Meteors streaked across the sky, and everyone closed their eyes and made a wish.
Yu Ruoruan clasped her hands in front of her chest, and the moment she closed her eyes, her mind flashed back to Huo Xu's desperate, dying eyes that day in the hospital.
"Thump thump—"
The chest vibrated, and the lingering pain densely wrapped around the heart.
It's like a super long reflex arc. It didn't hurt at the time, but after a long time, when I recall it, it hurts my heart.
Yu Ruanruan doesn't understand why she is heartbroken?
Are you heartbroken that your feelings for Huo Xu will never end well? Or is it the illusion that you feel deeply loved by him at that moment of heartache?
The cold air in the early morning made her head hurt. The next day was the weekend, so Yu Ruanruan slept until the afternoon.
After waking up, she waited for a long time before remembering that she called Grandpa Huo last night and made an appointment to meet this afternoon to discuss breaking off the engagement.
She tidied up briefly, and then took a taxi to Qiangyuan.
Huo's Manor is a private estate. The Huo family values privacy and strangers from outside are generally not allowed to enter.
The driver was blocked at the door and when he was in trouble, the rear window was lowered.
The girl stretched out a hand and gestured to the doorman.
"Miss Yu?"
As soon as the guard saw the visitor, he immediately greeted him diligently and did not dare to waste a moment before letting the driver pass.
The iron fence of the manor gate slowly rose.
Yu Ruanruan had claimed to be the hostess of Qiang Yuan for several years. From the doorkeeper to the housekeeper, no one dared not sell her face.
The journey was smooth and the car parked downstairs of the villa. After paying the bill, she walked into the villa.
The servants of the Huo family felt as if they had seen a ghost when they saw her.
"Miss Yu."
"Miss Yu."
The greetings came one after another.
Yu Ruoruan nodded and walked straight towards the housekeeper, "Is grandpa at home?"
"Here, here! The old man is in the study now!"
With a smile on his face, the housekeeper couldn't help but glance behind Yu Ruoruan, "You're finally back? Where's your luggage? I'll ask someone to help you move it."
The housekeeper felt that Miss Yu must have figured it out when she came back this time.
She loves the young master so much, how can she be willing to let go of him at the drop of a hat?
What's more, the young master was so seriously injured before that he suddenly disappeared from the hospital last week and was found in a suburban villa. He almost died due to the worsening of his injuries.
Now that a week has passed, it's time for Miss Yu to show up.
No matter how bad your temper is, it needs to be extinguished.
Seeing the housekeeper walking out, it was obvious that he had misunderstood something. Yu Ruoruan stretched out her hand to stop him, "Uncle Fu, I didn't bring any luggage. I came here to break off the engagement."
…
"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"
There was a knock on the study door.
"Please come in."
A hoarse old voice came from inside.
Yu Ruanruan opened the door and walked into the house.
Huo Zhengang was wearing reading glasses and was sitting at his desk, repairing a damaged cultural relic.
Seeing Yu Ruanruan coming in, Mr. Huo adjusted his reading glasses and showed a kind smile, "Here you come?"
"grandfather."
Yu Ruanruan called out obediently.
"Sit down." The old man put down the cultural relics in his hand, "Would you like something to drink? I'll ask the butler to bring it over."
"No, I'm not thirsty."
Huo Zhengang touched the jade ring on his thumb, his old eyes suddenly became serious, "Girl, have you really made up your mind and don't plan to look back?"
When Huo Zhengang received the call from the little girl last night, he knew that his pretending to be sick was exposed.
To put it bluntly, Xiao Xu suddenly disappeared that day, causing people to panic. He had to step up and take charge of the overall situation, and the news would naturally reach Ruanruan's ears.
Paper cannot contain fire. It can be faked for a while, but not forever.
If the two children are really separated, forcibly tying them together will only be counterproductive.
Xiaoxu didn't know how to cherish before, and the harm caused to Ruanruan can never be undone.
