Chapter 682-END
682 Childhood sweethearts (Part 2)
Feng Nan seemed to be hiding a secret in PEI Yi’s heart that he was unwilling to share with anyone. However, at this moment, he felt as if his secret had been revealed to the public and that she was being coveted by everyone.
Born in the PEI family, no one had dared to snatch anything from him. At that moment, he understood what it meant to be jealous and sad.
He suddenly understood that no matter how much he liked Feng Nan, there was a possibility that she would hold hands with someone else one day. By then, their lives would still be like two parallel lines.
The young man’s heart felt heavy. On his way to find Feng Nan, the few light letters in his backpack almost bent his back.
He found Feng Nan in the library. She was sitting in a corner by the window, quietly reading a book. The wind blew past the Boston ivy outside the window, making a rustling sound. The sunlight reflected in the green grass shone in. The stray hair on her cheeks reflected her fair and tender skin, making his heart beat faster.
The teenager who had just experienced love couldn’t control his face from turning red. He held his breath, afraid that he would disturb her. He stood there for a long time until she noticed his existence and called out his name in surprise, ”
“Yi, what are you doing here?”
He clumsily sat down beside her and carefully took out the things he had brought for her from his bag. There was food and something useful.
He gathered his courage and moved closer to her. The young girl’s body was already curvy, and her slightly undulating chest was wrapped in the school uniform. His face turned red when he saw it.
She was reading hou Xiling’s novel. Halfway through the book, an exquisite bookmark was stuck in it.
As soon as he came, he took away her focus. She closed the book and looked at his flushed face. She asked him worriedly, ” “What’s wrong?”
She had yet to realize her influence on him. She reached out her Jade-like hand and touched his forehead.
It was already close to June, and the sun was blazing hot. She guessed that he must have been feeling hot on his way here.
His face was burning hot, and her hand was soft and cold. He reached out to hold it, and it felt soft and boneless. Her eyes were open and clear, and his heart was like a deer in the headlights.
The two of them had grown up together and were used to each other. She did not reject his touch and could even accept such an intimate action.
PEI Yi opened his mouth and wanted to ask her if she knew about the love letters that he had kept. However, when he saw her concerned expression, he could not say anything.
He had a feeling of defeat. He had never been so timid before. He was afraid that if he asked, it would lead to irredeemable consequences.
He grabbed Feng Nan’s hand in a coquettish manner. She felt a little helpless, but she did not stop him.
A cool breeze was blowing by the window. She held PEI Yi’s hand and stood by the window. She was almost five years older than him and had been taller than him for the past few years.
In the past two years, he had entered junior high school and his height had improved by leaps and bounds. He was already a head taller than her. Although he was thin, his shoulders were wider than hers, and he just happened to trap her in his arms.
Feng Nan had been practicing dancing since he was young, so he was in an excellent shape. From the angle he was standing, he could see the lines of her neck and back. It was so perfect that it was like a delicate sculpture.
The young girl’s body had already started to show some curves, and he blushed a little.
Her skin was very good, white and delicate, her eyebrows and eyes were gentle, and her lips were slightly pale. Her face was not covered with makeup, so she was not a gorgeous beauty, but she was quite comfortable.
The wind blew gently, and the cool breeze carried a faint fragrance of her hair. Her hair was let down, and most of it was tucked behind her ears. A few strands of hair hung down on the side of her face. She leaned against the window and reached out to touch the plants outside.
The library was surrounded by Boston ivy, which climbed very fast. The vines had already climbed over the arched white windows and almost surrounded half of the library.
The two of them stood in a corner of the library, and no one came to disturb them. He swallowed his saliva and saw her smooth hair sliding down her arm because of her bending over. It was like fine silk, and he couldn’t help but secretly reach out to touch it.
“Yi, did you see that?”
She spoke unconsciously, but PEI Yi’s fingers had just touched her hair when he heard her speak. He immediately retracted his hand as if he had been electrocuted.
His heart was still thumping wildly, but Feng Nan had no idea what he had done. the Boston ivy outside this library has grown to the top of its head. It’s so beautiful.
She turned her head and smiled at him.
it’s like a Castle. Look. she raised her hand, and the sun shone through her fingers. isn’t it beautiful? ”
He nodded in a daze.
I also want a Castle like this. It’s a small French-style building with white windows. The castle is covered with creeper vines. There should be a round table and rattan chairs by the window. Of course, there were also her favorite tea and books. She could imagine how gentle the sun was when it shone through the green leaves on her body. She also had the romance and innocence of a young girl.
