Chapter 76: Recovery

After Liu Lan left, Lu Yuner’s calm heart was stirred by huge waves. She could discern the intention behind Yun Qinwang’s gesture, which was a kind of recognition of her, and this recognition was all because of the young master Su.

After a while, Lu Yuner came back to her senses and noticed Su Qingwan’s unusual behavior, knowing that there was some estrangement between him and Yun Qinwang.

But after all, Yun Qinwang was the only relative of the young master Su in this world. This contradiction of love and hate intertwined, making him extremely uncomfortable at this moment.

She tried to reach out and touch him, calling softly, “A’wan.”

As soon as she touched his clothes, Su Qingwan, overwhelmed with complex thoughts, couldn’t bear it and threw himself into Lu Yuner’s arms. Lu Yuner reached out to hug him back, saying nothing.

The two embraced quietly for a while. As Su Qingwan’s emotions eased, he slowly spoke, “Sister Yuner, after your eyes recover, come with me to Yun Qinwang’s mansion. She wants to see you.”

Lu Yuner had actually anticipated this outcome. Even if she didn’t go to see Yun Qinwang, Yun Qinwang would come to find her because of the young master Su.

But now, because of the spirit flower, she owed Yun Qinwang a great favor.

Lu Yuner said frankly, “Mm, I also want to talk to her about us.”

Su Qingwan continued in a heavy tone, “She said she won’t interfere in our affairs, so Sister Yuner can feel free to talk to her. Besides, I’m here! I will always stand by your side!”

Faced with the young master Su’s protection, Lu Yuner raised her hand to rub his little head, smiling and saying, “With you protecting me like this, I feel so happy now!”

Su Qingwan’s eyes curved like the moon, and he said softly, “Being with Sister Yuner at this moment, I’m so happy.”

After a long while, Su Qingwan’s eyelashes trembled lightly, and he spoke in a low voice, “Sister Yuner, do you think I’m particularly unreasonable?”

Lu Yuner: “…”

Su Qingwan continued, “All these years living under the same roof with her, because of father’s death, I never actively paid attention to her. I hated her for abandoning me and father without a word for so long. I hated her for coming back so late, otherwise… father wouldn’t have died.”

“But she is after all my mother, father’s wife, my only relative in this world. I’m really suffering inside, always flip-flopping in contradiction.”

As he spoke, tears silently flowed down Su Qingwan’s face. He said with anguish, “Sister Yuner! I feel so bad! I don’t know what to do!”

Lu Yuner’s lips pressed slightly, placing her hand on his back, constantly comforting him.

In front of any relationship, even lovers, apart from being honest with each other, she also supported and allowed others to have privacy, so she would never pursue asking about the other’s troubles.

Unless he wanted to say, then she was willing to solve it together with him.

As the young master Su poured out his heart to her, although Lu Yuner knew some of the situation, she was not in a position to judge anyone, but she could analyze the problem from an outsider’s perspective.

Lu Yuner said gently, “A’wan is not an unreasonable person in my heart, it’s just that you’ve experienced too many things that I can’t empathize with, and I can’t judge anyone either.”

“But, if I speak as an outsider, I actually think Yun Qinwang must have her own difficulties.”

“She was once the princess of Yunnan Kingdom, forced to come to the Great Yuan Dynasty as a hostage. Unfortunately, the former empress was foolish and fond of extravagance. After she broke her promise, she launched an invasion war and took Yunnan Kingdom as her own.”

“Soon after, there was an earth-shattering turmoil in the court, and various forces inevitably fought in secret for power and profit. Yun Qinwang must have participated in it for revenge for the destruction of her country.”

“She didn’t contact you, perhaps it was to ensure that you wouldn’t be harmed in any way if something went wrong.”

Su Qingwan asked in confusion, “You can’t have both fish and bear’s paw. If she chose to live with father, why did she still want to participate in court disputes?”

“Well…”

Lu Yuner paused for a moment, then said seriously, “Indeed, you can’t have both fish and bear’s paw, but Yun Qinwang is a woman who has experienced countless hardships. She has suffered the humiliation of being a hostage, and experienced the pain of her country’s destruction. She has long carried a deep blood feud. Such a person should be cold and heartless, unmoved by emotion.”

“But she ended up with your father. Your father must have been a special existence for Yun Qinwang, perhaps a bit of sweetness in all her days of suffering.”

“From what you’ve told before, it’s clear that your father loved, truly loved Yun Qinwang. Perhaps others wouldn’t understand your father’s infatuation, but he knew what he wanted. He loved her, understood her, so he waited for her return without complaint or regret.”

“But… Qingwan, as you said, she is your only relative in this world, and you are also her only relative. So Qingwan should think carefully about whether to have an open-hearted talk with Yun Qinwang.”

“After all, the tree desires stillness but the wind keeps blowing, the child wishes to care for the parent but the parent may not wait. Don’t leave behind regrets that can’t be remedied.”

Su Qingwan’s eyes lowered slightly, a strange light flashing in his pupils, and a trace of relief quietly passed through his heart, “Mm, I’ll think about it seriously.”

After Liu Lan brought the spirit flower to her master, she started to prepare the medicine the next day. In the following days, Lu Yuner was undergoing medical treatment, and Su Qingwan was always by her side taking care of her.

