i am queen

Chapter 4 The Fool's Happiness

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The happiness you thought was not so happy at all.

What you think you can't get over will definitely pass.

Annie returned to the Peace Hotel, intending to get back her suitcase and shawl, but was informed that the wedding was over, and the organizers checked out the room directly.

Mark said disdainfully: "It's really cruel to check out after singing."

Annie felt physically and mentally exhausted. She took the suitcase from the service staff and thought about changing to another hotel. She really couldn't bear to stay here for one more minute.

Mark was still negotiating with the hotel behind him, "Is your place already full?"

The room leak happened to be raining overnight, and it started to rain as soon as I left the hotel.Annie hurriedly took a taxi, but none of them stopped.

Mark pushed his motorcycle out of the garage and sneered, "Even God wants to brainwash you."

Annie gave him a hard look, and continued to reach out to call for a car.

With a chuckle, Mark suddenly picked Annie up, put him on the motorcycle, and quickly put the helmet on her head. Before Annie could react, he turned over and got on the motorcycle.

"Hold me tight if you don't want to fall to your death!" After finishing speaking, he stepped on the accelerator and walked through the rain curtain.

It was late at night, and Annie, who was soaked all over, was at Mark's house at the moment.

She has thoroughly experienced the rain in Shanghai. Once it falls, it will be dark and dark, and it will completely wet her from head to toe.

Heavy rain, motorcycles, and speeding, the results can be imagined. Annie forgot whether she screamed, but when she got out of the car, she concluded that Mark was a lunatic.

This man who was seven years younger than her took her home, and even if she wanted to refuse, she could only agree to it after seeing the wet clothes stuck to her body.

He never expected that a rebellious young man like Mark would actually live with his parents honestly. In the early morning, his family members were all asleep, and the room was dark and very quiet.

Anne was a little surprised. Mark told her that although he was free to work, his parents were both teachers and he was a very traditional family.

He tiptoed to lead the way, made a "shh" gesture, and finally led Anne back to his own room.Turning on the light, he found that she had been drenched like a drenched chicken, so he pulled out a towel and urged her to take a hot bath first.

Annie was still a little wary anyway, she looked around and didn't go right away.

The room of this "delinquent youth" was neater than expected, with many photographs pasted on the walls, all kinds of creative photos, and many books, which filled almost every corner.There is also a watch pasted by his window, with huge grids and time drawn on it, the span is very long, five or ten years, which is particularly eye-catching.

He followed her gaze, pointed at her with a smile, and showed off proudly, "How is it? I've already made plans for the future... I will go to Africa to shoot fierce lions in five years!"

It can be seen that Mark is not joking, because in this year, his plan is to open a photography company.She never thought that someone really planned her life. She tried to do it when she was a student, but soon love made her dizzy.When she was 30 years old, she suddenly received a call from her parents, urging her to get married and have children.

As if that is the whole future of women.

Annie stared at this huge "life planner" thoughtfully, and Mark saw her hesitate, and was too lazy to explain to her too much, so he simply took care of himself first.His clothes were also wet, so he began to take off his shirt in front of Annie. Just as he tore off the T-shirt, he saw Annie staring dumbfounded out of the corner of his eye.

He smiled, and circled around on purpose, looked her up and down with a smug face, and teased her, "Why? You have a pretty good figure, so don't be envious of Xiao Xianrou."

Anne was taken aback, and then realized that she was almost "curvy" because of the rain.She pulled the shirt awkwardly, she might as well not cover it up in a panic, she made such a big move that the shirt on her shoulders slipped off halfway.

Mark stared at her shoulder, seeing an ugly scar on her shoulder.

He was about to ask, but Annie seemed to know what he was going to say.She raised her hand to straighten her clothes and yelled at him ferociously: "What are you looking at!"

"You old man is really conservative..."

She seemed to be really angry, and her face was a little red.Mark had nothing to complain about leisurely, and suddenly realized that it was really not good to say that about a woman, and seeing her expression, he had to rush her to take a bath.

"You'll catch a cold like this. Don't be angry. Look, my parents are here. What can I do? Don't worry."

Annie thought about it, and there was really no other choice, so she stopped arguing with him and quickly went into the bathroom.

His bathroom is next to the bedroom, and the space is not big, just big enough for one person.

She quickly released some hot water, but did not rush to wash.

