Chapter 84
"He...is not dead?"
Lor was stunned.
Anyone who knows that their deceased relatives are still alive will probably have this reaction.
Joy? Relief? Perhaps, but the main emotion is still grievance and anger.
——If you were still here, what would my sadness and pain mean?
- If you were still here, why did you watch me being bullied and suffering without saying a word?
Although Luo Er is smart, he is still an underage boy. When he encountered difficulties, he also imagined that his omnipotent father could be reborn and come back to wipe out all difficulties and enemies in one fell swoop. But then, reason pulled him back to the cruel reality. He relied on himself to get to where he is today, and many times, it was only him.
But now, he realized that reality could be even crueler.
Luo Er did not doubt whether Rong Yuan was lying to him. Because he knew Rong Yuan's power and Rong Yuan's character, he knew that there was no reason for the man in front of him to deceive him with such a thing. Since he said so, he must have his reasons.
This clear realization made him even more uncomfortable.
But the fourteen-year-old boy showed amazing restraint and calmness at this moment. His expression only changed slightly and he quickly regained his composure. No matter how turbulent his inner emotions were, at least on the surface, his eyes only darkened slightly.
After a brief meeting, Lor said goodbye to Rong Yuan and others.
At this time, the organization had been eradicated, and Count Venem had been driven out of Ice City. Through Rong Yuan, Luo Er also received some promises from the royal family. He finally didn't need to hide and pretend that he was still on the road of asceticism. At this time, he was able to walk on the street openly, accompanied by his trusted subordinates. Some old friends on the road recognized Luo Er, and some greeted him, but Luo Er ignored them all.
At this moment, he just felt extremely cold all over.
They arrived in front of the flower shop.
When Rong Yuan was about to leave, he gave the flower shop to Luo Er, and all the remaining flowers in the shop were given to him. Standing outside the door, looking at the flowers blooming in the window, the thin boy pursed his lips tightly, and a line of tears slid down from the corners of his eyes without warning.
He reached out to wipe away his tears and said calmly, "Semilian."
"Yes, young master." The man behind him bowed.
"Find him!" This "he" undoubtedly refers to the former Duke Dumont.
"Yes," Semillian replied with a smile, as if he didn't realize how difficult this was.
The Imperial Capital was sparsely populated, and even the courtyards of ordinary people were large. The Right Prime Minister's residence was even larger, with an artificial lake in the garden. There was a huge heating system under the gravel soil at the bottom of the lake, which kept the lake water at a suitable temperature. Sitting by the lake, the breeze blew gently, the clear water sparkled, and golden or red fish jumped out of the lake from time to time. The water droplets thrown by the fish tails turned into ice beads in the air, which fell into the lake with a clatter.
The pavilions, decorative ornaments, lamp posts and statues by the lake were all extremely exquisite ice sculptures, and a new batch would be replaced every ten days or half a month, so the scenery in the garden would become completely different after a period of time. In the ice house, it was warm as spring, and there were two pots of flowers bought from Rongyuan.
The fair and soft hands picked up the emerald green pot and poured the clear and transparent wine into the cup. The wide sleeves made the wrists look even more slender, giving a sense of fragility as if unable to bear the weight.
Emilida put down the wine jug, and seeing Rong Yuan's eyes on the flowers, she smiled and said, "Father likes these flowers very much. He takes care of them himself every day without asking anyone else to do anything. But I think they are more beautiful when they are with you."
As he was talking, Aimirida also sat down. There was a small round table between her and Rong Yuan, and there was a big height difference between them, but Aimirida never gave people any sense of oppression, perhaps because she was timid and docile by nature. Even though she had gone through a lot of hardships over the years, Aimirida had grown a lot and was very intimidating to others, but next to Rong Yuan, she seemed to have become the little girl again, and her eyes unconsciously revealed unreserved trust and dependence.
Rong Yuan smiled and said, "Take good care of them. These flowers will be of great use."
"Yes, I know." Emilida did not ask what it would be used for, but just smiled and said, "You told me the same thing last time."
Rong Yuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and said, "I'm leaving."
His tone was normal, but Emilida was startled, her hand trembled subconsciously, and she almost knocked over the wine jug. She quickly reached out to hold it, and when she raised her head again, there was a little more panic in her eyes.
"Where...are you going?" she asked, stuttering.
Rong Yuan just looked at her with gentle eyes, but did not say anything.
"No... not coming back?" asked Emilida in a trembling voice.
Rong Yuan sighed, reached out and wiped away the tears that welled up on Emilida's cheeks due to anxiety, and said: "It's time to understand what happened back then ."
"But...but..." Emilida's tears welled up even faster. Although she had expected this day, when it really came, Emilida found that she still couldn't face it. She cried and said, "Are you...really ready? It's so dangerous...can't you...wait a few more years?...Wait a few years, until the nebula calms down..."
