章 54: 54. Tang Yuehua's Lonely Life
Two days later
Heaven Duo City, inside a luxury hotel room.
"Rongrong, Nana... You two can stay here for the day. I'll go and meet the teacher before taking you two out to play."
"And Nana, take care of Rongrong," Xie Yue instructed the two of them.
"Mm, okay brother, I'll take care of Rongrong," Hu Liena assured.
"Mm~ Big Brother... Come back quickly; Rongrong wants to play more~~" Rongrong replied as she closed her eyes to sleep.
She was already tired from playing all day. Because of her, they took nearly two days to travel from the STGT sect to Heaven Duo City. But even after all that, she still wanted to play more.
"Yeah, I'll come back soon." Xie Yue patted the sleeping Rongrong's head as he said.
"Additionally... Nana, if some people try to bother you two, you know what to do, right?" Xie Yue asked Hu Liena meaningfully.
"Brother... I know," Hu Liena replied.
"Okay then, I'll leave." Xie Yue left the room.
He was not worried about their safety; there were many guards in the dark to protect them, and the guards were already settled throughout the hotel and the surroundings. Even before anything happened to Hu Liena and Ning Rongrong, they would take action.
Because of Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi arranged tighter protection for them. But since he didn't want to affect their playing, he let most of the guards hide in the dark.
After coming out of the hotel room, Xie Yue called out mildly:
"Uncle Long..."
"Yes, Young Master..." With an old voice, a man appeared wearing a black hooded cloak.
"Please take care of their safety while I am away, and if the two need anything, help them with that too," Xie Yue said to the man.
"As ordered," the man replied.
Although there were many guards to protect them, Xie Yue was mostly familiar with this man named Uncle Long and had a good impression of his attitude, so Xie Yue instructed him specifically before leaving.
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Soon after, Xie Yue reached the Moon Pavilion and met Tang Yuehua.
Tang Yuehua was still teaching her students, so he went upstairs and reached his room (which Tang Yuehua had given him) to take a short rest until she came.
'The academies all started last month; it's better if I can meet Dugu Yan this time,' Xie Yue thought as he sat on the bed.
Last month, he didn't come to meet Tang Yuehua; rather, he went to try his luck near Heaven Duo Imperial Academy to meet Dugu Yan. But he didn't succeed in that.
Dugu Yan was one year older than him, so now at the age of 12, she had already joined Heaven Duo Imperial Academy for her studies. But since the year began only a month ago, the academies had only started a month prior. So even if Dugu Yan was already 12 years old, she still had to wait for the academies to start and only joined the academy a month ago.
Before, that was also the reason why the six-year-old Xie Yue had five months of time after awakening his martial soul until school started that year. Xie Yue had used those five months to travel to Heaven Duo City and tried his luck before deciding which academy to join.
Now that Xie Yue was 11 and a half years old, the academies had already been in session for more than a month.
Last month, Xie Yue had stayed near Heaven Duo Imperial Academy for three days to meet Dugu Yan, hoping that she would leave the academy to play outside with her friends. But he failed to see even her hair.
In Xie Yue's plan regarding Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan was the key. So he had to try this waiting method even though it was very inefficient.
He knew the probability of successfully meeting Dugu Yan was very small, so he had already made many alternative plans.
'If I can't meet her this time, then I have to go for my next best option,' Xie Yue thought as he drifted off to take a short nap.
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After a while, Tang Yuehua finished her teaching and came upstairs to see Xie Yue.
Seeing no one inside the hall, she went toward Xie Yue's room with an angry expression on her face. Seeing the open door, she went inside, only to see the sleeping Xie Yue.
'He is sleeping peacefully... I better not disturb him,' Tang Yuehua thought as she decided to hold back her anger.
She had many questions to ask him about why he didn't visit her last month. Other than her two brothers, Xie Yue was the closest person to her.
With the passing years, as she aged, Tang Yuehua also understood that having children was not possible for her, since she wouldn't marry anyone. Her ill-fated love had given her much more pain than was bearable for her little heart.
