The sparkling Seine River was calm and serene. On the shore, a few tall and straight French sycamore trees spread out their huge canopies, and the huge green and yellow leaves rustled in the wind.
The leaves of this kind of sycamore could often survive the cold winter, and only around spring would they waver and wither.
At this moment, there were a few yellow leaves that were blown down by the wind. As they fluttered, they finally landed on the railing of the garden and rested quietly.
Yang Cheng blankly looked at the black soil in front of his feet. He didn't know how much time had passed. It seemed like a long time, but it seemed like only a few seconds. He only felt that his mind had gone blank for a moment. After a long time, he turned his head to look at Lin Ruoxi's indifferent expression, and forced a smile, "You know."
"You hope I don't know?"
"Actually, I don't have to be surprised. It must be that big mouth Christine who told you!" Yang Cheng smiled bitterly.
"She told me some, but I want to hear it from you personally. Of course, you can choose not to answer," Lin Ruoxi said.
"There's nothing to hope for. Whether you know it or not, this is a past that exists. It's just like the stupid things that everyone does when they are young. When they grow up, they will be ashamed to talk about it, but what exists is what exists. If you try your best to forget it, there will always be people who remember it. " Yang Cheng smiled, "Of course, the matter between me and Seventeen can't be considered as simple as a child doing stupid things. I've never thought of forgetting her in the past …" No matter what, I'm very happy that you found out about Seventeen from Christine. This at least means that you will chat with her in private for me. "
Lin Ruoxi was still expressionless. She looked at Yang Cheng in silence for a while and asked faintly, "You still love her, right?"
Yang Cheng shook his head, looked ahead and said, "Love? I don't know. We already knew each other when we were kids. In the twenty-one or twenty-two years before I returned to Hua Xia, she had always been the most special existence by my side. She's not my friend, because her feelings are deeper than that of a friend. We can fight for each other. She is not my lover, because we have never been in love, not even sent each other any keepsake. She's also not my lover. She never listens to me. Otherwise, she wouldn't have willfully left my side … She … is such a special woman … "
Lin Ruoxi listened quietly. Looking at Yang Cheng's face that was sometimes smiling and sometimes in pain, Lin Ruoxi didn't know why, but she felt that her heart was aching, as if countless needles were constantly pricking the tender flesh of her heart. However, Lin Ruoxi couldn't tell whether it was for him or for herself.
"If you want to ask me if I still love her, I don't know how to tell you. I've never said 'I love you' to Seventeen. I've said more words of love to her than I've said to you in one day. I've always felt that she is like the other half of my life. When I'm with her, even if I know that my world is dark, I will still feel at ease …
This is how I feel about her. Does that count as an answer to your question? "Yang Cheng finished speaking and asked with a smile.
Lin Ruoxi didn't answer, but continued to ask, "Christen told me that I look very similar to Seventeen. Is that true?"
"Yes, your temperament and your eyes are very similar to Seventeen's, very similar. However, Seventeen isn't as beautiful as you … Christen has only met Seventeen once, when she was in America. She doesn't know much about her. If she's just spouting nonsense, you can completely ignore it, "Yang Cheng said.
Lin Ruoxi grabbed the railing in front of her with her fair hands and couldn't help but tremble. She calmed the waves in her heart and asked, "In your eyes, am I a substitute for Seventeen?"
After asking this question, Lin Ruoxi seemed to have exhausted all her strength. However, she still stood up firmly and looked into Yang Cheng's eyes with her bright eyes.
Yang Cheng's mind quivered. He suddenly recalled what Lin Ruoxi said when he came out from the backstage of Yoo Yeonhee's concert that day …
"Anyway, in your eyes, I'm just a substitute …"
That's it! That's right! She knew about Seventeen's existence back then and even knew that she looked similar to her! That's why she suddenly said that!
Yang Chen suddenly felt that it was very funny. He laughed out loud and almost cried. Sighing, he said, "No wonder you told me that you're just a 'substitute' for me out of the blue. Ruoxi darling, you're too good at letting your imagination run wild. You are you, and Seventeen is Seventeen. To me, Seventeen is a memory that can't be erased. Right now, you're my wife.
If I really treated you as a substitute for Seventeen, why would I spend so much effort hoping that you would accept me? To put it bluntly, if you're just a substitute, why would I care so much about your feelings? "
Lin Ruoxi stared at Yang Cheng for a while and a strange smile suddenly appeared on her lips. "Back at the cafe, I asked you to marry me, but you weren't willing. In the end, when I was about to jump off the building, you stopped me and readily agreed … At that time, you must have realized that I'm very similar to Seventeen. That's why you changed so quickly, right?"