I feel like I’m a princess.
As she said this, her face turned slightly red.
It was impossible for her to tell anyone these things. However, she did not hesitate to say them in front of PEI Yi.
It was as if she could share everything in the world with him, whether it was her physical discomfort or her young girl’s thoughts. She could tell him everything.
“Yi, will you laugh at me?”
“Of course I won’t,”
He held his breath and shook his head desperately.
In fact, he had already drawn a blueprint in his heart, following her words. There was sunlight, green leaves, a Castle, and she sitting by the window.
He still didn’t understand what this feeling was, but he just wanted to help her achieve her wish.
He took a few letters home and carefully wrote her rejection letters, afraid that his handwriting would be too ugly and she would be laughed at by her admirers.
If he didn’t write it well once, he would tear it up and write it again. He had never been so serious before.
PEI Yi did not understand what it felt like to be unhappy that someone else liked her. He had too many things to do back then. He wanted to work hard to grow up and catch up to her. He wanted to help her reject those perverts who were coveting her, and protect her even more. He even wanted to buy her a Castle and let her be a Princess.
He bought a Manor in France, dug the soil himself, and planted the Boston ivy, waiting for it to sprout and grow. He watched it grow up bit by bit and cover the house.
He carefully protected his painstaking efforts and watched the house of Feng Nan’s dream gradually take shape. Cheng runing and the others laughed at him for loving Feng Nan to the bone. Only then did he understand what it was like to be unable to control himself.
As he grew older, he lost the courage to say ‘love’ to her loudly when he was young. He cherished it too much and didn’t even dare to confess. He was afraid that he would scare her and she would ignore him from now on.
In his heart, she was as pure as ice and as pure as Jade. She could not be profaned. Even secretly liking her was like an offense to her.
The manor in France was almost done. He had two horses and there was a stable there. In autumn, perhaps the two of them could ride the horses for a walk. He had thought about many things, but he had never thought that the Feng family had already interfered in her future.
He rushed to the Feng family’s house in high spirits and mustered up the courage to talk to her about inviting her to France. The second before he arrived at the Feng family’s house, he was still thinking about how she would feel when he brought her to France and saw the castle of her dreams appear in front of her.
She might be excited and a little shy, and if he took the opportunity to confess, he might succeed.
He was a little excited. When he arrived at the Feng residence, he saw Zhao junhan there.
At that moment, PEI Yi’s heart was filled with danger, and he looked at Zhao junhan with hostility.
“Who is he?”
He had been in Feng Nan’s room since he was young. It was a restricted area for many people, and only he could enter it freely.
He laid on the bed and hugged Feng Nan’s pillow. He saw that she had already changed into her gown and put on her exquisite makeup in front of the mirror.
She was already a 24-year-old lady with an outstanding temperament. In contrast, he was still studying and permed his blond hair, which had been scolded by his grandfather many times but never changed, just to attract her attention.
He felt his childishness and was somewhat flustered and helpless, but he didn’t know how to change it.
He was already very familiar with secret crushes, but he was still a newbie when it came to love. He was as sharp as a Hunter and could tell that Feng Nan’s current situation was not in his favor, but he did not know what to do.
“He is Mr. Zhao from the Jianghua group.”
She put on some lipstick and gently opened it. When she mentioned Zhao junhan, her tone was calm, as if she was no different from a stranger. He felt a little relieved, but soon felt that something was wrong.
“What’s he doing here?”
He asked again. Feng Nan was already in the player bag and ready to leave, so Zhao junhan’s intention was self-evident.
She mentioned the cooperation between Zhongnan industry and the Jianghua group, as well as her parents ‘request. The two families had the intention to cooperate, and Feng qinlun wanted to show Feng Zhongliang some results to improve his reputation and status in Zhongnan industry, so that he could have more initiative in the fight for power in Zhongnan industry in the future.
To reach a cooperation between the two families, nothing was more secure than a marriage.
“I want to get to know him.” She spoke calmly and hid her true thoughts in her heart. PEI Yiru was hit in the head by a stick. He sat up immediately and reached out to pull her.
“Don’t go,”
The corners of her mouth moved slightly to reveal a smile as she comforted him. “I’ll be back soon.”
“Don’t go,” He begged, ” why do you know him? who is he? ” It’s better to have dinner with me than with him.”
“I’ve prepared a gift for you. Don’t worry about the cooperation. What does it have to do with you?”
When Feng Nan heard this, he only lowered his eyes and said, ”
“You’re still young, you don’t understand.”
