C28 I'm Married

After returning to the Pei Family, Ning Xia had a rare quiet dinner, then went back to her room to rest. Throughout the whole process, she said a few more words of nonsense.

Pei Yichen was surprised by this, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He still had a lot of things to deal with, so he returned to his study.

Shen Heng was trembling with fear. Why did he always have a bad feeling?

President Pei and Ning Xia had an argument?

That shouldn't be the case. If they had quarreled, Ning Xia shouldn't have survived until now. If they hadn't quarreled, why hadn't the two of them interacted at all?

Shen Heng was surprised, and Uncle Wu was even more worried. He held Shen Heng's hand and interrogated him for a long time, but there was no result. The father and son began to whisper together.

Late at night, Pei Yichen, who had been busy the whole time, rubbed his forehead and walked to the window.

He opened his phone and frowned. The email he sent out was like a stone sinking into the ocean. There was no reply at all.

He opened the album and opened the only photo in it. The girl in the photo had a gentle smile on her face. This was the only photo sent over in the summer, and after this photo, they had completely lost contact...

"Xia Tian, I'm sorry."

Pei Yichen rubbed his thumb against the screen. His voice was a little hoarse, but he quickly put away the longing in his eyes and put away his phone.

"Shen Heng, tell those detectives to stop. There's no need to investigate anything about the summer anymore."

Shen Heng, who had been standing outside the door, heard this order and found it hard to believe. He walked into the study room and saw Pei Yichen's majestic back. He was wearing a black suit and seemed like he was going to merge with the darkness at any moment. He was a proud and aloof king. He was also a ghost who locked himself in the darkness and refused to come out.

It had been many years since the summer investigation had started. He did not understand why Pei Yichen had suddenly asked him to withdraw.

Although he didn't know who Xia Tian was, judging from Pei Yichen's persistence towards this man, he knew that it must be very important.

If he did not investigate, it was possible that he would never see him again.

"Yes."

Facing Pei Yichen's order, even if he had questions, he would only obey.

Shen Heng left the study and Pei Yichen went back to his room. After washing up, he tossed and turned, unable to sleep. His mind was full of the past of the summer. He could not understand why they had returned to the present when they had helped each other out of the shadows.

"You've been missing for a long time. I've been looking for you for a long time."

He could not help but humbly express his thoughts. He wanted to tell her that in his heart, she was no longer a stranger.

But he found himself amused.

He clearly knew that there was no answer and no reply, yet he still couldn't help but want to send a message. To say that he was like this, so what if he wasn't ridiculous?

The notification sounded especially loud in the dark night. Pei Yichen's hand shook and the phone slipped from his hand and fell to the ground. His heart was beating fast. His usually cold face revealed a child's expectant smile.

He fell out of bed and held the phone in his trembling hands.

It was the first time she had replied to him since that summer.

He couldn't wait to open the email, but his heart suddenly turned cold, as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water over his head!

"I'm married, and I wish you happiness."

The short words pierced his eyes through the cold screen.

Married?

She married?

His summer, married...

He looked at her short reply over and over again. It was as if he had been dismembered, and his heart ached.

A wisp of mist arose within his deep and calm eyes. He hadn't cried when he was harmed in secret, but when he heard this news, he couldn't help but shed tears.

His summer no longer belonged to him...

Ning Xia, who was lying on the bed, felt a little depressed. She received his mail time and time again. She could even feel his anticipation through the screen. However, there was no chance between them.

Thus, she gritted her teeth and calmly sent out a message. This was the first time in many years that she had used this email account to send a message. Her fingers couldn't help but tremble slightly.

She had a lot of things she wanted to say and a lot of apologies she wanted to say, but she wrote them over and over again and deleted them again and again.

After thousands of words, there were only nine words left.

They had become each other's past. The years they had supported each other had also become their past.

She could not help but feel pain. She placed her hand on her heart. It turned out that television dramas did not lie. When a person was extremely sad, their heart would really hurt very, very much. It hurt so much that they could not breathe.

Suddenly, she heard a soft sound from next door.

Ning Xia turned off her phone and quickly wiped away the tears on her face. She quietly listened to the sounds from next door.

Ning Xia frowned as he heard the intermittent sounds.

Was it crying?

She couldn't believe her own ears. The person living next door was Pei Yichen. Pei Yichen had always been aloof and cold. How could he cry?

As the saying goes, a man does not easily shed tears. It is just that he has yet to reach the point of sadness.

Pei Yichen was crying so hard in the middle of the night. How much trouble must he have encountered?

Ning Xia put on her slippers and walked to the next room.

Surprisingly, his door was unlocked. She pushed it open and walked in.

In the darkness, he was about 1.8 meters tall and curled up on the ground. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, he still let out intermittent cries.

He, who had always been sharp, was currently immersed in his own grief. He did not even notice that someone had entered.

"Pei Yichen, are you alright?"

Ning Xia stepped forward and tried to help Pei Yichen up.

Pei Yichen was like a drowning man who had suddenly found a piece of floating wood. He hugged Ning Xia tightly, "Don't leave me, don't leave me..."

He was so weak that he was like a child who had lost everything. Ning Xia's heart softened and she did not struggle. Instead, she let him hug her and held his hand tightly. "I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving."

It was as if he had returned to the time when he was abandoned by everyone. No matter how he struggled or how he tried to escape, there would always be someone mocking him, someone cursing him, and someone driving a car straight towards him.

He saw that the person who was driving had a sinister smile on his face...

"I only have you. Why do you still want to leave me? Don't leave me..."

His arm was particularly strong, as if he wanted to tie Ning Xia tightly to his own body.

Ning Xia felt a little uncomfortable. She felt as if she could not breathe at all, but the more she struggled, the harder Pei Yichen tried. She patted his back gently like she was coaxing a child. "Don't worry, I won't leave you. I will never leave you."