You Owe Me, My Love

Chapter 405 Freedom

It was the day of Liu Yan’s departure to Ustrana. Wu Nian had come to the airport to see her off.

Holding Wu Nian’s hands in hers tightly, Liu Yan shot her a worried look. “Rong, I know you tend to keep things to yourself… I won’t be by your side anymore, but whenever something’s bothering you, you can write it out as if you’re writing me a letter. That’ll help make you feel a bit better.”

Wu Nian nodded obediently. “Okay.”

Tears began welling up in Liu Yan’s eyes. She stifled them with a sniff and continued chokingly, “I’ll miss you. Please don’t forget me. You’ll always be my bestie, even in the next life.”

At the sight of her sobbing friend, Wu Nian couldn’t hold back her tears any longer. She nodded and reached out a hand towards Liu Yan’s face, wiping off her tears and caressing her cheek. “Remember to be careful with everything you do and say out there. When you’re angry, try listening to some music and cool off for a few minutes before jumping to conclusions.”

“I can take care of myself. Let me know when Shen Yiyan finally moves on to another woman, though I’m pretty sure that won’t be long,” Liu Yan added hopefully. “When he’s no longer interested in me, I’ll come back secretly and see you whenever I can.”

Wu Nian lowered her eyelids without a word. Just then, Shen Yiyan’s silhouette came into the distance. “He’s here. Take care now.”

Liu Yan nodded and restrained her expression, fighting back her sorrow.

This might be farewell for real. Who knows when I will ever get to see Rong again?

Shen Yiyan approached them in casual strides, a hand in his pocket. Seeing Liu Yan’s reddened eyes, he chided in a seemingly empathetic manner, “What are you crying for? It’s not like you both aren’t seeing each other anymore.”

Quickly sweeping her tears away, she shot him a sidelong glance with an annoyed frown. “Why bother if I’m upset or not? The sky and the earth are already under your rule, and now you’re trying to control someone else’s emotions too?”

Shen Yiyan pulled her gently into an embrace. “You should be happy you’re going on a holiday. I’m the one who should be upset.”

As he spoke, he turned her around and walked her towards the departure hall.

Liu Yan stared at him, perplexed. “What are you even upset about? You come and go as you please.”

“You really don’t know what I’m feeling sad about?”

Wu Nian watched as the two of them walked off, their voices trailing off into the distance along with their disappearing backs. She waited until the plane took off, then turned to leave with a heavy heart.

Aaron’s news.

traveling back and forth between the training

than learning to drive a car. Within a week of training, she

everything she needed to fulfill her

she had bought over a week’s

early that morning, she set out for her long-awaited adventure. It would take eight hours before she’d arrive at the deserted

the yacht’s deck and leaned against the bow, staring at the

A life of solitude in the midst of the vast ocean, far away from bustling cities. She figured she could return to the mainland’s shore

right. Through the binoculars that had come as a package with the yacht, she could

built a house

before the yacht sailed close enough to give her

was a three-story house, enclosed within concrete walls that loomed over

driveway sat there, leading towards a metal gate. Seeing that the gate

already one house built, it’s possible for

at a fifty-meter distance away from the other end of the shore. After a simple dinner that evening, she laid on a recliner atop the

night breeze was cold

longed to be. Loneliness filled her nevertheless. The chilly atmosphere couldn’t

man was no longer here

at the deep, night sky, Wu Nian let her mind unravel in all kinds of imaginations – thoughts about her death, about the possibilities of starting over, about countless what-ifs. Before

out of incoherent dreams, Wu Nian felt as if she was being watched by a pair of

she found herself paralyzed, unable to move nor speak amidst the darkness that had enveloped her.

or death makes no difference

her body began to feel light. She felt a swaying and spinning sensation as if rocked back and forth by the ocean waves. A while later,

her ears. She felt a warm tingle of the sunlight upon her cheeks. It was morning. Her head felt heavy, and her

she could see two wolves wandering on the shore. More of them then emerged from the forest one by one and joined the pair, and they slowly grew into a pack

others then stopped

fellows instead of the masked men back then, who knows if

was oddly grateful that at the very least, they hadn’t died