Alam Mandala
The sadness of two families
However, he could not sleep that night; not long after he woke up and realized his body was drenched in sweat and grains of sweat filled his forehead.
Meng Lin then looked at the previously open window, but it had now closed. He then reopened it, but did not return to his bed. He then walked out of the room and walked in the quiet hallways.
The rain outside began to calm down a little and the tone presented felt softer. Meng Lin then leaned against one of the aisle fences.
His round and slightly pale face looked even paler and he looked older than before.
Look down. In his yard, rainwater flowed with plum blossoms. Meng Lin felt tightness in her heart then sighed and looked at her already enormous stomach. “I've been waiting for you for a long time, but you didn't come.” He rubbed his stomach gently and then looked back at the yard of his house that felt bad.
“Why don't you sleep?”
Chao Ming walked towards him from a different direction. He looks beautiful in his green clothes. He then gently touched Meng Lin's forehead. “You're not feeling well today?”
“I don't feel so.” Meng Lin then touched his forehead. His forehead feels warm. He guessed it was because the room temperature was hot.
Then, he wordlessly wanted to turn away, yet, Chao Ming reached his wrist, holding it gently. When he turned his head, Chao Ming then said calmly, “where are you going?”
“I want to take a walk.” Without wanting to hide it, Meng Lin said innocently.
“But your body is still not healthy.”
“I don't feel so.”
Meng Lin again wanted to leave, but again Chao Ming held his hand.
“You don't have to pay attention to me like this. After five years have passed, and I cannot give you offspring, you can remarry another woman, while I will go away.”
Chao Ming's brows slightly raised when he heard it.
Meanwhile, Meng Lin's face looked even paler and her tears began to flow. She then wanted to leave, however, her body was suddenly attracted, then felt a comfortable embrace from her husband.
Chao Ming then rubbed his hair gently then asked in a sentimental tone, “What are you thinking? Even if you can't give birth to a child, I still feel happy when you're still next to me.”
Pushing over Chao Ming's body, Meng Lin then looked up at her husband. She felt guilty when she saw her husband's face filled with sadness, but she could not control how she felt at this time. “What makes you say that? Give me the reason.”
Chao Ming then let go of his embrace, he then leaned against the fence near the passageway. The rain more and more subsided and the beautiful home page was increasingly filled with water.
“When I was helpless then, I felt like I was going to die and all the things I wanted to achieve I could not get. But you showed up and helped me, and then gave me hope. Looking at your worried face when the Sword pierces my chest, I want that moment and promise to always take care of you, no matter what.”
“Only that?”
Chao Ming nodded. “Iya, that's it.”
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Meanwhile, elsewhere, Xiang We sat on the bed looking out at the window showing his beautiful courtyard now filled with wild plants that were not beautiful. When he saw it, there were memories of his childhood playing there with the servants.
Many years had passed, yet he still felt that his childhood memories were precious.
When his family recovered, he hoped things would go back to how they were, but that felt impossible considering it was so hard to do.
Her mother had been combing her long hair thinking about how long her son's hair was, and how beautiful she was after years of not returning home.
He still remembered how grief had befell him when Xiang We went silently without saying goodbye and disobeying his orders.
Which even makes the condition of his weak body increasingly weakened and often have a fever.
Some of her hair was flying after being combed. The middle-aged lung woman then took out a yellow cloth and tied it in her hair.
He found it a little difficult to do so, because the wind blowing from outside was very strong.
“Mother, it's time we avenge sister.”
His mother nodded and the memory of his youngest child reappeared. When he remembered it, he felt uneasy, then he stood up and left from there, but Xiang we stopped him by saying without turning his head, “Mother, do you know about the governor now?”
Her mother fell silent, then turned to look at Xiang We, “She has gotten what she should have gotten.”
His mother then approached and picked up a red cloth on the table. Then wrapped around Xiang We's back and said, “He finally understood what it would be like to have no children. She finally felt how important a child was to us, who had lost her.”
“Whatever your decision, we will always support you, but we have one promise you must keep.”
“What is mom?”
“Don't ever leave us the same as your sister.”
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Just as usual, Bing Jiazhi sat down to enjoy the morning while looking at the morning scenery. He must have prepared a teapot and cup on his desk. Enjoy it calmly and inhale the fragrant smell of wine given.
While enjoying it, Zhizhu whose hair was short approached. He then sat down beside her, and without asking for permission took a sip of wine directly from her teapot.
“Sister Zhizhu, how was your night?”
“Why do you say that?” Zhizhu answered while rubbing the remaining wine on her lips.
“I felt uncomfortable last night.”
“Not only you, your senior brother doesn't even sleep. Last night was very cold, and with the state of this house, I felt like going quickly.”
“Why didn't sister do it?”
“If I decide something, then I have to finish it without exception.”
Zhizhu took another sip of wine and rubbed her lips. “This wine feels refreshing and makes my body feel warmer.”
“This wine is a guilty expression of Xiang We, of course it ensures this wine is really good.” Bing Jiazhi then took a sip of wine in his cup.
Not long after, they fell silent enjoying the warm radiance of the Sun. Unlike usual, the radiance was warmer and refreshing than before. They thought, maybe because the weather last night was so cold, that the current sunlight felt warmer.
Xiang We's mother then emerged from the front gate in easy red clothes. He walked quietly and kept looking ahead. His two pupils were sharp, indicating that he was not an indiscriminate person. And all those who see how she walks know that she is a learned woman.
He bowed his head and paid his respects to Zhizhu and Bing Jiazhi. “I'd be happy if you two would help my stubborn son.”
He then walked and sat on the steps of the house there, his gaze looking straight at the old gate which had some of its roofs hollow.
Bing Jiazhi then looked at the woman sitting in front of him, then he said calmly as he poured wine from his teapot, “If you reward, then I will of course do it.”
Xiang We's mother then answered him, “We’er had said that last night, and he had explained everything. Despite such reasons, I still have to thank you guys.”
He then continued after a moment of silence, “for us, the scroll is worthless and is nothing more than a worn out paper with strange images, but for you, it was a priceless treasure. It's strange, if we had to fight to hide it for years just for something to be exchanged for something equivalent, which even a few times we almost lost our lives. But now, finally it's useful too.”
Bing jiazhi did not say anymore, he was enjoying the wine quietly. While Zhizhu, he looked at the woman. He was curious about what he said, for him to protect and hide the scroll was not something strange, therefore, he opened his mouth, “Biku, it is not something strange. The scroll is very valuable, and it is natural that you should hide it from people, so as not to lose it.”
“Young man, we don't know what's in everyone's mind.”
That answer left Zhizhu speechless. Right, everyone has their own perception, and how irrational it is.
Bing jiazhi then stood up, pulling his sword. His facial expression stiffened slightly and a murderous aura emanated from his body. He then said to Mother Xiang We, “Now, can I protect you just once?”
“Of course, and we will be very grateful to you.”
“Even if it has to sacrifice something?”
Mother Xiang We nodded.
Bing Jiazhi then turned to look at the door of the house that looked dark.
Zhizhu was curious about what he was doing, so she noticed Bing Jiazhi.
Bing Jiazhi's third ring appeared and rang loudly. Along with it, slowly the house cracked and shattered into pieces. Take out all the wood chips like rain. In an instant the house was finally flattened to the ground and showed the garden across.
Zhizhu was startled and raised both eyebrows, then wondered why Bing jiazhi did it, but when she went across, she finally understood why Bing Jiazhi did it.
“I got caught.”
A man dressed in white stood in the ruins without holding anything.