The warm yellow light shone on the mirror in the bathroom, gradually creating a cloud of water vapor.

Annie flushed her face first, the emotional ups and downs of the night exceeded her load, and she was finally left alone, and finally had time to face herself honestly.She just stood in front of the mirror and looked at it quietly.

The woman in the mirror is over 25, not a good age, and after [-], she is embarrassed to say that she is young, especially for actresses of this age, there is no advantage at all.

But she has never had the idea of ​​self-pity, and she has never been proud or inferior because of her appearance, because she was not alone in those years, Zhang Yi loved her, and her beauty had a master.

Annie slowly unbuttoned her shirt. The scar on her shoulder was still obvious. She didn't have a scar constitution, but this scar always had marks.

But after attending Zhang Yi's wedding today, she finally figured it out. The injury won't heal because it was hidden in her heart. She could avoid and suppress it, but it never healed.

The reality has exposed her cruelly again and again, and she even witnessed Zhang Yi's oath to Ma Lisha with her own eyes.

Annie finally smiled in the mirror, combed her hair slowly, and looked better after washing her face.After a while, she felt that she had recovered her strength, so she laughed at herself in the mirror. Since she still has feeling in her hands and feet, since she can still talk and walk, she can still work...

She has no one to rely on, she is her own king.

The hot water was relaxing, and Annie took a good shower, and finally got a little sad when she put on her corset, and stood wrapped in a towel for a while.

The walls in the bathroom are covered with cold tiles, the light color is reflective, making her skin look fairer after soaking in hot water.

She hugged her shoulders to block the scar, and slowly leaned against the wall, feeling an inexplicable sadness in her heart.

The first meeting between her and Zhang Yi was neither romantic nor formal, and could even be called an embarrassment.

On a summer afternoon, exposure to the sun was Anne's only impression of the weather.At that time, she was still studying in Chinese opera, and she lived in an old-fashioned dormitory building. The corner downstairs was shady, and boys always gathered there.

There may be many classes in other departments that day, so the shade has been very quiet.

Annie had just finished washing her underwear and wanted to dry it while there were few people, but her hand slipped and the clip was not caught, and her favorite pink bra fell off.

She was dumbfounded, and quickly turned around and ran downstairs, praying that no one would be downstairs, she just wanted to sneak back the underwear quickly.

As a result, she was stunned as soon as she ran to the corner. Her bra was held by someone, and it was a boy. She had a vague impression that he knew his name... Zhang Yi.

The most important thing is that he is really a good-looking and temperamental boy.

Annie felt that her ears were burning, especially at that time when it was the hottest summer, and the climate in Beijing was dry and hot, with plenty of sunshine. There was only a dark shadow at the corner of the dormitory building, and the sunlight kept hitting from behind her, making her It's hot all over.

She stammered and gestured, wanting to ask for her own things, but felt ashamed.

Zhang Yi still had a burning cigarette in his hand at the time. Obviously he didn't have class today and was hiding in a corner smoking. Who would have thought that such a thing would fall from the sky.He was also a little bit taken aback at first, but soon saw Annie running over, she shyly blushed, like an embarrassed rabbit, so he only had a smile on his face.

The big boy's knuckles made her pitiful, ugly and small underwear.

Annie tried stiffly to find something to say, but she felt embarrassed to say anything, and in the end she really wanted to cry.Zhang Yi finally made a statement. He handed her the bra, and Annie quickly grabbed it and hid it behind her.

He found it even more funny, endured it again and again, and made a silent movement to tell her not to speak.He quickly put out the cigarette butt, didn't say anything more to her, and left with his hands in his pockets.

Annie remembered that there were very few tree shadows that day, and she wanted to find a place to hide all the way, but there were scorching lights everywhere.She hid her bra under the hem of her dress and looked back as she ran back.

In that too clean and simple student days, even a small embarrassing incident seemed earth-shattering in her heart.

Later, Zhang Yi really became her lover. They graduated from Chinese opera together, and stepped into this chaotic and complicated circle in the eyes of outsiders.Both of them have a stubborn nature and insist on themselves. The most rare thing is that they have the same literary and artistic atmosphere.

Anne is not very ambitious about her career. She doesn't compete for fame and fortune like other women in the circle, and she never takes on large-scale dramas. It can even be said to be conservative, so she has never had a good chance to become popular.They were once said to be the most suitable couple, because they are not the characters who can easily bow their heads. They love acting and are full of enthusiasm. They don't seem to care about fame and fortune.

