439: Chapter 433: Seeing Qingqing Again 439: Chapter 433: Seeing Qingqing Again Chen Hai remained silent as Zhao Yu finished speaking.
He had suddenly disappeared for over twenty years, and upon reflecting on the circumstances Ye Qingqing faced, he actually understood them well.
Thus, when he was in Japan and learned from the television that Ye Qingqing had married, he had never harbored any resentment toward her.
In his heart, there was only deep guilt toward Ye Qingqing.
“No matter what, Qingqing is now someone else’s wife…”
Zhao Yu’s words left him speechless, only able to sigh inwardly.
For ordinary people, life is but a fleeting hundred years.
As a cultivator like him, with his current level of power, time swiftly passed, with decades or even centuries elapsing during one meditation.
In some matters, inevitable emotional entanglements and unresolved desires seemed unavoidable!
Truly speaking, he himself had never expected that his meditation in Japan would, in the blink of an eye, take up twenty-seven years.
Immersed in the world of cultivation, it was all too easy to lose the concept of time.
With a slightly deeper insight, perhaps several years or decades would have already passed in a moment.
Regarding this, Chen Hai himself had no control at all.
Once it was confirmed that it truly was his foster father Chen Hai who had returned, and not someone with ill-intentions aiming to harm Jiang Meixian,
Zhao Yu lingered in the house for a while but eventually departed.
Although she had some grievances against Chen Hai because of foster mother Ye Qingqing,
her status, after all, was only that of a younger generation.
Some words were enough when spoken; she could not possibly over-censure her foster father, Chen Hai!
Soon after Zhao Yu left, Wang Dimei, the caretaker, quickly returned to the house.
Regarding taking care of his mother, Chen Hai still decided to employ her and entrusted the responsibilities to her.
Although Jiang Meixian was his biological mother, proprieties between men and women remained distinct.
Some matters, it was certainly more convenient for Jiang Meixian, a woman herself and the caretaker, to handle.
…
In the courtyard within the West Mountain of the Capital City,
“He’s back?
He’s really back?”
“I knew it, he definitely wouldn’t be in trouble…”
Ye Qingqing, just having hung up the phone, had a face filled with intense joy.
Humming a tune, she sat unusually at the vanity, picking up a lipstick she had never used before and gently dabbed it on her red lips.
Perhaps because her makeup skills had long been neglected,
the lipstick she applied appeared somewhat awkward to herself.
She pulled out several tissues from the box nearby and wiped off the recently applied red.
Sitting at the vanity for a while, she could not find the right feel.
Upon reflection, she picked up her recently set-down phone and dialed a number.
“Brother Feng, it’s me!”
“I need to tell you something, he’s back, and he’s in Liuyuan County, I need to go find him!” She was clearly calling her current husband in name, Li Feng.
Although they had long agreed not to interfere in each other’s private lives,
this time, her meeting the man she had waited decades for would definitely be different from before.
Ye Qingqing felt it would be better to inform Li Feng about this matter in advance.
After all, they were not ordinary people, and considering their current status, some matters required careful consideration of their impact!
“Who’s back?
Qingqing?” Li Feng on the other end of the phone seemed not to have understood for a moment.
“Chen Hai…” Ye Qingqing replied.
Having initiated the call to Li Feng, she had not intended to conceal anything!
After uttering these two words and pausing briefly, she quickly hung up the phone.
What reaction Li Feng would have upon hearing this name, she did not know.
At the moment she hung up, she faintly heard through the receiver what seemed like the sound of something shattering.
…
The day he reunited with his mother Jiang Meixian, Chen Hai had already found the contact information of family members currently at home.
The location where his father, Chen Zhonghua, was buried, he quickly learned without spending much time,
saving him the effort of continuing to use divination to calculate these things.
After his father’s death, he was not buried in Liuyuan County city; his resting place was in the old family home of Chenjiaping in Wuyang Town.
The reason was simple.
Because their generation held a strong belief in being buried in their native soil.
They would definitely not prefer cremation and to turn into ashes if there was a place for burial.
Chen Zhonghua’s family, after all, came from Chenjiaping, where the ancestral tomb of the old Chen family was located.
