Chapter 28 (1/2)

Chapter 28

He cupped her face and looked down at her eyes which had turned red from crying. “Don’t be like this, Anhao. I’m back. No one can hurt you anymore. Don’t be afraid, don’t hurt yourself like this.”

Seeing the pain in his eyes, she pushed him away with her arms forcefully as she retreated a few steps back. “You got engaged a month ago! You don’t have any right to care about me! No matter what I become, it doesn’t concern the members of the Yi family!”

Her eyes were distant. Yi Zeyang did not go near her any more, in case she stepped back to the roadside where it was dangerous. He only said, “My engagement is just a business marriage for the Yi family with my return. I have the final say on whether I get married or not! This has nothing to do with what we’re talking about right now.”

How did it have nothing to do with it?

If it had nothing to do with it, she would not have gone to work at a bar selling alcohol. It was all because she found out that he was engaged!

She would not have been so stupid to fall into Gu Shishi’s trap and gotten humiliated! She would not have gotten married to a stranger accidentally the next day!

She would not have escaped from Yi Zeyang’s world completely!

Even though Anhao had definitely changed a lot, she had been smart and clever since she was young. She would never go to extremes, even though she was emotional right now she would not go overboard.

Yi Zeyang was rather worried that something would happen to her being so emotional, after all they were right beside the road. He could only speak calmly, “Anhao, let’s talk some place else. Before I went abroad five years ago, the thing you told me about…”

“There’s nothing to talk about, Mr Yi. This is near A High, please act more appropriately.” Anhao did not dare to think about the past. She interrupted him— afraid to look at his face. She turned around and walked toward A High.

No matter what Yi Zeyang had experienced for the past five years, and what the Yi family had explained to him about the mother and daughter leaving. No matter how much she liked this man in the past, from the night he got engaged a month ago, everything had changed.

Yi Zeyang did not chase after her. He stared at her going toward A high and not running elsewhere.

Just like when they were young, when she was being immature and fooling around, he would sternly lecture her. He would let her walk alone, give her some peace and quiet so she had time to reflect and think things through.

What Yi Zeyang did not know was, his Anhao no longer had the freedom to think nor choose.

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The weather in November was incredibly chilly when it rained. Chunchun and Huang Amao were in their room and had called Anhao several times but no one answered.

The sky had turned dark. She was gone for the whole afternoon and had yet returned.

Just as they were about to go out to find her, the door swung open and they saw Anhao, who was soaked by the rain, entering the room like a ghost.