Yang Cheng didn't understand why Lin Ruoxi would suddenly think of something that happened so long ago. However, the situation back then was indeed vivid in his mind. It was the glance that Lin Ruoxi turned around before jumping off the building that reminded him of Seventeen's resolute gaze when she left. It was undeniable that if it wasn't for that glance, Yang Cheng definitely wouldn't have agreed to marry her so readily and so many things wouldn't have happened.
"Yes, as I said, your gaze and temperament are very similar to Seventeen." Yang Cheng nodded. "But that doesn't mean that I treat you as a substitute for Seventeen! We've been through so many things together. In fact, we've understood each other's feelings many times, haven't we? "
Lin Ruoxi lowered her head and sneered. "In that case, I should thank Seventeen. If it wasn't because she's very similar to me, I might have jumped off the building and died. Even if I didn't die, I would have been killed by that man and Xu Zhihong. Or, everything would have been taken away and I would have become someone else's plaything … I really should thank Seventeen, shouldn't I?"
At the end of her words, crystal tears suddenly welled up in Lin Ruoxi's eyes. The tears flowed down her cheeks and uncontrollably dripped onto the grass on the ground.
Although Lin Ruoxi tried her best to hide it, her body trembled even more violently.
Yang Chen was rather dumbfounded. He didn't understand why Lin Ruoxi suddenly started crying. He initially thought that his answer would put Lin Ruoxi at ease and untie the knot in their hearts, allowing them to take a step forward in their relationship. However, it seemed like the result was the opposite!
"Lin Ruoxi, what's wrong? Didn't we talk about it!? Why are you crying!? I've said it many times, you're not a substitute for Seventeen! You're unique to me! You're my wife! You … Why are you crying!? Tell me! "
Yang Cheng felt that things were not under his control at all. The anger in his heart began to rise. He couldn't help but raise his tone and directly called Lin Ruoxi's name.
Lin Ruoxi didn't reply and continued to lower her head. Her tears were like broken pearls that kept falling down.
If it weren't for the fact that most of the people in the hall were afraid of Yang Cheng and that Solon was preventing people from getting close, Yang Cheng might have been very depressed.
Who would want to let others see that as a man, he made his own wife cry!?
In the end, Lin Ruoxi held back her tears and slowly raised her head. Although her eyes were red, at least they weren't as unbearable as the pear blossom in tears.
The light foundation on her face was slightly melted by her tears. This woman, who had always been extremely independent and strong, now looked like a wilting tulip, especially delicate and pitiful.
Yang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and tried to be as pleasant as possible. He asked, "Ruoxi, what's wrong with you? I don't know what to say."
Lin Ruoxi stared at Yang Cheng's face with her red and watery eyes. She smiled miserably and said, "Christen said that Seventeen is the only woman who is pregnant with your child. Is that true?"
Yang Cheng nodded slowly. This was undoubtedly the double pain in his heart forever. Seventeen and the child in her belly. If it weren't for this woman and the unborn child who fell into the cold cliff and tide in front of him, he wouldn't have been so disheartened. He wouldn't have woken up from the desire to kill and return to Hua Xia alone, planning to end his life there.
Seeing Yang Cheng's dazed expression, Lin Ruoxi smiled even more miserably and said, "Then let me ask you one last question."
"Go … go ahead." Yang Cheng subconsciously had a premonition of something. His heart began to feel very nervous and uneasy.
Lin Ruoxi asked word by word, "If, Seventeen and the child can return to your side now and give you a chance, will you still choose to let me be your wife?"
"Shut up!!!"
Yang Cheng suddenly roared. His expression instantly became somewhat ferocious. He stared at Lin Ruoxi with his bloodshot eyes.
"Seventeen … Seventeen and the child … are already … already gone." Yang Cheng's voice trembled as he said with difficulty, "This kind of question, this kind of question … there's no need to think about it …"
Looking at Yang Chen's distorted face that was close to falling into madness, Lin Ruoxi didn't seem to be afraid at all. Instead, she relaxed a little, and softly said, "I knew it would be like this … Although you said that I'm not a substitute for Seventeen in your eyes. But in fact, from the moment you agreed to marry me, that's what you thought subconsciously.
In your heart, you never really separated me and Seventeen. If it wasn't for Seventeen, I wouldn't have the chance to be your wife. "
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