"Later you wanted to eat it again. I really didn't understand what you were thinking. You told me once that when you saw me for the first time, I asked you to come over and treat you to yam cake. You thought it was the most delicious cake." Yining thought of the somewhat timid young Cheng Lang, and how he had treated her so sincerely, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
She continued, "You stayed at my place and didn't want to go back to the Cheng family. The Cheng family's maids came looking for you, but they couldn't find you anywhere. I got anxious and mobilized the maids and servants at home to look for you everywhere, but they still couldn't find you... After they left, I discovered that you were hiding in my closet, and you were asleep in it. It was really funny and I didn't know whether to beat you or not..."
Cheng Lang's hands trembled as he listened to her. His emotions were so intense that he didn't even know how to express them in words...
Those years were one of the few happy times in his life. He relied on her and loved to follow her around like a little tail. He wouldn't let go of her... After her death, no one treated him well anymore. Lu Jiaxue was just using him. Cheng Lang didn't like others liking him either. He felt that all his happiness had died with her. Power and status, had he ever cared about these things?
He was no longer the innocent young Cheng Lang. Facing this memory, he actually had some inappropriate thoughts. No matter how much he cursed himself as worse than an animal, it was useless. She was the only one who had treated him well in the world... He had never expected that she was still there! She was right in front of him!
She had suffered so much, yet she sat in front of him and lived peacefully.
So what did he do? The things he did were so heartbreaking!
At first, he wanted to use her to get rid of Zhao Mingzhu's marriage, and even deliberately had an ambiguous relationship with Yi Ning. At that time, Yi Ning saw him acting so wildly. What did she think of him in her heart? Later, she was almost flirted with by Shen Yu. He saw it, but he didn't care! If Luo Shenyuan hadn't saved her... then Yi Ning would have been harmed by him! He almost let Shen Yu flirt with her!
...That’s Luo Yining!
Cheng Lang could no longer control his trembling, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.
Yi Ning turned around and saw Cheng Lang slowly kneeling in front of her. He held her hand, lowered his head and buried it in her lap, and apologized hoarsely: "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you... I'm sorry." Yi Ning could only see his straight nose, but not his expression. He pressed her hand tightly, but then she felt a damp heat in his palm.
He seemed to be suppressing a great deal of guilt or excitement, and Yining heard breathless sobs.
Yi Ning looked at him quietly, then slowly reached out and stroked his hair. "Alang, don't cry. You wanted to use me to get rid of Mingzhu. You saw others suffering and turned a blind eye... You even wanted to threaten me with Cong Wan? Although I felt chilled watching this, I didn't say anything. I don't believe you don't know your tricks that hurt the enemy a thousand times and hurt yourself eight hundred times..."
His slender body was curled up. Even though he was such a grown man, he really cried like a child in front of her.
Cheng Lang stood up, and before Yi Ning could react, he hugged her tightly in his arms.
Cheng Lang's embrace was so unfamiliar to her that Yi Ning felt uncomfortable and immediately tried to break free. But then she heard him whisper in her ear, "I didn't know it was you... If I knew, I..." If he knew, how could he do these things! He would definitely hold her in his hands. If anyone dared to touch her, he would tear them into pieces!
He had indeed become someone she didn't recognize. In Yi Ning's eyes, he was still the child following her, but he knew he wasn't. He felt extremely dirty. What she had taught him was never suitable for him to survive in the treacherous officialdom. And his thoughts...
Cheng Lang held her tightly, neither letting go nor speaking, only suppressing his low breathing.
Yi Ning felt his arms were a little tight, and could smell the unfamiliar faint fragrance on him. She patted his back and said, "You...you should stop hugging me like this. So let's forget about everything. Let Cong Wan and I leave. I hope you will see that I've been kind to you in the past, and don't hurt any innocent people..."
She doesn't understand at all!
Cheng Lang smiled bitterly and hugged her tightly, regaining what he had lost. He could only say, "You... probably don't understand, but you have to remember, no matter what you say, I will agree. No matter what it is."
After hearing this, Yining was confused. What did Cheng Lang mean by this?
But he was holding her in his arms, and Yi Ning couldn't see his expression at all.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door: "Master Cheng, have you finished your questioning? It seems that someone is coming..."
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