Chapter 41：Fiery as ever (1/2)
”Caihong!”
She froze in her steps for a moment but then continued walking.
Zhiyuan continued following her. ”Wait Caihong!”
She didn't respond. She quickly increased her pace until she reached the deck of the ship. A cold breeze fluttered her hair, but her forehead was covered in sweat.
He gritted his teeth and grabbed her wrist, stopping her. ”Caihong! I just need to talk to you.”
Caihong shook off her wrist and glared at him. ”We don't have anything to talk Zhiyuan. Leave me alone.”
”No. Not until you give me my answers. Not until you tell me why you left me. Not until you tell me why you married Xiaosi. Not until...I know where I went wrong.”
She trembled. She looked into his eyes that seemed determined to get his answers, but at the same time, there was an indescribable pain underneath it.
”I don't have anything to tell you. I hope you remember where our responsibilities lie now.”
Zhiyuan stared at her. ”I do. I want to know why does your responsibility seem so painful?”
Caihong stiffened.
”I heard how you mockingly talked to Chyou. I could see your distaste for her. I want to know why? Isn't she your daughter? Then why did you talk that way to her?”
She chuckled. ”Is it necessary that I should be like Xinyi or you? How I treat her has got nothing to do with you.”
”But I feel that it has everything to do with why you left me.”
Silence.
”Zhiyuan. We really have got nothing to do with each other. Not since seven years. There is no use talking about it now.”
Zhiyuan didn't budge. ”Why not?”
Caihong laughed. ”Are you thinking of something incredible like going back together?”
Zhiyuan gave a wry smile. ”You know me well, Caihong. So, you also know I am not thinking along those lines. Our lives have diverged too much and too far away to go back to that point.”
It felt like something mercilessly stabbed her heart.
Yes, it was too late. They had moved on in their lives even if they had resisted in the beginning.
Those young, happy days in love were long gone, and thinking about that, a melancholy gripped Caihong's chest.
She felt pathetic.
After seven years, they were finally standing so close to each other, yet it felt they stood miles apart.
”But I think I deserve to know what went so wrong between us that you had to leave me without saying a word. I have questions, and I deserve to get my answers. If I had left you like you did, then would you have kept quiet in my place?”
Once again, a gust of light breeze brushed past their cheeks. Waves crashed on the ship, roaring everybody about their presence.
Caihong had no answer to his question.