Chapter 156 The Person I Owe Most
"So, Yunzhou, don't wait for me anymore. It's meaningless. The person I owe the most to in this world is you, so I sincerely hope that you can find a happy marriage."
"Well, what about him... He just left like that, so irresponsibly. Did he consider you as a romantic debt?" he asked in a daze.
Yu Huatang smiled bitterly, "No, I stayed here on my own. I wouldn't go with him either. Have you forgotten? The capital holds my most painful memories. How could I go back? I wouldn't choose him because I know the outcome will be the same, utterly painful. ... I probably wouldn't choose anyone else either, because I don't have the courage, nor the qualifications."
"Yun Zhou, the person I least want to disappoint in this world is you, so I will never choose you."
Baili Yunzhou looked at her sadly for a long time before saying, "Isn't it true? All my efforts were in vain. In the eyes of everyone, they already knew the outcome."
She immediately grasped his arm and said, "No, Yunzhou, it's not in vain. At least many times, you have brought me a lot of warmth, which is the courage to keep going. It's just that the timing is wrong. If it were seven years ago, I would definitely fall hopelessly in love with you. But you are so kind, how can I bear to use you? You deserve all the beautiful women in the world, you also deserve children and grandchildren, and a loving husband and wife, but I lost all these seven years ago, and I can never give them to you in this life..."
He stared at the sky blankly, speechless, the pain and sorrow in his heart welling up in his throat. He remembered that the sky that night was pitch black, not as bright and blue as it is today.
That day was the first time she told him about her past in such detail, so detailed that he thought he had entered her heart.
Only now did he realize that everything was over. He had vaguely felt something was wrong when he first arrived in Fuzhou Prefecture, but later, when Su Qinghe arrived, his father was very relieved to hear about it.
Now he knew that his father thought he should give up, but he didn't, he was still struggling.
Until today, she said that she was with Zhao Yan and even told him about their affairs in the boudoir. Was it to make him give up completely?
He shed tears silently. He did not blame her. If he had the chance to do it again, he would still pursue her and love her in the same way.
After a long while, he wiped away his tears, turned around, and gently hugged her, "This is the last hug, Huatang... I won't come again..."
Her tears fell silently, not for his departure, but for his sincerity. She was so lucky to receive so much love from him, but she was so sad that she lost the qualification to have him.
Finally, she wiped away her tears and said calmly, "There will still be conflicts. Have you forgotten that we are now in a partnership? As a woman opening a shop, shouldn't I cling tightly to you, the young master?"
He finally smiled, "That's true, but from now on I'll be fair and impartial, not like before... so you'll have to be more polite to me from now on."
Yu Huatang smiled and said, "Okay, Master Baili, I will flatter you from now on."
In the middle of the night, Baili Yunzhou left. This was the last time Yu Huatang saw his carriage disappear into the night.
After he left, Yu Huatang returned to the courtyard. Just as she was about to close the door and rest, someone approached from the opposite side and said, "Miss Yu... don't close it..."
The man walked in and said his name was Xiaolu. He was carrying a bamboo lantern and walked a little hurriedly. Yu Huatang waited for him for a while.
He placed the lantern on the ground and pulled out a letter from his bosom. "Miss Yu, this is from my master. It arrived yesterday, and since I saw you weren't home today, I've been waiting at the door. Besides this, there's also a brocade box. The master said you must accept it."
Yu Huatang refused directly, "No need. Tell your parents not to send anything next time." After saying that, he was about to close the door.
Xiao Lu immediately stretched out a foot and cried bitterly to stop him, "Miss Yu, please be kind. This is my first job. If I don't succeed, the master will not want me. I have an old mother and a family who are counting on me to support them. Miss Yu, please be kind and accept it. You can throw it away later or do whatever you want with it. It's up to you."
Yu Huatang sneered. Since when did other people's livelihoods become hers?
Just as she was thinking about it, Xiaolu was quick to stuff the thing into her arms, picked up the lantern beside her and ran away.
She was about to throw it away, but she was afraid that someone would see the contents of the letter, so she had no choice but to take it back to her room and stuff it in the drawer.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye another month had passed. One day, she just wanted to clean the windows of the courtyard, so she moved the ladder and climbed up by herself. Not long after she climbed up, she heard Xiaolu's shrill shouting.
"Miss Yu, Miss Yu, please come down quickly. Come on, let me wipe it..."
Seeing that he looked flustered, Yu Huatang thought something had happened, so she came down and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Lu was afraid that she would notice something, so he lied, "Nothing, I just saw a big spider on the roof, and I'm afraid it might bite someone. But I can do these jobs, so why don't I help Miss Yu wipe it off."
Without saying anything, he grabbed a few rags and climbed directly onto the ladder.
"What are you doing?" Yu Huatang asked.
"Ah, nothing. I was just bored, and Miss Yu is a woman, so I just wanted to help her." He said with a smile.
Although he was cleaning the windows, his eyes were not like that. He looked at her belly for a while, then glanced at the room. Yu Huatang asked him to come down and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xiao Lu explained, "I didn't do anything. The Master just told me to keep an eye on Miss Yu. If she feels uncomfortable in her stomach or needs to make medicine at home, I should tell him immediately."
Yu Huatang smiled silently. He was thinking clearly. "I'm not sick, I don't have a stomachache, and I haven't taken any medicine. You can go back."
Xiao Lu didn't leave, and immediately picked up the big broom and started sweeping the yard, saying, "I have nothing to do anyway, so I might as well move around."
Yu Huatang couldn't help but go back to her room to pack her things. A little while later, Xiaolu asked if there was any work he needed done, like chopping wood or moving heavy objects. He could do it.
She shook her head and refused.
Finally, the yard was swept, the windows were cleaned, the yard fence was checked, and Xiaolu finally left.
A few days later, Xiaolu knocked on the door again, and there was another letter.
Yu Huatang took it and chuckled, "Is your master so free?"
She still didn't look at it and stuffed it directly into the drawer.
In the summer, the two of them would receive letters in silence and then put them in the drawer together.
She roughly counted and found there were fifteen letters in total. In addition, there were three sets of clothes, four brocade boxes, and many popular snacks in the capital. It would be a pity to eat and throw them away, so she gave them to Grandma Xu, who happened to like them.
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