Recognized by My Ex After Being Reborn-Chapter 233 - Why does everyone have to define her
Chapter 233: 233 Why does everyone have to define her?
Chapter 233: 233 Why does everyone have to define her?
Duan Langxi originally didn’t want to bother with the Missy, finding the little girl utterly unreasonable. He couldn’t understand why Yan Shixiu never did right by her, always favoring strong-willed types. Weren’t gentle, virtuous, cute, and generous girls preferable?
However, due to his desire to protect Shi Lan’s shortcomings, Duan Langxi replied, “If you’re aware of all this, aren’t you afraid of being heartbroken upon hearing it? He asked me two questions. First, why does Shi Lan suffer from insomnia; second, why does Shi Lan dislike celebrating her birthday. I could feel that your boyfriend loved his deceased wife very much. Even the new girl he’s found is her shadow.”
“Did you tell him all about Shi Lan’s condition?”
“The dead are gone, of course those who are alive are more important. I told him to help him move on. As for you, I advise you to figure out his feelings for you and not to become someone else’s substitute,” Duan Langxi kindly and earnestly cautioned Shi Lan.
Shi Lan rose from her chair and before leaving, she said to Duan Langxi, “Do you know why, when you hypnotize me for treatment, I never sleep for more than a minute?”
Duan Langxi was momentarily taken aback.
“The decor is too tacky, as if stuck in the same tackiness of a decade ago.” Having said that, Shi Lan left swiftly with Sun Ling.
This time, it was Duan Langxi’s turn to be stunned.
Because no third person knew about this matter—only he and Shi Lan were aware. How could this girl in her early twenties know?
Shi Lan had deliberately teased him, which is why she spoke in such an equivocal manner.
Letting every word out of your mouth be about the dead.
“Boss, Yan is filling in the gaps with you, ways he couldn’t with his past life with you. Perhaps, he also had many doubts and misunderstandings about you. Yan is a deep thinker; you must understand why he does this,” said Sun Ling.
Knowing her insomnia, he purposely moved next door to her.
Knowing her aversion to celebrating her birthday, he worked to change her perspective on birthdays and promised to properly celebrate it for her next time.
Everything this man did was for Shi Lan, even carefully making sure she didn’t discover his efforts.
“Take me to the apartment,” Shi Lan said after composing her serious expression, turning to Sun Ling.
At that moment, she wasn’t sure if her threats would work on Yan Shixiu.
She just felt that having not seen him for just one day and one night, it seemed as if worlds apart.
Her phone was too quiet, quiet to the point of sadness.
When they arrived at Yan Shixiu’s apartment door, Sun Ling stopped Shi Lan, saying, “Boss, how about I accompany you upstairs?”
“No need.”
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“I’m worried that you’re unwilling to communicate well with Yan and will just break it off,” Sun Ling said earnestly, clutching her arm. “Not only Yan, but even I would think you don’t care about him as much, that you care more about freedom. Yan, with his attentiveness, has surely prepared for the worst.”
“Go back.”
Why must everyone define her?
Why are there so many ‘I think’ and ‘I assume’?
…
When the time entered into the late hour of ten o’clock, Shi Lan finally pushed open the door to Yan Shixiu’s apartment. Her round trip to see Duan Langxi had delayed her substantially.
At this moment, Yan Shixiu was at home, simply dressed in a bathrobe, crouched beside the coffee table feeding the kitten goat milk.
Perhaps sensing the approach of a threatening presence, the kitten’s fur bristled and it hissed before scurrying under the couch.
The atmosphere in the living room suddenly became very heavy. Yan Shixiu took a deep breath, but he didn’t turn around because he knew the young miss had come to pass judgment.
“When did you recognize me?” Shi Lan stood behind Yan Shixiu, asking as she tried to suppress the surge of emotions.
“You went to the graveyard with a bunch of black roses and left familiar handwriting at the gate’s registration,” Yan Shixiu replied, “But most importantly, it was your eyes, one glance and I knew. Everything after that was just superfluous corroborative evidence.”
“I thought I could keep it hidden for a longer time. I didn’t expect…”
“I know you don’t like the Shi Family, and you dislike the Yan Family even more. You’ve finally regained your freedom and have no intention of getting too involved with me. The time I could keep you was already more than I could ask for. If you want to leave, just go cleanly. Once you’re out this door, I won’t bother you again.”
Just as Sun Ling had said, Yan Shixiu’s silhouette appeared as though it was torn in half by pain.
She couldn’t even speak before he had unconfidently cut off all his means of retreat as if it was impossible for Shi Lan to stay for him.
“Last question, haven’t you said it before? You’d wait for me to ask in person. Why did you only take forty percent of the company I created myself and didn’t want any of the Shi Family’s property?”
“Without you, the Shi Family wouldn’t be able to hold onto the property. I didn’t want them to squander your hard work. Are you satisfied with this answer?”
Shi Lan felt as if her heart was being ripped out, the pain was so intense she could barely breathe normally.
“So you…”
“I love Shi Lan. I never told her because I was held back by my pride, and I deeply regret that,” Yan Shixiu finally confessed earnestly.
“Love my ass. Is love inexplicably losing contact with someone? Not returning home, not answering calls. Do you think by avoiding me, I won’t get angry with you?”
“Yan Shixiu, we’ve had countless arguments, and in those past three years, such scenes were almost a daily occurrence. You never backed down before, so what now? Are you letting me go?”
“Shi Lan…” It had been too long, and when that name left Yan Shixiu’s mouth, both felt the unfamiliarity, “I really want to tie you down, to use whatever means to keep you by my side, but… thinking of the suffering you went through, I can’t let you endure the same fate twice.”
“I want you to be free…”
When Yan Shixiu said that last sentence, his voice was mixed with a sob, but he held it back, not letting Shi Lan see his expression.
Shi Lan’s eyes also reddened, her voice hoarse, “Turn around.”
Yan Shixiu didn’t move.
“Yan Shixiu, turn around,” Shi Lan urged patiently, tugging at Yan Shixiu’s robe.
Yan Shixiu shifted his feet with difficulty, finally turning around, but his eyes were red-rimmed, and he dared not meet Shi Lan’s gaze.
Shi Lan took a step forward, reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of Yan Shixiu’s eyes, and said, “If you had told me all this right after waking up, I would have scorned you and walked away without a second glance, but after doing all that you have, constantly pulling at me, how can you expect me to be free?”
“Everyone thinks I have a heart of stone, that I would not change for anyone, that I would do anything for freedom, and even I thought so myself. Perhaps I am just as you all imagine. But last night, I realized something.”
“Yan Shixiu, although I hate to admit it, from the first time I saw you, I’ve been awkwardly trying to be kind to you in my own way. Marrying you, bringing you under my protection. Even though we fought every day, never have I spoken harshly to you. I, Shi Lan, never mince words to please anyone, but even in our fiercest arguments, I would never really hurt you.”
“No… No one would dare to argue with Shi Lan in this world.”
