iChapter 761 - That’s Fate (1/2)
After Ban Zou said, “There’s someone outside the door,” the door was brazenly opened from the outside. Ban Zou immediately moved his body and headed straight for the person. The extended hand reached straight for that person’s neck; however, that person calmly said: “Don’t be so nervous. It’s me.”
The hand that Ban Zou had extended was practically about to touch that person’s skin; however, it suddenly stopped. He then looked at the person that had come and said in a dazed voice: “Your… Your Highness the seventh prince.”
The person that had come was none other than Xuan Tian Hua, who was wearing white clothes. Even on this sort of night while doing something like sneaking into someone else’s residence, he still wore a set of white clothes. It was as though it was something that never changed.
He gently lowered the hand that Ban Zou had extended then said: “I heard that Feng Jin Yuan and Yao shi both went missing and was feeling worried about it. I thought at first about going to the imperial daughter’s manor to check on you; however, I found that you weren’t there.” While speaking, he headed toward Feng Yu Heng.
At this time, Feng Yu Heng was still holding those pieces of paper and standing in place. Her little face was pale-white, and her face was filled with grief and feelings of reluctance.
Xuan Tian Hua walked over to her and did his best to wrestle the pieces of paper from her hands. In the blink of an eye, the girl’s fingernails broke through the skin on her palm, as she clenched her hands. Blood appeared and made him extremely distressed. “Let go and be obedient.” Xuan Tian Hua gently consoled her and went to hold her hands to try and loosen her grip. Who knew that with this success, the palms would trade places. Feng Yu Heng’s fingers no longer dug into her own palm, as they dug into Xuan Tian Hua’s hand. In just an instant, the skin on the palm was broken through, and blood began to flow; however, Xuan Tian Hua let out a sigh of relief.
Hurting him would be better than her hurting herself. His other hand went to pat Feng Yu Heng’s head, “I know that you can’t let it go, but with things as they are, no matter how much you can’t let it go, it’s pointless. A relationship is like a rope, and it requires two people to hold it. You’re properly holding onto the rope on this side, but the other side has already let it go. No matter how much you work at it, you’ll just end up with the other end of the rope. Heng Heng, seventh brother saying these things might be a bit heavy, but this is reality. You need to be spirited to face her; otherwise, if it continues to happen again and again, no matter how strong a person is, they will eventually collapse.”
Feng Yu Heng did not make a sound. She had heard what Xuan Tian Hua had said, but she could not recover for quite some time. But the fingers that were digging into his palm were pulled back. She had always liked keeping her fingernails a bit longer. After her fingernails were pulled out of his flesh, Xuan Tian Hua moved quite a bit, and Feng Yu Heng noticed. Only then did she lower her head and notice that it was not just her own palm that had been injured. There was also Xuan Tian Hua’s.
“Seventh Brother.” She frowned and subconsciously reached into her sleeve for medicine, wanting to get some medicine out to treat his wound; however, she was stopped by Xuan Tian Hua, who slightly shook his head to her, only saying: “It’s not a problem.”
Ban Zou had left the room to stand guard, thus he held Feng Yu Heng’s hand and walked over to the bed that Yao shi had slept in. When they arrived, he had her sit down on the bed and faced her confused gaze. Only then did he say to her: “Reach out and feel it. This is the bed that your mother slept in. Regardless of whether or not there is any lingering heat, it was still a place that she had stayed, and it should still have her scent.”
Feng Yu Heng did not understand why, but she still obeyed and reached out. At the moment that she did this, a surge of memories filled her mind, but the odd thing was that these memories were not related to Yao shi, nor were they memories left behind by the body’s original owner. Instead, they had come from her previous life. They had come from the Feng Yu Heng of the 21st century, from when she was young. At that time, her mom was still alive, and she wore a long dress and had long hair that went down to her shoulders. She had a faint and kind smile and would always cup her little face in her hands while saying my daughter, my daughter. Even when her mom became pregnant with her younger brother, she still told her that once she had a young darling, she would not forget about the older darling. They would both be their mom’s darlings.
Feng Yu Heng suddenly understood. In truth, she did not have many feelings for Yao shi herself. All of her feelings stemmed from her mom from her previous life. Because of Yao shi’s face, she had unconsciously brought her mother in from her previous life. It was not that she simply wanted to treat Yao shi as the original owner’s mother. In the end, being unable to get out of this loop was her own failure. What of a face? Even Yao shi realized that she could not just look at the face when looking at people. Yao shi peered into her soul and found that inside this body was not the original Feng Yu Heng. After this timely pull back, she no longer felt reluctant nor attached. But she could not get out. It was only now that she began to wake up and realize that she was no more awake than Yao shi. She could not cast aside what was on the surface to look at the core. In the end, it was her that had been foolish in this game.
“Seventh Brother.” She suddenly raised her head, “Thank you.”
In truth, Xuan Tian Hua did not understand what she was thanking him for. He just told her: “You still have a chance to sit on your mother’s bed and feel where she has slept, but I don’t even have that chance. Compared to seventh brother, Heng Heng is very fortunate. It’s just that you need to remember that in this world, there is a set amount of fate for each person. Whom each person meets, with whom each person becomes close and how long they can stay together, whether that fate is profound or shallow determines just how far you can walk with each other. These are all things that have been determined by the heavens. They aren’t things that can be requested. The fate between my imperial concubine mother and me was so shallow that I can no longer even remember what she looked like, while your fate with Madam Yao was enough to allow you two to stay together until today. It’s already an immense grace granted by the heavens. Listen to seventh brother and take it to heart. You can feel regret, but don’t feel hurt. Even more, do not resent it. There is little reason to look back, as looking forward is the only way to see the path that you must walk.”
After he finished speaking, he extended a hand toward Feng Yu Heng. The person sitting on the side of the bed also extended a hand toward him and finally smiled. He heard Feng Yu Heng say: “I understand. At this point, there should be no reluctance to let go of fate nor any resentment. In truth, I am thankful for the heavens for granting me something that I had once lost many years ago and allowing me to enjoy two brilliant years. I should not cling to it. I should be thankful.”