"Brother, why isn’t he answering my calls..." He Nuoxin whispered.
He Bainian didn’t answer because he couldn’t. He just bent down to pick up the large pieces of debris from the floor and threw them into the trash can.
"Nuoxin, it’s ti to take your dicine."
After a long while, He Bainian took the dicine the servant had prepared earlier into his hand.
"I won’t take it! I’m not sick!" He Nuoxin retreated continuously, trying to avoid him.
"Nuoxin..." Before He Bainian could finish his sentence, there was a loud slap, and He Nuoxin knocked the dicine out of his hand.
The small white pills scattered across the carpet, clearly no longer edible.
Even He Bainian’s good temper was worn out by He Nuoxin.
"He Nuoxin, he doesn’t even want to see you!" He Bainian shouted, bracing his arms on either side of He Nuoxin.
He Nuoxin’s slender body shivered.
Almost instinctively, she raised her hand and slapped her older brother.
A loud smack echoed, and He Bainian’s face turned to one side, and the world fell silent.
He Nuoxin felt guilty, but still, she looked around frantically, avoiding his gaze.
Suddenly, He Bainian sneered.
"He’s married, in City J; he’s been married for a long ti."
The words fell out of his mouth, as if unburdening a heavy load, and He Bainian’s eyes turned cold.
He Nuoxin’s eyes widened in shock...
Xiang Xiaokui has recently developed an unusual interest in grilled fish.
After changing out of the gown and handing it to the costu designer, Lin Zhenxin was dragged to the market by Xiang Xiaokui.
Soon, both had a grilled fish in their hands, eating as they walked.
Xiang Xiaokui considered herself conscientious, at least she rembered to bring one back for Uncle Jin.
"What did Li Yanan want you to do?" Lin Zhenxin’s manner of eating was much more refined compared to Xiang Xiaokui.
"Oh, to scare Li Miya." Xiang Xiaokui answered earnestly.
Lin Zhenxin’s eyes widened suddenly, scared Li Miya?
What does that an?
"Li Miya went insane and was sent to a ntal hospital," Xiang Xiaokui said, gnawing at the tenderest part of the fish, her expression satisfied; she truly loved this grilled fish place.
Lin Zhenxin didn’t speak for a mont, recalling the last ti she saw Li Miya before leaving City J, unsure of what she felt.
"Then I hacked into the hospital’s system and did sothing in Li Miya’s room every night," Xiang Xiaokui continued.
In general, it would make her condition worse, until even she couldn’t believe her own words anymore.
After a long while, Xiang Xiaokui rembered that Li Yanan had once told her not to tell Lin Zhenxin about these things.
"Sister Zhenxin, don’t tell Brother Li that I told you!" Xiang Xiaokui pouted, acting cute and coquettish.
Lin Zhenxin smiled lightly; since Li Yanan didn’t want her to know about this, she would pretend to know nothing.
This was the tacit understanding between her and Li Yanan.
Suddenly, as if rembering sothing, she turned her head to look at Xiang Xiaokui.
"Little Kui, do you know about He Nuoxin?" Lin Zhenxin asked tentatively.
Xiang Xiaokui’s once happy expression fell.
Holding the thick bamboo skewer with grilled fish, she pondered for a long ti before speaking.
"Yes, I don’t like her, really don’t like her," Xiang Xiaokui shook her head, unable to help but say.
Xiang Xiaokui was very simple; if she said she liked soone, like Uncle Jin, she ant it.
If she said she didn’t like soone, there was no doubt about it, like... He Nuoxin, whom Lin Zhenxin just ntioned.
"Why?" Lin Zhenxin was a bit surprised.
"Don’t like ans don’t like."
Xiang Xiaokui tilted her head, pondering if she had to give a reason, though she couldn’t really explain it.
But very quickly, Xiang Xiaokui grasped Lin Zhenxin’s wrist.
Her expression unusually serious.
"If you et her, don’t ever let her cling to you."
Lin Zhenxin widened her eyes in surprise at these words, wondering what she ant.
What does it an, don’t ever let her cling to you?
Nonetheless, Xiang Xiaokui soon shifted her attention to other matters.
But Lin Zhenxin remained thoughtful, pondering over her words repeatedly...
When Lin Zhenxin returned, Li Yanan was smoking on the balcony.
She walked up to him directly, taking the cigarette from his fingers.
In a ghostly way, Lin Zhenxin put the cigarette butt, still glowing with his touch, into her mouth, imitating him...
Took a deep breath.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough..." She suddenly started coughing; the pungent taste was unbearable for her.
Li Yanan reached out to gently pat her back.
Lin Zhenxin’s movents were so quick just now that he didn’t have ti to stop her.
She stubbed out the cigarette and tossed it angrily into the trash can.
"Don’t do that again," he said.
"What’s bothering you?" Her eyes, red from choking, stared straight at him.
Li Yanan didn’t say a word, just reached out to pat her head, rubbing it back and forth.
