Ai Weiyang in April

Chapter 77

"I'm tired, let's call it a day." Turning her head and going straight downstairs, Jing Yan's footsteps stopped at the entrance of the small conference hall. The door was ajar, and there were lively conversations inside.

"Ma'am, do you need me to go in and inform Mr. James?" Mrs. James said very politely.

Taking a deep breath, Jing Yan turned to look at her, "No, I'd better go back to my room first."

Just as he was talking, someone came out from inside, and the door opened behind him, and everyone was taken aback when they saw the two of them.

"Quiet." Kong Yiren's voice seemed far away, but at the same time seemed close to his ears.

I don't know what he announced, but the others rushed out immediately, and when they passed by her, they all bowed their heads in respect.The lively discussion meeting disappeared in a blink of an eye.

He stood up inside, beckoned, and walked in quickly. Mrs. James politely closed the door for her from the outside.

There were only the two of them left in the spacious space, and the surroundings became quiet. Kong Yiren sat down on the sofa again, patted the place beside him, and said with a smile, "Why are you back?"

After staying calm and reserved for a whole day, she finally endured until there was no one around, and Jingyan quickly walked over to lean against him, her steps hurried, almost trotting.

"What's wrong?" He stopped laughing, put his hand on her shoulder, looked at her carefully, and then touched her hands again uncertainly.

It was just a brief moment of skin-to-skin contact, as if the strength came back, Jingyan grabbed his hand, took a breath and finally recovered, forced a smile, "Don't touch it, it's all yours, it's all here."

"What's wrong?" asked.

"This castle is too big." Leaning her head on his shoulder, her words slowed down quietly.

"Didn't you praise it?" He didn't know what she saw or heard, and he secretly remembered that he would ask Mrs. James later.

"Yes, it's beautiful, it looks beautiful."

Smiling to comfort her, "It's only a few days, and I will go back to Asia after the wedding."

"you and me."

"Yes, you and me." Affirmative voice.

Closing her eyes, as if thinking about happiness, Jingyan finally smiled sincerely, "I miss my home in Shanghai, and it's still the most comfortable place there."

"It's small."

Open your eyes, "Sir, don't compare it with this place."

The smile widened, "I remember you said, too big, very lonely, you don't like it."

Nod, "Yes, I don't like it."

"Princess who doesn't like castles—" he dragged his voice, "then how can I fulfill your wish?"

The crystal chandelier in the small conference hall and the bright projections on the walls reminded her of the silent family of three in the yellowed photos in the library, the quiet woman holding the child in her arms, and the words Mrs. James said concubine--

I buried my head on his shoulder, and said quietly to myself, "When we go back, we will take turns to make breakfast, each person will eat together every day."

He held her tightly in silence, and after a long time, he said in a low voice, "Okay, I promise you."

Happy, Jingyan raised her head and smiled.Seeing his thoughtful eyes, he started to ask again, "Jingyan, can you tell me what happened just now?"

Alas, it is difficult for someone to see everything and hide his emotions from him.

Confess honestly, "Just now I went to the library and saw a lot of photos."

"Really?" The slender eyebrows raised, meaning, continue.

"There is your father, mother, and you when you were a child." Sir, I understood, and continued helplessly.

"My mother died early."

The previous generation of the Confucian family's mistress, who died in her thirties, probably knew something about it, and sighed quietly, "It's beautiful, what a pity, the beauty is unlucky."

"Father passed away more than ten years ago, it seems that the previous generations were about the same age." He suddenly laughed, "It's strange, the men of the Kong family are quite short-lived."

"Bah, bah, bah!" It was rare to react so quickly, Jingyan glared at him very hard, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm sorry," he immediately apologized, and he lowered his head and smiled, "I will try my best to break the routine."

Don't answer, just keep staring at him.

Seriously raised his hand and swore, "I promise, I will work hard until the last minute. Alright, you can continue."

Alas, sighing, Jingyan continued, "There are so many photos, but the second lady can't be found. Mrs. James told me the reason."

His smile froze, and he spoke after a while, "Did she talk about the second lady?"

