"Okay!" Xia Pu nodded. She truly felt that the shadows over her head had dispersed quite a bit.
And before long, Pei Yuanze came too.
But this time, when Xia Pu faced him, her mindset was vastly different from before.
She still loved him, but she no longer had that humbling pain of unfulfilled longing.
"Can we talk?" Pei Yuanze asked her.
Xia Pu readily nodded, "Sure, let’s go outside."
"Alright." Pei Yuanze nodded too and took her outside.
Mo Jun was worried and secretly followed them, along with Hua Ling.
The two of them sneakily followed them outside, then hid behind the flower beds to eavesdrop on their conversation...
Pei Yuanze and Xia Pu sat on a bench, facing the rising sun.
The morning sunlight sprinkled on her face, and Xia Pu felt very comfortable. She squinted at the sun and suddenly said with a smile, "I haven’t felt the morning sunlight for a long time."
Since learning about her illness, she had been living in pain and fear every day, feeling like someone dying in the damp darkness, with the only way out being to wait for death to arrive.
But now, she had truly walked out of that pain and darkness...
It turns out that what defeats a person is always their mindset, not the hardships.
Seeing her optimistic appearance, Pei Yuanze felt a bit dazed, "You seem to be in a good mood."
"Yes." Xia Pu nodded with a smile, "I’ve come to terms with a lot of things and let go of many things, so I feel good."
Pei Yuanze curled his lips, "I’m glad you think this way, although there is nothing I can do for you."
Xia Pu glanced at him and said with a smile, "No, I’m still very grateful to you. You have given me a lot of insights."
"They must be unpleasant insights."
"How can insights be bad? Anyway, I don’t blame you."
Pei Yuanze dazed off again. It was only now that he realized Xia Pu was truly a wonderful girl.
But he couldn’t love her...
"I have explained everything to Shao Yingying. I won’t make you sad because of her anymore. Xia Pu, I was wrong before. I hope you can give me a chance to take good care of you and the child." Pei Yuanze said to her seriously.
His words easily gave the impression that he had fallen in love with her.
But Xia Pu knew that he meant it literally, he simply wanted to take care of them.
Xia Pu wasn’t in a hurry to respond. She asked him in return, "What if you meet another woman you feel guilty about next time?"
"It won’t happen again! In this lifetime, no matter what happens, I will only take care of you two," Pei Yuanze said resolutely. "Because you are my only wife, and I won’t have another woman."
Xia Pu’s eyes flickered, "Pei Yuanze, will you regret giving up that only love?"
Pei Yuanze stared into the distance, "Actually, those feelings are all my imagination... I lost them long ago."
"But now you don’t even have the imagined feelings."
Pei Yuanze smiled faintly, "It’s okay, I should have let go of them long ago. Without love, there’s responsibility, and I can still live. But I’m really sorry, I probably won’t be able to respond to your feelings for a lifetime."
"I know..." Xia Pu nodded, and her eyes welled up with some mist.
She had understood long ago, if he could love her, he would have done so already. So she no longer harbored any unrealistic expectations.
"So I respect your choice too. No matter what you choose, I’ll agree, as long as you’re happy," Pei Yuanze said again to her.