Those days and nights, eight years have passed, and now Zhang Yi started to watch movies with another woman, or their favorite "Eternal Day", which was the famous director Angelopoulos car accident A classic work left before death, a story about the search for the destination of life.

Anne was heartbroken when she saw the photo of them walking out of the movie theater hand in hand.

The most beautiful thing about the word "lover" is its uniqueness. You think he will only talk to you when you break up, and you think he can only do things with you when you break up, but the result is not at all.

Marisa is a challenging woman, ambitious, like an overly bright wild rose, she can bring more freshness to men than Anne, not to mention that this new girlfriend's appearance is also impeccable.

Speaking of which, Anne rarely recalled that woman's appearance carefully.

Marisa is very hot, sometimes she has the most popular awl face, and her long eyelashes can almost cast shadows on her cheeks.Everyone knows that she had plastic surgery, but this kind of thing is not uncommon, because today's female stars are fighting over who is more beautiful after the plastic surgery.And Ma Lisha's foundation is not bad, with a little adjustment, she can easily win over other female artists of the same period.

Annie didn't know when Zhang Yi started to like this glamorous type.In the beginning, every time he came back from the set, he would complain to Annie that Ma Lisha didn't know how to act at all, and she was arrogant purely with her face and the connections she could bring.But as time passed, a month passed quickly, and his complaints towards Ma Lisha gradually decreased. He changed his words and said that Ma Lisha was actually quite interesting, with a strong appearance, but she was actually just a little girl. He said she was very ambitious about her career. Helped him a lot... At the same time, every time he came back to face Annie, the communication became less and less.

She could see Zhang Yi's expression when he spoke, and his eyes showed special concern for that woman, which was an emotion he had never shown before.

But at that time, Annie didn't want to believe it, and Zhang Yi began to admire another woman.

Maybe it was Mark's room that reminded Anne of her small house at the time, maybe it was the hot water that made her finally let go of all her self-esteem.After taking a bath, she felt much more relaxed.

But she soon encountered a problem. The black clothes she wore were soaked through, so she had no choice but to borrow Mark's clothes instead.

Annie changed her clothes and walked out of the bathroom. Mark was looking at the computer in the room, as if he was checking the video of today's wedding. After watching, he suddenly asked Annie to sit over and let her watch the screen.

The camera not only captured the process in the wedding banquet hall, but also the all-day follow-up in the dressing room and hotel lounge, and even the pictures in Marisa's room.

Annie couldn't care less about whether Mark photographed it on purpose, the content on the screen had already attracted her full attention.

It seemed that it was the preparation time before the wedding. Ma Lisha had just finished trying on makeup in the room, and the woman in the mirror was carefully checking her eyelashes, comparing them repeatedly, for fear that one might not suit her.

Ma Lisha is an absolute perfectionist. Since she stepped into this circle at the age of 16, she has never let go of any opportunity, and she has not connived herself to back down.

Zhang Yi was wearing casual clothes, and he had obviously just tried on a dress.He sat on the sofa beside him, waited for a long time, and found that Marisa was still picking and choosing the makeup, so he signaled the makeup artist to leave first, and there were only the two of them left in the room.

Ma Lisha glanced at Zhang Yi in the mirror, and said first, "I'll agree on the prerequisites for getting married first. My property cannot be divided after marriage."

Zhang Yi didn't show any expression, and said, "Okay."

Ma Lisha pursed her lips slowly, allowing the color of the lipstick to smudge, echoing the makeup on the corners of her eyes and brows, making her look beautiful, and said: "You can't use me for a dime, my Everything is achieved by myself, and has nothing to do with you."

"it is good."

The picture kept playing, and Annie couldn't help but grabbed her neckline. She was wearing a T-shirt made of Mark, made of pure cotton, and she was about to tear it apart.

Mark sat on the chair beside him and leaned back, making off-site comments: "Have you been with him for so many years and haven't figured it out? Zhang Yi is not as noble as you think. He is a man with an entrepreneurial spirit. Maybe not as commercialized as others, but he couldn't not seek fame and fortune."

And Annie... She is like a pebble whose edges and corners have been smoothed. She may have been brave in the torrent, but she and Zhang Yi have been together for so many years. Forced by life, she has long forgotten the dream about the distant place.