Yu pursed her lips softly.
At this moment, I started to hesitate again.
"Huo Xu...are you okay now?"
"Do you still care about him?"
The old man's eyes were wise, as if he wanted to see through the little girl's heart.
Yu Ruannuan nodded sincerely, "Of course, what's more, he was injured because of me."
"Even so, do you still want to break off the engagement?"
"right."
The old man looked at her, took a deep breath, and finally did not continue to ask further questions.
Three feet of ice cannot be frozen in one day.
Ruanruan was able to make this decision ruthlessly, so she must have been really hurt by Xiaoxu.
The old man stood up, walked to Yu Ruoruan, and lovingly reached out and touched her hair.
"Okay, grandpa respects your decision. If you want to break off the engagement, grandpa will not stop you from finding true happiness. If you still like Xiao Xu and are willing to give him another chance, grandpa will always reserve the position of grandson-in-law of the Huo family for you.
With."
Yu Ruanruan's eyes were filled with heat, and when she looked at the kind old man in front of her, the tip of her nose suddenly felt sour.
Regardless of past life or this life, grandpa will always consider her from her perspective.
If possible, she would like to be like her own granddaughter, to live happily under her grandfather's knees and honor him for the rest of her life.
But they are not related by blood.
Once the engagement is broken up, they will have nothing to do with each other.
Yu Ruoruan felt very sorry.
When she grew up, she only experienced the happiness of being a granddaughter with Grandpa Huo.
"Why are your eyes red?" The old man saw that her eyebrows were red and her eyes were filled with tears, as if they would not fall off. He stretched out his rough old hands, held her face in distress, and wiped her tears.
"Silly boy, why are you crying? The choice is in your hands. If you want to leave, grandpa won't stop you. If you want to come back one day, the door of Qiangyuan will be open for you at any time."
The more grandpa tolerates her and loves her, the more reluctant Yu Ruoruan feels at this moment.
The tears flowed more violently.
She didn't know why she suddenly lost control of her emotions.
Is it because you can’t let go of grandpa?
Or is it that, deep down in my heart, there is someone who can’t let go even more?
Mr. Huo sighed and hugged the little girl who had an emotional breakdown.
Yu Ruanruan cried in her grandfather's arms for a long time before finally calming down and sniffing.
A pair of eyes washed red by tears were particularly clear.
She looked at Huo Zhengang and bowed deeply to the old man, "Then, from now on, the engagement between Huo Xu and I is completely cancelled. From now on, marriage between men and women has nothing to do with each other."
Marriage between a man and a woman is irrelevant.
If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, Huo Zhengang would really have found it hard to believe that this would come from the mouth of a soft little girl.
She shed the most miserable tears and said the most heartless words.
The old man looked slightly startled, sighed, and waved his hand, "Well, you go back and review your homework first. Grandpa is also tired."
"Goodbye, grandpa."
Yu Ruanruan bowed to the old man again and then exited the study.
It wasn't until her footsteps completely disappeared at the end of the corridor that Mr. Huo turned his head and coughed behind a screen next to the study: "She's gone, come out."
After a slight sound.
Huo Xu's gloomy and pale figure walked out from behind the screen, holding on to the wall.
"Did you hear everything?"
The old man looked at Huo Xu with a cold attitude, which was completely different from the way he treated Yu Ruanruan just now.
For this grandson, he hates iron more than steel.
Huo Xu pursed his lips and said nothing. His beautiful face that resembled his mother's was covered with a layer of blue-gray, his bromine-black phoenix eyes were much thinner, and the tear mole at the corner of his eye was even brighter.
"Um."
He snorted softly.
"So, have you given up?"
The old man looked at him with sharp eyes.
Huo Xu put his fist to his lips, coughed twice violently, chuckled, raised his eyes and said, "Grandpa, in all these years, I have never felt my heart beat so vividly."