Chapter 29: Love

Xie Ruoni's words caused Dong Xie's brain to instantly go blank. After the past full five seconds, he subconsciously grabbed a cup of water on the table, took a sip, fixed his mind, and asked, "Do you know that A Ning she ……" "The day before we broke up, remember?" "Remember very clearly. You even called me that day to discuss the decoration plan for the wedding house." Xie Ruoni supported her chin, and after a long moment of silence, she said, "You said that you would go to the new house in the evening to communicate with the decoration team. So, I went there as well. As it turned out, your aunt happened to be there at that time. When I walked to the door, because the renovation crew was coming in and out at that time, the door was wide open, and I heard the conversation between you and your aunt." Dong Xie's aunt and his mother were very close, so when he was about to get married, his aunt was very concerned and made a special effort to come and see how the renovation of his bridal chamber was going. As a result, it happened to meet up with Dong Xie. At that time …… "You heard that?" Dong Xie suddenly realized that he finally understood the reason why Xie Ruoni broke up with himself. "At that time, Ah Ning was preparing to study abroad, and your aunt said that she hoped that you would keep a bit of distance between you and Ah Ning after your marriage, after all, you're not blood siblings anymore. Ah Ning is not your real sister, and you knew that a long time ago. When I knew you in college, whenever you just mentioned your sister, your eyes would be as if ……" Speaking here, Xie Ruoni tilted her head, then added, "Gemstone-like glitter. At that time, I only thought that you were particularly in love with your sister. And later on, I realized that every time you looked at Ning, your eyes seemed to be even more gentle and full of undisguised love than when you looked at me. If that wasn't your own sister, I really would have thought you were mentally derailed. Until I knew that, in fact, Ah Ning is not your own sister, I understood ……" Dong Xie was horrified, his eyes …… he looked at Ah Ning's eyes like this? Although his cousin had also said this to himself, and he had once vaguely realized this, he had all resisted this emotion. His relationship with Ning could only be that of a brother and sister, and although there was no blood, this was the family ethical relationship that the two had been maintaining since childhood. But were his feelings, when they were really so obvious, always seen by his fiancée in the first place? "I thought about it for a long time that night." Xie Ruoni said here, her voice resounding up, "I am pursuing a very pure love, and can't allow my husband to have someone else's place in his heart. I know that to you, although I am considered your first love, to you, I am more of a very suitable marriage partner, and I also believe that you will be loyal to the marriage after you become married, but your feelings for Ning will never be pure brother-sister emotions." Dong Xie was, for a moment, dumbfounded, not knowing what to say. "What doesn't fully belong to me, I'd rather not have. So, after thinking about it for a night, I finally decided, to let it go. One day, you will realize that the person you truly love the most is not me, it's Ah Ning. For you, Ning is a not 'suitable' to the extreme marriage object, your family can not agree, she herself knows the truth is more likely to be terrified and can not accept, around the family and friends may be on you to hold a different look, your stepmother's family, your biological parent's family, the three families will be thrown into a huge mess, the first time! Your stepmother's affair will also torment everyone, especially Ning. That's why you've been repressing this emotion with rationality, you know, it's impossible. However, that doesn't mean that you don't have male and female feelings for Ah Ning." Dong Xie's lips mumbled, he wanted to say that he would never have such feelings for Ah Ning, but he couldn't say anything. What his cousin had said earlier was also associated in his mind. "Wait ……" he suddenly understood something, "Cousin, did you tell my cousin about this?" "Yes ……," Xie Ruoni nodded, "Within the relatives of your generation, other than Ning, it is your cousin and I who have the best relationship. I called your cousin that night, I originally thought that your aunt and your uncle knew about it, so your cousin should know about it as well. I didn't expect her to know nothing …… and we ended up chatting for a night." Dong Xie then realized how his cousin knew about this matter! It had been two years and she hadn't even told herself! "Your cousin persuaded me for a long time, but I still decided …… to break up with you. I also told her not to tell anyone that I knew about this matter. After all, I don't want other people to know the real reason why we broke up. It was painful to make the decision, but I have no regrets so far. Now, is Ning still just a sister to you?" Just at this time, melodious music began to echo within the wedding banquet hall. The wedding, it should be starting soon. But Dong Xie no longer had any heart to stay here. "Dong Xie, two years have passed, and I've let it all go. The advice I want to give you is that …… love doesn't really make sense, but if it's just 'fit' and not 'love', you'll regret it someday. I've never seen that you look at me as deeply as you look at Ah Ning …… You may not even realize it yourself, but you can't really fool yourself." Dong Xie picked up the glass of water on the table again and just took a sip when suddenly his cell phone came with a new WeChat voice from Qin Ziyuan. He converted the voice to text to take a look, and Qin Ziyuan said that the time had been moved up again, and the location, which was very close to this hotel, was at a nearby cafe. "Thank you, for saying this to me." Dong Xie quickly stood up and said, "I …… will leave first." He took a big step out of the wedding banquet hall, while a few of the surrounding students who were smoking froze. "Dong Xie, what's wrong?" "You're just leaving?" "Hey, hey, hey, what's the situation? I and the other melon eaters are still waiting to see if you guys will break the ice???" "Go, what melon eating crowd, Rain Maiden has no melon!" Dong Xie swallowed a mouthful of saliva at this moment and said, "I have some things to do, I won't be attending the wedding banquet." Then, he rushed out of the hotel in the eyes of a group of stunned people. It wasn't too far from Café Road, so it was possible to get there on foot. While he walked in big strides, he quickly took out his cell phone and called Ah Ning in China. Although Qin Ziyuan had sent someone to watch over her, he did not confiscate the cell phone. The phone only rang once before it was connected. "Brother? How are you doing? Already in Hawaii for the wedding?" Dong Xie picked up the phone, but he didn't know what to say. However, what Xie Ruoni had just said echoed in his mind. Now that he thought about it, what she said was not wrong at all. Xie Ruoni for him, at that time consider indeed more is an extremely suitable marriage object, character gentle and virtuous, know how to burn a handful of good dishes, has always been good understanding, on the money is also very light. She is very suitable …… for herself, but for her, is it really a love that is engraved in her heart? Is it really …… not her? Obviously, Dong Xie finally concluded that it is not. Virtuous, gentle, understanding, not bad-looking …… these conditions equally match the person, the same for their own is appropriate. She is not so irreplaceable, but when you think of A Ning, it is completely different. There was no substitute for Aning, and every time he thought that she might die in the bloody words of the apartment, it made his heart twist like a knife, and he could not wait to replace her with his own body. But in the past, he'd convinced himself that it was just a brother's feelings for his sister. Could he and Ning, really survive ten bloodletters? From a rational point of view, Dong Xie knew very well that it was difficult! It was difficult! Whether or not they can survive the first half of the year, whether or not they can survive this year …… are all questions. Then …… "Ning, I miss you." It was only after a good half day that Dong Xie uttered these words. "Brother? What's wrong with you? Have you seen Xie Ruoni?" "I'll be back soon. Soon …… will come back." "Is everything alright? Brother, why do you sound so strange! Brother, come back soon! When you come back, I'll make you your favorite filet mignon, I make the best steak you've ever said. On this side of the apartment, I can get authentic Australian Wagyu beef ingredients, I've wanted to try making it once for a long time." "Then let's make an appointment." Dong Xie continued to walk quickly, he hoped to see Fang Han soon, he wanted to draw more experience from this person who had completed the word blood ten times, "It's a deal, well, let's say it's medium-rare!" "…… Brother, you can eat it even if it's that bloody?" "I like it ah ……" "Well well well, I'll make it for you when you get back!"