Chapter Seventy-Three Past

  "She... " realized what she was about to say was very rude, so Meng's words stopped there.

  That 'girl', as if she hadn't heard anything unusual in Meng Er's words, smiled and asked: "Yan Ge, did you bring a girl with you?" The intimacy in her voice was revealed without reserve in this back-and-forth conversation.

  "Yes, I'm his girlfriend!" Yan led Meng Er by the hand to stand in front of her, "Meng Er, this is Yu Er!"

  "Hello!" After a hurried greeting, she was pulled by Yan into the courtyard, without having time to see the confusion on her small face.

  The small courtyard is very clean and tidy, passing through the courtyard into the main hall, a wave of ancient color and fragrance comes. A kind of rustic feeling, rushed to face.

  "Has Yan Shao arrived?" An old woman appeared before them, and the eight immortals table was already filled with food. "Who is this girl?"

  "Xiao Auntie, this is my girlfriend!" As soon as Yan Yi's words came out, the woman called Xiao Auntie, who was holding a bowl, paused for a moment, then quickly glanced at them and followed them back, while Yu'er continued to pretend to be injured.

  Although these movements only lasted for a few seconds, they were still discovered by the meticulous Meng. Turning back, she saw Yu's hand stiffly supporting herself on the door frame, her empty eyes seeming even more distant. Meng looked at the stiff smile on her face, could it be...

  "Meng'er, Meng'er..." Yan pulled Meng'er's hand, bringing her thoughts back.

  "What's wrong?" Meng'er looked at Yan Yi, had he just said something?

  "What are you thinking?" Yan Yi slightly leaned down, facing her and said, "You're calling someone! Xiao Shu is 'Yu'er's mother, it's just the two of them living here!"

  "Aunt Xiao is good! Sorry, Meng Er was rude! I hope Aunt Xiao will forgive me!" Meng Er slightly nodded her head to express her apology.

  "It's okay, it's okay, you must be hungry, let's eat!" Then, he said and went over to help 'Yu' sit down.

  At the dinner table, Meng'er listened to their conversation and roughly guessed that Yan Yi and 'Yu' were probably childhood sweethearts, but didn't know why 'Yu's mother and daughter lived in a remote suburb far from the city. Although the environment was beautiful and the air was fresh, it was more inconvenient. However, she only spoke a few words when mentioning her, and spent the rest of the time smiling silently while eating!

  After dinner, Meng Er watched as 'Yu' Er skillfully helped her mother clean up the things on the table. Feeling embarrassed standing by and watching, she went forward to help. But, was pulled back by Yan Yi's hand, walking towards the outside of the door!

  "Why didn't you let me go help, 'Yu' er's eyes..." The words "lost her sight" were stuck in Meng'er's throat. She thought it was such a sad thing for a girl to lose both of her eyes!

  "You go help and instead add to the chaos!" Yan Yi said, circling around to the side of the courtyard where a ladder was placed, and in just a few movements climbed up onto the roof!

  Meng'er watched as he shed the mask of loneliness and coldness in the city, agilely climbing onto the rooftop like a mischievous child, her eyes widening in surprise!

  "Dare not come up?" Yan Yi was standing above, holding onto the ladder and looking at Meng Er with a playful face!

  "The majestic capital has climbed up, let alone me, a humble maid!" Meng'er said self-deprecatingly, holding onto the sides of the ladder and preparing to climb up!

  "Who says you're a maid? You are my queen!" Yan's calm voice, with solemnity, said above Meng'er.

  The queen... Meng Er's foot is stuck on the ladder.

  You are my queen... like an ancient taboo, it echoes in my ear, one sound at a time.

  Under the moonlight, her eyebrows and eyes were smiling, with a slight curve at the corner of her mouth. The usual cold and overbearing face was tinged with a hint of shyness. In his eyes, Meng Er saw a girl, whose eyes revealed an unbelievable glow. She saw herself releasing her hands, wanting to touch that face, wondering if it was like the ancient him, not a phantom but a real existence.

  But it was still a little short, so she thought of taking one more small step forward...

  "Meng'er..." Her hand was grasped painfully, only then did Meng'er come back to her senses. Her suspended body made her realize that she had just let go of the handrail on the ladder, but she had forgotten that she had only climbed halfway up.

  "Hurry up and get back on the ladder!" Yan Yi's urgent voice commanded, Meng Er endured the thumping heart that was about to jump out of her chest, carefully stepped back onto the ladder.

  Then, holding onto the ladder, she climbed up. As soon as she got up, she was hugged into an embrace: "You scared me to death! How can you be so distracted all the time?! What should I do with you?!"

  Then, Yan Yi fell onto the rooftop, carrying Meng Er, and pressed her head against his 'chest'. Meng Er listened to the strong and powerful thumping sounds from within his 'chest', transmitted through his 'chest' into her ears.

  "Aren't you curious about Yu'er's eyes going blind, and why the mother-daughter pair lives here?" Yan Yi's voice came through with a humming sound in her chest.

  Meng'er didn't respond, although she was curious, but also respected others and wouldn't intentionally pry. Yan Yi seemed to know that she wouldn't ask him proactively, so he took the initiative to pour out his heart.

  "Yu'er's father is our family driver, and Yu'er and I have been playing together since we were kids. To be honest, it was only for a few years! Because after that thing happened, Xiao Xiao never followed me around again!"

  Meng'er raised her head and saw the starry sky twinkling above them. Yan Yi paused for a moment, adjusted his emotions, and continued.

  "That day we were in primary school first grade, 'Yu' er's dad came to pick us up after school! My mom liked 'Yu' er very much and always treated her like a biological daughter. Before the accident happened, she was studying at the same school as me!"

  "That day, when we arrived near my home, a car suddenly came out and crashed into ours. 'Yu's' father didn't have time to look after Yu in the back seat, he quickly pulled me into his arms. But he was hit on the head by the scattered wooden debris that broke through the glass, and the blood stained my face, so pungent, so hot..."

  Meng'er stretched out her hand and wrapped it around his waist, hoping to give him some strength to let him ease up a bit. After a long while, she said the ending that Meng'er had guessed.

  Then, Yu'er's father left and Yu'er was injured by broken glass in the eyes and became blind. Later, some changes occurred at my home, so they mother and daughter returned here. They lived very poor until I found them.

  I didn't ask Yan Yi about the changes in his family, I thought it was like Yu'er's past, when the time came, he would naturally tell me. But at that time, I never thought that when I knew why his family had changed, my life trajectory also underwent a huge change! It was like a train running along the track, suddenly derailed and moving forward in an unknown direction... either towards destruction or rebirth...