Chapter 72: For Tomorrow (6)
"I have to go see him."
With a persistent belief, Yinyin endured the pain, lifted the quilt and put her feet on the ground...
"Princess, you can't get up now."
"No, I must go find him now."
Ignoring Xiuying's attempts to stop her, she stood up with her weak legs. Not only her legs, but her entire body seemed to be weak. The moment she stood up, she fell forward. She felt nothing and heard nothing. She just felt like she was about to fall to the ground, but why was her body floating in the air? Her vision was blurred, her whole body was weak, and she didn't even notice that she was being held by someone...
"emperor--"
As Yinyin gradually regained consciousness, she seemed to hear Xiuying's voice, and then she seemed to realize that she was in someone else's arms. When she looked up, she seemed to see a face that she felt very familiar and missed...
"Who are you?"
This was the first time that Yinyin uttered a strange word after knowing that she was Shu'er. Although he knew that Yinyin had lost her memory, Zhao Ziheng's heart still hurt when he heard it, as if it was torn apart...
"Have you forgotten?"
A voice that seemed familiar yet unfamiliar came into Yin Yin's ears. Her vision and perception seemed to be restored, and Zhao Ziheng's clear face came into her eyes.
"Who are you……"
Gazing at Zhao Ziheng's face, she was speechless with a familiar feeling. The warmth she felt in his arms seemed to be something she had felt more than once. She remembered that she had also felt it when she first met Zhao Ziheng at Zhou Cheng's banquet. What exactly was this feeling that she could not forget but had no memory of?
"Miss Xiuying should have said that you can't get up yet, right?"
Unable to bear and look directly at Yinyin's strange, suspicious and confused eyes, Zhao Ziheng simply shifted his gaze and changed the subject, and carried Yinyin back to bed; Yinyin was stunned, she didn't know what to say, and didn't know how to express the confusion in her heart. This should be the second time she saw Zhao Ziheng, but why did it feel so familiar and painful to her? She even wanted to cry?
"Princess?"
Seeing Yinyin staring at Zhao Ziheng with a stiff expression, Xiuying became a little worried. As soon as she opened her mouth, her voice freed Yinyin from her confusion.
"…Why are you here?"
I seem to have thousands of words in my heart, but I don’t know where to start, so I just use the simplest words to start the conversation.
Why are you here? This is an answer that Zhao Ziheng knows without thinking, but he can't say it out loud. Looking into Yinyin's eyes makes his heart hurt even more. What kind of expression should he use to look at Yinyin? He clearly has thousands of words to say and clearly wants to hold her tightly in his arms, but facing Yinyin now, he simply can't do it. He is afraid of scaring her and hurting her, so he resists the desire in his heart and closes his eyes for a while. When he opens them again, his expression and eyes are very calm...
"It's the same as yours."
"And mine?"
Zhao Ziheng's words surprised Yinyin, because she couldn't imagine that a king of another country would appear in front of her, and said something that she couldn't understand. How could she understand it? Did she know that Zhao Ziheng came here because of her, and that he was in danger because of her? Including the fact that he appeared in front of her now, it was just because of her...
"You...King Zhao?"
"right."
She asked Zhao Ziheng questions with suspicion and confusion, but after confirmation she fell silent. Yinyin didn't know whether to believe it or not. She just felt that Zhao Ziheng's expression and eyes were not lying, especially the unspeakable sadness hidden in the depths of his eyes, and this sadness seemed to make her feel as if she was feeling the same pain in her heart.
"So can you help me?"
"As long as you ask."
"Why?"
"Because it's you."
The communication between Yinyin and Zhao Ziheng seemed to flow freely like clear water without any obstruction or barriers. How could two people who clearly did not know each other and had only met twice be able to have such a conversation? Yinyin could not see through Zhao Ziheng's profoundness, but she was unconsciously attracted to him. This was the first time she had such a feeling since she lost her memory.
Xiuying, who was standing aside, watched the conversation between Yinyin and Zhao Ziheng, and her heart seemed to be bleeding. She didn't know the two people who loved each other so much had to communicate in such a strange tone at this moment. Yinyin could not say anything, the situation was different, but what about Zhao Ziheng? What kind of mood was he facing? Not long ago, he had been working day and night for Yinyin, but now his eyebrows revealed a melancholy and indifference. Why would two people who loved each other so much meet again in this way? She couldn't understand, and she didn't even want to understand. Just watching them, Xiuying felt as if she was there, her heart was torn, and the pain made her seem unable to breathe...
"Sorry to scare you, I meant for tomorrow."
Zhao Ziheng noticed that Yin Yin was shaken by his words, so in order not to see her shaken and panicked expression, he changed the subject.
"For tomorrow?"
Whether it was the previous sentence or this one, Yinyin had no idea what Zhao Ziheng wanted to express. She only vaguely felt that she was being led by Zhao Ziheng. However, she did not dislike this feeling at all. Rather than saying that he was leading her, it would be more accurate to say that he was guiding her. It was as if Zhao Ziheng was leading her who had lost her way back to the right path, which made her feel very comfortable...
