Chapter 178 Extra 12 I will listen to you from now on (End)

A few days later, Fan Ming came again and brought Si Yan over. He felt that Si Yan had been through so much and his mentality should have been adjusted, so he directly stated his purpose.

"General, the Zuo family in the capital is still lacking strong evidence to uproot them, so... can you come forward to identify them? His Majesty said that you can make amends for your crimes."

When Si Yan heard the name of the Zuo family, his face darkened, thinking of how Fan Ming had approached him again and again. He had thought that Fan Ming was only approaching him out of consideration for their past friendship, but it turned out that he was waiting for him here.

He sneered: "I was wondering why Zhao Qingxun was so kind to spare my life. It turns out he was counting on this."

Fan Ming felt bad when he saw his expression, and quickly explained: "General, why are you so stubborn? You treat Zuo Yi as a brother, but look at how he treats you. It's time to change your ways."

Si Yan interrupted with a straight face: "Why do you think I will do something now if I didn't do it before!"

Seeing that he was still unmoved, Fan Ming added more weight.

"His Majesty said that there is a miracle doctor in Youzhou who can cure the general's leg injury. If the general agrees, the miracle doctor will be sent over soon. He will make sure that the general's leg can be completely healed."

Si Yan's legs were indeed the thing he cared about the most. His eyes moved slightly, and the words he said were still inhuman.

"That's the end of this matter. I don't want to say anything more. Go away!"

The two quarreled and parted unhappily. Shen Ning, who had been hiding behind the door, watched everything quietly.

Shen Ning thought that he and Si Yan were in the same boat. Seeing that Si Yan was stubborn and refused to listen to advice, he had a plan in mind.

Moreover, she knew that Fan Ming had missed the point.

During lunch, Shen Ning took the initiative to bring up the topic: "Si Yan, can you help me find out how my mother is doing now?"

Si Yan was still angry, but he was kind to Shen Ning: "Didn't I say last time that the person who redeemed your mother from prison is an old acquaintance of hers, so there shouldn't be any big problems."

Shen Ning nodded after hearing this: "That's fine."

At this point, she suddenly sighed: "If I had discovered Ji Jinzhi's true face earlier, my mother wouldn't have suffered so much. It's a pity that things have come to this point. Even if I want to change, I have no chance."

The next second, Si Yan seemed to have heard something behind the words. His body paused and he suddenly looked up at Shen Ning.

His eyes were sharp, different from when the two of them were together in the past.

Since Shen Ning had made up his mind, he could only bite the bullet and say:
"If you had a chance now to undo the mistakes you made, would you do it?"

At this point, Si Yan still didn't respond. He put his chopsticks on the table, as if he was about to leave, and said in a cold tone: "Enjoy your meal."

Although she noticed that he was unhappy, Shen Ning still chose to face the challenge. She grabbed Si Yan's hand on the table and said sincerely:

“I just think that what Fan Ming said is right. The overall situation has been decided. There is no need to make things difficult for the new emperor.

As long as you are willing to lower your head a little and face the reality, it is not that there is a miracle doctor who can cure your legs. There is a good chance that you can be the same as before.

Now that you have the chance to start over, why not cherish it, Si Yan, I..."

First, he was scolded by Fan Ming, and now it was Shen Ning's turn. Si Yan felt extremely helpless and his unhappiness had accumulated to the extreme.

He shook off Shen Ning's hand, his eyes gleaming with ferocity, and spoke word by word:

"If you think I'm a waste, you can leave at any time. I didn't ask you to stay."

Shen Ning was a little scared, but he was also annoyed by Si Yan's stubbornness. They were both in that situation, and he could actually say such words.

She blurted out: "Is it so difficult to admit your mistakes? You just don't want to look back. But if you pretend you don't care about the past, does it mean it doesn't exist?"

Si Yan, who was about to leave, suddenly lost his temper after hearing this. He turned around and slammed his palm on the table, saying sternly:

"Shut up, you think you know me well? You've only known me for a few days!"

Shen Ning's eyes instantly turned red and her nose felt sour. She thought that after all this time, they had become a family, but Si Yan's words made her look like a joke.

Shen Ning's voice was already filled with tears. He raised his head and stiffened his neck as he said, "Why are you so mean to me? I am just being sentimental and meddling in other people's business, okay?"

After she finished speaking, Shen Ning finally couldn't control her emotions, and tears as big as beans fell from the corners of her eyes. Si Yan looked at her intently, his chest heaving violently.

He said nothing, pushed the door open and left.

The moment he left, Shen Ning suddenly yelled, "Si Yan, you bastard! If you have the guts to leave, don't come back. Do you think I want to be with you?"

Si Yan listened to her scolding him without stopping and kept walking away.

*
Si Yan was wandering outside with a furrowed brow. Shen Ning was right. He was indeed avoiding reality and did not want to admit his failure.

About an hour later, his emotions had almost calmed down. He walked to the village entrance, bought some osmanthus cake and glutinous rice chicken, and returned to the yard.

After pushing open the courtyard door, Si Yan looked into the house and shouted without much confidence: "Shen Ning, I'm back."

No one responded.

He continued to walk inside and stopped at the outer room. Thinking that Shen Ning was inside, he cleared his throat through the half-open door and extended the invitation again.

