Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1274 Letter from a Close Family
Hearing Lin Jinyan's invitation, An Zhixian pushed the door open and entered the room. He caught a glimpse of Lin Jinyan's uncomfortable expression, and when he took the paper, he felt the residual warmth on it. He immediately realized that Lin Jinyan had hidden the letter close to her body before taking it out of the palace.

An Zhixian only felt his fingertips burning, his worry for his mother overwhelmed his throbbing. He hastily unfolded the letter, but saw nothing but pure white, without a single word.

Lin Jinyan: "She said, you know how to see it."

When An Zhixian heard this, the familiar feeling of his mother came like a heat wave, enveloping his whole body, causing him to take a deep breath to calm the shock and heat brought by the longing in his heart.

He spread the letter paper flat on the table, found cinnabar in the house, added water to mix it, and also added two commonly used painting pigments. He borrowed Lin Jinyan's handkerchief, dipped it in the prepared juice, and evenly stained the paper. The words on the paper slowly appeared.

Although she wanted to know what was in the letter, it was An Zhixian's family affair after all. Lin Jinyan turned around considerately and waited for An Zhixian to finish reading it.

After waiting for a while, Lin Jinyan heard the excited sobbing behind her. She turned around and saw An Zhixian with his hands on the table, tears falling on the letter paper.

Not wanting his mother's letter to be dirty, he raised his hand to wipe away the tears on the paper, but ended up shredding the soaked paper. He tried in vain to piece the letter together, just like trying to piece together his former home, but the more anxious he was, the more messed up it became. He shed more and more helpless tears in his anxiety, and with his helpless hands and blurred vision, he eventually pieced the letter together into a ball of shredded paper.

Lin Jinyan couldn't bear to watch, so she stepped forward and held down An Zhixian's hands, which were haphazardly put together.

"Boss An, we have found the people, and the letter still has a meeting."

An Zhixian raised his head, two lines of hot tears rolling down his face. His bright red eyes dyed the tip of his nose red, covering his usually clear temperament with a layer of mist, like a bamboo forest in the wind and rain, bent and tough yet broken.

Seeing them both crying on the same day, Lin Jinyan felt distressed and couldn't help but sigh: They are really mother and son. They look even more alike when they cry... and they look pretty good... huh? No...

An Zhixian nodded with tears in his eyes:
"Yes, I finally found her. It's her. She's still alive and there are letters... That's great... It's really great! I'm not an orphan..."

An Zhixian excitedly turned his hand over and held Lin Jinyan's hand that was about to be withdrawn:
"Thank you, Miss Lin. Thank you so much. I know you took a big risk by taking this letter out of the palace. If you have any instructions in the future, I will do my best."

Lin Jinyan nodded to comfort him:
"I trust Boss An. Didn't Boss An take all the risks for me in He Lan's case?"

Hearing this, An Zhixian's agitated thoughts gradually came back to mind. Seeing that he was holding Lin Jinyan's hand tightly, he felt that he had offended his beloved and hurriedly let go. But he felt reluctant and subconsciously held it tightly again.

When he was fully awake, he realized what he had done. He raised his eyes awkwardly to meet Lin Jinyan's equally uncomfortable eyes. He reluctantly let go of her hand, took a step back, bowed and apologized:
"Just now... I was too excited. I didn't mean to offend you, Miss. Please forgive me."

Lin Jinyan hid her burning hands in her sleeves and said calmly: It's okay.

In order to prevent silence from making the atmosphere more awkward, An Zhixian asked about his mother's recent situation in detail, and after digesting it for a while, he got down to business:

"I'm not just doing this for Miss He Lan, I also want to take this opportunity to handle my own affairs, Miss, don't worry about it. I've made careful arrangements inside the sect, even if someone is looking for trouble, we can hide and protect ourselves.

Thank you Miss for letting Hong Jiu inform us in advance about the General's Mansion raiding the hall."