Published at 26th of August 2019 8:27 pm

Chapter 2

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Tao Xinya always remembered that day, she hid in the tree, no matter how the servants looked for her, she was willing to stay in the tree and let everyone couldn't look for her.

She didn't like this place. She didn't understand what they said. She wanted her mommy.

She had always lived with her mommy, but one day, her mommy had disappeared, and Auntie said that her mommy went to heaven.

Where was heaven? Why didn't mommy take her?

She didn't understand, just crying for her mommy, then an uncle held her, saying that he was her daddy, a little brother holding her hand and saying that it was her brother.

Then she was taken to a big castle by her daddy and brother, who said that it was her home there.

She didn't like this house. Although this family was very big and beautiful, except for her daddy and her brother, she couldn't understand what other people in the family was saying.

The voices of those people were chirping and buzzing, so noisy!

But daddy and her brother couldn't stay with her all the time. Daddy wanted to go to work. Her brother had to go to school. During the day, she always stayed at this house alone.

She hated them, she wanted her mommy.

Taking care of Mary, she ran out of the castle, she didn't want to stay there, she wanted her mommy.

But she didn't know where her mommy was, how could she go to heaven?

There was a big tree in the yard, she climbed the tree. She climbed up mischievously. After a long time, her mommy would appear, and she would stare at her, saying that she was not being good, then opened her hands and told her to come down.

She hid in the tree, waiting for her mommy to appear, but she waited for a long time, and her mommy didn’t appear.

"What a cute kitten, how can a little one hide in the tree?" The tone of a smile was very pleasant to hear, like the sound of her mommy playing the piano.

She looked down and looked curiously at the big brother under the tree, then blinked.

Big brother looked good, and she could understand what he said.

"Little kitten, come down will you?" The big brother extended his hands to her.

"No." She shook her head and pouted her mouth. "Yaya is not a kitten. Yaya is waiting for mommy."

She was mommy's baby, little Yaya, her mommy always called her that.

"Yaya, it's a really cute name." The boy smiled and his hands were still holding up. "Yaya, it’s dangerous on the tree, comes down, okay? Brother will accompany you to wait for your mommy."

After a pause, he added another sentence. "If Yaya falls and gets hurt, your mommy will be sad."

The last sentence of the big brother made her hesitate, biting her small mouth, and she gently asked, "Will mommy really come?" At a young age, innocent and simple, but vaguely knew that.

The smile on the boy's face remained the same, but it was even softer because of the timid expression on the little girl's face.

He knew the girl's thing. She was the little daughter of the Zhongsi family. She used to live with her mother in Taiwan. However, the mother of the girl died a while ago. Uncle Kurt went to Taiwan to bring the girl to Scotland. He had been listening to Haier these days. His younger sister was so cute and so lovely.

He had been very curious about the little sister in Haier's mouth. He finally had time to come to Haier's house. He just stepped into the garden and he saw a white shadow on the tree. He curiously stepped forward and didn't expect the tree to hide a cute little princess.

The small white dress, the wavy jet black hair was tied with a lace hair band. When the blue eyes saw him, they were not afraid of life, they were only curious. When it came to mommy, the little face showed an attachment that couldn’t hide, and asked him, "Will mommy really come?" with the loneliness of those beautiful blue eyes.

Although the girl was still young, the sensitive heart was faintly aware of what made people felt pity and distressed.

He thought of Haier’s words that show off ——

"Ah-Rang, if you see Xinxin you will love her. She is such a cute little thing."

He always hated children but he finally agreed with Haier’s words. He smiled at the girl and his voice was soft and firm. "Brother will always accompany Yaya." He thought that it wasn’t bad to have a younger sister.

The big brother’s smile was really beautiful. Tao Xinya was conquered by the boy's smile, and finally, she was willing to come down from the tree and jumped into the boy's arms.

The ten year old boy was four or five years older and easily caught the girl and kissed her forehead. "Good Yaya."

