Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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When being escorted into the police car, Qiu Li looked back at her for the last time.
She was still as clean and pure as when he saw her by the lakeside on campus that rainy June when he was seventeen.
She stood on her white toes and danced ballet. Every turn, every jump, with her shoulder blades spread like a butterfly, had deeply touched the young man’s heart.
So beautiful, just like the most elegant white swan by the lake.
Qiu Li fell in love with her and the purity and beauty of her, which brought some light to his dim and silent world.
He once plucked up the courage to step forward and talk to her, but he couldn’t take a step.
How could he touch her if he was so bad?
The only time was on the afternoon of his eighteenth birthday, when he stepped into a dessert shop and bought a piece of Black Forest cake. Then he wrapped it carefully with a ribbon and secretly put it into her desk. Then he stood outside the classroom window and waited.
At 2:15, he saw the girl walking into the classroom chatting and laughing with a friend, and found the beautifully packaged Black Forest cake on the desk.
The label on the cake, in his beautiful small letters, read——
“You are the most beautiful girl in the world and I love you.”
It was a very simple confession. Every word and every stroke was the young man’s sincerity and the most flawless love.
That was the first time that Qiu Li’s world, which had been closed for so long, was opened to others.
Jiang Yu looked at that line of words with a surprised smile on her lips.
She never knew that someone could like her like this.
Some people actually thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world.
“Who gave this to me!”
“Oh my god, anonymous confession!”
“It must be Huo Cheng! Isn’t he Jiang Yu’s boyfriend?”
“So happy.”
The girls around became excited and speculated one after another. At that time, Qiu Li knew the man named Huo Cheng.
He was Jiang Yu’s boyfriend. He came from a well-off family and had a high reputation in the school. It was said that he was a righteous man and was as good as the school idol in every aspect.
At a young age, it was especially easy to have low self-esteem.
Ever since he learned about the relationship between Huo Cheng and Jiang Yu, Qiu Li would always subconsciously compare himself with Huo Cheng.
Although he knew there was no comparison.
A family background like Huo Cheng’s was always beyond his reach. His only capital was his grades, which were always far ahead and ranked first in the school.
The first grader was a lonely weirdo. This was the consensus of the whole school.
Qiu Li knew in his heart that he was not even qualified to like her secretly.
The piece of black forest cake was later thrown into the trash can by Huo Cheng, who was furious because of jealousy.
The college entrance examination came as scheduled, and Qiu Li was admitted to the most authoritative university in psychology in the country with the provincial top score.
The secret love that was unforgettable for him during adolescence ended without any result.
In college, he eagerly absorbed knowledge to make himself stronger and more qualified to be worthy of the girl he loved. He took postgraduate entrance examinations, Ph.D. examinations, continued to further his studies, obtained various authoritative certificates, and became the top young elite in the industry…
Although he knew that all these efforts may be ridiculous and wishful thinking.
But he thought that maybe one day, as a gift from fate, when he saw her again, there would be a slight possibility, giving him enough confidence to say those words to her: “You are the most beautiful in the world, I like you.”
And I am worthy of you.
But his fate never went as he wished.
When he saw Huo Cheng again, it was in a high-end bar club. Huo Cheng had other women in his arms, having fun and drinking.
Qiu Li was overjoyed and thought they had broken up.
However, someone later told him that Huo Cheng was infatuated with his wife at home, and he was also having fun outside, which was really enviable.
He heard that his wife was a good ballet dancer. Mr. Huo kept his sweetheart in a golden house, with a lot of beauty…
Qiu Li could no longer hear the men’s low-pitched voice.
He looked at the drunk man coldly, watching the man slap the woman next to him on the face and kick her several times.
Others said that Mr. Huo just had a bad temper when he was drunk. But when he was sober, he was still a very gentle person.
Qiu Li’s heart gradually sank.
He could tell at a glance that this man had serious violent tendencies.
There were some things that he didn’t dare to think about.
Later, Qiu Li was introduced to Huo Cheng.
When they first met, he showed his hand, allowing Huo Cheng to enjoy an extremely exciting “experience” in his sleep.
This kind of mental hypnosis was sometimes even more addictive than drugs, and after a few times, Huo Cheng found that he couldn’t do without this man.
He took this man home and hired him at a sky-high price to become his personal psychiatrist.
At the same time, Qiu Li finally met the girl he had missed for many years.
The sun was very bright that morning. He walked into the garden of the Huo family’s mansion, raised his eyes and saw the woman by the window.
It was strange that after so many years, she still hadn’t lost her youthful appearance. With a little curiosity and freshness, she stood behind the white gauze curtain and secretly looked at him.
When their eyes met, she hurriedly hid behind the wall like an agile cat.
She still looked the same as he remembered, but her eyes had a little more of a sense of change in the world.
Later, Qiu Li gradually learned about her situation.
She couldn’t leave the house, not even the second floor. According to the servants at home, Madam was often beaten.
“Why doesn’t she leave? Of course Madam can’t leave.” The servant said helplessly: “Her mother is still ill and hospitalized, and she is hanging on with high medical bills every day, so it is not a question of whether she wants to leave or not. She can’t live without Mr. Huo for the rest of her life.”
Qiu Li couldn’t hear these words at all, and his heart ached so much that he almost suffocated.
Originally he just had a slight obsession and wanted to see if she was doing well. If she was happy, then he would stay away from her and never disturb her life.
But at this moment, when Qiu Li saw her life up close, he suddenly regretted it.
