Amidst Yang Sisi's panting, I saw a sense of exhilaration in her escape. I felt the same way, even more intensely, because I had been in a wheelchair for so long that I always felt static. It wasn't that I didn't want to run, but that I lacked someone to lead me in the run.

"You bastard, are you feeling really smug right now?"

I looked at Yang Sisi, whose expression was extremely complicated, and after a long silence, I finally replied, "Did you see that puddle over there? I thought you were going to die with me... Seeing you gritting your teeth, it looked like you wanted to swallow me whole!"

"Yes, you're like a piece of stinky tofu."

"Even if I'm just a piece of stinky tofu, I'm a brand-name stinky tofu."

Yang Sisi didn't respond to me. She sat down on the ground, looked back again, then hugged her knees and cried... I know she must be feeling terrible. Sometimes it takes a lot of courage to willingly lose someone who loves you deeply. For her, there was Cao Bei and Bao before, and now there's Yu Tou. Losing these people while also reaching the age where she should be getting married, how could she not be sad and in pain!

If love is a movie, she is giving her all in the performance, yet she has already become a tragic character.

She finally spoke to me, saying, "Michael, I'm not crying because I'm so heartbroken, but because I'm heartbroken for you... We're essentially the same kind of people. You clearly love Ye Zhi, but you just can't have her... You must be in so much pain, right?... Although I'm in the same boat, at least I'm healthy and don't have to worry about my career... But I'm still in so much pain, how much pain must you be in?... Actually, I don't really hate you. What I hate is that you're unwilling to let me share your joys and sorrows... Even if we can't be husband and wife in this life, we'll still be family... Why, when you were going through the toughest time, did you think of leaning on me, but instead desperately tried to drive me away?... In all these years, when have I ever been afraid to stay by your side?... Tell me!... Tell me!... You have to untie the knot in my heart, otherwise I'll never be happy for the rest of my life."

After a moment of silence, I whispered back, "I've already wronged you enough, how could I burden you at this time... I might spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair, my temper is getting worse and worse, and I'm becoming more and more terrified... If I'm like this, ruined, mentally ruined, being with me will only be torture..."

"I can make you happy..."

I smiled and replied, "You're trying to make me happy, but who can make you happy? ... You can't keep up with this kind of life for long."

"I don't believe it. I'm happy whenever I see you... I feel like the world is ending when I don't see you... So, even when I ran away from home, I chose a place you'd been... I gave myself lots of mental suggestions... You must have sat on this rock drunk before, and you threw those cigarette butts down there... I know you like to daydream at dusk, and I tried to find that feeling too, until I found it..."

It was only then that I realized how lonely you are…

I lowered my head, feeling a mix of emotions.

After a long silence, I finally spoke to her, "Everything will be alright. Since coming to Phuket, I haven't been as dejected as before... Brother Ping said that once my surgical wound heals, I can start doing those rehabilitation exercises..."

"Can it be restored to its previous state?"

"I dare not hope to return to my best condition. I would be content if I could walk like a normal person and take care of myself."

"No, you have to get back to your best condition, otherwise how will you be able to lift your bride on your wedding day!"

"Things that are too far away are really unimaginable."

Yang Sisi looked at me, and I avoided her gaze. Then I looked at Zhou San and the others. They seemed to have already left. I wondered if Yang Sisi would regret it. Of all the men who had pursued her, Cao Bei and Yu Tou were the most suitable for her. Cao Bei was about to get married. If she lost Yu Tou, what would become of her?

While I was still in a daze, Yang Sisi said to me again, "You know what? On my first day back in Shanghai, I ran into Ye Zhi on the Bund."

"Um."

"Is she getting engaged soon?"

I nodded, not wanting to say anything more.

"Let's disrupt her wedding... You love her so much, how can you let her marry someone else?"

"I never even considered it."

"Do you want to find out who harmed her?"

I was surprised because this was a topic I had never discussed with Yang Sisi before. I asked her, "Did she say something to you?"

“I could guess without her saying it… She didn’t return to China for almost a year after that incident, which is suspicious in itself… If it really was a natural disaster, she should have returned to China immediately after being rescued… The reason she didn’t come back must be that she’s hiding from someone she fears… After returning to China, she seemed heartless towards you, but she was also concerned about you in every way. She definitely didn’t want you to be implicated, didn’t want you to get involved in her circle… Michael, I can really put everything aside and treat the three of us as good friends who came to Dali together from Shanghai… Now that a good friend is in trouble, the two of us who are left should help her…”

At this point, Yang Sisi smiled again and said, "You didn't back down when you helped her change a tire on the highway, so why are you backing down now? ... It was much more dangerous when you helped her change the tire; those big trucks were driving right up to you... Back then, she was just a stranger... Have you been through too much and really turned yourself into a coward?"

"It's not that I don't want to help... it's just that the best opportunity has truly passed, and I can't get involved in her scheme anymore!"

"Don't make excuses. What if I'm included?"

Do you have a solution?

"As long as you don't kick me out, I'll definitely find a way... Michael, this is your last chance. If you can get her out of this predicament, maybe she won't have to marry someone else... Business marriages involve interests from all sides, so there will be a very long process from confirmation to actual marriage... Why don't they just get married directly, but instead get engaged? It's to release the news of the engagement first, and then reap enough benefits... Believe it or not, as long as they announce the engagement, the market value of both groups will definitely rise. They are shrewd businessmen, and they will definitely make a big deal out of this before actually getting married... So, you still have time... As long as they don't register their marriage, your chance remains!"

(End of this chapter)

,Wonderful!

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