Chapter 285 - 284
Seeing this little person, some warmth returned to the icy face of Marquis Chu. He reached out to touch her, but recoiled when his hand met the curtain of gauze, turning around to leave the bedroom.
He gave a barely detectable nod to Chen Afu, then coldly said to Chu Lingxuan, "I’m returning to the relay station now, and will be heading South early tomorrow morning."
Chu Lingxuan said nothing, merely nodding in response.
He then looked at Chu Hua and the child in her arms. Ignoring him, Chu Hua turned her head mock-poutingly. Despite his tears, Heng was still smiling at him.
Marquis Chu shook his head, let out a sigh, and headed out of the room. Chu Lingxuan followed him out.
Only after Marquis Chu’s figure disappeared from the gate did Chu Hua start to sob. The wet nurse hurried over to take the crying Heng from her arms.
Chen Afu came over and used a cloth to wipe Chen Hua’s tears, trying to comfort her, "Sister Chu, stop crying. Destroying your makeup with tears won’t do anything but detract from your beauty."
Chu Hua sobbed, "Every time I see him, I think about how my mother has spent these past years, and how my brother and I had no choice but to relocate to the frontier. And don’t even get me started on the hardships Yan has had to suffer... I resent him... I despise him... But the truth is, he used to dote on me the most when I was a child. How could he treat us like this..."