Spring Branches

He laughed, "I will never marry a two-timing woman like you!"

"What do you mean?" Her eyes turned red and she choked up.

His face was grim, and he grabbed her neck with both hands. "You slept with me while you were having an affair with my brother Lu Yichuan. Why should I marry you? I would rather marry a toad than a toad!"

"No, no." She shook her head frantically and explained, "I'm not with him. He's the one who keeps pestering me. You're the only one I love in my heart."

The scene suddenly changed and came to Jingyi Cemetery.

It was winter and snowing, and she was wearing only a thin summer nightgown.

The names on the tombstone became hers and Lu Yisi's. In the photo pasted on it, she had shiny black hair, while his hair was completely white and his face was covered with wrinkles.

Just as she was confused, the person in the photo suddenly jumped out, grabbed her throat tightly, and his eyes were bleeding.

He said, "I'm going to kill you today! You're an unfaithful woman!"

She didn't understand what he meant and shook her head frantically, unable to utter a word.

He sneered, "It's already this time, are you still going to play dumb? My first seven days have just passed, and you signed an agreement with another man to bear a child for him! Are you so cheap! Can't you live a day without a man? Huh?"

Her face was washed again and again by tears, and she shook her head to explain, "No, no! I only love you! I was with him just to save my mother, and the child he and I gave birth to is also the Lu family's child. I will look for you after giving birth to the child, don't misunderstand me! I still love you the most!"

"You're lying!" he yelled, dragging her by her hair to another cemetery.

The tombstone in front of him reads [Tomb of murderer Chen Yao].

In the photo, Chen Yao had bright red lips and golden hair. She looked very young. How could she die at such a young age?

He said, "You killed my mother to stop your marriage! You even labeled her a murderer! You are such a vicious woman! All your previous obedience was just an act! You fooled me around like a fool! I want you to die! Let your blood sacrifice my soul!"

As he said this, he held her head and banged it against the tombstone again and again.

The head was broken and bleeding.

She couldn't die.

So he took out a knife and cut her fingers and toes one by one, scratched her face, and finally stabbed the knife into her heart.

……

"what--"

A loud noise shook the sky, and Tang Asi was awakened from his sleep.

She sat on the bed blankly, looking around.

Lu Yichuan stood beside her, looking anxious. The back of his hand was bleeding, dripping drop by drop onto the white floor.

Ana, who heard the noise, rushed in.

"What happened boss!"

"It's okay, you can go out."

After Ana left, the room became quiet again.

Lu Yichuan slowly squatted down and grabbed Tang Asi's hand, but she ruthlessly shook him away.

He was not angry, but asked with concern: "Did you have a nightmare?"

Tang Asi did not answer, still immersed in the scenes in his dream.

Lu Yichuan asked again: "Did you dream about Lu Yisi? What did he say?"

Tang Asi suddenly held his head and started crying, each cry becoming more miserable and more aggrieved than the last.

He kept murmuring the word "I'm sorry".

Lu Yichuan let out a long sigh.

He didn't say anything else, waiting for Tang Asi to calm down and talk to him.

After about half an hour, Tang Asi finally calmed down.

She turned her head and looked at Lu Yichuan, her eyes were watery and her back was shaking: "... Lu Yichuan, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have agreed to you, I regret it."

Lu Yichuan: “…”

"Please let me go, okay? I'll sell my kidneys and organs to pay you back. Can you please let me go?"

Lu Yichuan: “…”

For a moment, Lu Yichuang didn't know what to say.

It was as if I had also had a dream. I had a brief fight with Tang Asi, and then we both returned to our own lonely worlds.

Can he let go of something he has finally obtained? Is he willing to let go?

After a long while, Lu Yichuang stood up with his back to Tang Asi.

"Tang Asi, you are mentally stimulated. Today is not a good time to talk."

"I'm fine. Nothing happened to me." Tang Asi said, "Can you please let me go? I will return the money to you."

Lu Yichuan closed his eyes. "If you still think the same way tomorrow morning and you are rational again, I am willing to have a good talk with you."

"No I—"

Before Tang Asi could finish his words, Lu Yichuan dragged his tired body out of the ward.

Seeing this, Ana, who was at the door, quickly ordered someone to call a doctor, and he helped Lu Yichuang sit down on a chair nearby.

Lu Yichuan said: "Ana, she is in great pain, and I feel so bad."

Ana didn't know how to comfort Lu Yichuan and was willing to be a mute listener.

This is a secret that belongs to both of them.

Lu Yichuan said: "We are like a rubber band. If I don't let go, I will feel pain. If I let go, I will also feel pain. But will she be happy?"

After the doctor came, Lu Yichuan told the doctor the general situation. If Tang Asi wanted to talk rationally, she would have to be given a sedative. Her condition would be the same in the morning.

After struggling for a while, Lu Yichuang decided to give Tang Asi an injection of sedative.

The doctor came into the room with a syringe, and Tang Asi was particularly resistant.

She held her head and screamed heart-wrenchingly, saying some conscienceless words.

But all of it hurt Lu Yichuang's heart.

Lu Yichuan said: "Be good, don't get excited, you will feel better soon."

Tang Asi said: "You are so annoying! It's you who made me unable to marry Yisi, and it's you who made me no longer happy. I hate you!"

hiss--

The pain from the needle made Tang Asi bite the back of Lu Yichuan's hand tightly, and the teeth marks were clearly visible.

After the sedative was injected, Tang Asi fell asleep.

"Thank you doctor."

"Your injury hasn't healed yet. I'll give you another IV."

The doctor hung Lu Yichuang's IV bottle on the top of Tang Asi's bed.

Lu Yichuan took his eyes off the IV drip and sat by the bed, looking at Tang Asi with a look of heartache. His fingers trembled as he touched her cheek, and his heart ached.

She has lost a lot of weight recently and hasn't been eating well or getting enough rest.

She is very tired.

No matter what Tang Asi dreamed, no matter what cruel scenes were in the dream, Lu Yichuan decided that he would not let go. The pain could prove that he was still alive.

Lu Yichuan let out a long breath.

The pain you feel now is your ticket to future happiness. Persistence is victory.