Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 13 Life-saving grace
Xiao Wang had a smile on his face and spoke at a moderate pace.

"I originally found it strange that Second Mother and Uncle Shi look nothing alike. Now it seems that you are only different in appearance, but your personalities are exactly the same. You are both strong-willed and unyielding. You have great character."

Chao Yuanzhi was amused by him and couldn't help laughing: "Where is the integrity? We are clearly just stubborn."

Yan Ciwan pursed her lips and snorted.

The originally tense atmosphere immediately eased.

Xiao Wang said in a gentle voice: "We are all family, why can't we sit down and talk about it? Stop standing, sit down."

Then he asked Uncle Jiu to make tea.

In front of Xiao Wang, Chao Yuanzhi couldn't force the person to leave, so he could only watch Yan Ciwan sit down.

Xiao Wang greeted, "Second Madam looks much better."

"Thank you for your concern, Liu Lang. I have been bedridden these past few days and have not been able to express my gratitude to you. If you hadn't opened the coffin lid and rescued me that day in the mourning hall, I might have been suffocated to death. Thank you for your help."

After Yan Ciwan finished speaking, he stood up and bowed solemnly towards Xiao Wang.

"You are too kind, Second Mother. It is just a simple favor."

Yan Ciwan sat back and said seriously: "It's just a small favor to you, but it's a life-saving grace to me."

Chao Yuanzhi had some concerns in his heart. He didn't dare let Ning Ci have too much contact with Xiao Wang, so he interrupted and asked.

"Second Mother, you just said you had something to ask Xiao Liulang, what is it?"

Yan Ciwan had already wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with an embroidered handkerchief, but her eyes were still red.

She looked at Xiao Wang, and seeing that he was also looking at her, she lowered her head in embarrassment and said awkwardly.

"Five days ago, the night I woke up from the coffin, I seemed to hear the sound of a piano in my daze. I was about to collapse, but it was the sound of the piano that pulled me back from the brink of death. After I woke up, I asked around and found out that the sound of the piano came from Songtao Pavilion."

Chao Yuanzhi half believed and half doubted: "How could such a thing happen?" Yan Ciwan looked at him and asked, "Didn't father hear the piano music that night?"

A hint of unnaturalness flashed across Chao Yuanzhi's face.

That night he was very angry about Chaolu's fake death. He closed the door and scolded Liu, and couldn't help but slap her.

He was in a rage, so how could he have the mind to listen to the piano?
He replied vaguely: "It seems so, I didn't pay much attention."

Yan Ciwan looked at Xiao Wang again, his expression very serious: "Excuse me, was it Liu Lang who played the piano that night?"

Following her description, Xiao Wang recalled the night five days ago...

He had just finished taking medicine that night, and his mouth felt bitter and he felt melancholy.

He has been learning Taoism from his master since he was young, and uses this to cultivate his body and mind in order to maintain good health.

However, over the years, he has been taking medicine every day without a single day's interruption, but his condition has not improved. As his deadline of 20 years is approaching, his glimmer of hope has not yet appeared.

In order to ease the distress in his heart, he burned incense and played the piano in the middle of the night when no one was around.

But unexpectedly, halfway through the song, a cool breeze suddenly blew, causing the candlelight to flicker.

Xiao Wang stopped what he was doing and looked around, only to see that the doors and windows were closed.

Where did that wind come from?

Hearing Yan Ciwan's words at this moment, Xiao Wang suddenly had a bold guess in his mind, but then he felt it was too absurd and could not be true, so he suppressed the unreliable idea and responded with a slight nod.

"It is Xiao."

Yan Ciwan's eyes sparkled as he asked expectantly, "I wonder what piece of music you played that night?"

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