To cremate in the county town or to return to Chenjiaping and bury it near the Chen family ancestral tomb?
Between these two choices, their family would naturally not hesitate to choose the latter.
The next day, Chen Hai went back to his childhood home in Chenjiaping and worshipped his father.
The weeds on the grave were lush, having already grown over three feet tall.
Seeing this scene, an inexplicable wave of sorrow washed over Chen Hai.
At Chen Zhonghua’s grave, Chen Hai sat desolately for more than an hour.
He had not managed to fulfill his filial duties before his father’s death, nor had he seen him one last time before he passed away.
Recalling his father’s voice and smile that remained in his mind, Chen Hai felt a bitter mix of emotions, truly an unpleasant feeling.
He had some expertise in Geomancy Inspection Skill.
His father Chen Zhonghua’s burial site had Feng Shui that was merely ordinary, nothing remarkable.
Not just his plot, but the entire area of the old Chen family’s ancestral tomb was much the same, with no Feng Shui treasure spots at all.
Should he choose another decent Yin House location for his father?
After considering for a while, Chen Hai eventually gave up this idea.
After all, for rural people, once buried, unless absolutely necessary, no one wished to relocate a grave.
Besides, selecting a better Feng Shui spot was meant to bless the descendants.
In his family, being the only child, securing a better location to bless himself?
For him, a successful cultivator, it was utterly useless.
The only thing he could do was to have someone refurbish his father’s grave a bit, to make it more grand and dignified.
For the next two or three days, he did not return to Liuyuan County town but stayed in Chenjiaping Village, Wuyang Town.
As long as one was willing to spend money, assisting with tomb renovations was not particularly difficult.
By the third day, the grave that was originally covered with thatch and completely out of shape was finally transformed and completely changed in appearance.
After finishing these tasks, Chen Hai had just returned to Liuyuan County town when Zhao Yu’s call suddenly came through.
“Godfather, are you in Liuyuan County town?”
“Yes, I am.
What’s up, Xiaoyu?”
“I’m in room 203 at Four Seasons Tea House; I have something very important to discuss with you.
Do you have time to come over now?”
On the phone, Zhao Yu sounded mysterious.
Although she was the deputy county head, merely holding the position without full responsibilities and ranked relatively low in Liuyuan County government, she was always resolute in her actions and was known as an iron lady.
Perhaps, only in front of her godfather Chen Hai, did she show such a side.
“Four Seasons Tea House, room 203, right?
I got it, I’ll come and see in a bit!”
After hesitating and pondering for a while, Chen Hai nodded in agreement.
He actually knew that once Zhao Yu knew he was back in Liuyuan, the news would definitely reach Ye Qingqing’s ears first.
At the moment, after receiving Zhao Yu’s call, he immediately thought of Ye Qingqing.
Some things, when faced, must be confronted; constantly avoiding them is certainly not the solution!
If Ye Qingqing really came from the Capital City wanting to see him, Chen Hai felt that seeing her would be good.
He found a place nearby to park his car.
With a mix of anticipation and anxiety, Chen Hai’s emotions were extremely complicated, but he eventually mustered the courage and reached the door of room 203 as Zhao Yu had mentioned.
But once there, he hesitated again, unsure.
The phone in his pocket rang again; he picked it up and checked the caller.
Unsurprisingly, it was Zhao Yu again.
Just as Chen Hai was hesitating about whether or not to answer the phone, the door of the room in front of him opened by itself.
“Really, godfather, you’re already at the door; what are you worried about?
Don’t you even have the courage to push the door and come in?”
Zhao Yu stuck her head out, saw Chen Hai, and quickly walked out from the room.
Pouting and complaining, she pushed and nudged, and directly pushed Chen Hai into the room.
The light inside the room was somewhat dim.
In the middle, there was a long table with a genuine leather sofa on each side.
As soon as he entered the room, Chen Hai saw the figure sitting on the sofa opposite, elegant and seemingly dignified.
His premonition was incredibly accurate.
Here, the person who was truly waiting to see him was indeed Ye Qingqing without a doubt.
“Qingqing, I…”
Originally, he had thousands of words to share with Ye Qingqing.
But when actually facing her, Chen Hai really didn’t know where to begin.