latelenovela Chapter 211 He Missed Her So Much That He Was Going Crazy
Chapter 211 He Missed Her So Much That He Was Going Crazy
Chu Huanjun seemed unsure whether what he had just heard was true. He stared into Tao Yao's eyes and asked, "What did you just say?"
Tao Yao knew that he had heard clearly, so she didn't want to repeat those boring words again. She simply stuffed the robe in her hand into his arms and quickly withdrew her hand.
She turned away without saying goodbye to him, knowing full well that this might hurt him, but she did it anyway.
Every subtle sound she could hear told her that the person behind her had not left.
They stood in front of the door, one at the other's end, staring at the other's back. They were in a stalemate for a long time. Tao Yao said, "I want to thank you for Huai Ling's matter. Also, you've helped me a lot, and I owe you all this. I'm not used to owing others. When I make enough money in the future, I will go and bring Huai Ling back myself. I will also return the principal of the shop to you, as well as those favors... If I grow up strong and have enough ability in the future, I will definitely repay you in full."
After saying that, Tao Yao pushed the door open and went in. The moment the door closed, there was a click from inside the room. It was the lock buckle that was unlocked.
In that instant, Chu Huanjun's heart sank.
He stood there in a daze, suddenly unsure of the purpose of his presence. They had just been locked in a passionate kiss, their arms and chests embracing each other, feeling so scorchingly warm, and it was clear that the sensations were real.
But now the cold night wind blew on his body, and everything seemed to have become an illusion, just a dream. Now that the dream was awake, the ruthless wind blew over, blowing those beautiful dream fragments into pieces, and blowing him into nothingness.
After Tao Yao entered the house, Chu Huanjun stood there for a long time, looking at her bedroom window where there was no light on, guessing that she might have gone to bed.
She just said that it was getting late and asked him not to stay here too long and to leave early.
She also said that she only considered them as a fleeting relationship and a pastime.
Chu Huanjun couldn't help laughing, laughing at his own self-sentiment and also at Tao Yao's duplicity.
He wasn't stupid; he could tell the difference between what was sincere and what was false. Tao Yao's words were just lies meant to drive him away and irritate him. He couldn't have failed to understand that after hugging, kissing, and spending time together, the look in her eyes had betrayed her long ago. That was why he was always so confident in her and so persistent.
He was sad, not because those words could hurt him, but because up to this point, he thought that everything he had done was enough to melt the ice between them, but everything that happened tonight told him that he was wrong, things did not develop in the direction he expected. Although she opened her heart to him a little bit, when he was about to get closer, she immediately put up a high wall and chose to avoid him.
She still wanted to push him away, unwilling to face his true feelings, nor her own.
The robe in his hand still carried the lingering warmth of her body. Chu Huanjun put it back on himself and suddenly smelled the delicate fragrance of osmanthus hair oil—that was what Tao Yao often used. Her hair had just brushed against the fabric of the robe, leaving behind her scent.
The wind blew over, and the faint fragrance of the sweet-scented osmanthus instantly multiplied several times, enveloping Chu Huanjun's entire senses. Her, her, and her—his mind was almost filled with her.
He missed her so much that he was almost going crazy. At this moment, he really hoped that his sanity would really collapse, so that he could find a hemp rope, climb up to her window, and break in directly.
But he couldn't do anything—
Many people often say that Prince Yi is bold and willful, but now, he suddenly can no longer do as he pleases.
She rejected him, and kept him at a distance. Just thinking about this made him lose all his strength and could no longer struggle.
The wind and dew lasted all night, so Chu Huanjun stayed under Taoyao's window all night and left when it was almost dawn.
The road from Qingshui Town back to the capital was not far. Chu Huanjun was good at riding, so he took a shortcut and walked for three hours, returning to the capital before noon.
After returning to the capital, Chu Huanjun immediately went to Fuxiangzhai. At the time, Huai Ling was doing the accounts. Fuxiangzhai's business had been slow recently, and the shop was empty, but Huai Ling still meticulously dug out the old account book from a few months ago and meticulously recalculated it from the beginning.
Chu Huanjun had told her last time not to bother with this. Yun Qing and Yun Shao had long since written off Fuxiangzhai's past operations as a mess. The losses were so outrageous that even Chu Huanjun didn't bother to address them. He'd misjudged his people and decided to accept his bad luck.
But Huai Ling was very stubborn and dug out all the old accounts and had to sort them out clearly. She said that one reason was to repay Chu Huanjun for saving her life, and the other was to learn how to manage the accounts while sorting them out, so that when Fuxiangzhai resumed its business in the future, she would not be in a hurry.
Chu Huanjun teased Huai Ling about how she was as picky as her master Tao Yao. Not to mention that Fuxiangzhai was currently in a cold and deserted state and might close down soon, even if Fuxiangzhai really had the luck to make a comeback, he would naturally hire a few more helpers to help out in the store, and would definitely not let her be so busy all by herself.
Seeing Chu Huanjun coming in, Huai Ling didn't bother to put down the abacus account book in her hand. She quickly stood up from the table and ran over to salute Chu Huanjun.
Chu Huanjun waved her off and glanced around the shop. The hall, the attic, the shelves, the cabinets—everywhere was spotlessly clean. On the table where Huai Ling did her accounting lay a bowl of porridge, a plate of pickles, and a stack of account books. Clearly, Huai Ling had been so preoccupied with her accounting that she'd even ate her meals hastily.
For some reason, when looking at Huai Ling, Chu Huanjun remembered the time when Tao Yao was still in the capital, so he always felt that Huai Ling was close.
Chu Huanjun pulled out a chair for Huai Ling to sit down, then sat down next to her and said with a wry smile, "How's the bill going?"
Huai Ling's eyes lit up, and she immediately pulled out three or four books from the mountain of account books, spread them out in front of Chu Huanjun, and began to show the accounts she had sorted out recently. She said, "These are the accounts that were not recorded in detail in the original account books from March of last year. A few days ago, I visited the former farmhands of Fuxiangzhai and inquired about the whereabouts of Fuxiangzhai's money during that period. I pieced them together and listed them in the new account books, so I can finally get a rough idea."