Tao Xinya touched her forehead, and the big brother’s kiss was warm. She smiled and kissed the boy’s face. She hugged the boy’s neck and curiously asked, “Who are you, brother?”

Now she wanted to ask who he was. What if he was a bad person? The boy couldn't help but laugh. "Yuan Yurang. Yaya can call me Brother Yu."

Brother Yu...... Since then, she had more of him in her life, and Brother Yu’s family was nearby, it was bigger than her family and more beautiful.

Listening to Mary, Brother Yu was a young man and no one in the UK in the upper class didn’t know the Young Master of Yuan. The Yuan family ancestor once married the Princess of the imperial family and had a good relationship with the British imperial family. They had a hereditary title, and Brother Yu would grow up to inherit the noble title.

She also heard that in addition to the noble family, the Yuan family also ran a large consortium. The Zhongsi family had known the Yuan family for a long time and had a very good relationship.

After she was a little bigger, she knew that her mommy would not come back. From the large population, she knew that daddy and her mommy had divorced after she was born. She was taken to Taiwan by her mommy. After her mommy passed away, daddy took her brother to handle mommy's funeral and took her back to Scotland.

She was still from her mommy's surname, still called Tao Xinya. Daddy said this was to commemorate the mother because the name was taken by her mommy.

She was the most favored little princess of the Zhongsi family. Although the wealth of the Zhongsi family was not the same as the Yuan family, it was also a rich and well-known name in Scotland.

She often went to the Yuan house to play, Yuan Father and Yuan Mother liked her very much, especially Yuan Mother. Yuan Mother came from Taiwan and was her mommy's school sister. The two had a very good relationship. Yuan Mother always said that she looked like her mommy and accepted her as an adopted daughter of the Yuan family.

She often stuck to Brother Yu, always following, and Brother Yu didn't bother with her. He doted on her more than anyone else. Even if she was willful, Brother Yu always smiled, but if she was too capricious, Brother Yu would be angry.

Brother Yu anger was very terrible. At a time like that, she would be very well behaved to apologize and asked Brother Yu to forgive her. Even her brother said that her brother had none of this treatment.

Then, she would hugged Brother Yu and humph from her nose and said, "Brother Yu is different."

In her heart, Yuan Yurang was not the same. The Maiden's heart naturally fell for him. Her Brother Yu looked handsome, also intelligent, also a good person, and also doted on her. In her heart, no one could compare to Yuan Yurang.

"Brother Yu, Yaya must marry you in the future!"

She always hugged him from behind and said tenderly and softly to him, he would smile and rubbed her head.

Every year on her birthday, she received gifts, and also her most love jasmine flowers plus Starry Sky. Brother Yu would also make a special order of her favorite strawberry cake. He would tell her: "My little princess, happy birthday."

(T/N: I think Starry Sky or Stars is a shop name of the cake, but I could be wrong. Maybe it’s not. Oops haha. And I have no idea what it is.)

In this last wished, she always made the wish, must marry Brother Yu, to be always with Brother Yu.

She always thought that the days would be so happy, even if her father passed away, and she was crying, Brother Yu would hug her and said softly: "Yaya, if you’re so sad, Uncle Kurt will be sad, don't cry. Have you forgotten that you still have Haier? Also, you still have your godfather and godmother who are doting on you, and me. Brother Yu will always be with you."

She remembered his words and decided that he would always be by her side. When she grew up, she would marry him and be with him forever.

However, when she was 18 years old, he brought Yi Lianna home. He said that this was his girlfriend.

She looked at the beautiful and generous Yi Lianna and looked at the love from Brother Yu’s eyes when he looked at Yi Lianna...... That was the look of a man looking at a woman.

That was not her Brother Yu.

She couldn't accept it and desperately destroyed him and Yi Lianna. Yi Lianna was just an ordinary girl, how could she deserve to be with her Brother Yu? Brother Yu was her!

Her raucous made Brother Yu wrinkled his eyebrows, but still tolerate to rubbed her head, and his eyes were still with favored and doted...... but it was different. She didn't want him to look at her with that kind of sister-loving eyes.

