Chapter 245: Actually, My First Love Was Him

After Ruoruo left me, I searched the world for her like a madman, exhausting every resource I could possibly use.

However, when a person truly does not want to see you, she can still manage to avoid you.

She would rather not use her ID card, not use her bank card, and not use any documents that could track her information.

I don't know how she got by these past few years; the moment I think about her potentially sleeping rough, being deceived by bad people, or perhaps already being dead... I dare not think about it.

Three years later, I finally found news of her.

She was indeed with Meng Ze, because Meng Ze had also disappeared back then.

Seeing her again, I saw that she was running a guesthouse that looked warm and artistic, living a life that was impoverished but relatively safe, and I let out a huge sigh of relief in my heart.

No matter what, as long as she was safe, that was enough.

The moment I saw her, I wanted to embrace her and take her away, regardless of the cost.

But then, I heard a little girl call her "Mom."

Ruoruo said that Xiaofeng was her and Meng Ze's child.

This news completely crushed me.

At that time, I felt so foolish and ridiculous; I had spent three years thinking of her day and night, worrying about her until I couldn't sleep, but what was the result in the end? She had a child with another man.

My sky seemed to have collapsed; I don't know how I returned to Beishi, as I was like a walking corpse.

Fine, since she had never liked me in her heart, why should I continue to pester her? It would be better to just let her go.

I decided to forget her and then marry a new wife.

However, just as I returned to Fengcheng, intending to cut ties with everything from the past and sell the house that she and I had lived in, I suddenly saw on the surveillance footage that Ruoruo had returned.

At that moment, I don't know why, but I started searching the world for her again.

Ever since Ruoruo started high school, I had often appeared in her vicinity, and I could always recognize her at first glance in a crowd.

This time, I also found her very quickly.

She was eating at a restaurant with her family, and I sat outside for quite a while.

I didn't know what my purpose for coming was; I only knew that I wanted to be closer to her.

Unexpectedly, while I was sitting behind a screen, I actually heard her having a small argument with her sister.

Her sister said, "You know perfectly well that Xiaofeng is Han Yangting's daughter."

Hearing this sentence, I was stunned for a moment, and then, the dark clouds that had gathered in my sky for so long suddenly scattered; my mind was clearer than it had ever been: I had to get Ruoruo and Xiaofeng back.

I first fought for custody of Xiaofeng; a mother and daughter are connected at heart, and as long as I could get Xiaofeng, Ruoruo would return to my side sooner or later, I was certain of that.

Of course, I also liked Xiaofeng very much.

The first time we met, I felt that this child, Xiaofeng, and I were kindred spirits, but I was too stupid at the time, so stupid that I believed whatever Ruoruo said.

I deliberately acted cold toward Ruoruo to show my determination to fight for custody.

I wanted Ruoruo to know that as long as I made a move, I would be sure to succeed.

I also wanted to know if Ruoruo had no feelings for me at all anymore.

Very smoothly, I won custody of Xiaofeng.

I brought Xiaofeng back to Beishi, and soon, Ruoruo came too.

My heart was ecstatic, but I kept it suppressed.

I wanted her to return to my side, but I also hoped it would be of her own volition, not forced.

Before Ruoruo came to see Xiaofeng for the first time, I specifically instructed my parents, telling them that Ruoruo had lived a very hard life these years and that she was a good mother; if she came over, they should treat her just as they had in the past.

My parents couldn't fathom my true thoughts; after all, I had never liked expressing myself since I was a child.

But they listened to my words and were very good to Ruoruo. Otherwise, I was truly afraid that Ruoruo wouldn't come next time.

When Ruoruo came to the Manor, I would also specifically appear.

Perhaps because I always appeared indifferent on the surface, she never dared to speak to me and even deliberately avoided me.

In truth, I really wanted to stand in front of her, pull her into my arms, and say loudly to her, "Ruoruo, stay; don't leave."

But I knew that Meng Ze would soon arrive in Beishi as well.

Although they were no longer living together, I knew they must still be in contact, so I became insecure again; I worried that they had truly developed feelings for each other over these years.

Until that day, I drove Ruoruo back to the city.

We were both sitting in the back, neither of us speaking; she turned her head to look out the window, presumably lost in thought.

I answered a phone call; it was from Nana.

Ever since I knew Xiaofeng was my daughter, I had told Nana the truth, that I couldn't marry her. Nana understood, but she hoped I could introduce a doctor to her grandmother.

This call from Nana was precisely about contacting the doctor.

I deliberately answered it in front of Ruoruo, and my tone sounded very concerned for Nana.

Sure enough, Ruoruo got out of the car in a panic.

At that time, it was raining outside, and I saw her walking in the rain, looking distraught; I knew she must have been very heartbroken at that moment.

I followed behind her, getting rained on with her.

She must have been heartbroken because of me, and I felt very happy.

I hoped she could see her own heart clearly and accept me again.

The opportunity soon came; we went to attend a parent-child activity at Xiaofeng's kindergarten together, and our family of three was able to have intimate contact once more.

I told Ruoruo that being with me again was the best choice because Xiaofeng needed us.

Ruoruo must have already weighed this relationship, and she quickly agreed.

However, she was still a bit naive, thinking that we were really just maintaining a relationship on the surface and that I wouldn't do anything to her.

In fact, between a man and a woman, things just happen naturally; some things will happen when they are meant to.

Ruoruo is pregnant with our second child, and I feel I am the happiest man in the world.

I married the girl I liked when I was young.

……

Fengcheng.

Bai Shuruo flipped through things from the past, tears streaming down her face.

Everything inside here had been given to her by Han Yangting.

The sunglasses were because one time, after returning from the hospital, her eyes were swollen from crying and she was worried about classmates asking questions, so Han Yangting had her wear these sunglasses.

But students never wore sunglasses, so she stuffed them into her schoolbag and later forgot to return them to him.

They read books together and did homework together; back then, her heart would beat rapidly the moment she saw him.

That library administrator was none other than Han Yangting; so it turned out they had already liked each other a long, long time ago, but how could she have forgotten all of this?

She had always thought Han Yangting married her back then to carry on the family line, and for these years, she had constantly doubted him; this doubt stemmed from her inner inferiority.

"Mommy, why are you crying?" Xiaofeng asked worriedly.

Bai Shuruo said while crying, "Mommy, Mommy is just missing your daddy."

"Do adults cry when they miss someone too?"

"Of course," Bai Shuruo said while taking out her phone to call Han Yangting.

From the other end came a voice that was both pleasant and gentle: "Ruoruo."

Bai Shuruo choked with sobs and said, "Brother Han, I want to see you right now."

"Are you still in Fengcheng?"

"Yes."

"I am in Beishi, how can we meet?"

"In any case, I order you to come right now, no matter what method you use, okay? Brother Fu Jing!"

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, and after a while, that gentle voice spoke again: "Ruoruo, I will arrive in two hours, wait for me."