Chapter 11 - 011: Really want to see him?
This autumn in Shencheng was somewhat abnormal, with continuous gloom and rain. By three in the afternoon, the sky was already as dark as if night were about to fall.
Ning Guiwan remained quiet for a long time. Slowly, she turned her head to look out the window. This weather is atrocious, she suddenly thought.
Every afternoon, once the Quan Family’s elderly matriarch finished her nap, she would spend time in the ancestral hall with her late husband.
Ning Guiwan paid her respects to the old master, then sat to one side on a cushion, watching the matriarch rotate her Buddhist prayer beads and strike the wooden fish. Outside, the rain pattered softly. The slow, rhythmic tapping of the wooden fish seemed to carry a cleansing power, purifying the heart.
Filled with thoughts, Ning Guiwan slowly let them settle as she picked up a Buddhist scripture from the shelf beside her to read.
It was unclear how much time had passed before steady, heavy footsteps approached from outside. Ning Guiwan slightly lifted her eyes—
She saw Quan Yu, dressed in a black shirt and black trousers, walk in. By this time, the outside had brightened a bit. His figure, backlit by the daylight, appeared exceptionally tall and straight. As he neared, Ning Guiwan noticed the fabric on his left shoulder was slightly damp.
Ning Guiwan gave him a smile as a greeting.
Quan Yu’s gaze briefly halted.
The girl, seated on the cushion, her face clear and clean without makeup, her eyes sincere and devoted. As she smiled slightly, she looked just like the young girl she once was: pure and beautiful, untouched by dust.