Chapter 2116: Chapter 2116: Sweet Responsibility
"Because I’ve spoiled you this way since you were little, it’s become a habit ingrained in my bones. Is there anything wrong with that?" Helian Ling Kong smiled bitterly.
"It’s really a frightening habit. Look how you’ve spoiled me, made me so bad, selfish, always self-centered, never able to see your pain." Yiyi’s tears rolled down the corners of her eyes, feeling very sad.
Helian Ling Kong wiped away her tears, his eyes resolute yet gentle, "Silly girl, do you mean it’s my own doing? But since it’s I who spoiled you, no matter how bad you’ve become, I should be the one to bear it. Such a sweet responsibility, I don’t want to hand it over to any other man."
"Who’s the real fool here? Looks like we’re both fools." Yiyi glared at him, her voice joyous yet laced with complaint, "But I also want to do something for Brother Ling Kong! I don’t just want to be always protected, I don’t want to see you sacrificing yourself for me again. I too have the strength to take on responsibility. I joined the military with all my might just to solve problems myself, not letting you be in a difficult situation or burdened with so many troubles for me."
"My little princess seems to have really grown up." Helian Ling Kong rubbed her cheek while smiling, then earnestly continued, "Even though I understand you’ve grown up and can live well without relying on me, I still hope from the bottom of my heart that you live a little happier, without any harm. No matter how old you are, in my heart, you’ll always be that little princess from before. It’s only right to protect and cherish you."
"You... remember?" Yiyi widened her eyes.
"Yes, though it’s just fragmented pieces, not yet complete, but the connection between you and me... I’ve finally remembered. In this world, only one person calls me Brother Ling Kong."
It was this strange address that struck like a thunderbolt, breaking open the closed gates of his memory.
Day by day, fragment upon fragment accumulated, letting him understand why he appeared in this world, why he couldn’t let go of this girl.
Love had run too deep, to the bones. How to pull it out, even if memory was lost, instinct would flare up again.
This was his true destiny!
"...Brother Ling Kong."
Tears flowed even more furiously from Yiyi’s eyes as she leaned into his arms.
"You’re wrong, I’m actually not independent at all. I’ve always depended on you, from childhood to now, still the same. Always making you worry about me, always needing you to help me."
"In this world, if I don’t help you, who else will? But there’s one thing that really displeases me." Ling Kong pinched her cheek, a bit annoyed, "Since you’ve remembered, why didn’t you come to find me?"
"I, I..."
Yiyi’s face flushed, biting her lip shyly.
"I was afraid you might not like me as much anymore. After all, I was so rude to you before. Maybe you were heartbroken and disappointed in me, not wanting to see me again."
"Silly girl," Ling Kong chuckled, "That’s the most impossible thing in the world. I’ve liked you for a full decade, never planning to fall for someone else. I’ve long since hung myself on your crooked tree."
Yiyi felt as if her heart was soaking in honey, her lips couldn’t help but curl up.
Though she didn’t understand why he liked a fool like her for so long, perhaps his persistence was the strongest in the world, one thought was a lifetime.
But hearing the person she likes say such things, she felt bubbles of happiness about to burst out.