She rejected Yi Lianna, always causing her trouble, wanting Brother Yu to break up with her, who knew that they did not break up, but decided to get engaged.

No! How could this be?

She was going crazy, Brother Yu was her, she couldn’t allow Brother Yu to marry others, the person Brother Yu wanted to marry must be her, the bride of Brother Yu could only be her.

She lost her mind and finally betrayed him.

She took medicine, set him up, and let her godfather and godmother thought that Brother Yu was drunk and forced her then forced him to break up with Yi Lianna and forced him to marry her.

She remembered the unbelievable look when Brother Yu was sober, and she lowered her head in fear, dared not look at him.

She also remembered her brother's distressing reprimand, but she still looked at her brother in a stubborn manner and asked, "What's wrong with me? I love Brother Yu, what’s wrong with the pursuit of my love? I'm not you! You obviously like Yi Lianna but love is not allowed, dare not say. What’s wrong with struggling to get something so tiny?”

Her brother was red-eyed and staring at her angrily. She wondered if he was saddened by her stubbornness or the anger of being dismantled. From then on, the brother and sister broke and the brother who loved her no longer care for her.

It didn't matter, she thought that her brother who had always been pampering her would always forgive her, just like Brother Yu would fall in love with her one day soon.

She got her wish and married Brother Yu.

She knew that Brother Yu was angry with her, but Brother Yu had always doted on her, and he would not be angry for too long —— Tao Xinya thought innocently.

However, Brother Yu's indifference for her lasted for a long time and he hadn’t separate from Yi Lianna. Yi Lianna, who was his secretary, lived with him day and night, and his wife was alone in a quiet and empty house.

She couldn't stand it, quarreled with him, asked him to leave Yi Lianna, and ran to Yi Lianna to tell her to get lost...... She did everything that a bad woman would do, and then she got ridiculed by everyone.

In the end, her godfather and godmother also knew that she set Brother Yu up and were disappointed in her.

She was no longer a little princess that was pampered, but a ridiculous but unsympathetic woman, because everything was her own fault...

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Tao Xinya stood in front of the tombstone. This was the first time she came to her grave. After she came back to life, she decided to forget the past, so she never saw it even if she knew where she was buried.

She completely isolated everything she used to, never touched it. She just saw Edward’s magazine in the chair in the morning and saw the man who was buried in the depths of her memory. Everything in the past drifted into her mind and when she returned to her sense, she found herself going to the cemetery.

When she was about to return, she didn’t expect to see him.

At that moment, she really turned around and wanted to escape, but she suddenly remembered that she was not the Tao Xinya, so it was strange to escape in a panicked.

So she calmed down and pretended to be herself to worship. She lowered her head and her hands clenched into fists were faintly tremble.

She didn't know how long she stood, she knew that she should leave, but her legs couldn't move. She could only stand with him like a fool.

It was getting dark, and he finally left.

Tao Xinya sighed and moved her legs and walked to her grave. It was strange to look at her own tomb like this.

Pulling the corner of her lower lip, she crouched down and touched the cake, it was frozen.

She looked at the frosted jasmine again. There were two bunches of flowers and two cakes.

She thought the other one should be from her brother, right? She didn't know if her brother was doing well, had he married a wife? Or was he still secretly like Yi Lianna?

She hoped that her brother would not be too blind. After all, without her hindrance, Brother Yu and Yi Lianna would be happy together, right?

"Tao Xinya, this is the best ending." She pushed aside the snow on the tombstone, she smiled and her voice was soft.

It was unknown whether this sentence was telling her former self or was it her now?

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It was that girl!

Yuan Yurang was surprised to find that he actually remembered the eastern girl he saw in the cemetery the day before and even recognized her at a glance.

(T/N: oriental got changed to eastern now....... ugh I don't know anymore... T.T)

This was a French restaurant with a reservation system. One had to reserve at least two months before one could enter to dine, but some privileged people didn’t.