Knowing that she couldn't hide it, she answered positively, "Yes."

He frowned, thought for a long time, then pulled her up and left the small conference hall, and walked back to the library.Reaching out to the corner of the bookshelf, he took out the photo album and spread it out on the table.

Standing side by side with him at the table, Jingyan lowered her head in concentration. In the photo, a young and gentle woman looks a little embarrassed, and there is a girl who looks like her next to her. The black and white coloring photo, the lips are painted bright red, making her even more bisexual. A face like a powder ball, so white that it can be seen through the paper.

Turning to look at him, Kong Yiren lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before speaking, "Second Madam, and Yi Qun."

"En." Not knowing what to say, Jing Yan nodded.

"Jingyan, there are some things, maybe you should know." He turned his face sideways, with a faint struggle in his voice.

"what?"

After thinking for a few seconds, he reached out and closed the photo album, and pulled her to sit down with her, "My mother's family is prominent. When my father married her, the Kong family was just attached to her, and then slowly emerged. Do you know this?"

"Probably have heard of it." Realizing that he might hear some secrets of the wealthy family next, he quietly took a breath to prepare himself.

"Actually, the second lady was with my father a long time ago, but it was impossible to go back to the main house and stay here all the time."

"here?"

"Yes, they couldn't come back until Yi Qun was almost seven years old and my mother passed away."

Such a big castle, with a young daughter, has been here, what to do?wait?Looking at the closed luxurious photo album with dark gold border, Jing Yan felt desolate.

"At that time, I was less than ten years old. The second lady had a gentle personality and was very kind to me. In my heart, she had the same status as my mother."

Complicated——Jingyan continued to nod, this is the so-called Splendid and Rich Family, and she has already begun to reject it before officially stepping in.

Glancing at her, knowing what she was thinking, Kong Yiren smiled, "Don't worry, these are old things, and they will never happen again after me."

"I know, don't interrupt, just keep talking." It's clear, just look at Miss Xiyin's degree of freedom in marriage, she can understand that the Kong family has already made great strides from the feudal era to the new century.

"Okay, I'll finish." Having said that, he began to pause.

And what a sensational secret?Jingyan waited quietly.

"A few years after they came back, the second lady became pregnant again." Finally speaking again, his brows were tightly wrinkled and his expression turned cold.

"Brother? Sister?" blurted out, and suddenly realized that only he and Yi Qun were present in the Kong family, so he silently stopped speaking.

Turning his head away from her, Kong Yiren sped up his speech, "No, the situation was complicated at the time, and my father had to rely on my mother's family for financial backing. After my grandfather found out about this, he worried about causing a third-generation property dispute, so he put pressure on my father. It dragged on for a few months, and finally couldn't go on, and finally let the second wife induce labor, and the six-month-old baby boy was gone. The second wife had hemorrhage after the induction of labor, and there was no more. "

From just now to now, tens of thousands of guesses have been made in my mind, but no matter what, I never thought of this answer. Jingyan gasped and was stunned.

Elegant library, old oil paintings and photos, father staring silently in the distance, mother lowered her head, always young and quiet, everything seems to go back in time.Holding the gentle woman with her protruding belly, she burst into tears in front of him, "Yi Ren, brother won't grab anything from you, why isn't he even qualified to survive, why?"

No one answered her, even her father disappeared without a trace.In the end, on her pale face that had lost too much blood, only dying pleading remained.

I'm sorry, I don't have the ability to help you, but I can promise you that I will always take good care of Yi Qun and keep her from being hurt forever.

Yes, in front of Yi Qun, that's what he said and agreed to. For so many years, since he became an adult, he has merged the two powers. There is no outside power in this world that can influence his decision .

"Yi Ren, that's all in the past." As soon as his body warmed up, Jingyan stretched out his hand to give him a warm hug.

Yes, those are over, close your eyes and hug her back.But my heart is still churning, the world is unpredictable, so many years have passed, why the greatest harm always comes from the closest people, when will the shadow of repeated reincarnation completely dissipate?
(End of this chapter)