Final Chapter: I am willing to accompany you to face the unknown difficulties 1
Who are we living for in this world?
Who do you feel guilty about and who do you take responsibility for?
Xi Feng took care of Tang Ai because of his brother's last wish, but falling in love with her was unexpected. He finally chose to be with her because of himself.
Tang Ai has always loved Xi Chen, but she learns that Xi Chen has long been dead and that Xi Feng has been with her. She is tormented in her heart, but still deeply trapped in confusion. She has been imprisoned in her heart and has been unable to escape.
"Tang Ai, if you have the guts, tell Xi Chen's photo that the person you love is his biological brother Xi Feng—" Xi Shanshan's voice echoed in the empty cemetery. Tang Ai was held tightly by her hand and trembled all over.
"My brother Xichen loves you so much, why did you betray him? Are you worthy of him, Tang Ai!" Xi Shanshan grabbed Tang Ai's arm, approached her, and his expression became a little ferocious.
"I didn't...no!" Tang Ai struggled. In front of Xi Chen's grave, she was panicked and had no ability to fight back.
Xi Shanshan approached her step by step. Tang Ai staggered back. Xi Shanshan at this moment was completely different from the bright and beautiful girl in the past: "You don't have it? Tang Ai, tell me, you don't like Xi Feng at all, not even a little bit! If you have the guts, tell me in front of Xi Chen!"
"No--" Tang Ai screamed. She pushed Xi Shanshan away and ran out of the cemetery like crazy.
"It's not like that, it's not like that—" Tang Ai stumbled out, crossed the road outside the cemetery, and hid in an undeveloped grassland. Her thin body huddled in the grass, hugging herself tightly, her mind in a mess, Xi Shanshan's words tormenting her over and over again.
When Xi Shanshan saw Tang Ai running away, she stood in the cemetery for a while, then walked out expressionlessly, got into her car, and drove away.
Where Tang Ai is has nothing to do with her.
Perhaps because this place is a cemetery, the wind blowing in is chilly. Tang Ai sat curled up in the swaying grass, her body trembling.
After an unknown amount of time, Tang Ai slowly stood up and walked out of the bushes. She stood still by the road, staring at the gloomy cemetery in a daze. After a long time, Tang Ai slowly walked into the cemetery until she saw Xi Chen's tombstone.
The photo on the tombstone made Tang Ai feel familiar and sad.
"Xi Chen..." Tang Ai reached out her hand, stroked the boy in the photo, and asked helplessly, "What should I do? I never thought of abandoning you..."
The wind became gentle, lightly touching the skin on Tang Ai's arm. Such a gentle touch seemed as if Xi Chen was by her side.
A smile slowly emerged on Tang Ai's face, and she said slowly: "I miss you so much. But I can't help it. The saddest thing for a person is to be separated from the person he loves most, alive or dead. All my words can only be heard by the wind in this cemetery. I wish you could hear me, wish you understood what I was thinking, wish you could respond to me in a dream, but all of this is just wishful thinking..."
There is no way to talk to the dead, ever.
Tang Ai sighed deeply, turned around and looked at the gray sky above the cemetery, his thoughts becoming melancholy.
She stayed in front of Xichen's tomb for a long time, until it got darker and darker, then she turned her head and said to the tombstone: "Xichen, I'm leaving now. Can I come to see you next time?"
The only response she received was the whistling sound of the wind.
Tang Ai turned around and slowly walked out of the cemetery.
The cemetery was many kilometers away from Ancheng. Tang Ai didn't know how long she could get there by walking like this, but she had no other choice. Her cell phone was left on Xi Shanshan's car, and there were no other vehicles on this road.
Tang Ai hugged her arms, like the only traveler in the vast world. It seemed that she had a place to go, but in fact, she had nowhere to go.
I don't know how long I walked, but a car drove up the road. Before it got to Tang Ai, someone in the car shouted, "Xiao Ai——"
Tang Ai raised her head and saw Xi Feng's head sticking out of the car window with an anxious look on his face.
The car made a sharp turn and stopped in front of Tang Ai. Xi Feng hurriedly ran out of the car, ran over and hugged Tang Ai without saying a word, and said with a sense of relief: "I finally found you! You made me so worried, luckily you are okay..."
"Xi Feng..." Tang Ai stretched out a hand and gently patted Xi Feng's shoulder.
Xi Feng loosened his embrace, grabbed Tang Ai's shoulders, frowned and asked, "Why are you so stupid! Why did you believe Xi Shanshan's words?"
"I regret it too." Tang Ai lowered her eyes.
"Stop talking and get in the car." Xi Feng pulled Tang Ai into the car, and she saw that the person driving was Shen Ruoyun.
Shen Ruoyun turned around and said to Tang Ai in the back seat: "Xiao Ai, I'm sorry, I deliberately lied and called Xi Feng away."
Tang Ai didn't say anything. She knew that it must be Xi Shanshan who forced Shen Ruoyun to do that. If there was no other choice, Shen Ruoyun would not agree to her.
"Xiao Ai, what did she say to you when she brought you here?" This was what Xi Feng was concerned about. He had a rough idea of why Xi Shanshan brought Tang Ai to her brother's grave, but he just wanted to confirm it.
Tang Ai did not answer honestly, but lowered her head slightly and said, "Nothing, I just came to see Xi Chen."
