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    Chapter 35 The sad past

    But at the same time, Bai Yijin was surrounded by a strong sadness.

    Ouyang Ming was right, whenever he thought about those past events for so many years, he would be so heartbroken that he couldn’t breathe.

    But having just done something related to dancing for such a long time, it was impossible for him not to think about it.

    He was even very tempted by Ouyang Ming’s proposal to dance on stage, but he had to reject it flatly.

    The intertwining of various emotions finally broke down Bai Yijin’s defense. He threw himself towards Ouyang Ming and sobbed softly.

    “Yijin, what’s wrong with you?!” Ouyang Ming was startled by him, “Did I say something wrong? I’m sorry, I’m sorry, although I don’t know which sentence is wrong, but can’t I take back all those words I just said!”

    “…You said nothing wrong…I just want to borrow a place to cry, okay…” Bai Yijin choked while leaning into Ouyang Ming’s arms.

    “Okay, okay, of course.”

    Under the twinkling starlight, Bai Yijin held Ouyang Ming and cried for a while, and her crying voice became louder and louder, gradually changing from soft sobbing to uncontrollable crying.

    Despite the fact that Ouyang Ming usually looked at ease among thousands of flowers, facing the strong emotions shown by the person he really cared about, he couldn’t help but feel at a loss and could only keep caressing Bai Yijin’s shoulders and back.

    Finally, Bai Yijin had cried enough.

    Then he still leaned on Ouyang Ming’s warm chest and began to talk about the past:

    “I have loved classical dance since I was a child. Just like the boy named Sun Wenjun.

    “And my father, like his parents, feels that classical dance is not something a man should do, and he is firmly opposed to it.”

    When Ouyang Ming heard this, he guessed: “Your father would rather you inherit his legacy and become an actor?Actually, I asked Ling Feng to ask some things about you…Have you told him that you don’t really want to act in your heart?Could it be that you don’t want to dance now just to avoid making your father angry?”

    “You may have guessed part of it right.”

    Bai Yijin smiled bitterly and continued.

    “My father has been very strict with me since I was a child. If my grades or other aspects fail to meet his requirements, he will beat or scold me.When I was a child, I was under high pressure and had to obey him as much as possible to satisfy him. But when I was sixteen or seventeen years old, I reached the period of youth rebellion and began to resist him forcefully.So, I started running away from home.”

    In fact, Ouyang Ming had already guessed this when he heard Bai Yijin tell Sun Wenjun not to run away from home.

    “At that time, I took a few hundred yuan from home and found a small shabby hotel to stay alone for many days.Later, my mother finally found me…”

    This was the first time that Ouyang Ming heard Bai Yijin mention his deceased mother.

    And he noticed that Bai Yijin’s voice had begun to tremble.

    “My mother was much gentler to my father in her way of educating me, but she was not entirely on my side. She always tried to mediate the conflict between our father and son… So that day she earnestly advised me to go back and have a good chat with my father.

    “I was a little irritated by her long-winded words that seemed like she would never give up if she couldn’t persuade me. I reluctantly nodded, got in the car she drove, and headed home.

    “But I still kept complaining along the way, why does dad always beat me or even imprison me?Am I his biological child?Speaking of which, I don’t look like him and I don’t have the same personality as him. Even if I act, I can’t play a strong man. Could it be that I really am not his biological child?

    “This made my mother very angry. She was distracted…and a large truck happened to be driving in front of her, and the two cars collided…”

    “Yijin!” Ouyang Ming understood everything after hearing this, and hugged Bai Yijin’s slender body tightly, “Okay, I understand, I understand everything, you don’t need to say any more…”

    “No, you don’t understand.” Bai Yijin insisted on persisting, “This car accident not only took away my mother’s life, but also seriously injured me, rupturing the ligaments in my waist… Classical dance requires waist movements. You know, even if the simple body dance just didn’t use much of the waist, I still feel a dull pain in my waist just by mentioning it, let alone doing more complicated dances! This is retribution! Retribution for killing my mother!”

    “Don’t think like that!” Even Ouyang Ming’s voice couldn’t help but choke, “Your mother’s spirit in heaven wouldn’t want you to think like that! She would only want you to live happily!”

    “Happiness? What kind of happiness can I have in this life? The only purpose of my life is to atone for my father’s sins! He asked me to be an actor, so I will be an actor, and I will do whatever he asks me to do… As long as he is happy, as long as he can still be happy… Ha, but how can he still be happy! I have destroyed all three of us!”

    “Bai Yijin!” Ouyang Ming suddenly roared, “I’ll get angry if you say that again! You feel sorry for yourself, you are nothing like the Bai Yijin I know!”

    “…The Bai Yijin you know?” Bai Yijin was stunned for a moment, and temporarily left Ouyang Ming’s arms. He looked at Ouyang Ming with some surprise, who had changed from his normal state, “haven’t I always been like this in the past few years?”

    “No, the Bai Yijin I know is very strong. Even though the world treats him extremely cruelly, he treats everyone in the world tenderly! He once helped Shen Lingfeng reconcile with his family, and was also ready to help Sun Wenjun gain the recognition of his family… Tell me, doesn’t such an angelic person deserve to live a good life?!”

    Bai Yijin stared at Ouyang Ming for a while.

    After a while, he smiled with tears in his eyes and said, “I didn’t expect you to say such serious things.”

    “That’s not true,” Ouyang Ming restrained his anger and showed his signature bright smile, “I am serious when I get serious. Okay, Bai Mei, it’s getting late, let’s go back and rest.”

    “Yeah.” Now hearing the familiar phrase “Beauty White” again, Bai Yijin no longer felt that Ouyang Ming was frivolous and annoying, but instead felt an inexplicable sense of peace of mind.

    After the two returned to their residence, Ouyang Ming shamelessly followed Bai Yijin into his room.

    “Yijin, let me stay with you tonight, okay?”

    “…What are you going to do?” Bai Yijin’s eyes suddenly became alert.

    “Don’t be afraid, I won’t do anything.” Ouyang Ming smiled softly, “We are not in the susceptible period and are not in estrus, so it is very safe to sleep together.”

    “…” Bai Yijin thought silently in his mind: Is it true?

    But facing Ouyang Ming’s serious look, he just nodded slightly.

    He really didn’t want to sleep alone tonight.Because in the dead of night, he was often overwhelmed by sadness.Today he just told people about the past events that were buried in the depths of his memory. He was in extreme pain and was destined to spend a sleepless night.

    But when he was actually lying together with Ouyang Ming, he felt inexplicably at ease.He couldn’t explain why he just believed that Ouyang Ming would not do anything inappropriate towards him tonight.

    At this time, Shen Lingfeng, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, also returned to the room and lay in Su Chenhui’s arms.

    They planned to go to Gu Yuxin to settle accounts the next day.

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