Chapter 73: Moon over the Pine Branches (5) Yanyan, Don’t Go

When the older children saw adults coming, they scattered like birds.

But Xie Run saw that these children were dressed in rags, their faces and bodies were dirty, and their hair was messy. It was unclear how long it had been since they had washed. They seemed to be the little beggars of the city.

He quickly rescued all the children.

The children had just scuffled, and all had sustained significant injuries. The beggars, taking advantage of their numbers, had broken the young man's forehead, causing some blood to flow. The young man, not to be outdone, also beat the beggars, leaving them bruised and battered. One of them, grabbed by the back of his collar by Xie Run, had his teeth knocked out. He struggled, clutching his teeth and sobbing.

Xie Run hated crying children the most. He scolded them sternly, "Stop crying! You're making so much noise! ​​The kid you guys beat up didn't cry, and you're the first one to start crying!"

Toothless was really frightened by Xie Run, and immediately became obedient. He pouted and stopped crying, sniffed the snot or blood in his mouth and swallowed it.

The older kid, with a head of messy curly hair, looked incredibly smug and arrogant. He showed no shame in bullying others and instead bit back, "He stole our things, that's why we're crying!"

Xie Yun carried a leather medicine bag with him, which contained some basic medicine for fall injuries and tools for treating wounds.

She took out a medicine bottle, poured some purified alcohol onto a cotton ball, cleaned the wounds of the children one by one, and applied medicine to them one by one.

What’s interesting is that these children have been begging outside all year round, and their faces are dirty. After Xie Yun cleaned them up, the dirt on the wounds was cleaned, and their faces became white and black.

Because Xie Yun did not ask them what happened, but just helped them treat their wounds. Xie Yun had a fierce brother by his side, so they did not dare to treat him like other people. They could only let Xie Yun clean their wounds.

The young man was fair and clean, but his face was dirty when he was pinned to the ground and beaten.

Only he, after Xie Yun cleaned his wound, timidly but politely thanked Xie Yun.

Xie Yun was quite surprised and asked, "What's your name? Whose child are you?"

Although he was grateful to the fairy-like woman for appearing and helping him, he was very cautious and did not really tell her his name. He just said, "Lang'er."

"Lang'er, your name is very nice." Xie Yun smiled gently and her voice was also gentle.

But Yan Lang was unusually well-behaved. After he finished speaking, he brushed off the dust on himself, still insisting on not paying much attention to strangers, and turned to leave.

He was in a hurry to take the plaster back and apply it to his father, and there was no time to delay.

The continuous rainy days had tortured Yan Huinan's fingers. But he still insisted on teaching Yan Lang to write every day. At noon today, Yan Lang took advantage of his father's nap and secretly ran out to buy a plaster for his father.

When he followed his father into the city, he happened to see a pharmacy and secretly wrote down the directions, hoping to buy some plasters for his father when his plasters were almost used up.

As a result, he met this group of children outside. When they saw Yan Lang was alone, they came up to talk to him and tried to steal the valuables from him.

But although Yan Lang was young, he was not stupid. He did not intend to pay attention to these people, so they took advantage of their numbers to rob him.

Yan Lang would carry a small wooden box with him. It had a faint lychee scent, the same scent his mother had used. Yan Lang loved the smell and treasured it dearly.

In fact, this box is not worth much money. What is valuable is the silver and money in the box.

That's right, Yan Lang put all his savings in this small box, including folded banknotes and a few small coins.

He finally managed to get the box back, and then hid it in the innermost part of the package.

"Wait a moment." Xie Yun saw the pharmacy logo on the small package in front of Yan Lang. It was the logo of Yunjitang. Xie Yun took out the badge from her waist. She saw that this child was very smart and very vigilant, so she also expressed her sincerity. She pointed to the "Yun" logo on the medicine Yan Lang bought. It was exactly the same as the one on her badge. She smiled and said, "You bought the medicine from Yunjitang, right? I'm the owner of Yunjitang. Can I take you back?"

This child looked only a few years old, and he had just been bullied by a group of children. Xie Yun was worried that he would run into bad people while walking around the city. She was really worried.

When Yan Lang saw her badge, his guard relaxed a little. Yunjitang is a place that treats illnesses and saves lives, so the owner of Yunjitang should not be a bad person.

"Okay then, my home is nearby." Yan Lang nodded cautiously, standing a little distance away from Xie Yun.

Somehow, looking at him, Xie Yun thought of her own child. Calculating, her child should be about this age.

Her heart melted into pieces.

Seeing this child's impertinence, Xie Yun couldn't help but feel fond of him. However, she restrained her affection because she had her own child.

