Chapter Forty-Five: Parting Ways

  Lu didn't know the situation yet and was still urging on the side, "Zhaoyan, you said whether or not you want to marry Xuaner? Are you willing to marry him with a happy heart?"

  Lin Zhaoyan couldn't get angry at Lu's impertinence, only feeling sorrowful.

  It's a pity for such a foolish yet self-unaware woman.

  She didn't answer, but just smiled lightly, believing that Liu Wenyuan would understand her meaning.

  As expected, Liu Wenyuan understood. He lowered his eyelids, hiding the huge void and despair in his eyes, and said softly: "I'll be fine."

  He didn't know how to make himself better, after losing everything, he couldn't find a reason to keep going.

  Just don't want to trouble her.

  Lu didn't expect that Lin Zhaoyan's simple sentence would make Liu Wenxuan better, and after being stunned, a thread of jealousy rose in her heart.

  She thought that if Lin Zhaoyan really entered the house, not to mention her own unlucky fate, it was likely that Xuan'er would be led by the nose in the future, and she, as a mother, would have no status in the mansion!

  Lin Zhaoyan was truly delighted and smiled sincerely: "Brother, take good care of your body at home, I'll come visit you again with Ruoyan another day."

  Liu Wenyuan nodded and suddenly spoke up when Lin Zhaoyan was about to leave, "Zhaoyan!"

  He called her by her given name for the first time, Lin Zhaoyan turned around, somewhat surprised.

  Liu Wenyuan gazed deeply into her eyes, saying word by word: "You once said you wanted to raise a Samoyed, but were afraid that your aunt would not agree. I have always remembered this and thought that one day you could marry me and I would raise one for you. Now, since our fate has come to an end, take the Samoyed back home with you!"

  Lin Zhaoyan didn't think he would say this.

  Snow dog? It seems that there was once when she went to Bo An Hou Fu as a guest, saw the seven girls in his house raise one, small and delicate, really lovely, and mentioned it to Man Shuang several times.

  She didn't expect him to remember things she had almost forgotten, and he even raised one for her.

  The complex emotions in her heart were hard to express, how could she repay him for his sincerity?

  Lu's eyes turned sour, and she wondered why Xuan'er had suddenly wanted to raise a Samoyed, a girl's plaything, that time. It was all for Lin Zhao Yan.

  At that time, he had such an idea!

  She seems to have given Xuaner a considerable blow.

  "That Samoyed was originally raised by me for you, now that we're not together anymore, I have no use for it either. You can take over and raise it instead, how about that? It's just a gift from Brother to Sister, nothing wrong with that," Liu Wenyuan said, seeing Lin Zhaoyan not speaking up, thinking she was being evasive and considerate, spoke again.

  Lin Zhaoyan looked at his extremely sincere eyes, which still had a hint of pleading, and could only respond with: "Okay."

  Liu Wenyuan burst out laughing, his smile was handsome and beautiful, like a gentle breeze blowing over transparent ice and snow, in an instant the accumulated snow melted away, and all things revived.

  Lin Zhaoyan was stunned for a moment, and then exchanged a smile with him.

  Lu's family personally escorted her out of the house and called for a servant to bring over the pure white Samoyed that Liu Wenyuan had carefully raised for two years.

  "Now that it's come to this, your aunt won't say anything else. Since Xuan'er has given up voluntarily, just pretend nothing happened. You can rest assured, no one will mention this matter again."

  "It was originally just a one-sided affection of the young master, our girl is clean and innocent, and it's slander to say it out loud." Man Shuang muttered discontentedly. Lu Shi's attitude made it seem like they should be grateful to her, which was really disgusting.

  Lin Zhaoyan discontentedly tugged at her sleeve, fortunately Lu Shi did not hear.

  After seeing off Lin Zhao Yan, Lu returned to the courtyard exhausted. She had intended to ask her maid to decoct another dose of medicine, but instead saw Liu Wen Xuan's personal maid rush out in a fluster, her face deathly pale.

  "Madam, something's wrong! The young master is coughing up blood!"

  Lin Zhaoyan sat in the carriage of the Huihou Mansion, holding the snow dog raised by Liu Wenyuan, and heard the maid say that its name was Xuetuan.

  This is also the name she mentioned with Man Shuang.

  Man Shuang stared at the snowball in Lin Zhaoyan's arms, a small white fluffy ball that was groomed to perfection, with smooth and shiny fur, big bright eyes, but now it looked listless, lying lazily on Lin Zhaoyan's leg, making it look even more adorable.

  "Compared with the one that Seventh Aunt used to raise, this one is even more lovely and not afraid of strangers. Eldest Young Master has really put in a lot of effort." Man Shuang couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

  Manhua also said: "Young Master is indeed a good person, but unfortunately, Auntie is not a kind-hearted person. In the past, I only thought she was powerful, today I just found out how despicable she is, and even if you marry him, you won't have a good life."

  Man Shuang followed with indignation, "If it weren't for Master Biao seeing the young lady's intentions and giving up voluntarily today, I think Auntie would really dare to come and propose marriage. The more I think about it, the more frightened I become."

  "Never mind." Lin Zhaoyan interrupted them, her hand unconsciously stroking the snowball, her eyes dim.

  For some reason, she thought of Liu Wenyuan's last smile, and her heart felt vaguely uneasy.

  She had no premonition beforehand, so she never thought it would be bad.

  But he handed her a snowball, and somehow it felt like handing over his "last words".

  But hopefully it was just her being overly worried.

  As she thought so, the carriage suddenly made an emergency brake, and she was caught off guard. The snowball was instantly thrown to the ground.

  Xue Tuan's whimpering sounded, Lin Zhao Yan didn't even have time to sit steady, hurriedly went forward and picked it up.

  Man Shuang and Man Hua quickly supported her and knocked on the car wall, asking: "What happened? Why did it stop suddenly?"

  All I heard was the car owner's angry scolding: "Don't you value your life?! You deserve to be killed in a crash!"

  Lin Zhaoyan furrowed his brow, gently patting the snowball to comfort it while shouting outwards: "What's going on?"

  The coachman hastily replied, "Reporting to Fourth Miss, it's a small beggar who suddenly rushed over, he really doesn't want his life!"

  "Didn't hit anyone's house?"

  "Nothing..."

  The driver had hardly finished speaking when a heart-piercing wail came from outside.

  "Oh no, someone's been killed! The wealthy family is bullying people with their power! They hit someone and still dare to scold them loudly, everyone come quick and judge who's right!"

  The coachman was furious, "Nonsense! It's clearly your own fault!"

  "Oh no, everyone come and judge for yourselves! Who's so reckless as to dash into the middle of the road?! It's clear they hit someone and don't want to take responsibility, that's why they're cursing at me. They're bullying us common people, what can we do about it?! Is there still justice in this world?! Heaven and earth, who will stand up for us ordinary folk?!"

  Most of the people around were ordinary civilians, who had been oppressed by the powerful for a long time. At this moment, they heard the words and immediately swarmed up, chattering and following to demand justice.

  Lin Zhaoyan knew at once that he had encountered a swindler.

  It seems that this technique of "accidental collision" has always been a popular profession, whether in ancient or modern times!

  Thanks for the reward from Xiaolongyin and Qiyu~