kvmb Chapter 112 Excellent
Chapter 112 Excellent
Nanfei took a nap and opened his eyes to find Yuan Feng staring at him blankly. Nanfei turned over, sat up, and stretched.
Yuan Feng said, "If you die, I will die with you."
Nanfei was stretching halfway when he heard her words and withdrew his hand, looking at her in surprise.
Yuan Feng said, "I don't want to live alone, and I don't want to be with Ouyang. We're not a good match."
With Yuan Feng beside him, Nan Fei slept soundly. When he woke up, he was full of energy, but his mind was a little sluggish.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Yuan Feng continued, "I know there are rumors about me and Ouyang. Yesterday I thought it was him, but it turned out to be you. The only possibility that I'm not innocent no longer exists. This kind of thing won't happen again."
Yuan Feng was open and resolute, with clear eyes, stubborn yet naive. Nan Fei sighed. He used to hate Nan Hua for being so stubborn, but he had met someone even more stubborn.
What merits does he possess to make Yuan Feng so infatuated with him? Nan Fei couldn't help but say, "Ah Feng, how can you lead troops if you're so foolish?"
Yuan Feng ignored Nan Fei: "There were rumors about my mother and Uncle Yin before, but my father misunderstood them."
Nanfei's assessment was quite objective: "Dad wasn't good to Mom, so it's understandable that Mom had something going on with Uncle Yin. Just like these past few years, I also think it's normal for you and Ouyang to have something going on. People aren't plants or trees..."
"Speaking so grandly?" Yuan Feng said, "But you choked me before... and asked who taught me that..."
Nanfei touched his face and coughed, "You have a really good memory."
Yuan Feng rarely sighed, "That's how people are; it's easy to advise others, but hard to advise themselves. My parents have argued many times, but that time was just a coincidence..."
Before committing suicide, Mei, who was engaged to Yuan Fengdi, left a suicide note for him: "If I cannot be a member of the Song family in life, can I be a ghost of the Song family in death?"
Despite opposition, Yuan Fengdi buried Mei on the Song family's ancestral cemetery. This caused a great uproar, and Yuan Fengniang had a huge argument about it.
Yuan Feng's father and Yuan Feng's mother usually don't argue. It's always Yuan Feng's mother who argues, while Yuan Feng's father remains silent with a calm expression, his brows furrowed with suppressed impatience.
At that time, Yuan Feng was still young and thought her mother was really annoying, with a bad temper and a loud voice. Her father was different; he was patient, gentle, and likable.
Yuan Feng always remembered this incident. Because her father had said, "If it weren't for Feng'er, I would have died."
Yuan Fengniang cried immediately. That was the first and only time Yuan Feng saw her mother cry.
Her mother was crying so pitifully that Yuan Feng couldn't bear it and ran to hug her. Her mother hugged her and cried, "Feng'er, you must marry someone who loves you in the future."
Mother didn't come back for a very long time. Whether out of guilt or something else, Yuan Feng's father took her to Fengzhou. On the day of the exercise, a sudden downpour occurred, and Yuan Feng's mother developed a high fever. It was Yin Jing who took care of her all night.
After Yuan Fengniang's fever subsided in the morning, she saw that Yin Jing was asleep on the soft couch, so she didn't wake him up.
Yuan Fengniang was at the drill ground when Le Chunqiu came over and said that her husband and daughter had come to see her. Yuan Fengniang was overjoyed and ran all the way back.
Yuan Feng's father stood under the eaves with Yuan Feng in his hand. Yuan Feng's mother took a few steps over and picked Yuan Feng up, saying, "Ayu, why didn't you tell me you were coming? I would have come to pick you up."
Yin Jing came out of the room and faced Yuan Feng's father, who was about to push the door open and enter.
Seeing that Yuan Fengdie's expression was off, Yue Chunqiu explained, "The general had a fever yesterday, and Yin Jing took care of him."
Yuan Feng's father gave a faint "oh".
