Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 1317 - 540: Earl of Pingyang

When An Zhichen went out, he still had that stern look.

Brother Xuxu looked at his father with a stern face, not a hint of a smile, and felt a little scared. In Brother Xuxu’s heart, he used to think his mother was too strict, but now after spending less than an hour with An Zhichen, Brother Xuxu felt his mother was extremely gentle.

After dinner, An Zhichen had business to attend to and left.

Brother Xuxu stood beside Yueyao and asked, "Mother, does father not like us?" Seeing his father so strict made him feel a bit scared inside.

Yueyao did not respond directly to Brother Xuxu but instead looked at Brother Shengsheng and Brother Feifei and asked, "Do you two feel the same way as Brother Xuxu?"

Brother Shengsheng shook his head and said, "No, mother, I didn’t think so." Although their father seemed strict, it wasn’t to the point of not liking them.

Brother Feifei looked at the issue more profoundly: "Father is a Great General, he’s used to being strict with his subordinates, that’s why he is like this." Brother Feifei meant that An Zhichen wasn’t specifically against them, it’s just a natural habit, not intentional.

Yueyao smiled and said, "Brother Feifei is right, your father is a Great General in the army, commanding over hundreds of thousands of troops. If he was always laughing and joking, who would respect him?"

Brother Xuxu said hopefully, "Mother, does that mean father won’t always be this way in the future?"

Yueyao smiled and said, "That, I am not sure of, but you always say I’m strict. Now that your father is back, let’s see if you’ll still say I’m strict at that time." With An Zhichen’s temperament, Brother Shengsheng and Brother Xuxu were in for some trouble.

Upon hearing this, Brother Shengsheng and Brother Xuxu shuddered inadvertently; Brother Feifei’s face showed a trace of a smile.

An Zhichen didn’t return home until the end of the Hai Hour; entering the yard, he saw the lights in the room were still on. Inside, Yueyao was lying on the bed reading. Seeing this, warmth filled An Zhichen’s heart.

Yueyao heard footsteps, put down the book in her hands, looked up and smiled, "You’re back. Gu You, have the kitchen bring up the midnight snack."

An Zhichen nodded, "Okay."

Outside, Da Tong and Ah Kai were happily slurping their food. Ah Kai sighed, "Being home is different." Back in the army, they never had such treatment.

But Da Tong wasn’t thinking about the food at the moment: "Ah Kai! What do you think of Miss Gu You? I want to ask the General and Madam, I wonder if Madam will agree?"

Ah Kai naturally supported Da Tong, "Close to the water first, the General will surely agree."

Don’t be fooled by Da Tong’s simple appearance, he wasn’t dumb at all. He knew well that as long as neither Gu You nor Gu Lan were promised to someone else, Madam certainly wouldn’t refuse. As for Ah Kai, he fell for a girl named Xiao Cui in the border town and got married at the end of last year in the Northwest.

After finishing his midnight snack, An Zhichen went to the clean room to bathe. As he was bathing, Yueyao came in and he quickly said, "Go out, I’ll be done soon."

Yueyao smiled gently, having four children, being an old married couple and still feeling shy. However, when she stepped closer, she realized An Zhichen wasn’t shy, he was afraid she’d be frightened by his injuries. Before going to the Northwest, An Zhichen already had scars, but there were only six. Now, his body was crisscrossed with scars, looking particularly frightening.

Yueyao’s heart ached, and her eyes welled up with tears, but she forced them back. After calming her emotions, she picked up a towel nearby and started to scrub An Zhichen’s back. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

An Zhichen’s voice was particularly gentle, "It’s nothing, it’s all in the past."

Yueyao replied with a hum, not daring to speak, fearing she’d lose control and cry. Seeing those scars, it’s likely there were injuries every time there was a battle. But in his letters home, An Zhichen never mentioned it, always reporting good news and concealing the bad.

To divert Yueyao’s attention, An Zhichen joked about the matter Yueyao entrusted to him last time: "Zeng Dazhuang is a person who values emotions and loyalty, and he’s straightforward. The family situation is simple—he has an older brother and a younger sister. The brothers split the family a few years ago, and the younger sister got married. Zeng Dazhuang only has a daughter, no sons, what do you think?"

Yueyao thought it was fine, "Did you mention to him that Yuehuan has to remarry with Chenghong?" Previously, in her letter to An Zhichen, Yueyao had only mentioned two conditions: that his parents were deceased and that he must accept Chenghong, but Yueyao did not mention Yuehuan’s request not to accept concubines.

An Zhichen nodded and said, "Zeng Dazhuang agreed, but he said once the children start their own families, they must be separated." This could prevent a lot of trouble.