Chapter 297 - 187: An Unexpected Encounter
The next morning, Ran Yunsheng personally saw Qi Ning Jun onto the boat, and thus, what seemed like a passionate emotion had reached its conclusion, bringing relief to everyone.
During his recuperation in Luoyang, Ran Yunsheng kept to himself all day, occasionally playing chess with Ran Yan to pass the time. Ran Yan knew he was hiding something and once inquired about it, but he merely said it was nothing.
In life, Ran Yan did not possess the spirit to "persistently probe until the end"; she felt that if Ran Yunsheng did not want to talk, he must have his reasons, so she did not continue to ask.
Ran Yan went out almost every day for a stroll, not necessarily to bustling places but just to enjoy the scenery.
Luoyang was famous not for its bustling streets but for being a gathering place of talents. Ran Yan occasionally visited taverns and tea houses where she could hear people reciting poems and discussing worldly affairs, which gave her the impression that Luoyang was profoundly cultural and intellectually reserved.
However, such a place often could not tolerate violations of conventional beliefs, and Ran Yan, wanting to develop the industry of autopsy, faced several times the difficulties, eventually leading to her loss of interest after a few days.
After recuperating for seven days, Ran Yan proposed to start their journey to Chang’an.
Ran Yunsheng had also been cooped up in the little courtyard for seven days, and seeing that Ran Yan’s injuries were no longer a concern, he naturally agreed immediately.
With this period of rest and organization, everyone was invigorated once back on the road. The temperature, dry and cold in Jushui County a few days earlier, had gradually warmed up considerably. Wan Lu, more lively than ever, excitedly pestered Ran Yunsheng’s servant with endless questions. Upon learning that the climate in Chang’an was similar to Jiangnan, she excitedly ran to tell Ran Yan.
Ran Yan remembered reading somewhere that during the Tang and Song dynasties, there was a period of several hundred years of warming during the Little Ice Age, so the climate in areas like Chang’an and Luoyang was comparable to Jiangnan, albeit slightly colder in winter.