Lu Liu looked at her and smiled, saying that if she liked it, she should eat more. He picked up some food for her, poured her a drink, and was very attentive, just like a gentle older brother.
Ah Heng put down her chopsticks, stopped eating, and chuckled helplessly, "Young Master Lu, I admit it, I'm a loser in front of you. If that's what you want to confirm, I admit it."
Lu Liu's gaze was deep, but he smiled faintly and said, "If I were you, I would spend another five years to win her back."
Ah Heng was depressed, but I'm not you. So, the person is gone, and the home... is gone too.
She's stubborn and inflexible. Who taught her that 08-69, that place, is his home, and also her home?
Lu Liu chuckled and said, "So, it seems that Heaven has been quite unfair to you."
Ah Heng lowered her eyelashes, completely concealing the gentleness in her eyes. She said, "You can't deny that sometimes, it's just that unfair."
Lu Liu asked, "Do you hate me, or Yan hope?"
Ah Heng laughed, "When I think of you, I can't sleep all night; when I think of Yan... Yan Xi, I sleep the best, because I only see him in my dreams."
Lu Liu smiled slightly. "What does he look like in your dreams?"
Ah Heng sniffed. I dreamt of him when he was little, with pigtails, wearing girls' clothes, his eyes were so big they took up half his face, and he was snatching the white sugar cake from my hand.
Lu Liu laughed heartily. Yes, he was a foodie when he was little. In elementary school, he did play a little girl in a play. However, he didn't snatch the white sugar cake; instead, he grabbed the pile of sugar from Si Wan, who was playing a princess, and made her cry.
Ah Heng laughed too, "And you, where were you then?"
Lu Liu said that I dressed up as a prince and helped a passerby steal the princess's candy.
Ah Heng laughed so hard she almost died.
She said, "When I was in elementary school, I was drooling over the pork belly in my brother's bowl, but no one helped me take it from him = =."
He laughed, "Yes, yes, back then you weren't by our side, and he wasn't by yours either."
Aheng said, "You know what? I'm a Yanxi fan. I have ten accounts registered in his club. One was banned because I was lurking, so I switched to another. But like other fans, my love for him only grows stronger."
She mustered her courage, smiled, and said loudly, "I love him. It doesn't matter if you are Lu Liu, Zhao Liu, Sun Liu, Qian Liu, or Li Liu. I dare to say I love him to your face."
Whether I'm by his side or not, whether he's by my side or not, it's all the same. I'll marry my own spouse, and he'll live his own life; who can stop anyone from having their own hobbies?
She said, "I love him."
Whether you understand or not, even if I'm out of the game, in my heart, there's a bronze sparrow tower, inside which is locked my Yan Xiaoqiao. She's my beauty, my widow, not yours.
Although, as the sun rose and the dream faded, I gradually forgot about him.
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When they got home, Aheng hugged Wen's mother from behind and said, "Mom, I want to go abroad."
While Wen's mother was worrying about whether to fry, sauté, or make a cold dish with the dried bamboo shoots that Yun's family had sent, she reached behind her, patted her daughter's head, and said, "Sweetie, go away. Mom is busy. Go wherever you want, okay?"
Ah Heng was speechless. Oh.
Then Wen's mother continued to ponder whether to fry, sauté, or make a cold dish. After a while, she realized what was happening, turned to Wen Heng, and said, "Wen Heng, where do you want to go?!"
Ah Heng lowered her head and smiled, rubbing her nose. "It's nothing. I just wanted to travel abroad, come back, find a job at a hospital in City B, and then get married."
Wen's mother paused for a moment. "My child, why do you suddenly want to go abroad? You've only been with me for a few days... Going abroad will mean suffering... Who will take care of your food, clothing, and shelter... How can I feel at ease?"
She walked over, gently hugged her mother, and smiled, "Mom, can I take that as you loving Aheng more and more?"
Wen's mother glared at her and said, "You're talking nonsense. I gave birth to you. If I don't love you, who else will I love?"
Ah Heng pouted, "You love so many people, like Si Wan's girlfriend, Sun Peng, Da Yi, and Yan Xi. You treat them better than you treat me."
