GBP Chapter 501 Which is more important?
Chapter 501 Which is more important?
"Hua Rong..." Seeing Hua Rong appear at the door, Kang Xiaorong was stunned. Today, he came to help Ji Anni deliver food because he thought Hua Rong would be depressed for a while. He didn't expect that she would recover in just one day.
Hua Rong walked into the room, put the basket on the table, and took out the dishes one by one. "My queen, I'm here to bring you food. Yesterday..." At this point, her throat finally choked.
Ji Anni looked at her sadly, knowing that she was just holding on.
From the conversation between the two just now, we can guess the content of Yuemao's last words. It must be that Kang Xiaorong should fulfill his promise and marry Huarong.
"Huarong, I don't know what to say. If you feel sad, don't force yourself." Ji Anni cast a worried look at Huarong.
She was very afraid of Hua Rong because she couldn't guess what she was thinking; she was also grateful to Hua Rong because she always appeared when she was most lonely; she also sympathized with Hua Rong because that experience could indeed change a person's character; she also cared about Hua Rong because she knew that Hua Rong was not vicious by nature, but had experienced too much and was a little distorted.
She had told herself countless times not to be swayed by Hua Rong's words and advice, but she had also treated Hua Rong as someone she could trust countless times. Although she had been betrayed by Hua Rong and fell into the hands of the general, she almost lost her life, but now that she learned that Yue Mao had committed suicide and Hua Rong was alone again, she still couldn't help but worry about her and hoped that she would get better soon.
"Major General, thank you for helping me deliver food to the Empress today. I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me in the future."
The coldness in his words was even greater than before, as if he was deliberately trying to sever the last bit of bond between the two of them.
Kang Xiaorong also heard it, and his heart was in great pain. He opened his mouth and uttered a few words after a long time: "Hua Rong, my father died suddenly, and I am still in mourning. I don't have the mind to think about matters between men and women..."
"You don't need to say more, Major General. I understand."
"Although I cannot marry you, I will still take care of you until you..."
"That's enough." A sudden roar of anger interrupted Kang Xiaorong's unfinished words. Huarong was a little excited, and her body was shaking slightly. "Don't mention the engagement anymore. It's such a distant thing, I've forgotten it a long time ago."
"Hua Rong, I really loved you before..."
Kang Xiaorong wanted to say something, but Huarong's tears suddenly welled up, as if she was deeply hurt by the words "I truly loved you".
"What do you mean by true love? It's all fake..."
She quickly wiped away the tears on her face with the back of her hand. Huarong turned around and ran towards the door as if escaping.
"Huarong." Ji Anni immediately stood up and wanted to chase after him, but Kang Xiaorong stopped her.
"Let me go." After saying this, Kang Xiaorong quickly chased after Hua Rong.
Ji Anni came to the door. She watched the two figures disappear into the corridor, one after the other, and her brows gradually furrowed. It had been a long time since she had seen Hua Rong cry, and she had thought she was strong enough to not shed tears. But without that hard armor, she was just so fragile...
Huarong ran deep into Xian Palace and came to the long-abandoned garden. Kang Xiaorong chased after her and grabbed her arm.
"Hua Rong, can you please listen to what I have to say?"
"I don't want to hear you talk, I don't want to see you... Please disappear from my side..." The sad cry almost carried a pleading tone. Hua Rong struggled in Kang Xiaorong's arms, but could not break free from his iron-like hands.
"You said you loved me sincerely, but it was all fake... You have never loved anyone before, you fell in love with Tian Ning... You love her..." She cried and struggled, and soon her strength ran out. Hua Rong's movements gradually slowed down, and finally she fell softly into Kang Xiaorong's arms, sliding down his chest.
Kang Xiaorong couldn't hold her back, so he had to squat on the ground with her. Huarong sat on the ground softly, and Kang Xiaorong supported her shoulders and knelt on one knee beside her.
"I know that Yuemao's death has hit you hard, and I know you are in a bad mood right now..."
"You know, you know...you know nothing at all..." Hua Rong suddenly raised her head and glared at Kang Xiaorong angrily.
Kang Xiaorong's words got stuck in his throat and he couldn't say any more.
Huarong wiped the tears from her eyes and turned away indifferently. "Do you know who I am?"
The sudden question stunned Kang Xiaorong.
Looking at the dumbfounded Kang Xiaorong, Huarong's eyes became even colder. "You don't even know who I am. How can you say that you truly loved me... You just fell in love with the lie of an engagement. You deceived yourself, deceived me, and deceived my sister... too."
"What did you say?" Kang Xiaorong suddenly reacted at this time and subconsciously grabbed Huarong's shoulders, because the word "sister" suddenly appeared in the previous sentence. Huarong is the elder sister, and Yuemao is the younger sister. Who is the elder sister mentioned by Huarong?
