"Jun Mochan, you’re something else!" Ye Ranran raised her head in arrogance.
The unbearable past, the brutal reality, was driving Ye Ranran almost mad.
"No, that’s not it, Ranran," Mochan held her tightly, "Can you calm down and listen to me, please?"
"Why didn’t you tell me before? Why didn’t you tell me when we got married? Why didn’t you tell me during all this time?"
She had been asking him, yet he had chosen to conceal the truth from her.
She naively thought that his parents didn’t accept her, but who knew...
"Tell me, am I stupid?" Ye Ranran shoved him hard.
Jun Mochan remained still, letting her cry, hit, and vent, all without letting go of her.
"Jun Mochan, there’s nothing of value left of me. The Ye Family is bankrupt, my stocks are worthless now, even the old house was claimed back by you. If you want it, just take it, and spare me, will you?" Ye Ranran pleaded.
"No, I don’t want those, all I want is you. Do you understand?"
Look, this profoundly affectionate demeanor.
She was always fooled by men behaving .
Unable to break free, Ye Ranran stared blankly at the ceiling, "Do you know? The year I got into college, I was with him, but he cheated on me with my best friend, who’s your sister-in-law now."
"I saw them making love, her getting pregnant, falling down the stairs with my own eyes. Everyone said that I was the one who pushed her, but I never even touched her. Blood flowing all the way from the second floor to the first, that scene comes to me in my dreams every night."
"I dared not sleep. The moment I closed my eyes, that image would appear. Lack of sleep made my eyes water all day long, everyone said I was going crazy, they all said I was insane."
Mochan looked at her in shock, his heart aching immeasurably.
She repeated a grade after taking a year off, he was aware of this, but he was not aware of what she had gone through in the meantime.
"They wanted me to see a psychiatrist, I refused, so they dragged me there. At that point, I thought I might as well die. It’d be easier for everyone."
Mochan held her tighter.
At this point, Ye Ranran could no longer continue talking.
"I didn’t know about any of this because I was locked up in the military undergoing special forces training. As soon as I heard about your breakup with my brother, I left everything behind to come find you."
"I’ve been lingering around you for so many years, but you never noticed me. I thought this time, if I appeared in front of you, you would remember me."
"But I was caught halfway and dragged back. By the time I was actually free, you were already with Gao Han."
"I’m sorry about my brother, but I’m only with you because you’re Ye Ranran, the Ye Ranran I knew from our childhood who wore her heart on her sleeve."
Ye Ranran stared at him in surprise.
Mochan gently stroked her wig. "I didn’t tell you because I knew if you found out, you wouldn’t want to be with me. But Ranran, after missing out for so many years, I don’t want to miss out on you anymore."
"Were you not asking me where I got those photos? Some of them were from your grandfather, and the rest, I took secretly."
Every once in a while, whenever he had free time, he would visit her and secretly take a few pictures.
He watched as she fell in love, and as she stayed by his brother’s side through his busy times.