novelraw Chapter 216 - 142. If I had stayed in Qing City all along, I might have been able to marry you sooner.
Chapter 216 - 142. If I had stayed in Qing City all along, I might have been able to marry you sooner.
Mu Jin Huan didn’t answer but slowly asked in return, "Can we start exchanging questions now?"Nan Wan nodded absentmindedly.
He never forced her to talk about the past she didn’t want to share. Every time, they exchanged questions, this kind of equality made it more acceptable for her than any other way.
As long as he exerted some connections to check, he could know everything that happened from her birth up to her twenty-six years today, but he didn’t do that.
So, she didn’t reject it.
The woman’s gentle body left his embrace. Although Mu Jin Huan felt empty, he also sighed with relief.
Otherwise, if she moved a bit more in his arms, there might be a reaction.
He was very clear about what happened last night. When he was awakened by his biological clock in the morning, the deep and shallow marks on the skin of the naked woman in his arms were nothing less than shocking.
Even though he put pajamas on her, she showed no signs of waking up, sleeping deeply.
So, even if he wanted, it couldn’t be now; he had to let her take her time.
He pulled the woman’s delicate little hand into his palm, gripping and releasing, not finding it boring at all, asking unhurriedly, "Why do you like Lu Li?"
Upon hearing this question, Nan Wan wasn’t surprised; his meaning had already been very clear in the living room.
There was no fluctuation in her delicate eyebrows, very calm, "There is no reason for love."
If she could find out why, it wouldn’t have started. After Lu Li fell in love with Nan Feng at first sight, perhaps her life wasn’t that difficult.
Mu Jin Huan’s gaze fell on the wedding ring between the woman’s fingers, his handsome face gentle, saying slowly, "There are always some clues to be found."
As he spoke, he placed the hand with his wedding ring against her palm, interlaced his slender fingers with hers, ten fingers intertwined, then released, repeating the action just now.
Playing with it carelessly, as if he found a new toy.
Nan Wan let him manipulate her hand, her gaze falling lightly on the carpet, as if contemplating an appropriate way to narrate.
After a long time, she slowly spoke, "Lu Li used to live next door to the Nan Family, we’ve known each other since childhood. When I was a child, I didn’t like to talk much; before I met Shen Zhimei, he was my only friend."
As she spoke of these things, she felt very calm inside, not as painful as imagined.
The childhood taken away by rushed years, as long as she wanted, seemed to appear clearly in her mind scene by scene.
"During the two years I rarely went to school, he would climb up the big tree outside my bedroom window every night. After calling my name, without speaking, he would throw candies into my room one by one."
"During that time, besides my brother, it was only him. Many times I could hear Uncle Lu admonishing him by pulling his ears outside my room, so I wasn’t as afraid to sleep."
Mu Jin Huan stopped his hand movements, having already mentally prepared before she spoke, yet when he truly heard it, he unexpectedly found a tide of unfamiliar emotions surging in his heart.
There was heartache, but more than that, an unprecedented jealousy.
The woman leaned against the sofa beside him, her voice indistinct from usual, revealing no oddity.
Only her scattered long hair hid her small face in shadows, with her eyes downcast, so he couldn’t see if countless memories were hidden within.
Her black eyes were as deep as a dark abyss.
Nan Wan seemed to sense the man’s change in mood, taking the initiative to lean into him.
Having asked, he probably didn’t want to keep it hidden anymore.
Her exquisite face was gentle and serene, "Later, my home changed and was no longer a home, the Lu Family moved away from the Qingfeng Villa District, Lu Li and I lost contact and never met again. It wasn’t until the start of junior high that I saw him at the freshman welcome event, after which we were always in the same class, for three years of junior high and three years of high school, he was my desk mate."
How simple can love be in one’s school days?
Even placing the exercise books together felt sweet.
To Nan Wan, Lu Li was the brightest light in her dark youth. Compared to love, perhaps more... it was a habit.
How frightening can the word ’habit’ be?
It’s deep into the bones.
So, when Lu Li met Nan Feng, the overwhelming sense of loss made Nan Wan feel as if her heart was lost, making food tasteless, unable to see the light.