Wen's mother laughed heartily, "My son, do you know that in this world there's a term called 'social skills'? They are different from you."
Thinking of Yan hope, she paused for a moment, then added, "Besides, some people don't have the chance to be loved and cared for just because you want to."
Ah Heng said, "Then why couldn't you love me like this before?"
She asked this half-jokingly, but her palms were slightly warm.
Wen's mother remained silent, deep in thought, trying to find the right words.
After a long silence, he slowly spoke—Aheng, when you were in my womb, the Wen family was in dire straits. Your grandfather… had chosen the wrong side before, and later, when the higher-ups fell, his situation deteriorated day by day. At that time, Lu Liu's grandfather and your grandfather had always disagreed on politics. He possessed some of your grandfather's most dangerous information. If he were to expose this information, the entire Wen family, young and old, would likely be doomed.
Your grandfather, wanting to preserve the Wen family bloodline, thought of the child in my womb. I was kept in the dark the whole time. You were lost in the nursery, and Si'er was brought back overnight. Your father told me not to make a fuss in order to save your life. But after a few days, I heard that Yan Shuai strongly recommended your grandfather and suppressed the matter.
But your grandfather was always uneasy, feeling that the evidence was in Old Master Lu's hands, and he never dared to bring you back. Although the Lu family had their suspicions, most people believed that you had died young. And Si'er was the main motivation for Yan Shuai to save our family. Si'er, she... is Yan Xi's father's illegitimate daughter. Her biological mother died. At that time, your Aunt Yan and Uncle Yan were going through a divorce. If we took this child back... Yan Shuai and your grandfather discussed and decided on this matter. At that time, perhaps to make amends to you, he even went to the Yun family in person and promised you and Yan... hope's marriage.
Later, your grandmother always missed you. During those years when her health was poor, she would often wear her reading glasses and look at the photos of you that your adoptive mother sent. On her deathbed, she called your grandfather to her side and said that you had suffered too much. She cried and begged him to bring her granddaughter home.
After your grandmother passed away, your grandfather, in order to appease the Lu family, brought you back and, gritting his teeth, inventoried the family's assets and gave them to Old Master Lu. Officially, it was stated that the Wen family had a stake, but in reality, it was... a free gift. For example, a couple of years ago, when Siwan started working at Lu's company, she was often ostracized, and everything went wrong when she talked to clients or discussed business. If it weren't for...
Wen's mother couldn't continue. Ah Heng's face was pale, and she sat on the kitchen floor against the wall, her voice trembling with sobs, saying, "Why don't I know anything? Why... I don't know anything..."
Wen's mother hugged her and said, "I have never dared to love you. Perhaps one day, in order to preserve a trace of the Wen family bloodline, they will send you to some corner that I cannot see or touch."
She cried, "How am I supposed to live? How am I supposed to live then? Your grandfather said he'd send you to the Yun family, and I can't object. Your father said he'd send you to the Gu family in Jiangnan, and I can't object either. In my whole life, I've only given birth to you and your brother. They have no idea how much pain I'm in. But Mom is really in so much pain. What am I going to do?"
Ah Heng held her head in her hands, and after a long while, she still couldn't catch her breath.
After a long while, she pushed her mother away and said softly, "Mom, let me have some peace and quiet, my mind is a mess."
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Ah Heng lay on the bed, eyes open, staring at the ceiling, silent and without turning on the light.
The surroundings were quiet.
Si'er walked in, sat on the edge of the bed, and chuckled—"See? In the end, I'm the most pitiful one. From now on, I'm telling you, Wen Heng, if you ever feel wronged again, I don't want to live anymore."
Ah Heng lay down in the corner and said, "Come here."
Si'er lay beside her, smiling softly, her eyes alluring, gleaming in the darkness.
Si'er said, "I have been defeated by time, and I cannot hate you."
Ah Heng laughed, her eyes closed. Hate me, even I want to hate myself. How amazing, I was the last straw for the Wen family.
Si'er said, "You are not a straw, you are a disaster. You ruined my brother, you ruined this world, the only person who treated me sincerely without any ulterior motives."
Ah Heng's eyelids twitched, and he asked, "Who are you talking about?"
