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.

would be to wait for Aaron’s news. Guess

spent her days ahead traveling back and

took less effort than learning to drive a car. Within a week of training,

that deserted island back then once again. Having acquired everything she needed to fulfill her dreams, all that’s left was to set the right coordinates on the yacht’s auto-navigation, and then she’d be

bought over a

out for her long-awaited adventure. It would take eight hours before

she stood on the yacht’s deck and leaned against the bow, staring at the borderless horizon. The sky

shore on occasion to buy necessities and spend the rest of her days on this remote island without a care in the world until

the island came into view. However, something didn’t feel right. Through the binoculars that had come as a package with the yacht, she

house here? That’s

yacht sailed close enough

a three-story house, enclosed within concrete walls

water reservoir and a single concrete driveway sat there, leading towards a metal gate. Seeing that the gate was locked, Wu Nian speculated that the

house built,

end of the shore. After a simple dinner that evening, she laid on a recliner atop the

shielded beneath her thick, fuzzy blanket, the night breeze was cold enough to send chills

to be. Loneliness filled her nevertheless.

man was no longer here

let her mind unravel in all kinds of imaginations – thoughts about her death, about the possibilities of starting over, about countless what-ifs. Before she could figure out any answers, however, she dozed off

as if she was being watched by a pair of

nor speak amidst the darkness that had

or death makes no

She felt a swaying and spinning sensation as if rocked back and forth by the ocean waves. A while later, a sudden heavy force pulled

warm tingle of the sunlight upon her cheeks. It was morning. Her head felt heavy, and her nose was stuffed. Oh, I’ve caught a cold… She sat up groggily and wobbled back into the cabin to get

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

potential prey, it howled. The others then stopped in their tracks and

ambushed by these wild fellows instead of the masked men back then,

that at the very least, they hadn’t