Chapter 3454: The Feeling of Heartache

Many times, people are a kind of hindsight animal.

Xiao Churan also only realized at this moment that she had actually fallen in love with Ye Chen in her heart, but that deformed beginning had caused their emotional development to never get on the right track, and now wanting to correct it was already too late.

She clearly knew in her heart that, emotionally and rationally, she must leave Ye Chen, whether temporarily or permanently, she must first disappear from his world.

In this situation, she had already missed the best opportunity to correct the direction of their emotional development.

Tang Sihai saw her expression looked very painful, and he also knew in his heart that, actually, for Xiao Churan, this was not an easy thing.

Asking her to leave Ye Chen, for her, was not merely leaving her husband so simply, but rather equivalent to her having to say goodbye to all her social circles.

Not only her, but also her parents, would have to completely disappear from the place where they lived, leaving no trace.

Moreover, she had also guessed the relationship between Gu Qiuyi and Ye Chen, which for her would probably be even more difficult.

Thinking of this, he also felt some sympathy for Xiao Churan, and thus sighed: "Madam Ye, regarding Miss Gu's matter, you need not worry too much; although she has a marriage contract with the young master, the young master's attitude toward your marriage is still very loyal."

Xiao Churan remained silent, and in her mind came the interaction between Tawana and Gu Qiuyi at the Yanjing concert a few days ago.

She had always suspected that the masked assassin was her own husband Ye Chen, and now it could be completely confirmed.

She originally could not understand why Tawana would fall for her husband, but now it seemed that although Tawana was somewhat more famous in the entertainment circle than Gu Qiuyi, in terms of family background, Tawana was far inferior to Gu Qiuyi; even such an outstanding woman as Gu Qiuyi could remain devoted to her husband for so many years, so what was there to be surprised about if Tawana liked him?

So thinking again, Wang Dongxue, Song Wanting, and Fei Keyin—these girls, one more outstanding than the other—why were they so respectful toward Ye Chen? Perhaps they had also already fallen for Ye Chen...

Upon this thought, Xiao Churan's heart suddenly felt very painful, and tears began to swirl uncontrollably in her eye sockets.

She remained silent for a moment, controlling her tears not to fall, and said to Tang Sihai: "Thank you, Butler Tang; before Ye Chen's birthday, I will come here again to see you; as for the specific arrangements, we can discuss them then."

Tang Sihai lightly nodded and respectfully said: "I will always be waiting at Qixia Temple for Madam Ye; if Madam Ye has any orders, I will do my best to fulfill them."

Xiao Churan slightly bowed: "Thank you, Butler Tang, and also thank you, Master Jingqing."

Having spoken, she looked at the fresh, vibrant flowers in her arms and said to Master Jingqing: "Master, these flowers, I should return them to you!"

Master Jingqing shook his head, clasped his hands, and said: "Amitabha, this flower regained vitality only because of Madam Ye's affinity; it is fated with Madam Ye, so Madam Ye may well take it back and carefully nurture it, and it can also prolong its life for several more days."

Spiritual energy is the fundamental energy of all living things; Master Jingqing infused spiritual energy into the withered bouquet, and that spiritual energy had already transformed into the flowers' vitality; moreover, Master Jingqing's cultivation is limited, so the spiritual energy he infused was little, thus merely restoring vitality to these bouquets without letting them continue growing; if his cultivation were higher and he infused more spiritual energy, this bouquet might grow into a rare appearance in the world.

It is also precisely because Master Jingqing's spiritual energy is gentle that it achieved the effect of moistening things silently; thus, now presenting this bouquet before Ye Chen, Ye Chen also could not detect that anyone had tampered with it.

Xiao Churan looked at the vibrant flowers in her hands, and a feeling of affection arose in her heart; taking them home to cherish well, this bouquet could at least bloom for several days or even longer.

Thus she bowed again to Master Jingqing: "Thank you, Master!"

Having spoken, she did not wish to stay longer, so she stepped back two steps, nodded to the two as a signal, and softly said: "Both of you, I will go first."

Saying this, she turned around and walked away slowly.

Outside the door, Sun Mengmeng came up with a look of surprise, asking her: "Xiao Zong, why did it take so long to pray for the protective talisman..."

Xiao Churan did not know that Sun Mengmeng was actually part of this, so she forced a smile and said: "My problems have increased, so I delayed some time; you hurry in, I'll wait for you at the door."

Sun Mengmeng nodded, then looked surprised at the bouquet in her arms, and curiously asked: "Xiao Zong, where did this bouquet of flowers in your arms come from?"

Xiao Churan awkwardly said: "This... this was given by the master; he said I have affinity with this bouquet, so let me take it home to cherish well."

Sun Mengmeng widened her eyes, looking puzzled, and said: "Sounds rather strange, but I'll go in first anyway, Xiao Zong, please trouble yourself to wait for me a moment!"

Xiao Churan nodded, watching Sun Mengmeng walk in.

After Sun Mengmeng went in, seeing Tang Sihai and Master Jingqing both here, she walked forward, lowered her voice, and asked: "Butler Tang, what should I do next?"

Tang Sihai said: "For now, you remain at Madam Ye's company; Madam Ye needs some time to handle things; probably after the young master's birthday on February second, she can leave; then I will arrange for you to leave together."

Sun Mengmeng asked him: "And what about you, Butler Tang?"

Tang Sihai said: "I will stay at Qixia Temple; after Madam Ye confirms the specific time arrangement, I will meet her here to confirm the departure details."

Sun Mengmeng said somewhat anxiously: "I'm afraid that after Madam Ye returns, she won't be able to resist telling this to the young master; if the young master knows, he will surely come to Qixia Temple to find you, and will surely suspect me; if we two are found by the young master, we certainly won't have the ability to guard the secret in our hearts."

Tang Sihai helplessly let out a light sigh and said: "Now we have no other choice; we cannot forcibly demand Madam Ye leave immediately, so we can only choose to believe that Madam Ye can see the current situation clearly, and from the perspective of considering the young master, abide by the agreement."

Sun Mengmeng sighed: "Just now I saw Madam Ye's microexpression when she went out; her heart must be very painful; I don't know if the young master will notice..."

Tang Sihai shook his head: "Since we choose to believe Madam Ye, we need not consider so much; Madam's meaning is also to bet on Madam Ye; if we win the bet, she will continue to operate behind the scenes; if we lose, she will naturally meet the young master and clarify everything hidden."

Sun Mengmeng nodded and said: "Okay, Butler Tang, I understand; then I will continue to work well during this period."

Tang Sihai said: "If Madam Ye suspects you, I believe, given her character, she will directly lay everything bare before you; then you need not conceal anything, except for Madam's matter which cannot be spoken of, everything else can be told to her; if she still needs your help beside her, you stay; if not, you notify Elder Sister Sun, and she will arrange for you to withdraw first."

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Naggingly: I heard from friends that some smart people are discussing that this book has already changed authors; I only want to say: if I were truly willing to hire a ghostwriter, the ghostwriter would write at least eight thousand characters a day even if not paid for ten thousand; I am just because I have suffered writing for over five years, truly exhausted in body and mind, and unwilling to hire any damn ghostwriter, so the updates have been poor lately!