Chapter 462 - Xian Zihao’s Return II (1/2)

Xian Zihao nodded, locked the car, and walked towards her. Just as Jiang Ruolan was about to enter the house with him, a familiar scent assaulted her nose. She endured her trembling heart as she walked inside.

Jiang Ruolan bent down to open her heels. Suddenly, her foot hit the toy that was on the floor. Her eyes widened, and she couldn't stop herself from falling.

Xian Zihao quickly stepped forward and supported her. The moment Jiang Ruolan wanted to say thank you, he pulled her into his embrace.

Jiang Ruolan didn't know whether to push him away or not. She just silently let him hold her, burying her face in his embrace and breathing the familiar scent.

Her heart filled with too much reluctance.

”Zihao, I'm sorry …” Jiang Ruolan whispered, ”You must hate me.”

Even though she couldn't bear to part with him, she had already chosen this path and even though she was sad, it was still her choice in the end. She cannot blame anyone. Over a year, her suppressed longing had been turned into a love for Xian Chiahao and Xian An Na.

”Ruolan, why are we doing this? Now that we have children, shouldn't we go hand in hand? No matter what, if you can't let go of what my grandfather and father did to your mother, one year is enough time for you to get out of a feeling which you can't control.”

”You don't have to apologize, you're not wrong. If I were you, I would not be able to be rational too. Everyone has emotions, and if you don't have any reaction towards your mother's death, then you are not the Jiang Ruolan that I know. But it's already been a year. If you still can't face it, then we will go to the United States. Two years, three years, five years, ten years, I don't care how long you'll need. I will always be by your side and one day, we will leave it all behind. When you have a nightmare, I will accompany you. When you miss your mother, I will accompany you to the grave to visit her. Let me heal all the injuries caused by my grandfather's mistakes. Give me this chance, okay?”

Jiang Ruolan lay in his embrace, she was speechless.

Xian Zihao leaned close to her ear and kissed it gently, ”It's been a year. I've given you a year to be alone and calm, but now, since I'm back, we better be together again. Ruolan, don't leave me.”

Xian Zihao whispered into her ear. Then, as Jiang Ruolan sobbed, he suddenly grabbed her face, bent down to find her lips, and kissed her forcibly.

The bags she held in her hand fell at her feet, and tears ran down her cheeks. It was salty and bitter tears.

However, the strength of his embrace caused her to be unable to breathe. Instinctively, she returned his hug while choking with a sob, ”Zihao, I'm sorry.”

And every time she cried out those words, he kissed her even more deeply.

Surrounded by a familiar warmth, this feeling of attachment caused her will to collapse eventually. Jiang Ruolan forcibly wanted to hug him more tightly, but out of sudden, she felt the space in front of her getting empty until suddenly she found that there was no one by her side.

Jiang Ruolan opened her eyes and looked at the emptiness in front of her. There was no Land Rover, no Xian Zihao.

She looked at her raised arm, and her entire body froze.

Suddenly, Jiang Ruolan opened her eyes from her sleep and discovered that she was sitting in a taxi that was stopped by Beidou Avenue. The taxi was still moving forward steadily, getting closer and closer to Greenville Residence.

So it was just a dream.

She raised her hand and touched her forehead.

Ever since Xian Chiahao and Xian An Na spoke, Jiang Ruolan had spent a lot of time with her work and her two children, so much so that she hadn't had time to think about other things.

She stopped dreaming about the bloody nightmare. In the following few months, she rarely dreamt about it and when her children would wake up at night, she would coax them to sleep before she's going back to sleep again.