“I know you don’t care about Cang Kingdom, but I remember you said you have an unavoidable responsibility to Cang Kingdom,” Yin Can said calmly, his face not anxious, as if he had already won.
“Or you can forget what you said, but the woman you love might leave you because of your broken promise!” He spoke like a demon non-stop. I had never found him as terrifying as now.
The last time was when he was still my brother, hiding all his schemes, always playing the role of a good brother in front of me. When I saw his true nature, I had no chance to interact with him except for that time in the prison. But this time when he appeared again, his entire demeanor had changed. Perhaps those previous disguises were no longer necessary.
“No one can harm Yan’er, not even me!” Qiu grabbed his collar, his face that had been smiling for days returning to cold and distant.
“My poison was long cleared!” I didn’t want to look at his face, I just looked at Qiu and spoke.
“Oh—” Yin Can’s nasal sound was long and drawn out, yet so harsh to our ears. At that moment, looking at his face, I finally thought of someone. His expression was exactly the same as another Ran Yan’er’s – so arrogant, so manipulative.
Qiu was silent for a long time, just quietly looking at me without speaking. When he finally spoke, I heard the answer I least wanted to hear.
“Yan’er, wait for me. Just wait one month. After a month, we’ll hold hands and spend every spring and autumn together in the Zi flower sea. Cang Kingdom has responsibilities I cannot shirk. Wait for me, just wait one month!”
But I knew he would not return once he left. I knew one month was just a perfunctory deadline.
I didn’t know what responsibility he spoke of; I only knew he had broken his promise again.
My dream flew away— My happiness was taken again— My love was never mine to begin with—
I squeezed out a brilliant smile and looked at him: “Okay, I’ll wait for you. Just one month. If you don’t return, I’ll leave, and we’ll have nothing between us anymore.”
