Chapter 196 Chapter 196 I have experience
In just a few blinks of an eye, Xu Yunfan thought about countless things and made countless excuses and reasons for Qin Feiyu. Qin Feiyu had no idea what was going on in Xu Yunfan's mind. He waved his hand and had Jing Yeze taken away, but he didn't move at all. He looked at Xu Yunfan without blinking, and asked with a smile, "Oh, your husband is amazing."
"Whether I'm powerful or not, I wouldn't dare boast in front of General Qin, but I can tell you one thing for sure: if my husband comes, your marriage might be ruined. Furthermore, the image you've built up in the hearts of the people over the years would probably be ruined. So, do you want to keep me?"
Xu Yunfan squatted on the competition stage, looking at Qin Feiyu with a half-smile. "Without any confidence, do you think I'd be stupid enough to challenge your people? Please, I'm not stupid." He leaned against the edge of the arena and jumped off, clapping his hands. "Alright, I've been out for quite some time now, so I'll be leaving now."
Qin Feiyu said nothing and even stepped aside to let Xu Yunfan go.
It wasn't that Qin Feiyu was afraid of the husband Xu Yunfan was talking about, nor was it that he was worried about ruining his reputation.
But after listening to Xu Yunfan's words, Qin Feiyu had a feeling that what Xu Yunfan said was true, but he did not panic because he, Qin Feiyu, was upright and what was there to be afraid of?
He just had a premonition that if he really did something to Xu Yunfan and vented Jing Yezhe's anger, he would definitely regret it for the rest of his life.
Jing Ye Ze was not worth him doing this, so he let Xu Yunfan go.
After walking out of the general's mansion, Xu Yunfan looked back in a daze.
This is where Qin Run used to live!
Luxurious, grand, spacious and clean, the Qin family's home is completely incomparable to this magnificent general's mansion, but this is no longer Qin Run's home.
Xu Yunfan had mixed feelings.
Three generations form a family status, five generations form a clan, and nine generations form an aristocratic family. Xu Yunfan comes from an aristocratic family. As the young prince of the Xu family, not only him, but all the people in the Xu family do not actually have much desire for money. When the family wealth accumulates to a certain level, their obsession with money becomes less important, and they value power and politics more.
Xu Yunfan has been favored since he was a child, and his family never forced him to do anything. After all, the Xu family's current social status is enough for Xu Yunfan to live a carefree life until his death. But since he came to the Dayan Dynasty, if Xu Yunfan wanted money, he had to earn it by himself, and if he wanted power, he had to fight for it alone without any external help.
But he is not afraid. For him, whether it is money or power, as long as he wants, these are not difficult for him.
The reason why he wanted these things was not simply for himself, but also partly for the people he cared about. He wanted to give them some protection, which required money. He wanted to protect the people around him and protect them from being bullied by others, which required him to have a certain status. Among the people he fought for, Qin Run was undoubtedly the most important one.
For other things, for Qin Run, as long as Qin Run wants it, he can work hard for it. What if Qin Run wants Qin Feiyu?
Damn it, he can’t get this guy.
Love cannot be forced, and the same goes for family affection.
That night, Xu Yunfan drew a portrait of Qin Feiyu, pretending to be interested, and asked Qin Run to describe what Qin's father looked like and what his facial features were.
Afterwards, Xu Yunfan took out the portrait of Qin Feiyu that he had already drawn behind Qin Run's back and asked with a smile, "Does our father look like this? Does my drawing look like him?"
The moment Qin Run saw the portrait, tears immediately fell. He widened his eyes and took the portrait from Xu Yunfan with trembling hands. He kept stroking the portrait on it to ease his longing.
Qin Run's lips trembled. "Like, so much like, Yunfan, this is my father."
When Qin Run saw the faint mole on the tip of the nose of the person in the portrait, he was surprised. He clearly didn't tell Xu Yunfan that Qin's father had a mole on the tip of his nose, so how did Xu Yunfan know it?
Is this the legendary telepathy?
Xu Yunfan was speechless for a while.
He was right.
Qin Feiyu is really Qin Run's father.
Since Qin Feiyu has been looking for his child in recent years, why doesn't he go back to Dali Village to take a look?
