"I can’t let you suffer with ." Denton smiled and patted her shoulder, "You’ve never listened to before, but this ti, listen to once. I’m doing this for your own good."
An Yang looked at him fixedly for a few seconds, then tears stread down from the corners of her eyes, "I like you, I’ve liked you from the very first mont I saw you. I don’t care what hardships co my way, as long as I can be with you!"
Denton’s eyes darkened slightly, "An Yang, you’re still young. The world is so big, one day you’ll et soone you love, who loves you too. It would be so wonderful to spend your life with him."
"Denton, what are you talking about? My heart is filled with only you. Do you think I could love anyone else? I don’t have any other wishes. I just want to grow old with you."
"An Yang, I’m already older than you, and since I was five, my body has been corroded by poison. Even though I’m fine now, I’ve overheard my Aunt Seven say that my life won’t be too long. I’ve only told you this because I don’t want my family to worry about ."
Your life won’t be long!? A tear as large as a pea fell from An Yang’s eyes.
"An Yang, you’re a good girl. I really can’t bear to hurt you. If we were to be together, and then I left you early, it would be better not to start at all than to leave you lonely in this world."
"Live one day, love one day. If you spend one day with , I don’t feel it’s too short; if you spend ten years, I’ve gained." An Yang tightly grasped Denton’s arm, "Denton, if you don’t even give the chance to love you, it would hurt more than living alone."
Denton painfully shook his head, "An Yang, why put yourself through this? You’re still young and have t few people. If one day you encounter soone better than , you’ll regret the decision you’ve made today."
"No one is better than you in my eyes. Anyway, I’ve set my heart on you for this lifeti! Denton, I won’t make you angry anymore. I won’t just leave. Let stay with you, please?" An Yang hugged Denton’s waist, "I’m begging you, give a chance to love you."
Denton sighed deeply, "An Yang, you’re the one person I wish never to harm in this world..."
With tears brimming, An Yang looked up at him, "With these words, I understand your true feelings. Let’s go ho. Don’t let uncle and aunt worry about us."
"What idea?" Denton raised his hand to wipe her tears.
An Yang slightly hooked her lips, "Because you love too, and so you don’t want to hurt . Besides, you always leave the door open for at night, so I can co and go from your room conveniently. You yell at every day to get out, but every midnight when you get up, you cover with a blanket.
You ask about school every day because you’re worried about . Haven’t you been in pain all this ti? You’re afraid I’ll fall in love with soone else, yet you want to do just that. I dare say, if the guy who took ho wasn’t a jerk, you might have matched us up."
"No wonder you’re not good at studying, what are you thinking about every day?" Denton lightly bumped her forehead, "Stop talking so much, I’ll take you ho."
"And you?"
"I’m going out to do sothing."
"Denton, if you dare leave, I’ll chase you to the ends of the earth! The won of our Basui tribe dare to love and hate; once we’ve set our hearts on soone, it’s for life, and in this life, you’re mine!"
Denton gave her a headache-filled glance, "You shouldn’t have saved in the first place, dying would have ended it all, why let us both suffer now?"
"Don’t talk nonsense!" An Yang raised her arm, using the cuff to wipe her tears, "Co on, let’s go ho."
Denton looked at An Yang’s suddenly mature little face, shook his head helplessly, "Don’t tell my parents and sister what I told you."
"I know, this is our secret." An Yang smiled and took his hand, heading back to the car together.
In the end, Denton didn’t leave the house, because no matter where he went, a little tail followed.
Fearful that he would leave at night, An Yang even tied a scarf to their arms before sleeping.
"What are you doing?" An Yang felt soone untying the scarf and suddenly opened her eyes.
"I’m going to the bathroom." Denton looked at her helplessly.
"Then go ahead." After Denton went to the bathroom, An Yang quickly got out of bed and sat down in front of the bedroom door, "Hehe... let’s see how you get out, I’ll keep watch here!"
When Denton ca out, he saw An Yang sitting on the floor with her knees hugged and unhappily asked, "The floor is so cold, get up."
