Despair and Truth

  Du Xiaomo suddenly felt that he was pitiful, making her want to take care of him. She didn't know where she got the courage from, stretched out her arms and tightly hugged him. She didn't notice that Xi Yitian's body stiffened for a moment, then froze in place like a puppet doll. "Xi Yitian, do you know? I've liked you for many years." As she spoke, Du Xiaomo hugged Xi Yitian even tighter.

  "Back then, I thought I was too fat and ugly to have the right to like you. But now, I look good, take a look at me, I'm pretty now, I can confidently pursue you, do you like me?" The tone of self-pity in these words is enough to move God.

  "Huh?" Xǔ Yìtiān seemed to have not understood what she said, his eyes still dazed.

  "I'm asking, do you like me?" Du Xiaomo gazed at Xu Yitian with affectionate eyes and hugged him tighter.

  The young man paused, then removed her hands from his waist without leaving any room for doubt. "Don't touch me," he said. In his world, only Tian Tuan could hug him, kiss him, and bully him, but this was her exclusive privilege, no one else had it.

  But now she doesn't want to use this right anymore. Suddenly felt a heart-wrenching pain. What to do? Now her whole mind is filled with thoughts of her, and can't be shaken off.

  After that unfinished wedding, he was taken back to France by Lü Yanlan in a daze. When he opened his eyes, the people around him were already unfamiliar. Only Lü Yanlan was beside him, smiling faintly, "Do you think I didn't know you two got married?" He picked up a cup of warm water, blew on it gently, and took a sip elegantly before putting it back on the table. The smugness in his tone was unmistakable.

  "You." His body was still weak. Unexpectedly, in the end it was his mother who was secretly plotting behind his back, she really wanted to make him unhappy for the rest of her life, and fill him with curses. At that time, he really wanted to stretch out his hands and strangle her slender neck with a hint of blue veins. But, he was so damn weak.

  "Don't waste your energy," she gazed at her son with disdain, "you don't have any strength to begin with, the doctor just gave you an injection."

  "What do you want?" He only knew that he was now in agony, just one step away from entering the wedding hall with her, and all the beauty of everything had been destroyed by his own mother. He was so resentful, so hateful! And yet, the blood of this woman flowed through his veins, no matter what, she was his mother, a fact that could never be changed for life. All he could say was one thing, "What do you want?"

  Lü Yanlan smiled slightly, "I don't want to do anything, how about we make a deal?" Her eyes fully embodied the shrewdness that a businessperson should have.

  "What?" He didn't even want to say another word to his mother. The overwhelming helplessness melted into his heart, turning into a bay of bitter water, not knowing where to pour it out.

  "You saved my company, I'll never interfere in your relationship again."

  Xu Yitian sneered and closed his eyes, not saying a word. His mother actually used this to make a deal with him. "Are you happy?" he asked languidly after half a day.

  Lü Yanlan didn't expect him to ask this and was taken aback for a moment.

  Before she could respond, Xu Yitian continued, "Since you're unhappy, why should you deprive me of my right to happiness?"

  Since you are unhappy, why should you deprive me of my right to happiness?

  I really want to ask you, what's the reason?

  His eyes were filled with tears, and it was actually such a helpless situation, that he was so helpless towards his mother.

  In the end, Lü Yanlan told him about the unexpected event that occurred on the wedding day. It was a private agreement between her and Peng Sizhe, as they had the same interests, so the two quickly reached an agreement and planned this unexpected event.

  After listening, Xu Yitian simply closed his eyes and said faintly, "You go out, I will manage your company well."

  "That," Lv Yanlan hesitated for a moment, said, "I have transferred all my shares in the company to you. Now you are the largest shareholder of the company. From now on, I will not interfere with anything. I want to find a quiet place to spend the rest of my days. If you want to find me, go to Hawaii." After finishing speaking, Lv Yanlan stood up and slowly walked out of the ward.

  Xu Yitian slightly opened his eyes and saw that Lü Yanlan's footsteps were somewhat unsteady.

  In the following three months, Xu Yitian did his best to handle company affairs and slowly got the company back on track. Sometimes, when he lay in a chair with his eyes closed, he felt that his entire brain and body were not his own. He was exhausted to death, only then did he truly appreciate how difficult it was for Tian Tian, a young girl, to go through such a huge company.

  So, he thought of her more and more, in the still of night, during busy times, while eating, and in his spare time, he went over the roads they had walked together again, looked at the places they had seen before, and felt deeply moved.

