After that, Shangguan Wan didn’t know how they got together. Of course, most of the time involved her chasing after him.
He would only pull her to the woods when no one was around to kiss her ruthlessly.
It was until very long later that Shangguan Wan found out that he recognized her the moment she entered the school.
During his birthday when he was still very young, he really wanted to eat cake and stood in front of the bakery’s window for very long, looking longingly at the decadent cakes on the other side of the window.
Back then, she was wearing a pink puffy dress and long hair as she walked out of the bakery. Seeing that he wanted to eat cake, she got her mother to buy him one.
Maybe, at that time, he had already kept her in his heart.
And her mother, that pretty and gentle woman was someone he still remembered, many years down the track.
…
Once the taxi stopped in front of the camp’s entrance, Shangguan Wan broke out of her stupor.
After paying the driver, she got off the taxi. The days seemed to pass slowly, with her toggling between the camp and home. It had been like these in the past few years.
However, this time, every day felt like a year, it was extremely tortuous and hard for her.
Maybe it was because all of her memories were back, that him and her had an inseparable fate ever since they were young.
However, in the end, because of her mother’s issue, a distance grew between them and formed a wall between them.
On the seventh day after Ye Yanfeng left, Captain Jiang had came over from the borders. When he saw that Shangguan Wan had lost a bit of weight, he was shocked. “Has the training here been very tough?”
Shangguan Wan shook her head. “No, it’s because…”
“Because of Little Xingxing’s father, isn’t it?” Captain Jiang was like Shangguan Wan’s older brother. Apart from being close to Shangguan Wan, he had a good relationship with Little Xingxing as well. Little Xingxing called him a few days back, and mentioned the news about Shangguan Wan and Ye Yanfeng.
He said that Ye Yanfeng had left Yukou Border and probably wouldn’t return for the time being.
“What happened? Is it that serious? Wan’er, when something happened to him back then, weren’t you in a lot of pain? Why don’t you want to be with him when he’s alive now?”
So many things had happened and she couldn’t keep it in anymore. Shangguan Wan told him about what happened to her mother.
After Captain Jiang listened to the story, he remained silent for a very long time.
Shangguan Wan pressed a hand on her forehead, looking down as her mood sank. “To be honest, I don’t know what to do either. Separating from Ye Yanfeng feels even worse than I had thought, but I don’t know if my late mother will blame me for being with him. I… I’m torn. I don’t know what to do.”
Captain Jiang stared at Shangguan Wan’s pursed pale lips, patting her slender shoulder. “Wan’er, you’re torturing yourself.”
Red eyes stared at Captain Jiang.
Pouring a cup of warm water for her, Captain Jiang took a seat next to her. “I can understand your feelings towards your mother. If it was any normal family, it’s understandable for you to hate Ye Yanfeng and not want to be with him. However, he placed himself in danger and even almost lost his life to go against his father. To be frank, his actions that time told us that he had already cut all ties with his father.
“Although half of the blood flowing in him belongs to the Prince, he had already ‘died’ once and has in essence, returned everything to the Prince. Your mother’s death can only be blamed on the Prince. If you think of it from another angle, His Highness is also a victim too. Wasn’t his mother’s death caused by the Prince and his Princess-Consort as well? The both of you are in the same boat. Why did the Prince tell His Highness those things? He was trying to create a distance between you two, so that even if he’s no longer around, the two of you wouldn’t be together either. He didn’t even consider about his son’s happiness. Even Little Xingxing, his grandson, was treated as a sacrificial lamb by him. You should be glad that His Highness is different from him!”
After listening to Captain Jiang’s words, Shangguan Wan remained silent for a very long time.
The spectators would always see the game of chess better than the players themselves.
Captain Jiang was able to see very clearly about Ye Yanfeng and her matters while she had been immersed in the pain of the truth of her mother’s death. She had never thought that Ye Yanfeng would be more pitiful than her, that he was also a victim in all of this.
However, he never said anything and never defended himself either. He said he wanted to atone for his sins, but where did he do any wrong? What crime did he commit?
The one to be blamed was the Prince, that cold-hearted and heartless devil that only treated his son as a tool!
Shangguan Wan’s knotted emotions suddenly seemed to start undoing itself. Her eyes moistened, as she lifted her fingers to rub at her weary eyes.
“Wan’er, with what the Prince had said, I think that he’s only taking revenge on His Highness. After all, His Highness betrayed him, and now he was only left with the path of death. If His Highness was still alive, it would be natural for the Prince to not want him to have a nice life. That’s why he wanted to separate the both of you, because he knows that you’re the most important woman that His Highness cannot let go of in his heart!”
Hearing Captain Jiang’s words, Shangguan Wan felt like someone had hit her on the head.
She had never thought about all of this before.
Seeing Shangguan Wan’s expression, Captain Jiang knew that she had already understood some things. He laughed as he patted her shoulder. “Because the matter implicated your mother, it’s understandable that you didn’t think of all of this. Now that you have thought it through, I’m happy for you.”
With her mind cleared from an endless haze, Shangguan Wan nodded. “Thank you.” As if thinking of something, Shangguan Wan furrowed her eyebrows again. “It already been a week since he left. I heard Little Xingxing talking to him on the phone last night. He said that he was leaving the country tonight.”
Captain Jiang said, “Then, shouldn’t you be going to find him now?”
“Is there still time?”
“As long as you go and find him to tell him the feelings in your heart, there will be time!”
Shangguan Wan nodded. “I’ll book an air ticket right now.”
