Yao Yanxin looked at Ruan Shengpeng. Perhaps because he had been traveling for a long time, Ruan Shengpeng's face had become much rougher, and his hair had started to turn gray.
Yao Yanxin touched her hair with a start, realizing that she might have gray hair too, but no one had told her.
Ruan Shengpeng saw Yao Yanxin looking at him with complicated emotions, her eyes no longer filled with the tenderness they once held. He couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
Why did you come here without leaving me a message?
"I left it. I left it for a colleague at the factory. Did you go to the factory to find me yourself?"
These words made Ruan Shengpeng lower his head. It seemed that he had not gone to the factory to look for her, nor had he verified whether she was really not in Beijing.
"I'm sorry, when I came back from my injury to our courtyard, I found that my sister was living there. Later, I was sent to the hospital again. After I recovered, I left Beijing."
"I've had people investigate, and my dad has had people investigate too, but there's no news about you and your two children. Where are the children? Are they all asleep?"
"Everyone's asleep at this hour!"
"Can I go see the child?" Ruan Shengpeng's eyes were full of anticipation. He had missed so much, and he didn't know when he would be able to come back next time.
Yao Yanxin shook her head: "Both children are asleep, and besides, I don't want anyone to know you've been here! Let's talk about some things, and after we've talked, we'll go our separate ways."
"Yan Yan, what do you mean? You want to leave me?" Ruan Shengpeng looked at Yao Yanxin with a look of horror.
Yao Yanxin nodded: "In the past six months, I've been thinking about our past. We got married in a hurry more than ten years ago, but we've actually only been together for less than a year, and our feelings for each other weren't that deep!"
"Yan Yan, I fell in love with you at first sight, and my heart has always belonged to you. I swear on the Party!" Ruan Shengpeng hurriedly defended himself!
Yao Yanxin looked at Ruan Shengpeng: "I believe you are not the kind of person who would easily change your mind, but we are not a good match. I asked you this question before we got married, and you said you could make the decision. I believed you, so I paid the price!"
"What exactly happened that made you leave Beijing with your child, without even taking any money?!"
How did you know I didn't bring my money?
“I went to our yard and found that my sister was living there. I asked them to leave, but my mother said that the yard already belonged to my sister!”
At this point, Ruan Shengpeng glanced cautiously at Yao Yanxin, as if afraid she would get angry, but Yao Yanxin seemed not to have heard him at all.
This made Ruan Shengpeng feel even more bitter. They had spent all their sweet moments in this courtyard. During the more than ten years he had been away, this courtyard was the place he thought about the most.
Whenever he thinks of this courtyard, no matter how dangerous or difficult the situation, he is able to face it and solve it.
Is he the only one left reminiscing about that courtyard now?
"I know I've disappeared for over a decade without giving you any news, and I feel terrible about that. But it was my duty. As a soldier, I had no other choice!"
Yao Yanxin shook her head: "When I married you, I knew this day would come. I can understand whatever you do because of your profession, but now that you're married to someone else, you shouldn't..."
"I haven't married anyone else, I really haven't, Yan Yan, you have to believe me!"
"Whether I believe you or not is no longer important! Before the Lunar New Year, I was waiting for you to come back, but reality slapped me hard in the face, and I was beaten into a pulp."
Hearing that Yan Yan's face had been beaten black and blue, Ruan Shengpeng felt sorry for her and wanted to go forward and touch her face, but Yao Yanxin took several steps back, her refusal was very obvious!
“At that time, I knew we couldn’t go on like this! I’m an orphan, not worthy of the Ruan family’s standards, so there’s no need to force myself on you.”
"Let's take this opportunity to separate. You can marry someone of equal social standing according to your mother's wishes, and I'll finally have some peace and quiet."
"What about me? Yan Yan, haven't you ever thought that I can't live without you?"
"We've only been together for less than a year. I hope you're doing well, and I'm doing well too. From now on, let's each go our own way!"
Ruan Shengpeng: "......."
"Yan Yan, did my mom do something that makes you so wary? So wary that you don't even want to be with me anymore?"
Yao Yanxin lowered her head and did not answer immediately. She was indeed wary of Ruan's mother and felt that her life was quite good and there was no need for her to get involved.
What exactly did my mom do?
"What's past is past. There's no need for you and your son to have any grudges. As long as you don't stay with me, you won't have any conflicts!"
"How could there be no conflicts? How could I possibly get along peacefully with my mother? I've already told my father that I'll only give him some money for his retirement, nothing more!"
Yao Yanxin looked at Ruan Shengpeng with some surprise. Was this true?
Ruan Shengpeng nodded: "My mother lost you, and even dared to intercept your money, occupy our yard, and bring in some random woman to impersonate you."
“These are not things I can tolerate. More importantly, I know you can no longer live with my mother, and it's best to avoid seeing her altogether.”
"In that case, let me be the bad guy. Yan Yan, can we live together as a family from now on? I promise my mom won't bother us!"
Yao Yanxin shook her head again: "Everyone says that those who enter the walled city want to get out, and those who get out want to enter it again. But I'm different. I think my life is pretty good right now!"
"I think my life is pretty good right now, I'm very content, I don't want you, this uncertain factor, to interfere with my life, and I don't want anyone else to come knocking on my door!"
These words were like a sharp sword piercing Ruan Shengpeng's heart. He never imagined that he had become an uncertain factor in Yan Yan's eyes.
Thinking about his profession and what he was currently doing, which was indeed full of uncertainties, Ruan Shengpeng smiled bitterly: "Yan Yan, I'm sorry, I ultimately couldn't give you a good life!"
Yao Yanxin shook her head: "There's no need to apologize. It was my choice back then. You've put my mother at ease as she leaves this world!"
My mother's health has been poor since my father passed away. She kept pushing herself because she was worried about me. She passed away soon after seeing me get married!
"The task I've taken on now can't let anyone know about our relationship. Doesn't Mom want that woman to take your place? Then let her be the target!"
"And that girl next to my mom, do you know who she is?"
Yao Yanxin hesitated for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't know!"
Ruan Shengpeng stepped forward and touched her hair: "She treated you like that, and you're still so kind as to help her cover it up?"
(Guess who gave birth to that girl?)
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