Chapter 858: Chapter 858: Spring Triangle_1
“What happened after that…” Purple Sumrs asked curiously, “Why did you break up?”
“On the way to Snow Mountain, my dad and uncle caught us with so n they brought along.”
Christopher Simonson reflected on the past with none of the passion of his youth, realizing that back then he indeed wasn’t mature enough. He thought he could soar freely in the vast outside world, yet he overlooked how frail his own wings still were.
“By that ti, I was already with redith Richards. Although my dad was angry, he couldn’t do anything about it. He took both of us to Kingsley to prepare for the wedding.”
If things had really gone that smoothly, redith Richards wouldn’t have left in a huff.
Purple Sumrs asked, “The old lady didn’t like her, so she made things difficult for her?”
Christopher Simonson laughed wryly. It seed that the old lady’s bad temper had left a deep impression on Purple Sumrs, leading her to assu that it was the old lady who had driven redith Richards away.
“The old lady thought that a woman who would elope with a man must have questionable character. Moreover, redith Richards was four years older than . The old lady believed I shouldn’t marry a woman older than myself; she indeed didn’t like redith Richards. As for making things difficult…” Christopher Simonson chuckled and said, “You’re underestimating your mother. redith Richards brushed off the old lady’s difficulties with ease while remaining unscathed herself, leaving the old lady fuming instead.”
Purple Sumrs also smiled. The old lady did have a sharp tongue, but when it ca to smartly making life difficult for soone, she probably couldn’t manage it.
Christopher Simonson gazed at the distant scenery, sighing softly with a look of fond recollection.
“redith Richards left on her own,” Christopher Simonson said. “She said she decided to burn her bridges and leave with because she believed I could give her a different life. But she realized she was wrong, that the life she now had wasn’t what she wanted. To have the woman he loves belittle herself to nothing, I was deeply hurt and angry at the ti…”
Christopher Simonson lowered his head to look at Purple Sumrs and said in a deep voice, “But I really didn’t know she was pregnant with you. If I had known… I would never have let things turn out the way they have today.”
Purple Sumrs didn’t make a sound, her eyes gazing at the stars filling the sky.
Perhaps redith Richards didn’t know either… realizing she was pregnant on the way back, and with her prideful nature, she refused to go back. In the end, she fell into a depression from which she couldn’t escape.
It could only be said that fate plays tricks on people.
The father and daughter quietly leaned against the balcony, not speaking, the surrounding air tranquil and slightly cool.
Perhaps to break the silence, Christopher Simonson pointed at the starry sky and asked in a light tone, “Do you know what star that is?”
“The Big Dipper,” Purple Sumrs smiled and said, “That’s the only one I recognize.”
“In the spring night sky, the most prominent and visible is the Big Dipper,” Christopher Simonson said. “To find other stars isn’t hard; extend the line linking the two stars at the end of the Dipper’s bowl five tis further, and you’ll find the fairly bright Polaris; trace the line from the other two stars of the Dipper’s bowl southwestward, and you’ll find the bright Regulus. Following the curve of the Dipper’s handle extended, you can draw a large arc, and along this arc, you can find the bright orange star Arcturus…”
Christopher Simonson’s hand moved slowly following his explanation, pointing towards the starry sky: “Keep going south, and you’ll find another bright star, Spica, and continue southwest, and you’ll co to a quadrangle ford by four small stars – that’s Corvus.”
…Corvus?
Purple Sumrs froze, murmuring after a while, “So there really is a Corvus constellation…”
“Yes,” Christopher Simonson said, gazing at the starry sky, “this great arc that begins at the handle of the Big Dipper and ends at Corvus, that’s what’s known as the ‘Spring Triangle’.”
The Spring Triangle encompasses the brightest and most beautiful stars of spring. Purple Sumrs rembered last spring, when she and Alexander Sumrs were celebrating her birthday at the mountain villa, and he pointed to the dazzling stars above, whispering endearing words in her ear: That’s the Purple Sumrs constellation.
Tears suddenly fell, and Purple Sumrs imdiately lowered her head, saying bluntly, “I’m going to the restroom.”
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