…
It took about three hours to fly from Yukou Border to the city where Ye Yanfeng was having his surgery. After getting off the plane, Shangguan Wan hurriedly rushed towards the hospital.
When she arrived at the hospital, the doctor told her that Dr Jing and Ye Yanfeng had already left for the airport.
Shangguan Wan hurriedly called Ye Yanfeng, but the call couldn’t go through no matter what. Jing Ting’s phone was switched off too.
As if matching the anxiety swirling inside her, it started to pour heavily.
Shangguan Wan took a taxi to the airport, not bothering to open her umbrella as she ran inside the airport hurriedly. She was like a headless fly, searching and running in the airport hall like a madwoman.
However, she didn’t find Jing Ting and him.
Shangguan Wan stood blankly in the main hall.
There were water beads on her face, but she didn’t know if there were raindrops from her hair or if they were her tears.
She already thought it through now and wouldn’t think about her mother’s matter anymore, but she was still too late.
He’d left!
It was too late.
She didn’t even manage to tell him that even if he was going to atone for his sins, she would be waiting for him at Yukou Border!
Shangguan Wan stood in the airport hall for a very long time.
She didn’t return to Yukou Border immediately, choosing to walk aimlessly on the streets instead. Sniffling, she felt as if a black invisible hand was clenching her heart tightly.
She didn’t know how long she had walked, but it seemed like she had walked back to the hospital.
The skies darkened very quickly since it was a rainy day and a car’s lights shone on Shangguan Wan.
In her listless state, Shangguan Wan didn’t seem to notice it, not even avoiding the car that was driving over.
Just as the car was approaching her, the tires suddenly screeched and the car stopped.
The window wound down and a hoarse male voice rang in the rain. “Wanwan?”
Shangguan Wan turned around immediately.
Just now, she seemed to have heard Ye Yanfeng’s voice?
The windshield wipers worked nonstop, and through the window, Shangguan Wan saw the man sitting in the driver’s seat.
Their eyes met, both filled with disbelief.
The man in the car reacted first, hurriedly taking an umbrella and getting off the car.
He opened the umbrella and held it over the woman’s head. Seeing that she was completely drenched and looked like her soul had been lost, he furrowed his eyebrows tightly, strictness appearing on his handsome face. “What are you doing, standing in the rain here?”
Shangguan Wan blinked. After confirming that she wasn’t hallucinating, she asked hoarsely, “Aren’t you supposed to be on the plane?”
“Jing Ting said that since I just had my surgery, it’s not suitable for me to go over now, that I should only go over once I’ve recovered. I was discharged from the hospital earlier and I’m staying at a hotel now. I came to the hospital to collect some things.”
“I thought that you had left.”
Ye Yanfeng stared at Shangguan Wan in confusion. Her eyes were red, her face slightly pale. It had only been a week since they had met, but she looked a lot more frail and thin.
“Did you come over to send me off?” He asked hesitantly.
Shangguan stared at him, nodding and shaking her head.
She felt extremely nervous.
When he left, she didn’t ask him to stay and now she came over to ask him to not leave, would he agree to her request?
Seeing that she was completely drenched, Ye Yanfeng said, “Get on first, I’ll take you to the hotel.”
Shangguan Wan got on the car wordlessly.
On the way to the hotel, neither of them spoke. Shangguan Wan stared out of the window, trying to form her words nonstop in her heart.
Ye Yanfeng stared at the back of her head, breaking the stiff silence. “If you didn’t want to see me, why did you come over here?”
Shangguan Wan took a deep breath, mustering her courage. “Stop the car!”
Ye Yanfeng’s heart tightened, before a self-deprecating smile appeared on her face. “You don’t even want to sit in my car now?”
Shangguan Wan replied, “Yes.”
Ye Yanfeng didn’t say anything more, turning on the signal lights before he stopped the car by the roadside.
Ye Yanfeng took out a cigarette from his pockets, placing it between his lips. He was about to light it up before his lighter was taken away.
Before Ye Yanfeng could realize what was going on, the cigarette between his lips were taken away as well. The completely drenched woman undid her seatbelt, her slender leg moving with agility as she sat on his thighs.
Ye Yanfeng stared at her in shock.
Shangguan Wan’s wet lashes fluttered crazily, before she raised her hands to cup his perfectly handsome face. “I said I didn’t want to sit in your car because I wanted to sit on your lap. And not only that, I want to stay in your heart.”
Ye Yanfeng was speechless. Did this woman take the wrong medicine?
“I’ve thought it through, I won’t think about it anymore. I wouldn’t let the previous generation’s problem become ours. Don’t leave and don’t go anywhere. Little Xingxing needs you, I need you too.”
When Ye Yanfeng heard her words, his body trembled terribly. He hugged her tightly, as if wanting to push her into his body, his lips pressing against her ear as he muttered softly, “Wanwan, are you for real?”
“Mm, I don’t want to be separated from you again. When I couldn’t find you at the hospital and at the airport, I felt so panicked and so regretful! I couldn’t think, I couldn’t breathe, I only needed to see you.”
Ye Yanfeng suddenly took out a cold and hard item from his pocket, not saying anything as he pushed it onto her finger.
Shangguan Wan looked down. It was a ring.
“Wanwan, let’s get married!”
Shangguan Wan’s eyes were filled with hot tears. “Okay.”
He lifted her chin, kissing her ruthlessly as their bodies were so close it was as though they were merged into one.
It was as if he wanted to kiss her for all of eternity…
