In the room.
Ye Xiaotao took off her wedding dress and looked at the haggard woman in the mirror. The corners of her lips curled up into a smile.
She was abandoned again.
This time, no one wanted her anymore.
She felt very tired and lay on the bed with her eyes closed to sleep.
Her sleep lasted until night. There was a knock on the door. Auntie Miao said, “Xiaotao, I’ve brought you dinner.”
Ye Xiaotao sat up. “Auntie Miao, come in.”
Auntie Miao walked in with a tray.
“Xiao Tao, don’t be too sad. You’ve lost a lot of weight recently. Don’t think about anything. Eat your dinner first.” Auntie Miao gently stroked her soft hair.
“Okay.”Ye Xiaotao nodded. She picked up a spoon and drank some soup.
“Auntie Miao.”
“Yes?”
Ye Xiaotao’s long eyelashes fluttered, “You and Daddy don’t have to worry about me. I’m not that fragile. I won’t fall. To be honest, it’s good that Gong Yi doesn’t marry me. This marriage is unfair to him. He can find a good girl who loves him.”
Auntie Miao sighed. “All these years, I’ve watched you with my own eyes, going around between Leng Hao and Gong Yi. It’s good that you don’t get married. Auntie Miao knows that your heart is still with Leng Hao.”
“Auntie Miao, don’t mention him ever again! I hate him!”
“Xiao Tao,” Auntie Miao gently pulled her into her arms. “How can there be hatred without love? Today, Gong Yi did the same thing as Leng Hao in the past. Why don’t you blame Gong Yi, but hate Leng Hao so much?”
“That’s because…”
“Shh, don’t say it. Even if you can lie to me, can you lie to your own heart?”
Ye Xiaotao buried her pale little face in Auntie Miao’s arms in pain, “Auntie Miao, I don’t know what I did wrong. Why did he treat me like this? Four years ago, I gave all my love to him, but what happened in the end? I lost Xiao Xiaotao, and I lost half my life!”
“Four years later, I wanted to forget about him and start over again, but he came to pester me. I couldn’t bear with his bewitchment. When I saw him with Xue Wu, it made me feel uncomfortable. When he went down to save Gong Yi, he asked me to marry him again. I agreed. I agreed. He asked me what I would do if he couldn’t come back. I told in my heart that I would wait for him until I couldn’t wait anymore”
“He called me when I got home. To be honest, I was very happy. I thought he was going to discuss the wedding date with me. I was thinking that time that I definitely wouldn’t follow him easily. I wanted a wedding, I wanted to wear a wedding dress, I wanted to hear him promise me his life in front of God. I wanted him to accompany me day and night to make up for the wounds he had caused me in the past…”
“But he told me on the phone that he didn’t love me that much. He said that he would forget about me. He said that he would marry a girl who was better than me and have a lot of children…”
“Auntie Miao, my heart hurts so much. I hate myself. Why am I always so stupid? I always fall for the same b*stard twice. I hate him even more. Since he doesn’t love me, why did he come to flirt with me?”
Tears blurred her vision, and Ye Xiaotao buried herself in Auntie Miao’s arms, sobbing in pain.
Auntie Miao kissed her hair like a mother. “Did he really say that?”
“Yes, I remember every word and sentence he said!”
“Xiaotao,” Auntie Miao distanced herself from her. “There’s something your father has been hiding from you. I don’t know if I should tell you.”
“What?”
“That time, afterLeng Hao saved Gong Yi, he suffered a very serious injury.”
Ye Xiaotao was stunned, then she shook her head. “How can that be? No, I think he’s fine. He didn’t say anything either…”
“Your father came back to clean up the aftermath. According to the doctor, Leng Hao’s right leg was corroded by strong sulfuric acid, and a large piece of the bone inside was not spared. That small section of the leg’s needs to be removed through surgery and require a long time for regeneration.”
Ye Xiaotao’s brain exploded with a bang. She could not understand what Auntie Miao was talking about at all.
“No, this is not true. You must be lying to me. He is at least 1.9 meters tall. If you let him amputate, what will he do in the future? I don’t believe it. I absolutely don’t believe it!” Ye Xiaotao covered her trembling red lips and shook her head frantically.
“Xiaotao, calm down. I know it’s hard for you to believe, but it’s true.”
Ye Xiaotao held Auntie Miao’s arm. “Then how is he now? It’s been two months. How is he?”
Auntie Miao shook her head. “I don’t know. Leng Hao didn’t have the surgery here. He took a special plane back to Hong Kong. He must have been leaving after talking to you on the phone.”
“B*stard! This b*stard! He really doesn’t want me back in Hong Kong. He really wants to cut off the connection with me!” Ye Xiaotao cried and laughed, “Is he afraid that I dislike him thats’ why he said that? Idiot, this idiot, it’s all his wishful thinking!”
Auntie Miao took out a tissue to help her wipe her tears. “Xiao Tao, don’t cry. He probably wants you to be happy.”
“He wants me to be happy, and he wants me to be happy with Gong Yi!”
Auntie Miao sighed. “Actually, Leng Hao hasn’t been having an easy time these past few years. Xiao Xiaotao belongs to both of you. You bear the pain of losing your son, but he bears the pain of losing you and your son as well. How much pain will he feel when he returns to Hong Kong?”
As she spoke, Auntie Miao rubbed Ye Xiaotao’s head. “Xiao Tao, Auntie Miao knows that you can’t let go of Xiao Xiaotao’s death. However, we all have to move on with our lives. You may have children, but the person you love will be missing for the rest of your life.”
“Men and women are different. Their thinking is very simple. Sometimes, they don’t understand a woman’s heart. Take Your Daddy for example. There was a time when the maid wasn’t around and it was raining outside. I asked Your Daddy to go outside and retrieve the clothes. He did it. But he retrieved the clothes, the pants were still outside…”
“Haha.” Ye Xiaotao burst into laughter.
Auntie Miao revealed her face. “I think Leng Hao and your daddy are on the same level. We were unlucky to marry a man with a negative EQ.”
Ye Xiaotao wiped her tears. Her beautiful eyes were bright. She pouted and said in a low voice, “Four years ago, it was my fault that we got to the last step. He didn’t understand my heart and I didn’t tell him what I wanted. In the end, we went against each other.”
“Xiaotao, it’s good that you understand. A marriage needs to be managed. Men and women complement each other.”
“Okay.” Ye Xiaotao nodded.
“Alright, Xiaotao, I know you’ve thought it through. You’ve walked out of the past. This is the so-called ‘putting one’s life on the line to survive’.” As she spoke, Auntie Miao picked up the spoon and fed her the soup. “Okay, this soup is still warm. Let’s stop it here and eat first.”
“Okay.” Ye Xiaotao went over to drink the soup.
However, she furrowed her brows immediately when she smelled the fishy smell in the soup as if she was going to vomit.
“Xiaotao, what’s wrong?”
Ye Xiaotao covered her mouth and ran down from the bed quickly. She held the toilet bowl and vomited so much.