Doesn't he know that it is difficult for a ten-year-old child to survive on his own, not to mention that Qin Run has to take Qin An with him.
Xu Yunfan didn't know why Qin Feiyu didn't go back to find brother Qin Run.
He also didn't understand. Qin Run was his son, so why did Qin Feiyu tell the outside world that he had never had any children?
Could it be that Brother Qin Run popped out of a stone?
Or is Qin Run the son he adopted back then?
This may not hold water for Xu Yunfan at all.
The adopted son happens to look so much like me. Is there such a coincidence in the world?
Now that Qin Feiyu is getting married, Qin Run rashly comes to meet him. Isn't this a slap in Qin Feiyu's face?
Others have already embraced a new life. If Qin Run and Qin An, the unrecognized sons, reappear, how will the Jing family view them in the future?
How would Qin Feiyu face them? What would their situation be like in the Qin family?
Damn, there were too many questions, and Xu Yunfan couldn’t find the answers. It concerned Qin Run, and he was so short of words that he didn’t know how to talk to Qin Run.
What a mess her husband has been in.
In this case, Xu Yunfan thought, we might as well just go our separate ways and just not acknowledge this father.
But it is not feasible for me to make decisions for Qin Run. What does Qin Run think?
If Qin Run went to the house and caused trouble to Qin Feiyu, who would be hurt in the end?
Xu Yunfan was overwhelmed with thoughts. This didn't work, and that didn't work. The joy and excitement she had in taking her husband to find his father disappeared in an instant.
Thinking about what happened when he met Qin Feiyu today, Xu Yunfan thought about it for a long time, and finally felt that even though he was Qin Run's husband, even though he was considering Qin Run and worried that Qin Run would be sad because of Qin Feiyu, he could not make the decision for Qin Run without authorization.
When Xu Yunfan and Qin Run talked about Qin Feiyu, Qin Run laughed at Xu Yunfan for thinking too much. How could a village boy like him be related to General Qin?
But Xu Yunfan told him that the portrait of Qin's father was based on Qin Feiyu. Xu Yunfan pointed to the mole on the tip of Qin's father's nose in the portrait, which was almost invisible unless you looked closely, and asked Qin Run, "Run'er, think about it, did you tell me about this mole on your father-in-law? No, but I drew it. Do you know why? Because I met him today. He is General Qin Feiyu."
"General Qin isn't a man, he's a boy. He's your father, which means you and Brother An don't have a mother. You're his children, and yet he's concealed this from everyone, even making the villagers of Dali Village believe you were fathered by your mother-in-law. I've even suspected that your father and General Qin weren't related by blood, but were just strangers who looked alike. I've also questioned whether he was your father, but are there really two people in the world who are so similar? So similar that they even have a subtle mole in the same place?"
"How could this be?" Qin Run was already unable to react, he was stunned, as if he was in a fog, surrounded by a thick white fog that could not be dispelled. He had so many questions to ask, but in the end, he didn't know where to start.
Upon learning that Qin's father was still alive and that he was getting married, Qin Run's joyful mood was suddenly thwarted. All his emotions plummeted to the bottom. In disbelief, he asked Xu Yunfan, "Yunfan, what are you talking about? You said he's getting married? He said he has no children?"
Qin Feiyu has no children, so how did he and Qin An come together?
Could it be that, just as Xu Yunfan told the story, the brothers popped out of a stone?
Xu Yunfan gave Qin Run enough time to calm down, and it took him a long while before he told him everything he had found out, without leaving out a single word, even including the details of his visit to the general's residence and his "exchange" with Jing Ye Ze today. He told him everything in detail without leaving anything out or concealing anything.
Finally, Xu Yunfan looked at Qin Run, whose eyes were red and who was holding back his words, and said, "That Jing Ye Ze doesn't look like someone who would accept General Qin's child. Don't ask me how I know, I just have this feeling. He is from the Jing family, but he is different from the upright and broad-minded Jing Mingze. He is from the second branch of the Jing family, while Jing Mingze is from the first branch. On the surface, it seems that there is no conflict between the two branches, but in fact, it is not the case. The second branch of the Jing family has always been suppressed by the first branch. With Jing Mingze being the head of the family and controlling the entire Jing family, can the second branch tolerate it?"
