Chapter 538

Zhou Lie and Liu Minglan spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning the house. In the evening, Liu

Minglan went to the kitchen to cook dinner while Yun Muqing and Chu Feng helped her. Zhou Ying

sneaked Duo Duo into the kitchen, looking for the opportunity to swipe some tasty morsels for

themselves…

Dinner that night was especially scrumptious. It was the first meal in Yenching as a family, and they

relished the moments together.

Zhou Lie drank one more bottle of beer than usual. As he bit his pipe, he reminisced, "It'll be the winter

solstice in a few days, Feng. It's going to be Qingrou's death anniversary."

Chu Feng put his knife and fork down. He looked into the distance and nodded absently.

His mother's name was Ye Qingrou.

The winter solstice was the coldest and harshest day of the year. After that day, the days would be

warmer, and soon the flowers would bloom.

His mother did not survive that day, and she did not live long enough to see the flowers bloom again…

Yun Muqing held Chu Feng's hand tightly to give him warmth. She said to Zhou Lie, I've already

promised Chu Feng that after the family gathering, we'll pay respects to Madam Ye at her gravesite."

"That's good to hear," Liu Minglan said as she carried Duo Duo in her hands. "I'm sure Qingrou will rest

easy if she knows that you're married with children now."

Chu Feng turned his head and gazed at the scenery outside of the window. The white clouds in the sky

are soft and gentle as his mother's love…

She had departed from this world almost twenty years, but the memories were fresh like yesterday.

Zhou Lie coughed twice and asked Chu Feng carefully, "Feng, do you want to visit Lord Chu's Castle

sometime soon? It's your home after all, and Lord Chu is…"

"I'm full. Enjoy your dinner, Father, Mother," Chu Feng said coldly. He put his cutlery down and left the

dining hall.

"Feng…" Zhou Ying pouted and called out.

Yun Muqing felt sorry for Chu Feng as she watched Chu Feng leave. His confident and strong figure

seemed so lonely at that moment.

"Why did you have to mention that, you old fool?" Liu Minglan said angrily and poked Zhou Lie's head

with a finger. "You should know Feng's character very well. He doesn't want anyone to mention Lord

Chu and the Chu family in front of him. I'm sure he's already feeling down because he's in Yenching

again. Why must you agitate him…"

Zhou Lie muttered, "I was only looking out for him. He can't stay angry at his father forever, right?"

The atmosphere became awkward all of a sudden.

Zhou Lie sighed deeply. He inhaled from his pipe and blew a smoke ring. Amid the smoke, his mind

wandered back to the bloody battlefield twenty years ago…

Amid the choking black smoke and dead bodies that littered the scene, Zhou Lie, who was a vanguard

in Lord Chu's army, took the unconscious seven-year-old boy in his hands.

"You have entrusted your son to me, Lord Chu, and I will not disappoint you. I'll bring him back to safety

and raise him like my own. But there are too many spies. You should give him a new name to ensure

his safety."

The burly man in front of him was silent for a moment. "He shall be Chu Feng. I owe him too much, and

there is nothing more that I want other than his safety."

As soon as he said that, he turned around and left determinedly.