Chapter 299 — A Look in the Eye
Purple Streets of Chang'an · Page 4 of 4
Chen He came in and reported softly, "Chen Jia is here."
Song Yan motioned Dou Yan to withdraw behind the screen and had Chen He bring Chen Jia in.
Chen Jia wore a short lilac coat and a felt hat pulled low over his eyes; his feet were thrust into straw sandals, and his back was bent like a farmer bowed beneath the weight of life. Not a trace remained of his former shrewdness and capability.
Dou Yan's heart stirred with alarm.
A man who could bend and stretch so—she feared his ambitions were no small thing.
In her last life he had been Song Yan's trusted confidant; in this one, she did not know whether Song Yan could win him over.
Dou Yan peered out through the crack of the screen. She saw Chen Jia remove his felt hat, and at once his body straightened like supple bamboo, and his plain face turned keen, as though a sword had leapt from its sheath, every edge and point revealed.
"Young Master!" He saluted Song Yan with neither servility nor insolence.
Song Yan regarded him with an indifferent expression and said nothing.
Chen Jia stood there respectfully, silent and still, waiting for Song Yan to speak.
Song Yan smiled coldly and picked up his teacup.
Chen He was stunned. It took him a good while to come to his senses, and then he hurriedly called out at the top of his voice, "See the guest out!"
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