According to what Xu Yunfan and Xie Baizhou had inquired about, Jing Yeze had no hope of taking the imperial examination, so he was not a good student. On the contrary, because he had been arrogant and domineering for more than ten years when he was a child in the provincial capital, he relied on his family background. During these ten years, he practiced some boxing and kicking skills and was also taught by a martial arts master. Later, Jing Mingze came out of the Imperial College and was not assigned anywhere else. After the Jing family moved from Yiping Prefecture to the capital, Jing Yeze joined the Qin family army by coincidence.
It can be said that if the second branch of the Qin family wants to make a comeback, it all depends on Qin Feiyu, or it can be said that it depends on having a bloodline to inherit the general's mansion in the future.
Qin Feiyu is the only son of the Qin family. General Qin has only one child. If Qin Feiyu has children in the future, the first child must have the surname Qin. No matter what the surname is, it cannot hide the fact that this child is not only from the Qin family, but also from the second branch of their Jing family.
Since he was the offspring of the second branch of the Jing family, and had the Qin family as their backing, what did the first branch matter? From now on, it would no longer be Jing Mingze who would be the head of the Jing family.
Of course, these are all Xu Yunfan's guesses. Outsiders don't know the relationship between the first and second branches of the Jing family. Before, because of Li Liu, Xu Yunfan was worried that Li Liu would be bullied by the Jing family in the future, so he talked to Jing Mingze about the Jing family. Jing Mingze was also frank and did not hide anything. He told Xu Yunfan everything about the Jing family, just to make Xu Yunfan feel at ease to hand Li Liu over to him.
"Run'er, if you and An'er show up, it would be fine if Qin Feiyu sides with you. But to be frank, what I fear most is that if there is a stepfather, there will be a stepmother. You've been in the village for so long, you must have heard more about this than I have. If Qin Feiyu doesn't protect you brothers, we will be in trouble without knowing how to deal with it."
Even if the fact that Qin Run and Qin An's biological fathers are unknown, it cannot be concealed. They are the eldest sons of the Qin family. Even if they are not legitimate sons, the Jing family probably will not allow their existence.
Xu Yunfan didn't dare to guess Qin Feiyu's attitude easily.
Qin Run held the portrait tightly like a life-saving straw. He just looked at Xu Yunfan and was speechless for a long time.
Qin Run was so helpless, and Xu Yunfan felt so distressed when he saw him. Xu Yunfan held him in his arms, and kissed his cheek tenderly, "Run'er, don't hold it in. If you feel bad, just cry. There's no need to endure it. I'm here. You don't have a father, but you still have me, An'er, and Mu'er. We are all your family. If he really doesn't want you anymore, I want you. He doesn't treat you as treasures, but I treat you as my greatest treasure. In short, I will always be by your side, whether you need me or not. As long as you open your eyes, I will be in your sight, within your reach."
“Hmm…”
Qin Run threw away the portrait and instead hugged Xu Yunfan tightly in his arms, with such strength that it seemed as if he wanted to rub Xu Yunfan into his bones and blood.
"He doesn't want me, so I don't want him either." These words were obviously spoken in anger.
Because after Qin Run had cried enough and vented enough, he still asked Xu Yunfan to take him to the General's Mansion, "I want to see him, just from a distance. He has a new life, and I won't disturb him."
An unmarried man suddenly had two children, which was a disaster for Qin Feiyu, who was going to get married in half a year.
There were some doubts that should have been asked directly, but since their status was so different from Qin Feiyu's, no one dared to take the risk.
"Okay." Xu Yunfan endured the discomfort. Qin Run hugged him too tightly, their chests pressed against each other, their breaths lingering. At other times, Xu Yunfan might have enjoyed this close contact, but now, he only felt a sense of suffocation. He patted Qin Run's arm, "Loosen your grip. Are you trying to strangle me to death so you can become a widower?"
"You're talking nonsense again, Xu Yunfan. Don't say that next time. I don't want to hear it. You have to stay with me for the rest of your life." Qin Run bit Xu Yunfan as a punishment.
Like Xu Yunfan, whenever Xu Yunfan was particularly serious, he would call Qin Run by his full name. Qin Run called him Xu Yunfan, which proved that Qin Run was really taboo about what he said.
