Entangling With You for the Rest of My Life

31. Bring Her Beloved to See You

Translator: Flying Lines

After a long run of taxi in the city, it finally drove to the suburbs. Yahui turned her face and looked at the transparent window, and a tall building appeared in the continuous mountains.

As soon as her nose twitched, her tears came down. When the car stopped, she quickly stepped out of the car and walked into the prison gate while wiping off her tears. After registering her identity information, two policemen led her into a long, dark corridor.

Yahui walked nervously along the dark corridor. Looking at the hard metal walls on both sides of the roads, she pondered: how many guilty souls were trapped inside? There was no way for them to release their lives. It was as if their fates all had transformed into demons, pinching their throats. Thinking of this, she felt more and more upset, as if she could see pairs of sinister eyes staring at the kind creatures in the world.

Yahui grabbed the cake and quickly followed the officers to an iron door. An officer opened the heavy iron door with a password and looked at Yahui.

Yahui lifted the cake with a serious expression. She walked in and sat in front of a chair on a wooden table. Her fingertips trembled slightly as she placed the cake on the table. The door opposite her was tightly closed. Her eyes turned red. This iron door had shut down the whole life of a kind old man…

The fire many years ago was still burning in everyone’s heart. At that time, the whole world was filled with miserable screams. Miaoyu’s pitiful father took the whole blame and pushed everyone out of the fire for the sake of his family.

At that time, when young Miaoyu knew that her father was about to be arrested, she cried and knelt in front of the officers. She held their hands and begged for mercy, saying with tears, “It’s not my father! My father really didn’t do it! Uncle, please, release my daddy! Please! My daddy was the most outstanding cook in the world! He would never do this! He definitely would not do this! Please don’t arrest my daddy! Please!”

After finishing her words, Miaoyu pressed her hands on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, begging all the officers!

Everything in the past was so heart-wrenching.

Yahui was immersed in her memories, shedding tears of sadness. Suddenly, she heard a bang from the door on the other side with a sound of footsteps!

“Tang Wenzhi!” The door was opened. Two officers walked in and shouted at the door!

Yahui immediately raised her head nervously and looked at the door.

Finally, she heard some soft and feeble footsteps getting closer, then a faint figure of a benevolent old man appeared. He was dressed in pale gray prison clothes with a pair of tattered green cloth shoes. His body was stoop, and his face was pale. He appeared next to the door with a hint of eagerness in his weather-beaten eyes. His hands which were locked on the metal chain stopped in the air. He looked inside the room with expectation, only to find it was Yahui who was in it. He forced a smile while the real disappointment on his face could not be hidden, “Yahui?”

“Uncle Tang!” Yahui immediately stood up, squeezed out a smile at Tang Wenzhi and greeted softly, “I’m here to visit you for your birthday today. I wish you a happy birthday.”

“Oh, thank you. It’s so kind of you to come here!” Tang Wenzhi hurriedly smiled, stepping forward weakly, and sat in front of Yahui. He gently held the table with his hands full of scars. He asked hesitantly, “Miaoyu…why didn’t she come with you today? Did she take the test? How’s the result? Is she passed? ”

Yahui looked at Tang Wenzhi’s aged eyes revealing a look of expectation. The wrinkles on his face made him look older than before. She could not help but feel sad again, but she hurriedly smiled, “She…is taking the test, so she has no time to come here… She asked me to buy you a cake…”

Hearing this, Tang Wenzhi felt relieved. He said with satisfaction, “I knew Miaoyu would work hard. It’s her dream to be qualified as a Sommelier. Daddy’s birthday is not something important for her to worry about. After the test, let her have a good rest and then come to tell me the good news. I’m confident in her. She has been a very hard-working girl since her childhood…”

Yahui could not help being grieved after hearing these words. Her tears almost fell down, so she quickly held them back, then forced a smile, “Don’t worry, Miaoyu will definitely do her best in the test. Uncle Tang, there are a few more white hairs on your head. How are you doing inside?”

Tang Wenzhi smiled slowly and said, “I’m doing very well…let Miaoyu rest assured. Recently, the food in the prison has improved a little. I’ve been in there for so many years and have gotten used to it. Usually, when I’m free, I’ll take on tasks to sew clothes or to do hoeing. Life is not bad. Only my eyes are getting worse now. Even a prison friend of mine is making fun of me that I might not be able to see clearly my son-in-law’s face in the future.”

Hearing this, Yahui recalled Miaoyu’s ruined half face. She hurriedly choked up and said, “Miaoyu is so cute. Many people like her. In the future, there will definitely be a man who loves and cherishes Miaoyu! At that time, she will definitely bring that person to you and they will treat you with filial respect together.”

Tang Wenzhi nodded his head. He knew that he might not be able to wait for that day, so he lifted his head and looked at Yahui apologetically, “Yahui, I’m so useless. I may have been in prison for the rest of my life. As a father, I failed to take good care of my daughter and made her suffer a lot.”

Tang Wenzhi suddenly choked with sobs. He hurriedly lowered his head and wiped his tears. “Yahui…just do me a favor to take more care of Miaoyu. I’m willing to do anything to repay your family in my next life…Sometimes she doesn’t care about herself. She always forgets to have meal on time and is especially afraid of being alone. If you have time, please accompany her more, in case she will think that she is an orphan.”

Tears rolled down from Yahui’s eyes. She hurriedly lowered her head and choked, “Uncle, don’t say that. If it weren’t you, my family would have starved to death ten years ago… Don’t worry. I will take good care of Miaoyu…I will definitely take good care of her…”

Tang Wenzhi smiled and nodded after hearing these words. He looked at the distant outside the window, as if he had seen the cute face of his daughter. He said, “I hope Miaoyu could pass the test…”