Ye Banxia received the invitation and immediately sent a message to Zhu Jin after seeing the handwriting on it. However, she did not send a blessing but a question, "Are you really going to marry Shi Shangbai?"

Zhu Jin frowned when he saw the text message and replied with only two words, "Seriously."

After that, Ye Banxia didn't react, and Zhu Jin didn't take it to heart. Unexpectedly, two days before the wedding, Ye Banxia actually went directly to Zhu Jin's house.

Zhu Jin opened the door and welcomed Ye Banxia, ​​the unexpected guest, "Please come in, Banxia." Although it was unexpected, Zhu Jin was still happy, because he had always felt guilty about his aunt's matter. Even if Zhu Jin had tried to persuade him a lot after she recovered, it was useless. After that, Ye Banxia seldom contacted her, and she mostly didn't reply when she contacted him.

"It's rare for you to come to see me, what's the matter? Have you finally come to your senses and stopped blaming yourself? I told you not to mind it and not to take it to heart."

"I have something to talk to you about today." Ye Banxia avoided Zhu Jin's question, looked at Zhu Jin, smiled and continued.

"Well, you say." Zhu Jin nodded, looking at his smile with emotion. She hadn't seen this smile for a long time. She always remembered his smile and his protection when she first came into this world.

"Can you not get married, not marry Shi Shangbai?" Ye Banxia stared at Zhu Jin, "He is not worthy of you."

"Banxia, ​​I'm going to pretend I didn't hear what you said. Don't say these things in the future. Our wedding will be the day after tomorrow." Zhu Jin's smile faded. She knew that Ye Banxia had always disliked Shi Shangbai, but she didn't expect that Ye Banxia would come to her house to say this.

"I'm telling the truth, Zhu Jin. He's old, he's in the political circle, and he has a son that old. In every way, he's not suitable for you, and he's not worthy of you." Ye Banxia continued stubbornly, "I can't accept you being with him."

When he was with Chonglou, he had nothing to say, but without Chonglou, he couldn't be with Shi Shangbai like that.

He won't be reconciled.

"Banxia, ​​everyone knows the warmth and coldness of human nature. I know how Shi Shangbai treats me. No one else has the right to criticize, including you." Zhu Jin's face turned cold and he didn't look at Ye Banxia's decadent and thin face.

Ye Banxia stared at Zhu Jin, opened his lips with difficulty, and spoke with dignity using all his strength, "What if I beg you, Zhu Jin, I beg you not to marry Shi Shangbai, can you agree?"

"I can't, Banxia. Marrying someone and promising to be together for life is not an easy decision to make. Once the decision is made, it cannot be easily changed." Zhu Jin shook his head without hesitation.

"Zhu Jin, you don't love Shi Shangbai at all." Ye Banxia laughed bitterly and suddenly said in a cold voice, "I would rather you be alone for the rest of your life than marry someone you don't love at all."

He was never in her or anyone else's consideration. He could tolerate that, but he couldn't tolerate her being with someone like Ishigami Kashiwa, even though she didn't love Ishigami Kashiwa at all.

All of this is challenging his bottom line.

"How do you know that I don't love Shi Shangbai?" Zhu Jin thought, she still feels bad for modern people's habit of talking about love all the time.

"Zhu Jin, I won't play word games with you. Your answer is just for me to confirm the facts." A sneer flashed across Ye Banxia's lips.

Zhu Jin saw it clearly. She looked at Ye Banxia intently and said, "Banxia, ​​I remember you are four years older than me. You are thirty-four this year, right?"

Ye Banxia glanced at Zhu Jin inexplicably but didn't answer. Zhu Jin didn't need his answer. "34 is only one-third of a person's life, considering the average age of death today. You think you have experienced a lot in this life, and maybe that's true, but you will never understand what it feels like to be alone until old age. You will never understand what it feels like to be alone for such a long time in your life."

"You don't understand, so you said you'd rather be alone for the rest of my life, but you know what? I won't and will never agree with anyone to be alone for the rest of their life." Zhu Jin chuckled, "Many people say that if they can't find someone they truly love to spend their life with, they'd rather be alone than be with someone they don't like. But what I want to say is that no matter what, it's better for people to find someone to spend their life with."

"Even if that person has all kinds of problems, even if you quarrel with that person until you grow old, it's better than being alone for the rest of your life. What's more terrible than quarrels and annoyances is loneliness." Zhu Jin looked at Ye Banxia who showed a look of disapproval and shook his head. "When you are young, you can be fearless and enjoy life without fear of anything. But it's different when you are old. You don't understand what it feels like to be old, so you say it so... confidently."

"Do you understand what it feels like to be old?" Ye Banxia could not hear what Zhu Jin said, nor could he accept her point of view. He refuted and asked back as Zhu Jin expected.

"Yes, I understand." Zhu Jin replied calmly, "No matter what it feels like to be old or lonely, I understand it. Because I understand, I don't want to be alone until old." Who understands the feeling of being old and lonely for a lifetime better than her? Because she understands it too well, when she was about to grow old, she got together with Ishigami Bai who was also growing old.

Over the past few years, she has become more and more certain that she does not want to grow old alone again. It is good to grow old with Ishigami Kashiwa and keep him company until old age. When she does not want to grow old alone, she is lucky to still have Ishigami Kashiwa waiting for her for so many years.

