El magnate supremo de la ciudad

Capítulo 68

"Can Lotus marry Brother Ye when she grows up?" She sat on his lap, looking up at his handsome figure with sparkling eyes.

"Can Lotus wear a red wedding dress to marry Brother Ye?"

He was taken aback at first, looking at Lianhua's innocent and joyful face, then smiled and said, "Okay, when Lianhua grows up, I will marry her as my bride."

"We will stay together until we grow old."

"Okay, let's stay together until we grow old."

"Let's also high five as a vow." She jumped off his lap, smiling as she stretched out her hand. "A high five as a vow, a promise made today, never to be broken."

He was stunned again.

The little girl in front of him was still excitedly raising her small hand to give him a high five as a pledge. She was an orphan, and he was the only person she could rely on in this world.

He smiled and extended his hand.

Her small palms clasped together with his, making a soft sound. With three claps, they made a vow to stay together until old age and never betray each other.

He never expected this.

That moment.

The nine-year-old girl looked at her only support in the world, Brother Ye, and happily and joyfully kept those words firmly in her heart, never forgetting them.

Staying together until our hair turns white, never turning our backs on each other...

Brother Ye stayed with her for a whole year.

One morning, Brother Ye, dressed in white, came up to her and told her that he had to leave for a while and that Lianhua must take good care of herself during his absence.

Two years of wandering and hardship had made her unusually mature for her age. She looked at her smiling brother Ye and nodded vigorously, "Yes, Lianhua will definitely take good care of herself."

That day.

She stood at the door, watching Brother Ye leave.

As Ye Gege, dressed in white, left, he gently patted her head, smiling tenderly, his voice calm and gentle, just like that of her family.

"Lotus, wait for me to come back."

She sat on the threshold, blinking her bright black eyes as she watched the sliver of pure white figure slowly recede from her sight until it was no longer visible.

From that day on, she counted down the days, waiting for him.

But--

He never returned, never came back to see his lotus flower again. When the estate fell into ruin and the servants dispersed, she left the estate alone, truly becoming a wandering orphan.

She endured so much suffering all by herself...

When she saw that pure white figure again, with his narrow eyes, she was fifteen years old, yet she persevered and mastered martial arts, all for the sake of entering the Tianshan Snow Gate, so that she could see him again.

But from the very first moment I saw him—

She knew he had forgotten her!

Nine years later, he actually turned the little girl Lotus, who had once sat on his lap listening to him recite poetry, into a sword in his hand, a killing weapon that allowed him to dominate the Western Regions.

He forgot so much...

He forgot the little girl by the lotus pond in Jiangnan, forgot that he named her Lotus, forgot that he took meticulous care of her for a whole year, and forgot that he had told her he would definitely come back.

Forget the vow he made to her with three high fives—to stay together until old age and never betray each other!

Perhaps he thought that at nine years old she wouldn't understand what those words meant, or perhaps he thought it was just a child's naive thought!

He hadn't expected her to remember it so seriously and so persistently!

He didn't come back, and she searched for him with great difficulty.

But he forgot about her!

She silently stayed by his side...

She rejected him time and time again because he had forgotten the vow he made years ago to never break his promise; he had forgotten the three high-fives he shared with her; he had forgotten everything…

Therefore, she will not accept any of the feelings Ye Chuhan is currently giving her...

She has to wait...

Waiting for him to remember her, to remember the orphan she once was, every time she faced him, she would tell herself that one day Brother Ye would remember everything…

Staying together until our hair turns white, never turning our backs on each other...

When that time comes—

She really did... wait until he came back...

Inside the cold stone house.

Tears streamed down Lotus's sorrowful face...