Amidst all this pain, Tang Yuehua considered Xie Yue as her son and poured all her motherly love into him. In this regard, she was the same as Liu Erlong, who adopted Xiao Wu and showered all her motherly love on that girl.
But Tang Yuehua had known Xie Yue from a young age and had spent more time with him, unlike Liu Erlong, who had only met Xiao Wu when the latter was 13 years old. So her attachment to Xie Yue was greater than Liu Erlong's.
The more attachment she felt, the more pain she experienced when Xie Yue kept his distance from her. She felt heartbroken when Xie Yue didn't visit her last month. During the past year, she also thought about possible ways to mend their relationship. But everything failed; Xie Yue still maintained the same attitude toward her.
'Sigh... If it weren't for my decision, it would have never reached this point,' Tang Yuehua sighed in her heart, thinking about the decision she made back when Xie Yue was just 10 years old. Now she felt her decision was not good and questioned herself. With the increase in her motherly love for Xie Yue, she felt it was normal for him to sleep with her.
What about age? What about Xie Yue growing up, and what about her not being his blood-related mother?
It didn't matter to her now. She even subconsciously forgot the reason why she wanted Xie Yue to sleep alone in the first place.
Sometimes emotions do indeed work wonders. If Xie Yue had known her thoughts, he would surely question himself.
'What happened to the love-minded women? Won't they keep their distance from other men other than their lovers?' He would feel stupefied.
But the truth is, it is not that Tang Yuehua changed. Her love for Tang Hao was still there and was increasing with the passing time. But Xie Yue was also important to her; her motherly love for him was also improving greatly.
She was already in her early thirties now, and this age is when women give more importance to becoming mothers rather than focusing on love life. She was not at the lively age and had already reached the point where she must have children. So her motherly love for Xie Yue was increasing more compared to Tang Hao.
After all, in this world, most women become grandmothers by the time they reach age forty. Most women marry by the age of 12, so it was understandable.
There were many people in this world, but Tang Yuehua only had three people as her closest ones. She had her father as a relative who didn't love her that much, but he was already dead now.
Among the three most important people, the first was Tang Hao, her second brother and true love, but he wasn't with her. The second was her big brother Tang Xiao, but due to their current circumstances, they didn't meet each other. And the third was Xie Yue.
Xie Yue had significant importance in her life now when her two brothers were not with her.
After many uncontrollable and unexpected situations and meetings, Xie Yue had occupied a huge space in her heart. Now even if she wanted to, she couldn't shake that off. And now she was ready to do many things for him, to mend their relationship, and to shower him with her motherly love.
'It was adorable when he behaved all cute and clingy with me. If he was still the same as before....' Tang Yuehua thought as she watched the handsome face of Xie Yue. She stood there for a while watching his sleeping face before prompting to leave.
Hearing her leaving footsteps, Xie Yue opened his eyes slowly;
'This woman....' Xie Yue thought in his mind.
Yes, he was indeed not asleep. He had already woken up when Tang Yuehua first stepped inside the room. If he couldn't even wake up, he might as well die earlier so as not to burden this world.
Every soul master must be vigilant about their surroundings when living in a cruel world like Douluo. If Xie Yue slept like a dead turtle, he wasn't qualified to become a powerful soul master or to have grand ambitions such as becoming eternal. After all, having ambition alone is not enough; one must have the befitting attitude.
Xie Yue didn't open his eyes earlier because he felt the aura of anger from Tang Yuehua. He also knew why Tang Yuehua was angry, but he didn't care, so he kept pretending to sleep, knowing she wouldn't wake him up.
But what piqued his interest was that Tang Yuehua didn't leave the room immediately and stayed inside for much longer.
'Did this woman become obsessed with my handsome face?' Xie Yue couldn't help but think.
Although Xie Yue kept his eyes closed and didn't know why Tang Yuehua stayed here or what she did, he could still guess that she must have been watching him sleep. After all, there was nothing else new or unfamiliar in this room that could make her stay, other than Xie Yue. In the end, this was her house.
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A/N: I want to stop writing, but I also don't want to half-ass my first creation. I hate not finishing the work I started. So even though I am occupied now and have also lost motivation, I will complete this book slowly.
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