Chapter 100

  As Dong Weiwei said, after learning about Duan Zhishan's illness, the company had a constant stream of people coming to offer their condolences. When Bai Min went there, the doctor had already forbidden outsiders from visiting again. Bai Min couldn't help but smile wryly, thinking that this was how things were in the world of human relationships - cold and warm.

  It wasn't until evening, when it was no longer a suitable time for visiting patients, that Bai Min finally had the opportunity to see Duan Zhishan.

  Duan Zhi Shan's injury was more severe than she had imagined, with a bandage wrapped around her head and a plaster cast on her leg, making her look somewhat comical.

  Put down the flowers, Bai Min smiled and sat down on the chair beside the bed, thinking to herself that this fox seemed to be of the wild type. "How did it end up like this?"

  Duanshan smiled wryly and said, "I guess you know now. It's really embarrassing, please don't let Uncle and Aunt know. It was an accident. - It's all because of that girl Yuè Lùo, I spoiled her too much. She is actually the younger sister of a good friend of mine, we've known each other for a long time, I treated her like my own sister, but she fell in love with me. She's young and beautiful, I won't deny it, she has a certain charm to me, so we dated for a while. But then I found out our personalities didn't match, so that was the end of it. I never thought she would threaten to kill herself if I didn't stay with her. She cut her wrist and I took her to the hospital, where she cried and made a scene in the car... In the end, we both ended up staying in the hospital."

  "How is she?" Bai Min was somewhat surprised by his candor, either being naturally candid or overconfident, thinking that he had good conditions and wouldn't mind.

  "The doctor said it's just a minor injury, the cut on my wrist is shallow, it's just to scare people, no big deal." Duan Zhishan smiled and said, "I originally wanted to hide it from you, but today many colleagues suddenly came, so I knew you must have known too. I was thinking about how to explain it to you when you arrived. Frankly, I'm being honest with you, don't hold it against me, okay? I promise this kind of thing won't happen again, it's the first and last time."

  Bai Min smiled, this Duan Zhishan, really thought she wouldn't give up on him? He's indeed a good person, but not to the point where she can't let go. Sometimes, marriage is an inexplicable feeling for her, deciding to marry someone is sometimes just a fleeting thought.

  Duan Ziyu was too confident, so confident that she completely ignored her feelings, and yet, at this moment, she suddenly started to miss the man Sima Rui who only appeared in her illusions. She didn't know why, but somehow, missing this inexplicably appearing man felt like a rather pleasant thing.

  Leaving the hospital, walking quietly on the main street, Bai Min's mood was hesitant. She had vowed not to see Sima Rui again, who made her angry, but she couldn't help worrying about what he was doing now and how his relationship with that new woman was going. They were already sleeping together, shouldn't they be able to live together? That woman wasn't bad-looking either, quite suitable for Sima Rui. But somehow, thinking of Sima Rui having another woman by his side made her feel uncomfortable.

  Yuè Hào's appearance didn't make her feel uncomfortable, it was just something she had expected to happen sooner or later. With Duàn Zhī Shān's charm, making women fall in love with him was not a problem at all. But Sī Mǎ Ruì was different, this man whom she completely didn't understand, seemed like he was her most private garden, and wouldn't allow anyone else to set foot in it. Just thinking about that woman made her feel uncomfortable, how? Did she really need to go back to her fantasies again? What did she see?

  Hesitated again, thought and thought. Bai Min still couldn't help but want to see Sima Rui again, even if he had another woman, she wanted to see him.

  This time, she really wanted to ask him, "Do you still remember your Maple?"

  A deserted courtyard, quiet flowers and trees, a pot of osmanthus quietly blooming with a few small flowers, faintly invisible, yet occasionally emitting fragrance. Bai Min felt it was very strange, really too strange, she could come to this place, others couldn't see her, but she could hear, see, smell... except for not knowing her existence, she seemed like a person living in this environment.

  She walked slowly, admiring the scenery here, always with a faint sense of familiarity.

  Suddenly, she subconsciously flashed a glance, and there was a stone over there. If she wasn't careful, she would definitely fall, but would she? She couldn't help but smile, yeah, a soul, would it fall?

  There's a rock over there - There's a rock over there - Wait a minute, Bai Min suddenly calmed down and said to herself, wait a minute! Even if she is a spirit, she can't have foreknowledge, she can't predict the future, how could she know that there's a rock over there? This isn't even her home! How could she know that there's a rock over there?! Unless... unless she used to live here!

  But how could she have lived here?

  Is it from past life?

  Someone was approaching, quiet footsteps, a tired voice, rushing to the small pavilion in the courtyard, walking slowly. Then, passing through her body, with a familiar warmth and breath, stepping one step at a time towards the small pavilion. Then sat down, a faint scent of wine, a soft sigh, lingering, sorrowful.

  Bai Min's tears fell, it was him, Sima Rui. Why did she shed sad tears every time she saw him? It seemed as if her longing had taken root in her heart and gradually bloomed into flowers.

  Simarui sat alone, poured a glass of cool wine, slowly drank, gazing at the night sky, smelling the faint fragrance of osmanthus, and felt a sense of melancholy in his heart.

  "The Fourth Prince." A soft female voice suddenly rose, startling Bai Min. He caught a whiff of sweet perfume and heard the gentle tone as she walked past him to sit across from Sima Rui. "You've been drinking again."

  Simarui didn't say a word, quietly drinking his own wine, as if the person in front of him didn't exist, coldly, like the taste of an autumn night.

  Meng Wanlu didn't mind, from the first time she saw the Fourth Prince, she immediately fell in love with this man. A handsome and infatuated man, his eyes made her drunk, making her willing to pay all her self-esteem for a moment's gaze, she didn't care how he treated her, nor did she care about what treatment she would receive, as long as she could be with him, she was content!

  So she would brazenly stay, actually listening to the gossip of the maids and eunuchs here made her uncomfortable too, she also wanted to leave immediately, but she couldn't let go of Sima Rui. Can't explain why, just fell in love with this man who didn't have her in his heart.

  Even if she loves him without dignity, she doesn't mind, as long as she can see him.