispered to himself in his heart.
Having experienced life and death, he looked at the bustling lantern festival outside and realized that this Jianghu he traversed would belong to others, and he would gradually age like they did; the outco was already destined, and under the emotions that followed, timidity, fear, worry all dispersed like snowflakes.
Like the clouds in the sky, those old days the mist ca and went, blocking the sky.
Are those clouds, snow, raindrops truly the sky?
Are those fears, apprehensions, worries truly feelings from the heart?
No, they are not.
Once the mist disperses, it reveals the pure azure sky, after a long absence, the distractions disappear, revealing the true thoughts deep inside, which are pure without a trace of distractions, and there will be no distractions.
The girl used to be taller than him.
But now she only reaches his shoulder, because of the man’s hairstyle, yet a few strands of loose hair linger at Wang Anfeng’s nose tip; he could sense the girl’s presence, as if the passage of ti slowed down, as if it would continue forever.
This tranquil atmosphere lasted until Wang Anfeng inadvertently saw Dongfang Ximing standing at the staircase entrance, noticed her peeking eyes through her fingers, saw the excitent in those eyes.
A clear and unblemished state of mind was suddenly shattered.
Wang Anfeng’s body stiffened.
All those emotions, driven away by previous joy, suddenly reappeared; several breaths later, Wang Anfeng’s mind finally realized what he had done, he backed away abruptly, face flushed red, almost knocking over the table, even his speech was stamring:
“Xue, Xue, Miss Xue, I, I…”
In front of him, Xue Qinshuang seed completely unaffected, her expression as usual.
The girl opened her folding fan with her right hand, placed her left behind her back, leaned slightly forward, pressed the fan against her chin, and said with a smile: “Although it’s been a long ti since we’ve seen each other, is this how you think of , Anfeng?”
Wang Anfeng took a deep breath, eting Xue Qinshuang’s gaze, answered:
“Yes.”
As if delivering a sharp sword stroke.
No hesitation, no delay.
Dongfang Ximing, ignored by Xue Qinshuang, saw the girl disguised as a young man and her left hand clenched tightly behind her, saw her white fingers gripping her clothes tightly, her ear lobes hidden by black hair were still a bright red, Dongfang Ximing suddenly seed to understand, and said:
“Ah, did I co at the wrong ti?”
“No, I’m not, I’m going down to wander a bit more, just wanted to tell you that I’m leaving now, oh, those fireworks were so bright, my eyes are dazzled, I need to feel my way down the stairs.”
Dongfang Ximing turned around, held onto the wooden handrails beside the stairs, exaggeratedly walked down, turned past their gazes, then suddenly darted out of the tavern like a frightened deer; outside the night was clear and cold, she held her face in her hands, heart pounding fast:
“Eh, eh, eh?”
“Why does this feel so embarrassing?”
“So strange, so strange.”
“Was that Xue sister just now?”
Dongfang Ximing suddenly rembered seeing Xue Qinshuang years ago on Jiannan Dao.
Thinking her brother and Xue sister might need so ti, Dongfang Ximing wandered aimlessly down the lively avenue; earlier Wang Anfeng had given her quite a lot of Small Silver Pieces, which she took out from her pouch and counted, her eyes full of spirit wandered across the street vendors.
Grilled tofu, candied haws, boiled dumplings, the golden sugar figurine was still steaming, and the newly taken out sugar cakes bore several sesa seeds; with one bite, the hot sesa-filled sugar paste would flow out, unforgettable after a single taste.
The girl looked at the long queue but suddenly hesitated.
“Why, don’t feel like eating anymore…”
…
Inside the tavern, after Dongfang Ximing ran down.
Wang Anfeng withdrew his gaze, looked at Xue Qinshuang before him, exhaled deeply, hesitated for a mont, recalled what Sikou Tingfeng said at the First Estate, intending to change his address.
But after several attempts, when it ca down to it, he still called her Xue Miss.
A bit remorseful and disappointed inside, feeling that changing three words to two seed to require more courage than entering the Imperial Palace alone with a sword, even facing the Xiongnu Khan King’s 3,000 Iron Cavalry had never made him as nervous as now.
Originally wanted to ask if she has been well these days, but in the end, it was just polite greeting and inquiry, even this greeting and inquiry carried a sense of cautious concern, he asked:
“Miss Xue, why are you here?”
Xue Qinshuang lifted her front hem and sat down, replied with a smile: “Originally traveling outside, incidentally challenging the Bai Family, confirming what I have learned, later heard you stirred such a fuss in Heaven Capital City, found it interesting, then thought I would turn north to intercept you at Heaven Capital City, didn’t expect to et here.”
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