Chapter 4640 — Reuniting with Han Jingyi
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At these words, Han Jingyi's pretty face flushed an even deeper red, right down to the tips of her ears. That dainty, bashful look was positively entrancing—even Ning Xuefei and Shangguan Lan'er could not help feeling a pang of envy.
Wei Zhao sighed inwardly in admiration. After more than two years apart, Han Jingyi had not only grown ever more beautiful and alluring; even her manner had taken on a touch of maturity, with a charming, womanly sweetness. Compared to her old, pure, guileless self, her power to devastate a man had multiplied several times over.
Shaking off his daze, Wei Zhao strode abruptly up to Han Jingyi. Ignoring the astonished looks from Ning Xuefei and Shangguan Lan'er, he pulled her into his arms without a word. At such a moment, a thousand words and ten thousand speeches were worth less than one embrace.
Han Jingyi let out a startled little cry, but once she felt Wei Zhao's warmth and heartbeat, the faint, lingering distance that two years of separation had wrought melted away completely. Her pretty face pressed against his chest, she was brimming with happiness.
Ning Xuefei and Shangguan Lan'er watched from the side, eyes shining. They had imagined countless ways in which Wei Zhao and Han Jingyi might meet; every time they wrote to each other they discussed it, and they had even rehearsed countless versions of the two lovers' opening lines—yet never once had they imagined Wei Zhao would do this.
Wei Zhao and Han Jingyi had always been kindred spirits. At a time like this, there was truly no need to do anything or say any words of love—all of that would have been superfluous. A single embrace was enough to press their hearts tightly together, and that was enough.
How long the two held each other, no one could say. Ning Xuefei and Shangguan Lan'er had grown tired of watching before Wei Zhao finally, reluctantly, let Han Jingyi go. He could not help asking, "Jingjing, how do you come to be here?"
"Hehe, when I was teleported to Cloudstep Island, I landed right here! Then by a lucky coincidence I met Feifei and have been living with her ever since." Han Jingyi smiled sweetly.
"Oh, oh, that's good." Wei Zhao felt a surge of relief. Thank goodness Han Jingyi's lot had been far better than Tianchan's or Xueli's—otherwise, if she had fallen in with the wrong people, with her innocent, guileless nature she would have suffered untold hardships. He did not dare even to imagine such a scenario.
The purer and kinder a person, the more Heaven seems to favor them—this was what they called "fortune favors the fool." Unseen forces did seem to have a will of their own.
Wei Zhao looked at Han Jingyi, then at Ning Xuefei and Shangguan Lan'er standing nearby, and broke into a heartfelt smile.
Of course, he was not entertaining any sordid notions about the joys of having three beauties at once. He was simply happy from the bottom of his heart: because of Ning Xuefei, Han Jingyi had been spared all sorts of troubles, and because of Shangguan Lan'er, he had been able to reunite with Han Jingyi after so long apart. Was this not the will of Heaven?
"Brother Wei Zhao, Jingjing knows all about what you've been up to," Han Jingyi said suddenly, blinking her big eyes and pursing her lips in a smile.
"Hm?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback.
"What's so strange about that? There's Shangguan Lan'er, our little spy, to thank for it—she writes to us every few days to report on your doings. It's only this past year and a half, while you were away, that her letters have grown sparse." Ning Xuefei covered her mouth and laughed. R1152