Chapter 66.2

Daughter .

Tan Xu Er left work early, and she went to pick up Yue Gu Zai at the restaurant . But when she arrived at the restaurant, paramedics were carrying Yue Gu Zai into an ambulance and the woman by his side was Zhen Zhen .

Tan Xu Er drove home, and she sat in the quiet dining room . She knew one day Zhen Zhen would find Yue Gu Zai but she didn’t expect it would be so soon .

At the hospital, Yue Gu Zai was in a stable condition . Zhen Zhen sat by his bedside and she held his hand .

‘Mrs Yue, boss is going to OK,’ Bai Yu Tian said . ‘He lost his memories a year ago . When he wakes up, there is a good chance he’ll regain his memories . ’

‘Bai Yu Tian, I want you perform the laser surgery on my eyes,’ Zhen Zhen said .

‘Mrs Yue, everything is prepared,’ Bai Yu Tian said . ‘I was only waiting for you consent . ’

‘Um,’ Zhen Zhen said .

Zhen Zhen kissed Yue Gu Zai’s forehead .

‘Gu Zai, wait for me,’ Zhen Zhen said .

In the operating room, before Zhen Zhen was induced to sleep, she thought about how she was fated to meet Yue Gu Zai and how cruelly they were separated . After she regained her sight, she didn’t want to be separated from him again .

Zhen Zhen didn’t think she could ever love someone like the way she loved Yue Gu Zai . Her biggest dream was simple, she wanted to be with Yue Gu Zai for the rest of their lives .

Although Yue Gu Zai didn’t say he loved Zhen Zhen, she knew how much he loved her . He sacrificed everything for her to be alive .

After the eye laser surgery, Zhen Zhen opened her eyes and the sunlight she hadn’t seen for a year slowly appeared in front of her eyes .

Yue Gu Zai hugged Zhen Zhen, and their pain melted away .

‘You regained your eyesight,’ Yue Gu Zai said . ‘You’re not allowed to cry . ’

‘Gu Zai, do you know how much I missed you?’ Zhen Zhen asked . ‘I thought you died… did you know how much pain I was in when I thought you died… in that moment I finally understood how much I loved you . Everyone consoled me, but I couldn’t stop crying . I cried to the point I couldn’t see . During the months you weren’t with me, I didn’t want to live . I missed you so much, but why did you forget me?’

‘Zhen Zhen, I’m sorry,’ Yue Gu Zai said .

After Yue Gu Zai and Zhen Zhen were discharged from the hospital they went home together . Louis informed him what happened in the year he disappeared . Unexpectedly, Tan Lang didn’t make any moves against Ni Sheng when he was missing .

Two weeks later, Yue Gu Zai received evidence Shu Tang Jue had his and Zhen Zhen’s daughter .

‘Zhen Zhen, I want to go get our daughter back,’ Yue Gu Zai said .

‘No,’ Zhen Zhen said . She held onto Yue Gu Zai’s hand . ‘Don’t go . ’

‘Zhen Zhen, he has our daughter,’ Yue Gu Zai said . ‘Our daughter belongs with us . ’

‘Gu Zai, I want to come with you,’ Zhen Zhen said .

‘Zhen Zhen, stay home and wait for me,’ Yue Gu Zai said . ‘I’ll bring our daughter home . ’

‘Gu Zai, you have to come back to me,’ Zhen Zhen said .

‘I will,’ Yue Gu Zai said .

Yue Gu Zai kissed Zhen Zhen’s forehead .

Yue Gu Zai drove to Tan Xu Er’s home first .

At Tan Xu Er’s home, she left all of Yue Gu Zai’s clothes on the sofa . He hadn’t returned for two weeks . She suspected he regained his memories .

When Tan Xu Er heard a knock on the door, she ran to open the door .

‘Du Yi, you’re back,’ Tan Xu Er said and smiled .

Tan Xu Er wanted to hug Yue Gu Zai, but he looked at her coldly the same way he looked at her before he lost his memories .

Yue Gu Zai walked to the sofa and he put a one way plane ticket and a cheque on the coffee table .

‘Thank you for saving me,’ Yue Gu Zai said . ‘Here is a plane ticket to the U . S . and a generous cheque . ’

Tan Xu Er lost hope that Yue Gu Zai wanted to stay with her . She resented why she had to leave .

‘Why do I have to leave?’ Tan Xu Er asked .

‘Because I don’t want to see your face,’ Yue Gu Zai said .

Yue Gu Zai wanted to kill Tan Xu Er . If Tan Xu Er didn’t save him, he would have killed her the moment he regained his memories . He hated Tan Xu Er, because of her, he was separated from Zhen Zhen for a year .

‘What did I do wrong?’ Tan Xu Er asked and cried . ‘All I did was love you . Is it wrong of me to love you?’

‘The plane leaves tomorrow afternoon at three,’ Yue Gu Zai said . ‘It’ll give you time to pack and tie up loose ends here . ’

Yue Gu Zai turned around and left Tan Xu Er’s home for good .

‘I hate you,’ Tan Xu Er said to Yue Gu Zai’s back .

Tan Xu Er didn’t want to accept it was meaningless to love a man who loved his wife . But she was powerless to change her reality . She knew he would kill her if she stayed .

At Shu Tang Jue’s mansion, Yue Gu Zai for the first time since he met Shu Tang Jue sat at the same table with Shu Tang Jue .