"You’re out!" An Yang stood up from the floor with support, "I’m afraid if I fall asleep, you’ll sneak out."
Denton lifted the blanket and got back into bed, "You don’t need to tire yourself out; I’m not leaving."
"Who knows if you’ll keep your word? I’m going to keep an eye on you." An Yang smiled, taking the scarf and tying them back together.
In the early morning of the next day, after confirming multiple tis that Denton wouldn’t run away, An Yang went to school.
After the first class, she called Denton to make sure he was at the office, then she made a second call.
"Sister-in-law Seven, it’s An Yang. Is this a convenient ti for you to talk?"
Jimo Shanshan smiled, "It’s rare you call Sister-in-law Seven. No matter how busy I am, I have ti."
"Hehe, if you like calling you Sister-in-law Seven, then I’ll always call you that."
"Great! You must have a reason for calling. Just say what it is, I’ll do everything I can because you called Sister-in-law Seven."
"Sister-in-law Seven, I just want to ask, how many more years does Denton have?"
Jimo Shanshan was taken aback, "An Yang, why are you suddenly asking such a question? Denton’s poison has been cleared, and his body is as healthy as any of us."
An Yang’s face just showed a smile and then it fell again, "Sister-in-law Seven, you must be lying to . Denton said he heard you and Aunt Seven say that his life won’t be long."
"An Yang..."
"Sister-in-law Seven, you don’t need to comfort . I’m with Denton now. After I graduate, I’ll be his wife. I have a right to know his health condition. I beg you, tell how many years he really has left, so I can plan our limited ti together. I don’t want him leaving this world with any regrets."
Jimo Shanshan laughed out loud after she finished speaking, "An Yang, don’t be so lodramatic. We did say that, but it wasn’t as serious as you and Denton made it out to be. He can live to sixty or seventy with no problem."
"Boohoo... you scared . I thought it was only a few years." An Yang cried in grievance.
Jimo Shanshan quickly comforted her, "An Yang, don’t cry. The average lifespan for the Xiawu tribe is eighty-two years. When Aunt Seven and I said that, we were talking based on that average. Who knew Denton would hear it? However, Denton has been taking dication to regulate his body lately. If he’s well cared for, he might even live to a hundred."
An Yang wiped the tears from her eyes, "I chose the right path studying dicine. I must take good care of him and make sure he walks after . Oh right, Sister-in-law Seven, Denton doesn’t want his family to worry about him. Please don’t tell my sister about this."
"Hahaha... it sounds so affectionate when you call that. I won’t tell your sister, rest assured."
"Thank you, Sister-in-law Seven. I’ll hang up now." After hanging up the call, An Yang flew back to the classroom like a little swallow.
At noon, after school, An Yang excitedly went into Denton’s office.
Denton looked up at her, "You have no classes in the afternoon?"
"No classes." An Yang smiled and said to him, "I didn’t ask you, but I enrolled in two elective courses."
"For soone as lazy as you, that’s rare. What did you enroll in?"
"Nutrition and traditional Chinese dicine."
Denton’s eyes shifted slightly as he looked down at the docunts in hand, "An Yang, don’t waste your youth on ."
"An Yang, don’t be so lodramatic. It’s not as bad as you and Denton made it out to be; him living to sixty or seventy is still not a problem... Denton has been taking dication to regulate his body lately. If he’s well cared for, he might even live to a hundred..."
After listening to this recording, Denton slowly raised his head, "An Yang, is what your Sister-in-law Seven said true?"
"I was afraid you wouldn’t believe , so I recorded it. Listen to your Sister-in-law Seven’s tone. Does it sound like she’s lying? Clearly, you misunderstood!"
Denton, not knowing what else to do, pinched his fingers, "An Yang..."
"Why are you calling ?"
Denton foolishly laughed, "I just wanted to call you."
An Yang laughed as she wrapped her arms around his neck, "Haha... Denton, you’re so adorably silly like this!"
"An Yang, I have sothing else I haven’t told you."
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