Chapter 687 - 699: Hearts Are Connected
Inside the car.
Xia Xiaonuan sat in the back, Nangong Yaoling half-lying in her arms, his head already simply bandaged. The car was speeding towards the hospital.
She looked at the man in her arms, feeling a kind of unprecedented fear enveloping her body.
"Nangong Yaoling...you...you idiot, you won’t be in trouble, right? You can’t die..." Tears fell drop by drop, splashing onto the man’s exceptionally handsome face.
She didn’t even know why she felt so scared, so terrified and sad.
Once, clearly, didn’t she wish for his death?
But why...why now, with him really in trouble, does her heart feel so much pain, so much suffering?
Images flashed through her mind of the time in Phuket when he risked his life to save her; the time on the rooftop when he exchanged his life for hers; recalling Christmas, when he prepared a princess’ banquet for her; remembering the snowy day when she impulsively drove off, and he, always domineering, chased her car like a fool on the streets because he feared something might happen to her...
Thinking further back, there are many other things.
Between her and Nangong Yaoling, they really have experienced so much.
It seems almost like a tug-of-war, where they always seemed to want to win against each other—he wanted to win her heart, while she wanted to win her freedom from him.
But... in the end, it led to this situation where neither of them won, yet it seems like both have lost...
Xia Xiaonuan extended her hand, trembling fingertips slowly sliding over his handsome side face.
"Nangong Yaoling, do you remember, you said, if we were to die, we would die together... So, you can’t be in trouble. You can’t just die like this, understand?" Xia Xiaonuan choked out, realizing at this moment that perhaps, he had long unknowingly occupied a place in her heart.
The place she once thought could only be left for Nan Mo had been forcefully invaded by him, surrounding her heart without her noticing.
Perhaps she had long been aware, but stubbornly refused to believe.
Because of Jiang Xue’s presence, she always told herself that his matters had nothing to do with her.
But still, her heart would feel uncomfortable and painful.
So she could only turn that pain into anger, venting it on him. No matter what he said or did, she would stubbornly go against him.
Xia Xiaonuan’s heart ached, making her involuntarily close her eyes.
Suddenly, she bent her head down and kissed those pale lips bit by bit.
Nangong Yaoling lay in her arms, smelling the faint fragrance from her body.
His whole body, due to severe blood loss, was groggy.
But he heard her words clearly.
Xia Xiaonuan...I indeed said those words.
I thought, you would never take my words to heart. I thought, even if one day I died for you, you wouldn’t shed a tear for me.
But at this moment, what are you doing?
Are you pitying me, grateful to me, or truly caring for me even a little?
A fire seemed to burn in Nangong Yaoling’s heart, feeling both excited and frightened.
It felt like all of this was happening in a dream.
Her tears fell drop by drop like pearls onto his face.