  He had also met Song in France before, at that time she was holding hands with a French man over 40 years old. When she saw him, her hand quickly pulled out of the man's wrist, and it was surprising to see him from her eyes.

  He just smiled slightly, put his hand in his pocket, and walked past the two of them with an unchanged expression. From the beginning, he didn't have any feeling, and even more so at this moment.

  So, although Song's reaction was too big, he still didn't have any emotions.

  Later on, when the company was really on the right track, he returned to China without stopping. This was already six months later.

  Unexpectedly, when he appeared in front of her again, a handsome man was already standing beside her. He should know that she had no reason to wait for him for so long, and she had given him too much time, which was all wasted by him easily.

  What about now? She doesn't want to wait anymore, does she? She's so tired. This time, let her have the days she wants. Then he should leave. That's what he thinks.

  "Xiao Mo," he said lightly, his eyelids fluttering slightly.

  "Hmm?" Du Xiaomo looked at him, waiting for his next words.

  "I'm going back to France." As if narrating an event unrelated to himself.

  "Ah?" Du Xiaomo's eyes widened in disbelief, "You just got back!"

  "Yeah, seeing her happy is enough." Xǔ Yètiān said.

  "What... what about me?" Du Xiaomo's anxious tears fell down, "You're leaving, what am I supposed to do?"

  "Xiao Mo, we don't match, you know?"

  "What's wrong now? What's wrong with it?" Du Xiaomo said loudly, "Am I not good enough for you?"

  Xu Yitian shook his head, "I don't like you, you should know that. I'm only here out of obligation."

  "But how can you bear to treat me like this? I liked you so much." Du Xiaomo wiped away the tears on her face and said with a wronged tone.

  "Xiao Mo, do you still remember Cheng Yi?" Xu Yitian asked.

  Du Xiao Mo didn't know why Xu Yi Tian brought up Cheng Yi at this time, so she raised an eyebrow in doubt and nodded slightly, "I remember..."

  "He liked you, he's had a crush on you since high school. He put a note in the pages of your textbook with a confession message for you, I saw it when I borrowed your book that time, and I thought you must have seen it too." Xu Yitian sighed and said, "Now it seems like you didn't see it after all."

  Du Xiaomo was stunned, she didn't even know until now that the white-faced bookworm who sat next to her had secretly been in love with her. He used to be so mischievous, yet always yielded to her. He used to be so kind, yet uniquely evil towards him. Now, those textbooks were long gone, lost somewhere unknown. Those pure and simple youthful thoughts also disappeared, stacked away in some nameless corner.

  "If you have feelings for him, then it's not too late now," Xǔ Yìtiān continued to say, just don't be as weak as me.

  Thinking of Cheng Yi, that boy, since they graduated from high school, he was admitted to the same university as her, although his score was much higher than hers, but when she saw him in her own school, she was still surprised.

  After that, Cheng Yi always kept a distance from her, occasionally chatting with her and sending her some food, fun things or a good book. She was always very happy to accept his kindness, but she didn't know that it was the boy's love for her.

  Today, after being enlightened by Xu Yitian, she suddenly became clear-headed. "Thank you for telling me all this, Xu Yitian," Du Xiaomo said. "I think I'll go find him and ask him clearly."

  "Go quickly," said Xu Yitian.

  He then sat up and began to pack his luggage. He'd better return to France before the New Year. Otherwise, being alone by himself would be especially lonely, he didn't want to feel so lonely again.

  Then, after packing his luggage, he had his assistant buy a ticket for that day. At the airport, amidst the throngs of people, he took one last look at the city where he was born and raised, perhaps never to return again.

  After that, I lived alone in France.

  Alone and upright.

  Alone by myself.

  The New Year has arrived again, and the city is once more filled with the sound of firecrackers. Everyone likes to use the sound of firecrackers to create a festive atmosphere for the New Year. Tian Tian also bought a few couplets, planning to paste one on the gate of her own home.

  This day, Lu An came over early - to help Tian Tian paste couplets.

  Lu An wore a thick down jacket, holding the homemade syrup made by Tian Tian, using a small brush to poke and doubtfully say, "Will this work? Will this work?"

  Tian Tian looked at him with disdain, "That's what Alan did back then, it must be right, Alan said it's still edible! You try some?"

  "Hmmph!" Lu An hummed, indicating his firm refusal to eat.

  Digression

  It's almost over... Bye bye, everyone.