CHAPTER 613: CHAPTER 382: _3

The assistant handed over a dark blue paper bag. Unwrapping the ribbon knot, Rong Yanqiao pulled something out from it and gave it to Tang Xi, "This is for you, it’s not anything expensive, I made it myself, and I don’t know if you would like it or not."

"I like it, I will definitely like it." Tang Xi took it, opened it and glanced inside, slightly stunned.

Rong Yanqiao watched her nervously.

Inside the box, there was a handmade wind chime, made of seashells, feathers, crystal flowers, colored glass, and some hand-woven fabric flowers.

Tang Xi picked it up.

There clearly was no wind indoors.

Yet, Tang Xi heard the soft sound of the wind chime ringing.

She suddenly looked up, staring at Rong Yanqiao’s face.

Tang Xi’s throat tightened abruptly, "Rong..."

But Rong Yanqiao gave a small smile, cutting her off and murmuring to herself, "I’ve always wanted to give this to you, but I thought it was too abrupt, and it’s not something valuable. I hope you won’t mind, I made it during my free time, you know even female celebrities have their leisure moments, though the craftsmanship is a bit rough, the knots are woven by my own hands, very durable, and it looks quite nice hanging on the wall."

"I really like it." Tang Xi nodded her head, suddenly her throat clenched, "I particularly, particularly love this gift."

Seeing the tears welling up in Tang Xi’s eyes, Rong Yanqiao’s fingers clenched tightly, her left hand squeezing her right hand firmly.

"Umm... I... I have to fly back to Xiangshan tonight."

Tang Xi swiftly said, "Won’t you stay a little longer?"

"No... I’ve taken a leave, when the filming wraps up I’ll come back, and we can meet again."

"That’s good... How about you, are you, happy now?" Tang Xi’s lips trembled lightly, she looked at Rong Yanqiao’s face, looking at this unfamiliar yet beautiful face with refined features, a stranger’s face to her, although she had seen it many times on TV, and had interacted with Rong Yanqiao before, for her, this was just a beautiful female celebrity’s face.

She had never associated it with her good friend.

But this one wind chime, with feathers, seashells, and crystal flowers, Tang Xi realized in an instant.

She finally understood why the woman in front of her gave her a sense of both unfamiliarity and familiarity.

Why this unfamiliar face sincerely wished her well.

Why, on several occasions, Rong Yanqiao would actively help her out of awkward situations.

Initially, Tang Xi thought that perhaps because she was Fu Tingzhou’s woman, this Miss Rong intended to connect, just like the Shangguan Family of the Northern Islands.

Or perhaps, this Miss Rong was a warm-hearted and straightforward person like Gu Zhiyi.

Or perhaps, because she is a daughter of the Shu Family, so this Miss Rong flew back thousands of miles to attend her wedding.

And now at this moment, Tang Xi finally understood.

Because, this unfamiliar face, indeed belonged to the person she knew the best.

Enduring tears slowly slid down her cheeks.

Leaving a faint trace of her make-up peeling off.

Rong Yanqiao said with teary laughter, "Why are you crying, today you are the most beautiful bride, hurry, let the makeup artist come over to touch up your makeup!"

"Why, why are you only telling me now?" Tang Xi’s voice choked up, "Do you know, I’ve been looking for you, but I could never find you. Your former home, your parents are not there, and in the hospital, there is no trace of you, only your resignation file. Nobody knew where you went after you resigned, I even hired a private detective, but the detective also didn’t know where you were, you just vanished."

Compared to the woman’s unfamiliar face in front, which did not resemble Ruan Youqing from her memory, what excited Tang Xi even more was that Ruan Youqing was still alive, vividly appearing before her.

Tang Xi’s makeup was ruined by tears.

Rong Yanqiao was also shedding tears continuously, she tightly held Tang Xi’s hand, "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I should have told you earlier, it’s really Youqing, but I didn’t dare. I was afraid, afraid that this unfamiliar identity would bring you trouble. I know you hate trouble, these four years, I’ve been looking for you, initially, I thought you were dead in the shipwreck, and then Fu Tingzhou suddenly had a car accident, at that moment it felt like the sky was falling."

"As for my current identity... it’s just a false identity after all. I’ll explain slowly, we have plenty of time in the future, lots of time to spend together."

Tang Xi nodded her head, pulling out a tissue to wipe the tears on her face, "Yeah, we have a lot of time to spend together in the future."

"I... am not really the Third Miss Rong Family, four years ago, I had already broken up with Zhao Yixing, as you know. But I never expected, he was so vicious, together with Lin Quan, they left me in a major fire, I watched helplessly as the flames engulfed me, it was futile. I truly despaired..." Rong Yanqiao’s voice was hoarse, recalling that painful experience was like reliving a nightmare.

"But I was saved by Rong Qingze... I had severe burns all over my body, he contacted the best cosmetic surgeons both domestically and internationally, when I awakened once more, it was with this face, unfamiliar, but it will accompany me for life. My identity also changed, the former Ruan Youqing died completely in that fire, now there is only me, Rong Yanqiao."