Chapter 155 - MY LIGHT AMIDST THE DARK SEA

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[Yang Menghuo POV]

Yang Menghuo saw the car drove off. He stared at the car until he couldn't see anything anymore. Yang Menghuo sighed and returned to the mansion. 

He closed the door and sat on the long sofa alone. He still tried to process what just happened. When he saw that Ying Jie was in such a close position with Alex, he blanked out immediately.

He drew his gun out of reflex and shot in Alex's direction as a warning shot. He wanted to end Alex immediately, but Ying Jie was near Alex. He didn't want Ying Jie's beautiful face to be sullied with the blood of a man. 

He was so ready to kill Alex-Ge, his best friend that he considered as his Big brother. Because he felt humiliated and betrayed by him. He was also angry at Ying Jie, but he didn't want to scare Jie.

Because no matter how deep in his heart, he would never blame his Jie for anything. He loved her THAT much. To the point that he wanted to spoil Ying Jie with everything he had, it was unfortunate that Ying Jie wasn't a lady who liked to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for jewelry.

She was pretty modest in her life, even though the golden ticket was right in front of her eyes. 

"Even if Ying Jie is not Batman Jie, I will still fall in love with her…." Menghuo thought. 

He said to Ying Jie that he would kill Alex right now. Truthfully, he wanted to, but when he realized how heartbroken Ying Jie would be to see him killing his 'brother,' Menghuo thought that the trade-off wasn't worth it.

That was the reason why he went here, to the mansion to calm himself down. 

"Until Ying Jie suddenly came in and tried to pacify me…." Menghuo thought.

He had to admit that Ying Jie's kiss made him all weak. He didn't even have enough energy to get angry after one kiss. It was like a cheat code that should be illegal. 

Because Yang Menghuo was too vulnerable against it. 

"Ah, I don't want to be like my dad… but if Ying Jie tells me to do something, then I will do it! Hehe~" Yang Menghuo giggled alone. He kept thinking about Ying Jie until he heard someone knocked at the door. 

The old driver entered the mansion and then bowed to Young Master Yang. 

"Young Master, Miss Shi Ying has been safely escorted to her apartment. Do you need anything else?"

"Nothing, thanks, Uncle," Yang Menghuo said with a thin smile. This driver was the only one he could trust and the only one that Yang Menghuo thought to be a great elder to be around.

At least he gave a lot of useful advice.

"Uncle, do you think she is the most suitable for me?" Menghuo asked. 

Of course, he didn't need the answer. It was just good hearing someone else affirming their relationship. 

"Miss Shi Ying and you are a perfect match, Young Master, just like your father and mother. You two are basically the second generation of Mister and Madam Yang."

Yang Menghuo was a bit displeased that he and Ying Jie got compared with his parents. He never felt the love from his parents emotionally. However, he acknowledged his parents' monetary help until he was twenty, and that was it.

"I won't be abandoning my child in the middle of a deep village and left him all alone. I will not force my child to love someone based on MY preference. Because my child's love is their right," Menghuo tried to distance himself from what his parents did to him. 

"Yes, Young Master, I understand that you don't want to repeat the same mistake that your parents did, and I believe Miss Shi Ying is not really similar to Madam Yang other than her fierceness."

"Hnn… I wouldn't deny that. Jiejie is so fierce, so beautiful…. Hehe…" 

Yang Menghuo inevitably blushed whenever he mentioned Ying Jie, like a lovesick puppy who couldn't keep his excitement whenever Ying Jie was around.

The old driver stared at the lovesick Young Master, and he smiled, "Young Master, I've accompanied you since you're just a kid. You've grown to a fine young man. I also expressed my gratitude to Miss Shi Ying for helping you to cope with your loneliness. I believe that without her… you will not be the same."

"Yes, without Ying Jie… I wouldn't be the same," Yang Menghuo closed his eyes. He realized that he had a sociopathic tendency since he was a child. He didn't seem to sympathize over anything around him, and he found enjoyment in torturing animals.

Until Batman Jie came into his life and scolded him harshly for hurting animals. He still didn't understand back then why would his Batman Jie scolded him over a dead frog.

But when he saw how aggrieved and emotional batman Jie's expression was behind that Batman mask, he realized that he couldn't do the same thing because it would make his Batman Jie cry.

Batman Jie also taught him how to be more sensitive and develop compassion over many things around him. Batman Jie was the one who taught him how to appreciate life even at its worst. Never once he saw Batman Jie cried for being poor.

Even though she had to eat rice with salt when her parents were in debt. 

And that adoration, admiration, and trust for Batman Jie transformed into love at some point. 

"I don't know what will I do without her…." Yang Menghuo admitted. 

The old driver smiled, "That means you should treasure her as much as you can. She is not only your future wife. She is your lighthouse amidst the dark sea surrounding you, Young Master."

"She is the place where you harbor all your worry and pain. She will light your way," the old driver said. 

"My lighthouse…" Yang Menghuo felt something clicked inside his heart as he said that. 

"Ying Jie… my beautiful light amidst the dark sea…."