Episode 93: Xiaxia in Danger, Suspected of Being Kidnapped
Liu Di looked at Zhang Yunqi with heartache, feeling dejected and helpless. She reached out and touched her smooth cheek, her eyes filled with confusion.
Before long, my face will probably turn into a boil over there, just like that one, constantly oozing pus!
"But Sister Liu Yan loves you so much, she won't mind!"
“I will mind! Xiaodi, you don’t understand. If you truly love someone, you can never bear to see them unhappy! Do you think someone like me is qualified to give Yan’er happiness?”
Zhang Yunqi still wore a refined smile, but his whole body was shrouded in a deep sorrow, a sorrow so thick it was impossible to dispel. Liu Di wanted to comfort him, but she knew that anything she said would be futile; they were destined to never have a normal life again!
"Xiaodi, look at Nianliu. She's so cute and beautiful, but she's destined never to have the life of a normal girl. She can't fall in love, get married, or have children. All she can do is play happily when she's young and doesn't understand anything. But when she gets to a certain age, she'll only face the tragedy of waiting to die. Don't you think that's a particularly cruel thing?"
It was clearly a cruel thing, but Zhang Yunqi spoke slowly and deliberately, with a faint smile on his lips. That smile was warm enough to melt hearts, but in Xiao Di's eyes, that warmth was so heartbreaking.
Liu Di's gaze fell on Nian Liu, who was playing leisurely in the yard. Her eyes were filled with endless sorrow. She could completely understand what Zhang Yunqi was saying. She could fully understand the pain that Nian Liu would experience when she grew up, because she was experiencing that kind of pain right now.
The two people on the bamboo house remained silent, neither saying another word, because that kind of sorrow was something not everyone could understand, and neither of them wanted to mention it. If they could, they would rather not face this heart-wrenching pain.
If she hadn't gone through all that back then, she might be married with children and have a happy family now. But life never offers "what ifs," and no one can make the past disappear. So, they have to face this pain and helplessness.
She ran all the way to the edge of the village before squatting down and bursting into tears.
All the beautiful memories collapsed when Zhang Yunqi introduced the woman named Liu Di as his wife. It turned out that in his heart, she was not even as good as that disfigured woman. This made Liu Yan feel extremely painful.
Hugging her knees, she burst into tears without restraint. Hearing him call her "Yan'er," she thought she still held a place in his heart, but she never expected that his intimacy was just to hurt her even more deeply!
When Gu Mingxia reached the village entrance, she saw Liu Yan weeping bitterly. Gu Mingxia felt a lump in her throat and an urge to cry as well. Often, couples in relationships are truly helpless; they know the other person is hurting them, yet they still can't bring themselves to forget.
Don't be too sad, you still have me!
She squatted down and hugged the thin Liu Yan in her arms. It had only been a short time since she last saw her, but when had she become so thin? Her arms looked like they would break if you squeezed them. Gu Mingxia felt a pang of heartache, but she could only pat Liu Yan's back and couldn't say anything.
"Xiaxia, how could he do this? How could he treat me like this!"
Liu Yan collapsed into Gu Mingxia's arms, saying unwillingly that she still didn't understand why Zhang Yunqi could be so heartless as to leave her after ten years of relationship with her!
If Liu Yan had seen Zhang Yunqi's wife today as a beautiful woman, she would have accepted her fate. But why did she have to be a woman confined to a wheelchair with half her face disfigured?
This made Liu Yan feel even more resentful. She felt like a joke, loving someone so deeply but never being able to win the heart of the man she loved!
"Liu Yan...it's alright, everything will be alright!"
She really didn't know how to comfort Liu Yan, and could only say this pale sentence, because she knew that the pain was not something that could be relieved by a few words of comfort from others. Gu Mingxia felt that no one could understand the pain of losing the one she loved most.
"Tell me, how could Yun Qi... abandon me and choose her for a woman like that?"
Gu Mingxia was speechless for a moment. She thought of what Zhang Yunqi had said: "If you don't love someone, you just don't love them anymore!" But how could she say such a thing to Liu Yan? Perhaps, as Zhang Yunqi said, he really didn't love Liu Yan anymore! But... this was too cruel for Liu Yan, who was so devoted to him!
Seeing Liu Yan's face streaked with tears and looking at her with confusion, Gu Mingxia reached out and wiped away her tears, her eyes filled with heartache.
"Liu Yan, be good, everything will be alright! You're tired, go back to the hotel and rest!"
Completely preoccupied with Zhang Yunqi, Liu Yan said nothing. Supported by Gu Mingxia, she got into a taxi. The driver, seeing Liu Yan's tear-streaked face, frowned in confusion.
"You...are sad?"