A year ago, Yuan Yurang bought this restaurant and became the boss behind the scenes. He temporarily got notified to come over, even if there was no seat, the restaurant manager would also try hard to find.

It didn't take long before Yuan Yurang got into a seat. He saw the eastern girl, probably because eastern people were rare, the girl was too conspicuous.

She was petite, less than 160, wearing a restaurant uniform —— a white shirt with a black tie and a black skirt, black pantyhose and black low heel shoes under the skirt, and the hair was simply tied with two small braids. The rich little face was smiling.

The appearance of the girl didn’t look like an adult. Even if eastern people was small, she seemed to be under 18 years old.

When did they allow child labor? Yuan Yurang frowned, his eyes still staring at the girl.

The conspicuous reason was the smile of the girl. She smiled and her cheeks would reveal two dimples. Her eyes were round, and she was as cute as a doll.

Not only did he notice her, but many guests also looked at her intentionally or unintentionally. When she poured water for her guests, she also asked if the meal was appetizing. The friendly service attitude and sweet smile made the guests very fond of her.

"Yu, what are you looking at?" She found her male partner was absent-minded, and Yi Lianna opened her mouth.

Yuan Yurang retracted his eyes and smiled. "It’s nothing." Then he lowered his head to cut down a piece of roasted lamb and discharge into his mouth. The attitude was consistently elegant, but also with an intangible alienation.

Since two years ago, he had been like this.

Yi Lianna stared at the wedding ring on Yuan Yurang’s finger, and the silver glow stabbed her eyes under the light.

The girl left, but she and Yuan Yurang had been unable to return to the past, they were clearly so in love but was destroyed by the girl.

The girl ruined her marriage and forced Yuan Yurang to marry her.

Yi Lianna was not reconciled. She loved Yuan Yurang, she was attracted to him when she first saw him at the university.

She liked his calm and restrained, decisive but humorous and courteous. He had no shelf and no contempt for anyone from the nobles. He was gentle but not close to others. Only the person he approved could get his true tenderness.

Her family was ordinary, she entered Shigeweier by scholarship, and she met Yuan Yurang and Haier. The three of them became good friends, and then she and Yuan Yurang started dating.

(T/N: I guess from now on I will leave the college name “Shigeweier” as it is in Chinese. I don’t even know if that’s what it means in English from my previous chapter haha)

In the mouth of Haier and Yuan Yurang, she knew that they had a little princess that was loved by them but didn’t expect that the little princess became her nightmare.

Because of her, Yuan Yurang canceled their engagement to marry the girl, Yi Lianna was angry. She didn’t want to give up on Yuan Yurang, then she entered the Yuan family group and became his secretary.

She knew the personality of Yuan Yurang and knew how the girl forced him to marry her. No men could bear to be set up, let alone Yuan Yurang. He seemed to be gentle but never allowed anyone to deceived him. It was absolutely impossible to forgive the girl with the pride of Yuan Yurang.

She could wait. The girl was more troubled, and would only make Yuan Yurang impatient with her. One day, Yuan Yurang would not be able to stand it.

Who knew that day waiting for didn’t come, but wait for the news of the girl's death.

From that day on, Yuan Yurang changed.

He became silent, and his attitude towards her became alienated. The wedding ring on his finger had not been pulled out. It was obvious that the girl had left, but Yi Lianna felt that the distance between her and Yuan Yurang was even farther apart.

Drinking a bit of red wine, Yi Lianna felt bitter.

How could she win over the dead? Even if Yuan Yurang just felt guilty, but that guilt had pushed the distance between them.

Yi Lianna still didn't want to give up. She always loved Yuan Yurang and did not want to give him to others. What was more, it was still a dead person.

"Yu, are you going to give a speech at Shigeweier?" She was looking for a topic.

When Yuan Yurang picked up his glass and was about to open his mouth, there was a loud sound rang in the restaurant.

"Xinxin, please be my girlfriend!"