The PEI family pampered him and indulged him. His world was bright and beautiful, unlike her, who was like a bird in a cage. She couldn’t help but think that from the moment she was born, everything in the future had been planned out.
Since she was young, she had no control over what she ate, how much she ate, what she did, what she did, what friends she made.
She was still young and her life had just started, but she was like a pool of stagnant water. Her life had just begun, but she could already see the end of it.
PEI Yi was different from her. He was also a variable in Feng Nan’s life. She envied him and liked how he was reckless. He did things that he could not do, did as he pleased, and lived his life for himself.
“Don’t go, what’s there to say to him? You don’t even know him.” PEI Yi was usually able to talk back to his father, but at this moment, he could not even form a coherent sentence.
“Don’t get married so early. Didn’t you say you wanted to live in the castle? The kind with creeper vines on the roof, Windows, tables, and books. You’re like a little princess in there?”
He was panicking, and the uneasiness in his eyes was about to turn into water vapor and leak out.
Feng Nan took a handkerchief and wiped his eyes for him, just like how she coaxed him when they were young. She could not help but smile when she heard what he said. Her lips were covered with lipstick, and it reflected her white and neat teeth. She was so beautiful that he blushed.
She didn’t really remember what she had said when she was young. Perhaps it was just a beautiful dream that she had when she was a young girl. She had told him casually and he remembered it.
However, the more she grew up, the more she realized that no one would treasure another person and pamper her like a princess.
She looked at PEI Yi’s anxious expression and was used to letting him have whatever he wanted. Seeing that he was upset, she guessed that he was afraid that he would ignore her when she got married in the future. Hence, she comforted him.
“Yi, don’t worry.” She said gently, ”
“Even if they’re husband and wife, they might not be close.” She had seen how her parents interacted with each other. Most of the time, they would get married, and their relationship after marriage would be quite cold.
“We grew up together. In my heart, you’re like a little brother. Even if I get married, I won’t ignore you.”
She knew that he was possessive and would not share his favorite things with others when he was young. She said this to calm him down, but it hit a sore spot in his heart.
Their age difference was close to five years, and this five years was like a huge gap that was difficult to cross.
In her heart, she had probably never even considered the possibility that her future other half would be him.
This thought happened to be what PEI Yi was most afraid of, and he panicked even more. He forbade Feng Nan from meeting Zhao junhan, and the two of them parted on bad terms. He went to France alone, and by the time he returned, she had already followed the Feng family’s arrangements and was engaged to Zhao junhan.
The night he found out about the news, he got drunk, and his feelings for Feng Nan were more than unforgettable.
He couldn’t let go, so he had to take a gamble.
In the past, Feng Nan had thought that he was too young and childish. His grandfather had said that he would not be able to make Feng Nan see him as a man by doing this.
He had listened to his grandfather and graduated early to study in the military school. His grandfather had promised him that he would look after Feng Nan for him and not let Zhao junhan, that despicable person, take advantage of him.
In order to make a contribution, he took the initiative to participate in a mission to investigate a case of cross-country drug trafficking using children. However, because of the mistake of his comrade surnamed Chen, his identity was exposed.
By the time PEI jinhuai arrived in London, he was already speechless.
He was still looking into the distance, as if waiting for a miracle to happen.
Feng Nan is coming. Your grandfather has already informed her. PEI jinhuai was holding his phone. In the video, old master PEI was trying his best to remain calm, but his voice was trembling.
He had always been in good health, but because of his grandson’s accident, he almost couldn’t take it. In the video, he was already holding up his walking stick.
“Grandpa’s ah Yi, you can’t be in trouble. If something happens to you, how can Grandpa live?”
PEI jinhuai’s eyes were red. Many things had already been expected, and PEI Yi had also felt it.
Old master PEI was still telling him to inform Feng Nan, and he had a pleading look in his eyes.
He had thought about it many times before, wanting Feng Nan to understand his feelings. However, at this time, if she did, how was she going to live the rest of her life without him?
He thought of the castle in France. The most regretful thing was that she had not been there even once all these years.
There was the Boston ivy that he had personally planted, a corner of the balcony that she would definitely like, a table by the window, a tea set, and the books she liked. Everything was there except for her.
He imagined that she would be sitting on a wicker chair, the afternoon sun shining on her through the green grass, she would be holding a book and spending the afternoon with a pot of tea, and he only needed her to live the rest of his life.
