Chapter 217 A Terrible Man (1/2)
Song Baohua was a real person, but she wasn't the one who was the homegirl of A Miao's mother nor the one who took A Miao out of the orphanage and took care of her. At that time, everything including the photos taken with A Miao's mother was fake.
But for A Miao at an early age, it was the only warmth after she lost her mother, so she regarded Song Baohua as the closest person without hesitation.
”Then Zhou Xiao is not your daughter, is she?”
”No, I abducted her by accident.”
A Miao felt that the milk in her mouth became difficult to swallow. She put down the cup and lay down. ”You can go out. I'm going to sleep.”
”Good night!” Song Baohua did not say anything, but closed the door and went out.
This was the seventh night since A Miao was kidnapped to the island. Apart from not being able to make phone calls and get in touch with the outside world, her life was no different. The only difference was that as her daily contact with Yu Sihan, she increasingly felt that he was terrible, contradictory, and mysterious.
”Have you ever imagined your look when you get old?” One day he brought a mask and showed it to A Miao.
It was an old man's face with wrinkles interlaced on the black and yellow mask which was very lifelike.
”How is it?” Yu Sihan even put the mask on his face and asked her.
”Can you still recognize me?”
A Miao, ”…”
”It's very ugly, isn't it?” Yu Sihan's voice came out under the mask and was somewhat depressed. ”But have you ever thought that one day you would become like this?”
”Birth, aging, illness, and death are natural processes. I think I will get used to them.” A Miao looked at the flowers beside her and she really didn't want to see that face.
Yu Sihan looked very enjoyable and wandered around the room with the mask. ”People always say that the aging of heroes and beauties is the cruelest thing in the world. No one can escape death.”
A Miao didn't say a word. She was used to this guy's feeling that she didn't know what it was from time to time.
”If you became like this, would Shen Xinglan still love you?” Yu Sihan was unwilling to perform alone and asked A Miao to cooperate with him. ”How about giving you plastic surgery like this and sending you back?”
”...” A Miao looked at him with her heart trembling. She could not tell when Yu Sihan was joking and when... he's serious.
Yu Sihan laughed and said, ”See! You are scared.”
”No one wants to make his face look like that.” A Miao didn't dare to gamble, so she had to follow his meaning and said, ”This is different from natural aging.”
”You're afraid that Shen Xinglan would abandon you if you looked like this!” Yu Sihan's tone suddenly became serious. ”You don't even dare to look at yourself. How could a man want you?”
A Miao moved her fingers and her palms were sweaty.
”Everyone has a love of beauty. Everyone likes beautiful things!” She tried to lighten her tone. ”Look, I think you look handsome!”
Yu Sihan stopped walking along the corridor, quickly took off his mask, and threw it on the ground.
”Do you think that I look handsome too?”
The young man's smile in the sunshine was brilliant and beautiful, merging with the background of the blue sea and sky, which was like a picture scroll. But A Miao knew how cold and heartless his heart was under that smile.
She once saw the boy throw a living man into a pond with a huge shark in it.
”Handsome...” A Miao nodded with her throat squirming.
Yu Sihan ran quickly to her, squatted down, looked up and asked, ”Am I more handsome than Shen Xinglan?”
”… You are more handsome than him.” A Miao felt that if she said no, or he looked as handsome as Shen Xinglan, she would end up miserable.
”Why!” Yu Sihan touched his face and stood up. ”Unfortunately, it is good that if you were born a few years later, or I could have gone to see you earlier.”
A Miao shivered and did not understand what he meant.
”Ah!” Yu Sihan seemed to remember something again. He ran to pick up the mask and threw it into the trash can. ”So it's better to dispose of this terrible thing as early as possible.”
There were many other situations like this. Even one night after A Miao fell asleep, she suddenly felt someone nearby. She opened her eyes immediately and saw Yu Sihan standing at the end of the bed.
”You... what are you doing?”
After the event, A Miao felt that her response deserved the Best Actor Award. She didn't scream or panic. She just looked at Yu Sihan and asked in a very normal tone, ”What are you doing?”
”I suddenly had a suggestion. Would you like to hear it?” Apparently, he was satisfied with her attitude, went around her pillow, and grabbed a strand of hair to twine.
A Miao lay motionless. ”You say, and I'll listen to it.”
”How about finding a way to live forever?” Yu Sihan touched her face. ”How disgusting it will be to have such tender skin with wrinkles!”
”It is good...” A Miao tried not to tremble. ”But... where can we find the method to live forever? It is only in the story!”
Yu Sihan immediately stood up and ran out. ”I'll help you find it! I'll find it!”
After another week of trepidation, Song Baohua, who had not watched her get up for a long time, came again this morning and specially chose a beautiful skirt for her.
”Young Master said that there will be guests coming today and told me to help you dress up.” As she said this, she also combed a delicate hairstyle for A Miao and finally pinned a bright red flower behind her ear.
”Well, it looks much better!” Song Baohua satisfactorily invited her downstairs.