Yunxi's eyes held a hint of amusement, but she maintained a serious demeanor, deliberately teasing him, "What are you saying?"
Rong Youze squeezed her hand, his dark eyes shining brightly. "Say it again."
Seeing his expectant look, Yunxi couldn't hide her smile and couldn't bear to tease him anymore.
I said, you're the only one in my heart.
Rong Youze's eyes were filled with laughter, his heart was instantly filled, so full that it was hard to breathe.
After the initial joy subsided, he calmed down for a moment, then took Yunxi's hand and gently stroked it in his palm.
"Today, I want to take you to meet someone. What I'm about to tell you might upset you. You can vent all your frustrations to me later, anything goes, just don't keep it bottled up, okay?"
"What's wrong? Why are you being so mysterious? Tell me quickly." Yunxi's smile hadn't faded yet.
“Xu Muyao… he is not married, he has never been married. That girl was rescued from a drug den by him, and the two of them have no relationship whatsoever.”
The sudden message left Song Yunxi somewhat stunned. Her smile gradually froze on her face, and she said softly, "Continue."
"He became addicted to drugs on duty, progressing from oral inhalation to intramuscular injection over a period of six years. His health gradually deteriorated, and he was eventually diagnosed with liver cancer..."
"He took my advice and went abroad for treatment; his flight was today..."
At Beijing Capital International Airport, after checking in his luggage, Xu Muyao glanced at his phone, then looked up at the entrance. He knew perfectly well she wouldn't come, but he clung to a sliver of hope that she might need to go on a business trip today.
People always harbor hope beneath their delusions.
He chuckled self-deprecatingly and murmured, "What am I hoping for?"
Immediately, he lowered his gaze, suppressed his inappropriate emotions, put his phone in his pocket, and turned to walk towards the security checkpoint.
At that moment, a hurried figure rushed into the airport hall and ran straight to the international flight security checkpoint.
After weaving through the crowds, I finally saw him at the security checkpoint.
"Xu Muyao!"
The man paused, then shook his head. He must have been delirious to be hallucinating. The voice in his memory seemed distant. He continued walking forward.
"Xu Muyao!"
The hurried footsteps behind him gradually approached, and Xu Muyao was stunned again. Before he could turn around, he was suddenly pulled out of the security check line.
"Xu Muyao!" Yunxi gasped for breath, unable to speak, only glaring at him with furrowed brows. After a long pause, she finally spoke: "Is lying fun?"
A familiar face, a familiar voice, a familiar taste, and a familiar... sharp tongue.
Xu Muyao stood frozen in place, staring at the lifelike girl with her beautiful eyes wide open, as if he were dreaming.
"Why are you here? Did you come especially to see me off?" He stared at her incredulously, trying to suppress his emotions, and asked the question in a seemingly relaxed tone.
"If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known you were such a good actor. You think lying is fun?" Her bright almond-shaped eyes were full of anger.
Xu Muyao looked at his beloved girl with a mixture of helplessness and heartache, and sighed with a smile, "You know everything? Rong Youze really talks too fast, he tells you everything. I thought I could keep it from you forever..."
Why did you lie to me?
Her shoulders were trembling violently, and he panicked instantly. Seeing tears welling up in her crystalline eyes, he whispered an apology: "I'm sorry, with this broken body of mine, I can't give you anything, let alone promise you a future. I can't hold you back..."
He wanted to wipe away her tears, but his hand, hanging by his side, rose and then fell again. It wasn't appropriate; she had a new life now, and he had no right to do so.
Yunxi broke down in tears, cursing and yelling, "You bastard! You bastard! You bastard!" Each cry was sharper than the last, as her desperately suppressed emotions finally erupted.
She desperately vented her unhappiness, crying about their past and how they had truly become two parallel lines that would never intersect again.
Two hearts, cruelly toyed with by fate, drifted further and further apart in the vast sea of people. Once missed, they were gone forever. Even if she knew the truth, she could never go back.
"My uncle must be sneezing at home." Xu Muyao teased her, trying to suppress his reddened eyes.
"Okay, stop crying, you won't be pretty if you keep crying."
"None of your business! Whether I'm pretty or not is none of your concern!"
The suppressed sobs, carried along with the clamor of the airport crowd, sounded especially heartbreaking.
Xu Muyao nodded bitterly, looking at her tearful face, and said gently, "Yunxi, you must be happy, otherwise... I will be very unwilling. I believe that Rong Youze will do very well, and will definitely be better than me. Please thank him for me, thank him for bringing you to see me off. I am satisfied, and thank you for being willing to come see me."
After saying that, he looked up at Yunxi's back, remained silent for a moment, and then smiled self-deprecatingly as if he had remembered something.
"Actually, there's something I've kept hidden in my heart for a very long time, and I've never told you..."
He took a deep breath, a glistening tear in the corner of his eye. "The breakfast I had when I was sixteen was always delivered by Rong Youze, not me. He was timid, daring to deliver it but not daring to admit it, while I selfishly claimed the credit for myself. Without his contribution, I probably wouldn't have been able to catch up with you."
Yunxi stopped sobbing, and memories of that year flooded her mind...
Every morning when she walked into the classroom, there would be a hot breakfast on her desk, with different dishes every day. She always thought it was a gift from Xu Muyao, and it was with these breakfasts that her budding teenage feelings quietly blossomed.
Xu Muyao looked down at her, his eyes filled with bitterness. "You see, fate is cruel. After all the twists and turns, you still end up falling for him."
Yunxi savored his words, "Why are you telling me this now?"
For a moment, Xu Muyao felt ashamed that his selfish side had been exposed, and the beautiful time he had spent with Yunxi felt like it had been stolen.
Life is unpredictable, and fate cannot be controlled.
After venting, all that's left is a vague sense of melancholy.
Yunxi covered her eyes with her hand, concealing her complex emotions. After a long while, she looked up and met his gaze, "Come back alive, come back healthy..."
In the face of life and death, nothing else matters; just being alive and healthy is enough.
She opened her arms wide and smiled openly, "Let me hug you again."
Xu Muyao paused for a second, then pulled her into his arms, holding her tightly for the last time, as if trying to meld her into his very being, "Yunxi..."
"Promise me you'll come back healthy."
This was the last thing Yunxi said to him before he boarded the plane.
Xu Muyao leaned against the window, closed his eyes, and silently recalled everything about her, as if he had lost his soul. From now on, she and he would really have nothing to do with each other anymore.
Face hardship with equanimity, endure the pain of transformation, and only after the pain has passed can life be reborn like the morning sun.
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