Strangers would have mistaken Shu Tang Jue as a gentle priest if they didn’t know he was the cold blooded leader of Tan Lang .

Yue Ni was a mischievous one-year-old baby girl . Shu Tang Jue and Nan Ma loved Yue Ni more than their baby son, Shu Tang Li .

Yue Ni wasn’t scared of strangers . She looked curiously at Yue Gu Zai . Yue Gu Zai didn’t have anything for her to play with . She pulled Shu Tang Jue’s hair and she jumped on Shu Tang Jue’s lap to get him to put her down so she could go and play .

‘Small dad,’ Yue Ni called . ‘Play, play . ’

Yue Gu Zai didn’t show that hearing Yue Ni call another man dad made him furious with Shu Tang Jue .

‘Xiao Ni, let small dad talk to uncle first,’ Shu Tang Jue said . ‘Then small dad will take you out to play . ’

Yue Gu Zai wanted to kill Shu Tang Jue because he wasn’t Yue Ni’s uncle, he was Yue Ni’s biological father . When he saw Shu Tang Jue let Yue Ni put a loaded gun in her mouth, he wanted to take the gun out of her hands and shoot Shu Tang Jue .

Yue Gu Zai in a flash, grabbed the gun out of Yue Ni’s hands and pointed the gun at Shu Tang Jue . Shu Tang Jue also pointed a gun at Yue Gu Zai .

Yue Ni’s cry broke the silence . But Yue Gu Zai refused to let Yue Ni hold the gun again .

Shu Tang Jue was angry at Yue Gu Zai for making Yue Ni cry .

‘Xiao Ni, don’t cry,’ Shu Tang Jue said . ‘If Xiao Ni stop crying then later small dad will take you out to shoot birds . ’

Yue Ni stopped crying and she smiled at Shu Tang Jue .

Yue Gu Zai thought it was unfair he didn’t get to take care of Zhen Wu and he missed Yue Ni’s birth too . But Shu Tang Jue got to be there for Yue Ni and Shu Tang Li’s births .

‘I came here to take Yue Ni home,’ Yue Gu Zai said .

‘I’ll let you take Xiao Ni home,’ Shu Tang Jue said .

‘I don’t believe you’ll let me take my daughter home this easily,’ Yue Gu Zai said .

The truth was Shu Tang Jue loved Yue Ni like his own daughter . He didn’t want to give Yue Ni back to Yue Gu Zai . But Nan Ma threatened to divorce him if he didn’t give Yue Ni back to Yue Gu Zai .

‘I don’t want to give Xiao Ni to you,’ Shu Tang Jue said . ‘If you give me full custody of Xiao Ni, I’ll raise Xiao Ni and love Xiao Ni like she’s my own daughter . ’

‘Stop dreaming,’ Yue Gu Zai said .

Yue Gu Zai carried the crying Yue Ni to the car .

Shu Tang Jue wanted to call the cops and report someone kidnapped his daughter that he raised since she was born .

Nan Ma pinched Shu Tang Jue’s ear .

‘If you dare try to take Xiao Ni back, I’ll divorce you and take Xiao Li with me,’ Nan Ma threatened .

‘Wife, didn’t you see me give Xiao Ni back?’ Shu Tang Jue asked and hugged Nan Ma .

‘It’s too empty here without Xiao Ni,’ Nan Ma said . ‘Xiao Li is such a good baby boy, he rarely cries . ’

A couple of days later, a miracle happened . Shu Tang Jue attended Yue Gu Zai’s wedding in peace .

Yue Gu Zai and Zhen Zhen held a small wedding to renew their vows . They invited some of Ni Sheng’s gang members, Mr and Mrs Zhen, Nan Ma, Shu Tang Jue and Shu Tang Li .

The news spread about Yue Gu Zai and Shu Tang Li having dinner at the same table . Ni Sheng members and Tan Lang members speculated why Yue Ni called Yue Gu Zai dad and Shu Tang Li small dad . Since their leaders didn’t kill each other, an unspoken truce was made between Ni Sheng and Tan Lang .

Five years later, Yue Ni was a six-year-old and Zhen Wu was a thirteen-year-old .

Early in the morning, Zhen Zhen wore a white dress and she knocked on Zhen Wu’s bedroom door .

‘Zhen Wu, where’s your little sister?’ Zhen Zhen asked .

Zhen Wu had returned home from training in Africa a year ago, he was tanned, taller and stronger .

‘Little sister said everyone here bullies her and doesn’t love her,’ Zhen Wu said . ‘She ran away to live with her small dad . Mum, you should call my godmother and ask her to tell her husband not to give little sister everything she wants then she won’t run away from home anymore . It’s troublesome to bring her back every time she runs to her small dad . ’

‘Zhen Wu, get dressed and bring your little sister home,’ Zhen Zhen said .

‘Mum, you know Xiao Li is like his dad,’ Zhen Wu said . ‘Xiao Li is only six, but he’s possessive of little sister like his dad is possessive of godmother . Do you know I risk my life every time I take little sister back home?’

Zhen Zhen smiled at the sleepy Zhen Wu who looked exactly like Yue Gu Zai . Since Zhen Zhen and Yue Gu Zai were reunited, they were grateful they got to live happy and peaceful lives together with Zhen Wu and Yue Ni . Zhen Zhen and Yue Gu Zai loved each other more every year and they wanted to fulfil their dream of growing old together .

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End of Chapter Sixty-Six (Part 2 of 2)