Here we go for the second to last chapter of the 2nd part

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We got "little apple" back and went on our way. I had to tell you about SiZhui, your son.

"Wei Ying"

"What is it?" you looked at me as you twirled Chenqing around your fingers.

"There's something that... I didn't tell you".

"What is it?"

We then heard running noises behind us. When we turned around, we saw SiZhui and Wen Ning running towards us!

SiZhui... I had noticed the way he looked at you in the Temple. His gaze had changed from the moment you brought Chenqing to your lips. It's true that in his childhood dreams, SiZhui often saw your deep black flute again.

"Rhooo, Once again they caught up with us, they run fast."

SiZhui ran straight towards you. He and Wen Ning were out of breath from running.

"Han GuangJun, Master Wei."

"SiZhui, why are you following us? Aren't you afraid of Old Lan's retaliation?".

"Master Wei, I have a question of the utmost importance. For the past few days, memories have been coming back to me. I can't be sure. So I have to ask Han Guang-Jun and Master Wei.

You took a look at me. You didn't understand what SiZhui was getting at. I understood. He remembered you. The you from before, when he was little...when you were his father.

"What do you want to know?" SiZhui hesitated for a moment. Then he took his courage in both hands and launched himself with a small laugh.

"He claims to be a great chef, but all his dishes are terrible. You knew he was talking about you.

"He planted me in the ground and told me that with a little water and sunshine I would grow faster and be friends with the radishes. He invited Han GuangJun to the restaurant but he left without paying. Han GuangJun had to pay the bill. Maybe it's because I was small that I don't remember everything, but I'm sure that my name was Wen.

I could see tears coming into your eyes as he spoke. You were beginning to understand that the young man in front of you and the child you had considered your son in Yiling was there in front of you.

"Your name was Wen? Isn't it Lan?... Lan SiZhui... Lan Yuan... Lan Yuan" You had a little laugh. You had understood!

"A-Yuan?" You stared at him with a crazy hope in your eyes and in your heart. He shook his head to confirm to you that he was indeed A-Yuan. Your A-Yuan ... our A-Yuan.

"Master Wei.... I am A-Yuan.

I could see that you had a hard time believing this truth that was in front of your eyes. This truth that your heart had unconsciously seen from the beginning. Since the first time you met at the Mô manor. At the first glance, your paternal instinct had awakened; he had immediately felt confident with you.

"Didn't A-Yuan die? He stayed alone at the Burial Ground. You turned to me.

"Lan Zhan, is that you?

"Yes, this is what I didn't tell you.

SiZhui rushed into your arms. You will be in turn against you.

"Master Wei, I missed you so, so much!"

For both of you, tears mingled with your smile. Your reunion was a pleasure to see. If for a while I had doubted, it was because you had never asked me what had become of him. Today, I understood that it was the pain of having lost him that held you back. The same kind of pain that prevented me from telling you everything I wanted you to know.

It was SiZhui who took the initiative to separate you. He dried his eyes.

"I wasn't crying. I was just very sad and very happy at the same time. It's hard to describe."

In a way, I envied our son. It was so easy for him to show you how he felt, words .... were not necessary!

"No need," I said.

"That's right, no need to talk...."

You then grabbed his shoulder and said that he had a lot of strength, but that it was normal because he was one of my disciples. ...

During all these years, my love, he had been much more. He had been my son and my support. The one who had allowed me to endure this terrible wait.

"He is also your disciple.

After all, during that year spent at your side at the Burial Ground, he had learned a lot without realizing it. Many things had remained hidden in the depths of his memory. They resurfaced when he least expected it. Just like during his entrance exam almost two years ago!

"No wonder he's so handsome!"

That my love, I don't think you had much to do with it !!!!!

"Master Wei didn't teach me anything"

"If... If...You were little, then you forgot!" SiZhui pretended to think and had a flash of insight.

"Ah I remember, it comes back .... For example, putting the portrait of a beauty in the place of ...."

You rushed to put your hand over his mouth. That kind of thing was just like you! It reminded me of the substitution of my book in the library, many years ago!

You took your hand away... and SiZhui continued ....

"And when a pretty girl passes ...." I think he was doing it on purpose!

He had always been a tease but his upbringing and his life in the clan did not allow him to show it. With you it was not the same. He knew that in front of him, there was a person who loved him and who was able to tease him as much as he did!

"Nonsense! Why do you remember this kind of stuff? Who would teach that to a child?" .

That sanctimonious tone really didn't suit you my love! It was obvious that you were trying to excuse yourself from your own nonsense.

"You! Uncle Wen can attest to that!"

Wen Ning widened his eyes, caught in the crossfire... his Master and his cousin!

"Your Uncle Wen has nothing to say because it never happened! Stop talking nonsense. I'm talking to you boy. Lan Zhan, what did you teach him? When A-Yuan was little, he was a nice boy." No matter how hard SiZhui tried to justify himself you wouldn't let him get a word in edgewise!!!

"You see this field? Even if you've grown up well, I can still plant you in it. Understand?"

There you go again. If for a moment you could have been taken seriously. With your story about the field you had lost all credibility and SiZhui understood this because he laughed.

Then, as he had so often done when he was a child, he rushed to your legs and crouched down.

This simple gesture took us all back 16 years!

"A-Yuan, you are too old for this now. Do you remember that you used to do the same thing to Han GuangJun when you were little?

He even continued to do it long after your death, my love!

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