After he left, Feng Nan went to the PEI family to send him off for the last time. In the photo, he was handsome and had a thin face. He had already grown into a determined teenager. His eyes were calm and he was completely different from the teenager he had in his memory.
Lady PEI and old lady PEI’s bodies had collapsed. They stayed in his room and refused to come out. They hugged his things and called his name.
When Feng Nan went to persuade him, she saw the shelves of books in his room, and she was familiar with every one of them.
She was extremely shocked to see that his drawer was filled with love letters, all of which had the words ‘for Feng Nan’ written on it. The handwriting was different, and every one of them was a love letter from someone to her. PEI Yi had opened them all and read them.
She seemed to have accidentally entered the depths of a young man’s inner world. From his love in his childhood, to his infatuation in his youth, to his passion in his youth, the warm feelings almost drowned her.
In PEI Yi’s room, she saw the blueprint of a Castle. She came to France with a feeling that she could not understand.
She stood in front of the castle covered in Ivy, feeling a little lost.
Everything here was what she liked. That young man must have anticipated the scene of her coming here. Unfortunately, when he was here, she didn’t come. When she came, he was already gone.
She stayed here temporarily and tidied up the house and took care of the flowers and plants. She heard from the servants that PEI Yi used to do some of the work himself.
Lady PEI was feeling better now. She asked someone to bring over some of PEI Yi’s things. She found a large box of letters. It was PEI Yi’s handwriting, and she could recognize it at a glance.
He had not sent out those letters.
She made a pot of tea and sat on the wicker chair by the window. She opened a letter. The handwriting was PEI Yi’s, and Feng Nan recognized it at a glance.
The fragrance of the Tea Rose with the steam. This letter was written to every love rival who loved Feng Nan. At the end of every letter, he would seriously write, ” I’m sorry, classmate. Feng Nan can’t respond to your love. She’s my princess.
She rarely lost control. Mrs. Feng had taught her that no matter what happened, a lady should not lose her composure and cry. She should be able to control her emotions and have the calmness to not change her expression even if a mountain collapsed in front of her. She should not show her emotions on her face. If she was too emotional, she would be a joke.
She had always done a good job and was praised by the elders for her propriety.
But at this moment, she was wailing loudly.
There was once a young man who was as bright as the sun, who loved her deeply and was willing to go through great trouble for a dream she had in her teenage years.
She used to think that she was just a Caged Bird, and that she had no say in her own emotions. However, it was only at this moment that she realized that, in the eyes of her parents, she might just be a puppet on a string, insignificant. However, in PEI Yi’s heart, he had always treated her like a princess.
She bawled loudly, just like the first time she had met PEI Yi when she was young.
After her grandfather’s death, she settled in France. Her heart felt like it had been imprisoned, but she was at ease and calm, much better than the fear and anxiety she had felt before.
This peace was brought to her by knowing that someone loved her so much. Even if he was no longer around, the love he once gave her would remain in her heart for a long time.
Lady PEI had come to visit her before, but she had hesitated, afraid that her life would be delayed.
The marriage between the Feng family and the Zhao family had been delayed. Her parents were very dissatisfied with her willfulness, but they did not dare to do anything to her because of the PEI family.
She had vaguely heard from lady PEI that Zhao junhan’s private life was a mess. He had a lot of lovers around him, and they were all fighting over each other’s affection. Someone had even died. However, all of this had nothing to do with her.
For the first time, she realized that being willful wasn’t as difficult as she had thought. She only regretted being willful too late.
If time could be turned back, she would not have let it pass by in vain.
She would choose to live the life she wanted, not be troubled by the Feng family, and not be bound by her identity and status.
If there was still fate between her and PEI Yi, perhaps she would hold on to it tightly.
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Feng Nan was about to turn 25 when her mother called, hinting to her that she should make more friends since she was not young anymore.
Recently, Zhongnan industry and the Jianghua group had a project to cooperate on, and Feng qinlun regarded this cooperation project with great importance. When he found out that the heir of the Zhao family was only a few years older than her, he had the intention to let her interact more with Zhao junhan.
However, her parents did not dare to reveal this to Feng Zhongliang, so they could only start from her and call her frequently to tell her.
PEI Yi had run into her the first time she met Zhao junhan. He had left in a fit of anger, and before she could comfort him, she had woken up to find that she was Jiang se, the other poor girl in the imperial capital.
The young girl who was bent on entering the entertainment industry with her beauty and becoming famous sighed. For the sake of life, she went to audition with her classmates and joined the production team.
Although her life was poor, it was much more stable than before. She was no longer a bird in a cage. She had cut off her life with Feng Nan, and she actually felt a faint sense of relief.