"Aimirida." Rong Yuan's calm voice alleviated the girl's anxiety and fear to some extent. He said, "For things like this, you are never fully prepared. You can only move forward courageously."
"Then...then I..."
——I’ll go with you!
Just as she was about to say this, her knees suddenly felt slightly heavy.
The youngest son Kou Da hugged her legs and looked at her with his big round eyes, full of concern and a little fear. With tears in his eyes, he said awkwardly, "Mom, don't cry!"
The other son, Xiuyuan, stood in front of Rongyuan, looked up at him, and threatened angrily: "Uncle Xiaoyuan, if you bully mom, I will never play with you again! I will never talk to you again!"
All the unfinished words were swallowed. Amirida quickly put one hand around Kou Da, stroking his back, and said softly: "Be good, baby, don't be afraid, mommy is fine. Xiuyuan, Uncle Xiaoyuan didn't bully mommy, mommy is... crying because she heard that Uncle Xiaoyuan was leaving, and she couldn't bear to let him go."
"Is that so..." The two boys breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Xiuyuan even said, "Mom, you are so silly. This isn't the first time Uncle Xiaoyuan has left. When he comes back, won't we be able to see him again?"
Indeed, Rong Yuan and Aimirida have been together less and more in recent years. He is always wandering, with no fixed place to live, and Aimirida's place is just a harbor where he occasionally stays. He sometimes suddenly appears, brings some gifts to the children, stays for two days, or just stays for a few hours, and then leaves again.
But at that time, Emilida never felt sad about the separation, because she knew that Rongyuan would live well somewhere, and then in the morning when the morning light was dim, or in the evening when the sky was full of sunset, he would appear with a smile. They met again with smiles, and also parted with smiles.
But this time… this time was different.
However, Amirida had no way of explaining these words to the two children. The childish words made her even more sad. Amirida tried to hold back her tears and smiled and persuaded them, "Well, Mommy won't cry anymore... You guys go play with Pea."
The children did not doubt their mother's words at all, and their attention was immediately diverted. They rushed to the pea. This was the first time they saw a person as small as the pea, and they loved it very much. However, the two children were well taught. They did not reach out to grab the pea or treat it as an interesting toy. Instead, they piled their favorite things around it and brought many snacks, expressing their love in a clumsy and frank way.
Seeing the carefree, innocent and lovely children, Amirida showed a genuine smile on her face. Then she realized something and turned to look at Rong Yuan, her eyes full of guilt and uneasiness.
Rong Yuan obviously knew exactly what she was about to say in a moment of impulse, as well as her current thoughts. He might even know them better than Emilida herself. But he just smiled in understanding and said, "Your happiness is my wish. Nothing else matters."
Such tolerance and tenderness almost made Emilida cry again.
Pea dealt with the two children and glanced over here from a distance.
After Rong Yuan and Wandou left, Aimirida asked the maid to take the two children back to sleep, and she lay on the table and cried bitterly.
After crying, she sat up, covering her red and swollen eyes, and a handkerchief was placed in front of her.
"Aze..." Emilida choked.
Her husband Tian Ze sighed, put a fist-sized spherical therapeutic device on Amirida's face and rolled it, watching the redness and tear marks gradually disappear, and asked softly, "He's gone?"
"Hmm..." Emrida sniffed.
"I heard that the leader of that organization has not been arrested yet. Mr. Rong, aren't you going to continue investigating?" Tian Ze asked.
"I don't know, maybe." Emrida answered without giving it much thought.
Tian Ze heaved a sigh of relief, and even Emilida, who was immersed in sorrow, noticed it so clearly.
"Why... could it be... that has something to do with you?"
Seeing his wife's eyes narrowed dangerously, as if she would "kill her relatives for the sake of justice" if he gave a wrong answer, Tian Ze quickly raised his hand and said, "Please, don't you know best whether I participated in that kind of thing?"
"Then why are you asking this?" Emilida was not so easily fooled.
Tian Ze sighed somewhat depressedly: "It's nothing... it's just that the old man has some guesses about the identity of that person. If it's really the person he thinks... anyway, it's better not to touch this matter. Since the organization has been dismantled, it doesn't matter if there are one or two fish that slip through the net, right?" As the son of the prime minister, even if Tian Ze did not get involved in officialdom, he knew much more information than the average person, but he also had many more restrictions.
"Ordinary small fish and shrimp are nothing, but this is a powerful dragon! How can you let it go?" Emilida always took Rong Yuan's affairs more seriously than her own, and asked, "Who are you talking about?"
"Just a guess..."
"Then tell me your guess!"
"I really can't tell you, Amy!" Tian Ze raised his hands in surrender and begged for mercy: "Since Mr. Rong is about to leave, why bother him with these things? Let's just let this go. It's good for you, it's good for me, and it's good for everyone, really!"
His attitude made Emilida give up questioning him, because at this moment, she suddenly had a vague guess in her heart, and murmured: "Could it be..."
