The Pianist And The Lady[Republic Of China Gl] Chapter 28

Chapter 28

“How about that person…?” After a long silence, Xu Ziyu spoke. She wanted to know who Shen Xian could fall in love with.

“Anywhere is fine. Maybe you think she is ordinary, but she is different to me.” Shen Xian thought of Lan Yuan’s face, with gentleness in her words and a smile on her face.

Xu Ziyu felt that the tone of Shen Xian’s words just now was exactly the same as Qian Pei’s. It seemed that he really liked that person, and he felt that his heart was bleeding.

Qian Pei couldn’t forget his first love for so many years, so Chen Xian was also very affectionate. It seemed that he was a step too late after all.

“You…go back.” Xu Ziyu’s straight back was bent, and he didn’t have much energy left to speak.

“Then take care of yourself. Goodbye.” Shen Xian stood up and left.

Xu Ziyu wanted to send people out, but as soon as he stood up, his legs became weak and he fell to the ground with a thump.

This was the first time that my body was so out of control and I couldn’t help myself.

Shen Xian turned around quickly, ran to Xu Ziyu, squatted down, and checked her legs: “Where did you fall? Try to see if you can stand up.”

Xu Ziyu burst into tears. She gently pulled Shen Xian’s wrist. Her tears couldn’t stop and fell on the back of Shen Xian’s hand.

“It hurts too much.” Xu Ziyu pointed to her ankle and said to Shen Xian.

A pun intended, my ankle hurts, and my heart hurts even more.

“I’ll take you to the hospital.” Shen Xian said patiently.

“No, there are some injuries that the hospital cannot treat.” Xu Ziyu let go of Shen Xian and wiped away her tears.

“Wu Ma is outside, I don’t need your pity.” She returned to her old arrogant tone.

“The day you bit me, I did hate you, but because of our wonderful past, I only hated you for three days. I can’t completely ignore you, but we really need to keep our distance.” Shen Xian said calmly.

She wouldn’t fall down just because Xu Ziyu shed a few tears, but she really felt sorry for Xu Ziyu who fell down on his leg.

After saying these words, Shen Xian opened the door and left, and met Wu’s mother downstairs in the hotel.

Wu Ma hurriedly handed a box of snacks to Shen Xian: “Xiao Shen, the lady bought this specially in Nanjing. She said this is your favorite.”

“Yangzhou’s butterfly cakes are also delicious.” Shen Xian did not take the pastry box, and his tone already hinted at rejection.

“Sister Ziyu sprained her ankle. Go and have a look. I’ll leave first.” Shen Xian said to Wu’s mother.

The meal lasted from noon to three in the afternoon before Shen Xian returned to Lan’s house.

Holding the butterfly cake he just bought in his hand, Shen Xian saw Jasmine in the courtyard and wanted to give her half of it.

“My Teacher Shen, you are back. Miss, she was punished to kneel down in the ancestral hall.” Jasmine was almost dying of anxiety, her tone of voice was so anxious that she even spoke Yangzhou dialect.

“What’s going on?” Shen Xian also became anxious.

Things go back to noon today——

Lan Yuan returned to her courtyard and wanted to eat with Shen Xian, but she didn’t expect that Shen Xian went out and had to eat alone.

Facing the plate of desolate and brightly colored shrimps and eggs, Lan Yuan remembered that Shen Xian’s words about missing him turned out to be lies. Bai came back to eat with others.

Moreover, I asked her specifically yesterday that she would not go out today, and there was no one around her now. Lan Yuan became increasingly unable to eat, so she just poked fish to relieve her boredom.

This was not a big deal, but recently I had been eating with Mrs. Lan, and suddenly she wanted to go back to her place for dinner. Mrs. Lan was unhappy, but she didn’t deliberately stop her. Instead, she seemed stingy.

When checking the guest list of Lan Zhi’s wedding in the afternoon, Lan Yuan was still thinking about Shen Xian, thinking about the cold dinner without anyone at noon, and thinking about Shen Xian who went out without even reporting.

As a result, Lan Yuan was distracted and made a mistake in the list. The guests assigned to each table were different from what Mrs. Lan ordered.

“You went back to your own courtyard to rest for free at noon? You can mess up such a simple thing.” Mrs. Lan threw the things on the ground in anger. She was always strict with her daughter.

“Mom, I’ll do it again right away.” Lan Yuan hurriedly picked up the things on the ground, not daring to take a breath.

“Kneel in the ancestral hall for two hours and stay up late at night to drive them out.” Mrs. Lan said these words and stormed away angrily.

“Okay, my daughter will receive her punishment.” Lan Yuan watched her mother leave and then went to the ancestral hall on her own, taking advantage of the familiar road.

Chen Xian was led by Jasmine to the Lan family ancestral hall. The solemn atmosphere and the smell of heavy wood made this place look extremely weird.

Opening the door, Lan Yuan was kneeling before the ancestors of the Lan family. Her back was thin and thin, but with inexplicable tenacity, like pine and cypress, green bamboo and wintersweet.

“Are your knees okay?” Shen Xian walked to Lan Yuan and knelt down together.

“Teacher Shen, why are you here?” Lan Yuan was surprised and turned to look at Shen Xian.

“I’m sorry, it was me who hurt you.” Chen Xian learned what happened from Jasmine.

“It’s none of your business.” Lan Yuan insisted, “It’s my own problem.”

“I went to meet a sister from Nanjing at noon, and she suddenly came to see me.” Shen Xian explained the reason for his absence from lunch.

“Stop kneeling, the ground is cold, and you don’t have a mat there.” Lan Yuan knelt and moved to Shen Xian, rubbing her knees for her.