He regretted not hand-delivering that piece of black forest cake to her, regretted not snatching her away, which put her in such an unbearable situation.
He had no courage, he was a coward.
The only chance he had to speak with her was after he hypnotized Huo Cheng and the housekeeper.
Seeing that no one was in the room, Jiang Yu secretly went to the garden downstairs, sat on the lawn and basked in the sun.
Her fair skin seemed to glow in the sunlight.
Qiu Li just stood behind her, caressing every inch of her skin with his eyes, looking at the bruises on her skin, feeling heartbroken.
At this moment, Jiang Yu turned her head and glanced at him: “Hypnotist, you are really good at it. You can knock him down every time.”
When she spoke, there was a boundless smile on her lips, which was refreshing.
“Can you hypnotize him a few more times?” She begged in a consultative tone: “Let him sleep more when he gets home.”
Only when the devil fell asleep could she have a moment of peace.
Qiu Li nodded: “As you wish.”
“Why don’t you call me ma’am?”
“You want me to call you that?”
“That’s what they all call me.”
“They are them and I am me.”
Jiang Yu laughed again, she really loved to laugh.
“My name is Jiang Yu. You can call me Xiao Yu. My mother also calls me that.”
“Xiao Yu…” He rolled these two words on his tongue, as if tasting the sweetest candy.
She asked again: “By the way, what’s your name?”
“Qiu Li.”
“How to write it?”
Qiu Li took out the paper and pen he carried with him from his bag, and then wrote down his name carefully, stroke by stroke.
Under the sun, on the white paper, the word “Qiu Li” was written with strong strokes.
When she saw these two words, a trace of surprise flashed in Jiang Yu’s eyes. She raised her head and looked at him in disbelief.
“Qiu Li?”
“Um.”
“When we were in high school, you were number one in our grade!”
Qiu Li smiled lightly: “Yes.”
“It’s really fate that we can meet like this.”
“It’s not fate.”
I wanted to see you, I wanted to see you like crazy…
Qiu Li looked away and said slowly: “Maybe it’s fate.”
“You’re a psychology professional, do you also believe in destiny?”
“I don’t believe in fate, I only believe in myself.”
Jiang Yu sighed softly, stood up and returned to the empty and dark house: “But I no longer believe in myself.”
Her life was destined to never turn around again.
No hope, no light.
“Correct.”
Before entering the house, Jiang Yu turned around and said to him: “There is a piece of black forest cake in the refrigerator. I made it myself. Please eat it!”
The Black Forest Cake was very delicate, with white cream topped with crispy chocolate shavings.
The girl hugged her knees and sat on the sofa, watching Qiu Li eating the cake she made by herself.
“You know, there was a boy who confessed his love to me in high school.”
Qiu Li paused for a moment with the fork in his hand, then continued to eat the cake with his head down: “Huh?”
“I don’t know who he was. At noon that day, he gave me a piece of black forest. His handwriting was also very beautiful, so similar to yours. He said I was the most beautiful girl in the world, and he said he liked me.”
When the girl talked about this past event, she couldn’t help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly, and her eyes were full of happiness.
“You know, no one has ever praised me like that or liked me like that.” She hugged the pillow, and her narrow eyes showed a happy look: “It felt so good to be liked and cherished by others, but I don’t know him, do you know who it is?”
“I…how would I know.”
“That’s right.” Jiang Yu looked at him: “He must be a person without courage, so he won’t let anyone know.”
Yes, he had no courage and was ashamed of himself.
“But I can’t help but think that if he had confessed to me at that time, maybe I would have been with him.”
Qiu Li raised his head and looked at the girl on the sofa in astonishment.
“Perhaps he is as depressed as I am, and he has also lost the courage to face life and the courage to pursue our true feelings. But if in such a difficult situation, there is someone who can support you, it is better than… fighting alone.”
She smiled, a tear dropped from the corner of her eye, and she wiped it away gently: “True heart is so precious. If you miss it, you will never have it again, and you will never… meet it again.”
Qiu Li swallowed the bitter black forest cake, walked to her and sat down beside her.
How much he wanted to wipe away her tears, how much he wanted to tell her that she had never missed him, and she didn’t need to meet him, because no matter how far away he was, he would always rush towards her.
“Don’t cry, the future is still long.” He looked at her and said seriously: “I will help you.”
“But I have no future.” She wiped away her tears and said with a smile: “How difficult life is without a daddy’s protection.”
“If you had the chance to do it again, Xiao Yu, what kind of life would you want to live and what kind of person would you become.”
Jiang Yu no longer thought about the dim future, she began to seriously imagine a new life again——, “Let me think about it, maybe then, I will become the kind of person I want to be the most and stick to my dream of ballet.”
“Perhaps, I will also have a celebrity father who can reunite with my mother. He must love my mother very much and must have been waiting for her for twenty years. Do you think this wish of mine is wishful thinking?”
Qiu Li shook his head: “As long as you believe it, it will happen.”
“Also, I will become the most shining black swan in the ballet world. My idol Bu Tanyan, she would not be dead, she will also see me and praise me…”
“With mom and dad, I think I will have a boyfriend, the one who wrote me the love letter and praised me as the most beautiful girl in the world. I want him to be my boyfriend. If he is as handsome as you, we will get married. I will have two children, I will be happy, safe, and have a smooth life. He will love me throughout his life.”
“He must love you very much, from the first moment he saw you until the end of his life.”
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