Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Lu Huan tossed and turned that night and did not sleep well. The next day, heavy snow began to fall outside the window. It must be the last snow in the cold winter. The grass in the yard had grown a little, showing some signs of spring.
After he opened his eyes, he subconsciously looked towards the table with a complicated expression on his face.
Last night, he didn’t leave any note for that person, but he didn’t know if that person would take the initiative to leave something… Maybe leave some hints to tell him something about the second prince?
Lu Huan didn’t expect the man to explain why he didn’t show up. After all, the man hadn’t promised him to show up. He waited for a whole day, but no one showed up. He couldn’t blame the man. He was… forcing him.
After calming down for a night, Lu Huan realized that he was upset last night because that person came to Qiuyan Mountain but went to save the Second Prince instead of coming to see him, and because that person carefully applied the medicine to the Second Prince and left the same lantern as the one he gave himself, and he was angry, and he developed some inappropriate jealousy, which was really too ridiculous…
In other words, these days, he had communicated with that person through notes, and received that person’s companionship, kindness and tenderness… These were things he had never received since he was born, so much so that he had the illusion that that person could only be with him. He was just pushing it too far.
Lu Huan calmed down and thought to himself, if that person left something behind last night, he would ask directly today why he saved the second prince. If that person still refused to answer as usual, then he would refuse to answer. As long as that person was still there, these were not a big deal. The heavy, dark possessive desire in his heart should be restrained a little…
Then wearing a shirt, he walked to the table, still holding some expectations in his heart –
He concentrated and pulled out the small box from the table leg.
If that person left something behind, he would – he would not care about the fact that the person did not show up.
Lu Huan took the small box in his hand, almost afraid to open it. There was a hint of hope and uneasiness in his eyes. After a long pause, he opened the box with the thought that it would be better to be punished sooner rather than later.
However, the box was still empty.
“…”
Lu Huan’s eyelashes trembled, and his hands and feet felt cold for a moment. He turned the box over and looked at the table again. After a while, he quickly walked out of the room.
However, the yard was empty and dead silent under the falling snow.
The snow was white, and there was nothing new in the yard as usual, and there was no sign that anyone had been there – that person didn’t show up for the appointment yesterday, and didn’t even leave any message last night?
This was the first time the two had lost contact.
Lu Huan stood there for a long while, not even noticing the snow soaking through his thin clothes on his shoulders.
He suddenly felt nervous.
Over the past few days, that person would take his note every night, and even if he didn’t leave a single word, he would leave some traces to show that he had been there. He never stopped, but last night he unexpectedly –
Could it be that the person was angry because I didn’t leave a note first?
No, that’s not right. That person doesn’t seem like someone who would get angry at such a small thing. He did a lot for me, even taking revenge on Lady Ning. I tried my best to guess his character from these things, but I never caught him getting angry. So, maybe he just had something to do last night and didn’t come?
Lu Huan’s heart felt as if a huge stone was tied to it, and it was falling straight down. This time he didn’t care about any awkward emotions. He quickly returned to the house, spread out the paper, and quickly wrote the note.
….
On the third day, he almost did not sleep all night. When it was dawn, he quickly jumped out of bed and waited for the man’s response.
But–
Still no.
As on the second day, nothing was left and there was no sign that anyone had been there.
….
Day 4.
Day 5.
….
Eight whole days passed.
Lu Huan wrote many notes, some of which he crumpled into a ball and burned in the candlelight, and some were placed in a small box waiting for the man’s response. However, after eight days, the small box had something in it, and no one except him had touched it.
That person seemed to have completely disappeared from his world…
Lu Huan had long thought that one day that person might suddenly disappear, leaving no trace, and that he would not be able to find him no matter what he did. That was why he was eager to communicate through notes to find out the identity of that person. But he never expected that this day would come so early. Before he knew who that person was, that person had already disappeared quietly.
Lu Huan went out on the first two days, but on the eighth day, he kept waiting in the yard. He had not slept all night, sitting on the threshold in front of the house with some bloodshot eyes. For some reason, the man suddenly disappeared.
——The thing he was most worried about happened.
The man disappeared.
“Are you satisfied?” Lu Huan murmured to himself.
It must be that he rashly proposed to meet, and that person got tired of being by his side, so he suddenly left and disappeared without a trace. Or maybe that person changed his target and no longer appeared by his side but became nice to the Second Prince or other people. When he came back from Qiuyan Mountain that night, he was so petty that he didn’t leave any note, so he took the initiative to cut off the contact between the two.
If that person never showed up again – what should he do?
Lu Huan sat here for the whole day, from morning dew to dark. He looked outside the courtyard with no expression on his face. He was not looking at a fixed place, but seemed to be just daydreaming, waiting for someone to come. When it was completely dark, he stood up and lit the rabbit lantern, then he turned around and sat down again.
He recalled the first time that person appeared. It should be when the wooden door behind him was suddenly repaired? Or was it earlier?
Later, that person sent various things several times, sometimes finely crafted boots, sometimes charcoal fire, and sometimes food. He was shocked and suspected that someone in Ning Wang’s mansion had set a trap for him, but that night, he was seriously ill with a high fever and was rescued by that person in a daze. He was shocked and suspicious, and his heart was full of ripples. Later, that person gave him a bowl of birthday noodles, which was the most delicious thing Lu Huan had ever eaten since he was born. Later, he began to communicate with that person using notes, and that person actually began to respond to him. It was also the first time that he had someone to talk to –
…But now, that person would never come again.
