Chapter 2 Mestre House
"Aaron, are you back, do you want to rest? If you're not tired, let's go. As soon as Zuo Congrong arrived at Fran Mansion, Ziyuan couldn't wait to express his meaning.
"Wait a minute, can we sort out the problem?" I thought that after meeting again, there would be something touching or something that might be blamed, but I never thought that it would be such a development, Zuo Congrong replied a little at a loss.
"Is it hard to understand?" asked Shion, confused.
"No, that...... Anyway, I've just come back, so I'm going to have to go see my friends. β
"That's not in a hurry, there will be opportunities in the future, and we have more important things to do now than these. β
"What's the matter? By the way, where are you going when you say we're going?" Zuo Congrong only then shifted his attention to Ziyuan Fangcai's words.
"Go to Crystal City. β
"I'm not going!" As soon as Ziyuan's voice fell, the curious look on Zuo Congrong's face suddenly disappeared, and he became a lot more gloomy, refusing. There are full of painful memories, whether it is the hard memories of living there when I was a child, or the trip with Lan Fengzhu half a year ago, one qiΔ and one qiΔ have become the most painful scars in my heart, if you can, Zuo Congrong doesn't want anyone to uncover it.
β...... , I don't want to talk to you about Crystal City, but now Crystal City is a problem that you can't avoid no matter what. Zi Yuan also knew the knot in Zuo Congrong's heart, and after sighing, he said faintly.
"There's no way to avoid it, as long as you don't care, there's always a way. Countless people live in this world, and there are not many things that I can influence alone, and even if I don't save zΓ i, time will make everything settle down. Zuo Congrong replied stubbornly.
"Yes, from someone else's point of view, what you said may be right, but if the person concerned is Ying. Can you still say such beautiful things?"
"Ying, what's wrong with her?" As Ziyuan expected, after mentioning Ying, Zuo Congrong's look like the eyes of a dead fish immediately appeared, and he asked eagerly.
"She was forced to get married, and now she has been taken back to Crystal City, and she will be engaged in seven days. β
"Engaged? Isn't she twenty years old? β
"You weren't eight years old at the time, and you weren't engaged to me. β
"We were different at that time, no matter what, I still lived in the imperial capital for a year, and I got engaged after I had some feelings for you. Who is Ying engaged to?"
"I don't know, it's Aunt Ye who sued me. How's that? Do you still plan to stay out of it? Shion asked again.
β...... , this is a family matter of the Mestre family, it is better not to get involved. Zuo Congrong thought for a long time, and finally hung his head as if he had given up, and said in a quiet voice.
"Is that so, Ah Rong, you tell me, am I blind, or have you changed?Why did the reckless but straightforward boy of the past become the fiancΓ© I have been waiting for nearly twenty years? Why is it such a cowardly, cowering person. β
β...... People will always change. β
"Is this your reason? At that time, even if you had not recovered your ability, you had the courage to do it for the sake of Kamio and the high-level students, and at that time, you did not have the ability to escape in front of the 'Wind Roar' for everyone's safety. At that time, when did Ah Rong, who could ignore a single thing for his friends, become so indifferent. You can also say this kind of thing in the face of your own sister. It is true that people can become right, but don't you think it is too cunning to prevaricate such an indifferent attitude for such simple reasons?"
"That'...... So what do you want me to do?"
"Go and stop it. If you don't try, how will you know the result? Just to look at the results objectively, and put yourself in a situation where you won't be hurt, don't you think this kind of behavior is selfish? β
"To stop it? How can it be stopped? It has been like this since the beginning. No matter who it is, no matter what it is, as long as it involves me, it won't end well. Shenwei is, Xiaokong is, Mingzhu and Ah Feng are too, and even the defense system of the science capital was destroyed by me. I used to think that as long as there is a firm belief, there is no hurdle that cannot be crossed, things are man-made, no matter what can only be accepted with peace of mind after hard work. However, this is not the case, many things do not change because of human efforts, and no matter how much you struggle, it will still end up being heartbreaking. Then, I understood that no matter what, as long as it was involved with me, it would become unfortunate. This time it's Ying's business, and I really don't know what to do. Sister Ziyuan, you sue me, what should I do?" Zuo Congrong finally vented all the feelings that had been hidden in his heart for more than half a year.
