Chapter 21 (1/2)

Chapter 21 — An Old Story

When the robbery occurred fifteen years ago, Yu Yan had just turned fifteen

That day, one of her classht over a matcha cake for her, reportedly Berrika's newest creation

At that time, Berrika was the newest cake shop to open in A City and was quite popular airls

Yu Yan had been in the kitchen, slicing up the cake She then specifically called for her mother to co upstairs at that time When Yu Yan saw hiht over a cake Do you want to try some?”

Yu Yi glanced at the cake on the table and saw that the outer appearance was not bad His lips twitched minutely, but he did not reply Mother Yu, as expected, prodded, ”Yu Yi, how can you possibly like eating this?”

Yu Yan looked at Yu Yi and disagreed, saying ”His expression obviously says that he wants to eat some”

Mother Yu poked Yu Yan's forehead ”Don't joke, Yan'er Your younger brother doesn't like these things” To Mother Yu, Yu Yi would only like the ant Western-style culinary dishes

Yu Yan puffed out her cheeks but continued to look at Yu Yi ”Do you really not want to eat some?”

”Mn,” Yu Yi faintly agreed, his gaze sweeping over the lance before he turned around and went upstairs

At this point in the story, Yu Xin's lips rose into a vacant smile ”He actually wanted to eat it very much After all, he brimmed with love for desserts I know this better than anyone else” He turned to face Tang Mi, a light laugh spilling from his mouth ”He even entered the Culinary World; shouldn't that demonstrate how deep his love is?”

Tang Mi: ”…”

She licked her somewhat chapped lips and asked, ”After that?”

Yu Xin narrowed his eyes slightly ”Ever since Yu Yan was a child, she extreer brother of hers With their parents always being very busy, Yu Yi was basically under her care She firmly believed that Yu Yi wanted to eat the cake, so she deliberately went to Berrika to buy another one” Yu Xin took a breath here ”Next to Berrika was a jewelry store That day, an armed robbery incident broke out”

Tang Mi's eyes widened slightly Although she had already found out about this event online, hearing about it now still caused her heart to be overwhelmed with shock

”If, at that tis, or perhaps be a bitevent would simply never have happened When the police notified the relevant family oing as well He see Yu Yan's dead body After returning ho fever Only after he recovered did I appear”

Yu Xin's lips quirked In his eyes, a hint of a s to his primary doctor, I replaced his older sister I could perceive his heart more acutely than anyone else and would then help him do whatever he truly wanted In the end, however, this was not because he uilty for her death”

He slowly leaned closer to Tang Mi, deliberately lowering his voice—yet it did not have the usual trace of char his body like this, all consequences will fall under his responsibility This way, he does not need to worry about involving others For example…the one to die back then would not have been Yu Yan; it would've been him”

Tang Mi's heart suddenly shook Yu Yi…wanted to die?

Yu Xin seeht and said with a s those several days where he lay afflicted with a fever, he secretly attempted suicide, but a servant discovered hi to always keep an e so resulted in his older sister's death”

Tang Mi's palms became covered with a fine layer of sweat She stared at Yu Xin and clenched her fists, saying, ”It's not like that I do not believe there is someone in this world who is co his, that's all If he truly did not feel a speck of emotion, then how come you appeared?”

There was definitely so he wanted in this world, even if he himself did not realize this And this—this was the reason for Yu Xin's existence

Yu Xin's eyelashes fluttered twice as he pulled away froood”

”I si Mi pursed her lips and picked up the bottle of brandy to pour herself a glass as well ”You spoke so much about yourself to me In return, I too will tell you about myself”

Yu Xin watched her take a large gulp of brandy and seized the glass fro appearance

Tang Mi took a deep breath before s at Yu Xin ”I spent randfather and grandrapher and travels all year round My n specialist, and when sheout The two of them were always extremely busy and had no time to take care of me

”I remember, in elementary school, there was a time when they both came home At that ti together Afterward, however, I realized…” Tang Mi tilted her head, pausing for a e between two artists—is a disaster

”Because dad was not at home for years on end, the two of them met only a handful of times a year If they wanted to talk to each other, they did so through the phone Every time they talked over the phone, however, there would be endless fights Mn…jewelry design sounds very romantic My mom really was a very romantic person, so she absolutely could not tolerate this kind of separated lifestyle all year round That hen I began hating my dad Why was he never at home? Mom was very pitiful all alone, but after I saw dad's photos in azines, I suddenly felt like I could understand why he persisted with such a lifestyle Those photos—made me see a completely different world”

Tang Mi's eyes reddened slightly at this point She took a breath before continuing, ”But I also knew theirits end The sae entrance exam, they announced their divorce to me At that time, I had expected it a little, or it would be better to say, I actually sighed in relief on their behalf After the divorce, the house was set aside for me My mom remarried half a year later, whereas my dad continued to explore the world like before, all year round He si expenses periodically and occasionally a few postcards The day I graduated university, I moved back to the house from the dormitory The house was absolutely empty, without even a trace of warmth left

”That evening, I had a dream in which, I returned to arden, the vines hanging on the trellis were heavy with grapes My grandpa was cutting off grape bunches while telling rapes This drearance of grapes in the summer afternoon breeze”

Tang Mi looked up, as if trying to prevent the tears pooling in her eyes fro when I woke up, I cried for a very long tirandpa had already passed away eight years ago, and during that tis will never return”

Even if she stubbornly stayed in that house, she could not bring anything back to what it once was