Chapter 313 On the Day of the Snake Sting, the True Dragon Was Born

Chang'an City was brightly lit.

After sunset, the bustling night market finally showed its edges and corners in this ancient city.

Xu Han passed through the noisy crowd and arrived at the entrance of the Tian Ce Mansion .

Without much hesitation, the youth knocked on the door of the Tian Ce Mansion .

A few breaths later, someone pushed the door open and a head jumped out.

"Brother Xu?" When the man saw Xu Han, he was slightly stunned, and then he let out a cry of surprise.

"Xiao Xiao, how have you been these past few days?" Xu Han also saw that person's appearance clearly, and a knowing smile immediately appeared on his face.

Liu Xiao hurriedly opened the courtyard door and welcomed Xu Han in.

"Everything is fine. Zhu Xian has also stopped. The case in Gu and Zhao families has been settled. However, without Big Brother Xu here, I feel that something is missing from the Tian Ce Mansion ." Liu Xiao said excitedly to Xu Han. "Big Brother Xu, come back. If there's anything we can do together, look…"

"Is Hongjian here?" However, before Liu Xiao could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Xu Han.

Liu Xiao was slightly stunned. Only then did he see that Xu Han's expression was somewhat unusual. He hesitated a little, but before he could understand the strange voice of Xu Han, it sounded again.

"Take me to see her." Xu Hanyan said.

Liu Xiao was instantly dumbfounded. He could only withdraw the words of persuasion from his stomach and bring Xu Han to where Ye Hongjian was.

Along the way, everyone in the Tian Ce Mansion naturally saw Xu Han. They all bowed towards Xu Han, but their mouths still couldn't change the name of Xu Manor's residence.

Xu Han also inquired about Liu Xiao and Liu Mo's recent situation. Although Liu Xiao was young, his temperament was calm. There really wasn't anything that worried Xu Han. However, Liu Mo's child still made Xu Han a little worried.

"Mo'er is fine with everything else, but I heard that Big Brother kept shouting to find you after he left, but Big Sister Hongjian stopped me."

"Yes." Hearing this, Xu Han nodded his head. He was very satisfied with Ye Hongjian's actions. "Don't tell her what I came here today, much less tell her where I live."

Liu Xiao instinctively nodded when he heard this, but he suddenly heard something else from Xu Han's words, "Big Brother Xu, aren't you planning to come back?" He couldn't help but ask.

However, after Xu Han finished speaking, he fell silent. Obviously, he no longer had the intention to continue speaking to him.

Although Liu Xiao wanted to stir up the topic a few times, in the end, he could not resist Xu Han's solemn eyes and chose to remain silent. Thus, the two of them walked to the main hall of Tiance Prefecture in such silence.

"I'll just go in myself." At that time, Xu Han nodded at Liu Xiao and pushed open the main hall door of the Tian Ce Mansion by himself.

…

Liu Xiao naturally wouldn't lie to him. Ye Hongjian was indeed in the main hall at this moment, but besides Ye Hongjian, there was also a guest that Xu Han hadn't expected.

As for Ye Hongjian and that person, they were obviously very surprised by Xu Han's arrival, and they all stood up at that time.

"Xiao Han!" Ye Hongjian naturally called out in surprise.

That person, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes and stared at Xu Han with an inexplicable expression.

"Marquis Ye is well." After Xu Han was slightly stunned, he quickly regained his senses and cupped his hands towards that person.

The unexpected guest was Ye Hongjian's father, Ye Chengtai.

The middle-aged man in a blue sweater smiled and returned the greeting to Xu Han. He smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, Taiwei Xu."

The man deliberately bit the accent on Taiwei. Xu Han knew that he was trying to remind himself that he was no longer the Tian Ce Mansion 's Manor Master. Instead, he was a Great Zhou Taiwei without any real power.

The man's actions caused Ye Hongjian, who was beside him, to frown slightly, but she did not summon the courage to say anything. She only lowered her head a little deeper, as if she was afraid of touching Xu Han's gaze.

"I wonder if Marquis will do me a favor. I have a few words I want to talk to Hongjian alone." However, Xu Han did not seem to understand Ye Chengtai's hint. He continued to speak at that time with an indifferent expression on his face.

Seeing this, Ye Chengtai hesitated for a moment before nodding his head and stepping out of the hall.

Thus, only Xu Han and Ye Hongjian were left in the room.

Xu Han sat beside Ye Hongjian and looked at the girl with lowered eyebrows. He asked softly, "What's wrong? Did you encounter any difficulties in the past few days?"

The girl did not say anything, but shook her head gently.

"But what about Qing?" Xu Han asked again.

"She's fine. Don't worry." The girl replied, her expression slightly changing as she lowered her eyebrows, as if she wasn't willing to bring up this topic.

However, Xu Han did not notice her peculiar expression. After hearing that Qin Keqing was fine, he felt a little relieved. He smiled and asked again, "What's wrong? I haven't seen you for a few days, and you don't even want to look at me anymore?"

'"Of course, Ye Hongjian knew that Xu Han's teasing was only to ease the atmosphere between the two of them, but no matter what, she could not suppress the strange feeling in her heart and smile at the youth in front of her.