The driver's Chinese wasn't very fluent, so he only asked this one question. Gu Mingxia hugged Liu Yan and looked at her, who was unwilling to speak in her arms. She gently patted her back before looking up and smiling slightly at the driver.
"Thank you for your concern. Please take us back to our hotel!"
The driver nodded, turned the car around, and drove back. He kept comforting the two of them along the way, but he didn't speak English; instead, he spoke the local dialect, which left Gu Mingxia completely confused.
Only when he occasionally uttered a few English words could Gu Mingxia hear him mention things like not to be sad, that life here was good, and that there were no outsiders to bother them... etc. She kept smiling and saying thank you. No matter what, he was showing concern for them, and they had to be polite at the very least!
Back at the hotel, Gu Mingxia ordered some food, but Liu Yan couldn't eat a single bite. She took a shower and went to bed. Gu Mingxia sighed; she knew how Liu Yan felt, so she tried not to disturb her.
After eating her fill, Gu Mingxia tidied up a bit. She checked the time, but couldn't sleep anyway, so she took a shower. Then she opened her laptop and saw a bunch of messages from Xiao Yan on MSN.
Looking at those caring words and then at the heartbroken Liu Yan, Gu Mingxia suddenly felt incredibly lucky. The man she had been waiting for had finally returned. Although neither of them were the same as before, thankfully, there was still love between them. They had crossed seven years and chosen to be together again!
She replied to Xiao Yan's message, and to her surprise, he replied instantly. So he'd been online all along! This thought filled Gu Mingxia with a sweet warmth.
Just as she was about to reply to him, her phone rang. Gu Mingxia glanced at it and, sure enough, it was Xiao Yan calling.
Thinking that Liu Yan was sleeping, Gu Mingxia quietly got up and went outside the room. After thinking for a moment, she was afraid of disturbing Liu Yan and making her unhappy. She took her phone and went down one floor before calling Xiao Yan back.
"Xiao Yan, is there something you need when you call me?"
"No, I just missed you and wanted to hear your voice."
It was quiet on Xiao Yan's end. Gu Mingxia guessed that he was probably sitting on the sofa in the living room, lazily calling her.
"We'll be going back in a few days. Why are you acting like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy? You're so annoying!"
Gu Mingxia leaned against the wall, speaking with a hint of teasing. Sure enough, upon hearing her words, Xiao Yan's sunny laughter came from the other side.
"Does that mean you can't get tired of things when you're over thirty? Xiaxia, you have no idea how empty this house feels when you're not home. I'm even a little scared to be alone here!"
Yes, we've gotten used to each other's company, so it's really hard to adjust when that person isn't around one day. Gu Mingxia thought about how she felt when Xiao Yan came home late that time, and a gentle, sweet smile unconsciously appeared on her face.
Nothing can compare to the fact that the person she loves also loves her, and needs her even more than she does. Gu Mingxia looked at the bracelet on her wrist and spoke slowly.
"You mean to say that you used to have women with you every day in your villa, right?"
As Xiao Yan listened to Gu Mingxia's obvious misinterpretation of his meaning, a doting smile appeared on his lips. This was his Xiaxia, this was the kind of relationship he wanted.
"I've always had high standards, and only a woman like you can catch my eye. I wouldn't look at anyone else but you!"
"Yes, I know I'm perfect, you don't need to praise me like that!"
Gu Mingxia looked upstairs with some concern, wondering how Liu Yan was doing. When she saw people coming from both upstairs and downstairs at the same time, Gu Mingxia turned to the side.
"I'm not talking anymore, Liu Yan is in a bad mood, I'm hanging up now!"
After saying that, Gu Mingxia hung up the phone and checked the time. It had only been a few minutes, so Liu Yan would definitely be fine! Holding her phone, Gu Mingxia hurried upstairs. But as soon as she reached the door of her hotel room, she was knocked unconscious from behind and dragged into the elevator. Meanwhile, Liu Yan was still immersed in her grief in the room, while Xiao Yan in Xiangcheng was laughing foolishly at his phone.
No one expected that Gu Mingxia would encounter such a thing in just a few minutes. The next day, Liu Yan got up early. When she sat up, she looked at the big bed next to her. The computer was on, but Xiaxia was not there.
"Xiaxia... Xiaxia..."
After calling out a few times without getting a response, Liu Yan got out of bed, puzzled. Could it be that she had gone out on business? Thinking this way, Liu Yan wasn't too worried. She went to wash up and change her clothes. After getting everything ready, she waited for a long time but still didn't see Gu Mingxia return. So Liu Yan picked up her phone and called her.
"Brother, this bitch's phone is automatically answering!"
"Shut down!"
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