He Yunxiao pulled Fan Ziruo along as they walked through the Fan residence.
The Fan residence was not large; it was just a short walk to Fan Changshu's bedroom.
However, before reaching Fan Changshu's bedroom, He Yunxiao happened to pass by the entrance of Fan's living room. Chu Fan was still waiting in the living room, but Xiaoxiao was not there.
When He Yunxiao took Xiaoxiao home earlier, he greeted Chu Fan at the Chu family's courtyard. Now that they met again, they simply nodded to each other and that was it.
He Yunxiao casually asked, "Does Chu Fan come every day?"
Fan Ziruo nodded and said, "Young Master Chu comes every day without fail."
"Your father won't see him?"
"not see."
"And what about the lady?"
Fan Ziruo stopped in her tracks, frowned, and looked angrily at He Yunxiao: "Ziruo is not going anywhere either!"
Seeing Ruobao's rare outburst of anger, He Yunxiao instantly realized his mistake. He shouldn't have joked with Ruobao so casually, so he quickly coaxed her, "It's alright to meet him, Chu Fan is our guest after all."
Fan Ziruo was initially very angry about He Yunxiao's suspicions. She valued intellectual connection above all else and cherished loyalty and innocence more than life itself. To her, since they had pledged their lives to each other, they were each other's one and only in this lifetime. Therefore, when He Yunxiao casually uttered those words, even if he didn't mean it, it still deeply hurt Fan Ziruo.
But He Yunxiao's strength lies in his ability to charm women.
His next sentence, "It wouldn't hurt to meet her," shows his trust in Fan Ziruo, while "our guest" directly reveals his identity and confirms his status.
Fan Ziruo's initial rage was easily extinguished by He Yunxiao's single sentence, which served as a precise and targeted measure.
Fan Ziruo couldn't stay angry, so she could only repeat her stance, but her tone had become softer. "I won't see you." (Biquge)
“Chu Fan is an upright person, so it wouldn’t hurt for us to meet him,” He Yunxiao continued.
Chu Fan is, after all, the protagonist, and He Yunxiao has always trusted Chu Fan's character.
"Husband, please don't say anything more. It's just that he doesn't want to see you." Ziru could only say polite words to him. What he really wanted to see was his father.
He Yunxiao asked, "Does Ziruo know why the entire Chu family was executed back then?"
Fan Ziru shook her head and said, "I don't know. I only heard that my father and Uncle Du knew, and later, Uncle Du also..."
The "Uncle Du" that Fan Ziruo mentioned refers to General Du Lie, Du Yinyun's father. Chu Fan's father, Chu Tianzhu, Du Yinyun's father, Du Lie, and Fan Ziruo's father, Fan Yu, were known as the three giants of the Chu family army. Now, Fan Yu is the only survivor of the Chu family army's high-ranking officials from back then. He is also the only one who still knows about Chu Tianzhu's past.
Seeking revenge for his father and overturning the verdicts against Generals Chu and Du is the main storyline of the original book, and also the mission that the protagonist Chu Fan shoulders.
He Yunxiao had no intention of working for Chu Fan.
Chu Fan is the true "protagonist," and we should believe in the protagonist's abilities. As for me, He Yunxiao, I'm just a villain striving to become the "protagonist."
He Yunxiao was not unaware of the difference between himself and the "protagonist." For example, if he were the "protagonist," he would put the "Qi Kingdom" before the "Mengbao," and would even be willing to sacrifice Mengbao for the sake of the Qi Kingdom.
But He Yunxiao knew he couldn't do that. He had feelings for the State of Qi, but he had even more feelings for Mengbao.
He Yunxiao would honestly say that he couldn't sacrifice Mengbao to save the Qi Kingdom.
No one is born a savior, no one is born a saint. We must put various shackles on ourselves, face our own hearts, like what we like, be lustful what we are lustful for, crave physical pleasure what we crave, and be unable to do what we cannot do.
We're all ordinary people, and there's nothing shameful about admitting our flaws.
Seeing Chu Fan truly moved He Yunxiao throughout the journey, but the small Fan residence was quickly traversed.
The young couple hadn't walked far when they arrived at the bedroom of Master Fan, the head of the Deer Horn Academy, and the former general of the Chu family army, Fan Changshu.
He Yunxiao respectfully stepped forward to knock on the door, then stepped back and stood with Fan Ziruo.
Meeting his father-in-law... This was the first time He Yunxiao had done something like this, and his heart was pounding in his throat with nervousness.
Fan Ziruo was originally a calm and composed person, but being around He Yunxiao greatly affected her emotions, so Fan Ziruo also became nervous along with He Yunxiao.
Who is it?
Fan Changshu's voice came from inside the room.
"This humble one, He Yunxiao, requests an audience with Dean Fan."
After saying this, He Yunxiao suddenly remembered that he had slapped Fan Changshu in front of Mengbao and knocked him into the pool!
Holy crap!
He wouldn't be using this opportunity to deliberately make things difficult for me, would he?
I heard that Lao Fan was previously known as a "scholarly general," so he should be very classy and wouldn't make things difficult for me over trivial matters...
While He Yunxiao was lost in thought, Fan Changshu opened the door.
When he saw that the visitors were his daughter and He Yunxiao, he was suddenly taken aback, but then he remained calm and said nothing, only saying, "Come in."
Fan Changshu's bedroom was clean, tidy, and simple, with nothing superfluous.
The bed was a small bed, for one person, made of wooden slats, without any decorative patterns.
Aside from essential items like a bed, clothes rack, wardrobe, and washbasin, the bedroom only contains bookshelves, a desk, and writing implements—things related to books.
Despite his own extreme frugality, Fan Changshu provided his beloved daughter, Fan Ziruo, with only the finest furniture and fabrics for her clothes. He even gave her the only study in the Fan household, leaving himself only a desk and bookshelves in his bedroom.
He Yunxiao thought of his father, He Yuanhao.
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