Miss Truth
Chapter 388 - 246 Peach Blossom Crossing

Chapter 388: Chapter 246 Peach Blossom Crossing

The room was filled with the fragrance of medicine. Ran Yunsheng was half-reclined on the bed reading a book, still looking languid, but his body had improved a lot; at least he wouldn’t faint anymore the moment his heart was stirred.

"Brother Ten." Ran Yan knelt down on the mat in front of the bed.

Ran Yunsheng reacted somewhat slowly. He put down the book and said, "Ah Yan, you’ve come."

Ran Yunsheng had thought for a long time. After Ran Yan had exerted all her effort to help him escape danger at the Zheng estate, how could he shy away from seeing her because of shame? How could he hurt her heart?

"Yes." Ran Yan, holding a flute in her hands, said, "Brother Ten, let me play a tune for you."

She was going to play it for the last time today, just wanting someone to hear it.

Ran Yunsheng pulled up a smile and said warmly, "Good, it’s been a long time since I heard you play. Is it that tune ’Guanshan Moon’ again?"

’Guanshan Moon’ was taught to her by Xiao Song. Today, she wanted to play a different tune on this flute, so she said, "I’ll play a tune Brother Ten has never heard before."

Ran Yan brought the flute to her lips.

Ran Yunsheng watched her quietly. Her posture was much more natural than the stiff one she used to have.

The flute’s sound was ethereal, smooth and slow, with a faint melancholy, like the lingering light of the night or the endless drizzle. The melody rose gradually, spun several circles, and then dipped down again. It was like a bustling night market gradually emptying until only the desolate riverside remained, with the rain pattering, a scene of desolation that eventually returned to the thin, almost imperceptible rain, until everything was silent.

Those images seemed to unfold before his eyes, and Ran Yunsheng couldn’t help but moisten his eyes.

After the tune ended, he sighed, "Ten miles of road, peach blossoms as the ford!"

Ran Yan was startled for a moment and said, "This tune is called ’Peach Blossom Ford.’"

"Ah Yan’s music conveys the sentiment; do you have something on your mind?" Ran Yunsheng’s gentle gaze, with a warm tone, seemed to have the power to soothe the heart.

Ran Yan nodded, caressing the long flute in her hands, and after a long pause, she said, "Brother Ten, if I think a gentleman is not bad, but his intentions are not clear, and the future is uncertain, should I tell him about my feelings?"

In the Great Tang, Ran Yan had already become Ran Shiqi, constrained by this identity. She was the legitimate daughter of the Ran family, and he was a son from the Su family’s concubines. This situation was so similar to between Ran Yunsheng and the Sixth Lady of the Qi family, except that in their case, there was yet no mutual fondness.

It was only at this emotional crossroads that she had an additional option.

"Ah Yan also has feelings," Ran Yunsheng gazed at her, his eyes filled with a faint mist, "With Qi Liu Niang, even if I could do it over ten times, the result would still be us going our separate ways. The difference is, maybe I could have prevented her from taking her life."

Ran Yan contemplated the meaning of his words. Ran Yunsheng continued, "My status differed greatly from hers. To be together, the only option was to elope. Yet, even if we could escape to a place where no one could find us, my father, mother, Ah Yun, and you would all have to bear the consequences for me. Perhaps the family business my father had worked so hard to build would be ruined in an instant... Even with ten more chances, I wouldn’t foresee any happiness in eloping with her."

If Ran Yunsheng truly eloped with Qing Ning Jun, and the Qi family retaliated; with Ran Wen’s shortsightedness, it was uncertain if he would preserve Ran Pingyu, the moneybag, or if he would kill the goose that laid the golden eggs. Ran Yunsheng couldn’t risk it; such togetherness built on everyone’s disaster, how could he feel at peace.

Ran Yan felt the same. When she first arrived in the Great Tang, she was unencumbered and even felt as if she were in a dream, to the point where she wondered if dying again might awaken her. Thus, she used to act without much concealment. Now she also had attachments and was clearly aware that this was the real world. Even if her previous actions were too reckless, and sorting things out now was troublesome, she had to live seriously.

She smiled and raised the flute in her hand, "I want to return this thing to him, but I don’t know where to find him."

The Imperial Medical Bureau was not a place she could go to, and as for Su Fu’s residence, she only knew it was in Anshan Square. But with at least a thousand households there, where could she begin to look?

"Have you already made a choice?" Ran Yunsheng said.

Ran Yan nodded, "Yes, perhaps I’ve made a choice deep down, and I’ve already taken action. It’s just that I have only now realized it."

Sometimes the subconscious already dictates actions, but the heart may not yet fully understand. This was the first time Ran Yan’s thoughts lagged behind her actions. Matters of the heart, indeed, could not be reasoned with logic and common sense.

Ran Yunsheng was surprised by Ran Yan’s free-spirited approach to affection. How could one simply let go of a person they liked? Was it because her feelings were not deep, or was she truly able to pick up and let go so easily? Curious, he asked, "Can you tell me about it?"

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