Chapter 552 - 275: The Little Cotton Jacket and Ming Yu

Chapter 552: Chapter 275: The Little Cotton Jacket and Ming Yu

Chu Xuan smiled gently and said, "Yun’er, can you tell me about the story between you and your mother?"

Chu Yun remained silent, but Chu Xuan didn’t mind. After asking, he continued to speak about past experiences, including those from Earth, the Celestial Evil Period, and his current life.

During this time, Chu Yun repeatedly wanted to retort, but she forcibly held back because initiating a conversation seemed like admitting defeat to her.

Unexpectedly, while she was deeply engrossed, Chu Xuan sighed softly, "Unfortunately, I don’t have much time to stay here."

Chu Yun was startled and finally couldn’t help but ask, "Why?"

So, Chu Xuan spoke of the Celestial Pool Secret Mansion, as well as matters involving Shangguan Yu and natural disasters.

"It’s far from the time for me to relax and live a leisurely life, so I still have to keep striving hard."

"While I’m not here, please take care of your mother more for me. Sometimes she’s a bit capricious, enjoying being spoiled and having small tempers, but she only does this in front of the ones she truly treasures."

Chu Yun felt a bit uncomfortable hearing this. In her early years, she always took the upright and kind father figure in her mother’s tales as a role model.

As she grew older, even though she abandoned many naive fantasies, she still retained a hint of nostalgia for her father, even though they had never met face to face.

It wasn’t until recent years, when seeing her mother’s inexplicable attention towards Chu Xuan, that Chu Yun began to have some suspicions, though she dared not confirm them.

At first, it was alright. Though this Dao Palace’s genius disciple seemed a bit fickle, he still appeared to be a good person.

Until the news broke that Chu Xuan was the reincarnation of the Celestial Evil, which took her by surprise, even leaving her with a feeling of broken fantasies.

In her heart, Chu Yun desperately told herself: No, it’s not what I thought it was!

Even when she first encountered Chu Xuan at the Li’an Demon Sect, while secretly observing him, she stubbornly denied in her heart: The father I respect couldn’t possibly be someone like him.

Eventually, when Chu Xuan and her mother met, sharing intimate moments pouring out their hearts.

Chu Yun was filled with extremely complex emotions, feeling unable to accept this "cruel" truth, leading to her crying and leaving the scene.

At one point, she tried to numb herself through complicated work, but during these past couple of days, this matter kept replaying in her mind.

Once she calmed down, Chu Yun realized that whether it was the Celestial Evil or Chu Xuan, his character didn’t seem as awful as she imagined. After all, Wugen Ping possessed lots of real information about him, not only the bad but also the good...

At that moment, her mother came, persuading her, further shaking Chu Yun’s heart, leading to this meeting.

Accompanying her all the way on the deck, Chu Xuan softly narrated past interesting experiences, further allowing Chu Yun to realize:

So, he’s this kind of person, quite different from what I imagined... No, he seems quite similar to the father I first envisioned?

Especially when Chu Xuan mentioned his father, although it was just a few sentences, Chu Yun quickly sketched in her mind an unsmiling but silently caring middle-aged man.

Moreover, in Chu Xuan’s words, there seemed to be a faint sense of nostalgia, like a homeland he could never return to.

Chu Yun’s heart was finally touched a bit by this "father," growing more curious about his past, but just at this moment, he suddenly said he had to leave...

Chu Yun bit her lip, in the end, not attempting to hold him back or say something like hope he stays a few more days. She just said:

"When I was very young, after a quarrel with my mother, I once sneaked out of the Mist Traveling Boat alone with a lantern."

"Thinking back now, I was really brave. But that was also my first time leaving this ship."

"Only then did I realize that the outside world has sun, moon, stars, and a distinction between day and night..."

"Not everyone has to carry a lantern to go outside, nor does everyone live on a ship with a fixed range of activities."

"For a time, I thought the outside world was more suitable for me until I encountered danger and got rescued by my secretly following mother. Only then did I realize that a home is always a home, and nowhere else could make me feel more at ease than here..."

Listening to his daughter opening her heart and talking about the past, Chu Xuan’s face unwittingly showed a smile.

Thus, the role switched to him being the listener and Chu Yun becoming the storyteller.

Unconsciously, the two no longer walked one after the other but side by side.

After a long time, Chu Yun turned her head, looking at her father, "I used to be prejudiced against you, but not anymore. I hope we can understand each other more."

Chu Xuan’s heart was filled with genuine joy. He extended his right hand and said, "As your mother said, Yun’er appears strong on the outside but is gentle inside. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a good father."

Chu Yun felt a bit nervous, not even daring to make eye contact with her father. But in the end, with her heart racing and her body tense, she gently lowered her head and placed her left hand into his large, strong hand.

The warmth of his palm finally gave Chu Yun the courage to look up and meet his gaze, and they exchanged a smile.

At that moment, a faint calling suddenly reached Chu Xuan’s ears, "Chu Xuan! Where are you?"