If her child knew that his mother liked someone else's child, he would definitely be sad.

Even though they were thousands of miles apart, even though they hadn't seen each other for years, or even though they might never see each other again, Xie Yun didn't want to upset her child.

She couldn't help but favor her own child and reserved the most important place in her heart for him.

Abandoning him back then has always been a knot in Xie Yun's heart. For so many years, her heart has always drifted far away, but she doesn't know where to land, because she doesn't know where her child is. She wonders if Yan Huinan will still treat their child well if he hates her so much?

But thinking of Lu Lingyu's promise to her, Xie Yun felt a little relieved. With Lu Lingyu around, there would be no problem.

But as a mother, she felt uncomfortable and owed him a lot because she had to entrust the task of raising her child to someone else.

Xie Yun asked Xie Run to take the remaining children to Jishan Hall, while she escorted Yan Lang back.

After the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, the sky suddenly broke, and a warm sunlight fell on the earth. Xie Yun followed Yan Lang closely. The little boy had a round, neat bun on his head. His family must have loved him very much, to raise such a smart, sensible, beautiful and lovely child.

Xie Yun raised his head and looked at the light on the clouds, feeling a dull pain in his heart.

Being separated from her child was like cutting a piece of flesh from her heart.

Soon, Xie Yun followed Yan Lang to the gate of a low-key courtyard. She looked up at the courtyard. There was no plaque on it, so she didn't know who the owner was.

"I'm here." Yan Lang seemed to not know how to address Xie Yun. He looked at her and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

Xie Yun also noticed it, squatted down and said to him: "My last name is Yun, you can call me Aunt Yun."

Yan Lang nodded and said, "Thank you, Aunt Yun. I'm going back now."

Xie Yun reached out her hand and wanted to touch Yan Lang's head, but she realized that this child had a very strong sense of boundaries, so she withdrew her hand and said with a smile: "Okay, Aunt Yun will watch you go in."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a sudden burst of panic and noisy sounds coming from inside.

It seems to be a mess.

Xie Yun frowned unconsciously. Was the servant so irresponsible? They only just realized the child was lost now?

She was just about to see what kind of family it was.

Unexpectedly, when the door opened, a very familiar face came into view. Her heart suddenly dropped, and she frantically tried to run away, but the man had already seen her, and it was too late...

But she was wearing a veil today, so he probably wouldn't be able to recognize her.

After Yan Lang saw who it was, he happily rushed over and hugged Yan Huinan, "Father, Lang'er bought you a plaster."

Yan Huinan had caught a cold due to the continuous rain. Ever since he lost track of Xie Yun, he'd found it difficult to sleep. Whenever he closed his eyes, he'd regret his poor eyesight. He'd been awake for days, and only after taking some medicine at noon today did he finally feel a bit sleepy.

Who would have thought that during this sleep, Yan Lang actually sneaked out on his own.

After waking up and not seeing Yan Lang, Yan Huinan wanted to kill himself.

If he could even lose Yan Lang, he would really be the most useless waste in the world, and he could really die.

He squatted down, not caring about the pain in his fingers, and picked up Yan Lang in shock. When he looked up, he saw the woman in white behind Yan Lang.

Yan Huinan looked at the woman in front of him who was standing somewhat stiffly in disbelief. Suddenly, a surge of pent-up energy rose in his chest, and he couldn't help but cough violently a few times, as if he wanted to cough out all his internal organs.

Xie Yun thought that the other party did not recognize her, so while Yan Huinan was coughing, Xie Yun planned to pretend that nothing had happened and turn around and leave.

She had no extra time to think about the current situation.

She subconsciously wanted to escape.

She didn't even have time to think deeply. Why did she have to escape? Why did she have to hide? Couldn't she just live an upright life?

But the moment she turned around, the person behind her caught up with her and grabbed her wrist tightly with great force.

Yan Huinan stretched out his hand with all his strength, and after six years, he once again tightly grasped his lover's hand. The warm and soft touch almost overwhelmed him the moment it touched him.

He couldn't describe the feeling at this moment. His throat couldn't help but choke with sobs, and he called out urgently, "Yan Yan, don't go."

This reunion scene appeared in Yan Huinan's dreams countless times, but every time he failed to hold her hand.

So this time he used all his strength to catch up with her and hold her hand.

finally……

But Xie Yun did not try to break free.

She had no idea what was going on, as if she had already rehearsed it countless times in her mind.

She quickly put on a cold and silent expression, frowning and saying, "Sir, it seems you have the wrong person."