"I'm not Huarong at all, I'm Yuemiao... I'm the real Yuemiao..." At this point, Huarong no longer wanted to hide it. She just wanted to see how Kang Xiaorong would accept this fact, and whether he would dare to say that he truly loved Huarong.
"Back when the Xi family was executed, my sister took the poison of Caihuaxiang for me, and my identity and my sister's were switched. From then on, the Huarong you saw was Yuemiao, and Yuemiao was Huarong. But you never realized... you couldn't even tell who Huarong was, so how could you say that you truly loved my sister?"
Indifference turned into questioning, Huarong suddenly looked up, his eyes became fierce, and there was a hint of hatred in them.
"You... have switched..." Kang Xiaorong stiffened instantly, and his limbs became like wood.
Hua Rong nodded gently, a faint smile on her lips. "For so many years, you never found out that I had exchanged identities with my sister... For so many years, you always treated me as Hua Rong, saying you loved me and wanted to marry me... I listened to it and laughed in my heart... Every time you said it, my disgust towards you deepened... At this point, I have no feelings for you, only hatred... You liar, you deceived my sister..."
The blatant accusation made Kang Xiaorong feel a piercing pain. "In fact, I was not completely unaware. I had a vague feeling... Especially when I saw the suicide note left by Yuemao yesterday, the words on it... No matter how you look at it, it's Huarong's handwriting..."
Hua Rong couldn't help but sneer. "My sister is already dead, and you just recognized her handwriting from the suicide note?"
"No, before that..." Kang Xiaorong seemed to want to explain something, but Hua Rong no longer gave him a chance.
"Now the truth is out. I am not Hua Rong, and I have no engagement with you. My sister left a suicide note asking you to marry me, but it was just to find someone to take care of me. You don't have to take my sister's willful decision before she died to heart. You and I have never had an engagement, and we have never had feelings for each other... You don't have to fulfill any promises for me, and I don't need your care... From now on, you and I are strangers. I only hope that we can forget each other and go our separate ways. I don't want to be entangled anymore."
After leaving these words, Hua Rong's body finally regained strength. She slowly stood up, patted the dust off her skirt, turned around and walked towards the exit of Xian Palace.
Kang Xiaorong also stood up, but his hands were hanging tightly at his sides. When Huarong passed by him, he did not dare to touch her. In the end, he could only watch Huarong's back silently. Seeing that Huarong was about to disappear around the corner of the corridor, Kang Xiaorong could not help but shout: "Huarong."
I thought she would ignore me, but unexpectedly she actually stopped. She just stopped, still with her back to Kang Xiaorong, with no intention of turning back or speaking.
Kang Xiaorong's throat became more and more choked. He had a lot to say, but when he thought of Huarong's accusatory look and the cold smile on her lips, all the words turned into stones, choking in his throat, and he couldn't spit them out.
Hua Rong waited silently for a while, but didn't hear a single word. Finally, she moved again and disappeared from Kang Xiaorong's sight.
Later, when Kang Xiaorong recalled this scene, he suddenly realized that Huarong was not as heartless, disgusted, disgusted, and hateful as she said. She was willing to stop for her call and wait for the next words, which meant that she still had a final hope in her heart.
However, I failed to seize the opportunity and I disappointed her, so she left silently.
What words was the beautiful girl waiting for at that time? Kang Xiaorong never figured it out, so he missed it in a hurry.
He had to admit that he really didn't love Huarong as much as he thought. If he really loved her, he wouldn't have not noticed that the two sisters had swapped identities. He and Huarong were engaged since birth, and he knew that she would be his wife since he could remember. Huarong had always been gentle, talented, and there was no reason to find any fault with her. It was so natural to have her by his side; it was so logical to marry her.
So Kang Xiaorong never doubted or thought about whether he really loved her.
Since Tian Ning appeared, and since he developed an inexplicable and entangled feeling towards Tian Ning, Kang Xiaorong finally gradually understood where his heart was leaning. By comparing it with his previous feelings for Hua Rong, he could weigh which was more important.
Kang Xiaorong returned to Ji Anni's yard silently.
Ji Anni had been waiting for him at the door. When she saw him, she hurried over to him and asked, "How is it? Is Huarong feeling better?"
Kang Xiaorong touched his swollen temple painfully and said, "She scolded me and told me the truth. I vented all the grievances that I had suppressed in my heart before. Maybe I feel better now."
"What she said just now was clearly an attempt to distance herself from you." Ji Anni frowned worriedly.
"Yeah, she's probably hated me for a long time, and now she can finally get rid of it."
"No." Ji Anni frowned, her expression filled with deep anxiety. "She is eager to cut off ties with you not because she hates you, but because she wants to protect you. Yuemao committed suicide, such a big thing, but she was so calm. This proves that she already has some plan in mind, and that plan is very dangerous, so she doesn't want to implicate you."