From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 1094 - 1090: Exchanging Secrets (Second Update)
Fu Xiaonan was a little slow to react. She had been looking at a hairpin and wanted to ask Mu Shuangshuang if it looked good. Only then did she turn around and find that Mu Shuangshuang had disappeared.
Xing Beichen was standing very close to her, his gaze burning as he stared at Fu Xiaonan.
As soon as Fu Xiaonan turned around, he immediately restrained his gaze and started explaining to her.
"There are too many people, so we got separated from Fengzi and Shuangshuang. But our destination is the same. As long as we get to the City God Temple, we’re bound to meet Shuangshuang and Fengzi!"
Not likely! Xing Beichen and Lu Yuanfeng had planned this. Before lunch, one of them would be at the east side of the City God Temple, and the other at the west side.
After lunch, they would switch places, making it impossible to meet up the whole day.
But this, Xing Beichen certainly wouldn’t tell Fu Xiaonan.
"I see, then let’s hurry to the City God Temple. I have some things I want to share with Shuangshuang!" Fu Xiaonan said with a face full of regret.
She didn’t notice the big bad wolf beside her grinning from ear to ear.
Upon reaching the vicinity of the City God Temple, Xing Beichen naturally suggested they go to the west side where there were more cosmetics shops.
Fu Xiaonan originally intended to buy such things, so she was eager to head there.
The rouge should be the reddest, and the powder the whitest. Fu Xiaonan entered a makeup shop, choosing back and forth.
Xing Beichen stood by her side, ready to pay whenever she picked something.
Suddenly, Xing Beichen noticed a few red bridal veils placed in the center of the shop. Whether it was the embroidery or the quality, they were particularly beautiful.
Instinctively, Xing Beichen looked at Fu Xiaonan: "Xiao Nan... When you get married..."
Before he could finish, Fu Xiaonan’s face fell. Although she tried hard to hold it back, it was clear she was unhappy.
"Xiao Nan, has something happened?" Xing Beichen took a big step to her side and asked.
Fu Xiaonan shook her head, "Nothing, it’s all in the past! Xing Beichen, if you think that veil is pretty, just buy one. You can use it when you marry your wife in the future."
Xing Beichen really wanted to say that he would marry no one but Fu Xiaonan.
But such words would be too intimate to say to a girl, and it’s easy for a girl to resent them.
He didn’t want Xiao Nan to resent him.
"How about this, I’ll tell you about my father’s story!" Xing Beichen said.
"Sure, tell me, I still don’t know where you come from."
In Fu Xiaonan’s impression, Xing Beichen appeared suddenly in the village, suddenly in Lu Yuanfeng’s home.
Although the villagers said he was a distant relative of Lu Yuanfeng’s, last year, she asked Shuangshuang, who said it wasn’t true and that it was just an excuse to placate the villagers.
And she was told to keep it a secret.
Not mentioning it was fine, but mentioning it made Fu Xiaonan really curious about Xing Beichen’s identity.
"My father is Xing Ningtian, the most celebrated Great General in the history of the Da Ning Dynasty."
When Xing Beichen mentioned the Great General, Fu Xiaonan’s mouth dropped almost wide enough to fit an egg.
"Your father is a Great General, so you’re... You’re the Little General?"
The term "Little General" made Xing Beichen burst into laughter.
"There’s no Little General anymore. After my father’s death, the Commander’s Seal was handed over. Now the Xing family has nothing to do with the military.
I’m just an ordinary person, with no merit, no title, nothing at all!" Xing Beichen said.
"Don’t be discouraged, a good man should aim high. Not having it now doesn’t mean never having it. Who knows, maybe one day your family will regain command of the military?"
Fu Xiaonan’s casual words shook Xing Beichen to his core. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
He grabbed Fu Xiaonan’s hand, his face full of excitement, "Xiao Nan also thinks our Xing family will regain command of the military?"
Fu Xiaonan nodded emphatically.
"Yes, if you work hard, you definitely can! By the way, weren’t you going to tell me about your father? What happened next?" Fu Xiaonan had heard about Xing Ningtian, but not the whole story.
Xing Beichen blushed and continued: "Actually, what the storytellers say isn’t entirely true. The large cauldron my father lifted wasn’t solid, it was hollow!"
"???" Fu Xiaonan was stunned.
This story had been passed down throughout the Da Ning Dynasty, of the War God Xing Ningtian lifting a cauldron at age thirteen and stamping on beasts at age fifteen.
But Xing Beichen just said the cauldron was hollow.
Xing Beichen continued: "Even though it was hollow, it still weighed several hundred pounds, which ordinary people couldn’t lift."
"Xiao Nan, don’t tell anyone about this, or my father’s reputation will be ruined by me!"
Fu Xiaonan was caught between laughter and tears.
"Then why tell me? What if I accidentally let it slip?"
"You won’t. I trust you! Besides, I only told you..." Xing Beichen lowered his voice.
At this moment, he was truly just a teenage boy, shy and eager to get the approval of the person he liked.
"Alright, since you’re telling me a secret, I’ll tell you one too! I... have broken off the engagement with Song Qingshan, my fiancé.
The reason is he fancied someone else and even brought that person to the village. They secretly went to the mountains to admire the snow, and he ended up being chased by a beast deep into the mountains. If it weren’t for Shuangshuang, he probably wouldn’t have returned."
"Actually, it’s not really a secret; the whole village knows about it."
Fu Xiaonan’s face showed all kinds of emotions — regret, pain, remorse...
But none of them were longing for Song Qingshan.
She still remembered when Song Qingshan wanted to enjoy a blessing without doing anything, the things he said.
"Xiao Nan... you..." Xing Beichen didn’t know how to describe his feelings.
On one hand, Fu Xiaonan didn’t have to marry Brother Qingshan, whom she deeply loved in her heart.
But on the other hand, Xiao Nan had changed. She used to be unworldly and her eyes were never filled with so many emotions.
Now, everything had changed...
"Say no more. I’ve seen it clearly! Besides, Shuangshuang also said, past things should stay in the past. Not marrying Song Qingshan is a good thing for me.
Finding out sooner is better than marrying him and then finding out he has someone else in his heart, much better than being a resentful wife."
Fu Xiaonan has truly understood, but understanding doesn’t mean letting go.
Now she was already of age, but as soon as people heard that she had broken an engagement with her childhood friend, they refused to let their sons marry her.
As if Fu Xiaonan was a contagious disease, and the only safe way was to avoid her!
"Shuangshuang is right! Xiao Nan, what do you think of me?" Xing Beichen suddenly asked.
"What?" Immersed in her thoughts, Fu Xiaonan hadn’t heard Xing Beichen’s question.
She looked up, her face blank, staring at Xing Beichen. "What did you say just now? I was thinking and didn’t hear!"
"Nothing! Didn’t you say you wanted to find Shuangshuang? Let’s go now!"