Xu Yunfan was bitten and it hurt. He hissed, took a breath, and said with a smile: "One lifetime is not enough. If there is an afterlife, we want to be together for all eternity."
Qin Run was satisfied and relaxed a little. After being comforted by Xu Yunfan, he felt better.
the next day.
Xu Yunfan and Qin Run, who was in disguise, waited across the street for Qin Feiyu to go out.
Although he knew that they could not recognize each other, Qin Run was still full of expectations.
It was just this anticipation that made Qin Run's breath stop for a moment when he saw Qin Feiyu with a happy face and a smile as he sent a woman out.
Lost.
They lost in the end.
Xu Yunfan said so much yesterday, and Qin Run listened to it, but he still held a glimmer of hope. He thought, maybe between the child and Jing Ye Ze, Qin Feiyu would choose them brothers?
But when Qin Run saw Qin Feiyu's dazzling smile, his heart sank.
In a trance, Qin Run suddenly understood.
He understood why Xu Yunfan shed two tears on the way to Beijing, sobbed pitifully and talked about how miserable he was, and finally said those words to him seriously.
Qin Run didn't want to compare Xu Yunfan's sad story with his own to gain comfort or to use other people's misfortunes to highlight his own luck. Qin Run couldn't do such a thing. How could he bear to see Xu Yunfan sad?
Putting himself in his shoes, Xu Yunfan certainly wouldn't want to see himself sad. These negative emotions are contagious, and he doesn't want Xu Yunfan to be unhappy.
Qin Run withdrew his gaze from Qin Feiyu and instead fell on Xu Yunfan. He held Xu Yunfan's hand with such force that veins on the back of his hand bulged.
How can this guy be so good?
How lucky he is to meet someone who cares about him so much.
The sadness in Qin Run's chest was completely swept away, and at the moment, he only felt lucky.
It was because he stayed in Dali Village that he was able to meet Xu Yunfan. This was his luck, so Qin Feiyu did not go back to find him. He and Qin An had been struggling to survive for so many years, just to wait for someone to appear.
At this moment, Qin Run figured it out and understood Xu Yunfan's words that they should all be well.
"Yunfan, let's go. There's nothing to see here." There's no need to recognize some people. As long as you make sure they are doing well, and both parties are safe and don't disturb each other, it's actually pretty good.
So let it be, his father is gone, and there is no one in the world who loves him as much as the father in his memory.
The father in his memory is irreplaceable. Qin Feiyu is not his father. He is not.
Xu Yunfan turned and walked away with Qin Run. Qin Feiyu, who had been escorting someone to the carriage, turned around and looked at him. He suddenly felt a jolt in his heart, and an inexplicable feeling of sadness spread throughout his body. Qin Feiyu couldn't bear it at once, and his body went limp, almost falling to the ground. Fortunately, the old housekeeper was quick to help him up and asked anxiously, "Oh, Master, what's wrong with you? Has your old illness relapsed?"
As a boy, Qin Feiyu failed to receive proper postpartum care after giving birth twice. When Qin Run was born, he was on the battlefield and Qin Feiyu hardly got enough rest. Even if he was not on the battlefield, the things he needed to deal with every day made him too busy to handle them. When Qin An was born, he was secretly heading to the frontier and was chased by the enemy halfway. He was accompanied by a wet nurse and a maid who knew no martial arts at all. Even Qin Run was still a child and had to rely on Qin Feiyu for everything.
As a general, Qin Feiyu had fought in the battlefields and suffered countless assassination attempts over the years, so it was inevitable that he had many hidden injuries and old illnesses.
The housekeeper hurriedly brought Qin Feiyu to the mansion, but Qin Feiyu, who was almost unable to stand, did not know where he got the strength from, and pushed the housekeeper, causing him to stagger and run straight into the alley opposite.
It's too late.
There was nothing in the alley, not even a single person.
Qin Feiyu's eyes widened, his breathing became rapid, and he ran forward impatiently, but the alley was too short, and the person he was looking for had already disappeared in the crowd on the main road, and there was no trace of him left.
