Chapter 61: I Will Wait for You

"Then when you miss her, just look at me."

"Can I?"

"Of course you can! We're good friends!"

"Liuli, I don't want to be friends with you."

"If I had met you earlier, I would want to be with you, but I met him first."

"But he doesn't love you, you know that."

"He doesn't love me, but I love him, not because he loves me."

"I will wait for you."

"It's useless, don't waste your time on me."

Ze Yan said it very seriously, and Liuli was also very serious.

"I think you and Mr. Chu are quite compatible, I want to take you to see him again."

Liuli agreed; she also wanted to see Chu Feng again. This feeling was very strange.

"Hello, Young Master Shen."

Ze Yan brought Liuli to the Chu family, and the Chu family servants called out when they saw Ze Yan.

"This is the Chu family?"

Liuli asked.

"Yes."

Liuli always felt a bit familiar; this place was like under that tree, she felt like she had been here before.

"Ze Yan, how come you have time to come over? You must stay for dinner today! I'll have them make your favorite!"

Mrs. Chu blossomed with joy as soon as she saw Ze Yan.

"Alright, Auntie."

"Why be so polite? Come sit!"

Mrs. Chu held Ze Yan's hand enthusiastically and only then noticed Liuli.

"This is..."

"Auntie, her name is Chu Liuli."

"Hello, Auntie."

Liuli always felt this "Auntie" sounded strange. Mrs. Chu gave her the same feeling as Chu Feng, both inexplicably familiar.

"She is Chu Liuli?"

Mrs. Chu had heard Chu Feng mention Liuli; she was the person Ze Yan said looked very much like Siyun.

"Yes, Auntie."

Ze Yan said.

Mrs. Chu held Liuli's hand and looked at her carefully, as if wanting to engrave Liuli in her eyes.

Liuli saw the tears welling up in Mrs. Chu's eyes and felt a bit heartbroken.

"Like, really like..."

Mrs. Chu seemed to see what Siyun looked like grown up.

"When she had that accident, she was only six years old. If she were still here, she would be about your age."

Mrs. Chu said and shed tears. Liuli patted her back, feeling her own nose sour, and hurriedly retracted her hand.

"Let's not mention these sad things. You two stay for dinner today, since we met, it's fate between us."

Mrs. Chu held Liuli's hand and didn't let go.

"Ze Yan, Liuli, you're here."

Chu Feng hurried forward to welcome them when he saw them.

"Uncle."

"Hello, Uncle."

Liuli also greeted him, but calling Chu Feng and Mrs. Chu "Uncle" and "Auntie" always felt a bit awkward to her.

"Sit."

Chu Feng said. Only after Chu Feng and Mrs. Chu sat down did Liuli and Ze Yan sit down.

Everything in this house, Liuli felt she had seen before, strange yet familiar.

"Ze Yan, how come you have time to come over today? Your Auntie missed you so much her teeth were about to fall out."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I wanted Ze Yan to come, but not as exaggerated as you said."

Mrs. Chu retorted to Chu Feng.

Mrs. Chu's real name was Heyun. When she was twenty, she married Chu Feng, and in that same year, she gave birth to a girl, named Chu Siyun.

Now, Heyun was only forty years old, but she looked much older than other wealthy ladies, like Cheng Li's mother.

"Fine, not as exaggerated as I said."

Chu Feng laughed.

"Uncle, Auntie, I've been busy lately, but as long as I have time, I'll come over to accompany you."

"Alright, Liuli, you should come often too."

Heyun said.

"Alright, Auntie."

Liuli answered.

Soon, the dishes were all served.

"Ze Yan, look, these are all your favorite dishes, eat more."

"Alright."

Ze Yan agreed but still gave Liuli food first.

"Liuli, you eat more too, you're so thin."

Chu Feng said. Another person saying Liuli was thin.

"Alright, Uncle, I won't be polite, don't worry about me."

"That's good, whatever you like to eat, I'll tell the kitchen to make it for you."

Chu Feng only had eyes for Liuli.

"Right, we only cared about Ze Yan, we didn't know what you liked to eat. Tell us, Auntie will have the kitchen make it for you."

"No need, Uncle, Auntie, I like all of these."

"Really? These are all Ze Yan's favorites."

Heyun said and glanced at Ze Yan.

All Ze Yan's favorites? It seemed Ze Yan and her tastes were similar.

"Brother Ze Yan, it seems our tastes are similar."

Liuli said.

Heyun and Chu Feng were stunned when they heard Liuli call him "Brother Ze Yan." Besides Siyun, no one had called him "Brother Ze Yan" again.

"Are you copying me?"

Ze Yan joked.

"I think you're copying me!"

"These are all dishes Uncle and Auntie prepared specifically for me because I like them, how did it become me copying you?"

"It's you copying me."

"Fine, it's me copying you, eat more."

Ze Yan didn't forget to give Liuli food while arguing.

Chu Feng and Mrs. Chu laughed when they saw the two arguing. Seeing them was like seeing Ze Yan and Siyun when they were little.

