Return of the Swallow

CH 317

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“Alright, alright.
They’ll laugh at you for being so proud.”

“Laugh? They’ll be too busy being jealous and envious!” Pang Xiao sat down next to her.

“So that’s one piece of news, didn’t you say there was another?”

“Mm,” the prince responded.
“His Majesty has sent men to collect the scattered Great Yan entourage.
They’ll be in the city tomorrow morning.”

“So they’ve found my father and mother!” Qin Yining rose with surprised delight.

However, Pang Xiao wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her down again.
He comforted, “This is what I wanted to talk to you about.
Everyone in your family has been located, but there’s no sign of your father, mother, or auntie in the group.”

It felt like a bolt of lightning had struck Qin Yining.
She stared off blankly, all of the suppressed worries over the past few days rushing through, like waters through a broken dam.
The onslaught made her dizzy and confused.

“How can that be? How can my parents not be with them? Our family was to the rear of the entourage that day, and Auntie Cao knows martial arts.
There are also guards and followers with my father, so how could they have not found them?”

“Don’t panic, my darling, don’t panic.” Pang Xiao’s hand around her shoulder, he patted her cheek.
“You just said so yourself that the Marquis of Anping has guards with him and née Cao.
He’s safe without a doubt, but held up by something.
Be at ease, I’ve already sent people out to search for him.
They’ll start from the ambush site and work their way forward.
They’ll find your parents.”

Qin Yining closed her eyes, still recovering from the news that all of her family sans her parents had been found.

Pang Xiao had his arm around her slender waist while she leaned dazedly into his embrace.
She rubbed her head against his shoulder, like a kitten showing affection.
His heart overflowed with so much pity and sympathy that it wanted to melt.

Mega sorry, half chapter.
3:30am, I ’m dead.
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