Chapter 1342: Chapter 791: The One Who Truly Loves You Won’t Let You Get Hurt (4)
"Dad, Mom, you’re awake." An Youyou got up from the soft couch.
She held up her ink painting, "What do you think?"
An Ning was still curious about what An Youyou had seriously painted all afternoon.
Seeing the two distorted faces on the Xuan paper almost made her send it away directly.
Don’t say this is painted as...
"I painted Dad and Mom. Does it look like them?" An Youyou acted cute.
Looks like a ghost!
"Did you spend the entire afternoon painting here?" An Ning asked uncertainly.
"Of course."
An Ning pursed her lips and instructed the servant, "Prepare the dinner, make sure to call An Ji, have him join us tonight."
"Yes."
The whole family sat at the dining table, An Ji was also there.
He appeared well-behaved and dared not act out.
The dining table was very quiet as everyone ate, no one spoke.
An Ning and Xiao Jinxing occasionally glanced at An Ji and An Youyou, noticing there was no interaction at all between the two.
An Ji occasionally glanced at An Youyou, but An Youyou kept her eyes straight.
After dinner.
The snow outside had also stopped.
"Youyou, since An Ji has come, why don’t you take An Ji for a walk in the courtyard?" An Ning instructed.
"I still want to play chess with Dad..."
"What chess, hurry up," An Ning urged.
An Youyou reluctantly agreed.
She and An Ji walked in the backyard.
The snow had stopped, but it was still cold.
An Youyou sneezed.
An Ji appeared as though he wanted to take off his cloak for her.
"Don’t give it to me," An Youyou refused.
An Ji felt a bit awkward.
"Why did you come here?" An Youyou questioned, her tone somewhat impatient.
"Don’t you miss me?"
"No."
"But before I left Daxuan, you promised to marry me."
"That was before. Now I don’t have that thought."
"You lied to me?"
"It’s not lying, it’s just changeable."
"An Youyou!" An Ji was obviously angry.
"Anyway, I definitely won’t marry you," An Youyou was adamant, "You should go back to Beiyuan and find someone else!"
"Why? You weren’t like this before."
"My parents won’t let me go to Beiyuan."
"They won’t let you go, and you don’t go?"
"They are my parents, who brought me into the world and raised me, of course I won’t upset them," An Youyou said righteously, "Naturally, I won’t do things that make them unhappy."
An Ji stared straight at An Youyou.
"Sorry An Ji," An Youyou’s emotional tension slightly stabilized, "I’m the one who let you down."
After speaking, An Youyou turned directly away.
"Youyou," An Ji grabbed her hand.
An Youyou pursed her lips.
Her eyes naturally caught sight of her parents’ figures not far away.
The play had to be convincing.
An Youyou shook off An Ji and walked away quickly.
An Ji just watched An Youyou’s back.
Even knowing it was intentional, watching An Youyou leave still made his heart ache.
A cross-cultural love really is difficult.
Feeling hurt, An Ji returned to his room.
An Ning and Xiao Jinxing emerged from the shadows.
"Old man Xiao, what do you think?" An Ning asked.
"I’m still young and strong," Xiao Jinxing corrected her.
A daughter about to get married, and he still refuses to admit age!
Xiao Jinxing said, "Let it be, let her be."
"You’ve agreed?" An Ning was somewhat surprised.
Though... it was inevitable, she hadn’t expected to compromise so soon.
"Otherwise what?" Xiao Jinxing said, "Watch her suffer?"
"Isn’t she pretending well enough?"
"Don’t you think I can’t see her occasional dazed look? Can’t see the ink painting she hides each time, who is painted on it?! Can’t see her restraint and strength in front of us..."
An Ning smiled.
When truly loving someone, you genuinely can’t bear to hurt them.
It’s just a matter of time to accept it.
And Youyou had given them enough time to come to terms with it.
In this regard, Youyou did it very well.
Better than Anqi towards Luming in the past, more appropriate.
She actively took Xiao Jinxing’s hand.
Xiao Jinxing’s eyes moved slightly.
"Don’t worry, no matter where the children go this lifetime, I’ll be by your side."
Xiao Jinxing’s lips curled slightly.
He tightly held An Ning’s hand, despite the cold weather, never feeling cold.
...
An Ji left three days later.
An Youyou followed her parents to see him off at the gate.
Even though she had no extra exchange with An Ji, truly watching his carriage go farther and farther away, her eyes still reddened.
At the moment her parents turned around, she calmly swallowed her tears and smiled heartlessly.
An Ning patted An Youyou on the shoulder.
This is why Xiao Jinxing compromised and allowed An Youyou to leave him.
A daughter raised in the palm of their hand since childhood, couldn’t bear to see her forcing a smile.
"After the spring opens, we’ll go to Beiyuan Country," An Ning suddenly said.
An Youyou was surprised, "What will we do there?"
"An Ji mentioned to let us appreciate Beiyuan’s springtime scenery, to let us feel Beiyuan’s simple customs and traditions, to see if Beiyuan is a place that can take care of our daughter," An Ning straightforwardly said.
An Youyou frowned.
At first, she didn’t react.
After a while.
She widened her eyes, looked at her mom, then at her dad, "You’re saying... you want to see if Beiyuan is a place where I can be taken care of?"
An Ning nodded.
Xiao Jinxing also nodded.
An Youyou burst into tears she had managed to hold back.
The best people in this world for oneself are none other than parents!