A big boy held a large bouquet of roses, knelt on one knee, held the roses high, and looked at the eastern girl with deep affection.

At this moment, the whole restaurant was quiet.

Yuan Yurang’s hand trembled slightly and the red wine in the glass almost sprinkled.

Xinxin — these two words were Chinese.

"Oh, young little schoolboys are so cute." Yi Lianna looked at the excitement in front of her, chuckling.

Yuan Yurang lifted his gaze towards the little man and woman, not only him, but also the people in the restaurant were watching them.

Tao Xinya was in the same place. She didn't expect Allen to do this kind of thing. This was where she worked...... Heaven, the manager's face was green.

Her head began to hurt, and Allen was still engaged in romance.

"Xinxin, please promise me!" Allen pursued Tao Xinya for a long time. This beautiful Oriental Doll was an attractive presence in Shigeweier. How many people wanted to be her boyfriend, but Tao Xinya was always cold and indifferent. She was polite to everyone but never accepted anyone's pursuit to become a pair.

Half in a month would be the Christmas party. A bunch of people was rushing to grab Tao Xinya as their female companion. There were so many competitors, so he decided to do it and show his love in the public. He didn’t believe in such a romantic move, Tao Xinya would not be moved.

Tao Xinya was not touched at all. When she saw the manager's stern eyes, she was afraid that she would be fired today. Damn, the job was very good.

She really had the urge to kill Allen, taking a deep breath, Tao Xinya forced herself to smile and reached out and took the roses from Allen's hand.

He thought that Tao Xinya had promised, and Allen was happy to hug her. Who knew that Tao Xinya took a step back and touched the rose petals.

"This rose is so beautiful, but it's a pity that my favorite flower is jasmine." She pulled out a rose and handed it to a lady next to her, "Beautiful lady, this rose is suitable for you."

"Thank you." The lady took it with a smile.

Tao Xinya looked at Allen, blinking with a pair of big eyes, innocent and cute. "Allen, do you mind if I give these beautiful roses to the beautiful ladies in the restaurant?"

Allen stared stupidly, confused by the attitude of Tao Xinya, but also fascinated by her lovable expression, he replied like a fool: "Er, don't mind."

"Thank you." Tao Xinya smiled and the dimples on the cheeks were very sweet. "And, thank you for liking me."

She bent over and kissed Allen's face gently, and this twirling and unharmable refusal let the people in the restaurant clap their hands.

Yi Lianna looked at the eastern girl with appreciation. "Yu, this girl is really interesting, you say......" Turning her head, but saw Yuan Yurang staring at the girl, the fingers holding the wine glass were tight, and the wine was spilled out, dyed the white tablecloth red.

She gave a fright, "Yu, what's wrong with you?"

Yuan Yurang did not speak, just looked at the girl, in his head were her words—

This rose is so beautiful, but it is a pity that my favorite flower is jasmine.

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Fortunately, she was only trained by the manager.

The Tao Xinya that still had her job was relieved. She put on her coat, put on her scarf, wore her knitted hat, and walked out of the restaurant with the old Danny's lunch box.

Old Danny was the chef of the restaurant. When she got off work, she always made her supper. She was embarrassed at the beginning, refused the supper and Danny was angry. She shouted and said that even if she didn’t eat, it would also be thrown away. She dared to waste food and just tried it.

In desperation, Tao Xinya had to accept it.

Smell the smell of meat in the lunch box, she opened to take a looked inside. It was orange sauce roasted duck, this was one of the old Danny's specialties, Tao Xinya smiled with squinting eyes. Old Danny's cooking was first class, otherwise, how could the restaurant business be so good?

The scarf was gathered to block the cold wind. Tao Xinya shrank down her shoulders, speeding up the pace, preparing to catch the last bus, but only a few steps away, it was blocked.

She frowned and looked at the man helplessly. "Allen." She didn't expect him to still not leave.

"Xinxin." Allen smiled happily at her. "It’s so late, are you hungry? I’m taking you to eat, okay?"