“Then get up too, or I won’t kneel.” Shen Xian grabbed Lan Yuan’s hand.

The two of them were suddenly so close, and Lan Yuan could smell the perfume on Chen Xian’s body. It was not the usual faint scent of grass mixed with orange blossoms, but a pungent fragrance, just like… the smell on Chen Xian’s body when he came back from Nanjing.

At that time, Lan Yuan took care of Shen Xian for a long time, and after smelling this smell for a long time, she would definitely remember it.

Chen Xian said that he went to see his sister today, so the smell was that of the Nanjing sister. Thinking about the tooth mark on Shen Xian’s collarbone, after careful consideration, it was indeed more like a woman’s tooth mark.

Could it be that the sister Chen Xian mentioned was the person who was once scornful of Shen Xian?

Then why does Shen Xian still want to meet this sister?

Could it be that they have… that kind of relationship?

Lan Yuan suppressed these random thoughts and got rid of the messy thoughts in her mind. Guessing is just a guess without a solid conclusion.

But even if it doesn’t count, it’s like a stone weighing on the heart, making people breathless.

“I made a mistake and deserve to be punished.” Lan Yuan explained to Shen Xian.

“Have you been punished like this since you were a child?” Chen Xian heard from Jasmine that Lan Yuan would be punished by kneeling down whenever she made a mistake.

Corporal punishment?Lan Yuan has never heard of such a word, but guesses that it means kneeling as a punishment.

“Isn’t this natural? It was my fault in the first place.” Lan Yuan was used to such punishment, and even forgot that she had resisted when she was a child.

“What is the right thing to do? What kind of right thing is this?” Shen Xian said angrily.

Lan Yuan was afraid of disturbing her ancestors: “Teacher Shen, please keep your voice down.”

After being reminded by Lan Yuan and realizing that his tone of voice was bad, Shen Xian immediately stopped his bad temper and said, “I’m sorry, I don’t blame you, I blame your parents. You just made the wrong list and made it again. You shouldn’t be punished.”

“But I made a mistake!” Lan Yuan always felt that her mother was right.

“Lan Yuan, not all mistakes need to be paid for.” Shen Xian said patiently, gently holding Lan Yuan’s hand, looking at Lan Yuan tenderly, feeling sorry for her that she had been innocently punished by her parents since she was a child.

Don’t all mistakes have a price?When Lan Yuan heard this, she suddenly became enlightened and woke up.

Yes, she used to not understand why she was punished for not being able to embroider flowers, why she was punished for kneeling in the ancestral hall for being playful, why she was punished for kneeling when she walked in the wrong posture, why she was punished for kneeling when she ate and looked ugly, why she was punished for kneeling when she could not memorize books, and why all kinds of trivial mistakes were punished.

For more than ten years, she lost her curiosity for answers in the punishment, and numbly accepted her parents’ abuse and control. She believed that these were all her faults, because she made her parents angry and because she didn’t do well enough, so she deserved to be punished.

But now Shen Xian told her the answer again. Not all mistakes need to be paid.

“If you’re not good at embroidery, let’s practice more. What’s wrong with being playful? It’s normal for children to like to play. If you don’t look good when walking or eating, you can slowly change it. If you can’t memorize the book, let’s recite it a few more times. These are not the reasons for them to bully you.” Shen Xian kept holding Lan Yuan’s hand without letting go.

“Is this really possible?” Lan Yuan’s eyes were filled with tears as she listened to Shen Xian’s heart-warming words. Can there really be such good parents?

“Okay, children should be well loved.” Shen Xian hugged the tearful Lan Yuan and patted her back gently.

“But I’m not a child anymore.” Lan Yuan hugged Shen Xian’s waist and leaned into Shen Xian’s arms.

“I’m older than you, you can always be a child to me.” Shen Xian comforted Lan Yuan. She really wanted to make up for Lan Yuan’s delayed and bullied childhood.

“Thank you, Chen Xian.” Lan Yuan hugged the person tighter, reluctant to let go of the person in front of her.

This is the god who leads her out of the chaos, the ray of light that leads her out of the dark swamp. Her life is vivid and colorful because of Shen Xian’s intrusion again and again!

“So you still want to kneel?” Chen Xian asked.

“I don’t want to kneel down, but… I don’t dare to get up.” Lan Yuan told the truth. Even if she now knows that this is a shackles imposed by her parents, she does not dare to break free.

“It’s okay, let’s take it slow, I will always be with you.” Shen Xian did not ask Lan Yuan to be brave immediately. It is not easy to let go of the restraints of more than ten years. Please take it one step at a time.

Lan Yuan originally thought that Shen Xian would be angry with her for being cowardly, but she never thought that she would be so peaceful, tolerant and considerate.

“I will slowly become braver.” Lan Yuan held Chen Xian’s hand.

“I believe you.” Shen Xian patted her hand, his eyes bright.

“You get up first, you don’t have to suffer with me.” Lan Yuan felt sorry for Shen Xian, who was still kneeling on the ground.

“I will kneel with you.” Lan Yuan has been kneeling alone in this dark ancestral hall for these years, and Shen Xian wants to experience the suffering she has endured.

Lan Yuan knew that she couldn’t persuade Shen Xian, so she handed the cushion under her knees to Chen Xian.

Chen Xian pushed back to Lan Yuan cleanly.

The two of you pushed each other, and the two hours passed much faster.

It was the first time that the ancestors on the memorial tablet saw someone so disrespectful, daring to play and fall in love in front of ghosts and gods. It was ridiculous!!!