When Yuan Fengniang was occasionally unwell or injured, Yin Jing and Le Chunqiu took care of her most. Yin Jing was particularly meticulous, often staying up all night to look after her, a routine the soldiers were used to. Because Yuan Fengniang's father was present, the situation suddenly became awkward.
Yuan Fengniang was rather rough around the edges and didn't see anything wrong with it. Yuan Feng's father came in the morning and left in the afternoon. Knowing Yuan Fengniang as he did, he assumed she would start a fight.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Fengniang didn't say much, calmly seeing them off from Fengzhou and telling them to be careful on their journey.
After his father returned, he took Yuan Feng to the Song family ancestral cemetery to pay respects to Madam Mei. Pointing to the open space next to Madam Mei's tomb, he said, "Feng'er, when your father dies, you shall bury him here."
She was bewildered and terrified: "Father, don't die! Father, stay with Feng'er forever!"
Her father stroked her braid gently, saying, "Father will be there for Feng'er as she grows up. Once Feng'er has someone to keep her company, Father can leave in peace..."
When Yuan Fengniang returned, she sent Yuan Feng to Songyang Academy, while Yuan Feng's father went to Chongyang Temple.
The regret goes unspoken, the misunderstanding remains unresolved. The couple no longer argues, nor do they show any affection.
After Yuan Feng fell in love with Nan Fei, she often thought of her mother. Her childhood affections, which had leaned towards her father, unconsciously shifted towards her mother. After her father said he would be buried with her mother, she went to the Song family ancestral cemetery to confirm the inscription on Mei's tombstone.
Nanfei continued, "This is the tomb of my virtuous sister, Song Mei. Your brother, Song Yu, erected the monument."
He's well-read, but he's also an expert on all the gossip? Yuan Feng stared at him, bewildered.
Nanfei said, "Last winter, my father sent me a letter mentioning this matter. I went to see it after I returned to Bianjing."
Yuan Feng was stunned: "Why did he write to you? Was he begging you to come back?"
"Ask him to come back?" Nanfei sighed. "Ah Feng, you're good in every way, except..."
Yuan Feng asked nervously, "What is it?"
“You’re a bit insecure,” Nanfei analyzed. “Looking across the world, who else besides you and your mother could be a female general? The Xingtian Cavalry were the troops Your Majesty led when you were the crown prince. If you don’t have strength and loyalty, how can they trust you? What man in this world is worthy of you…”
Nanfei looked at her and concluded definitively, "No."
Yuan Feng was dumbfounded: Such a high evaluation?
Nanfei said, "Among all the young women in the world, the Crown Princess has the highest status. Nanhua is older than you and respects you as her senior at Songyang Academy. In fact, even the Crown Prince is not good enough for you."
This comparison seems to make some sense.
Nanfei continued, "Marriage has no fixed form. Getting married and starting a family is not based on how successful you are. Whether you like someone or not depends entirely on your heart. I've been a nobody until I was eighteen, and I've been away from home for years, relying entirely on you for support, yet you still like me. If it were someone else, my in-laws would have broken my legs and kicked me out long ago."
The Crown Prince not marrying you isn't your fault. My not coming back isn't your fault. Your parents' relationship wasn't good; can you say it's because your mother wasn't good enough for your father? Or that your father wasn't good enough for your mother?
Yuan Feng didn't know what others might know, but her parents knew best. While Yuan Feng was still thinking, she heard Nan Fei say, "People may have high or low character, but feelings have no high or low, nor are they right or wrong. It's a mistake to affirm or deny yourself based on whether someone likes you or not."
Sometimes, relationships between people are simply a matter of timing, whether it's a coincidence or not. Ah Feng, no matter what, no matter when, you must never doubt yourself. In my heart, Ah Feng is the most outstanding woman in the world. And others should see her the same way..."
The world had been washed clean by the heavy rain, and everything in sight was bright and clear. Yuan Feng was stunned by Nan Fei's actions. Had all those years of self-doubt and self-denial been a mistake?
Just because Father didn't like Mother doesn't mean Mother was inferior to Aunt Mei. It was just bad timing. Just like... in the past... even though Nanfei didn't like her, it didn't stop her from being an outstanding woman.