Lin Zhenxin felt he treated her like a child, and more importantly, he didn’t plan to tell her the answer.
"You’ve been smoke-free for so long, why so troubled now?"
Lin Zhenxin turned her head away, leaving his large hand empty.
Li Yanan remained silent, which was his usual response to questions he didn’t want to answer.
"Just thought about so past events." After a long while, he finally spoke.
"Whenever you think about the past, you get upset," Lin Zhenxin said, half-joking, half-smiling.
"Yes." Because those mories couldn’t bring happiness.
His handso features were shrouded in indescribable emotions, standing quietly there, making Lin Zhenxin feel a pang of heartache.
She gently approached him, spreading her arms to give him a big hug.
"In the future, let’s both turn all the bad things into good, okay?"
Leaning into his embrace, Lin Zhenxin looked up at Li Yanan, whose erging stubble on his jaw only added to his masculinity.
"I used to be afraid of fire, often having nightmares at night, but since being with you, they’ve stopped."
Lin Zhenxin whispered.
"You give a sense of security, and I..."
Li Yanan looked down at her, his expression indescribably gentle.
"I want to give you the sa."
Perhaps feeling her words were too corny, Lin Zhenxin buried her head in his chest, humming.
Li Yanan suddenly laughed, holding her tightly, resting his chin on her head.
The height difference between them made this gesture particularly tender.
"What do you want to give ?" Knowing she was shy, he still teased her.
Lin Zhenxin lifted her head slightly from his embrace, seemingly reading his mischievous intent.
"Want to give you the best... sense of security!"
The words that were previously unspeakable, after going through those life-and-death ordeals, seed no longer difficult to express.
Lin Zhenxin thought.
The next second, Li Yanan leaned down and captured her lips.
From the mont he t her, he had already surrendered, with no chance of turning back...
He Nuoxin had disappeared.
It was the maid delivering food who first discovered it.
"Find her, go find her, everyone, go look!" He Bainian, unusually angry, directed.
She sneaked out, and no one in the villa had noticed; what on earth was the security system doing!
Soon after, a call ca in.
Upon investigation, He Bainian’s subordinates discovered that He Nuoxin had boarded a flight to City J half an hour ago.
This was discovered through her credit card records.
He Bainian drew in a sharp breath, sitting on the sofa.
Ti passed, and the sound of high heels clicking echoed in his ears.
Looking up, he saw that it was Aunt Susan He who had arrived.
The neatly ironed suit without a single crease matched her stern face, and now it was also angry.
"What on earth happened? Why did Nuoxin disappear without reason?"
Upon receiving the call, Susan He had dropped everything and rushed to the villa.
He Bainian looked at his aunt, unable to utter a word.
"She went to City J." After a long ti, he finally managed to adjust his emotions.
At the ntion of City J, Susan He’s face turned cold, her eyes fierce.
"How did she..."
"It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t impulsively said those things yesterday, Nuoxin wouldn’t have run away..."
He Bainian’s voice was full of exhaustion and self-bla.
Susan He looked down at He Bainian, knowing he had taken a night flight back after her call.
She had seen how he hadn’t slept for several nights, staying by Nuoxin’s side.
Since her husband’s death, she treated the siblings as if they were her own children.
"Stop blaming yourself, just bring Nuoxin back," Susan He said, sitting next to him.
She truly loved He Nuoxin as if she were her daughter, not to ntion what Nuoxin had been through before...
It reminded her of things long buried in the back of her mind.
"No, Nuoxin will be fine in City J, but... I need to go to Vietnam!"
He Bainian suddenly declared, causing Susan He’s expression to halt.
Vietnam? Why go to Vietnam?
"Going to Vietnam? Isn’t that too sudden..." Susan He began, but He Bainian’s cold smile cut her off.
"Sudden? No, Nuoxin’s dicine is there. Without it, how can her illness get better?"
He Bainian’s face was severe, his fingers digging into his palm.
Susan He frowned at his words, pondering in silence...
Late at night, Lin Zhenxin abruptly opened her eyes.
Sweat drenched.
She still rembered...
In the aimlessly dark night, not being able to see her hand in front of her face, she walked forward holding her breath.
Then a pair of slender pale hands wrapped around her neck, tightening gradually.
"He’s mine! He’s mine! Give him back to ..."
A shrill, grating female voice echoed endlessly in her ears...
The wedding venue was arranged by Jin Muchi.
The location was in the chapel closest to the sea.
No guests were invited, and only a few of them would attend.
In the vast European-style chapel, countless intricately carved relief patterns were embedded on the walls, and the magnificent ceiling lent a sense of solemnity.
Sunlight stread through the geotric lattice windows, creating a unique light halo, rendering the place sacred.
The seats were all empty.
Li Yanan, dressed in a custom-tailored black suit, stood quietly at the front, looking up at the towering statue of the Virgin Mary.
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