NCND – Chapter 40.2

May 23, 2018miumiu596

I was awakened from my trance by an insistent knocking on the door

I thought it was the housekeeping staff and hurriedly opened the door.

I did not expect that my visitor would be Yu Yin

Three years had passed, and she was even more beautiful than when I last saw her.

Expertly applied light foundation, a light blush and lipstick made her even more captivating.

“Hello”, I smiled and greeted her, admiring my composure and ability to smile at her in spite of the sudden shock.

“Can I come in?”

“Of course, you can!” I said and closed the door, waiting for her speech.

Yu Yin was Yu yin, she did not let me down.

She started with a sharp opening.

“I heard that in order to save your fiancé, you looked for Ye Zhengchen..”

She didn’t continue, but her cold eyes made it clear what the later part of the statement would have been

In front of her, I had no need to pretend.

“ Yes”

“ Do you think that is fair to him?”

This question was actually fair. But this could nicely segue into the question that I wanted to ask her.

“Miss Yu, you created so much misunderstanding between us, do you think that is fair?”

Yu Yin’s expression did not change as she answered, “ That was my duty.”

This woman!

I was angry enough to exhale loudly.

She put up such an elaborate play, made Ye Zhengchen and I go round in circles, and now she was actually saying that was her duty?

I calmed down a bit as I saw her indifferent smile.

“ What is it that you want to achieve today?”

She looked at me with her beautiful black eyes

“ I would only like to ask you one thing , do you like Ye Zhengchen or your fiancé?”

She really knew how to stick the needle in!

As if she needed to remind me that I was currently dating one man and bedding another. If I didn’t let one go, I was going to cause misery to both of them!

Such a powerful woman, I wondered how Ye Zhengchen spent his days with her.

I couldn’t help but sympathise with him.

I couldn’t answer this question. But I came back with an answer that left her speechless.

“ Who I like is not important. The important question here is, who does Ye Zhengchen like? You know him for more than ten years. You should know more about him than almost anybody else, shouldn’t you?”

Now her expression changed. Her face grew paler and finally she answered in a low voice, “ I only came to you because I wanted to understand your feelings. Ye Zhengchen really loves you. You have already hurt him once, don’t hurt him again..”

“ If he doesn’t hurt me, I will be happy.”

Yu Yin smiled wryly and then walked towards the door.

“ You don’t understand him at all.”

I could not deny that. Two hours ago, I didn’t even know that he was a soldier. How could I claim to understand him?

Once Yu Yin went away, I fell back on the bed. I was exhausted as if I had come back from a war. There were no winners in this war. Both of us were losers.

I just wanted to take a break when the phone rang. It was my mother.

As I picked up the call, I could hear her sobbing.

“ Your father has arrhythmia. He has been admitted to the ICU.”

I felt like my world had just collapsed. Everything around me turned dark.

“ A friend of your father said that Zhong Tim may be jailed for upto six or seven years… All of a sudden, hearing this… your father…” she started sobbing again.

I could not bear it anymore.

Using the last bit of strength left in my body, I tried to comfort her, “ Mom, don’t cry. Nothing will happen to Zhong Tim. Nothing will happen to Dad. I am coming back.”

I took the plane, then the taxi and reached the hospital at about eleven at night.

Dad had his eyes closed. Mom was by her side. Her eyes were swollen and red.

He opened his eyes. His lips twitched, trying to tell me something as he extended his hand towards me. I understood what he wanted and held his hand

“ Dad, don’t listen to what people say. My friend in Beijing said… Zhong Tim has done no wrong. He will soon be released.”

“ Is that true?” Mom asked.

“ Its true”, I sat down and confirmed, “ My friend is a colonel in the army, he knows people in the committee. The people there said that Zhong Tim has not been implicated in this case.”

“A colonel in the Beijing Military region is a very high rank.”

“ Yes, very high rank. He told me there was nothing against Zhong Tim.”

…… …

When Dad fell asleep, and my mother moved to rest on the bed on the other side of the room, I went back and sat down on the bench near the door till dawn

When it was almost 2 am in the morning, I dialled Ye Zhengchen’s number.

He didnt speak, but I could hear his calm and dignified breathing.

“ What should I do?” I asked without any prior thought.

He finally spoke. “ What do you want me to do?”

A sharp needle like pain pierced through my body and I finally started crying, venting all my sorrow. Who knew that even crying could be such a release?

“ Wait for me, I’m coming.”

I shook my head, but ofcourse he couldn’t see me.” I’m in nanzhou.”

There was a few minutes of silence on the phone.

Then he repeated the same words again, “ Wait for me. I’m coming.”