novelraw Chapter 455 - 433: The Past
Chapter 455 - 433: The Past
Compared to the wealthy Lu Jinxi, she prefers the current destitute Ashui. At least now, he can be with her without any concerns."Yinyin, will you marry me? We’ll leave the island tomorrow and I’ll buy you a ring."
Seeing her silence, Lu Jinxi became a little uneasy and cautiously asked, "Yinyin, will you? Marry me."
Huo Nanyin turned around and said calmly, "Come with me."
Walking into the yard, even the evergreen trees were covered with water, and the ground was a soft layer of snow, leaving a trail of footprints behind them—his large, hers small.
She opened the wooden door of the house; the inside was very simple, not even a decent household appliance, but the house was very clean, exuding a faint plum blossom fragrance. This was the house they had been living in all these years.
Huo Nanyin walked into her room. He did not follow her in and stood at the door. Not long after, she came out, with an old wooden box in her hands.
Lu Jinxi followed her to the wooden table and sat down, watching as she opened the box and took out a beautiful ring, saying to him, "I have someone I like, and I’ve been engaged."
He was immediately stunned, looking at her with some heartbreak, and asked softly, "Who is it?"
She didn’t hide it anymore, and started to tell their past story, "His name is Lu Jinxi..."
After speaking, she paused and looked at him, thinking this name might trigger something in his mind, but he just quietly listened.
When Gu Qimiao was kidnapped, that plane crash nearly cost him his life. He forgot everything, including his own name.
Huo Nanyin didn’t show any disappointment and continued, "I met him when I was fourteen. He, like you, was six years older than me. At that age when first love appears, he always held an important place in my heart."
"The first time I met him, I was helping out in a friend’s café. I clumsily spilled coffee on him. I was very timid then, afraid of offending others, but he gently said it was okay and asked if I got burned. I thought that chance encounter was over, but he started coming to the café more often, and we gradually became familiar. He would wait until I got off work to leave, using the excuse of giving me a ride home, only later did I find out that our homes were worlds apart."
While recounting all this, Huo Nanyin always had a smile on her face. She never forgot these warm memories, every interaction with him was clear in her mind. Now, telling his story to another person didn’t feel too regrettable, at least he was still by her side now.
"During the high school entrance exam, he helped me with my studies. He was very smart, always able to solve those complicated problems easily. With his help, I got into the high school I wanted, which was very close to his university, so we saw each other more frequently."
"After we fell in love, he told me that he always liked me, but he didn’t dare to say it because I was too young. After the college entrance exam, he proposed to me. I told him that I had liked him for a long time too. At that time, his smile was particularly beautiful, just like when you smile..."
Lu Jinxi listened with a frown. In his mind, these were stories of his beloved and another man, naturally making him jealous.
"I got into his university, but he had already graduated by then. At that time, I thought the future would be as I imagined, forming a family, getting married, and having children with him, but I overlooked the huge difference in our social statuses."