Seeing her like this, Xu Han could roughly feel how difficult the girl's current situation was.

"Apart from visiting you, there's actually something else I want you to help me with." In the end, Xu Han couldn't bear to see her like this, so he simply said straightforwardly.

Hearing this, Ye Hongjian raised her head and looked at Xu Han, "What is it?"

"How much do you know about my background?" The youth's eyes narrowed as he asked in a deep voice.

It was this question that caused Ye Hongjian, who had always been calm, to tremble, and her face instantly turned deathly pale.

She shook her head in panic, "I… I don't know…"

With Ye Hongjian's state of mind being able to react like this, the cat in this was naturally able to tell at a glance what was going on.

Xu Han looked at the man standing outside the hall with his hands behind his back, and then at the panicked girl in front of him. He probably knew something in his heart. His eyebrows instantly darkened. "I understand."

After saying this, he stood up and patted the girl's shoulder gently.

"We are all in the middle of the game, so you don't have to feel sad."

With that, he stood up and turned around to leave.

At that time, the things wrapped in the girl's eyes could no longer be concealed. She did not care about the other people who stood up at that time, caught up with the youth who had left and reached out to grab his hand.

Xu Han seemed to have sensed something at that time. His expression changed slightly and he turned to look at the girl.

Ye Hongjian's tears rolled in her eyes as she opened her mouth and said.

Just as she spoke, a strange expression appeared in the girl's eyes. Then, she withdrew her hand, lowered her head, and quietly stood in front of Xu Han.

The corner of Xu Han's eyes caught a glimpse of the cold gaze of the middle-aged man at the entrance of the hall. He could roughly guess what the girl was afraid of.

He smiled and wiped away the tears from the corner of the girl's eyes. He said softly, "The road ahead is dangerous. Take care of yourselves."

"Xu Taiwei, stop." But at that time, the man who had been standing at the door for a long time suddenly shouted loudly. Then, he walked over to Xu Han.

Xu Han was stunned. He looked at the man and asked, "What advice does the Marquis have?"

"Nothing big." Ye Chengtai smiled heartily. "It's just that Red Jian took over the Tian Ce Mansion . Things are busy, and Xu Taiwei is in an important position. I think it's also very troublesome. I think about your engagement to Red Jian…"

Ye Chengtai's words were naturally very polite, but the meaning could not be more obvious.

Ye Hongjian raised her head at that time. Her eyebrows were filled with surprise. Xu Han had left Tiance Prefecture, and her engagement with Xu Han had already become a joke. However, at least this was something that she wanted to think about. However, Ye Chengtai was clearly trying to draw a clear line with Xu Han by mentioning this matter at this moment. It could even be said that he was throwing stones at Xu Han when he fell into a well.

"Father!" Ye Hongjian wanted to say something at that time.

" Marquis Ye is right." Just as he spoke, he was interrupted by the youth's voice.

At that time, there was a candle burning in the main hall of the Tian Ce Mansion . The youth's eyes were shining with candle light, and his pupils seemed to be burning with flames.

"I really can't afford to climb the golden branches and jade leaves of Hongjian."

"Don't worry, Marquis . I won't mention the engagement again."

After saying this, he no longer lingered. He turned around and strode out of the main hall of the Tian Ce Mansion .

…

Ye Hongjian watched as Xu Han's back gradually disappeared from her sight.

She vaguely felt that the departure this time might make them look like strangers the next time they met.

She wanted to rush forward to hug the youth and tell him that she wanted to follow his life and death, but the righteousness that had been taught to her since childhood had suppressed her impulse.

She sadly fell to the ground, allowing tears to infect her eyes.

Xu Han walked out of the Tian Ce Mansion .

The streets outside the mansion were still filled with people, and the bright lanterns illuminated the entire Chang'an City as if it was daytime.

Xu Han stood in the middle of the crowd for a long time, then let out a deep sigh.

An unknown sense of loneliness corroded him.

Sometimes people are so strange.

If you have never had bright sunshine, you will not chase after the bright sunshine of spring. If you hadn't wandered about in luxurious clothes and food, you wouldn't have been worried about a shriveled steamed bun.

In the end, what people are most afraid of is not having nothing, but losing it after possessing it.

It was as if someone had used a sharp blade to cut a piece of flesh from your heart. From the outside, you were still intact, but inside, you were already in pain to the point of tearing your heart apart.

Xu Han didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit that this feeling wasn't good.

He had no choice but to take another deep breath before suppressing the turbulent emotions in his heart.

Then he stretched out his hand and opened it. In the center of his palm was a small piece of paper that had been crushed into a ball.

This was something that Ye Hongjian had just handed him when she pulled him. Xu Han did not know what it was, but he also realized that it might be related to his fate.

He gently unfolded it and saw something written on the note in delicate handwriting. When Xu Han looked at it, his heart trembled and his pupils suddenly widened.

The note read: There are true dragons in the world, and the world sees them. Therefore, the snake species were shown as dragons. Snakes were lucky, Long Cheng was ninety percent lucky, and on the day of snake stings, True Dragons appeared!

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