Chapter 294 - 284 His Princess
When he first met Su Rongxing, she was just a little girl of a few years. At that time, her biological mother was still alive. Su Zhen brought her, her mother, and the eldest son Su Rongcheng to the mountains to visit the children, with two carloads full of books and stationery.
He was a few years older than she was, dressed in dirty clothes, standing with a group of equally dirty children. Su Rongxing was led by her mother to hand over the new school bags to them. Her mother also taught her to speak, her voice sounding like a ringing bell, particularly pleasant to hear. She said, "Big brother, study hard, okay?"
How could he describe Su Rongxing at that time? He couldn’t articulate it. He just felt how there could be such a clean, beautiful little girl, like a snow doll, pure white, with eyes bright as stars, wearing a lovely fluffy dress. He had never seen such a little girl before. Later, when he read fairy tales, every princess in the stories automatically took on Su Rongxing’s image in his mind; princesses should look like her, right?
One summer vacation, she came again. It was still Su Zhen who brought her and Su Rongcheng, but her mom did not come. She was still so pretty and cute, using her fair little hands to hand him gifts, but she no longer spoke to him and didn’t look as happy. Later, he overheard her talking to Su Rongcheng and learned that her mom had passed away. She argued with her brother, saying, "Anyway, no one will want her in the future, no one will love her, so why should she behave well?"
How could such a lovely, beautiful little princess be unwanted or unloved?
He still remembered the words she once said to him: "Big brother, study hard, okay?"
He would surely study hard. At that moment, he even thought that when he grew older, he would take care of her.
He was one of the students sponsored by Su Zhen, and in the days that followed, he would still occasionally see her. Whether Su Zhen came to visit them, or he was taken to the big city where Su Zhen was by acting as the children’s representative, each time he saw her, she grew more beautiful. His appreciation of her beauty deepened with age.
So he worked even harder in his studies, just to fulfill his desire to be by her side and protect her well. Even though he could only observe her silently from his corner, even though she never remembered him, the fervent desire never waned.