During the military training in school, she saw PEI Jinyang pulling PEI Yi to the training ground. She thought that there might no longer be anything between PEI Yi and her.
It was a pity. She had watched him grow up from a child to a teenager. It was not easy to part with those feelings, but when they met again, he could no longer recognize her.
He only felt that the young girl standing under the tree and twisting the lid was somewhat familiar. He didn’t know why, but after one look, he couldn’t forget her.
After the ” pretense to reality ” wrap party, she used PEI Yi’s personality to escape from the elevator. She felt a little depressed when she saw that he did not even look at her and was cold and indifferent.
She was used to his wholehearted attention when he saw her, so it was difficult for her to adapt to his cold attitude. She could not explain the disappointment she felt, but she had always been reserved, so she suppressed it in her heart.
It was not until the birthday of his sister in the University dormitory, when he got drunk and walked the wrong way, that he hugged her.
He had ‘found’ her!
He had never dared to confess because of the age gap, but now, he no longer had any scruples.
After she was reborn, she was two years younger than him. When the distance between them was no longer a chasm, when she was used to letting him do whatever he wanted, when he found out that she actually did not resist him, when they grew up as childhood sweethearts, when the two innocent feelings in her heart were not completely without twists and turns, he naturally became her boyfriend.
PEI Yi began to feel that he was being silly. He had been willful towards her since they were young, and she had always tolerated and treated him gently. In the past, he had always felt that his willfulness towards her was too childish, so he tried his best to suppress this side of him. He could not wait to grow up and let her see a different side of himself.
It was only later that he realized why he had to change. She had seen the most childish side of him, but she always accommodated him. He loved too much and was too worried about his gains and losses. He did not dare to move, which instead made things worse.
Now that he was forcing himself to hold her hand, wasn’t she being held by him?
If he wanted to take her to France, he should just tell her openly.
Love could be maintained in another way, silently accompanying her as she grew up, unlike the Feng family, who treated her like a golden Magpie in a cage and watched her do the business she wanted to do and shine in her own field.
He wanted to propose to her and make her his legal wife. He wanted to embrace her in his arms on their wedding night and accompany her to overcome the fear of being kidnapped in her childhood. He wanted to watch her walk out of the shadow and learn to forgive Jiang Zhiyuan before giving her more.
She was pregnant!
The fruit of their love was growing in her body. PEI Yi saw the embryonic form of the child in the ultrasound. Even though he had long since become an unusually calm person and the childishness of the past had turned into maturity and steadiness, he still felt tears welling up in his eyes when he saw the photo.
Xia Chaoqun allocated a year’s worth of free time for her. Feng Zhongliang was overjoyed. He had initially caught the flu in early spring and had been coughing for a few days. He was also a little dispirited. When he heard this good news, his illness was instantly reduced by half. He recuperated for less than half a month and recovered.
In the PEI family, old master PEI would often flip through the dictionary, thinking of names for the new generation of the PEI family. He was alive and could see the birth of his eldest grandson’s first child. To old master PEI, it was undoubtedly something worth being excited about. Old lady PEI and her daughter-in-law were also busy preparing for the birth of the baby.
When the PEI family’s little princess was born, she was the center of attention. Old master PEI had experienced many things in his life-he had fought in Wars, ridden on horses, held a gun, and held a pen. However, when he received the child from the nurse, he was so excited that he almost couldn’t hold it.
As the little princess ‘father, PEI Yi did not see his daughter immediately. All his attention was on Jiang se.
Jiang Zhiyuan was worried about his daughter and wanted to visit her. He gently opened the door to the room. Jiang se was lying on the large bed. The curtains were drawn and the room was very quiet. PEI Yi, who was nowhere to be found, was half-lying beside her. He held Jiang SE’s hand.
“Everyone in the hospital said that the PEI family’s little princess was born, but in my heart, you’ve always been the only Princess.”
When he was a young girl, she told him that she wanted a Castle with white windows and creepers on the roof. She wanted to be a little princess. He remembered all of it and could never forget it.
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[ epilogue: Jiang Zhiyuan’s feelings are really complicated. He should be happy that his daughter has found a good man to marry. However, he just doesn’t like PEI Yi for no reason. ]
Even he himself could not explain the indescribable feelings he was feeling. It was only when he saw the PEI family’s little princess and thought about how many years later, PEI Yi might feel the same way as he did right now that he finally felt much better.
Who has the heavens spared! Hehe Yingluo