Chapter 555 - Because of You (1)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“How did you…” Su He was stunned when she saw Ye Yan coming out of the washroom.

Ye Yan smiled and explained to her, “I slipped in when you opened the door.”

Su He had initially allowed Ye Yan to remain in his original location. However, Ye Yan thought that the location was too prominent. If Su Jifeng arrived prepared, the wardrobe would undoubtedly be the first thing that piqued his interest.

As such, when Su He opened the door, Ye Yan seized the opportunity to scurry out of the wardrobe in a flash and hide inside the washroom.

Reality showed that Ye Yan’s concern had been true. Su Jifeng had opened the wardrobe, but he was embarrassed to check her washroom.

When Su He recalled the images where her elder brother rapidly opened the wardrobe door, she was glad that Ye Yan had predicted this.

“Urm…” Once Su He had calmed down, she remembered their current situation.

Ye Yan was inside her bedroom, and there were only two of them!

Su He’s face instantly turned red. Regardless of whether it was due to bashfulness or speechlessness, it took her some time before she blurted out, “You haven’t told me how you show up in my house.”

Ye Yan stared into Su He’s eyes. His eyes were filled with a lot of emotions. For a moment, Su He was in a daze. By the time she snapped out of her trance, she dared not look into his eyes.

Unfortunately, while she could look away from Ye Yan, she could not avoid his voice that forcefully rang out in her ears.

“Because I miss you.”

Su He fell speechless.

Ye Yan’s straightforward confession was like a hammer hammering on Su He’s heart.

Su He froze for a while before she forced a smile and said stiffly, “What did you… say?”

Ye Yan looked into Su He’s eyes and enunciated each and every word clearly, “Xiao Qi, I said, I miss you.”

Su He felt as if firecrackers had exploded in her head all of a sudden. It exploded violently, throwing her mind into disarray.

Did Ye Yan just call her “Xiao Qi”? Did he just call her “Xiao Qi”?

Ye Yan thought that Su He would be surprised and delighted when she heard him calling her “Xiao Qi”. However, he never expected that this would have shocked her instead.

Su He’s face turned ghastly white and looked like she was about to stumble and fall backward. Ye Yan was taken aback when he saw this. He stretched out his hand to pull Su He’s hand, but Su He slapped his hand to the side.

“Don’t touch me!”

“Xiao Qi…”

“Don’t call me by this name!” Su He stared at Ye Yan. She almost forgot their current situation and was close to screaming at him.

Su He had never expected Zhao Youlin’s assumption, which she had made not long ago, to come true so soon. Ye Yan remembered her. Did he really remember her?!

But what could she do now? What should she do now?!

Ye Yan had never thought that Su He would overreact this way. However, this had also implied that Su He was very much concerned about how he addressed her, and prior to this, he had actually forgotten about her, their past, and all of their promises!

“I am sorry that I have forgotten about you. I am sorry that you have to endure so many things by yourself. I am sorry that… when it is clear that you should be the one I ought to treasure the most but end up hurting you the most. I am sorry, so sorry…”

For every word of apology that Ye Yan spoke, Su He reflexively took a step back and in the end, she sat on her own bed.

“Enough! Don’t say anymore. How can you… How can you possibly… forget me when I am standing in front of you? How did you… How did you suddenly… remember me now? I don’t trust you!”

“You have to trust me!” Ye Yan quickly leaned in close to Su He. He took Su He’s hand to his chest. He then kneeled down on one knee and looked into Su He’s eyes that were filled with panic. He said calmly, “Xiao Qi, I remember you. I remember we first met in this villa. I remember that we used to hold hands and admire the stars in the courtyard. I remember that you told me you like cherry blossoms the most. You enjoy any pastry with cherry blossom flavors, and I promised you that if the opportunity arose, I would ask my mother to make cherry blossom pastries for you. Unfortunately, I failed to fulfill your wishes even till the day my mother passed away. On top of that, I remember that we made a wish in the middle of the courtyard in this villa that I would marry you to be my wife and we’d stay together forever!”

Each of Ye Yan’s words was like a razor-sharp, small key that unlocked the Pandora box that only belonged to them, while Su He was unprepared for this.

Su He’s tears immediately poured out and wet her cheeks.

Ye Yan frowned with heartbreak. He reached out to wipe away the tears on Su He’s face. However, Su He moved away from him.

“You’ve completely forgotten about it. How could you have forgotten about them? You’ve forgotten about our history! You forgot to keep your own promises! You forgot about your promise to return, look for me, and marry me! You, on the other hand, remember Tingfeng! That’s far too much, Ye Yan!”

“I know…” Ye Yan admitted his own fault without hesitation. “But, I could explain this!”

“Explain to me?” Su He froze. She looked up at Ye Yan as if she wanted to ask what other explanation he had on this matter.

“The reason I remember Mu Tingfeng, whom I’ve only met once at that time, but forget that he is connected to you was because of you!”

“Because of me?”

“That’s right!” Su He was no longer as agitated and enraged as she had been. When Ye Yan saw this, he heaved a sigh of relief and became more solemn as he explained to her, “At that time… at that time, I was happily playing with you. We promised a while ago that we would be the one and only for each other, but then Mu Tingfeng appeared out of nowhere and told me that he is your cousin and he was going to take you away. You didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye to me before being dragged away by that annoying guy. Besides, you didn’t even refuse him and simply let him take you away. Did you know how angry I was back then?”

“I…” Su He had never thought about this incident back then. For a moment, she was helpless.

Ye Yan noticed Su He’s awkward expression and knew that she began to trust him. At the same time, he was glad and decided to clarify the incident to her.

“I took this matter to heart for a very, very long time! In the end, I learned that that guy is the eldest young master of the Mu family. Since then, I’ve been working very hard in the hopes of stealing you away from him.. Unfortunately, before that day arrived, something had happened when I was fifteen years old…”