Qin Run is a very free and easy person. He told Xu Yunfan that after meeting Qin Feiyu, he would never think about him again. He really did what he said. Even though Qin Feiyu was far from the father in his memory, the moment he learned that he was still alive, he was more happy than sad. Qin Feiyu was fine, and he and his two younger brothers and Xu Yunfan were also fine. It was better than admitting it and making trouble for himself and the other party.
Without Qin Feiyu, doesn’t he still have Xu Yunfan?
In this world, no one can survive without anyone else.
Xu Yunfan was very pleased that Qin Run could calm down so quickly. That night, Xu Yunfan took Qin Run and sneaked into Prince Xiao's Mansion like thieves, avoiding the eyes of everyone in the open and in the dark.
On the way, Qin Run was worried about whether they would be discovered if they came here rashly. Xu Yunfan patted his chest and said confidently and shamelessly: "Don't worry, I am the most experienced in this kind of thing. You have to trust your husband. I am experienced. Come, change your clothes."
Besides, there are people following him, so there is no need to be afraid of him. If anything goes wrong, there are plenty of people to cover it up.
Damn, this feeling of being protected by someone and having someone above you is just too good to be true. No wonder there are so many playboys in the capital.
Qin Run felt relieved and thought to himself, Xu Yunfan is really amazing and can do anything.
It was not until he saw Xu Yunfan quietly digging a dog hole outside the remote courtyard wall in less than half an hour that Qin Run realized that he had praised too quickly.
After the dog hole was dug, Xu Yunfan tossed away his tools with a satisfied look, and said to the stunned people beside him, "We can go in now. I'll go in and take a look at the situation first. But I bribed the man who empties the toilet in the palace today, and he said that almost no one comes here."
Because this is where the servants live.
Qin Run looked around and waited for two clicking sounds to come from the cave before he went down with his head held high.
Since meeting Xu Yunfan, Qin Run has experienced countless firsts in his life and it’s time to get used to it.
Xu Yunfan seemed to be very familiar with the layout of such a big place. After turning around several times, he actually turned to the front. Qin Run noticed that the guards on patrol who passed by him were very well-behaved and walked hurriedly. After noticing the clothes on him and Xu Yunfan, they didn't look at them any more and automatically regarded them as servants who had just entered the palace. So, wasn't it natural that they looked unfamiliar?
Only then did Qin Run understand Xu Yunfan's intention of asking him to change his clothes.
"Yunfan, do you know where my godfather lives?" Qin Run had been walking with Xu Yunfan for a long time. To be honest, the Prince Xiao's Mansion was so big that he couldn't remember how many turns he had made and how many paths he had crossed. The mansion was almost as big as their Dali Village. If Xu Yunfan hadn't led him, he would have been lost long ago.
In the Qi family, even if Qi Xiu Ze treated them as brothers, they were guests when they came to the host's house. How could guests walk around freely in the host's house?
Although the Qi family is not small, Qin Run has never been there, so he naturally thinks that the Xiao Mansion is huge, so big that he can hardly tell the directions.
Xu Yunfan: "I probably know. As the owner of the palace, he must live in the best room. I'll take you there."
"Who?" Xiao Hengzhi was lying on the bed. When he heard the door open, he frowned in displeasure. Everyone who knew him knew that he was angry.
It was normal for Xiao Hengzhi to be angry. Without his permission, someone actually dared to enter his door. He was looking for death.
How could Xiao Hengzhi not be poisoned? There were countless girls and boys who wanted to get into his bed. Xiao Hengzhi was usually very careful. Anyone who dared to enter his room without his permission would inevitably be kicked by him. But now... the person who came here might have thought that he was poisoned, so he was easy to "bully".
Xiao Hengzhi was just about to ask the secret guard beside him to throw the person out when he suddenly heard a familiar voice.
"Damn, is this the prince's bedroom? It's a bit luxurious. Everything in the room is an antique." Xu Yunfan said sourly.
Qin Run whispered, "Uncle Xiao lives here?" Qin Run was more accustomed to calling Xiao Heng uncle than his adoptive father.
"Xu Yunfan? Run'er?" Xiao Hengzhi propped himself up and lifted the bed curtain with one hand. When he saw the two people coming in, Xiao Hengzhi thought he was dreaming.
If this wasn't a dream, how could someone from far away Dali Village appear here?
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