“Qing, this is no longer just about my own fate. It’s about whether our entire family can be saved. Do you know how many men in our family died? All of them! My father, my elder brother, my younger brother… You know what happened to Yu Xin afterward, but what you don’t know is how my mother cried in private! You’ve seen her aged appearance three years later, but do you know she was once the most renowned noble lady in Longdu City? If I can change all this, how can I not do it?”
“What about me? Don’t you consider my feelings? Don’t you think about how I would feel? After all these years, I’ve finally found someone who makes me feel like I have a home…”
“
Yu Yi hugged him, sobbing softly: “I know, I’ve thought about it. I’m reluctant too. I’ve never regretted entering the courtesan house because it led me to you. Qing, if this change only involved me, I wouldn’t want to change anything. But…”
“You won’t suffer for long. You’ll quickly forget me.”
“I won’t forget,” Meng Qing said stubbornly, holding her tightly, “I absolutely won’t forget.”
Yu Yi looked up at him, tears in her eyes but with a slight smile: “Okay, don’t forget me.”
Meng Qing kissed the tears at her eye’s corner, whispering: “Can you stay with me for three more days?”
Yu Yi shook her head.
“Then one day, not a moment less.”
Yu Yi couldn’t help but cry again: “Do you know why I chose this specific time and place?”
Meng Qing buried his head in her shoulder, choking: “I know. You won’t even stay with me for half a day.”
Yu Yi softly said: “I’m sorry, Qing.”
She looked at the time on her terminal. Soon, Chen Gao would pass through here, meet his father, go boating together, and then encounter Bai Xiu at the dock on their return – the spark that would ignite hatred between father and son. If she wanted to change the subsequent tragedy, instead of trying to warn his father about Chen Gao’s hidden intentions, she might as well ensure these events never happen today!
Meng Qing said nothing, quietly waiting with her behind the reed bushes, his face extremely gloomy.
