Light Fortress
Chapter 577 - 139 Xu Yan, Really Annoying_2

Chapter 577: Chapter 139 Xu Yan, Really Annoying_2

Back then on the battlefield, we owed each other several lives.

This marriage arrangement was the bond connecting the Gong Family with the title of Duke Duanyang.

Now, rashly visiting to make clear my intention to break off the engagement might lead to misunderstandings from Duke Duanyang, thought Gong Zi silently. How could he explain things without harming the relationship between the two families?

And... without hurting that Miss Lin’s heart.

If he remembered correctly, when he had visited the North Continent in previous years, he had played with Lin Sheng. The image of that girl’s face was now somewhat blurry in his memory.

Latterly, Gong Zi had found no time to visit the North Continent again.

The link between the two families... had also become increasingly tenuous.

He rubbed his brow, feeling somewhat headachy.

No matter what... once the news of the broken engagement reached the East Continent, his father was sure to be enraged.

He waited for a moment.

Gong Zi finally received Duke Duanyang, a middle-aged man dressed in fine clothing who quickly approached from a distant side hall with his daughter.

Both Gong Zi and Duke Duanyang were taken aback when they saw each other.

"Gong Zi?"

Duke Duanyang never expected that the visitor would be Gong Zi himself, not a messenger from the Gong Family.

The reason Gong Zi was startled was... he saw lingering tears on the face of Miss Lin, tears like pear blossoms after the rain, clearly having just cried.

"Uncle Lin."

Gong Zi quickly stood up to greet him, then performed a courtesy bow.

"There’s no need for such formalities..."

Lin Yu’s gaze held a complexity that was completely unexpected... the words he had originally planned in his mind, upon seeing the visitor, suddenly all became unnecessary.

He stayed in the hall for a while earlier on.

He had planned... to see the visitor from the Gong Family and, if the other party didn’t bring up the engagement, he wouldn’t either. He would let things lie for the time being, and once he had resolved everything, he would find a suitable opportunity to contact Gong Qing and broach the subject then.

However.

Gong Zi was no ordinary person.

It was almost certain... his visit to the North Continent was regarding the "engagement".

The two parties sipped tea in the side hall.

After exchanging courtesies in a few sentences, anyone eavesdropping in that side hall would have been able to tell that both parties had their own concerns and were preoccupied.

Finally... Gong Zi could not hold back any longer.

After several respectful offers of tea, he straightened his posture, and with careful words said, "Uncle Lin... my presumptuous visit this time is concerning the ’engagement’."

Lin Yu inwardly sighed deeply.

As expected.

What was destined to come, still came.

He put on a serious listening demeanor.

The next moment.

Gong Zi took a deep breath, gathered his courage, and said in a low voice, "I’ve come to the North Continent... to dissolve the engagement..."

Lin Sheng, silent with her head bowed, suddenly lifted her head.

Her eyes, looking at Gong Zi, became surprised and incredulous.

Duke Duanyang was also startled.

"For this matter, please forgive my presumption and impudence. This visit is of my own accord,"

After Gong Zi spoke, his expression was serious. Without any more hesitation, he let out all that had been pent up in his chest and solemnly said, "It is not that I disdain the title of Duke Duanyang, nor do I disdain Miss Lin Sheng..."

The rest of the words didn’t seem so important anymore in Duke Duanyang’s head.

Essentially.

This breaking of the engagement was his own decision; he was already betrothed to someone else and hoped that the Duke could be understanding.

Beyond that.

He hoped that the bond between the Gong Family and the Duanyang Lins would not be severed... that this broken engagement was his own doing, and it should not spoil the camaraderie of the elder generation.

Hearing this, Lin Sheng could no longer hold back, and the tears spinning in her eyes burst forth.

Earlier on, she had knelt for a long while in the hall, and although her father hadn’t relented, it was evident... he was softening.

But, the visitor from the Gong Family had to be Gong Zi himself.

Seeing Gong Zi, she had already given up hope on the rightful withdrawal of the engagement and had been ready to consider eloping with her beloved.

But unexpectedly... the situation took a surprising turn.

As Miss Lin’s tears fell, Gong Zi was taken aback.

He hastily stopped speaking, his voice tinged with guilt, "Miss Lin Sheng... what’s wrong with you..."

Had his decision to break off the engagement hurt this woman?

"She’s fine."

Duke Duanyang’s voice rose slowly.

Lin Yu rubbed his brow, his gloomy expression gradually easing, but his face... seemed to have aged several years.

"Gong Zi... I understand your intention,"

Lin Yu was silent for a long time.

He spoke quietly, "It’s hard for a young person like you to come all this way to the North Continent to find me... If this spreads to Changye, your father will undoubtedly be furious. If I’m not mistaken, last year you won the ’Flame Dream’ and have already become the future heir of the Gong Family, right?"

If this news spreads to Changye.

Your position as the Family Head may be subject to many upheavals.

Gong Zi was slightly taken aback.

"Let’s do this... I’ll handle the discussion of breaking off the engagement,"

Duke Duanyang looked at his daughter and sighed softly, slowly saying, "I will speak clearly to Gong Qing, so you won’t suffer any undue trouble."

At this point, how could Gong Zi not understand?

He wasn’t the only one wanting to break off the engagement.

The Duanyang Lin Family also wanted to dissolve it... The tears that Miss Lin Sheng shed just now must not have been for him.

The boulder weighing on Gong Zi’s heart finally settled down.

The atmosphere in the side hall was now a bit awkward.

Lin Sheng kept crying.

He wanted to laugh, but dared not make a sound.

Was his luck not bad?

The very thing he feared most about going to the North Continent had been resolved!

...

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"Brother Gong?"

Gu Shen looked at the image appearing on the communicator.