The Seventh Night Heartbreaking Date 1
The summer night festival turned into my worst nightmare in 17 years.
The dreamy fireflies were like scary smiling faces laughing at my wishful thinking.
How could anyone like a monster like me?
Huang Mingxi has done enough for me.
I was just kicked out of the Rose Castle, but at least I can continue studying at the Rose Academy.
But I really feel so sad, as if my heart is about to break.
I slowly packed my few belongings in the small attic.
I hope I can go slower, as if I can get a chance to stay here. Maybe Huang Mingxi will change his mind in the next second? However, I know this is impossible.
I also hoped that I could be quicker so that I could leave Huang Mingxi as soon as possible. This attic filled with the scent of roses was like a nightmare that reminded me of the fact that I was "abandoned". Moreover, I really didn't even dare to think about being seen by Huang Mingxi leaving in disgrace. I always felt that it would be very, very embarrassing.
However, no matter how reluctant I was, my luggage was limited, and I finally finished packing.
I stood at the attic window for the last time.
The setting sun shines on the endless rose fields, dyeing the horizon a bright red.
These flowers that bloomed enthusiastically from the first day I moved in seemed to never wither. Every day they were so bright and beautiful, exuding a refreshing fragrance. However, I went from being a homeless girl seeking help to a homeless girl who was expelled.
There is no way I can go to my mother’s friends’ place, and I can’t even go to places where people live. Who knows if I will go crazy again and hurt the people around me?
So where should I go from here?
Suddenly, I heard regular footsteps on the wooden stairs of the attic, which made my heart beat wildly.
Could it be Huang Mingxi? I thought with anticipation and resistance, but my body did not make any movement.
The visitor stopped at the door of the room and said, "Come on, I'll take you to where you live."
It was Ji Youran's voice, not Huang Mingxi's.
I turned around with disappointment and relief, looking at Ji Youran, who was dressed as a butler, in surprise: "Where do you live?"
Ji Youran, who had always been at odds with me, raised her eyebrows and said, "The master prepared this for you."
My mood suddenly became very complicated.
Didn't he want me to leave here? Why did he prepare another place for me to live?
Ji Youran thought I didn't believe him, so he shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said, "Believe it or not. Anyway, it's an ordinary single apartment in the city center. There is a direct bus to the school, so it's very convenient to travel. The master is so special to you. I really don't understand what advantages you have to attract the master."
Attract? Don't make him disgusted, I will laugh secretly.
Should I have the courage to resist at this time, reject Huang Mingxi's "good intentions", and leave in a graceful manner?
However, I still couldn't refuse Huang Mingxi, because I had a hunch that if I refused Huang Mingxi here, he and I would never have any contact with each other again.
"Thank you, let's go." I picked up the suitcase silently and gave Ji Youran a forced smile.
Ji Youran was obviously impatient with being asked to "greet" me. He curled his lips, turned around and walked downstairs.
When I first came to the Rose Castle, I thought the rose bed was ridiculously large, but when I left, I wondered why it wasn't bigger.
Along the way, I didn't meet Huang Mingxi. Ji Youran and I walked in silence and soon came to the road outside.
Ji Youran sat in the passenger seat, and I opened the trunk of the car, stuffed the luggage in, and then sat in the back seat of the car.
"Hi! Miss Chaye, where are you going?" Before I even sat down, the driver greeted me enthusiastically.
I looked up and saw, eh, the driver? Wasn't he fired by Ji Youran?
I smiled back awkwardly: "I'm moving."
The driver immediately started yelling, "What? Miss Chaye is moving? Doesn't that mean I won't be able to see Miss Chaye anymore?"
"Shut up! If you keep making noise, don't come tomorrow."
Ji Youran, who was sitting in the passenger seat, interrupted the driver's speech coldly and ruthlessly.
The car became quiet.
The car started and I turned my head to look out the window.
The beautiful roses were like a layer of crimson clouds, floating on the edge of the Rose Castle. The towering castle appeared and disappeared in the twilight. As the car went away, the outline of the castle quickly disappeared at the end of the rose garden.
Goodbye, Rose Castle.
Goodbye, Huang Mingxi.
A tear quietly flowed out, slowly slid down the cheek, and finally dripped onto the lapel, forming a round water stain.
I might suffer from insomnia on the first night after leaving the Rose Castle.
If there wasn't an alarm clock set in my bedroom, I think I would be late.
I fell asleep at dawn and took a bus for half an hour with a dizzy head before I arrived at the gate of Rose Academy.
So many people witnessed me being rejected by Huang Mingxi last night, and I was ready to face the rumors.
However, the campus was quiet and the students in the classroom were all busy studying. No one stood up to laugh at me, and no one came to comfort me.
Everyone acted as if nothing had happened.
I hesitated at the door of the classroom, not knowing whether I should go back to my original seat and sit down.
"Class is about to start, what are you doing standing at the door?" Ji Youran was suddenly hit hard on the head, and walked into the classroom leisurely with the lesson plan in hand.
He seems to be in a good mood.
Has the conflict between him and Huang Mingxi been resolved?
This is good too. Huang Mingxi should be in a better mood now.
After leaving the Rose Castle, getting close to Huang Mingxi again made me very nervous.
I lowered my head and walked to the seat next to Huang Mingxi with my schoolbag in my arms. I sat down obediently, took out my books, put away my schoolbag, and waited for Ji Youran to start class.
I don’t know why, but my already dizzy head seemed to get even more dizzy.
I was planning to secretly look at Huang Mingxi during class to see if he was in a good mood. If he was in a good mood, I wanted to ask him: Huang Mingxi, why did you do this? If you were afraid that I would hurt others, you should have imprisoned me in the laboratory, right? You would rather drive me to the city center with a lot of people than let me live in the Rose Castle where only you and Ji Youran are. Is it because you really hate me?
