Chapter 232: Waking Up From A Dream
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When Ding Chen left to pick Huo Tian up yesterday afternoon, Ding Rong told him about how Ding Chen had accidentally killed someone to protect her. In the end, Ding Rong firmly let go of Xi Cheng’s hand…
Xi Cheng still remembered clearly what Ding Rong had said back then. Her expression was so gentle, but the words she said were as sharp as blades and as cold as ice…
“I know you had your reasons for leaving and losing contact back then, but accidents happen in everyone’s lives and everyone has their own difficulties. Back then, Little Chen was still so young. In order to protect me, he was detained in the detention center for half a year. He lost his education and his future. Although he has always appeared optimistic and cheerful, I know that that’s a hurdle that he won’t be able to cross in his entire life…”
“That’s not your fault, but it was because of you. So, let this beautiful dream of reuniting after a long time end here. I’m going to return to my family. In this family, there’s my younger brother with whom we have been supporting each other for 20 years and who has always been protecting me. There’s also my biological daughter whom I finally found after much difficulty. After so many years, I’m already happy enough, so I don’t want to destroy the peaceful life I have now…”
Xi Cheng’s eyes were filled with bitterness. He felt his throat tighten. At that moment, he felt like he had fallen from heaven to hell.
He almost gave up on his dignity and pleaded with Ding Rong, “Rongrong, I’ll do my best to make it up to him. I’ll satisfy whatever request he makes. It has been so many years, I’ve been looking for you for so many years… Rongrong, you clearly haven’t forgotten me. You clearly still love me. Why aren’t you willing to give me another chance?”
“But that’s how life is. When you make a choice, you’ll definitely lose something else. Back then, you chose to leave, so you missed 20 years with me. Now, I can’t lose my biological brother with whom we had been supporting each other for more than 20 years just to choose to be with you.”
Ding Rong’s beautiful eyes were filled with sadness, but her act of letting go of Xi Cheng’s hand was still so firm. “Xi Cheng, look, I didn’t know your real name until 20 years later. It shows that the relationship between the two of us back then wasn’t that deep either, right? So don’t be obstinate anymore. All of us have to move forward and stop stubbornly searching for those memories from the past, okay?”
Xi Cheng returned home in a daze. The old butler at home was shocked by him and quickly called the family doctor over.
However, the doctor could not find any problems. There was nothing wrong with Xi Cheng’s body. He just wanted to lie quietly on the bed without thinking or doing anything… It was as if this could resolve the endless pain that burst out from the bottom of his heart…
Xi Cheng felt like his brain was joking with its master. That night, he regained all his memories.
He remembered clearly that back when he was a mercenary on the Middle East battlefield. He had offended a certain Western power. In order to avoid their pursuit, he had escaped all the way to South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia…
In the end, he came to China, which had the strictest control over weapons and violence. It was his mother’s hometown.
The land here was vast and full of vitality, so Xi Cheng changed his name to Huo Cheng and stayed behind.
Xi Cheng enjoyed a peaceful life in China and met the love of his life here. He even formed a family with her and they even had a beloved child…
However, the peaceful life was very short. Soon, Xi Cheng realized that someone was observing him in the dark.. He wasn’t sure which influence they came from. Was it an enemy he had offended when he was a mercenary? Or was it the mysterious family from his father’s side?