Chapter 388
387: Deeply Disappointed (9 updates)
Xie Zhinuan first practiced sword for an hour, then practiced boxing for an hour before taking a bath and coming out to read books in her room.
She first recited medical texts, then poems and ancient texts, for two hours, without showing any signs of fatigue. When the time came, Xie Zhinuan turned to Xiaoyuan, “Alright, let’s go back to sleep!”
“Master, do you do this every day?” Xiaoyuan couldn’t help but ask.
“I have to practice martial arts early tomorrow morning!”
“…”
Xiaoyuan was surprised.
She returned to her own room.
The maid had already prepared hot water, “Sister Xiaoyuan, hurry and wash up to warm up your body!”
“Thank you!”
Xiaoyuan quickly expressed her gratitude and hastened to do so.
Once she had washed up and dressed, the maid had already left to rest, and Xiaoyuan sat on the kang bed.
She inevitably thought of Dong Sheng again.
Dong Sheng closed the door and returned home. Unlike usual, when there would be an oil lamp lit, today it was dark.
Dong Sheng was frightened with a jolt and quickly pushed the door and entered.
“Xiaoyuan?” He softly called out.
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He hurriedly reached for the kang bed.It was ice cold and empty.
“…”
Suddenly, he understood that Xiaoyuan really didn’t want him anymore.
She didn’t even return home.
And Xiaoyuan? Where had she gone…
Dong Sheng felt as if all his strength had been drained, slowly collapsing onto the ground, holding his head and sobbing.
He thought that even if they had fought, Xiaoyuan would be at home, waiting for him to finish his work so he could see her.
But she had left!
“Why, why?” Dong Sheng asked in a low voice, hugging his head.
But in the pitch-dark and cold room, there was no one to answer him.
Daybreak
Xiaoyuan had not slept well that night.
By the time she finished getting ready to find Xie Zhinuan, Xie Zhinuan had already finished practicing boxing, changed her clothes, and was now practicing calligraphy.
“You’re here? Have you had breakfast?”
“Yes, I have!”
Xie Zhinuan nodded lightly and continued practicing her calligraphy.
Her writing was already very correct, at least in Xiaoyuan’s opinion, it looked good.
Xie Zhinuan was very patient, writing seriously and calmly, the room was very quiet, and snow was falling outside.
When the last stroke was finished, Xie Zhinuan looked up and saw Xiaoyuan still there, slightly surprised, “Is there something?”
“Hmm, I don’t know whether to go back and have a look, or just stay here. I didn’t sleep well all night last night!”
“…”
After a moment of thought, Xie Zhinuan said, “Since it’s almost New Year’s anyway, and the shop is on the right track, you and Dong Sheng should go back home and visit. Tell Dong Sheng for me to take good care of his father at home; after all, his father is ill and needs his son beside him to fulfill his filial duties!”
She was indeed a bit angry.
Last night Dong Sheng didn’t come looking for her, and she felt that as a man, no matter the reason, when his wife leaves home in a huff, he should go to find her.
But he hadn’t come.
Just because of this, Xie Zhinuan felt that Dong Sheng might like Xiaoyuan, but he didn’t know how to treat her well.
So, when she left, Xiaoyuan didn’t have any reluctance.
Even if there were feelings in her heart, she left cleanly and decisively.
“Okay!”
Xiaoyuan nodded.
Xie Zhinuan asked the maid to accompany her on the trip.
Xiaoyuan was surprised and grateful in her heart, giving a slight nod to Xie Zhinuan.
She first went to the noodle shop.
She thought that if Dong Sheng was at the noodle shop, it meant he was at least a proper man, at least knowing the business entrusted to him by the owner.
But the noodle shop was already open, the clerk was collecting money, but Dong Sheng was nowhere to be seen.
She stood at the door, silent for a long time, before saying quietly, “I really was blind to have fancied a man who is neither humane nor righteous!”
“…”
The silly girl kept silent.
She was a bystander, so it wasn’t her place to say much.
She accompanied Xiaoyuan back home.
Xiaoyuan pushed the door open and saw Dong Sheng crying.
She thought she would feel very distressed, but strangely, she didn’t feel much grief; on the contrary, her heart felt relatively indifferent.
Chapter 389