The man opened his palm, and a bright red love bean lay prominently in his hand.
"Give it back to me!" Su Ruanruan reached out without hesitation, trying to snatch back the missing love bean.
Huo Yan, too, hadn't expected to be able to stop Su Ruanruan's carriage by sheer chance. Looking at the stubborn woman before him, he asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'll roam freely to the ends of the earth," Su Ruanruan replied firmly, and once again extended her right hand to Huo Yan, wanting to retrieve her love beans.
Unexpectedly, Huo Yan slightly turned his body, dodging Su Ruanruan's hand. He looked down at the love bean in his palm, knowing full well who had made it and how precious it was to Su Ruanruan.
Mu Bai left her resolutely, but she longed for him day and night and could not forget him.
And what about him? In her heart, there wasn't a single place for him. She even cruelly strangled their child with her own hands.
Whenever he recalls these events, Huo Yan feels an unbearable pain in his heart, as if it were being churned by a thousand sharp blades at the same time.
If that child were still alive, they would never have ended up in this state.
"Su Ruanruan, can't you forget him? We had some wonderful times together, and you have no lingering feelings for me, but what about our child? Isn't he innocent?"
As he flew into a rage, the red bean in his hand, a symbol of longing, instantly turned to dust.
"No!" Su Ruanruan's breath hitched, and she watched helplessly as a gust of wind blew the powder in his hand away, making it disappear without a trace.
Su Ruanruan's eyelids slowly drooped, and her curled eyelashes trembled gently.
She sat back down like a soulless puppet, neither weeping nor cursing, but simply sitting there quietly, her eyes lifeless.
After a long while, she finally raised her head, looked calmly at Huo Yan, and slowly said, "We have no children. We have never had any children together."
Huo Yan was utterly shocked, his voice filled with disbelief, "How could this be..."
Su Ruanruan smiled sadly, "I did have a child, but unfortunately... it wasn't your child."
"You're curious about the month or so I was missing, so I'll satisfy your curiosity today."
Memories of the past flooded back to her, and Su Ruanruan personally reopened the bloody wounds, slowly recounting the painful experience once again.
"At first, I didn't know who the mastermind behind everything was. It wasn't until Chu Ran sent people to drag me to the edge of a cliff that I realized that he was the one who started it all."
Su Ruanruan closed her eyes tightly, her voice trembling slightly, "He told me that the child's biological father is a filthy beggar..." After saying that, she chuckled softly, but tears glistened in the corners of her eyes, "Surprised? Unexpected?"
"Is General Huo satisfied with this answer?"
Huo Yan stood frozen in place as if under a spell, unable to recover for a long time.
He never expected this...
"Ruanruan..." he murmured Su Ruanruan's name softly.
Su Ruanruan pushed him away forcefully and jumped off the carriage, but Huo Yan held her tightly. Together they leaped onto the back of Liefeng's horse and galloped away like a whirlwind.
The fierce wind only stopped when they reached a quiet, deserted riverbank.
Huo Yan hugged her tightly from behind, burying his head in her shoulder, his voice choked with emotion, "Ruan Ruan, let's start over, okay?"
Su Ruanruan sneered, "Huo Yan, do you think your love is as deep as the sea? If I were to start over with you, where would Fu Xinrou fit in?"
"You should understand that I never had any real feelings for you. I only wanted to use your status for protection..."
"From the moment you saved Fu Hengfeng with your get-out-of-jail-free card, there was no possibility between us, not even being able to be friends anymore."
"Huo Yan, let me leave."
...
On a stormy night, Huo Yan was reading in his study. He hadn't turned a single page in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn when he was suddenly startled by a deafening clap of thunder.
He grabbed his raincoat and hurriedly went out the door.
Fu Xinrou stood under the corridor, silently watching his figure gradually disappear into the distance.
The maid asked in confusion, "Miss, it's so late, where is the general going? The chicken soup you made..."
A hint of indescribable loneliness appeared on Fu Xinrou's face as she softly said, "I don't know."
The maid couldn't help but feel anxious for her. "Miss, you and the general have been married for so long, but you haven't consummated your marriage yet. I'm really worried about you."
Fu Xinrou's face turned even paler, as pale as paper. She was heartbroken. "Although there were reasons for what happened back then, I was the one who let Brother Huo Yan down. I know in my heart that Brother Huo Yan is now in love with Miss Su, and he only married me out of necessity."
"I don't know what my father and brother said to Huo Yan in prison, that he would actually agree to marry me..."
"This position... should have been Miss Su's."
The maidservant hurriedly said, "Miss, please don't think such nonsense. The general and you are childhood sweethearts. If the general had no feelings for you, why would he have married you with such a grand wedding procession? You and the general have a long life ahead of you."
Huo Yan suddenly remembered that Su Ruanruan was afraid of lightning, and he only remembered that Su Ruanruan had left the capital after he stepped out of the mansion.
It has been half a month since I last saw her off.
However, Huo Yan was unaware that that farewell would be their last.
When he returned home, he received news that Fu Hengfeng, who had been exiled, had been assassinated.
Their deaths were inexplicable and gruesome, and no one knows who committed the heinous act.
Huo Yan couldn't help but think of Su Ruanruan. Could it be her?
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