In those years, the two of them achieved nothing, and they would only hold each other's insistence to settle down in a corner. She was content with living in a small house, and only wanted to marry him.Maybe when he was young, Zhang Yi still had a relationship with her, but after his thirties, when a man can't even support a child, he can't bear such a mediocre life more and more.

At this time, Marisa appeared.

She opened another window for Zhang Yi, allowing him to see a different world. She is completely different from Annie, and she always does everything she can to live for herself.

Anne tried to stop Mark's childish remarks, but found herself at a loss for words.

He also whistled to let her relax, "Let go of my collar, take it easy, this man has nothing to do with you, you can just read the inside story, okay?"

The hair of the woman on the screen is coiled up high, dotted with diamonds and pearls, dazzling.

Ma Lisha sat in front of the dressing table, turned around arrogantly, looked at Zhang Yi and said, "Also, after you get married, you must get my approval for everything you do, including the news you want to announce publicly. I'll discuss it. In a word, you can't do anything that hurts me. My new play "Ecclesiastes" asks you to play the male lead, what if you become popular from now on, and those third-line wild models come to pester you?" She Speaking of this, he suddenly smiled, and his tone was full of sarcasm, "And that outdated second-hand product! You are not allowed to go back to her again!"

Zhang Yi has been sitting with a blank face all the time, and what she said seems to be unable to touch him in the slightest, but at this moment he suddenly stood up, looked at Ma Lisha and said, "Okay, I will sign the agreement when you are ready, but you If you feel so insecure, you should think about it again, because a marriage without trust as a foundation will collapse sooner or later."

After he finished speaking and walked over, Ma Lisha looked at him and subconsciously straightened her back. She tried harder to face him with a condescending expression, but saw him reach out and slowly smooth the hair behind her ear, making her more obedient. nature.

He stared into her eyes seriously and said, "Also, I don't have to act in your play."

He really needs opportunities. A man who has been in this industry for more than ten years will be inspired by ambition even if he is mediocre, but he doesn't really want to rely on marriage to change a drama.

After Zhang Yi finished speaking, he went out. There were already people waiting outside. Ma Lisha's agent Viagra came in with his assistant to deliver the wedding dress.

No one noticed that the cameras in the room were still recording.

Viagra asked his assistant to spread the wedding dress on the bed, walked up to Marisa, and asked her, "Look at your angry expression, why... are you still serious with that kid?" He was a little nervous and reminded her , "Let me be clear first, I persuaded you to find a literary man to hype it up, but I didn't let you really fall in love with him."

Ma Lisha immediately denied it, and her expression returned to normal. She took the perfume on the table beside her and sprayed it into the air. A drop of perfume on my reputation."

A woman who has worked hard to reach her current status in the big dye vat of the entertainment industry, she lacks nothing, the only thing she lacks is respect.Others have heard about the dark history of her superiority, so what everyone is in awe of is her current resources and connections. She finally understands that in this world, fame and fortune are easy, but respect is difficult. So she urgently needs an opportunity to cleanse her reputation, just right, Zhang Yi was the most suitable candidate at that time.

He is just a drop of perfume on her personal business card, if there is a better fragrance, she does not mind changing the brand.

Viagra seemed to understand, smiled, and didn't say any more to Marisa.Soon, there were only some meaningless shots in the picture, and the assistant kindly greeted Ma Lisha, "Honey, try this one."

The tail of the wedding dress is very long, gorgeous and complicated, which is definitely Marisa's favorite style.

Soon they went into the fitting room to try on the wedding dress, while Viagra sat on the sofa and waited, staring at the direction Marisa left, slowly shaking his head.

There was a long blank, and there were occasional comments from Ma Lisha on the wedding dress in the room.

Annie was finally able to look at Zhang Yi from the perspective of a bystander. It was the first time in this long time that she was still obsessed with the past even after three years of separation.

Zhang Yi in the video had a side she didn't know at all. He was still negotiating calmly in the face of a marriage deal, and she found that she really couldn't see through him.

The most chilling thing in this world is the same bed with different dreams, and the same dream lasted for eight years.

Fortunately, she still has a chance to wake up.

Annie finally understood that the happiness she thought was not so happy at all, and what she thought she couldn't get over would definitely pass.

