Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 252 Father and Daughter (Part )

Xie Tanyu picked up the brush again and wrote quickly. Yan Ciwan leaned over to take a look and saw that he had written into the memorial that Xie Li was colluding with the Five Gods Sect and engaging in human trafficking.

The sun is setting outside the window.

A Feng knocked on the door, put the freshly brewed hot tea on the desk, and took away the cup of tea that had gone cold.

At this moment, the memorial was almost finished. Xie Tanyu put down his pen, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

He suddenly asked, "Is he still outside?"

Ah Feng paused and asked blankly, "Who?"

"Liu Qingguang."

Ah Feng immediately replied: "I can't see him. I wonder if he left or hid himself?"

Xie Tanyu fell silent again.

Ah Feng carefully observed his expression and asked tentatively, "Does the envoy want to see him?"

After a long while, Xie Tanyu finally uttered a word.

"I can't see him."

A Feng didn't understand the meaning of this sentence. He only knew that the envoy had no intention of seeing Liu Qingguang.

Yan Ciwan, who was watching from the sidelines, guessed what Xie Tanyu was thinking from this sentence. It was not that he didn't want to see him, but that he couldn't. He had no choice but to shut his own biological son out.

Xie Tanyu didn't know what she was thinking of, and murmured, "I wonder how Yuan He is doing now? Is she seriously ill?"

Ah Feng was very surprised: "Does the envoy want someone to go and see the lady?"

Xie Tanyu came back to his senses, put down the teacup and said.

"Forget it. My fate with her is over. There's no need to bother her anymore. Just pretend I never said anything. Don't mention this to anyone else, so as not to cause her trouble."

"Yes."

The door was closed again.

Yan Ciwan saw Xie Tanyu take out a purse from her sleeve.

This time, he opened his purse and took out a small sachet.

The sachet has a moon-white background, and is embroidered with lotus buds that are about to bloom.

Xie Tanyu looked at the sachet in her palm, as if recalling the distant past, and couldn't help but recite it.

"The green bamboo still has some powder, and the round lotus begins to emit its fragrance."

Yan Ciwan guessed that Yuanhe was his wife's name, and the sachet should have been a gift from his wife. They had been divorced for more than 20 years, but he still carefully kept the sachet, which showed that he still had feelings for his wife.

There must be some reason why two people are in love but cannot meet each other.

Xie Tanyu untied the string of the sachet and poured out the spices inside. Because of the long time, the spices had become dull in color and had completely lost their fragrance.

He pushed aside the spices and found a strand of tangled hair.

He picked up the hair carefully, his eyes filled with nostalgia and guilt.

"Yuan He, I have failed you in this life. If there is an afterlife, I will definitely repay you with everything I have."

He pressed his hair to his heart and closed his eyes, as if recalling the past.

After a long time, he opened his eyes, put the hair and spices back into the sachet, then put it into his purse and put it in the drawer under the desk.

There was a sudden knock on the door and Afeng walked in carrying a bundle.

"Sir, these are the items that the jailer took from Ning Ci. Please take a look."

Xie Tanyu opened the bundle and glanced at the items one by one. When he saw the familiar white jade Buddha amulet, his expression changed slightly.

He reached out and picked up the amulet, examined it carefully, his brows furrowed a little, and his expression became very serious.

Ah Feng asked cautiously, "Is there anything wrong with this amulet?"

"It's nothing. Leave the amulet with me for now. You take the rest of the things back to Ning Ci. If she asks where the amulet went, just say you don't know."

"Yes."

A Feng waited for a while, and seeing that the envoy had no other instructions, he quietly left.

At this time, it was completely dark outside the window.

Xie Tanyu held the amulet with a frown on his face, as if he was wondering why the amulet was in Ning Ci's hands?
He thought for a long time, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, muttering to himself.

“Maybe this is God’s will.”

He clutched the amulet tightly, called Ah Feng in, and instructed: "Go to Yongchunyuan and call Xiao Liulang over. I have something to tell him."

Afeng looked very confused, not understanding why he called people to the study so late?

But as a servant, Afeng knew that he should not ask questions, so he answered honestly.

"Yes."

After Afeng left, Xie Tanyu paced back and forth in the study, clutching the Buddha amulet. He seemed a little confused. He glanced at the door from time to time, as if he was worried about why no one had come yet.
A sound of footsteps approached.

He thought it was Xiao Wang who came, and ran over to open the door impatiently, but he saw that the person standing outside was actually Xie Chusong.

He was startled at first, then frowned and lectured in dissatisfaction.

"Didn't I tell you to stay in your room?!"

Xie Chusong had obviously just cried, her eyes were red, and she begged, "Aye, I really can't sleep, my mind is full of the Xu family's affairs, please, tell me the truth."

"I've said everything I need to say, so stop pestering me."

After Xie Tanyu finished speaking, she was about to turn around and close the door. Xie Chusong stretched out his hand to hold the door, as if he was determined to know the truth.

It would be bad if someone saw the two of them in such a stalemate, so Xie Tanyu had to step back and let her enter the study.

"No matter how many times you ask, my answer will always be the same. It will never change. You don't need to waste your time and words. Go back now."

Xie Chusong's voice was very hoarse: "If you were also involved in the extermination of the Xu family, then why did you adopt me?"

Xie Tanyu's face was as gloomy as water: "Don't you understand what I'm saying? The Xu family's affairs have nothing to do with you!"

"If it really has nothing to do with me, then tell me who my biological father is?"

Xie Tanyu seemed really angry. He pointed in the direction of the door and shouted, "Get out!"

Xie Chusong stared at him steadily, and even though she tried her best to restrain herself, she couldn't help but reveal her hatred.

"Why do you treat me like this? I respect you so much. No matter how others evaluate you, in my heart, you will always be the best person in the world. I regard you as the most important relative in my life, but you don't even want to tell me the truth. You know that this truth is extremely important to me, but you can sit back and do nothing while watching me struggling in pain. Aye, do you really treat me as a family member? Do you have any true feelings for me?"

Xie Tanyu said expressionlessly: "If you still listen to me, I will naturally treat you as a family member and love you, but if you are still so unreasonable, then I can only treat you as an irresponsible daughter."

These words hurt more than the sharpest knife in history.

Xie Chusong's already painful heart was suddenly stabbed with blood, and his hatred grew uncontrollably.

It turned out that in his heart, he had never really considered her as a family member.

Her struggles and pain were all wishful thinking.

The surging hatred was running rampant in my chest and I urgently needed an outlet.

She suddenly grabbed the paper cutter on the desk and stabbed it hard into Xie Tanyu's heart!