"Huo Yuxuan, why? Why did this happen? Everything was fine."
Huo Yuxuan's gaze fell on An Nuan, and he said with a hint of a helpless smile, "An Nuan, I know you have deep feelings for Li Tian. You must have been heartbroken when Li Tian left, but An Nuan, you're not the only one who is heartbroken in this matter. I am heartbroken too."
"Huo Yuxuan, Li Tian is such a good person. Why did she have to go through something like this?"
"Why? I thought Li Tian would live happily. Not like this."
"Li Tian suffered so much hardship in the past. Now that she has finally gotten better, why is Heaven treating her like this? Doesn't Heaven think this is too unfair to Li Tian?"
Nan Gongjin, afraid that An Nuan would not be able to let go because of Li Tian's situation, held her tightly and whispered in her ear, "An Nuan, I think Li Tian wouldn't want to see you like this if she were here. She definitely wouldn't want you to become so unreasonable because of her."
"Li Tian has always wanted to see you happy. If you are in this state, Li Tian would surely not be at peace if she knew."
Thinking of Li Tian, An Nuan's tears flowed uncontrollably.
Many times, An Nuan had told herself to hold back, not to be like this. Yet, she couldn't.
She couldn't move on.
When she was at her most helpless, when no one stood up to help, when everyone didn't believe her, it was Li Tian. She was the only one who stood by her side and the only one who believed her.
Li Tian might not be that important to others, but to her, she was undoubtedly very important.
She had always thought she would witness Li Tian's happiest moments, but later she realized she wouldn't.
She saw Li Tian cherished by Huo Yuxuan and saw Li Tian's happiest moments, but as Li Tian was about to reach the end of her life, for some reason, something like this happened.
She wanted to grasp Li Tian's hand and tell her, "Li Tian, you are finally happy now." But why was Heaven so cruel?
It snatched away everything that belonged to Li Tian.
But even if it was snatched away, as long as Li Tian was alive, it would be fine.
But Heaven even snatched away Li Tian's life.
She didn't even get to see Li Tian for the last time.
An Nuan wasn't that Huo Yuxuan didn't tell her she wanted to see Li Tian. But Huo Yuxuan told her that Li Tian had said not to let An Nuan see her. Because Li Tian had said she didn't want anyone around her to see her at her ugliest.
In Li Tian's opinion, her appearance after the rescue would definitely be very ugly.
He knew how much An Nuan wanted to see Li Tian, but Li Tian had entrusted him with this final matter, and he had to complete it no matter what.
He thought that perhaps doing this would be very cruel to An Nuan. However, this was what Li Tian wanted, so he could only do as she asked.
Perhaps An Nuan would blame him, but he had no regrets at all.
However, he knew better than anyone that An Nuan must be in immense pain now. Her suffering would not be any less than his.
Many times, he desperately wanted to agree to let An Nuan see Li Tian one last time. But as soon as he remembered Li Tian's pleading look and his promise to her, he had to keep his word and not go back on it.
An Nuan kept pleading, almost begging. In reality, her wish was simple: she just wanted to see Li Tian, just once.
However, she found that no matter how much she pleaded, Huo Yuxuan would not agree.
Suddenly, An Nuan let out a laugh, a laugh that was almost heart-wrenching: "Huo Yuxuan, I know you are doing all this following Li Tian's instructions, but do you think what you are doing is right?"
"Is this fair to me?"
"Li Tian is your girlfriend, but she is also my good friend, a friend with whom I've shared life-and-death moments."
"Yes, I know all of this."
"But An Nuan, I promised Li Tian the last thing, and I can't go back on my word."
Huo Yuxuan looked at An Nuan with an apologetic expression. "I know you won't believe me or be convinced by what I say, and you might even blame me."
"But An Nuan, I promised Li Tian, and I must fulfill it."
"An Nuan, no matter what you say, I will not agree. Just give up on this idea."
"An Nuan, don't waste any more time."
An Nuan looked at Huo Yuxuan. In the end, she said nothing more because she knew better than anyone that continuing to talk would be useless. So why should she persist?
Huo Yuxuan, in plain terms, would not agree.
An Nuan finally came to terms with it. Since it was Li Tian's arrangement, she would follow Li Tian's wishes.
She thought that Li Tian must have her reasons for arranging things this way.
An Nuan just watched Huo Yuxuan silently, finally letting out a helpless sigh, and then said nothing more.
If this was truly what Li Tian wanted, then she would do as Li Tian wished and not make things difficult for Huo Yuxuan.
However, she couldn't understand why, why would Li Tian do this?
...
Half a year passed. During these past six months, An Nuan would always recall things about Li Tian, and not getting to see Li Tian for the last time became her biggest regret.
Huo Yuxuan appeared and handed An Nuan a letter. He said to her, "Li Tian asked me to give this to you."
An Nuan was stunned. She looked at Huo Yuxuan in disbelief and asked with confusion, "Then why didn't you give this to me back then? Why only give it to me after half a year?"
She looked at Huo Yuxuan, puzzled, even wondering why Huo Yuxuan had done this.
If he had given it to her back then, wouldn't it have been better?
"Huo Yuxuan, why didn't you give it to me back then? There were so many opportunities to give it to me, but you chose to give it to me now. Huo Yuxuan, you did this intentionally, didn't you?"
Huo Yuxuan did not refute her words when faced with An Nuan's questioning. Instead, he nodded and said, "An Nuan, Li Tian instructed me to give it to you after half a year."
"An Nuan, Li Tian instructed me, and I must do as she instructed."
"I know you will be very angry when I bring these things out to you now."
"Actually, let alone you being angry. Even I am very angry."
"But what has happened has happened, and what needed to be done, I have done. I did everything as Li Tian said. If you really want to blame someone, then blame me."