Past memories scattered like a flock of butterflies, and every single thing fluttered into Yu Huan's mind.
He recalled that when he met Ruan Qiuping for the first time after his tribulation, Ruan Qiuping asked him, why did the King of Hell let you drink an excessive amount of forgetfulness water, was it because you had an unforgettable experience in the mortal world
He recalled that after Ruan Qiuping came back from Mangyi Snow Mountain, he lied that he was looking for a thousand-year-old lotus in order to make Lian Sheng Dan, and then asked him if he was curious about the lost memory.
He recalled that after Ruan Qiuping spilled the original bowl of "Cold-Repelling Soup", he took a long time to find a new one, but the smell was slightly different from the original one. Ruan Qiuping explained at the time that it was because he added an extra medicinal ingredient suitable for his physique.
He also thought of the villa that he had never seen before but every corner of which was so familiar to him, the elderly butler who was so excited when he saw him, and the mortal that Ruan Qiuping said was called Yu Heng and looked a bit like him.
Yu Huan picked up the wedding photo.
He looked exactly like the mortal man in the wedding photo, and was definitely not like what Ruan Qiuping had told him, except for the similarity between their eyebrows and eyes.
The fog slowly dissipates and the truth is within reach.
The fingertips that Yu Huan was holding on the photo frame began to turn white, his chest heaved, and even his breath trembled with disbelief.
He tried his best to calm himself down, and his eyes swept around the room, finally settling on the pair of wedding rings on the table.
He walked over step by step and picked up the two wedding rings.
The inside of the two wedding rings are engraved with large letters.
One is engraved with ruanruan, and the other is engraved with zhangyuhuan.
yuhuan.
—Yu Huan.
His name is definitely not something that can be compared to this.
Ruan Qiuping once asked Yu Huan whether he had an unforgettable experience when he was going through hardships in the mortal world.
Yu Huan said firmly no at that time.
That was because he had submitted an application to the Fuhua Sect before he became a mortal. In the application, he said that if he was engaged to someone and got involved with a mortal during his mortal life, it would be against public morality, so he hoped that the Fuhua Sect could exempt him from the tribulations during his mortal life and transfer the tribulations he had to experience during his mortal life to other aspects twice as much.
The people of Fuhua Sect quickly replied to him, saying that Jishen need not worry, because throughout the ages, if the immortals had good intentions, they would not cause other mortals to experience disasters during their mortal life. Moreover, since he was engaged, Siming would also help him and would never let him have any inappropriate emotional entanglements with mortals.
It was for this reason that he firmly told Ruan Qiuping at that time: "It is impossible for me to survive in the mortal world."
It turned out that he still had love after all—for Ruan Ruan, his fiancé in heaven.
It turned out that the bowl of soup that was spilled was not the cold-dispelling soup, but the remedy soup for recollection.
It turned out that he was the man buried under the apple tree. He was the mortal who had accompanied Ruan Ruan for her entire life on earth.
It turned out that he and Ruan had already fallen in love with each other when he was going through hardships in the mortal world.
Unspeakable joy came like a wave, almost drowning him. It seemed as if the tip of his heart was smeared with honey, and the sweetness seeped into his heart. The honey melted inch by inch, but a little bit of sourness emerged.
Now that I think about it, the bowl of spilled memory soup was also broken by Ruan Ruan on purpose, because he told Ruan Ruan that he didn't want to recover his memory.
At that time, he felt that worldly affairs were just worldly affairs, and there was no need to recall the sufferings he had endured in the world.
He only knew how gloomy his memories before the age of five were, so he thought that all his experiences in the mortal world were like the mud on the bottom of the sea without sunlight. However, he never expected that his life in the mortal world was more like a night sky. Although the background color was also dark, it was sprinkled with countless stars by Ruan Ruan.
But because of his light words at that time, Ruan Ruan shattered the memory soup that she had made with so much difficulty, and she never mentioned her experiences in the mortal world to him.
Yu Huan clenched the two rings on his fingers. A sour feeling spread to the tip of his heart, and there was a slight pain, as if he was pricked by a thin needle, emitting a long-lasting pain.
Yu Huan half-knelt beside the bed, took Ruan Qiuping's hand, gently kissed his fingertips, and then slowly put the ring on Ruan Qiuping's ring finger.
The moment the ring was put on Ruan Qiuping's hand, a sense of déjà vu came over him instantly, like a flash of lightning that illuminated the entire dark room for a moment.
Although it was only a brief moment, he still saw the clear outline of the scene.
Cruise ship, wedding, dress, sea, ring.
Yu Huan paused and felt his heart beating rapidly. His memory was not very clear. He could not see how many people were on the cruise ship, but he could see Ruan Ruan's eyes when she smiled. He could not hear what songs were played at the wedding, but he could hear Ruan Ruan saying "I do". He could not remember what color the sky was that day, but he remembered the kiss they had next to the fireworks and the bouquet after exchanging rings.
The memory was hazy yet real. He didn't know how he expressed it at the time, but he knew how happy he was.
Yu Huan leaned over, with a heart full of joy, bitterness, regret and love, and kissed Ruan Qiuping's forehead, nose tip and lips tenderly.
Ruan Qiuping's eyelashes trembled and he slowly opened his eyes.
He had just woken up and looked a little dazed, sleepy, and tired. When he saw Yu Huan, he was still dazed and didn't seem to know why he saw Yu Huan.
Yu Huan gently clasped Ruan Qiuping's hand and called him with a smile: "Ruan Ruan, you're awake."
Ruan Qiuping nodded and subconsciously looked at Yu Huan who was holding his hand tightly.
The moment he saw the ring, Ruan Qiuping's sleepiness suddenly disappeared and he became energetic.
He pulled his hand out and took off the ring on it, and said in a panic: "Yu Huan, don't get me wrong, I didn't put the ring on again, I really didn't wear it, maybe I was sleepwalking... No, I don't seem to be sleepwalking, don't mind it, I took it off, you see, you have taken it off..."
Yu Huan: “…”
Yu Huan suddenly remembered another important thing.
During his time as a mortal, it seemed that all his time was spent on competing with his former self.
Yu Huan's breathing trembled, and the words he had said, the things he had done, and the things he had thought about inevitably resurfaced before his eyes.
“Am I like him?”
"Perhaps, the good morning kiss you gave me after drinking that day was actually for him?"
"Can I erase their memories?"
"The wedding between a mortal and a god should not count."
"I don't like hotels with a corporate culture that is biased towards favoritism. It makes me doubt their service attitude and level."
"I originally insisted on having two rooms and two beds, but I also took into consideration that Ruan Ruan already had someone in her heart and couldn't accept having someone else by her side."
"Ruan Qiuping, do you think it's appropriate for you to use your ex-husband's card to buy us wedding rings?"
"Why, do I look more like him when I smile?"
…
Yu Huan slowly stretched out his hands and covered his face.
Ruan Qiuping was stunned for a moment, then reached out and pulled his arm, but failed to move it.
Ruan Qiuping asked cautiously: "...Yu...Yu Huan, what's wrong?"
Yu Huan was silent for a long while.
Just as Ruan Qiuping's doubts grew, and he almost couldn't help wanting to pull Yu Huan's hands away to see if he was crying, he saw Yu Huan's mouth move and whispered:
“…feel… ashamed.”