Stars In His Eyes

Chapter 1839: Sincere Feelings

Speaking of Little Tuanyuan, this nephew, both He Da and Chen Ning’s expressions softened a bit. Chen Ning even said, "Little Tuanyuan is so adorable. I wonder if my and He Da’s future children can be half as cute as Little Tuanyuan!"

Listening to Chen Ning, Ye Zi sat quietly there with a faint smile on her lips. She didn’t interrupt Chen Ning, who endlessly talked about Little Tuanyuan, and Ye Zi never showed the slightest impatience.

It was over half an hour before He Da took Chen Ning and Ye Zi to say goodbye and leave. After watching them go, Ye Zi couldn’t describe how she felt, but she sincerely wished that He Da and Chen Ning would remain so in love for a lifetime.

Back in her room, Ye Zi placed the wedding candy on the bed. As always, Chen Ning was generous, sending a whole big bag of candy.

Opening the bag, Ye Zi casually picked up a piece of candy, unwrapped it, and put it in her mouth. The candy melted, instantly filling her taste buds with a rich, creamy flavor.

Like all girls, Ye Zi loved sweets and was especially fond of candy.

An inmate passed by, saw the wedding candy on Ye Zi’s bed, and came over to talk, "Wedding candy? Your friends must really care about you to send you wedding candy even when you’re in here?"

"Yes, they just got married." Ye Zi smiled and then grabbed a handful to hand to the inmate, saying, "If you don’t mind, join in the celebration."

"Then I won’t be polite! Your friend must be as generous as you are, seeing this big bag of candy, it must weigh a couple of pounds, and they’re all brand-name candies! Your friend is really wealthy!"

Ye Zi casually replied a few words to send the inmate off. After the inmate left, Ye Zi sat back down, intending to put the candy away when she noticed something resembling an envelope sticking out from the candy bag. She thought it was an invitation but upon pulling it out, found it was indeed a letter, with nothing written on the envelope.

Doubtful, Ye Zi opened it and pulled out the letter inside. As soon as she saw the handwriting, her heart skipped a beat.

It was Lin Deng’s handwriting, she recognized it.

After putting the candy away properly, Ye Zi picked up the letter to read. It took Lin Deng a long time to write it, and Ye Zi spent a full ten minutes reading it. When the last few lines fell into her eyes, her nose tingled slightly with sourness, and despite trying to hold back, she couldn’t stop the tears from welling.

Lin Deng said he would wait for her, to take her as his bride.

If these words had been spoken by Lin Deng to her six months ago, before she came here, she might have been moved to tears of joy, would have readily agreed, and promised she would wait for that day to come.

But now is different from the past.

Ye Zi didn’t know how a murderer could still be qualified to marry Lin Deng.

And why did Lin Deng suddenly want to marry her?

Is it out of guilt? And not knowing how else to compensate, so he thought of offering himself? Thought of marrying her?

Or, is marrying her Lin Deng’s way of saying thank you?

Is it a charity? Or pity?

Ye Zi tore the letter into shreds, bit by bit. She didn’t need it.

Nor could she afford it.

A woman’s pride always seems strongest in her weakest moments.

Because she had lost everything she could lose, all she had left was her worthless pride.

After He Da and Chen Ning left the women’s prison to return, Lin Deng began counting the days with his fingers. Three days later, hopeful again, Lin Deng went to the women’s prison. He thought this time Ye Zi would surely see him, but, just like in the past six months, he waited half a day, and Ye Zi still didn’t show up, only sending a message through a guard telling him not to come again.