It was already evening when Xiao Tong took the car back home.
The clouds on the horizon were dyed orange, purple, and azure, layered like a girl's gauze dress, charming, shy, but beautiful. He lifted the curtain and watched quietly, his eyes as empty as the vast blue sky. Finally, a deep sadness flashed across his eyes, as if he couldn't bear to watch any more, so he lowered the curtain and sat in the dimness again.
As soon as the car stopped, Steward Shi from the Prince's Mansion came up to him. "Your Highness, the eldest son of the Xu family has been waiting for several hours. He is waiting to see you."
Xiao Tong was slightly stunned, then nodded slightly.
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At night, thousands of lights are turned on.
They drove around the busy streets and stopped at a shallow beach on the outskirts of the city. Xiao Tong got off the car, but Xu Zhaojie did not follow him. He just said, "Your Highness, I'll wait for you nearby." There was a complicated expression on his face, as if something was stuck in his throat, but he didn't say it.
Xiao Tong nodded and watched his carriage leave.
The night sky was clear, without a single cloud. Looking up from afar, it looked like a deep pool of still water. The bright moon was reflected in the cool shallow water, making it look especially clear. The moonlight was pale, illuminating everything like a veil. The evening breeze was filled with the fragrance of green grass and leaves, and everything was peaceful and quiet.
He was dressed in white, standing with his hands behind his back, waiting quietly.
After a while, a carriage came from afar, and the clanking sound was very loud in the night. Xiao Tong did not turn around to look, but just stood there silently. After a while, the sound stopped, and a woman's low whisper came faintly. Then there was another sound of silver bells, which gradually went away.
Zhao Pei stood behind him, looking at his figure bathed in the moonlight with infinite sadness. "Deshi..."
He turned around and looked at the girl who came out of the dark night. She seemed to have left the house in a hurry, with her hair loose on her shoulders. Her face was as bright as the moon. Xiao Tong smiled at her and said, "Long time no see."
Those eyes were clearer and brighter than the moonlight, just like the first glimpse I had of her. I choked up in my throat and could only nod.
After waiting for so long and missing you for so long, I finally see you again. Zhao Pei stood in front of him and looked up at his extremely gentle face under the moonlight. Unable to control the surging emotions in her heart, she stepped forward and hugged him tightly.
She buried her head in his arms, smelling the familiar fragrance, her heart throbbed and trembled. "I miss you so much." Zhao Pei's voice trembled a little.
Xiao Tong's body stiffened slightly, and after hesitating for a moment, he slowly reached out and put his arms around her.
He looked at the moon in the shallows. Was it just a dream after all, beautiful and gorgeous? Sometimes, even if it is within reach,
You can feel its existence, but the flowers in the mirror are hard to pick and you can never pluck them.
Why do you keep going on like this when you know there is no ending? Why do you keep indulging yourself when you know this is a false start
He made up his mind to push away her doubts and said calmly, "What do you want from me?"
"I..." Zhao Pei was stunned, wiped the tears from her face, looked at him for a while, then took out a jade pendant from her bosom and handed it to him, smiling shyly: "This, I want to give it to you."
Xiao Tong looked at the palm-sized jade pendant in her hand, which was delicately carved with phoenix patterns, and was as clear and transparent as a gurgling stream. His eyes were calm, as peaceful as a deep spring, and Zhao Pei could not figure it out.
Time passed slowly. She stared at Xiao Tong, who was immersed in the moonlight. Her heartstrings began to tighten. "For you."
Time was still passing, and there was a light in his eyes that she could not understand. He said lightly: "I can't have this. It doesn't belong to me. You should keep it."
The night was like water, and everything was immersed in the gentle night. She wanted to cry, but she still laughed at herself vaguely.
He is always so cruel, saying the cruelest words with the gentlest words in the most peaceful moments.
"Why?" Zhao Pei asked him.
Xiao Tong didn't look at her, but turned his eyes away to look at the vast water waves: "Pei Pei, you have to know that the moon in the water cannot last forever. From now on, you are my seventh sister, and I am your eldest brother. I can only be your eldest brother. We should not meet like this again."
Zhao Pei listened to him silently, and smiled for no apparent reason. She put her fingers together and held the jade pendant tightly in her palm. She lowered her head and said calmly, "Since you want this, I can't force you. Just think of it as me deceiving myself and making fun of you."
But he just stared at the passing water silently without answering. Zhao Pei gritted her teeth and uttered a few words weakly: "But... I will not give this thing to anyone else. If it does not belong to you, it will not belong to anyone else."
After saying that, he smiled at himself and turned away.
He heard a crisp sound and the sound of messy footsteps. The sound gradually faded away, and the warmth on his body was gradually taken away. The night returned to peace, and he turned around, only to see the broken jade pendant on the cobblestone.
The love is broken, the past is broken, how can we connect again? (To be continued)