Broken Bonds

82

Chapter 82

Liu Qi was surprised to see Yan Feili return, “Xiao Yan, why are you back? How have you been in Beitang Wang’s other courtyard these few days? Did Beitang Wang embarrass you?”

“No.” Yan Feili smiled and jumped off the horse. “Where is Ya’er?” 

“The girl and Xiao Yuan went to the horse farm to look after the horses.”

“Is there a sick horse?”

“No. It’s just that there are two mares with colts. I will let Yuan Qing go and see.”

Liu Qi followed him to the stable, tie the horse, and look at him carefully. “Strange… Xiao Yan, I think you are somehow different?” 

“I am?” Yan Feili was puzzled, standing still, swaying Liu Qi around him twice, and looking up and down. He felt somewhat funny, “What are you looking at? Where am I different?”

Liu Qi scratched his head, “I can’t say that.”

When Yan Feili came back today, Liu Qi saw him looked comfortable, behaved calmly, and brought a hint of supernatural taste. It was like a cat that had stolen a fish because it was too lazy to look for a meal. And the look between the eyes was so extraordinary that only a fool would miss it.

Yan Feili didn’t know this. In these few days, he was as happy as a god, surrounded by both a lover and a son.

“A’Qi, I’m tired. I’ll go back to the house and take a rest first.”

“Okay. I’ll call you at dinner.”

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Yan Feili had been lingering with Beitang Ao these past days and nights. When he rode back on an hour’s journey, his body seemed to fall apart. The bones of the body were clamoring in pain.

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Compared to Beitang Ao, he was really old. The years left all kinds of marks on him without mercy as if he was afraid that he would forget. Yan Feili kept reminding Beitang Ao about the decline of his body function. If it weren’t for the few remaining successes, Yan Feili didn’t know what he would look like at this moment.

Over the years, he hadn’t stopped practicing qigong* but he had not made any progress since his internal strength recovered. Yan Feili knew that his skills were no longer a matter of diligence. Presumably, this was what Qiu Yeyuan said at the beginning: that his body was too damaged and the root of the disease will never cure.

*qigong = a type of breathing exercise with assumed medical benefits

Although Yan Feili was exhausted, he fell on the bed, yet unable to fall asleep, just looking straight at the top of the bed. 

With his body, he was afraid that he had lost a lot of life. Staying by Beitang Ao’s side, he didn’t know how long he can be happy. That person was blessed, who cultivated his inner strength and was born with a good appearance, which made people look upon him. In comparison, Yan Feili was just a mortal, how can he be worthy of standing side by side with that person?