novelraw Chapter 595 - 682: Back Then, I Loved a Woman
Chapter 595 - 682: Back Then, I Loved a Woman
Chapter 595: Chapter 682: Back Then, I Loved a Woman
"What are you looking at?"
She glared at him, asking indifferently.
Feng Jiu Mei didn’t answer but turned and walked into a room, gesturing for Shen Cheng to follow him as he entered.
Shen Cheng hesitated, then followed him inside, intending to see what secret he was keeping.
This was a study, and the decoration and layout were simple yet distinct.
Right by the entrance was a bookshelf, which extended from the door to the balcony inside. It was supposed to be a bookshelf, but there wasn’t a single book on it.
The top three shelves and the bottom three were filled with photo albums, picture frames, and crystal photo ornaments.
Shen Cheng was stunned by these photos as soon as she entered the study.
"You must have never seen these pictures before."
Feng Jiu Mei leaned on the bookshelf, the corners of his mouth hooked with a faint smile.
Indeed, Shen Cheng had never seen these photos before.
She had always thought that Shi Yu didn’t like taking photos, but unexpectedly, he had so many pictures.
Some of the photos here were of him alone, while others were of him with Feng Jiu Mei, and the rest were solo shots of Feng Jiu Mei.
These photos looked as if they had been taken years ago, probably when they were seventeen or eighteen.
Their appearances back then were nearly identical to now, the only change being that their youthfulness had matured into adult sophistication.
Shen Cheng stood in front of the bookshelf, slowly raising her hand, her slender fingers gently grazing over the photos.
"Did something happen between you two?"
Finally, she asked the question.
She thought, if nothing had happened, Feng Jiu Mei certainly wouldn’t have disappeared for so many years, nor would he have gone to such lengths to play that previous game.
Also, why did he have the surname Feng, not Shi?
Feng Jiu Mei fiddled with a small crystal ornament, glancing at her sideways, "Are you really curious to know?"
Shen Cheng glanced at him, then diverted her gaze, not answering.
"You are different from other women," Feng Jiu Mei tried to capture her gaze, his normally deep-set eyes now tinged with a probing look, "No fighting, no grabbing, no greed. Without desire, without demands, without obsessions."
No fighting, no grabbing, no greed, without desire, without demands, without obsessions.
Shen Cheng liked this phrase.
She turned to look at him, fell silent for a moment, and then said, "I want to know."
Feng Jiu Mei closed his eyes briefly, a smile lifting the corners of his mouth, his voice a bit deeper, "Back then, I loved a woman."
Shen Cheng was slightly taken aback.
Loved a woman?
She turned her head to look at Feng Jiu Mei, "What happened after that?"
Feng Jiu Mei once again closed his eyes, as if immersed in the past, "After that, the woman left."
"Why?"
"Because your man played an excessive game with her."
"What?"
"Making her choose between a stick of death and one with my name on it."
Shen Cheng furrowed her brows, "Then what did she choose?"
Feng Jiu Mei smiled lightly, "She chose not to play this game."
Shen Cheng realized, "She was afraid of dying, so she refused to play the game and also gave up on you."
Feng Jiu Mei was still smiling, "Just a love that couldn’t withstand the test, and it’s taken me so many years to let go."
In that moment, Shen Cheng finally understood the entanglement between Feng Jiu Mei and Shi Yu.
She also became clear as to why he had had her taken away before, yet did not harm her at all.
Because this game was designed to test her feelings with Shi Yu.
Clearly, this love had overcome everything, transcending life and death.