"I bought some food, would you like to try it?"

Still no one spoke. Si Yan stood outside for a while, thinking of how to apologize, and then he pushed open the door. Only then did he realize that there was no one inside.

Along with Shen Ning, her bag also disappeared. Si Yan panicked for a moment and raised his voice to shout, "Shen Ning!"

He searched the room inside and out, but still couldn't find Shen Ning. Realizing that he might have angered Shen Ning and ran out the door immediately.

He limped along the path in the village, his face no longer as calm as usual, and shouted loudly: "Shen Ning, Shen Ning!"

At this time, there were many old men and women who were enjoying the cool under the trees. When they saw Si Yan like this, they all looked at him with puzzlement.

Si Yan didn't care about anything else, he grabbed a person and asked: "Have you seen my wife? She is so tall, with big eyes, and she is wearing green clothes."

The other party shook his head and said he had never seen it.

After searching around the village, Si Yan still found nothing.

At this moment, a thought came to his mind: Shen Ning was pissed off by him and didn't want him anymore.

As the sun sets and the sky darkens, Si Yan's eyes gradually become dull, his aura fades away bit by bit, and he hangs his head like a dog that has lost its home.

When passing a rugged section of the road, Si Yan was not paying attention and was tripped by a protruding stone on the ground.

His injured leg hit the ground and he gasped in pain.

Si Yan didn't get up immediately, but lay on his back on the ground and chuckled twice.

He is really alone now!

At this moment, a voice came from not far away: "There seems to be a person lying on the ground over there. Why is he still laughing? Is he mentally ill?"

The woman next to him took a look and agreed, "It seems so. Let's go around and take another way."

After hearing the second voice, Si Yan stood up as if fully revived, not even bothering to brush off the dirt on his body, and chased after him, shouting, "Shen Ning, Shen Ning!"

Hearing the voice, Aunt Wang pushed Shen Ning's arm: "Hey? Does he know you?"

Seeing Si Yan getting closer and closer, Shen Ning avoided his gaze and reluctantly admitted: "Yes, he is my husband."

Aunt Wang looked at Shen Ning with pity. She was a good girl, so how could she find a man like this?

At this time, Si Yan had already walked closer and grabbed Shen Ning's hand, as if he was afraid that she would run away. He restrained his tone and said, "Where have you been? I've been looking for you all afternoon."

Shen Ning changed his kind expression, shook off Si Yan's hand and said, "Why do you care where I go? We've only known each other for a few days."

Shen Ning walked home without looking back. Si Yan followed him with big strides, snatched the bag from Shen Ning's arms, looked at the two new sets of clothes inside, and smiled ingratiatingly.

"You went to make clothes? Why didn't you wait for me? I'll go with you."

Shen Ning rolled his eyes at him: "How dare I?"

Not long after, the two entered the house one after the other. Si Yan locked the door, shamelessly went forward to hug Shen Ning, and coaxed her in a low voice: "I said the wrong thing today. If you are unhappy, you can beat me or scold me."

As soon as he talked about it, Shen Ning's grievances came to his mind and his eyes turned red again.

She slapped and pushed Si Yan: "I don't want it, let go, we will not interfere with each other in the future, I will not bother with you."

Si Yan let her beat him. When Shen Ning had had enough and had no more strength left, he hugged her in his arms again and gently kissed away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"I'm sorry, you were right today, it's just that I didn't want to face the mistake I made."

After venting his emotions, Shen Ning regained his composure. Looking at Si Yan, who rarely bowed his head to admit his mistakes, he asked tentatively, "Are you willing to listen to me?"

Si Yan answered very quickly: "Yes, I will listen to you from now on."

Shen Ning's ears were burning with heat, and he glared at him: "Don't give me that, maybe you'll say you don't know me well next time."

During dinner, Shen Ning was still indifferent to Si Yan. Si Yan felt that he was in the wrong, but he still apologized. He really couldn't think of any other way to coax a woman.

At night, after turning off the lights, he took a shower, got into bed with his upper body naked, and moved closer to Shen Ning. At first, he said seriously, "I just want to hold you while I sleep."

But later, when his lips fell on the back of Shen Ning's neck, she knew he had no good intentions.

Shen Ning refused at first, but Si Yan was cunning and didn't even care about his reputation.

Shen Ning kicked Si Yan on the top of his head, but Si Yan caught him with his backhand and held him tightly in his palm.

Shen Ning yelled in despair: "Si Yan, you bastard!"

*
A month later, Si Yan and Shen Ning went south to the capital.

When they came back, everything had changed and no one expected that Si Yan could come back alive.

After several twists and turns, Si Yan returned to the frontier and was appointed an official of moderate importance.

In Shen Ning's words, Zhao Qingxun was very broad-minded to be able to do this.

When Si Yan heard such words, although he didn't dare to be mean to her anymore, he would always use practical actions to shut her up.

In the following decades, Zhao Qingxun appointed people based on their merits and managed the State of Zhao in an orderly manner, making him a wise ruler.

Si Yan and Shen Ning could never have imagined that their marriage, which was initially just for the sake of getting a job done, would lead them to grow old together.

That's it, it's over.