"If you just don't want to grow old alone, you still have me, Zhu Jin, you still have me. Shi Shangbai can wait for you for so many years, so can I. I don't know if he can wait for a lifetime, but I can. I can wait for you for a lifetime." Ye Banxia's emotions got out of control a little bit more. His eyes emitted a strange light and he stared at Zhu Jin intently, "Doctor Zhu Jin, you can come to my world."

His world has always been open to her, and he just wants her to be in his world so that he can always see him.

However, she was getting further and further away from his world, until she was increasingly out of reach.

Ye Banxia knew clearly that Zhu Jin and Shi Shangbai were together, and they were so far away from each other that it seemed as if their intersection had never existed.

Zhu Jin looked into Ye Banxia's eyes and recalled the day when she was released from prison for the second time. On that day, Ye Banxia was also like this, with an indescribable weirdness.

"Banxia, ​​it's different. Shi Shangbai is different from you. You've always understood that, right?" Zhu Jin said as she saw the strange light in Ye Banxia's eyes dimming a little bit. She ignored the strangeness in her heart and continued to persuade, "Banxia, ​​we have always been in the same world."

“Heh…” Ye Banxia smiled suddenly, and did not answer Zhu Jin’s words. She just stood up and said goodbye, “Since you don’t agree, I’ll leave first.”

How could they be in the same world? They have never been in the same world. She has her world and he has his world.

She had been in his world, but unfortunately it was too short.

That short period of time was so beautiful and nostalgic that he thought it would be enough for him to remember for the rest of his life. But today, he finds that it is useless to remember it because it was so beautiful.

There is no use in reminiscing about him. How should he spend the rest of his time... Ye Banxia left in a trance.

Ye Banxia came and left inexplicably just like when he came. Until the end, Zhu Jin still didn't understand why he lost his composure like that.

Ye Banxia must have a reason for doing this, but no matter what the reason was, she would never cancel the wedding just because of a few words from him.

Zhu Jin thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure out the reason and had to give up.

The next day, Zhu Jin, who should have been busy but had too many absences and had to continue to be idle, looked at Su Mu and Shi Shangbai Shi Wei who had been wandering around since early morning, thought about it, knew that he would still be useless, and decided to act according to the plan.

Getting married is a major event in life. Although she didn't get married until she was 30 years old, fortunately, it is different from the past when people could become grandmothers at the age of 30. Zhu Jin can frankly tell Helian Lan the news of her marriage as good news.

"I'll go to the cemetery later and talk to my mother about tomorrow's events." Zhu Jin stated his purpose and no one objected.

"Go home as agreed and I'll wait for you for lunch." Su Mu instructed and Zhu Jin nodded.

After packing up, Zhu Jin went to the cemetery with a female guard. When they arrived at the gate of the cemetery, Zhu Jin took the bouquet of flowers and went there alone. The female guard habitually stayed in the car waiting for Zhu Jin to come back. This was a habit they had developed over the past few years.

Zhu Jin talked for a while in front of Helian Lan's tomb, and placed the photo she and Ishigami Bo took a few days ago in front of the tomb, "...I will come to see mom after the wedding."

Zhu Jin was walking down the mountain, but he ran into Ye Banxia who had just come out of the cemetery. Zhu Jin was surprised, "Banxia, ​​why are you here?"

Ye Banxia looked up and was surprised to see Zhu Jin. "Are you here to see Her Majesty the Queen? I'm here to see my father, he's here too."

The cemetery is located on a mountain. Originally, it was only used to bury the royal family. Later, a queen said that since the mountain was so big, other people could be buried there. Later, the area near the top of the mountain became a public cemetery, except for the area near the top of the mountain.

Ye Banxia moved her father here two years ago because she had the financial means, and she has never met Zhu Jin.

"Well, do you have time, Banxia?" Zhu Jin asked, looking at the stubble on Ye Banxia's chin, the dark color under his eyes, and the wrinkled clothes he had been wearing since yesterday.

I have known Ye Banxia for nine years. Although I am not as close as Fuling and the others, I still keep in touch with them. Ye Banxia has been helping her find medicine from the beginning until now, and he has never stopped. Although he has expressed his feelings, he has not mentioned it much over the years because of her clear attitude. But his attitude changed drastically yesterday and he said such words, and he is like this again today. Zhu Jin can't ignore it.

"Yes." Ye Banxia nodded.

"Let's take a walk. I haven't climbed a mountain in a long time. Let's go to the top of the mountain." Zhu Jin chose the route, and Ye Banxia followed behind without any doubt.

Zhu Jin sent a message to his bodyguard sister, saying that he would go down later. Then the two of them climbed up the mountain in silence. They didn't climb very high when Ye Banxia's breathing became disordered and she gasped for breath. On the contrary, Zhu Jin was in good condition.

"Sit down and rest first. I didn't think it through." Zhu Jin hurriedly stopped. Every time he got sick, he would scare people. After Zhu Jin recovered from his illness, he did not dare to be careless. No matter how busy he was, he would pay attention to exercising. Ye Banxia probably didn't pay much attention to it during this period of time.

Ye Banxia sat down obediently without much resistance. Seeing him sit down directly on the ground, Zhu Jin looked around and saw a tree with big leaves not far from the path. He hurriedly walked over and broke off a small branch for Ye Banxia to use as a cushion.

Just as he was about to return, Zhu Jin's neck was suddenly strangled from behind.