"I know you've been suppressing your feelings all these years, and all I can do is be with you. I'm sorry I couldn't go to Steel City with you and let you suffer like this. Not in the future, I will always be with you, what is there for us to take care of, okay?" Zi Yuan took Zuo Congrong into his arms and comforted him softly.
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"Aaron, how do you feel? Shion asked, turning around.
In the end, Zuo Congrong still untied the knot in his heart and came to Crystal City accompanied by Ziyuan. At this time, there were still five days before Ying's engagement day, and there was still plenty of time, so the two were not in a hurry to go to Mestre House, and went shopping casually, planning to tidy up and wait for the next day to visit again.
"Feel, I can't say what I feel, in fact, half a year ago, Ah Feng Mingzhu and I have already been here once. β
"That should be a little different, last time it was a pure sightseeing tour, but this time I have to go back to the Mestre home after a sixteen-year absence. There will always be some special feelings for the place where you were born and raised, right?" Shion analyzed.
"Does Sister Ziyuan know why I ran away from home when I was eleven years old?" Zuo Congrong did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.
"Yes, you said it back then. Because something happened to my family, and then you ran away from home. β
"Well, in fact, I had no feelings for the Meister family a long time ago, and I stayed there only because I still had a marriage contract with Sister Ziyuan, and naturally the marriage contract ended, so I didn't have to be nostalgic for the Meister family anymore. So, more than ten years ago, that place had nothing to do with me, and as for feelings, to be honest, I hadn't thought of such a deep place. β
"That's it. That's right. Why did you run away from home in the first place? You were only eleven years old at the time, so why didn't you want to stay at the Mestre house?" asked Shion as if she remembered something. In this era, thirty years old is only an adult, and an eleven-year-old child is no different from a child who has just learned to walk, many warriors dare not take a step out of the city at will, how can an eleven-year-old child have the courage to escape from the city, and what kind of grudge can lead Zuo Congrong, who is so young, to do such a crazy thing.
"Sister Ziyuan, do you remember when I didn't have the ability to fluctuate?" Zuo Congrong asked him rhetorically.
"Remember, it has something to do with you running away from home?"
"Hmm. In fact, I am no different from ordinary people, and the reason why I have no ability to fluctuate. It's because both of my circuits are failing. The magic circuit was destroyed by a surprise attack on my way to the Second Academy. As for the meridians, it was when I was ten years old that the head of the Mestre family personally ordered the destruction of the Dan Domain. If you say that, you can understand it. Zuo Congrong explained to Ziyuan without the slightest emotion, as if he was telling someone else's story.
"Personally ordered the destruction of the Dan Domain?Why, aren't you his son, how could he do such a thing?" Tiger Venom is not a child, for a prodigy with great talent in martial arts. Destroying the Dan Domain can almost be said to have completely destroyed a person, and this person is still his own son, I'm afraid that no one in the world will do this kind of thing, but this kind of thing happens around him. It's even the person closest to him, so that Aster won't be shocked.
"If you can come out, if you trample on the family rules of the Meester family that are as rotten as zombies. In order to preserve the dignity of the decaying traditions of the Mestre family, in order to maintain the status of the head of the family. Even if he destroys his son's Danyu, it's not a big deal. After all, even if the heirs of the Mestre family are not capable, they can only rely on the family business that has been inherited for more than 3,000 years, and they are enough to complete their lives in style. β
"That's right. After all, Lian Ying's marriage can be decided at will, and it is not incomprehensible just to destroy your Dan Domain. Listening to Zuo Congrong's explanation, Ziyuan also echoed thoughtfully.
"It's not just Ying, it's me. But thanks to my engagement, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to meet Sister Ziyuan. Zuo Congrong suddenly said as if he was quite happy.
"yes. Do you remember the first time we met at the Second Academy?" Shion suddenly recalled.
"Well, at that time, I simply thought that you were just an unrelated person who looked more like Sister Ziyuan and had the same name as Sister Ziyuan. If I still have any illusions about fate, it can only be because of this incident. Zuo Congrong couldn't help but recall the first time they met.
