Return of the Phoenix Lady

Han Xing was about to say something when Tan Niang rushed towards him.

"Xing'er! Xing'er! You finally woke up! Grandma missed you so much! Xing'er..." Tan Niang gently stroked Han Xing's pink cheek and said with tears in her eyes.

Han Xing smiled slightly, raised her hand and gently wiped the tears from Tan Niang's cheeks, and said softly: "Grandma, tell Xing'er, who bullied you? Xing'er will take care of it for you! Anyone who dares to bully grandma is against Xing'er!" As she spoke, Han Xing raised her eyes and glanced at Long Xuri, and everyone looked at Long Xuri tacitly.

For the first time in his life, Long Xuri felt aggrieved, as if he was an unforgivable villain, being looked at by everyone with condemning eyes. He was about to explode, but then he looked at Tan Niang with red eyes and Han Xing with strange laughter, so he had to smile awkwardly and endure everyone's gaze.

Patting Tan Niang's back gently, Han Xing said, "Grandma, don't cry! Xing'er will be sad too if you cry. Can you bear to see Xing'er sad too? Come, tell Xing'er, what happened?"

Tan Niang then raised her eyes, looked at Han Xing with a smile, and said softly, "No! Xing'er, grandma is fine. It's just that I haven't seen Xing'er for a long time, so I got so excited all of a sudden. No one is bullying grandma! Really!"

Han Xing smiled faintly without saying anything. Then, he looked up at Long Xuri again and said with a smile, "Brother Long, is it really nothing?"

Long Xuri, who was named, stammered, "I...this...uh..." He hesitated for a long time and couldn't make any sense.

Seeing this, Han Xing curled his lips, smiled wickedly, and said, "How about this, let's find a quiet place to have a good chat! What do you think, Brother Long?"

"Brother Xing is right! Let's go! Hehe!" Long Xuri didn't want to be condemned by everyone's gaze anymore.

"Yeah." Han Xing replied calmly, then turned and glanced at everyone, saying, "Brother Yang, take Auntie, Yingrui and the others to their residence to rest! Bring Ye'er to my place, Grandma and Ye'er will stay with me. Of course, if Auntie wants to come, bring her too! Everyone else can do what they need to do!"

"Yeah." Liu Hanyang nodded and led a group of people out.

"Let's go too!" Han Xing supported Tan Niang, and Long Xuri followed behind.

Arriving at Long Xuri's room, Han Xing and Tan Niang sat down. Han Xing first poured a cup of tea for Tan Niang, then poured a cup for herself, and then looked at Long Xuri who was standing in the corner.

I took a sip of tea leisurely. Hmm, it tastes okay!

Tan Niang looked at Han Xing with some uneasiness, then looked at Long Xuri in the corner. A faint joy flashed in her eyes, but it was replaced by pain in a moment, and she finally lowered her head.

Long Xuri first glanced at Han Xing, then looked at Tan Niang in a daze.

Han Xing watched everything, speculating in her heart. Judging by the level of ambiguity between the two, something must have happened in the past. Han Xing naturally thought of the man who had been in love with Tan Niang but had mysteriously disappeared. Could it be Long Xuri?!

After a while, the two of them were still one with his head down and the other in a daze. Han Xing finally couldn't help it and knocked lightly on the table, saying lightly: "Brother Long, don't you have anything to say?"

“I…” Long Xuri hesitated, and finally, as if he had made up his mind, he looked up at Tan Niang and said, “Tan’er, I…I know you’re angry with me, but I didn’t mean it…I…” Before Long Xuri could finish, Tan Niang suddenly raised her head, and her mood, which had finally calmed down, became agitated again. She cried at Long Xuri, “Don’t say it! Don’t say it! I don’t want to listen anymore! I don’t want to hear it anymore!…It’s too late…It’s too late for everything! Wuwu…”

Hearing this, Long Xuri frowned and looked at the crying Tan Niang with heartache. He wanted to go forward to comfort her, but after hesitating for a long time, he did not move his feet. He just lowered his head and said guiltily: "Tan'er, I'm sorry! I'm sorry for you! I'm sorry..."

