Female Novel
Chapter 538
Zhou Lie and Liu Minglan spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning the house. In the evening, LiuMinglan went to the kitchen to cook dinner while Yun Muqing and Chu Feng helped her. Zhou Yingsneaked Duo Duo into the kitchen, looking for the opportunity to swipe some tasty morsels forthemselves…
Dinner that night was especially scrumptious. It was the first meal in Yenching as a family, and theyrelished the moments together.
Zhou Lie drank one more bottle of beer than usual. As he bit his pipe, he reminisced, "It'll be the wintersolstice in a few days, Feng. It's going to be Qingrou's death anniversary."
Chu Feng put his knife and fork down. He looked into the distance and nodded absently.
His mother's name was Ye Qingrou. novelbin
The winter solstice was the coldest and harshest day of the year. After that day, the days would bewarmer, and soon the flowers would bloom.
His mother did not survive that day, and she did not live long enough to see the flowers bloom again…
Yun Muqing held Chu Feng's hand tightly to give him warmth. She said to Zhou Lie, I've alreadypromised Chu Feng that after the family gathering, we'll pay respects to Madam Ye at her gravesite."
"That's good to hear," Liu Minglan said as she carried Duo Duo in her hands. "I'm sure Qingrou will resteasy if she knows that you're married with children now."
Chu Feng turned his head and gazed at the scenery outside of the window. The white clouds in the skyare soft and gentle as his mother's love…
She had departed from this world almost twenty years, but the memories were fresh like yesterday.
Zhou Lie coughed twice and asked Chu Feng carefully, "Feng, do you want to visit Lord Chu's Castlesometime soon? It's your home after all, and Lord Chu is…"
"I'm full. Enjoy your dinner, Father, Mother," Chu Feng said coldly. He put his cutlery down and left thedining hall.
"Feng…" Zhou Ying pouted and called out.
Yun Muqing felt sorry for Chu Feng as she watched Chu Feng leave. His confident and strong figureseemed so lonely at that moment.
"Why did you have to mention that, you old fool?" Liu Minglan said angrily and poked Zhou Lie's headwith a finger. "You should know Feng's character very well. He doesn't want anyone to mention LordChu and the Chu family in front of him. I'm sure he's already feeling down because he's in Yenchingagain. Why must you agitate him…"
Zhou Lie muttered, "I was only looking out for him. He can't stay angry at his father forever, right?"
The atmosphere became awkward all of a sudden.
Zhou Lie sighed deeply. He inhaled from his pipe and blew a smoke ring. Amid the smoke, his mindwandered back to the bloody battlefield twenty years ago…
Amid the choking black smoke and dead bodies that littered the scene, Zhou Lie, who was a vanguardin Lord Chu's army, took the unconscious seven-year-old boy in his hands.
"You have entrusted your son to me, Lord Chu, and I will not disappoint you. I'll bring him back to safetyand raise him like my own. But there are too many spies. You should give him a new name to ensurehis safety."
The burly man in front of him was silent for a moment. "He shall be Chu Feng. I owe him too much, andthere is nothing more that I want other than his safety."
As soon as he said that, he turned around and left determinedly.