Chapter 388 - 221 Leaving Again_1
The moment Qian Manjiang was about to descend the stairs, Cheng Yue rushed up and embraced him, crying out, "Brother Jiang, take Yueyue with you. Yueyue wants to stay with you, Yueyue wishes our family could be together forever and ever. Yueyue is scared, afraid you will leave like my mother did and never return. Yueyue’s heart aches, it hurts so much..."
With tears in his eyes, Qian Manjiang tried to comfort her, and Qian Yixiu also pulled their little mother to pacify her. Cheng Yue just clung to Qian Manjiang’s arm, crying like a child being sent away on a journey.
Qian Manjiang, left with no choice, hardened his heart and pulled Cheng Yue’s arms from around his neck. He then hurriedly descended the stairs. Once downstairs, he looked up and said, "Yueyue, don’t be sad. I will come to get you in the not too distant future. For you and the family, I will also take good care of myself and live well." He then turned to Qian Yixiu, "My girl, Dad knows you are a sensible and good child. Your mother is left in your hands; take good care of her for me."
Having said that, he wiped away his tears and left Wangjiang Building, led away by Qian Yeejin.
Cheng Yue covered her face, sobbing uncontrollably, and kept calling out "Brother Jiang".
Tears also streamed down Qian Yixiu’s face, not just for the family and their little mother but for her little father and herself. She silently prayed to the heavens that her little father would return safely and alive.
She vaguely remembered what Ma Mian had foretold about her little father’s fate—he had a great calamity to overcome, and if he survived it, he would live a long life. She wasn’t sure whether the great calamity was the previous battlefield or a future "Road of No Return". If it were the battlefield, then he would have passed it already and was sure to return safely. If it was the "Road of No Return", then his life and death would be uncertain.
With tears blurring their vision, the mother and daughter came together to the window. Qian Manjiang and Qian Yeejin had reached the front yard, where Lady Wu held her son and cried for a while.
Afterward, Qian Manjiang knelt and kowtowed three times to Qian Sangui and Lady Wu.
Wan Dazhong and Su Siwu helped Qian Sangui into the carriage, followed by Qian Manjiang and Qian Yeejin getting into the vehicle. Wan Dazhong and Su Siwu sat in front of the carriage, driving it out of the courtyard.
Just as the carriage was about to leave the yard, Qian Manjiang poked his head out from the carriage window and waved toward the direction of Wangjiang Building.
Under the morning sun, the carriage trudged along a small path through the wilderness, moving further and further away until it disappeared in the morning glow at the edge of the village.