Chapter 387 - 220 My daughter is my little cotton-padded jacket_3
They arrived at the Guiyuan Door and knocked; Old man Cai recognized their presence and opened the door.
Auntie Manxia also joined the fray to wish Manjiang farewell, but unable to outdo Old woman Qian and Lady Wu, she could only clutch a piece of her brother’s coat with eyes red from crying, stirring a pang of jealousy in Wan Dazhong.
If Old woman Qian wasn’t present, no one could outstrip Cheng Yue. But Old woman Qian was such an imposing figure in Cheng Yue’s heart that she shrank frightened to one side upon her arrival.
Manjiang was surrounded by family, with two old women on either side and a young boy at his feet. In fact, he would have liked for the young girl to sit on his other leg, but she hadn’t come closer.
After dinner, the women began to cry because Manjiang would be leaving early the next morning. To keep things secret, the elderly couple and Manxia were unable to see him off. Wan Dazhong would come with a cart to fetch him, under the pretext that Qian Sangui was unwell and needed to be taken to the county’s Baohe Hall for treatment.
Old woman Qian, Lady Wu, and Manxia all clung to Manjiang and wept, Yijin also hugging him and shedding tears. Cheng Yue sat to the side, looking at Manjiang and crying a ying-ying sound, her little nose red, shattering Manjiang’s heart, yet he couldn’t offer her solace in public.
Yixiu kept consoling her mother, assuring her that Dad would be back soon and then the family would be together forever.
Cheng Yue shook her head in disbelief, weeping, "Once dad leaves, he never seems to come home; mom waits for him with such hardship. He’s only been back a short while and now he’s leaving again. Who knows when he’ll return this time. I’m afraid, afraid that by the time he comes back again, mom will have grown old..."
Without mentioning the tender moments between Manjiang and Cheng Yue after everyone else had gone, or how Manjiang comforted his young wife, let’s talk about Yixiu, whose heart was also uneasy. Although her time with her younger dad wasn’t long, she didn’t see him as the irresponsible man she had imagined. Some of his actions were thoughtless, yes, but young people often make mistakes.