“Manman, I…”

 “Mu Yunhai, love is not to be spent and ruined like that! No one will wait for you when you have hurt them deeply! They won’t always love you!” He had ruined and destroyed her just because he knew that she loved her. How could she still love him?

 She was not a foolish woman. She knew how to protect herself!

 “Manman, I have never wanted to hurt you. You’re the last person I will ever hurt deliberately! Believe me! Trust that I’ve made the right choice. I suffer more than you. I was forced to do that… I…”

 “That’s enough! Don’t make excuses for your desire to become rich and prestigious! I’ll look down on you!” He claimed that he was forced to do what he had done. How could that be?

 Initially, their life together was harsh but he did not go and search for a rich woman. Now, they had a house and car. They even had stable jobs. Why was he forced to marry a rich woman?

 “Manman, are you able to forget about our past? Could you forget all about me?” Mu Yunhai gazed at her with deep emotion. Those eyes of his were just like always, filled with love and deep emotion for her.

 But, Lu Man felt nothing now.

 “Yes, I can’t forget about it.”

 Mu Yunhai was delighted.

 “But, so what? The one I can’t forget is not the person you are now. I can’t forget the person you were before. I have decided to stop loving you when you cheated on me! I love the old you, the one who had loved me deeply and never lied to me. He was so naive and innocent. It’s not you!” She could not deny her love for him in the past. But, she loved the old him and not the person who was standing in front of her now.

 Mu Yunhai’s heart felt like it fell down to the ground and shattered.

 “I don’t believe it! Manman, I don’t believe it!” They had loved each other for ten years now. How could she say that she loved him no more? She must still love him.

 Lu Man could only remain calm while facing his anxiety and nervousness. “They’re back.”

  Mu Yunhai was stunned but soon he retracted his hand and kept a distance from Lu Man.

 Lu Man forced a smile. She felt bitterness in her heart.

 That was what she had gotten from the love between them.

 Why should she still love him now?

 It was nice being married to Pei Xiuyuan. It was even better given that Wang Yunxi was his younger sister. Pei Xiuyuan was right. She should be living happily from now on.

 She was married to a good man and she could even take revenge on her enemy. What was there to be dissatisfied about?

 Wang Yunxi was his younger sister, so what? She could bully her secretly if she was not allowed to bully her directly.

 Although their presence would remind her of her unpleasant past, she could choose to be happy about it now that she could not get rid of them.

 She wanted to laugh and smile happily. She wanted to have a wonderful life!

 They did not know how Pei Xiuyuan had persuaded Wang Yunxi. Although Wang Yunxi did not appear nice to Lu Man, she was not as reluctant to be with Lu Man as before.

 “Let’s get going. We have a wedding to get to,” Pei Xiuyuan said.

 “I want my brother to escort me down the aisle.” Wang Yunxi held his arm tightly.

 “Fine.”

 Wang Yunxi sneered at Lu Man when he gave his promise.

 So what if Lu Man was married to her elder brother? He adored his younger sister the most!

 He could marry whoever he wanted. He could even change his wife from time to time if he wanted. But, one could ever exchange their younger sister.

 She would surely scheme for her elder brother to get rid of Lu Man. Just wait for it…

 She would not stay low and wait to be bullied by others.

 So, she would forgive Lu Man for now.

 Lu Man only gave her a smile when facing her opponent.

 “Yunhai, let’s go,” Wang Yunxi shouted.

 Wang Yunxi smiled smugly. Again, Lu Man seemed like a defeated enemy.

 Lu Man’s husband was her elder brother. Her ex-fiance was her husband. How about that? She wanted to overpower her and put her down harshly!

 Mu Yunhai looked at Lu Man. He seemed to be imploring her to wait for him.

 Lu Man felt that it was funny. He had chosen to be with another woman but still he wanted her to wait for him patiently.

 What was he thinking? Was there something wrong with him?

 She did not regret loving him. She was just sad to see that her past lover had become like that. She did not know why he had turned out like that.

 It was a western-style wedding.

 Lu Man had mixed feelings when he saw both Mu Yunhai and Wang Yunxi exchanging their vows at the altar.

 It was not pain.

 She just had a little bit of feeling.

 It was a slight feeling.

 She felt suffocated.

 She wanted to leave the crowd.

 Dream Manor was indeed a beautiful place. There were fresh flowers on both sides of the road when she walked down the small boulevard. She felt better now when she smelled the scents of the fresh flowers.

 The violet flower bed in front of her was so dazzling and captivating.

 She was quite familiar with the flowers. Everybody in Haicheng was familiar with that kind of flower. It was the city flower of Haicheng.

 Suddenly, she saw a young couple standing in the middle of the flower bed. The young man picked a flower and helped the young girl to wear it on her head. The young girl smiled shyly.

 “Manman, you’re so beautiful. Will you be my wife in the future?”

 The image changed and the young couple were much mature now. They did not appear so childish now. But, it was still the same flower bed. He knelt down in front of her and pulled out a silver ring. “Manman, I cannot afford to buy a diamond ring for you now. But, I’ll be able to buy one for you one day. Be my wife and I’ll love only you for the rest of my life. I’ll make you the most happy woman in the world!”

 She still smiled shyly.

 ***

 She touched her ring finger subconsciously. Although the ring was not there anymore, it still left a mark there.

 If anyone asked her what was the most frightening thing in the world, her answer would be time.

 The time went by so fast that it could change a lot of things.

 No matter how deep their love for each other was, it still could not escape the cruelty of time.

 People change every day.

 No matter how beautiful their lives are, it would not remain forever.

 She heard that people should learn to let go instead of striving to gain what they yearned for.

 She did not understand that before. She understood it now.

 If she did not know how to let it go, she would always carry that baggage with her. How could she gain something else if the past remained with her like heavy baggage and she was suffocated by it?

 So, she needed to let it go. She needed to learn to let it go so that she could be more relaxed.

 She touched the mark on her ring finger. She let go of her hand and told herself that the mark would disappear one day no matter how deep it was.

 When she turned away and wanted to head back, suddenly a person came and covered her mouth from the back. Her eyes widened. She struggled vigorously but soon she lost consciousness.

 Pei Xiuyuan went to look for Lu Man after casually chatting with some important people. But, she was not seen among the crowd.

 He frowned when he called her cellphone and it was turned off.

 Someone else told her that Lu Man was seen walking toward the boulevard.

 He went there immediately.

 He could not find her there either. He saw a high heel among the flower bed when he turned away from the flower bed.

 That high heel belonged to Lu Man!

 He picked up the high heel and he soon grew cold.