Kapitel 29: Murong Yu (5)

That night, after they left the hotel, Xiao Lei and Murong Yu went for a walk. It was New Year's Eve, so they decided to watch the countdown with everyone else at the beach. The beach was packed full of people, and Murong Yu used this chance to take her hand again.

"I'm not going to tease you. This is just so we don't get separated," said the man when Xiao Lei raised a brow at him and tried to pull her hand away.

He then pulled her into a hug and when she tried to push him back, he whispered, "Just let me stay like this for a few seconds... It's a happy day today..."

Xiao Lei wanted to protest but she felt bad. After all, she was the one who asked to come here when he said he was tired and wanted to go home. Still, she wondered why he was so clingy today.

"Fine. You get 5 seconds!"

"Good enough for me..." Murong Yu smiled as he took in her scent. He had never told her this, and only a selected few knew about it, but today was the anniversary of his mother's death.

Every year, on this day, he would usually drink himself to death. However, with Xiao Lei's appearance, he decided to put the sad memories aside and turn it into a happy day instead.

When he finally released Xiao Lei from his bear hug, he looked behind her and signaled his men to leave so that they would not disturb his "date". He then took her and led her down the rows of stalls right next to the beach.

They played some of the games and whenever she smiled, Murong Yu could not help but smile with her. With her, he never had to hold back. When the two of them played a shooting game involving a cork rifle, they were so competitive that they won half of the available prizes.

In the end, the vendor basically begged them to leave before they caused him any further losses. The two had merely shrugged and after giving the soft toys that they won to the kids nearby, they made their way to the other game stalls.

"Ah, I'm tired! Let's call it a truce!" Xiao Lei finally said while she passed a little stuffed dog to a little girl who had been asking her father to win it for her. When they were playing earlier, she noticed that the girl's father did not have that much money in his wallet and thus, she decided to win it for her.

As she passed the little stuffed dog to the girl, Xiao Lei had knelt down next to the girl. She then patted the girl's head as she said, "Be good and listen to your dad..."

The girl nodded as she hugged the little stuffed dog against her chest. The father thanked Xiao Lei profusely before he walked away with his daughter.

After they left, Murong Yu had looked at her curiously. "Didn't you drag me over because you want that stuffed dog."

He was right. Xiao Lei had wanted the stuffed dog at first but when she saw the father and daughter duo, she changed her mind. Instead of telling him that, she waved her hand and replied nonchalantly, "I'm too old for stuffed toys, but the little girl can use one."

"Well, doesn't matter anyway. If you want something to hug at night, my room is always open to you..." Murong Yu grinned as he teased her.

Instead of responding to him, Xiao Lei merely rolled her eyes at him before she walked over to the food stalls.

Knowing that she loved to eat, he indulged her and bought her all the snacks that she wanted. They then found a perfect spot at the beach where they sat among the others while she quietly ate her snacks.

Whenever men glanced at her, Murong Yu would shoot daggers at them until they were afraid to look over again. However, Xiao Lei was too preoccupied with her food to notice them.

When the fireworks were released, Xiao Lei left everything behind and squeezed into the crowd to get a better view from the front. Murong Yu followed closely behind her and stood next to her as she looked at the fireflies with a smile on her face.

The fireworks went on for a long time and everyone cheered as they looked at the multitude of colorful fire exploding in the sky. Even Murong Yu eventually tore his eyes away from Xiao Lei and looked up in the sky. Little did he realize that she then took this opportunity to slip away.

As the fireworks came to an end, Murong Yu clenched his fists tightly. With a blush on his face, he coughed once before he cleared his throat and said, "Yanqing, I love you…"

By the time he realized that there was no movement beside him and looked down, she was already gone.

"Yanqing?" Murong Yu looked around. At first, there was still a smile on his face as if he thought she was playing hide-and-seek with him. However, as he looked in the sea of people, his smile was soon replaced by a frown.

When he realized that this was not a game, he kept shouting for her as the calm expression from earlier was replaced by one of panic and worry.

"Yanqing! Stop playing! Where are you?!"

Hidden from sight, Xiao Lei had watched him searching for her in the sea of people and the panic in his eyes. She could see the fear and loneliness in his eyes, but she could not help it. Even though she enjoyed his company, the one she loved was Xiao Yunjie.

Taking the necklace off, she entered the car that was waiting for her nearby. Everything had gone according to her plan and it was time to go home. Still, there was a sad emotion welling up in her heart as she thought about the cruel thing she just did, and a tear dropped from the corner of her eyes.

She had abandoned everyone that she met and everything that she owned for the past two years just like that. After all, they all belonged to "Fei Yanqing" and not "Xiao Xiao Lei" or "Ah Qing".

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