Chapter 40 The Courage to Love (5)
"Yin Yin——"
Seeing Yin Yin so emotionally agitated, holding her head in her hands in pain and staggering a little, Zhou Cheng hurried forward to support her.
"What on earth did I forget? Why can't I remember? Those things should be very important, why can't I remember them at all? And whenever I think about forgetting those things, my heart will feel empty. Why? Tell me, you must know, right?"
After Zhou Cheng supported Yin Yin, Yin Yin quickly regained consciousness. She took her hands off her head and instead tightly grasped Zhou Cheng's collar and looked straight at him, asking him for the memories she had forgotten. Tears welled up in her bright eyes as she stared at Zhou Cheng...
"Yin Yin——"
Even if he knew, Zhou Cheng couldn't just say it out. Now Yinyin's mood was so unstable, and what he said would definitely affect her, so Zhou Cheng chose to remain silent. Silence might be an explanation, or it might be a cover-up. Zhou Cheng's silence made Yinyin's tears overflow from the corners of her eyes. Yinyin knew that Zhou Cheng didn't want to say it and wouldn't say it. If he wanted to say it, he should have said it long ago. How could he say it now? If he knew, he might say it one day, but what if he didn't know?
She let go of Zhou Cheng's collar and almost fell down. Fortunately, Zhou Cheng quickly held her steady. Yin Yin ignored Zhou Cheng's kindness and pushed his hand away from her arm. She sat on the stone bench beside her and cried silently. Just from her expression, you can tell how much pain she was in at the moment. Even so, Zhou Cheng could not say or do anything...
While Yin Yin was crying, Zhou Cheng slowly returned to his seat and sat down. It was all his responsibility that Yin Yin suddenly became so impulsive. He had no choice but to take responsibility and felt deeply guilty.
——After a long time——
When Yin Yin wiped away the last tear.
"sorry--"
"Well?"
"I was just too excited—"
Yin Yin's apology made Zhou Cheng a little stunned. He couldn't help but wonder if Yin Yin had been like this before? So calm?
"If you knew and didn't tell me, it must be something that would hurt me, right? I won't blame you. On the contrary, if you can tell me, I believe you will tell me one day, right?"
"Yin Yin——"
Yin Yin's transformation was so great that Zhou Cheng couldn't react quickly enough.
"You said I loved you deeply, is that true?"
"Um!"
Zhou Cheng nodded. Being stared at by Yin Yin's deep eyes, Zhou Cheng had an indescribable feeling. This kind of eyes was something he had never seen before...
"I will try my best to remember it. If it is true, before that, please don't say those words again. Even if I agree to stay with you, you must not abuse your power. The queen and concubines must exist. I don't want you to do anything unethical because of me. As long as you treat me well, I don't need anything else-"
Compared with the previous Yin Yin, Zhou Cheng would never believe that Yin Yin would say these words. Yin Yin, whose possessiveness was stronger than anyone else, heard these words now as if they were hallucinations. Zhou Cheng simply couldn't believe his hearing. To be honest, Zhou Cheng still believed that Yin Yin still had feelings for him, but he could not understand the name of another man who was very unfamiliar to him that Yin Yin had called out, as well as the relationship between Yin Yin and Zhao Ziheng. As for Zhou Yan, Zhou Cheng believed that he should not be the person Yin Yin loved. These were no longer important. The important thing was that Yin Yin's heart had leaned towards him again. He didn't need to worry about anything else. As long as he could get the Yin Yin he wanted, it was more important than anything else.
Compared with Yinyin's calmness, Zhou Cheng felt inferior. Perhaps, he could take advantage of Yinyin's memory loss to pursue her. Has he forgotten his cruelty to her? Does he remember that she came to him after breaking off the engagement at the court meeting. That was the first time he saw her with such a haggard face. He had never thought that Yinyin, who had always been willful in his eyes, would have such a side...
--remember--
That was the fifth day after the proposal to cancel the engagement was passed at the court meeting.
At this time, Zhou Cheng had his own residence in the royal city outside the palace. Normally, Zhou Cheng was in the mansion in the royal city and rarely in the palace, so it was more convenient to find him than to go to the palace...
On this day, Jiang Ruting happened to be present. When Yin Yin arrived, what she saw was Zhou Cheng and Jiang Ruting chatting and laughing together. In her opinion, it was such an enviable scene. Even she, even though she and Zhou Cheng were childhood sweethearts, had never had such an experience.
"I wonder what Miss Zhang wants to see me about?"
The thorny tone made Yin Yin a little unbearable, but she still tried her best to suppress her inner emotions: "I want to talk to you alone, can you let them leave first?"
"Oh? What? Can't people know about this?"
"I just want to say to you alone—"
As Yinyin tried her best to suppress the impulsive emotions in her heart, her body was shaking. This was the first time in her life that she had suppressed such emotions. If it were normal, she would have started to yell a long time ago, but this time was completely different from usual. Yinyin had to endure it, all for Zhou Cheng...
"Just say whatever you want to say. I don't want to be alone with other women without Ru Ting knowing and say things that cannot be known to others. Everyone else, please leave—"
"yes!"
Just like that, the maids all left, but Zhou Cheng kept the person Yin Yin least wanted to be left behind, which undoubtedly made Yin Yin feel humiliated. After the maids all left, Yin Yin adjusted her restless emotions and looked at Zhou Cheng, and also kept her eyes on Jiang Ruting: "Why do you do this to me?"
"Are you talking about breaking off the engagement? I told you before, didn't I? We are not suitable for each other. Instead of both of us being unhappy, it's better to end it early. This is also good for you, isn't it?"
Zhou Cheng's eyes revealed a sharpness that Yin Yin had never seen before. Every word he said was full of thorns and pierced Yin Yin's heart . She had loved Zhou Cheng since she was a child. Ever since she was named as the candidate for the future Crown Princess, she had been trying very hard to win Zhou Cheng's love. She knew that Zhou Cheng had obviously become much colder towards her since they had made an engagement. The memories of the countless times they had played and joked together were no longer there. She had confessed her love to Zhou Cheng many times, but in the end, no matter how many times she had confessed her love to him, she had been ruthlessly rejected and ignored by Zhou Cheng. Her efforts had not been rewarded at all until now. She had thought that they would be able to stay together in another year, and that she would be able to win back Zhou Cheng's heart to some extent by then. However, she had not expected that before that, she would be rejected by Zhou Cheng and that she would have a love rival for no reason...