At that time, I was only immersed in filling out the application form of the club, and I didn't notice the appearance of Aster at all, so that the core secrets of the club were exposed. At first, it was just that Shion was interested in their club activities, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid Shion would have recognized herself by then.
"When I saw you at that time, I was also shocked, and I couldn't help but want to play tricks on you. β
"By the way, Sister Ziyuan, when did you find out that I was mine?"
"Huh? That's a strange question. Ziyuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said with a smile.
β...... , it's good to know the meaning, when did you find out. "When did you find out that I was mine...... , This sentence is not only awkward, but also full of language problems, but it can express the meaning smoothly, it is such a awkward sentence.
"After we came out of Wang Yue's illusion, didn't we encounter the 'wind roar', you were already unconscious when you ran out of the forest with me, and then when I helped you electrocute your heart, I found the lightning mark on your right chest. β
"No wonder in the Imperial Palace, when the emperor forced the marriage, you knew which mark was on my right chest, and I was still wondering at the time, it turns out that you have found out so long ago. Since you've found out so early, why don't you sue me?"
"Does this kind of thing make sense to tell you, if you only rely on the marriage contract that has become ethereal to maintain the relationship, it can only mean that we are not suitable for being together at all. Rather than doing this, it is better to get along with each other and establish a stronger relationship again. Shion calmly analyzed.
"That's right. Forget it, it's not bad, anyway, now we're ......."
"What?" Shion asked with a wicked smile.
"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Zuo Congrong blushed a little and didn't overdo it, no matter how he said it, he was just a twenty-seven-year-old young man, and he was still relatively hazy about emotional matters, and he couldn't wipe his face.
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"Is this the Mestre Mansion, so magnificent, it is really the six nobles of the camp, and the handwriting is different. Aaron used to live in this kind of place?" Outside the gate of the Mestre Mansion, Zi Yuan looked at the generous gate of the mansion and sighed sincerely.
"Well, Sister Ziyuan hasn't been to Mestre Mansion yet, right?" asked Zuo Congrong.
Although the two were engaged more than ten years ago, at that time, the head of the Meister family took Zuo Congrong to the imperial capital Zuo Xiangfu for a year, I am afraid that in order to avoid suspicion, Zuo Xiang and Ziyuan have not been to Jingcheng, and now they see that Zuo Congrong grew up in a place where they naturally have different feelings.
"yes, don't talk about Mestre Mansion, I haven't even been to Crystal City. At first, it was incognito, unable to contact people I knew before, and then I learned about the estrangement between you and the Mester family. So, at first there was no chance, and then there was no mood. Okay, let's not talk about it, let's go in and pay a visit to the family. After Ziyuan finished speaking, he stepped up the steps before Zuo Congrong.
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"Is this where Aron lived? With Aster's fame and appearance, he was easily allowed to enter the Mestre Mansion, and was arranged behind the front hall, waiting for the person in charge to come, while waiting for the person in charge to come, Aster looked around the front hall and said curiously.
"I live in the backyard, and it's a place for adults to entertain guests and discuss general matters, but I haven't been here a few times. Besides, the layout here is no different from other aristocratic families, right?, do you need to observe so carefully, Sister Ziyuan?" Zuo Congrong asked helplessly.
"Well, listen to you. After all, he is a master who is used to wearing a mask in front of outsiders, and without knowing when the master will return, Shion still chooses to continue to maintain his consistent image outside.
"I've been waiting for a long time, I'm sorry, may I ask what is the matter with coming here today?" As soon as Shion finished sitting upright, the head of the family of Mestre walked out from behind, and asked straight to the point with a social rhetorical remark that completely cleared the delicate relationship between the three of them.
Without warning!
Although he was mentally prepared, Zuo Congrong still didn't expect to see his "father" who had been separated for 16 years in such a sudden situation. It was this person who made him know Ziyuan, and at the same time, he was also this person who ruined his Dan Domain and ruined his future. The sudden appearance of a familiar face unconsciously pulled Zuo Congrong's thoughts back to the time when he had lived here...... (To be continued......)