Back to the room, Jiang An Lan, who had closed the door, leaned against the door and slightly breathed, then mumbled, ” Damn it! Truly internal trouble and outside aggression[1].
[1] meaning that being besieged from both internal and external forces.
That same night he mostly laid awake all night, his mind was chaotic with thoughts. He sincerely wanted to marry her. Confessing to her about the past matter was inevitable, because it was impossible to keep it a secret for a lifetime. But at present, he really had no confidence to lay it bare. He was afraid, even; afraid of confessing and then lost the possibility of being together with her. So he finally chose to take one’s time in making a decision. The first step was going back to Beijing, then thinking about how to deal with it, so as to ensure that he would not be abandoned.
However, Jiang An Lan could not have imagined that things would be exposed so quickly.
Yao Yuan was putting on her clothes while her mind was busy calculating everything with meticulous and careful deliberation when she got a phone call from her cousin. Yao Xin Ran’s tone was a little heavy and hesitant, “Younger sister, is Jiang An Lan there?”
“En.”
Yao Xin Ran hesitated for a long time before speaking: “Last night, after you and him logged out of the game, Ao Shi Cang Qiong, that is, Li Ao, accidentally talked about his Boss’s family. He said that Boss’s grandfather is Jiang Yuan, a famous man in the capital. You might not remember Jiang Yuan, but you must not forget Jiang Wen Han, right? His father, also known as Jiang Yuan, used to be an official in Beijing. I began to have some doubt. I also thought it was hard to believe. I thought it might be just the same name, so I asked my friend from the police station to check it and I’ve just got his reply. Xiao Yuan, Jiang An Lan’s grandfather, is Jiang Wen Han’s father. Jiang Wen Han should be Jiang An Lan’s uncle. Xiao Yuan, are you listening?”
Jiang Wen Han, Jiang Wen Han… The One who had run over her parents to death.
That name had been buried in her darkest memory. Once touched, the recollection comes back with endless despair and sadness.
“Family members of Yao Guo Hua and Cai Fen, I’m sorry, we did our best.”
“My poor son and daughter-in-law! God, why don’t you take this old body of mine instead? My granddaughter is only eight years old, ah…”
Yao Yuan’s brain was buzzing. She had stopped listening to anything else that she was saying. In fact, she simply could not hear a thing. It was like a tinnitus.
Jiang Yuan, Jiang Wen Han, Jiang An Lan.
Suddenly the door to her room was being opened and there came a man. Seeing Yao Yuan standing in a daze, the man asked, “What’s the matter?”
He was staring at her for a long time. Yao Yuan’s hand was clamped up too tightly and she felt a slight pain.
“Senior brother, do you know Jiang Wen Han?”
Jiang An Lan’s face suddenly changed. He wanted to approach her yet stopped when he saw Yao Yuan back away. Her action made him scared to try to get any closer. Closing his eyes, he spoke, “I’ll cook some porridge. When you have had your breakfast, let’s talk about it, OK?”
Yao Yuan could not make any expression, just shook her head. “You go away.”
Facing her, Jiang An Lan frowned, “Xiao Yuan…”
Yao Yuan tried to interrupt him, but she was really unable to utter any cruel words, “Senior brother, about our relationship, we have to reevaluate it. Now, you go.”
Jiang An Lan finally nodded his head, “OK.” But there was a faint reply, “I’ll wait for you.” His “I’ll wait for you” was more of a wistful thinking on his part, refusing to accept that things had to end.
Jiang An Lan was gone.
Yao Yuan went to the bathroom to wash her face. Afterwards, she took a good look at herself in the mirror, her eyes were red.
The day her parents had died was the most painful day in her life. She had vaguely known that her parents would not be able to come back. She had prostrated herself, lying on her stomach outside the glass door and did not dare to leave. She had begged the Bodhisattvas of heaven for a moment and asked them not to take her parents away. But in the end, mom had left, and within an hour, Dad had followed suit.
Jiang Wen Han had killed her parents.
When did Jiang An Lan know about it?
Why did he hide this matter from her?
What was his motive of getting close to herself? Had he known that she was orphaned by his family and sympathized with her?
But people like him, if they really had just sympathized with her, would not have spent so much energy.
However, no matter what his purpose was, it mattered not now. She could not question until shouting oneself to hoarse and reject him, but she certainly could not get along with him with tranquil and even-tempered[2] any more. For the time being, that was what her mind concluded.
[2] meaning being amiable to someone.
But why did she feel so sad?
To think about it, just mere hours ago, she had been smiling. Yet, now, all she wanted to do was weep.
This life is ridiculous.
