Chapter 193 Evoking Emotions from the Scene

Zhang Qingxiu was suddenly speechless after hearing her roar.

Just as she was about to reply, a deep voice beat her to it: "Aunt Zhang, what are you doing here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two turned around and immediately saw Fang Gan approaching rapidly.

The moment Sang Ruo saw her senior brother, she could no longer suppress her emotions; her longing for her grandfather had reached its peak.

Her eyes instantly reddened, and she turned away to wipe away her tears.

Fang Gan and Song Linlin both showed a hint of worry in their eyes after seeing her actions.

"Aunt Xiaoruo, are you alright?"

To avoid worrying the child, Sang Ruo subconsciously shook her head: "Auntie is fine..."

Fang Gan naturally heard the sob in her voice and looked at Zhang Qingxiu with displeasure: "Aunt Zhang, are you bullying my junior sister while I'm not here?"

"Heaven and earth bear witness! I just came to see her, how could I have bullied her?"

Fang Gan had always known that Sang Ruo had a bad relationship with her aunt's family.

He was well aware of the situation at the Hengyang courtyard and had tried various methods to help her get the house back, but he had never found a good solution.

“Aunt Zhang, if you don’t have anything to do in the future, please don’t come here anymore, so as not to disturb Ruoruo’s peace and quiet.”

After saying this, Fang Gan quickly turned around, grabbed Sang Ruo's hand, and walked directly into the house.

Watching their retreating figures as they entered the room, Zhang Qingxiu suddenly felt a surge of anger.

The hands placed on either side clenched tightly at the fingertips in an instant.

She lowered her voice and said calmly, "Sang Ruo, the Hengyang courtyard belongs to us! You can't take it away from us!"

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Ever since Zhang Qingxiu came, Fang Gan had clearly noticed that Sang Ruo's mood was very strange. She was extremely depressed all night and seemed absent-minded, as if she was thinking about something.

After putting the child to sleep, Sang Ruo leaned back on the recliner on the second-floor balcony, gazing absently at the moonlight outside the window.

Autumn has arrived, and it's getting a bit chilly in the mornings and evenings.

A gust of wind blew by, ruffling the ends of her long hair and letting it into her coat.

"Aren't you cold sitting here?"

Fang Gan came to her side and draped a blanket over her.

Sang Ruo's previously drifting thoughts suddenly came to a stop.

Looking down at the blanket her senior brother had covered her with, she suddenly thought of her grandfather.

In the past, whenever she sat on the recliner in the courtyard of Hengyang, her grandfather would cover her with a blanket and chat with her casually, just like he does now.

As the senior brother was, after all, the grandfather's disciple, and in this respect, they were somewhat similar.

But those ordinary days are a beautiful thing that she can no longer experience now.

"Senior brother, do you miss Grandpa?"

Sang Ruo looked up at the night sky, her voice growing deeper.

Fang Gan paused for a moment after hearing her words.

In the past, whenever my junior sister missed her master, she would look up at the starry sky.

Since his master passed away, he often dreams of the old man; how could he not miss him?

"Was it because your aunt came over today that you felt nostalgic and missed your master...?"

Fang Gan's voice carried a hint of probing, and when it reached her ear, her upper eyelashes suddenly trembled slightly.

She nodded slightly: "Perhaps!"

But what she felt most was heartache, because she couldn't keep the house her grandfather had given her.

Fang Gan suddenly leaned over, instinctively reached out and pulled her arm, then without hesitation pulled her into his embrace.

The sudden hug made Sang Ruo's heart skip a beat; the feeling was truly indescribable.

This wasn't the first time her senior had hugged her, so she didn't intend to break free.

During the time when her grandfather passed away, her senior brother stayed by her side. Whenever she was sad and cried, he would hug her and comfort her like an older brother, making her feel especially warm.

But this time, her senior brother held her especially tightly and whispered to her, "I'll probably be going back to Jiangzhou soon, in the next day or two. Now that your aunt and uncle have appeared by your side at this crucial moment, I'm really worried about you..."

Sang Ruo reached out and pushed him away: "It's okay, senior brother, you can go back if you want! Don't worry too much about my affairs, I can handle everything."

"I don't know when I'll be back after this trip, so you must take good care of yourself. If anything happens, tell your senior brother immediately, understand?"

Fang Gan stretched out his well-defined hand, placed it on the back of her head, and gently stroked her head.

Sang Ruo suddenly raised her eyes and met his gaze, seeing a look of reluctance deep in his eyes.

She finally nodded to her senior brother: "Okay, I understand."

Fang Gan looked down at her, a pang of sadness welling up in his eyes.

The reason he was in such a hurry to leave was that he could clearly sense that his state of mind had undergone a complete transformation during the time he had been by her side.

His feelings for her became increasingly uncontrollable, but he knew that Ruoruo's heart was not with him at all, and that they could not have a future together.

Some things must be nipped in the bud before they happen.

Leaving was the only option he could think of.

At that moment, a cell phone rang, breaking the tense atmosphere.

Sang Ruo subconsciously lowered her eyes and immediately saw the note on the screen.

It was Bo Jinyan who called.

"Go ahead and answer! I'm going to take a shower..."

Fang Gan merely glanced at his phone screen before quickly getting up from his chair.

When Sang Ruo raised her eyes, she found that he had already walked towards the door, but his back looked particularly lonely.

That feeling is hard to describe.

The phone in my hand kept ringing.

She hesitated for a moment, then answered the phone: "Mr. Bo..."

"Come downstairs, I'm in the car by the door."

Sang Ruo instinctively raised her eyes and looked outside the courtyard, where she immediately spotted the Maybach hidden under the big tree.

She was so focused on looking at the night sky that she didn't notice a car parked outside the yard.

She finally agreed, then put her phone away and quickly walked towards the stairs.

Unbeknownst to her, Fang Gan had not turned on the lights after returning to the room. He stood quietly behind the curtains, peeking out with his eyes as he watched her walk step by step toward the Maybach.

He only looked away after she opened the car door and got in, and went straight to the bathroom.

At this moment, in the Maybach.

As soon as Sang Ruo opened the back door of the car, her wrist was firmly grasped by the man in front of her.

The next second, she was pulled into a warm embrace, and a faint, cool woody scent enveloped her.