Han Xing frowned, feeling uncomfortable seeing the two men like this. But no matter how late it was, she had to clear up the misunderstanding first. She also didn't believe that Long Xuri would be a man who would break his vows, so for the sake of both of them, she had to take the initiative and say, "Brother Long, can you tell me why you didn't come back then?"

Long Xuri smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "It's my fault. I was young and impulsive back then, so I made a lot of enemies. They happened to find me that day, and in order not to implicate Tan'er, I dealt with them alone. I finally managed to lure them away, but when I came to look for her the next day, her whole family was gone. I searched for a long time at that time, but to no avail..."

Upon hearing this, Tan Niang cried even harder and felt extremely upset.

Han Xing sighed softly, "What a cruel fate! A good marriage was ruined just like that!"

Long Xuri couldn't bear it any longer. He walked over, squatted in front of Tan Niang, and said with a look of pity, "Tan'er, are you blaming me? I'm sorry I didn't find you, and you ended up becoming someone else's wife. So... are you doing well?"

Tan Niang just shook her head and sobbed, she could no longer speak.

Han Xing hugged Tan Niang with heartache and gave her a tranquilizing pill to calm her down.

Then he looked away and said coldly: "Do you think she will live a good life? To tell you the truth, grandma didn't wait for you that day. When she returned home, she found that her father was killed by her stepmother, and the stepmother and the adulterer fled. Grandma had to sell herself to bury her father. Later, she was favored by that bastard Chu Ziyi, who forced her to become his concubine and gave birth to a child. For the sake of this child, she has lived a life worse than death ever since." Han Xing paused when he said this, and turned back to look at Long Xuri's reaction. He saw that his eyes were cold, his lips were tightly pursed, and he looked like a storm was about to come, with his fists clenched tightly.

Han Xing continued, "Later, when the child grew up, Chu Ziyi promised her to Liu Hexian for profit, and I am her child. But don't worry, I have already given Chu Ziyi the punishment she deserved."

Hearing this, Long Xuri's expression eased slightly.

Tan Niang suddenly raised her head, looked at Long Xuri with a sad face and said, "Now you know everything, right? There's no possibility for us to be together. No matter what happened in the past, our fate has ended! I'm no longer the same Tan Er, and I'm afraid you already have a wife!"

"No! I don't have a wife! Tan'er! In this life, I don't want anyone else but you!" Long Xuri couldn't help but stepped forward and held Tan Niang's hand.

Tan Niang still shook her head, trying hard to pull her hand back, still muttering: "No... No... I... I am already dirty... How can I be worthy of you?... It's no use anymore... No..."

Seeing this, Han Xing knew that Tan Niang was still unable to overcome that psychological barrier, and the only person who could help her break through that hurdle was Long Xuri!

"Brother Long! I just want to ask you, do you still love her? Will you dislike her?" Han Xing looked at Long Xuri steadily and said.

Long Xuri said firmly without hesitation: "Of course I love her. If I didn't love her, how could I still be alone for so many years? Dislike her? How could that be? As long as she is willing to forgive me, then I will be satisfied!"

"Your words are enough. I hope you can keep your promise this time!" Han Xing nodded, then stood up and continued, "Okay, I won't bother you anymore, Brother Long. She still loves you. As for whether you can make her change her mind, it depends on your ability." After saying that, he no longer paid attention to the two stunned people, turned around and walked out, and even thoughtfully closed the door for them. As for what happened inside the door, it was unknown...

Returning to his room, Han Xing found several people there, and raised an eyebrow. Ye Er saw Han Xing coming, but Tan Niang was nowhere to be seen, and asked worriedly: "Where is the Madam?"

"Don't worry, everything will be fine!" Han Xing comforted.

Ye'er nodded, believing Han Xing's words without a doubt, and stopped asking questions.