Actually, you don't have to worry about me. As long as you say a word, I will leave by myself and never appear in front of you again.
Because even a frown from you makes me feel uneasy. Why do I care so much about your feelings?
My vision suddenly went blurry. I was half-thinking and half-thinking while I let my head slam onto the table helplessly.
“Bang!”
A huge crashing sound reached my ears. At the moment I lost consciousness, I even laughed at myself leisurely: Oh, this crash was really hard...
I hadn't slept for two nights and finally fell ill as expected.
I just felt limp all over, without any strength. My consciousness was sometimes clear and sometimes confused, and I could occasionally feel the movement around me.
I felt someone picked me up and rushed me somewhere.
The person holding me walked so fast that I could hear the wind whistling in my ears.
I was really confused. How could someone run as fast as a car? What speed would be required to produce such wind that made my hair fly?
When I sensed the outside world again, I was already lying on the soft bed.
A voice said worriedly: "You've been out of my sight for only one day, and you've already messed yourself up like this. I really don't know what to do with you..."
The owner of this voice exudes a pleasant rose scent, and his voice is so gentle that it makes my dizzy head feel a lot better.
The sleepy bugs that had been reluctant to come finally crawled into my mind one by one. I raised a sweet smile, moved my lips, and wanted to say, "Huang Mingxi, is that you? Don't leave, stay with me a little longer."
I don’t know if I really said those words, but I fell asleep in a daze.
A dreamless sleep.
I don't know how long it took, but when I woke up again, I didn't feel any pain in my head anymore. In front of me was a snow-white ceiling, a snow-white quilt, and a tall storage rack. There were many labeled medicine bottles on the storage rack, so it seemed that this was the infirmary.
“Crash.”
The sound of flipping papers suddenly came into my ears. I turned my head reflexively and saw Ji Youran sitting beside the hospital bed reading a book.
Am I having a nightmare? Why is it that when I woke up, it was Ji Youran who was by my side? Shouldn't it be Huang Mingxi?
I stared at Ji Youran who was reading a book in disappointment and surprise.
"Are you awake?" he asked without raising his head. "Are you feeling better? If you are, go back and rest."
After saying that, he closed the book in his hand and looked at me expressionlessly: "I have never seen a person as stupid as you. The test results show low blood sugar and malnutrition. Do you know that you fainted from hunger?"
Ah? Am I fainting from hunger?
I touched my flat belly awkwardly.
It seems like I didn’t eat anything yesterday…
When I thought of this, my stomach immediately started to rebel, making gurgling sounds.
"The meal is here!" The door of the infirmary was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and Liuli walked in carrying a large food box.
She placed the food box directly on the bed and said sympathetically: "Chaye, did you do something bad to anger the Emperor? You are too weak to be left alone! You should quickly confess to the Emperor and try to return to the Rose Castle!"
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I heard a little girl with a Lolita look say that I was weak. Although her words were as ruthless as always, every word was full of concern, which touched my heart.
"Thank you, Liuli!" I quickly sat up and moved the lunch box in front of me. When I opened the lid of the lunch box, a plate of super-large meals immediately appeared in front of me. I looked at Liuli gratefully, "You are really my little angel!"
"Hey! Don't be so disgusting!" Liuli shuddered exaggeratedly, and then put on a serious expression, "Although I don't like you following Lord Huang, you still have to find a way to return to Rose Castle!"
I paused while picking up the bowl, feeling bitter in my heart.
I want to go back too. I don't know when Huang Mingxi has become a very important friend to me. However, maybe because he is a blood descendant doctor, he understands the danger of blood descendants even more. Especially after I attacked him, he must be very disappointed in me, right?
Am I just a test subject to him?
A strange thought suddenly flashed into my mind, and I quickly shook my head to drive the thought out.
"Why are you shaking your head?" Liuli came over to me in frustration and tapped my forehead, "Don't ignore other people's advice!"
I smiled foolishly, not minding Liuli's abrupt actions at all, and started to eat with relish.
There are some things that I can’t explain clearly to Liuli, but I am still very grateful to her.
“Brother! Why don’t you talk about her?” Seeing that I was in a hopeless state, Liuli stomped her feet fiercely and turned to criticize Ji Youran, “She is your descendant after all. If other nobles saw her like this, they would laugh at you!”
I was trying so hard to fill my stomach that I didn't hear what she was saying at all.
Ji Youran fanned herself leisurely with a book as thick as a brick, and said indifferently, "Are you worried that your 'Emperor' will be laughed at by others?"
"Brother!" Liuli's face quickly turned into a red apple. She said "I don't want to pay attention to you anymore" and then ran away with her face covered.
I bit the chopsticks in my mouth and mumbled, "Why did she leave? I haven't even said thank you to her yet!"
Ji Youran glanced at me with sidelong eyes and said shamelessly: "Just thank me."
I sneered: "Liuli brought the meal, why should I thank you!"
"Blat!"
The door was pushed open again, and Liuli's red face poked out from behind the door, "Hey! I've created a great opportunity for you to apologize! You must make peace with Lord Huang!"
"Ah?" I held the chopsticks in my mouth, confused.
Liuli pointed at me and ordered, "Tomorrow night! See you at the temple fair entrance!"
"Hey..." Before I could ask what was going on, the little girl ran away at full speed.
I had no choice but to frown and scold Ji Youran who hadn’t left yet: “Don’t you want to stop your sister? You obviously hate me and Huang Mingxi being together.”
Ji Youran looked at me quietly for a long while, and I thought there were rice grains on my face. It was not until I wiped my mouth uncomfortably that he said meaningfully, "Maybe we can try..."
Try it?
