Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Cousin
Chapter 367: Chance Encounter at the Restaurant (3)_1

Chapter 367: Chapter 367: Chance Encounter at the Restaurant (3)_1

Ji Yunhuan said ahead, "You’ve never come here to see Chenchen, have you?"

"Mm." Bai Liyan indeed had not been here. "Several times I wanted to come, but in the end, I didn’t muster the courage."

Ji Yunhuan turned back to glance at Bai Liyan. "I understand your thoughts too well. At first, I was just like you. When he first left, I didn’t dare go into the room he stayed in, didn’t even dare to look at his photos."

Just mentioning it, that painful feeling surfaced again.

Ji Yunhuan continued walking forward. Her voice carried a subtle chill, mixed with a gentle release. "At that time, I really hated you. I thought you could save so many people, yet you couldn’t save him. Chenchen was the gentlest person in this world. He was so good, he shouldn’t have left. He had Su Zi, he had his love... At that time, I really felt life was unfair. But I couldn’t do anything about it. Even if I resented, nothing would change."

"Sorry." Though she tried to act calm, Bai Liyan could still sense the deep sorrow she suppressed.

Chenchen was her only family. While others thought her brother was a burden, only she knew he was her only spiritual support.

Ji Yunhuan had once witnessed her parents’ suicide. With a different experience than most, losing her last family dealt her the heaviest blow.

Hearing Bai Liyan’s apology, Ji Yunhuan did not respond.

She suddenly thought of Qi Cheng.

Without Qi Cheng, she didn’t know how she could have made it through back then.

It was Qi Cheng who stayed by her side, slowly helping her find hope.

There were times she truly wanted to die with Chenchen.

Because living in this world was too despairing.

But because Qi Cheng was watching her, with his profound love accompanying her, she endured. She kept enduring until now. She still lived in this world and found new motivations to keep going.

Time was truly strange.

She once considered Bai Liyan her most hated enemy. Now he had become her friend.

She thought Qi Cheng was her only support and attachment in this world. In the end, she discovered he was her enemy. And now, she had completely parted ways with him.

Reaching Chenchen’s grave, Ji Yunhuan placed the flowers she bought down and glanced at Bai Liyan. His face was stiff. Compared to his usual calm demeanor, he seemed more restrained.

Ji Yunhuan tried to get him to relax, "Chenchen was a good kid."

"I know." Precisely because Bai Liyan knew Chenchen was a good kid, he had felt so guilty these past few years.

Ji Yunhuan said, "While he was alive, he was in pain. Leaving might not have been a release for him. He has always seen things more clearly than anyone else. But we are still trapped in our own emotions and can’t get out. If Chenchen knew, he surely wouldn’t want any of us to be so sad for him. So..."

At this point, Ji Yunhuan choked up.

She had used these words to comfort herself more than once.

But when using these words to comfort others, she found it impossible to say them calmly.

Leaving the cemetery, Ji Yunhuan still walked ahead. When they reached the parking lot and she was about to get in the car, Bai Liyan suddenly grabbed her hand. "Yunhuan."

Ji Yunhuan paused.

She turned around to find Bai Liyan staring intently at her.

He had never held her hand so tightly before.

He looked at her seriously. "Although Chenchen is no longer by your side, if you can, let me be your brother!"

"Brother?" Ji Yunhuan initially thought Bai Liyan would propose marriage to her, as he had mentioned it too many times before.

Unexpectedly, what he said in the end was that he wanted to be her brother.

She saw the guilt in Bai Liyan’s eyes and understood his intentions. He only wanted to take better care of her.

Ji Yunhuan looked at him, smiled, and said, "Sure."

She didn’t have many relatives. Bai Liyan was also someone trustworthy.

Gaining another relative wouldn’t hurt.

She didn’t want to trouble Bai Liyan, but she did. His becoming her brother was more acceptable than being a fiancé.

Perhaps because of Bai Liyan’s proposal, Ji Yunhuan felt more at ease with him.

They didn’t rush home but had lunch at a nearby restaurant.

Bai Liyan ordered all the food for lunch, deciding what was best for the pregnant Ji Yunhuan.

Ji Yunhuan looked at Bai Liyan, who was sitting beside her, and couldn’t help but laugh. "You are so considerate. Whoever marries you in the future will really be happy!"

"That may not be true." Bai Liyan looked serious. "After all, I am not this good to every woman."

"If you get married, you can’t be bad to your wife, can you?"

"But besides you, I really haven’t thought about marrying anyone else."

"You don’t really like men, do you?" Ji Yunhuan knew his desire to marry her wasn’t out of love.

She couldn’t help but be curious.

"..." Bai Liyan looked at her helplessly and handed her a bowl. "Eat."

"Do you really not like men?"

"Men and women are the same to me." Bai Liyan said, "In a doctor’s eyes, there is no gender difference, only normal people and patients."

"So, will you still go back to being a doctor in the future?" He ultimately hadn’t forgotten his profession. Ji Yunhuan took the opportunity to ask.

"We’ll see." The question made Bai Liyan feel slightly saddened.

Ji Yunhuan didn’t press further, avoiding to push him too hard.

Everyone had their struggles and difficulties. He could only move forward step by step.

Just as Ji Yunhuan and Bai Liyan were eating, someone entered the restaurant.

It was her second sister-in-law and Qi’s mother, accompanied by Yangyang.

Seeing Yangyang, Ji Yunhuan paused. When her second sister-in-law saw Ji Yunhuan, she paused too.

None of them expected to meet there.

Yangyang saw Ji Yunhuan and stiffened his little face, deliberately avoiding her gaze.

It seemed even though he was young, he hadn’t forgotten Qi Cheng’s words that Ji Yunhuan was his mother.

Because of this, he was full of rejection towards her.

Ji Yunhuan helplessly said to Bai Liyan, "Look at him. Every time he sees me, he’s like this."

Really helpless! Truly sad and incessant.

After Qi’s mother sat down, she noticed Ji Yunhuan too. Seeing Ji Yunhuan with Bai Liyan, Qi’s mother sternly said to her second daughter-in-law, "Go and bring them over!"

"Mom, that’s not appropriate. Didn’t we agree Yunhuan..." Her second daughter-in-law didn’t want to give Ji Yunhuan and Yangyang a chance to bond.

"Call them over." Qi’s mother didn’t relent despite her second daughter-in-law’s persuasion.

Her second daughter-in-law had no choice but to walk towards Ji Yunhuan and Bai Liyan.