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Chapter 277 The Family Affection of Hometown

At this moment, Zhang Yunyan faced the wide Jade Dragon Lake, sitting on the land of the hometown that she had left for a long time, facing the child in her arms, and humming that lullaby again--“Breeze”:

“The wind is light and soft.

Don’t wake up my baby.

Please wipe off the sweat to leave only tenderness.

My baby has sweet dreams.”

“The wind is light and soft.

Don’t wake up my baby.

Please take away troubles and leave only smile.

My baby is dreaming sweetly.”

Zhang Yunyan sang several times in a row. She was sad. She sighed and shed tears of pain.

How nice it would be if her parents were still alive! She would protect and look after them wholeheartedly, never letting them suffer any harm so that they could be able to live happily in their old age.

Oh, this was a beautiful dream, which had been impossible for a long time...

Zhang Yunyan was missing her families. She was grieved for the premature death of her parents and sad for not being able to fulfill her filial piety. Tears flowed down and she wept in a low voice.

The sun was already setting. Zhang Yunyan got up and left the lake, and walked to the hometown where she missed while asking.

Lianhu Village was in front of her, and she was more and more excited. There was the hometown that should be familiar yet very strange to her now.

Yunyan left Lianhu Village when she was a child and wandered around, and her hometown gradually became a place in memory...

When she was a child, she hated this place because it had devastated her young heart and left her endless pain and sorrow. Her parents died tragically, the sister was lost and her elder brother went away. The wicked were rampant, and there was no hope of revenge... Yunyan never wanted to see the village where she was born again.

As she grew older, Zhang Yunyan gradually realized that she was caught in the misunderstanding of hatred, and her mood changed accordingly. She no longer hated her hometown. These hatreds were all counted on Yan Xiaopeng.

She missed her hometown and childhood companions that she had left for a long time, as well as the fellow villagers. She yearned more and more for her hometown, and hoped to set foot on that friendly land to soothe the endless thoughts and sentiments.

In her childhood memories, Zhang Yunyan remembered the thatched house of her family very well. There were surrounding houses, tall trees, village streets and childhood companions... She also had a faint impression about them.

Now, she finally set foot on the land of her hometown and breathed the long-lost fragrance. The joy that she had taken revenge and the emergence of the family affection made her very excited. She felt light and cheerful.

Soon, Yunyan’s heart was turbulent, and emotions of joy and grief rushed into her heart with flowing tears. She was surrounded by complex emotions. She felt a sense of novelty, longing, doubt and sadness...

In excitement, Zhang Yunyan was shocked. Her eyes were fixed in one direction, and she ran immediately to it. She walked through the woods to a wilderness with a cemetery in front of her.

Here, the trees were low and the weeds sprang up. It was silent and desolate.

Yunyan’s face was full of sorrow with tears flowing. Her heart was filled with endless sorrow. Her eyes had been blurred by tears, and she was constantly searching.

Zhang Yunyan stopped in front of a grave, and immediately burst into tears. Countless thoughts and painful emotions burst out and were released with tears to the fullest.

It turned out that it were her parents who were buried here. The two old people had been buried for more than ten years, and she finally returned to her family.

Yunyan knelt in front of the grave of her parents and cried painfully. She could no longer see them, so she could only vent her endless sorrow and grief.

Zhang Yunyan left her hometown when she was young. There were thoughts, pain, sorrow and anger for more than ten years... Complex emotions were like floods that broke the embankment, which were surging and irresistible; like an erupting volcano, they spewed out and were released in front of her family.

Yunyan’s heart has been sealed for more than ten years, and now it opened instantly and was flow with sadness and missing, as well as the relief and comfort that the enemy had been killed.

On the fields, it was desolate and bleak. The continuous crying added sorrow to the scene.

The birds flew away quietly, not wanting to disturb the release of feelings of the person who just went back home.

The insects no longer chirped. They were sighing silently and feeling sentimental secretly.

Now knowing how long it was before Zhang Yunyan’s cry ceased. As the tears flowed and the emotions were released, she felt much better.

She looked at the tomb of her parents and was surprised. Not only did the tombstone be erected, but the grave mound was also regulated.

Yunyan was moved and she shed tears again. In her hometown, the Zhang family all went away and left only an empty house. The villagers did not forget them, and they still took care of it.

Zhang Yunyan cleared the weeds from the graves of her parents and added some soil. She shed the tears of the thoughts for more than ten years and had a warm affection.

She stayed in front of the grave for a long time before leaving. Her spirit was comforted and she felt more relaxed. She still missed them, and her grief and anger were not eliminated.

Zhang Yunyan came to the outside of Lianhu Village. She stopped and watched, her eyes were wide open, and a joyful expression showed on her beautiful face.

It turned out that she laughed when she heard the laughter of the children.

Yunyan’s eyes were wide open and sparkling. She saw a very familiar place where she often played here as a child. It could be said to be a paradise for children to entertain.

Suddenly, the beautiful face bloomed with joy, and she hurried over.

Here, the grass was luxuriant, and the wild flowers were blooming. There were some big stones on the grass, among which there was the “Elephant Stone”.

