EBE Chapter 235 The Past of Nangong Jin (1)
Chapter 235 The Past of Nangong Jin (1)
It has to be said that Xu Jingyun and Nangong Jin are indeed father and son. They look about 50% alike, but their temperaments are ten times more alike.
It's just that now that they've poured their hearts out to each other, they've become more restrained!
Thinking about it, Lin Shu almost forgot the rules and etiquette, and unconsciously gave Nangong Jin a subtle look.
His appearance was not the delicate and frail look that Nanli usually had; instead, he had a touch of masculinity, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, making him very handsome.
Even though there were markings on his face, they did not diminish his appearance much.
When Lin Shu saw that the character on his left cheek was the character for "traitor," a hint of surprise and doubt flashed through her mind, but she did not show it on her face at all, and still maintained a cold and aloof expression.
Seeing that Lin Shu's expression remained unchanged and she did not seem to be bothered by the injury on her face, Nangong Jin was even more satisfied with her. He then asked softly, "Shu'er, do you know where this injury on my face came from?"
Lin Shu shook her head: "I don't know." But she could guess some things, after all, Nangong Jin had almost ruthlessly slaughtered so many half-siblings back then...
Upon hearing this, Nangong Jin raised his hand to touch the raised characters on his face, his gaze drifting quietly into the distance, as if recalling memories, or perhaps lost in thought, as he began to recount past events to himself:
"My father was originally the son of the Jin family, a merchant family in a small border town of Fengming. He had a fever when he was a child, which affected his brain, and his intelligence remained at the level of a seven or eight-year-old."
However, because he was the only son in the family, he was very much loved by his maternal grandparents.
Forty years ago, a sudden downpour began and continued for several days.
A middle-aged woman named Gong Qi braved the rain to ask for lodging. My maternal grandfather's family had made their fortune through traveling merchants, and seeing that the woman in the lead was handsome and had an extraordinary bearing, I did not refuse her...
The group stayed there for more than half a month, and during that time they were very careful and polite, which made my grandmother very worry-free.
But the night before the rainstorm stopped, Gong Qi and his entourage left quietly, leaving behind only a jade pendant and some treasures...
My maternal grandfather didn't mind at all; they were already satisfied that the other party didn't cause any trouble...
However, after learning that the person had left, my father inexplicably spent his days sulking, holding the jade pendant engraved with the character 'Qi' and ignoring everyone.
Grandmother thought that Father had developed inappropriate feelings for the leader of the group where they had stayed before, and she scolded him several times for this, and even wanted to arrange a marriage for him...
But to everyone's surprise, as time went by, his belly gradually grew bigger..."
At this point, Nangong Jin paused, took a sip of tea, and continued in a calm tone:
"Hearing this, you've probably guessed it already!"
That's right! My father is pregnant!
When the maternal grandmother discovered this, she learned that for the past two weeks, the usually cautious and proper Gong Qi had been spending every night in her son's room, coaxing him into having sex with her.
It turned out that the father, who had never had a chance to go out, heard that someone had come to ask for lodging and couldn't help but feel curious. So he secretly went to peek from not far from the other room and covered his eyes as if he were burying his head in the sand when he was discovered...
Perhaps it was her father's 'unusual' (foolish) nature that aroused the woman named Gong Qi's interest, leading her to seduce him into committing that shameful act before leaving him...
My father was only fifteen years old at the time, but he was a boy with the intelligence of a seven or eight-year-old. How could that person have done such a thing!
Finally, my maternal grandmother shielded my father from external pressure, and my father gave birth to me.
It would have been fine if things had continued like this, but who knew that when I was three years old, those people who had traveled with Gong Qi before came again, still asking to stay overnight, but this time my grandmother did not agree.
Who would have thought that the entire Jin family would vanish in a flash of swords overnight? My grandmother hid my father and me in a secret room under the bed, which is how I escaped this calamity…
At this point, two clear tears slid down Nangong Jin's cheeks, as if she were lost in her own thoughts:
He was only three years old then, too young to remember anything, but perhaps because it was so tragic, he would never forget that day for the rest of his life.
The screams of the Jin family members echoed outside, while he used his small hands to cover his and his father's mouths tightly in the dark room, watching the horrific scene outside through the cracks.
Lin Shu looked at Nangong Jin, who was lost in grief, and was at a loss for how to react. She didn't know why he would suddenly say these things to her, but she figured it must be related to Xu Jingyun.
Fortunately, Nangong Jin didn't keep her waiting long. She quickly composed herself and continued:
"After the Jin family was destroyed, I took my father and wandered the streets, begging for food every day, and we were able to survive."
Father probably knew something was wrong at home. At first, he would cry and shout for his grandmother, but gradually he stopped mentioning it...
After that, the south was flooded, and my father and I were forced to go north with the crowd;
Along the way, we lacked food and clothing. The disaster victims, seeing me, my father, and my widowed father, were so hungry that they wanted to eat me. My father fought back desperately, and although he was beaten until his head was bleeding, he bit the other man's ear tightly...
That was the first time I felt that my father was a great and noble father!
But as soon as the people were driven away, Father trembled with fear and hugged me, crying pitifully...
After fleeing famine for half a year, we finally arrived in Mengzhou Prefecture, thinking that everything was over.
But hardship seems to target only the unfortunate.
I am sick! I have a plague! My father doesn't know what kind of illness it is, but he knows that when you are sick you need to take medicine. However, since he has no money, he went to the clinic to steal medicine.
Even with her head bleeding from the beating, she still clutched the medicine in her arms, muttering, "Little Bao is sick, he needs his medicine!"
But he didn't even know if the medicine could cure my illness.
Finally, news of my contracting the plague spread, and the city guards dragged me to a mass grave outside the city.
I was terrified! You probably can't imagine that a three-year-old child could be afraid of death! But I was truly terrified!
It was my father who stayed with me the whole time. Since there was no pot to cook the medicine, he chewed up the medicine he had stolen and fed it to me...
In the end, I actually pulled through and survived in my father's cold arms...
But he remains buried forever outside Mengzhou City.
Nangong Jin raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of his eyes and continued, "I didn't understand before why Father was so afraid, yet he always protected me."
Later I realized it was all because of my grandmother's words: "I am younger than him, he must protect me!"
"The Regent..."
Lin Shu intended to offer a few words of comfort, but was unexpectedly interrupted by the other party raising their hand:
"I know you have doubts, but please let me finish."
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