Chapter 778 (1/2)
Ye Ningyuan sent Xu Xing home and saw the majestic castle. Xu Xing was a little melancholic and turned to look at Ye Ningyuan. Although Ye Ningyuan did not have any intention of getting out of the car to visit them, she still smiled and asked, “Would you like to greet my parents?”
He smiled and said, “Just go ahead. I’ll head back first.”
Xu Xing felt disappointed. If it weren’t for the Zhang family, he could have simply ignored her. They had known each other since young, but then he suddenly disappeared for eight years. While hearsay had it that he went to Great Britain for further studies, she could not locate him despite pulling all the strings and had no idea where he went. She eventually went to his G.o.dmother, Jiang Lixue, to ask about his whereabouts in Great Britain, but the Ye family remained mum and did not tell him a word.
Five years ago, he returned.
She recalled she visited the Zhang family that year and happened to encounter the Ye family who visited too. Holding little Hailan, he was walking behind.
As City A was in a perpetual spring, it was sunny and beautiful all year round. When she saw him eight years on, he had become a svelte and handsome teenager. Under the light, he had a gentle smile on his face, making him unbelievably good-looking. In that moment, she felt b.u.t.terflies in her stomach and her face reddened, completely lost in his smile. She finally understood that her feelings for him all these years were no longer the guilt from her childhood.
It wasn’t until she heard his deep voice amidst the laughter did she realize that she was utterly mesmerized by him.
She had always remembered that his hands were gentle, pale, and tender. But now, she felt the gentle callous within his good-looking and strong hands. Since then, her heart had been beating abnormally. Although she could not recall the exact moment, she hoped that time would freeze so that she could grow old with him.
They had few opportunities to meet in these five years. Thus, by virtue of her femininity and his gentlemanliness, she would never fail to be clingy with him and pestered Mommy Zhang to allow him to spend time with her since she knew that Mommy Zhang and he knew each other well.
Whenever they celebrated Chinese New Year, she would love to head to the Zhang’s mansion as she knew that Ye Ningyuan would certainly be there. Seeing them interact with each other, everybody knew that Princess Xu Xing had a thing for Ye Ningyuan and was pursuing him.
The Zhang and Xu families, hoping for the best outcome, tried their best to bring them together.
Because of Zhang Bo, Ye Ningyuan tried his best to fulfill whatever Jiang Lixue and her husband wanted of him. While he seemed gentlemanly, polite, and elegant before people, he, however…
She recalled something he said two years ago. When she managed to gain admission into Cambridge University that year, she was exceptionally happy. Ye Ningyuan was in London, and she looked him up to celebrate her successful admission. He did not turn her down and even graciously wished her all the best.
Xu Xing always knew that Ye Ningyuan treated her well because of the Zhang family and… her elder sister, Xu Nuo, the person whom he loved. He occasionally entered a trance when he saw her, and she could see the gentleness in his eyes, but she also knew that she was not the person he saw.