Chapter Seventy-six: Learning to be Strong

  The melody echoes in my ears again and again, and tears trickle down my face.

  "Han, you're really here!" A familiar voice suddenly sounded in my ear, I lifted my head to look at him, and my eyes were filled with tears.

  He held me tightly in his arms, stroking my hair and said softly: "Do you know how worried I was about you! The whole world is looking for you, don't run out recklessly again, I almost got scared to death!"

  I lay in his arms, quietly sobbing. His embrace was as warm and strong as the night, but the only difference was that his arms had a faint scent of lily flowers, which made me feel very comfortable. Lying in his arms, I gradually forgot my tears and slowly fell asleep in his arms.

  After a long time, I finally woke up. I raised my head to see that Leng Xuan was still holding me, but he had fallen asleep. I gently struggled free from his embrace, but unexpectedly woke him up instead.

  He looked at me with a cautious expression and smiled: "Do you want me to let go directly?"

  I stared at him in surprise: "Sorry, I woke you up!"

  "He shook his head and said: 'You're actually blushing!'"

  "Ah?" I hastily covered my face with my hands. No, it shouldn't be hot!

  "Pffft!" He immediately stood up and ran off laughing.

  "You... actually deceived me! Just wait until I catch you, you'll be in trouble!" I also stood up and hastily chased after him.

  He suddenly stopped, and due to inertia, I fell into his arms all at once, still that familiar lily fragrance.

  "Promise me, be my girlfriend!" he said seriously to me all of a sudden.

  I looked at him, suddenly feeling a little dazed. The night reappeared in my heart, and I realized that I loved him too deeply. I shook my head: "I can't do this to you, I won't let you become the second Ouyang Sheng."

  "I don't mind, even if you still have her in your heart, I just hope that there can be a little space for me in your heart." He said with sincerity.

  Tears gently swept across her face: "I don't want to give you false hope, you know I love the night. This lifetime my heart can't hold anyone else."

  "Sorry! Don't cry, I won't force you. But will you let me protect you? In the days without Nangong Ye, I'll be the one to protect you." He pleaded, his eyes filled with sincerity.

  I didn't want to see him disappointed again, so I nodded.

  Seeing me agree, he excitedly hugged me in his arms: "Thank you for giving me the chance, I will make you forget him, believe me!"

  I don't speak, but in my heart I recall Ouyang Sheng once said the same to me. Whether or not I can let go is only known to myself. I understand that this lifetime I won't be able to let go of Nan Gong Ye, even if he betrayed me. My heart will still follow him.

  "I cried hard for the entire winter, leaving you as a memory of yesterday. I repeatedly thought about it and finally understood that love is cruel......" The phone suddenly rang, I struggled out of Leng Xuan's arms, took out my phone: "Hello!"

  "Brrr! I'm Cheng!" a tense voice came from the opposite side.

  "Really? You've come?" I asked in surprise.

  "I heard something happened to you and came right away! Where are you now?" Cheng asked anxiously.

  "Don't worry, I'm fine, Xuan and I are together, we'll be back soon. You go to school and wait for me!" I said calmly.

  "Alright!" He said and then hung up the phone.

  Leng Xuan looked at me and asked: "Who?"

  "Got it!" I said lightly, without a hint of emotion. Because I knew that this was something that Ming should know about, but he didn't want to talk about it, and neither did I. I don't know when there became such a barrier between us siblings, leaving me at a loss for how to eliminate it. Although I knew it was their way of protecting me, I still couldn't accept it.

  "I'll send you back!" Xuan said with some melancholy.

  I looked at him and said: "Only Cheng came, Ye didn't come. So you still have to protect me!"

  "Huh?" Leng Xuan looked at me with some incredulity.

  I smiled and said: "Don't you want to? Let's go back!" After that, I walked away alone.

  Leng Xuan chased up: "Then the first thing I protect you is to take you for breakfast, go?"

  "It's delicious, go!" I said with a happy smile, although my heart was still bleeding, but I had to learn to be strong.