TCN: Mei Gongqing

Chapter 109: Perfectly Frank

Chapter 109: Perfectly Frank

Well, she got to see it now.

She got to see his fury and she got to see his hatred!

Chen Rong lifted her head to look straight at him... both the joy and ironic pain of this moment brought tears to her eyes.

The angry Ran Min hadn't expected Chen Rong to shed tears due to his questioning.

He loosened his grip on her chin, anger receding from his eyes, as he quizzically asked, "Why are you crying?"

Chen Rong dropped her gaze, blinked, and then hoarsely laughed. "I just didn't expect you to be this furious."

She glanced sideways at him. "Can you let me know why you are so angry, general?"

Her eyes were welling with tears, but when they moved, their inherent allure bewitched him so.

Caught off guard, Ran Min unconsciously moved his hand away and gently used his thumb to stroke her rosy lips. "Answer me, why are you crying?"

He spoke with a finality though his voice was gentle. It was clearly a command.

Chen Rong blinked her wet long lashes and slowly looked down.

She didn't give him an answer.

Her subconsciousness wanted to continue riling him, but her rationality was telling her not to do so. And thus she decided to keep quiet.

Ran Min's lips drew tighter, his brow furrowed angrily.

Just then, a loud holler called out: "General? Why aren't you going?"

Ran Min whipped around and violently shouted, "Shut up! Go on ahead!"

He was so irritable that his soldiers all shrank away. "Aye, aye, sir," replied the man as he trotted off.

Ran Min turned back to Chen Rong.

Coldly, he issued a low bark: "Ah Rong of the Chen House, you should know that I'm never one to be patient!"

This was his warning.

Chen Rong pursed her lips. She looked at him and said in her crystalline voice, "Yes, I am now in love with Wang Qilang. And yes, the one I used to love was you – very much so."

After articulating each word to him, she slowly smiled a smile that was both ironic and liberating. "Even now, I'm not entirely indifferent to you, but the one I love the most is already him."

She quietly watched Ran Min, but also past him to where the vast mountains stood as she murmured: "A human life is no different from a blade of grass. We never know when the wind will carry us to a rain puddle where we have no way to preserve our lives. You know, for some reason, it makes me happy to discover that I don't like you as much as I had thought I did. Even now, I am happy to be saying these words."

Even if this happiness was as ephemeral as a night-blooming cereus, even if she would have to bear all the terrible consequences only seconds from now, she was fine with it... after all, it was a joy she had waited too long for.

Ran Min unblinkingly stared at her.

"How have I offended you?" he suddenly asked her again. "When did you fall in love with me?" he added after a brief pause.

Chen Rong shook her head and withdrew her gaze, offering him a wooden smile and an obscure answer: "I can't say."

Ran Min hollowly laughed.