Lu Huan’s eyes were lifeless, and the light from the eaves could not reach his eyes. He lowered his eyes and looked at the ground in a daze.
Did he take a wrong step?
….
Su Xi finished her exam two and a half days later. After taking the last liberal arts exam at noon, she filled in the answer sheet and handed in the paper quickly. After not being online for two days, Su Xi was very worried. Although she knew nothing big would happen in the game, she still wanted to go back and see her son. Fortunately, she had a holiday this afternoon after the exam, so she could go home early.
Before, she just regarded the game as a game, but as she felt more and more that the characters in the game had their own emotions, she began to wonder whether the cub would feel sad during the two days she was away…
Of course, it was also possible that Su Xi was just overthinking it.
In short, she didn’t care about being asked by Gu Qin and the others to go shopping in the afternoon. She didn’t even eat in the cafeteria, she just got on the bus and went home quickly.
The cell phone was in her parents’ room. Su Xi opened her parents’ door like a thief and took her cell phone.
Back to the room, recharge——
Then, turn on the screen.
Su Xi’s heart was pounding, and she smiled happily at the thought of seeing her baby soon. But when she came online and switched the interface to the house, her smile immediately stopped.
Wait, why are there crumpled papers all over the floor in the house?
These notes should have been written by the cub during this period of time, but she didn’t respond to them. Did he write so many? Didn’t he have to wait for me?
Su Xi never expected that one day when she was not online, the protagonist would still be waiting for her. She suddenly felt sad and did not bother to read the notes. She directly switched the interface to the yard to find the cub.
As soon as she arrived in the yard, she saw the cub sitting on the threshold of the door, slightly raising his head and staring at the swaying rabbit lantern under the eaves.
It was already dark in the game at this time. The candlelight fell on his face, flickering, making it impossible to see his expression. He didn’t seem to have any expression, but his face was shadowed and dark, and his eyes were a little red.
What, what happened?
Su Xi, who had no idea what the cub was imagining, was about to zoom in on the screen when she saw a large patch of white bubbles pop up above the cub’s head.
It was as if the messages that hadn’t popped up for a while had accumulated and were now popping up all at once, so densely packed that they were about to flood the screen.
——”Are you just using me?”
The first thing that popped up was this. Su Xi’s eyelids twitched and she subconsciously wanted to deny it, wondering what the hell the cub was thinking. But then, more things popped up immediately.
The barrage was full of comments.
——”You won’t come again?”
——”I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have asked to meet you that day. You must have felt troubled.”
——”If you don’t want to, it’s okay to show up once a month from now on, but can you…”
——”…Whether you are using me or doing it out of pity, I…I don’t care.”
——”I admit it.”
——”I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to leave no note that night, I was just… I was just jealous… I’m sorry, I shouldn’t… I shouldn’t have been so greedy… No matter who you are, no matter why you appeared, and why you disappeared… Can you… come out and talk to me, please.”
——”I am very lonely.”
Then, the bubbles disappeared one after another, leaving only the last four words, which slowly dissipated on the screen like water vapor, but it made Su Xi’s breath suffocate.
The little man was sitting alone on the threshold of the door, with only his shadow cast on the ground by the yellow candlelight to accompany him. It was also a small ball and fell at his feet.
He said nothing, these white bubbles were just what was in his mind.
He looked up at the rabbit lantern expressionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking, but he said in his heart –
He was very lonely.
Su Xi looked at the cub and forgot to breathe, then her eyes slowly became sore.
She never thought about what the cub was doing when she was not online. She thought that he might be busy farming or planning something else. But she had never thought about this question: would the cub feel that he was not needed because she was not online? Would the cub miss her and feel lonely when she was not online?
But now she knew that the little man was very sad when she was not around.
Su Xi looked at the cub and her heart suddenly tightened. This was the first time she had such a strong feeling of missing someone, and it was because of a little man in the game. She wanted to tell the cub that she was back, but she didn’t know how to do it.
So she opened the mall, looked around, and her fingers accidentally shook over a bunch of fireworks.
Then, in the next second, a firework suddenly bloomed on the screen. Su Xi was startled.
Lu Huan, who was standing in front of the door, was looking at the endless night sky. Suddenly, he heard an explosion not far away. A string of fireworks suddenly rose in the sky, shining brightly. In an instant, it was like the Milky Way pouring down and falling into his yard.
…This kind of scene was not something that ordinary people could create. Today was not a festival, and there were no such fireworks on the streets.
He was stunned for a moment, and then his heart almost jumped out of his throat.
He stood up suddenly, took a few steps towards the yard, raised his head and looked hard at the night sky, with an uncertain ecstasy on his face – was that man coming back?
….
Su Xi saw the change in his facial expression and felt a further soreness in her nose.
She stretched out her fingers sadly, stirring up a breeze, which blew across the firewood yard and gently lifted Lu Huan’s thin robe – baby, I’m here.
Always.
The author has something to say:
The cub: Why did you pour so much gold medicine with such concern? Did you apply it with your hands? Or something else? You even pulled open the Second Prince’s robe and applied it on his skin…!
Su Xi: …If not with my hands, what else can I use to apply the medicine? Otherwise, I should take off the Second Prince’s socks, dip them in the water and apply it on his body?!!
The cub (thinking): …Okay.
T/N: This chapter really made me feel sad for LH, he is such a cutie pie, he doesn’t deserve this….
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