Finally, after five days, it was time to remove the eye bandage, and this moment would verify whether Lu Yuner could see.

Lu Yuner was just about to remove the eye bandage when she was suddenly interrupted by Liu Lan.

“Hey! Wait a minute, little sister Yuner! These days, the young master Su has been taking care of you, so you should let him remove it for you.” Liu Lan raised her eyebrows, gesturing for Su Qingwan to come over, smiling and saying, “Young master Su, please.”

Lu Yuner stopped her movements, understanding Liu Lan’s intention.

Su Qingwan’s face turned slightly red, and he came to Lu Yuner’s side full of expectation. He reached out and slowly undid the eye bandage. When the eye bandage was completely removed, Lu Yuner instantly felt her eyes much lighter, and the previous pitch-black view completely disappeared.

She slowly opened her eyes, gradually adapting to the surrounding light. The blurry figures in front of her became clearer and clearer, until she could clearly see the young master Su’s face.

“Sister Yuner, can you see me?” Su Qingwan waved his hand in front of her, extremely nervous.

Lu Yuner grasped the waving hand in front of her, smiling and saying, “I can see.”

Seeing those eyes like a clear lake, rippling with waves, Su Qingwan was overjoyed and shed tears of excitement, “Great! Sister Yuner’s eyes are finally better!”

Seeing the two being affectionate again at the drop of a hat, Liu Lan averted her gaze. After getting a satisfactory result, she quietly left and sent someone to inform Ranzhi of this good news, so she wouldn’t worry anymore.

“Alright, don’t cry anymore.”

Lu Yuner’s gaze briefly lingered on the departing figure, then she wiped his tears with eyes full of heartache, looking at his face that had lost weight, “A’wan, you’ve lost weight. You’ve had a hard time these days.”

Su Qingwan looked at her with tears in his eyes, “Sister Yuner, I’m not tired. As long as Sister Yuner is well, I’m willing to do anything.”

After getting the spirit flower as a medicine ingredient, her recovery process was much more complicated than before. During this period, it was the young master Su who had been carefully taking care of her by her side. How could he not be tired?

“Silly!” Lu Yuner embraced Su Qingwan, calling him tenderly.

Hearing the tone of affection in Sister Yuner’s voice, Su Qingwan beamed with joy, slowly closing his eyes to enjoy this rare moment of privacy between the two.

At this moment, his mind kept recalling the scenes of being alone with Sister Yuner these days, undisturbed and particularly enjoyable.

But once they returned to the capital, the two of them naturally couldn’t be this free. For now, they could have a few days of intimacy, so they should cherish these days of tenderness.

Su Qingwan opened his eyes and murmured, “Sister Yuner, can we go back in a couple of days?”

Lu Yuner seemed to guess his thoughts. Indeed, after returning to the capital, besides normal teaching, she still had to continue investigating the account book matter in secret, after all, the mastermind behind this hadn’t been brought to justice yet.

Moreover, the last time she and the young master Su suddenly fell into the water, sister Lan had investigated for her. Although it was done by some local ruffians, they had received money from strangers.

In short, there would be no shortage of miscellaneous matters. Taking advantage of this rare leisure time, it might as well be considered as a holiday break.

Lu Yuner responded, “Alright, we’ll go back in a few days.”

“Sister Yuner, I have a gift for you. Please wait a moment.” Su Qingwan left her embrace contentedly, turned around and went to his own room next door.

He took out the embroidered handkerchief from his bundle and hid it in his sleeve first.

Su Qingwan walked slowly to Lu Yuner’s front, his head slightly lowered with shyness.

This was the first time he was giving a gift to a woman, especially a handkerchief.

A handkerchief is a personal item carried around, made of silk embroidery, with implications of longing. Thinking horizontally and vertically, it represents affection and reluctance to part.

The young man stood shyly, his hands empty. Lu Yuner was a bit surprised, wondering if the gift was lost? Or forgotten?

Lu Yuner comforted him, “It’s okay, it doesn’t matter if there’s no gift!”

Su Qingwan suddenly raised his eyes, slightly widened, and in the next second, he understood that Sister Yuner had misunderstood. He hurriedly explained, “I brought the gift.”

He took it out from his sleeve and handed it to her with both hands, but his eyes were too nervous and shy to look at Lu Yuner, “This handkerchief is for you.”

Lu Yuner’s amazed gaze fell on the handkerchief, and the white magnolia flower on it was particularly eye-catching, yet also seemed familiar.

She took it from the young master Su’s hands and brought it close to examine carefully. Only then did she realize that this white magnolia flower, whether in embroidery method or shape, was exactly the same as the pattern on the clothes she had worn.

Lu Yuner had her own aesthetic requirements, so she would embroider a white magnolia flower on all her light blue clothes.

However, this made her quite puzzled. Why would the young master Su embroider it identically to hers?

Su Qingwan raised his eyes to secretly observe Sister Yuner’s reaction, but saw her staring at the handkerchief in a daze. He asked cautiously, “Sister Yuner, do you like it?”

Lu Yuner came back to her senses, wrote a smile on her face, and said happily, “I like it.”

Su Qingwan saw that the handkerchief in her hand was still neatly folded as before. He reminded her with a red face, “Sister Yuner, open it and look again.”