Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1078: Chapter 1079: So, He Knew...

Meng Zhuqing did not look at the kites in the courtyard, but at Tobanya, at her cold and stunning profile, and said softly, ”Whichever you think is the best, choose that one.”

”Then this one,” Tobanya said as she walked over to a swallow kite, picked it up, and showed it to Meng Zhuqing.

Meng Zhuqing remembered this swallow kite; they had made it together.

Meng Zhuqing’s heart ought to feel sweet, yet for some reason, it also felt painfully tight; nevertheless, he nodded and said, ”Hmm.”

”Let’s go fly it,” Tobanya said, taking the lead with the swallow kite in hand.

Meng Zhuqing hurried to follow.

They did not leave King Sheng’s mansion but chose to fly it there on the vast grounds of the mansion. There was a large open space inside, where Tobanya had planned to place a rockery in the center and dig a pond, yet the ground had not been broken.

Tobanya did not fly the kite herself but had Meng Zhuqing do it.

Meng Zhuqing flew the kite very high, very high.

Tobanya looked up, watching the kite flying against the blue sky, feeling her chest broaden and her oppressed heart eased significantly. Her gaze inadvertently fell on the one flying the kite; even just a profile view of him caused her heart to clench instantly, aching intensely.

I’ve been very happy these past few days.

She said in her heart.

After a moment’s hesitation, Tobanya still raised her hand, took his hand, and together they controlled the kite soaring in the sky.

Meng Zhuqing had not expected Tobanya to take his hand; his body tensed at first, afraid to move, then gradually, he relaxed himself.

As he relaxed, he turned to look at her, just in time to see her looking at him.

His lips parted slightly, but he said nothing.

Then the two of them continued to fly the kite silently until they reeled it in, and then she spoke, ”I’ll give you the kite.”

Meng Zhuqing’s heart surged without reason, but he still accepted the kite and nodded, ”Thank you.”

”It’s getting late, go back,” she told him to leave.

”Hmm.” In the end, Meng Zhuqing obediently left.

Upon returning to Prince Yi’s mansion, he sat in his room, staring blankly at the swallow kite.

It wasn’t until late at night that he murmured to the kite softly, ”Do you... want to leave?”

...

The next day, early in the morning, Tobanya rode out of the city.

She did not want Meng Zhuqing to have a child by adoption or fostering; she wanted Meng Zhuqing to have his own biological children. Therefore, she left, distancing herself from him, letting him forget her, allowing him to find another girl, one who could bear his children.

Tobanya rode very fast, never looking back once she left King Sheng’s mansion, not even after leaving the Imperial Capital, not because she didn’t want to, but because she was afraid to.

Afraid that if she looked back, she wouldn’t have the heart to leave.

And she, she could not stay.

”Giddy up!”

Afraid she would turn back, Tobanya urged her horse faster upon leaving the Imperial Capital, her beautiful eyes growing redder by the moment.

You must forget me.

You must find a girl better than me.

You must have a home full of children...

You must...

Just as the tears in Tobanya’s eyes were about to spill over, she saw a brown horse blocking the path ahead, with a man in Qingyi sitting on it.

The man was also wearing a silver mask.

”Whoa—” Tobanya pulled on the reins to stop her horse, and the tears streamed down her face.

So he knew she was leaving.

And he, he had been waiting here for her all along.