The more they looked, the more they looked alike. Heyun and Chu Feng had always felt sorry for Ze Yan. Originally, the childhood engagement with Siyun was a happy event, but not long after, Siyun had that accident.

And since then, Ze Yan didn't smile much, nor had he been with any other girl.

The ring on his hand had been worn for fourteen years.

Chu Feng and Mrs. Chu were very moved, thankful that there was such a warm person who accompanied Siyun's growth.

"Uncle, Auntie, I'm full, you guys eat slowly."

Ze Yan said.

Liuli wondered, he was full already? He only ate a little bit, weren't these all his favorite dishes?

"You only ate this much and you're full? You're such a big guy, how can you eat so little? Eat another chicken leg."

Liuli said and gave him a chicken leg in his bowl.

"I really can't eat anymore."

Ze Yan's appetite had always been small.

"No, eat more, you're still growing."

"Can't eat anymore."

"If you don't eat, I won't come out next time you invite me."

Liuli pretended to be fierce, which instantly made Ze Yan laugh.

"Alright, I'll eat."

Chu Feng and Mrs. Chu also saw that Liuli's appearance made Ze Yan talk more, and he wasn't as heavy as before, and they felt happy for Ze Yan.

Liuli didn't know if she could eat, or if she was pretending to be refined, but she kept eating until the end.

Ze Yan, Chu Feng, and Mrs. Chu all watched her, and she was really too embarrassed to eat anymore.

"I'm full too."

Liuli smiled satisfactorily.

"Come again next time and Auntie will make it for you herself."

Heyun said to Liuli.

"Auntie, you're so amazing, you can cook?"

"Right, Chu Feng marrying me is his blessing."

"Of course it is, Auntie, you look like a good wife."

"How can you tell?"

"You can tell from everything, you're different from others."

Liuli said sweetly, and Heyun laughed without caring if she would get wrinkles.

Liuli really felt Heyun was different from other wealthy ladies; she inexplicably liked her and felt she was very kind.

"Uncle, Auntie, I'll take Liuli upstairs to take a look."

"Alright, go ahead."

Heyun said.

"Husband, do you think she looks like Siyun?"

After seeing Liuli and Ze Yan go upstairs, Heyun asked Chu Feng.

"Like, indescribably like."

"Then is she Siyun?"

"I'm not clear about this. I've investigated this child; she has no parents and grew up with her grandmother, and she has no blood relationship with her grandmother. She was picked up by her grandmother while she was picking up trash." Chu Feng said.

"She married into the Gu family to treat her grandmother, but in the end, her grandmother passed away."

"What a pitiful child, but she married into the Gu family? I can see Ze Yan likes her quite a bit."

Heyun had never seen Ze Yan get so close to other girls.

For so many years, she hadn't heard him say anyone looked like Siyun, and he even brought Liuli to eat; she definitely wasn't just an ordinary friend in his heart.

"There's no other way, how to decide still depends on Ze Yan."

"Then is there any possibility Liuli is Siyun?"

"It's possible, but don't hold too much hope. The more hope, the more disappointment."

"This is Siyun's room, right?"

Ze Yan brought Liuli to the room at the very end of the second floor, a sky-blue princess room. Sky blue was Siyun's favorite color.

"Yes."

Ze Yan answered.

There were many dolls on the bed. Although they were well-kept, it was clear they had been there for many years.

Chu Feng had always sent people to carefully clean Siyun's room, and not a single thing in the room had been changed.

All the items in the room had been kept intact until now.

"What are these?" Liuli saw many toys of all sizes placed on the glass shelf. "Are these all things Siyun liked?"

"Whether Siyun liked them or not, I don't know, but these were all gifts I gave her."

Every time Ze Yan went out and came back, if he saw something fun or delicious, he would bring it back for Siyun.

On the glass shelf, there was a pink crystal ball with many cracks on the surface, as if it had been pieced together.

"What to do? The gift Brother Ze Yan gave me was broken by me!"

Siyun accidentally dropped the crystal ball on the ground. She was originally trying to place the crystal ball carefully, but maybe she wasn't careful, and it shattered.

This was the first gift Ze Yan gave her, and she treated it like a treasure.

"It's okay, Siyun, he will give you other gifts next time."

Heyun patiently coaxed Siyun, who was sitting on the ground crying loudly.

"But, this is the first gift Ze Yan gave me, and I made it like this, he definitely won't like me anymore."

"Believe Mom, he won't not like you, don't cry."

"Is it true? Will Brother Ze Yan still like me?"

Siyun asked, sobbing.

"Of course, Ze Yan likes our Siyun the most."

"Mom, then how do you know?"

"He told me today, he said himself he likes our Siyun the most, I didn't lie to you, why don't you ask him tomorrow."

"I won't ask, Mom, I believe you."

"Alright, get up quickly, the ground is cold, I'll find someone to clean it up in a while, don't touch it randomly, hear me?" ===== CHAPTER 62 =====