Chapter Thirty: Helplessness
He was almost dragged into the house by Li, and Zhao Fei looked quite helpless. Looking at Li's indescribably happy emotions, Zhao Fei's heart felt warm and fuzzy, and the thick maternal love made him forget all his unpleasantness.
"Quickly, sit down and let me take a good look at you." Li pulled Zhao Fei into the house, had him sit on the bed, and stroked his cheek. "It's been over a month since we last saw each other, Fei, you seem to have lost weight. You also seem to have gotten much darker, how was your time with Master Tong Yuan?"
"Of course it's fine, Master Tongyuan and Cloud Uncle are both very considerate of me." Looking at Li's worried expression, Zhao Fei didn't dare mention the encounter with the tiger on the road. If his mother found out, she would faint directly. Such an unwise thing, Zhao Fei wouldn't do it.
"Besides, I went to learn from Master Tongyuan, how could I not get a tan? Mother, don't you think my body is stronger than before?" After finishing speaking, Zhao Fei stood up and turned around several times, even patting his chest.
"Alright, alright, Mother has seen it." Li hastily grabbed Zhao Fei who was still fooling around.
"Brother, you're back! Duer is going to die from missing you!" Just then, a small figure quickly ran in and hugged Zhao Fei's leg tightly.
"Duo'er, I miss you too." Zhao Fei stroked Duo'er's head, which was resting on his leg, and couldn't help but feel happy. A warm smile spread across his face. It had been over a month since he'd returned home, and Zhao Fei really did miss it, especially Duo'er.
"Alright, Little Fei has just returned. Let him rest for a while first. Everyone go out." Zhao Hu said with some sympathy, looking at Zhao Fei's slightly tired face.
Mr. Li also noticed the pain on Zhao Fei's face and felt a little heartache. He pulled over Duer, who was hugging Zhao Fei's thigh. "Okay, Duer, brother just came back, let brother rest for a while before playing with him. Little Fei, you should also get some rest."
Hearing Li say this, Zhao Fei also felt a bit tired. After all, he had been walking for a whole day too.
"Alright, your mother and I are leaving." After saying that, Li took Duer with her and left with Zhao Hu. Seeing his parents leave, Zhao Fei turned around and lay down on the bed. Thinking of his kind mother and lovely Duer, Zhao Fei's mood calmed down a lot. Forget it, that was just an unattainable dream, I still have my family and Duer. Rather than clinging to that unattainable dream, I might as well live my own life practically. After all, she is still very far away from me. The more Zhao Fei thought about it, the more confused he became, and gradually fell asleep.
Dazed and confused, Zhao Fei had a dream. In the dream, he met Zhang Xue again, who was smiling sweetly at him. Looking at that sweet smile, Zhao Fei's heart was instantly captivated. Looking at the beautiful Zhang Xue, Zhao Fei couldn't bear his inner longing anymore, and walked towards her, getting faster and faster. Slowly, his walk turned into a run, but Zhang Xue seemed to be far away from him. No matter how hard Zhao Fei ran, he couldn't shorten the distance between them. Zhao Fei stopped in his tracks, looking at the distant Zhang Xue, and his mood became somewhat desperate. Is it really impossible for us to be together? I refuse to accept it! At this moment, Zhao Fei's stubborn temper flared up again. He clenched his fists, his eyes reddening, and took large strides towards Zhang Xue. This time, Zhao Fei seemed to have succeeded, and the distant Zhang Xue was getting closer and closer. His mood also became more excited. Just a few more steps, just a few more steps and I'll be able to touch Zhang Xue. Bang! Zhao Fei crashed into an invisible wall, which bounced him back violently. The Zhang Xue behind the wall seemed to be affected too, slowly disappearing and shattering into pieces. "Ahh!!" Zhao Fei let out a miserable cry, and sat up with a start. Wiping away the sweat on his forehead, Zhao Fei's mood was complex.
Although I want to forget, I still dream about it. What's wrong with me? I'm just a teenager, how can this be? And Zhang Xue is also just a teenager, is this really love at first sight? Are we really just destined to be apart? Can I really only accept my fate? Thinking of the powerful Han family, Zhao Fei couldn't help but feel disheartened.
"Little Fly has gotten up to eat." Just then, Li entered the room while Zhao Fei was lost in thought.
"Alright, I'm coming." He shook his head, shaking off the distractions. Zhao Fei got out of bed and followed Li Shi out the door. After dinner, Zhao Fei became idle again. Even Duo Er, who had been clinging to him, was pulled away by Li Shi. Helpless, Zhao Fei could only return to his room and lie down on the bed. For a long time, he couldn't fall asleep, with countless thoughts swirling in his mind. He didn't know how much time passed before he finally fell into a daze.
The next morning, Zhao Fei got up early again. After more than a month on the mountain, Zhao Fei had developed a good habit. He got out of bed, shook his head which was still slightly dizzy. Coming to the courtyard, Zhao Fei started practicing Wuxin Fist again. After one set of fist techniques, Zhao Fei only felt refreshed and invigorated, with his whole body feeling hot. Through more than a month of practice, Zhao Fei had already clearly grasped the benefits of Wuxin Fist. Not only did he feel refreshed after finishing the exercise, but also all fatigue was swept away. Feeling that his mental state was good, Zhao Fei went out to walk towards the village chief's home.
"It's been over a month since I came back, and I don't even know how the teacher is doing." Zhao Fei muttered to himself. Arriving at the village head's house, Zhao Fei lightly knocked on the door. "Teacher, are you home?"
Before long, the door opened. "Oh? When did you come back, Little Fei?" the village chief asked.
"Back to teacher, student arrived home yesterday. Didn't come to pay respects to teacher in time. Hope teacher will forgive." Zhao Fei replied respectfully.
"Hehe, you just got back, you should take a good rest." The village chief smiled and said, "Come in first." The village chief invited Zhao Fei into the house, walking and asking, "You've been out for over a month, how do you feel?"
"It's okay, teacher. The trip was pretty good and I learned a lot of things." Looking back on this outing, Zhao Fei was still quite satisfied, but whenever he thought of Zhang Xue, his heart would ache slightly.
A hint of a smile appeared on Zhao Fei's face, and the village chief smiled strangely. "Really? Nothing else happened?"
Looking at the village chief's eerie expression, Zhao Fei didn't know what to say. He was certain that the village chief had sensed something, after all, he had only smiled and revealed his thoughts, but was caught by the village chief, whose eyes were not to be underestimated. Zhao Fei hesitated, unsure whether or not to tell the village chief.
"Just say it if you want to say it, don't beat around the bush." The village chief glared at him with a lot of momentum.
"It's like this, teacher..." Zhao Fei thought the village chief had revealed something about Zhang Xue.
After listening to Zhao Fei's words, the village chief was solemn and silent for a long time.
"Teacher..." Zhao Fei felt a bit uncertain in his heart, unsure of what the village chief would say.
"What Old Zhang said is not wrong, the gap between you two is just too big. You should know that the Zhang family is the first-class family in Dingzhou and they don't marry outside of their social class. Even if you were together, what would be the outcome? It's better to forget about it." The village head shook his head helplessly. This is not something that can be solved by human effort.
The wise village chief also showed a helpless expression, and Zhao Fei fell into complete despair. It really didn't work out, for a moment Zhao Fei felt very desperate.
Seeing Zhao Fei's desperate eyes, the village chief patted Zhao Fei on the shoulder, "Forget it, it's impossible."