When Yao Xin Ran came over, Yao Yuan was in the kitchen. She was about to boil some water, but the person with the kettle only stood motionlessly in front of the sink.
Sighing, Yao Xin Ran stepped forward to take over the task. When her uncle and aunt had passed away, they took with them the eight year old girl’s spirit. The little girl had stood alone and refused to speak even a single word. Yao Xin Ran turned on the tap, filled the kettle with water and put it on the base of the kettle to boil. Then she pulled her cousin out and said, “Let’s sit in the living room.”
“Sister, in your opinion, why did he start things with me? It’s clearly proposing that kind of relationship.” Yao Yuan’s voice was hoarse and sorrow was clearly seen on her countenance.
Seeing her cousin like this, Yao Xin Ran was crossed and unable to respond. She had not had the intention to separate her cousin and Jiang An Lan, but since she already knew the truth, she would not deliberately hide it from her cousin.
Yao Xin Ran said farfetched: “In fact, it’s his uncle who caused the accident. Jiang An Lan is innocent. Why do we have to engage in “guilt by association”? What’s more, maybe he didn’t know about it before?”
“He knows. He’s so smart. Since he knew that my parents were killed by his uncle, how could he even take me to his home to see his family, to pay greetings, to face them with a smile…”
Having heard all that, Yao Xin Ran fell silent.
Later on, she poured a cup of boiling water for her cousin and cooked some porridge. Yao Yuan refused to even take two bites. Seeing that her spirit was not good, Yao Xin Ran did not force her to eat more, only persuading her to go back to her room and rest.
As soon as Yao Yuan entered her room, she caught sight of the neatly folded quilt on the bed. For quite some time, she was lost in a trance.
Yao Xin Ran exited her bedroom. There was nothing much to do, however she could not feel assured to leave, so she decided to go to the study and turned on the computer.
After browsing through the microblog for a while, she thought of the current situation, and felt upset once again.
Although she had dug it out, she still thought it was unbelievable. Jiang An Lan was Jiang Wen Han’s family.
What sin did her sister had done in her last life that she became so unlucky ah?
The more you pondered about it, the more ire you attracted.
If this kind of thing were to be put in the TV play, it definitely would have made into a vengeful movie.
Yao Xin Ran saw the game logo of “Shèngshì” on the desktop and entered in. Their Hundred Flower Hall’s and the alliance channel of World Clan were interacting in a very harmonious manner.
Bao Bei Guai : “Elder brother Ah Mi, if I married you, can I guarantee our wedding would be as luxurious as the Clan Leader and sister-in-law’s? Of course, time wise can’t be as fast as the Clan Leader and sister-in-law!”
Ah Mi: You may have all of them.
Zou Na Shi Na: “Bao Bei’er, don’t marry him. I have money. Marry me!”
Xióng Yīng Yī Hào: “Zou Na, didn’t you say that you are so poor like pants? What about money? You just blow it right?”
Xuè Shā: “Want to marry like the Clan Leader? To put it simply, even till this game came to an end there was no way to achieve, right?”
Bao Bei Guai : “Got emotional, so envious of sister-in-law!”
Hua Kai : “Pfff, second that.”
Zou Na Shi Na: “Last night, the Clan Leader and sister-in-law both had logged-off the game or something…”
Yao Xin Ran not offline: “OK, what are you doing putting your nose in other people’s affairs?”
Zou Na Shi Na: “Āiyō, Shui Clan Leader has come!”
Bao Bei Guai : “Older sister Shui, you are the elder sister of sister-in-law, when will the Clan Leader and sister-in-law really get married, ah? We want happy candy!”
Yao Xin Ran: “I said, please separate the Internet from reality.”
Yao Xin Ran finished and quit the game.
As an afterthought, Yao Xin Ran finally went online and sent a message to Wen Ru Yu: “Please tell the people in your sect to speak less about gossip. In fact,nevermind. Anyway, she probably won’t play again. “
“What happened?” said Wen Cheng
“Nothing, my sister won’t play Shèngshì again in the future.”
“Does it have something to do with Young Master Jiang?” Wen Cheng turned very alert.
“What do you think?” Yao Xin Ran was too lazy to say anything more.
Jiang An Lan stepped out of the airport. The driver of his family had readily parked outside waiting . As soon as he alighted the car, he relaxed with one’s eyes closed. His complexion was very unsightly, even his lips were pale.
When he had gotten off the plane and opened his mobile phone, he received a phone call from his eldest cousin, Jiang An Hong, saying that his uncle would go home today. If he had no important matters today, he should try to find time to have dinner at home.
Jiang An Lan could not help laughing. Now he supposed that his most important matter had been wrecked beyond repair. What else was left?
