I wasn’t surprised by Wuhen’s silence; he never showed any resistance before Cang Lian, treating his words like imperial decrees. But Yincan’s silence was unexpected. Wasn’t he the one who wanted me to seduce Cang Lian? Would he just let me be handed over to someone else?
“My third brother’s personality remains unchanged. Whatever he wants, he’ll obtain by any means. Just like how he chose to wander instead of taking the royal position!” Cang Lian’s laughter was so loud it was almost harsh, making me feel particularly desolate.
But Wei Luo truly moved me. He appeared when I most needed freedom, like a savior, promising liberation when I had lost all hope in life.
“I’m willing to go with him!” After a long silence, my voice broke through, erupting in their stillness. I had previously said I would pay any price to be taken away.
“This is the only answer I want!” Wei Luo’s deep, triumphant laughter covered my voice. He walked closer and gently embraced me.
From the first moment I saw you, I knew you were everything in my life!” he said seriously.
I looked at him, completely speechless. This man could be incredibly cheesy when he wanted to be.
Just as I was uncomfortably avoiding his intense gaze, my eyes inadvertently glanced behind me. In an instant, I clearly saw Shui Zixi standing alone in black clothing on the city wall. But when I turned back to search carefully, he had disappeared.
I rubbed my eyes forcefully, but everything seemed like an illusion. I tried again to search for that familiar figure, but found nothing, as if it truly was just my imagination.
“Hui’er, what are you looking at?” Weiluo looked at me somewhat puzzled, with a thoughtful expression.
I smiled and shook my head. Perhaps the man from my dream had shocked me too deeply, and his deep emotions were already carved deeply in my heart. Shui Zixi’s appearance was so similar to the man in my dream that I could no longer distinguish between them.
“Nothing, I just feel sorry for the flowers I planted. Why couldn’t I bring them with me!” I changed the subject with a joke.
“Those flowers would have been tortured traveling with you. Let them be! If you like flowers, my mansion has thousands of flowers you couldn’t even name.” His arrogance returned, as if there was nothing he couldn’t do.
He stroked me like a pet, giving me an illusion of being indulged, but I couldn’t completely let down my guard. His words touched me, but the touch made me feel incredulous.
He was definitely not a promiscuous man. He would not easily give his true heart to a man he had only seen once, just as I would not easily give my true heart.
“My name is Ran Yan’er, not something ‘obscene’. You can call me Yan’er in the future!”
I looked at him, feeling uncomfortable hearing the name ‘Hui’.
“Ran Yan’er, you’re surnamed Ran?” Weiluo repeated my words, seeming confused.
“Are you from the Ran family? I and…” he said with sudden realization, but was interrupted before he could finish.
“I have absolutely no connection with the Ran family. I, Ran Yan’er, am just Ran Yan’er, with no ties to the Ran family!” I said coldly and walked straight ahead, not wanting to engage further.
I spread my steps, but still had the illusion that a familiar pair of eyes was watching me from behind. I looked back in doubt, but again saw nothing—
Finally, I gave up and stopped turning back.
“No matter who you are, you are the woman I have chosen. I will do anything you like in the future!” I didn’t know if this was his catchphrase, but I had already heard it several times since the beginning.
“…” I rolled my eyes at him. I was already speechless and didn’t want to argue more.
Until now, I thought everything he said was casual, but I didn’t expect this man to be my karma. His love and everything he gave me exceeded what I could bear. And ultimately, he gave me only total destruction.
Leaving the Palace (One)
I looked back several times, but there was still nothing behind me.
I laughed self-mockingly, laughing at my wild imagination and my own delusions.
Actually, I was happy. This imperial palace had confined me for so long, and I could finally escape this hell that had bound me for over a year.
“Let’s go!” I said joyfully, hooking my arm with Weiluo’s and walking forward.
“Ran Yan’er, you will be the only wife of Weiluo!” Just as I was lost in thought, Weiluo’s abrupt love words came again, making me unable to help but roll my eyes.
But before I could speak, a solemn and aged call made me suddenly look up.
“Wang Ye, long time no see. You’re quite rare. Actually seeing your figure at the palace gate.” The speaker dismounted from the carriage that had just passed by us.
I hadn’t originally noticed the carriage passing by, but the person emerging was someone I knew all too well. He was the father of this body’s original owner.
“Wang Ye, the gate of the Ran family is always open for you. It’s just that after so many years, I’ve finally seen you once!” Ran Lin frowned, shaking a folding fan in his hand.
Weiluo’s face still carried a light smile, but his eyes held a guard that others couldn’t understand.
As Ran Lin spoke, his eyes examined me, his sharp gaze coldly looking at my arm linked with Weiluo’s. A fleeting hatred in his eyes did not escape my notice.
“Wang Ye, who is this?” Ran Lin asked, his eyes full of deep disdain.
Weiluo held me, looking calm: “She is the princess I just asked Wang Xiong for! Doesn’t she look very similar to Hui’er!” His words made my body tremble.
From the moment I knew Yin Can and Cang Lian, there had always been someone named Hui’er entangled between the three of us. I didn’t know who she was, didn’t know where she was now, but I knew that the woman named Hui’er was definitely a barrier between Yin Can and Cang Lian.
Ran Lin looked me over, a flash of surprise crossing his face. The folding fan in his hand stopped moving.
I quietly stayed by Weiluo’s side, letting these two men scrutinize me, but a bad feeling was rising in my heart. I felt like I was caught in a conspiracy.
“She looks similar, but Hui’er would never have such coldness and stubbornness in her brow!” Ran Lin sighed.
I coldly looked at him, unsure if his sorrow was genuine. But I had already seen his most despicable side.
Leaving the Palace (Part Two)
Weiluo gently embraced me, softly smoothing the hair from my forehead, looking at me indulgently.
“Because although she looks like Hui’er, she will never be Hui’er, so Wang Xiong was willing to grant her to me!” Weiluo spoke calmly, his expression as unreadable as a still lake surface.
I looked at Weiluo questioningly. In fact, I knew clearly that Weiluo was deliberately saying this for me to hear.
“Don’t know who Hui’er is? Finding it strange, why she has the same name as you?” Weiluo looked at Ran Lin candidly.
Ran Lin gave me a meaningful look: “Hui’er was my eldest daughter, originally named Ran Hui’er, but she has already left this world.”
Hearing his words, I was even more surprised.
I had only known before that Hui’er was related to Yin Can and Cang Lian, but now things seemed to be getting more complicated.
I’ll translate the text into English:
I’m just a lazy person who doesn’t want to think too much about complicated things, doesn’t want to investigate why this man went to great lengths to get me out of the palace, and doesn’t want to explore what use I might have for him. Because I know I’ll be leaving here tomorrow, and since I’m leaving, I don’t need to worry about things that have nothing to do with me.
From the moment I left the palace, I always felt a familiar figure following us, but every time I searched in confusion, there was nothing.
“I want you to leave your heart with me!” Weilo’s voice rang in my ear like a hypnotic song, constantly driving my consciousness.
