If You Are A Dodder Flower Chapter 43 Part2

It was a good start.

That he acted so carefully was that he was considering her seriously. It meant that they were on the same page: they were both looking for a future partner.

But their courts.h.i.+p process had been so bland, like a cup of water. They were perhaps only slightly more familiar with each other when compared to their first meeting.

Originally, she thought their relations.h.i.+p might grow on her birthday. But giving her such a present… She couldn't puzzle out what it meant.

In the past, no matter where w.a.n.g Man went, she was always the moon surrounded by a myriad of stars, being pursued enthusiastically by men. She had never imagined that she herself could be swayed by a man.

She couldn't help it and let out a sigh. Translated by The Novelst

……

 Xia Rou was unable to walk alone, still mumbling to herself.

Cao Yang dragged her for quite a distance before simply bending down to carry her in his arms. She was slim, so the weight in his arms was light, which was much easier than dragging her along.

On the road, a few fellow guests thought he'd picked up a drunk girl. Her face was hidden in his chest so they couldn't see it, but they could still see her slim waist and long legs through the coat that covered her. She looked like a beauty.

Their gazes as they looked at Cao Yang were envious.

He had just gone to war and had injuries from bullets. Though he was dressed casually, a simple glare from him made their hearts tremble, so they immediately turned their gazes away.

Xiao Yang had brought the car around to the entrance. When he saw Cao Yang carrying Xia Rou, he ran to open the door: "What happened?"

"I let my attention wander for a little and she had drunk herself to this state," he said, his tone displeased. 

Xiao Yang laughed as he buckled the seatbelt, "Isn't this her first time drinking? It's natural she would get drunk." 

"Raising a girl is so troublesome," Cao Yang said, rubbing the furrow between his brows. 

"I can't agree more. If you raised a girl like you raised a boy, wouldn't you let her run wild?" Xiao Yang also had a little sister. He knew the feeling. "Then wouldn't you worry about her day and night, afraid that she might get bullied or deceived by a bad guy?" 

He really spoke to the feeling in Cao Yang's heart. 

When the car began to move, it s.h.i.+fted due to a b.u.mp in the road. With just that brief shake, Xia Rou almost rolled off the seat. 

Cao Yang, his hands quick, immediately stopped this from happening. 

She couldn't even lie down properly! Cao Yang could only hold onto her and let her drift away in his arms. 

The light of the streetlamps shone steadily into the car. He could see that her eyes were closed, her face like a peach blossom, but her eyebrows were furrowed. 

Was she dreaming of something unhappy? Both her hands were wound tightly into his clothes… 

Xia Rou dreamt of a lot of people, and a lot of things. 

She felt like she was floating above the clouds, but kept sinking down, and down, and down… in the end, she stopped at that day…

The day she died. 

The Liang Family had used her to borrow the Cao Family's power to obtain a government contract and something had gone wrong. She had powered through the shame and begged Cao Yang, only to see her fiancé embracing another woman while she was busy running about for him.

 And he even scolded her for having issues. 

The anger she felt at that point was unimaginable. 

They quarreled, they fought. 

The apartment was a duplex, with two floors empty. During the fight she had used too much strength and gone over the railing. Below that railing was a porcelain vase about half her height. 

As she lay dying on the floor she could see that there was sharp gla.s.s pierced through her body. 

The blood flowed out… 

Her strength faded, bit by bit… 

The twenty years of her life played back into her mind like a revolving lantern. 

And in the very end, it stopped at a frame with Cao Yang. 

Just two hours before, she had met with him. It was the last time she saw him in life. 

She could still remember the furious look on his face… 

And in the end, when he looked at her, the gloom in his eyes. 

She didn't dare raise her head… Because of the Liang Family, she could only lower her head in front of him, for pity. 

They had known each other for ten years and it was the first time that he had used such a hopeless gaze when looking at her. 

Finally, even her big brother was… disgusted with her, huh? 

"Big brother, don't hate me! Please don't hate me!" Xia Rou begged, crying loudly as she clutched Cao Yang's neck. "Sorry! I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!" 

She kept crying, repeating her apology. 

What had she done that she had to apologize to him like this? Cao Yang couldn't imagine. 

Also, when had he said he hated her? She even dared to frown at him when he was drunk, how he wished he could record his and let her see herself! 

"I don't hate you. Don't cry, don't cry, okay?" Cao Yang comforted her patiently. 

He hugged her and softly patted her back. 

Xia Rou was truly very drunk. She continued to cry and didn't stop. 

After whimpering for some time, she suddenly fisted her hands tightly into his clothes and shouted, "Liang Ziheng is a b.a.s.t.a.r.d! Big brother! Liang Ziheng is a b.a.s.t.a.r.d! … is a b.a.s.t.a.r.d!" 

"Big brother! You must take revenge for me! Revenge for me… Huhuuu… Avenge me…" 

Xia Rou kept crying, shouting, and with her other hand punched his chest. 

The moment she said those words, both Cao Yang and Xiao Yang's expressions changed. 

Cao Yang had always been a calm and collected person. He stretched his hand into Xia Rou's coat and touched her waist. 

Her s.h.i.+rt was still tucked into her pants and didn't look messy. Inside the party, he had only taken his attention off her for a small period of time, which was while she was drinking. But when he found her she was together with a few peers, and they had obviously not left after they got drunk. 

Even if she had gone to the bathroom, that was also in the same room as the party. And anyhow, she had no reason to leave the room. 

Cao Yang was relieved. 

He lifted his gaze to see Xiao Yang's worried gaze in the rearview mirror. 

"She's fine," he said. Translated by The Novelst

Xiao Yang let out a sigh of relief. 

He had been scared to death! 

"Xiao Yang," Cao Yang asked, "Who is Liang Ziheng?" 

The name wasn't familiar, so it was probably someone from her school. 

Xiao Yang held onto the steering wheel and looked ahead of him. After thinking hard, he stated firmly, "I've never heard of such a person before." 

The backseat was silent. Cao Yang's voice sounded after a while, "Tomorrow, go and get the surveillance video from the club."

Proofread by: Hannah