Back to the room, Jiang An Lan, who had closed the door, leaned against the door and slightly breathed, then mumbled, ” Damn it! Truly internal trouble and outside aggression[1].
[1] meaning that being besieged from both internal and external forces.
That same night he mostly laid awake all night, his mind was chaotic with thoughts. He sincerely wanted to marry her. Confessing to her about the past matter was inevitable, because it was impossible to keep it a secret for a lifetime. But at present, he really had no confidence to lay it bare. He was afraid, even; afraid of confessing and then lost the possibility of being together with her. So he finally chose to take one’s time in making a decision. The first step was going back to Beijing, then thinking about how to deal with it, so as to ensure that he would not be abandoned.
However, Jiang An Lan could not have imagined that things would be exposed so quickly.
Yao Yuan was putting on her clothes while her mind was busy calculating everything with meticulous and careful deliberation when she got a phone call from her cousin. Yao Xin Ran’s tone was a little heavy and hesitant, “Younger sister, is Jiang An Lan there?”
“En.”
Yao Xin Ran hesitated for a long time before speaking: “Last night, after you and him logged out of the game, Ao Shi Cang Qiong, that is, Li Ao, accidentally talked about his Boss’s family. He said that Boss’s grandfather is Jiang Yuan, a famous man in the capital. You might not remember Jiang Yuan, but you must not forget Jiang Wen Han, right? His father, also known as Jiang Yuan, used to be an official in Beijing. I began to have some doubt. I also thought it was hard to believe. I thought it might be just the same name, so I asked my friend from the police station to check it and I’ve just got his reply. Xiao Yuan, Jiang An Lan’s grandfather, is Jiang Wen Han’s father. Jiang Wen Han should be Jiang An Lan’s uncle. Xiao Yuan, are you listening?”
Jiang Wen Han, Jiang Wen Han… The One who had run over her parents to death.
That name had been buried in her darkest memory. Once touched, the recollection comes back with endless despair and sadness.
“Family members of Yao Guo Hua and Cai Fen, I’m sorry, we did our best.”
“My poor son and daughter-in-law! God, why don’t you take this old body of mine instead? My granddaughter is only eight years old, ah…”
Yao Yuan’s brain was buzzing. She had stopped listening to anything else that she was saying. In fact, she simply could not hear a thing. It was like a tinnitus.
Jiang Yuan, Jiang Wen Han, Jiang An Lan.
Suddenly the door to her room was being opened and there came a man. Seeing Yao Yuan standing in a daze, the man asked, “What’s the matter?”
He was staring at her for a long time. Yao Yuan’s hand was clamped up too tightly and she felt a slight pain.
“Senior brother, do you know Jiang Wen Han?”
Jiang An Lan’s face suddenly changed. He wanted to approach her yet stopped when he saw Yao Yuan back away. Her action made him scared to try to get any closer. Closing his eyes, he spoke, “I’ll cook some porridge. When you have had your breakfast, let’s talk about it, OK?”
Yao Yuan could not make any expression, just shook her head. “You go away.”
Facing her, Jiang An Lan frowned, “Xiao Yuan…”
Yao Yuan tried to interrupt him, but she was really unable to utter any cruel words, “Senior brother, about our relationship, we have to reevaluate it. Now, you go.”
Jiang An Lan finally nodded his head, “OK.” But there was a faint reply, “I’ll wait for you.” His “I’ll wait for you” was more of a wistful thinking on his part, refusing to accept that things had to end.
Jiang An Lan was gone.
Yao Yuan went to the bathroom to wash her face. Afterwards, she took a good look at herself in the mirror, her eyes were red.
The day her parents had died was the most painful day in her life. She had vaguely known that her parents would not be able to come back. She had prostrated herself, lying on her stomach outside the glass door and did not dare to leave. She had begged the Bodhisattvas of heaven for a moment and asked them not to take her parents away. But in the end, mom had left, and within an hour, Dad had followed suit.
Jiang Wen Han had killed her parents.
When did Jiang An Lan know about it?
Why did he hide this matter from her?
What was his motive of getting close to herself? Had he known that she was orphaned by his family and sympathized with her?
But people like him, if they really had just sympathized with her, would not have spent so much energy.
However, no matter what his purpose was, it mattered not now. She could not question until shouting oneself to hoarse and reject him, but she certainly could not get along with him with tranquil and even-tempered[2] any more. For the time being, that was what her mind concluded.
[2] meaning being amiable to someone.
But why did she feel so sad?
To think about it, just mere hours ago, she had been smiling. Yet, now, all she wanted to do was weep.
This life is ridiculous.
