Seventies Sweetheart: From Breakup to Billionaire

Chapter 332: I’m Not Leaving

Maybe, by asking Zheng Miaoyue for help to analyze it, there will be unexpected results?"Then let me tell you quietly, you must not tell anyone else."

Zheng Miaoyue patted her chest and assured, "You can relax by telling me! If you can’t trust others, can’t you trust me? We’ve been friends through thick and thin!"

Lin Xiang moved in a bit, signaling Zheng Miaoyue to climb onto her bed too, and the two huddled together, whispering.

"I feel like I have different feelings for someone, but I’m not sure if it’s love. Can you help me analyze it?"

Zheng Miaoyue cleared her throat, putting on a very skillful facade, and asked Lin Xiang in a low voice, "Why do you think you have different feelings for him?"

"This..."

"Okay, let me ask you another way. When you’re with him, do you feel a sense of security? When he interacts with other women, do you feel a bit disappointed or angry? When you’re not with him, do you find yourself missing him?"

Zheng Miaoyue asked several questions in a row. After Lin Xiang thought carefully, she answered one by one.

"Very secure."

Although Cheng Jinyun spends most of his time in the army now, every time he’s home, he always solves some small issues for her that she didn’t even notice herself.

"I get angry, and disappointed too."

When Mrs. Lin wanted Cheng Jinyun to go on a blind date with Wang Lijing a few days ago, her emotions were very turbulent; thinking back, she had already developed feelings for Cheng Jinyun at that time, but she just didn’t dare to face her heart.

"I miss him."

This afternoon, when she went to Xingfu Restaurant and found out Cheng Jinyun had been called back by the army, Lin Xiang felt a sense of loss.

Even when opening the envelope, her heart was pounding wildly inside her chest.

Now, without whatever further analysis from Zheng Miaoyue, Lin Xiang has already clearly recognized her own heart.

Yes, she has fallen for Cheng Jinyun.

Even though she doesn’t know exactly when she started having feelings, she is now absolutely sure that she has indeed fallen for him.

Even self-deception can’t lie to her own heart.

But the problem is, she and Cheng Jinyun are siblings.

There’s no way anything could develop between them.

It’s clearly against reason!

Her first crush is destined to end without a result.

Zheng Miaoyue was still eagerly analyzing for Lin Xiang when she suddenly sensed something was off with her friend’s emotions. She gently poked Lin Xiang and asked quietly, "What’s wrong with you?"

Lin Xiang shook her head, leaning powerlessly against the wall, "But between him and me, it’s destined not to be."

"Why can’t two people who like each other be together? Unless..."

Zheng Miaoyue, as if discovering a secret, covered her mouth with her hand, shock slipping through her fingers, "The one you like, could it be your brother?"

Lin Xiang: "Am I that obvious?"

Zheng Miaoyue nodded firmly, "It’s practically written on your face."

Lin Xiang became even more deflated.

Zheng Miaoyue watched her looking so forlorn and carefully recalled what Lin Xiang had told her before.

"I remember you said, after your brother was recognized by his family, he changed his name to what it was before he got lost and even moved his household registration from your family’s household register?"

Seeing Lin Xiang nod, she continued, "He’s not even taking your last name Lin anymore, and he’s even moved his household registration. Legally speaking, you’re not siblings anymore!"

"If you’re not siblings, why can’t you be together?"

Legally, no; but emotionally, yes!

Mrs. Lin is still counting on Cheng Jinyun to take care of her in the future!

Besides, Uncle Cheng’s side treats her as Cheng Jinyun’s sister too.

Now she’s supposed to tell everyone she likes Cheng Jinyun and wants to be in a relationship and marry him?

Isn’t that insane?

"Why not?" Zheng Miaoyue said, "Even if he marries you, he’s still Aunt Lin’s son-in-law, even more naturally taking care of her!"

As for Uncle Cheng, Zheng Miaoyue didn’t think it mattered.

No matter how good they are to Cheng Jinyun, they’re just his uncle and aunt.

Cheng Jinyun, as an adult, has the right to handle his own emotional issues.

Unless he doesn’t like Lin Xiang.

But from the few times Zheng Miaoyue met Cheng Jinyun, he clearly had feelings for Lin Xiang!

So what are these two even worrying about!

"In any case, I think you need to have an honest conversation with Cheng Jinyun. If he likes you too, then just let things flow naturally, invite us to your wedding. If he doesn’t like you, then fine, you go explore the big world outside, no need for this self-torture."

"But he’s already returned to the army, and he won’t be back for a while," Lin Xiang sighed, "I’ll talk about it when he returns."

Zheng Miaoyue wanted to persuade her further, but seeing that Lin Xiang clearly didn’t want to talk anymore, she quietly climbed back to her own bed, leaving space for Lin Xiang to think alone.

That night, Lin Xiang heard, in her long-forgotten dream, a male voice she hadn’t heard for ages.

"You have accumulated enough goodwill from the male lead, and you can leave this world and return to your original world at any time. Do you want to leave now?"

In the dream, Lin Xiang was silent for a while before she asked, "If I leave, what will become of me in this world?"

"You can choose to fall seriously ill or encounter an unexpected accident."

Lin Xiang: ...

So just as long as she leaves, the "Lin Xiang" in this world has to die?

Lin Xiang thought of Mrs. Lin.

That poor woman only has her left now, so far away in the Li Hua Team, those blood-related people are no longer in touch.

If she truly died, what would Mrs. Lin do?

Not to mention that Lin Xiang had created so much wealth for her, but no amount of money can fill the hole in her heart.

Though Mrs. Lin never said it, Lin Xiang knew in her heart that she was regarded as a pillar.

If Lin Xiang suddenly left due to an accident, Mrs. Lin’s world would collapse, and she probably wouldn’t survive either.

Lin Xiang couldn’t bear it.

In two lifetimes, she finally encountered a mother who genuinely loved her, and she couldn’t bear to leave Mrs. Lin.

And also...

Couldn’t bear to leave Cheng Jinyun.

Moreover, her farm had just started; she hadn’t yet seen its scale expand. She hadn’t opened a restaurant, hadn’t bought a courtyard house, hadn’t become a diplomat...

There are still so many things she hadn’t done.

"I... don’t want to go back."

That 200-square-meter large flat, to Lin Xiang now, has already lost its allure.

After all, in that world, she had no family nor true friends.