Tang Ai was lying, and Xi Feng saw it at a glance, but he didn't point it out. Instead, he said, "Next time you want to come to see your brother, tell me and I'll bring you. She must have ulterior motives, otherwise she wouldn't leave you here alone."
"Hmm..." Tang Ai nodded, and then fell silent.
She remained silent until she returned to Ancheng.
Xi Feng could see Tang Ai's mood, so he just asked her to have a good rest and not think about anything else.
After Tang Ai had rested for a few days, the National Day holiday had arrived.
Xi Feng had originally planned to take Tang Ai on a trip, but he had not mentioned it because Tang Ai was in a bad mood. Two days before the National Day holiday, Xi Feng told Tang Ai about this matter. Tang Ai was silent for a while in front of him and said, "I'm sorry, Xi Feng, I have to go home for National Day."
Xi Feng was stunned for a moment, and finally said in a straightforward manner: "It's okay, I was too abrupt to tell you so late."
"Yeah." Tang Ai responded and turned around as if to leave.
"Xiao Ai." Xi Feng called her, but he didn't know what to say. He didn't know why, he was very scared, afraid that Tang Ai would be gone forever, because up to now, Tang Ai hadn't given him an answer. After Xi Shanshan took him to her brother's grave last time, Xi Feng didn't know what happened exactly, but he knew that what happened would definitely affect Tang Ai's choice.
Tang Ai looked back puzzledly and asked, "Anything else?"
Xi Feng thought for a moment and said, "Call me when you get home."
Tang Ai nodded and left.
Although she promised Xi Feng, when she really got home that day, she forgot to call Xi Feng.
Tang Ai returned to the Qingluo Inn in Tianwu Mountain alone. Sister Hua saw her listless look and asked, "The first time you came back, you brought a group of friends with you. The second time you came back, you only brought Teacher Shao. The third time you came back, you brought nothing. Xiao Ai, didn't something happen between you and Xi Chen?"
There was a hint of gossip in Sister Hua's words, but Tang Ai said calmly, "Don't mention Xi Chen. Xi Chen passed away a year ago. The last person who came was his brother Xi Feng."
"What?" Sister Hua rushed out from the front desk as if she had heard some earth-shattering news and asked, "You said Xi Chen... is dead, dead?"
Tang Ai nodded and pretended to be relaxed: "Yes, he had a car accident on the day I reported to school as a freshman."
"What...what..." Sister Hua couldn't believe it. How could such a healthy boy just disappear like that? What she couldn't believe the most was that Tang Ai acted as if nothing had happened.
Tang Ai sat on a stool and changed her shoes. After she finished, she said to Sister Hua, "I'm going to go hiking. Please save some dinner for me, Sister Hua."
"Oh, okay..." Sister Hua watched Tang Ai stand up from the stool, patted her trouser legs, and then left the inn. She really couldn't understand it, these things changed too fast!
This was indeed the case for Sister Hua, who had just learned the truth , but it took Tang Ai a long time to adapt to the fact that Xi Chen had passed away.
The mountain climbing that Tang Ai mentioned was just going to the wishing tree.
She climbed to the top of the wishing tree and searched for more than ten minutes among the red wish notes before she found Xi Feng's wish note. She took it down and saw that it read:
I don't have any lofty ambitions in this life, I just hope that she will not hate or resent my deception. I like her, not because of anything else in the world, but just because of myself.
Tang Ai took Xi Feng's wish note away.
She came back alone this time for a reason. In such an impetuous city, she would be easily disturbed by many reasons. Only when she returned to Tianwu Mountain and walked through the places she had walked with Xi Chen and Xi Feng, could she quietly ask herself: Do I like Xi Feng?
At night, Tang Ai lay in bed and read through all the interactions between her and Xi Feng on the social apps. There were so many words that she spent most of the night reading.
Tang Ai knew that she had feelings for Xi Feng...
She was sure of it.
She also knew that Xi Feng loved her no less than Xi Chen did.
As long as she is brave enough and regards Xichen as a beautiful past that can never be returned to, she can face her heart calmly.
But sometimes, being brave is not that easy.
After the National Day holiday, Tang Ai returned to school. However, as soon as she returned, she heard something from Shao Yu.
Shao Yu said that Xi Feng lost his position as chairman of HE.
"What's going on?" Tang Ai asked puzzledly.
At that time, because the get out of class was over, Shao Yu kept Tang Ai in the classroom and asked her if she knew about Xi Feng. Tang Ai only knew that there were always people who wanted to deal with Xi Feng, but she didn't know that in just seven days, Xi Feng actually lost his position as chairman.
Shao Yu said: "HE's website was hacked, and many important internal data were stolen. HE is now suffering huge losses. Xi Zhengfeng has no choice but to use the financial resources of the Xi Group to fill this hole. The board of directors of HE believes that Xi Feng has not fulfilled his responsibilities as chairman, and they have jointly written to the shareholders of the Xi Group, hoping to remove Xi Feng from the position of chairman. Xi Zhengfeng was forced to do this first."
"What about Xi Feng? How is he now?" Tang Ai didn't care about the happy ending, she only cared about Xi Feng.
Shao Yu shook his head and said, "I don't know. Xi Feng disappeared since the day HE had the accident. The board of directors of HE said that Xi Feng was a coward and escaped from the accident."
"Xi Feng is not such a person. He must be secretly trying to find a way to resolve this matter and find someone to deal with HE." Tang Ai shook her head. She believed in Xi Feng.
