Chapter 353

Lin Fan naturally had no objections; it was just a matter of going to the Jade Crane Nunnery to pay respects to his mother-in-law, a mere trifle.

"Lin Fan, do you know? My mother once said that when love breaks down the door, there is no escape! Now I finally understand what she meant. That door is set within the heart; once the heart's door is knocked open, one can never evade it again. I am willing to leave with you!"

Shi Qingxuan said to Lin Fan, filled with deep emotion.

To this day, she could finally understand the words her mother had spoken.

Lin Fan looked at the elegant and tranquil face before him, listening to her moving words of love, and could not help but lower his head to kiss her. Shi Qingxuan was no longer shy as she had been before; she responded boldly and passionately, expressing her resolve to Lin Fan.

After a long while, the two slowly parted, their eyes meeting, filled with infinite affection; even the air seemed to turn sweet.

"Let's go, Qingxuan. From this day on, I will take you to ride through the Jianghu!"

Lin Fan gently stroked Shi Qingxuan's face and smiled.

"Wherever you go, Qingxuan will go. Even if I am abandoned by you in the future, Qingxuan will have no regrets!"

Shi Qingxuan's love was undoubtedly fervent. Once she decided to love someone, she would not hesitate even if it meant throwing herself into the fire like a moth to a flame.

Outsiders would likely find it hard to imagine that a woman so tranquil, elegant, and orchid-like in temperament could be so passionate about love.

"The mountains may lose their peaks and the heavens and earth may merge, but I will never abandon you!"

Lin Fan pulled Shi Qingxuan tightly into his arms. Since he had already come to regard this woman—who was at times timid and at others generous—as his own, how could he ever let go?

Afterwards, Lin Fan held Shi Qingxuan as he mounted the Night-Shining Jade Lion, bade farewell to the Quiet Forest Cottage, and galloped off into the distance.

Shi Qingxuan did not know where she would be going with Lin Fan, but peace of mind was her destination; as long as she could accompany her beloved, nothing else mattered.

With a beauty in his arms and riding a precious steed, Lin Fan could be said to be at the peak of life.

Before they knew it, the two arrived near Yangzhou City.

Looking at Yangzhou City not far away, Lin Fan's expression was somewhat subtle.

"What's wrong, Lin Fan? Is there something wrong with Yangzhou City?"

Shi Qingxuan, nestled in Lin Fan's arms, looked up at him with curiosity.

"It's nothing. This is my first time coming to Yangzhou City!"

Lin Fan naturally would not say that Shi Qingxuan's original partner was a small-time hoodlum from this very city named Xu Ziling.

The legend of the *Twin Dragons of the Great Tang* began with two such hoodlums in this city.

The two entered the city. Shi Qingxuan looked left and right from within Lin Fan's arms; having lived in the Quiet Forest Cottage for so long, she rarely saw such bustling scenes.

Moreover, after following Lin Fan, she felt as if she had someone to rely on, and her nature became more innocent and lively, releasing her true self.

"Sister Zhen, give me two meat buns!"

Just as Lin Fan was slowly passing through the street on the Night-Shining Jade Lion, a voice caught his attention.

"Little Zhong, Little Ling, do you have any money?"

The beautiful woman known as Sister Zhen smiled as she spoke.

"Sister Zhen, although we don't have money now, we will definitely have it in the future. When that time comes, we will repay you twofold!"

Even though Kou Zhong was just a small-time hoodlum now, he was one with grand ambitions. He and Xu Ziling comforted and supported each other, both claiming the other would achieve great things in the future, but in reality, they were merely comforting one another; they were both filled with confusion about the future.

They probably could never dream of the achievements they would attain later, could they? One would become a hero renowned throughout the Jianghu, and the other would nearly become the supreme ruler of the world.

Lin Fan watched this scene with interest and felt great admiration for the Wei Zhenzhen before him.

Because her maiden family owed money and her father was obsessed with wealth, he had sold her as a concubine to Old Feng, who sold buns. However, Old Feng had a shrewish and jealous wife, so although he drooled over Wei Zhenzhen, he had never been able to get his way.

But it was precisely because of Old Feng's covetousness that his wife was extremely hostile toward Wei Zhenzhen, making her life in the Feng household very difficult.

Yet she maintained her kind nature, occasionally using vegetable and meat buns to help Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling. Without her care, perhaps these two hoodlums would have starved to death long ago.

Unfortunately, due to a twist of fate, she later followed Yuwen Huaji and eventually committed suicide for love alongside him.

"Are you very interested in this woman?"

Shi Qingxuan naturally noticed Lin Fan's special attention toward Wei Zhenzhen.

"A pitiful, kind, and tragic woman!"

Lin Fan summarized Wei Zhenzhen's life in three words.

"I haven't seen the rest yet, but I did see the kindness!"

Shi Qingxuan saw Wei Zhenzhen secretly handing two buns to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

The reason she could see Wei Zhenzhen's kindness was naturally because Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were ragged and disheveled, clearly beggars who could not afford the buns.