Chapter 504: Heavy Snow, Returning (7)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Zhang Xue entered the security checkpoint in a daze, feeling like she was dreaming.

How could Sang Minglang possibly take the initiative to say those words to her?

She turned around and saw him still standing behind the crowd, smiling slightly as he looked at her.

She boarded the plane but still felt that it was unrealistic.

However, she remembered every word he said at the security checkpoint clearly and could almost repeat them.

The plane was about to take off. She mustered her courage to send Sang Minglang a message before turning off her phone.

[Are you being serious?]

The two-hour journey was both long and short for her.

When the plane landed, she eagerly turned on her phone, wanting to see his reply.

She was both afraid and expectant. She hoped that what he said was true, but she was even more afraid that he would not reply. She was afraid that he was only joking with her.

When she opened her inbox and saw Sang Minglang’s unread message, her heart started to pound.

Her fingers trembled slightly as she clicked on the message and saw three messages from him.

[When have you ever seen me not being serious?]

[Actually, I wanted to ask you if you were willing to be my wife. However, I was afraid you’d get scared, so I settled for the next best option.]

Zhang Xue felt her cheeks burn and her heart beat like a drum.

Just as she was hesitating, Sang Minglang called.

“Has the plane landed?”

Zhang Xue’s face was red as she replied with a “Mm.”

“So you haven’t given me an answer to my question. Have you thought about it?”

He said, “Are you willing to be my girlfriend?”

The plane was currently broadcasting the news of landing. The passengers stood up one after another and started to take their luggage. The surroundings were noisy, but Zhang Xue could only hear Sang Minglang’s voice.

Even though he wasn’t in front of her, her face was still so red that it could drip blood, and she lightly replied with another “Mmm.M

Sang Minglang smiled. “I’ll go to Yuecheng to pick you up after the new year.

I’ll also meet your father.”

A great sense of happiness washed over her like a tidal wave. Zhang Xue was so happy that she almost felt dizzy.

However, she still had one last doubt. “Can I ask why you’re asking me and not Sister Xiaoshuang?”

Sang Minglang was silent for a long while, “Once some people lose each other, they will never be able to get back. Even if they manage to chase each other back, with the passage of time, things wouldn’t be the same.”

It only increased the pain, so it was better to let go and separate.

He could never forgive the Ruan family. If he faced Ruan Xiaoshuang, he would subconsciously think of everything in the past.

Even if Sang Qianqian said that she and his father wouldn’t mind, if he really got together with her, he would always feel guilty toward his family.

The sweeter it was, the more guilty he felt. He would never be able to let go of it in this lifetime.

Life should always move forward. Once something was over, one should not look back.

Sang Minglang finally reconciled with his obsession with love, choosing to cherish the present and pity the person in front of him.

***

A long time later.

When Zhang Xue and Sang Minglang finally walked into the wedding hall, on that night, they were filled with tender affection.

She asked Sang Minglang, “Do you still remember that time when you sent me to the airport? You said that I had lied the last time and it worked. When did I really lie to you before that?”

Sang Minglang looked at her and said meaningfully, “It was in the capital, when we lived together. It was that time when I was drunk.”

He paused. “Actually, I vaguely remembered what happened that night.”

Zhang Xue’s face instantly heated up.

That night, Sang Minglang got drunk after learning that Ruan Xiaoshuang was about to marry Song Yu.

When Zhang Xue helped him into the room, he hugged her and called Ruan Xiaoshuang’s name, then kissed her.

She trembled in his arms, panicking as tears welled up in her eyes.

That was her first kiss.

It wasn’t that she couldn’t give herself to him, but she couldn’t stand him calling out another girl’s name while holding her.

Thus, she struggled to push Sang Minglang away and ran out.

The next day, after waking up, he asked her if he had done anything overboard last night and said something he shouldn’t have said.

At that time, she lowered her head and said no.

She had always thought that he did not remember what happened that night.

Unexpectedly, he already knew who she was kissing. No wonder his attitude toward her was so subtle.

After that, he almost never came back to stay over. Zhang Xue was always alone in the house.

A while later, she mustered up courage to call him and ask why he wasn’t home. He only said that he had something on.

When they met again, it was at the hospital.

Only then did Zhang Xue realize that he was willing to sacrifice his own life to save Ruan Xiaoshuang.

He gave her a bank card, saying indifferently that their “contract” was over and she could return to Yuecheng.

Not only did he ask her to return, but he also asked her to resign from Sang Group, completely cutting off all opportunities for them to meet again…

***

Zhang Xue recalled the past and felt a little wronged.” You were so heartless back then.”

“Do you know why I had to do that?”

Sang Minglang looked at her seriously, “Because you were going to disrupt my plan.”

He vaguely remembered what he had done that night when he was drunk. For some reason, when he faced Zhang Xue, he could no longer find his original freedom.

When she was living with him, she was already dressed rather conservatively.

However, whenever she came out of the shower, her wet hair was draped over her shoulders. Her lips were red and her skin was fair. Her collar was slightly open, and her delicate collar bone was round and delicate. Sang Minglang couldn’t ignore her looks.

He had never been a gentleman. On the contrary, he had never restrained his desires and had always been willful.

But only Zhang Xue knew that he couldn’t do that. Therefore, he avoided her and let her leave.

At that time, he had already decided to get Ruan Xiaoshuang back because he owed her too much.

Unfortunately, he fell into a coma. When he woke up, the possibility of them being together was gone.

***

Zhang Xue had a question in her heart that she wanted to ask Sang Minglang about.

“Did you ever like me even a little?” she asked.

Sang Minglang thought for a long time, so long that she fell asleep.

“I should, right?” he said thoughtfully.

In the beginning, he definitely didn’t. Sang Minglang only treated her as an ordinary girl.

However, when they later became a contractual couple and started living together…

He realized that Zhang Xue had many good points.

She was so understanding and gentle. She was very clever and skillful, and her cooking skills were also superb.

To a certain extent, her personality was very similar to Ruan Xiaoshuang’s in the past. She was equally stubborn when it came to love.

In order to avoid Zhang Xue, Sang Minglang did not stay with her anymore. Despite that, he actually thought of her more than once and missed the taste of her cooking.

In order not to let her waver his determination in getting Ruan Xiaoshuang back, he even made her resign and leave.

Sang Minglang didn’t know if this counted as liking her.

If it were true, then he should have liked Zhang Xue a little.

***

Before Sang Minglang got married, he sent Ruan Xiaoshuang an email.

The email address he used was the same one from years ago when they were studying abroad..