"We'll dock at daybreak. Yu'er, are you worried about how you're going to face your father when you get back?"
Cheng Jinxing came to the deck with a cloak and put it on Xue Hanyu.
It is already September in my heart, and the river breeze is very cold at night.
"Yeah. I haven't seen my father for almost two years. The last time I saw him was when I was in Jiangnan. My eldest uncle passed away, and he came to take me back to Beijing."
Xue Hanyu nodded.
Cheng Jinxing gathered his cloak, tied the belt, and said, "Don't worry, I'll go back with you."
"No, no, no! I can go back by myself. Jinxing, you must remember what you promised me!"
Xue Hanyu quickly waved his hands, looking panicked.
"Of course I remember!" Cheng Jinxing grabbed Xue Hanyu's hand, rubbed it to warm her up, and said, "Until my family and your family accept you, you are not allowed to talk to you or tell anyone that I went to see you."
"Then I'll walk you to the door and watch Sanniang and Biaomei accompany you home, how about that?"
Cheng Jinxing continued.
"Um."
Xue Hanyu pursed her lips and nodded.
"There's no deep hatred between father and daughter. Besides, you'll eventually get married, and the days you can spend with your father will be few and far between. Don't worry, your stepmother, stepsister, or anyone else won't dare bully you. I'm here for you."
Cheng Jinxing put his arm around Xue Hanyu's shoulders and said.
After more than two months of getting along, Cheng Jinxing has successfully won Xue Hanyu's heart, helping Xue Hanyu get over that hurdle and no longer regard Cheng Jinxing as a junior.
Originally, Cheng Jinxing was not Xue Hanyu's junior, and since they were both unmarried, it was reasonable for them to be together because they loved each other.
Of course, this relationship would not have been possible without the help of the bandits from Feihuzhai.
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On the third day of September, a passenger ship docked at the pier on the canal.
Cheng Jinxing and his companions got off the boat.
"Oh, I'm so hungry. Come on, I'll treat you guys to a bowl of noodles!"
Sun Sanniang said this very generously.
"Whose sister are you?"
Sun Erhu knocked Sun Sanniang on the head in annoyance.
"Sun Erhu, you were only created a quarter of an hour earlier than me, so stop pretending to be a big brother in front of me. Besides, maybe I came out a few minutes before you! If we die, the midwife will die, and who knows if big brother is mistaken. Big brother is such a careless person!"
Sun Sanniang rolled her eyes at her twin brother.
"Is it Mr. Cheng Er?"
As soon as Sun Sanniang finished speaking, a soldier ran up and said to Cheng Jin.
"My last name is Cheng, and I'm the second child in the family."
Cheng Jin is walking on the road.
"Look at me, I can't even explain myself! Is this the second son of Cheng Jincheng from the Anyuan Marquis's mansion? He looks quite like him in this portrait."
The soldier patted his head and handed the portrait in his hand to Cheng Jinxing.
"Wow! This really looks like it!"
Sun Sanniang and Biaomei looked over and exclaimed in amazement.
Cheng Jinxing smiled proudly and said, "This must have been painted by my aunt. I am Cheng Jinxing. May I ask who this elder brother is?"
"Oh, that's right. Lord Bo and Lord Cheng, the Minister of Justice, have asked us to wait for Second Young Master Cheng at the entrances of the land and water routes these days. They're worried that Second Young Master Cheng hasn't been to the capital, so they asked us to escort him back to the Bo's Mansion!"
The soldier replied.
"Miss! Miss! I finally found you!"
At this time, three more people came running over, carrying bags on their backs, and it seemed that they were preparing to travel by boat.
"Uncle Fu."
Xue Hanyu looked over and saw that this was the housekeeper from the capital who had gone to Jiangnan to deliver something to her.
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