Si'er grabbed her hair, tears welling in her eyes, and gritted her teeth as she shouted, "I'm talking about my brother! I'm talking about Yan Longzi, the guy everyone talks about! I'm talking about the stupidest person in the world!"
She said, "But this is his own choice, and I don't even have the right to interfere. We, including myself and the entire Wen family who have received Yan Xi's kindness, can only learn to love you, cherish you, and patiently see your goodness when others don't know it, to encourage you, to give you family, and to give you what you could have had in this world but couldn't have! He gave you everything you wanted, and even thought of things you didn't dare to ask for. Have you ever seen such a fool, Wen Heng?"
Ah Heng said, "Don't call Yan Xiyan Longzi, and don't insult him with things that others have said."
Si'er laughed, looking at the ceiling, tears dripping from the corners of her eyes onto the pillow. "Yan Longzi, Longzi, the crown prince of the military, have you ever seen a crown prince who is completely deaf in his left ear and has less than 20% hearing left in his right ear?"
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Is there anything you'd really like to do with me...?
Silly girl, do you still like Yan hope so much, just like two years ago...?
Hey, Wen Heng, let's have a relationship.
You must live well and be the real Aheng in front of them as much as possible, the Aheng in front of Yan hope. As for the rest, I will try my best, okay?
I don't care about anything else, as long as you don't collapse and can still stand in this world, I don't care about anything else.
I promise you, Yun will never leave you again in this lifetime. So, baby, always remember this moment of happiness; it is the beginning and it will last forever.
I like you.
What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly.
Two tigers, two tigers, one without ears, one without ears, how strange, how strange.
Are you a broken record?
—Yan Longzi, this name is truly fitting for this person.
—A deaf man.
Chapter 96
Next time you dare to get sick, get as far away from me as possible, and don't let me find you again.
……good.
—Foreword
Ah Heng said that it was all his choice: drinking and negotiating business for Wen Siwan, getting the money back for the Wen family, and finding Yun Zai for Wen Heng. It was all his choice, wasn't it?
So he drank until he vomited every day; so Wen Siwan had money to start a company; so Wen's mother lived a peaceful life; so Yun's arrival was like a gift from heaven.
Si'er said yes... sigh... Wen Heng, what's with your attitude? I can't see a trace of sadness in you.
Ah Heng sat up straight in bed, got out of bed, took out his suitcase, folded his clothes, and said that he had chosen to feel unwell himself.
She tidied up all the clothes she had brought back, locked the combination lock, and said, "Winsel, you've borrowed my French film 'The Butterfly' for half a month now. When are you going to return it?"
Si'er was stunned. "Wen Heng, what are you doing? I don't understand."
Ah Heng smiled and said, "Give me back my movie, then you guys continue acting, and I'm leaving."
Si'er, where are you going in the middle of the night?
Ah Heng stood the suitcase upright, holding it in her hand. "Anywhere is fine, just don't let me see you people again."
Her eyes were icy cold, as if she were looking at something unclean. The gentle beauty in her eyes was now as sharp as a knife sprayed with the mist of wine by an executioner before execution.
Cold, thin.
Si'er had never seen Aheng like this before. She panicked and said, "We didn't mean to hide this from you. Yan Xi is deaf. He said he can't be a burden to you. You deserve better."
Ah Heng smiled faintly. So, you sell yourself to a man, put on a melodramatic show, and let your ex-girlfriend rest easy? Wen Si'er, tell me, how can he be so despicable? How can I be even more despicable than him?
Si'er was annoyed. "If I weren't afraid you'd be burdened for life, why would you say such things about him?"
Ah Heng, carrying the suitcase, turned around.
He left Si'er with only his back view, the coldness of white moonlight.
Her voice was devoid of warmth. Despite Wen Heng's illness, she treated him like a precious gem, yet he turned around and recklessly abused himself!
She said, "Winsel, you're right. Don't even think about anything in this garden. Tell me, what sins did I commit in my past life? No, what good deeds did I accumulate in my past lives that make you go to such lengths for me?"
She stomped down the stairs, but Si'er pounded on the door diagonally opposite her. "Siwan, stop Aheng! She's running away from home!"