"No need." Tao Xinya shook her hand on the lunch box. "I have supper."

"Then I will send you back."

"No, I will take the bus. I’m leaving first." She bypassed Allen, but Allen still didn’t give up and grabbed her hand.

"Xinxin, don't always refuse me." Allen pleaded to see her. "Xinxin, I’m serious, I really like you."

Tao Xinya sighed in her heart and refused again.

"Allen, I said, I want you as a friend only." She had to pull back her hand, but Allen caught it tight. "Allen, let go."

"No! I won't let go!" Allen simply hugged her, and the pampered young master's mentality made him unable to listen.

"Xinxin, I like you very much." He grabbed her and wanted to kiss her, but his calf bone was kicked hard. "Ow......"

He was so painful that he hugged his calf and wept.

Tao Xinya’s face was cold, and Allen’s move really angered her. “Allen, don't make it impossible for us to be friends.” She turned and left.

Allen still didn’t give up, reaching out to grab her, "Xinxin—"

"The young lady refused, the young master of the Clayton family. And entangled is not a gentleman's way." The tall figure came out of the dark, the man spat lightly, and the cold amber eyes looked faintly at Allen.

He didn't expect there was to be anyone, Allen was startled, especially to see the other appearance was even more shocking.

"M-Mr. Yuan!" No one in Scotland didn't know Yuan Yurang. Allen was dragged by his father to greeted Yuan Yurang at a banquet.

Thinking of his own entanglement was seen, Allen couldn't help but blushed, looked at Tao Xinya, and finally left.

And Tao Xinya was stunned when she saw Yuan Yurang, how could he be here?

"Are you alright?" Yuan Yurang looked at her, his expression was still cold, but the lights in his eyes were deep.

"Er......" Tao Xinya lowered her head and pressed down her nervousness. "I'm fine, thank you...... I have to catch up with the bus, I’ll go first."

"Xinxin."

As she turned around, he suddenly spat out this sentence, and Tao Xinya was stiff.

"Is this your name?"

Tao Xinya bit her lip and couldn't ignore his question, just answer it stiffly. "......Yes."

"What about the full name?"

Tao Xinya suddenly hated their names for being exactly the same, hesitating, she turned to look at Yuan Yurang, let out a doubtful expression that had been prepared for. "What are you going to do to ask so much for? Besides, how do you know that I’m called Xinxin?"

Yuan Yurang pulled the corner of his lips slightly. "The restaurant's confession was really good." (tenderflower: LOL wth I didn’t expect him to say this haha)

Tao Xinya’s eyes were round, he, he saw it? Then she thought of what she had said, and her little face was slightly white.

"Do you like jasmine?"

"Yes." Tao Xinya’s palms were slightly sweated, but didn't avoid the man’s eyes and looked directly at him. "What's wrong?"

"A girl I know also likes jasmine. Once, she was confessed by a boy in front of everyone. She also said like that."

This rose is so beautiful, but it is a pity that my favorite flower is jasmine.

However, her next move was to throw the flowers on the ground, arrogantly laughed and snorted, and again said——

Also, I only accept flowers from the man I like.

Tao Xinya felt that her throat was a bit dry, she barely squeezed her smile and pretended to be surprised. "Is that so? What a coincidence." Then she looked down at the watch on her wrist. "Sir, I am sorry, I have to catch up with the bus, I will not talk to you anymore. Thank you for your help, goodbye."

Watching the figure of the girl hurriedly away, Yuan Yurang’s eyes drooped, his expression was cover by cloudy smoke.

He remembered that the girl later plunged into his arms, clinging on his arm, looking at him with her beautiful blue eyes, and said softly——

Brother Yu, I only accept the jasmine you sent.

365 days.

Today is the first anniversary of my marriage with Brother Yu. I put a day off for my maid and prepared everything myself. I put the last dish on the table. I sat quietly in the empty room. I am alone, waiting alone.

The bell rang, and the first anniversary passed, I am still smiling.

Don't cry, Tao Xinya, don't cry.

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