Yunyan came straight to the Elephant Stone and looked at it. She couldn’t help but wonder why was the nose of the “Elephant” intact?

She squatted down, looked closely and found that a piece of the “elephant nose” was glued on. Two circular cracks were clearly visible, and the incomplete parts had been repaired.

Zhang Yunyan looked and touched it with emotion. This “elephant nose” was smashed by her back then.

She remembered the scene back then clearly. When she came back after chasing the hare, she found that her sister was gone. She was so angry that she lifted the stone and smashed the “elephant nose”.

Yunyan sighed secretly. At that time, she was too small and too impulsive. She smashed the “elephant’s nose”, which was not supposed to happen

But the situation was urgent. When the younger sister disappeared, how could she not be worried?

Fortunately, someone glued the “elephant nose” and brought endless joy to the children. She could also be less regretful.

Zhang Yunyan looked at the “elephant stone” and remembered that when her sister was lost, there was a piece of paper with writing on the “elephant nose”.

She came up with something. What was written on that paper? Would it have anything to do with her sister?

The more Yunyan thought, the more she felt that the handwriting on the paper was something unusual, probably it stated the whereabouts of her sister. She regretted why she didn’t give it to the adults to take a look.

If she was not impulsive at that time and did not tear the piece of paper, she might be able to know where her sister went, who took her away and where she was now. She could go directly to find her sister.

Yunyan looked around subconsciously. It was too late to remember it now. She regretted and sighed. It was herself who blocked the way to find her sister.

Facing the “elephant stone”, Zhang Yunyan was filled with emotions. When she was a child, she often came here to play with brother Yuntian and sister Yunxia. The younger sister was lost here, the sight stirs up her feelings and she burst into tears.

She was missing Yunxia, and the shadow of the concubine of Yan Xiaopeng flashed immediately. Her painful heart was ruthlessly tortured again. She vehemently denied it and sighed repeatedly. She was extremely miserable...

“Miss, you’re crying. Are you pain?” A little girl asked her while going through the “elephant’s nose”.

Zhang Yunyan wiped her tears and smiled, “Good girl, I’m not hurt. I remember some sad things I experienced when I was at your age.”

She looked at the child and felt an inexplicable love. She seemed to see her younger sister in childhood.

The little girl was three or four years old, and she was at the same age as Yunxia when she was lost. Her eyes were big, round and bright, and she was naive, lively and very cute.

Zhang Yunyan hugged her and kissed her young face. She smiled and asked, “Kid, what is your name?”

“My name is Little Lingyan.”

“Little Lingyan, this name is good. Did you come here to play by yourself?”

“I came with my brother, and them.”

“That’s good. You have to remember that you can’t come here to play alone. Be careful with the bad guys. No matter where you go, you have to be with your brother. When something happens, your brother can help you.”

Needless to say, Yunyan didn’t want the tragedy that happened to Yunxia to happen again.

The little girl promised and asked, “Auntie, what’s this little brother’s name?”

Zhang Yunyan looked at the child in her arms and was stumped for the moment, “His name is... Well, I don’t know what his name is, so you can just call him brother.”

The little girl called him brother, and went to play in the elephant’s nose happily.

Zhang Yunyan looked at the cheerful Little Lingyan and remembered her sister Yunxia again. With a sigh, there were tears in her eyes.

She was calling in her heart, “Sister, where are you? I miss you, and I hope you are still alive. Sister, I’m heartbroken, please come back. I can’t live without you...”

With the painful emotions, tears flowed down frequently.

Yunyan missed her sister, and the image of Yan Xiaopeng’s concubine appeared to her again. She seemed to see a pale face with blood stains and a blood-stained body. She was panicked and painful, and she had a strong sense of guilt.

This became her hidden wound. Whenever she thought of her lost sister, the shadow of the concubine would appear in front of her and make her miserable. This shadow was like a ghost that couldn’t be dispelled. It would always be hidden in her heart and run out from time to time to torture her.

Unless she confirmed that Yunxia was still alive and could reunite with her, she would not be able to eliminate her guilt.

With a sigh, Zhang Yunyan silently denied, “She is not my sister, and my sister will never marry the enemy!”

She could only use this excuse to comfort herself, and she missed her sister even more. She hoped to be reunited with Yunxia as soon as possible, so as to eliminate the hardships of the past years, as well as the unspeakable guilt and hidden pain...

However, her desires and hopes were too far away from reality, and they might not be realized in this life.

Zhang Yunyan fulfilled her vows of revenge for more than ten years, but unexpectedly this terrible thing happened. Although it was only possible, it couldn’t be denied. She was heartbroken and hateful whenever she thought of it.

Speaking of hatred, she didn’t know whom to hate. If she hated the concubine for she was also called Yunxia, and her age was similar to that of her sister, it was not reasonable.

She didn’t think her behavior was too reckless, and it was necessary to take revenge for her dead parents. It was also the Yan Family’s consequences that they deserved. Yan Xiaopeng harmed countless people and wanted to exterminate the Zhang family. It was reasonable for her to do anything without being to blame.

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