Mark had already pressed the pause button, pointed to the screen and explained to Annie: "Let me tell you first, I'm not a paparazzi, I'm not so bored to play sneak shots, it's because they forgot to turn off the camera."

Annie had been staring at the screen thoughtfully. He got up and poured two glasses of water and came back. Seeing that she was still sitting still, he forced the water glass into her hand. He said, "There are several cameramen in my company. I have often been in contact with the crew, so I probably know what's going on. This Ma Lisha has a dark belly, and she has been looking for a suitable marriage partner. She is old enough to show off, but this important life event has not been settled. "

She shook her head to indicate that he didn't need to talk anymore, but Mark became interested and chatted with her, "I heard that they hooked up in a previous drama. This woman has a heart, and she looks for a man with a little reputation like Zhang Yi , It’s like telling the whole world without saying a word that she, Ma Lisha, doesn’t love vanity, doesn’t marry a wealthy family, and only seeks true love! Look, they held a wedding with love in front of them, and the video of the queen is obviously carefully planned! "

Annie finally let go of her collar, feeling empty, so she grabbed the cup and drank water in a disguised manner, only to find out that Mark had carefully brewed a cup of ginger tea for her.

The rain outside was still falling, and I knew it wouldn't slow down anytime soon.

Her heart seemed to be hit by something suddenly, shaking like this rainy night.She took a sip of ginger tea in a hurry, thinking of Zhang Yi in her memory, Ma Lisha on the screen, and even...Mark in front of her eyes.

Anne had mixed feelings, and suddenly wanted to cry.

Seeing the change of expression on her face, Mark was a little bit astonished and couldn't bear it for a while. He couldn't see Annie's sad look. She had endured it all night without breaking out, but at this moment she suddenly lost strength and couldn't pretend anymore.

He pulled over the chair and took the computer over to copy the video file. He pressed the keyboard and said to her: "Black belly girl! She uses your true love as a brush to wash herself. Wait, let's copy her video file. If she sells it, she will find a way to settle it with money, and I won't sell it at that time! This will help you vent your anger, and maybe I will become popular too..."

He said jokingly, trying to make Annie relax a bit, even though he was always out of tune and not gentle, he wanted to comfort her just like this cup of spicy ginger tea.

She was still holding the cup he handed over, and the warm feeling spread from her fingers to her heart. She cried with difficulty, and she would no longer be overjoyed and sad, but she was more vulnerable at this time.

Annie's tears finally welled up, she raised her hand to wipe them away, and she remained calm.

Mark seemed to be frightened by her quiet way of wiping tears, he didn't care about copying the documents, he reached out and rubbed her shoulder, "Okay, don't be sad, they won't grow, really! Let's deal with them now, let's go , I will take you to destroy the prestige of the black-bellied woman! That's all right, how about uploading this video directly to the Internet?"

As he said that, he turned around and actually opened the Weibo page. Annie suddenly woke up and rushed over to hold his hand, "Don't!"

Mark insisted on going his own way. Seeing her sad, he couldn't swallow this breath, and wished he could do justice for the heavens. The two collided with each other in order to grab the computer and the copied SD card.Annie was afraid that he would really act impulsively, and exerted all her strength. In the end, neither of them was on guard, and they fell directly to the ground.

Although Mark was unreliable, he still remembered to hug Annie's waist and protect her in his arms at the last moment.

When she came back to her senses, she found herself lying on his chest, and... in his clothes.

Everything really quieted down, in a small room, Anne's tears were gone, the sound of the rain was far away, and the reality on the screen also faded, only the sound of each other's breathing remained.

She blushed unconsciously meeting his gaze.

The lighting is not good, there is only a small wall lamp, the soft yellow light is not dazzling, but it can warm up all emotions.

Mark opened his mouth unreasonably, and seemed to be tying the knot at the moment, his voice was a little low, and after a while, he stared at Anne and said, "You must have had no man for a long time."

She felt that today must be the day when she blushed the most. She wished she could avoid his gaze, and even tried to argue in his arms, "What nonsense!"

Mark's voice was slightly hoarse, and he rubbed her waist up and down with his hands. The body temperature of each other was transmitted through the thin fabric. He said, "Because I hugged you, your whole body is stiff."

Annie was a little angry again, and wanted to say something, but Mark suddenly reached out and touched her lips. She was so nervous that she subconsciously tightened her lips. He continued: "Your lips are dry, haven't you kissed for a long time? Why bother?" Being a widow for an unreliable man? If you continue like this, you will become a dried fish..." He paused, his fingertips resting on the line of Annie's lips, "Have you ever eaten dried fish?"