When Yao Xin Ran came over, Yao Yuan was in the kitchen. She was about to boil some water, but the person with the kettle only stood motionlessly in front of the sink.
Sighing, Yao Xin Ran stepped forward to take over the task. When her uncle and aunt had passed away, they took with them the eight year old girl’s spirit. The little girl had stood alone and refused to speak even a single word. Yao Xin Ran turned on the tap, filled the kettle with water and put it on the base of the kettle to boil. Then she pulled her cousin out and said, “Let’s sit in the living room.”
“Sister, in your opinion, why did he start things with me? It’s clearly proposing that kind of relationship.” Yao Yuan’s voice was hoarse and sorrow was clearly seen on her countenance.
Seeing her cousin like this, Yao Xin Ran was crossed and unable to respond. She had not had the intention to separate her cousin and Jiang An Lan, but since she already knew the truth, she would not deliberately hide it from her cousin.
Yao Xin Ran said farfetched: “In fact, it’s his uncle who caused the accident. Jiang An Lan is innocent. Why do we have to engage in “guilt by association”? What’s more, maybe he didn’t know about it before?”
“He knows. He’s so smart. Since he knew that my parents were killed by his uncle, how could he even take me to his home to see his family, to pay greetings, to face them with a smile…”
Having heard all that, Yao Xin Ran fell silent.
Later on, she poured a cup of boiling water for her cousin and cooked some porridge. Yao Yuan refused to even take two bites. Seeing that her spirit was not good, Yao Xin Ran did not force her to eat more, only persuading her to go back to her room and rest.
As soon as Yao Yuan entered her room, she caught sight of the neatly folded quilt on the bed. For quite some time, she was lost in a trance.
Yao Xin Ran exited her bedroom. There was nothing much to do, however she could not feel assured to leave, so she decided to go to the study and turned on the computer.
After browsing through the microblog for a while, she thought of the current situation, and felt upset once again.
Although she had dug it out, she still thought it was unbelievable. Jiang An Lan was Jiang Wen Han’s family.
What sin did her sister had done in her last life that she became so unlucky ah?
The more you pondered about it, the more ire you attracted.
If this kind of thing were to be put in the TV play, it definitely would have made into a vengeful movie.
Yao Xin Ran saw the game logo of “Shèngshì” on the desktop and entered in. Their Hundred Flower Hall’s and the alliance channel of World Clan were interacting in a very harmonious manner.
Bao Bei Guai : “Elder brother Ah Mi, if I married you, can I guarantee our wedding would be as luxurious as the Clan Leader and sister-in-law’s? Of course, time wise can’t be as fast as the Clan Leader and sister-in-law!”
Ah Mi: You may have all of them.
Zou Na Shi Na: “Bao Bei’er, don’t marry him. I have money. Marry me!”
Xióng Yīng Yī Hào: “Zou Na, didn’t you say that you are so poor like pants? What about money? You just blow it right?”
Xuè Shā: “Want to marry like the Clan Leader? To put it simply, even till this game came to an end there was no way to achieve, right?”
Bao Bei Guai : “Got emotional, so envious of sister-in-law!”
Hua Kai : “Pfff, second that.”
Zou Na Shi Na: “Last night, the Clan Leader and sister-in-law both had logged-off the game or something…”
Yao Xin Ran not offline: “OK, what are you doing putting your nose in other people’s affairs?”
Zou Na Shi Na: “Āiyō, Shui Clan Leader has come!”
Bao Bei Guai : “Older sister Shui, you are the elder sister of sister-in-law, when will the Clan Leader and sister-in-law really get married, ah? We want happy candy!”
Yao Xin Ran: “I said, please separate the Internet from reality.”
Yao Xin Ran finished and quit the game.
As an afterthought, Yao Xin Ran finally went online and sent a message to Wen Ru Yu: “Please tell the people in your sect to speak less about gossip. In fact,nevermind. Anyway, she probably won’t play again. “
“What happened?” said Wen Cheng
“Nothing, my sister won’t play Shèngshì again in the future.”
“Does it have something to do with Young Master Jiang?” Wen Cheng turned very alert.
“What do you think?” Yao Xin Ran was too lazy to say anything more.
Jiang An Lan stepped out of the airport. The driver of his family had readily parked outside waiting . As soon as he alighted the car, he relaxed with one’s eyes closed. His complexion was very unsightly, even his lips were pale.
When he had gotten off the plane and opened his mobile phone, he received a phone call from his eldest cousin, Jiang An Hong, saying that his uncle would go home today. If he had no important matters today, he should try to find time to have dinner at home.
Jiang An Lan could not help laughing. Now he supposed that his most important matter had been wrecked beyond repair. What else was left?
