Imprisoning the Black Moonlight

"I don't like the nickname 'Little Chang'e'!"

The man regained his composure and sat down opposite her. Yao Gongyue lowered her eyes and continued, "Before, my classmates all called me that. I couldn't stop everyone from talking about it, so I had to endure it. Later, after that incident, I left school, and no one called me that anymore, except for you."

She picked up the milk on the table, took a sip, and spoke again, "Every time you call me 'Little Chang'e,' it reminds me of the days when I was bullied and powerless to fight back."

"I'm sorry, Yueyue. From now on, can I call you Yueyue?" Ouyang Xu looked at her intently, feeling that the little girl who used to smile brightly whenever she saw him was nowhere to be found.

Yao Gongyue didn't speak, but nodded slightly.

There was a brief silence.

"Can I go see Zhenzhen?"

"I'll be there on Sunday, and I'll come pick you up then, okay?" The man looked at her expectantly; he wouldn't let any opportunity to see her slip by.

"Uh-huh!"

"It's getting late. You're a married person, it's not appropriate for you to stay in my house for too long!" Apart from Ouyang Zhen, she had no interest in talking to anyone else and gave them the order to leave.

"Yueyue, Xiao Siqi and I are only husband and wife in name. I've said it before, I will definitely get rid of their family in less than five years. At that time, I will divorce her. Please forgive me, okay?" Ouyang Xu suppressed his emotions and coaxed her in a low voice.

"That's your business, you don't need to tell me, Mr. Ouyang. I think I've already made it very clear to you before that I will not have any relationship with you that goes beyond normal friendship. Please have some self-respect and don't say anything that could cause misunderstandings!"

"What do you mean by 'beyond the scope of normal friendship'? Yueyue? What's wrong with you? Every time you saw me before, you smiled happily. I could feel that you liked me. Why did you disappear for a while and then come back like a completely different person?"

"People change, I've grown up!" She lowered her head, lost in thought.

"You don't need to grow up, Yueyue. I will protect you for the rest of my life. You will never have to grow up!" Ouyang Xu tried to take her hand, but she firmly shook him off. "Thank you, but I don't need it."

Ouyang Xu gazed intently at her exquisitely beautiful features, her striking and aggressive beauty, flamboyant and passionate, undisguised, like a rose in full bloom, so beautiful it made one's heart tremble, so beautiful it made one fall in love. But, such extreme beauty, in the end, would not belong to him, would it?

"Yueyue, you just got back, so your emotions might still be unstable. I'll come see you again in a few days!" Ouyang Xu said, then walked towards the door.

"Besides Zhenzhen's matter, I have nothing else I want to know!" she refused decisively. "Mr. Ouyang, for Zhenzhen's sake, and for the sake of our previous good relationship, could you please not cause me any trouble? If I'm rumored to be seducing a married man again, I really will have no choice but to disappear from Beijing!"

She always spoke softly and gently, sounding completely harmless. Towards the end, her voice would drop a little, carrying a pleading tone, making her seem both charming and pitiful.

Ouyang Xu's heart skipped a beat. He pursed his thin lips, a hint of doting affection unconsciously appearing in his eyes, and said gently, "No! Don't worry! Get some rest! I'll pick you up on Sunday!"

As the elevator descended, the girl waved goodbye. The man inside the elevator stared at her intently, reluctant to press the button.

My dear Yueyue, if a proper marriage is what you desire, then I will fight for it even if it costs me everything. Wait for me!

After the elevator doors closed, Yao Gongyue entered her home. Neither of them noticed that a ghostly figure flashed past in the dark corner of the emergency exit.

*****

"Hey, Ah Jin!" Hong Jin had just returned to Doukou Mountain Manor when Wu Meng called her in a frantic, urgent manner.

"Done?" The man fiddled with the lighter in his hand and got straight to the point.

"It's done, it's done! My father was elected with a landslide victory, and I've taken control of the military building. Now I have most of the guns in Myanmar, and nobody dares to show their faces. Ah Jin, I've finally made it through!"

Wu Meng gasped for breath, then quickly said, "Ah Jin, have you made arrangements with your people in China? I can't wait another day, I'm going to China to bring my wife back!"

"Don't worry, the villa where Ouyang Zhen is recuperating is staffed entirely by our people, including her attending physician. No one can touch your precious daughter!"

"These past few days have been so tough for me, Ah Jin. If it weren't for your help, even if I had two selves, I wouldn't have been able to manage everything. Thanks, brother!" Wu Meng said in a deep voice. After a two-second silence, he spoke again, "Are you coming to China with me?"

"No, you go by yourself!"

"You're not going to care about your precious child anymore?" Wu Meng's voice couldn't hide his surprise.

"She doesn't want me anymore, why should I care about her?" Hong Jin's indifferent voice carried a chilling undertone even through the airwaves.

"Are you willing?"

"if not?"

"That's fucking ruthless!"

……

After hanging up the phone, the man on the sofa seemed to have lost his soul, dismissing all the servants and going upstairs to his bedroom alone.

It was the same room, the room she looked forward to returning to every day after leaving. The furnishings were just as they were before she left, but the little one who used to snuggle up in the thin blanket and sleep in was no longer on the bed.

"Oppa~, hug me!"

"Hong Jin, stop touching me, you old pervert!"

"No, I need to sleep, please stay away~"

As soon as I stepped inside, Yuebao's sweet and coquettish voice lingered in my ears; her shadow was everywhere, yet I couldn't find her anywhere.

The intoxicating scent of the young girl still lingered by the bed. He held the blanket she had used and the pillow she had slept on tightly in his arms, closed his eyes, and, like an addict, deeply inhaled the fragrance.

But the taste will always fade and slowly disappear. When that happens, where will he find any trace of Yuebao's visit?

"Yuebao, Yuebao, it hurts so much~"

Only then did the man's suppressed emotions completely break down. A wild beast's mournful cry echoed throughout the large room, its sound lingering on the ceiling for a long time, like the mournful cries of cuckoos and monkeys...

Suddenly, the man who had been kneeling on the bed with his head buried in his hands abruptly stood up and rushed into the bathroom like a madman.

On the dressing table, an ivory comb rested quietly. A girl who loves beauty is meticulous even with her hair. The ivory comb couldn't hold the fallen hair, so he squatted down and picked up her long hair from the ground, one strand at a time, even from the drain. At this moment, he was extremely grateful that he had given the order that no one was allowed to enter that day. Otherwise, he would not have been able to get even these few strands of hair.

The golden threads wrapped around her long, thin black hair, only a few strands, were extremely precious. The man carefully put them into a bag and placed them close to his heart pocket. "Yuebao, let's pretend you're still here, okay? Stay with me and get through the remaining minutes and seconds."

With his eyes closed and his hand on his chest, the man sat on the carpet by the bed, his breathing intermittent. Surrounded by ornate buildings and bathed in the bright sunlight outside the window, everything seemed unchanged. He had always been adrift in a boundless sea of ​​suffering, a lone boat adrift in his own world…