Annie intuitively felt that this metaphor made people laugh, and she was a little relaxed for a while, but the hugging posture of the two of them at the moment really made her dare not relax, so she could only shake her head.

"A fresh fish refuses to show weakness, drying in the sun, slowly forcing itself to death, becoming dry, salty, smelly, no longer attractive..."

Annie sniffed herself subconsciously, and when she came back to her senses, she realized that she had become as childish as him. She pushed him away angrily, "Who said I don't have a man? You are the dried fish!"

He was still smiling, and his eyes were playful, clearly seeing through her nervousness.He could feel the aura emanating from her body, like a celibate rose, with thorns growing out, it has become sensitive and fragile after facing the wind and rain for a long time, and the slightest movement of the grass is extremely fatal to her.

She is using living alone to heal her emotional wounds, but it backfires, making her even more unable to do whatever she wants.

Annie didn't know what he was thinking, so she quickly broke the overly intimate position between the two, got up first, looked around, and said to him, "I'm sleeping on the sofa."

The sofa in his room was a one-person sofa, which was unrealistic to sleep on, and Mark couldn't really let a woman sleep on the sofa. In the end, he ran to move a quilt and lay on the floor next to the bed.

The two quickly turned off the lights. Annie lay on the bed and couldn't fall asleep. She found that the cause of her insomnia was not because of today's wedding, but... the hug with Mark just now.

She began to regret that she also turned off the wall lamp. In such a completely dark and quiet atmosphere, the slightest movement between the two of them was very obvious.

She felt a little nervous for no reason, and hugged the quilt tightly.Mark is not wrong, she has indeed been without a man for too long, and a woman in her 30s is especially sad when she has no passion.For three years, she couldn't get out of the shadow of breaking up, and lived alone dryly. Zhang Yi's departure was a near-destructive blow, making her forget how to buy vegetables and cook, how to take a walk and watch movies. Live life, let alone please yourself...

Just when Annie couldn't figure out how she felt, a shadow suddenly turned up, and she was startled. Just as she was about to cry out, someone covered her mouth.

Mark's face with a smirk was close at hand, he made a "shh" gesture, and pretended to complain: "The floor of my house is too hard to sleep on."

The rain finally subsided, and the sound outside the window gradually weakened, allowing her to hear her heartbeat clearly.

The room was too dark, with only sporadic light from the sky. Annie hesitated to say something, still hugging the quilt tightly, looking pitiful and cute.

Mark kept looking at her with his head tilted, and suddenly smiled, without giving her a chance to speak.

This is the woman he has been hiding in his heart, and she is far more real than on the screen at this moment.She is soft, strong, and has an indestructible belief in life. She still believes in love, but she can't find the right way out.

Love is something that can wait forever, or it can be as simple as a look and you will be crazy about it.

Everything about her... almost fascinated him.

This time, Mark hugged her firmly and firmly, and whispered: "Your lips are too dry, let me moisturize them for you."

In the darkness, Annie's panting gradually got out of control, and the bottom line of reason had already collapsed. Mark's body was as wild as his heart, just like the rain, which came suddenly and swept all her senses in an instant.

It was not the first time for her, but she was still a little flustered. It was true that she hadn't had a man for too long, and the pain made people feel relieved. She needed a little accident to break the status quo, and Mark was the accident.

It was an unprecedented accident in her life.

She thought of Zhang Yi's smile under the light, and now he only had Ma Lisha in his eyes.She suddenly felt that it was okay to just indulge like this, anyway, she had already given up, and if she couldn't get the person she loved the most, then she would love everyone... No matter who it is, someone can give her a sigh of relief, give her some water, and she can continue to live .

The pleasure of indulgence finally drove away everything in the past, her eyes were wet again soon, Mark's kiss moved along her lips and landed on her eyelashes, he said softly: "Don't be afraid, Anne, don't be afraid of anything .”

There is nowhere to hide and no need to be afraid, he is still here.

Not everyone can be a queen. This thorny road is too difficult. She can't just pretend to be brave. The first step she has to learn is to face her own weakness honestly.

She finally let go of all her burdens, hugged Mark tightly, and cried out so weakly.

(End of this chapter)