Chapter 264 Finale Part 1
Lady Thirteen came to the Cen family just to see if Cen Yan needed help.
However, after talking with her, he learned that she didn't care about Ninth Lady's actions at all and had changed her plans, so he felt relieved.
She talked to Cen Yan for a while, and Cen Yan promised to bring the pastries she had promised to make for her next time she visited. She also had lunch at the Cen family before leaving reluctantly.
Cen Yan looked at the figure of Lady Thirteen and felt both familiarity and difficulty understanding this familiarity.
It seemed that since the first time they met, Lady Thirteen had been making things difficult for her, and she just thought that she was a naughty child and couldn't get angry at all.
However, before she could start making these snacks, the following unexpected event caught her off guard.
However, the war in the northern border had stopped some time ago.
Once the war is over, the army will return to the capital, be rewarded according to their merits, and the soldiers can go home to visit their parents.
As usual, Cen Dahai would naturally come back.
But no one could have imagined that when he left, he was still an unknown soldier, but when he came back, he had become a great general with outstanding military achievements!
This war with the Northern Frontier was extremely dangerous and difficult. It lasted for more than half a year, and the army was almost wiped out several times before it was stabilized.
Cen Yan could see all the information related to the war in the official newspaper.
But she could never have imagined that the person who stabilized the war was actually her own father...
If Old Man Cen were still alive and knew about this, he would probably go crazy on the spot.
Cen Dahai returned home in great glory. As soon as he arrived in Xiangyao County, he was warmly received by the county magistrate. All the major families also sent their leaders to greet him in person. Some even had evil intentions and wanted to put people by his bedside when they saw that Cen Dahai was alone.
He calmly sent his men back and dispatched his capable followers back to Guhe Village to inquire about the matter. Naturally, he learned from the head of the village that Cen Yan had moved to the county town with his family.
The village head also told Cen Dahai's entourage the address of his new home.
So, when Cen Dahai knocked on the door of the Cen family in military uniform, Cen Yan was stunned when he opened the door and saw him.
"What? Don't you recognize me?" It was rare for Cen Dahai to see his smart daughter looking so silly, and he couldn't help but smile. With this smile, her face, which had become sharp after experiencing countless killings in more than half a year, suddenly became soft again.
"Dad!" Cen Yan was sure it was him, and jumped happily into his arms.
Cen Dahai immediately hugged his daughter. He was a tough general who killed people without blinking an eye on the battlefield, but now he was crying.
Seeing this, the followers following behind him turned their heads away, pretending not to see such a vulnerable side of their general.
"Where's your mother? Is she okay?" Cen Dahai asked, "Child..."
"My mother gave birth to another son for you, and he will be named Cen Fei, just as you agreed before you left." Cen Yan also had tears on her face. As she spoke, she took Cen Dahai's hand and went home.
But she soon stopped and saw the group of sword-wielding followers behind Cen Dahai, "Dad, who are they?"
"They are my subordinates, Xiaoyan. Go home first. I will explain to you and your mother later." Cen Dahai said.
"Well, okay." Cen Yan nodded, glanced at the followers, and then took the lead to enter the yard to report the good news to Li.
Cen Dahai told his subordinates to wait here, and then he walked in.
This garden was very unfamiliar to him.
But he felt very close to every blade of grass and every tree here, because this was where his wife and children lived.
When he entered the house, Li had already heard Cen Yan mention his return, and hurried over to greet him.
When they saw each other, they both stopped in their tracks.
Then, Cen Dahai walked over quickly and hugged Li tightly in his arms, tears flowing out again: "...Wenjuan, I'm sorry for you."
"You're finally back!" Li burst into tears. All the worry and suppression in her heart for him for so long suddenly burst out at this moment.
The two hugged each other for a long time before going into the house together.
At this time, Ji Yunzhan got the news and rushed back home.
When he saw that it was indeed Cen Dahai who returned, he was naturally filled with joy.
When Cen Dahai saw him coming back, he stood up to him, walked up to him, and patted his shoulder: "I entrusted my family to you at the beginning. Now it seems that I know that I did not entrust it to the wrong person. You are a reliable person. However, you and my daughter can't live together in such an unclear way in the future. You should also give my daughter an explanation, right?"
Ji Yunzhan was stunned when he heard this.
Cen Yanze was also stunned for a moment, and then his face suddenly turned red.
No one could have imagined that he would say this the first thing he said!
"Dad, Brother Ji and I are engaged..." Cen Yan said the story a little embarrassedly, "It was just the day before yesterday. We held an engagement banquet at home. We didn't invite anyone except the Thirteenth Lady from the Gu family who I met recently."
"I plan to marry Xiaoyan after I pass the imperial examination next year." Ji Yunzhan also expressed his plan.
"Tomorrow? No, since we are already engaged, we should find a date recently and get married quickly." Cen Dahai said. He now spoke with an air of finality.
This was completely different from before he left home.
When Cen Yan heard this, he looked at Ji Yunzhan.
"Of course I also wanted to marry Xiaoyan earlier, but now that I have neither achieved success nor fame, I am afraid that I will let her down..." Ji Yunzhan expressed his concerns.
"How difficult is that? What does it matter if you don't achieve success or fame? In the future, Xiaoyan will be the general's daughter." Cen Dahai didn't say the rest of the words, but the creepy look he gave Ji Yunzhan said it all.
"Of course I am willing to do so. After I marry Xiaoyan, I will study hard, and next year I will pass the imperial examination for Xiaoyan!" Ji Yunzhan knew that if he did not agree, he would never be able to marry Cen Yan in this life, so he immediately gave in.
He knew that Cen Dahai was now a general before he came back.
But Cen Yan and Li were completely confused.
"Dad, what did you just say? You are a general now?" It took Cen Yan a while to sort out his thoughts, and he still asked uncertainly.
"Yes, I made great contributions in the army. After returning to the capital, the emperor appointed me as the Great General of the Nation." Cen Dahai looked at her and said, "Also, the Gu family you mentioned just now, is the Thirteenth Lady called Gu Yinyin?"
"Yes, how do you know?" Cen Yan just felt that her father had been to the military camp for a while, and when he came back, he was like a completely different person, and she couldn't figure him out at all!
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