Chapter 149 - The Pink Jaded Ring (3)

Xiong Jingfei froze. 

Did he mistake her for someone else? Thinking she gave him a ring when it could have been a different woman? Who knows how many women he has been through for the past five years since they've been apart. 

She never gave Feng Huan a ring... Don't even mention a ring! 

In their entire short relationship, she never got the chance to gift Feng Huan anything. Towards the end of their last year in high school, she did buy a tie clip for Feng Huan as a graduation gift. 

However, she never got the chance to give it to him because of his affair. It was tossed and long gone like their relationship. 

But a jaded pink ring? Xiong Jingfei tapped her right thigh with her free hand, thinking. Why did it sound so familiar? 

"On the ring, it had a carving of a lotus flower." Feng Huan continued after receiving a reaction out of her. Does she know what he was talking about? 

Yang Zheyan was irritated but didn't show it. There was something between Feng Huan and Xiong Jingfei that he is unaware of. Something he doesn't know about Xiong Jingfei was... Vexing. 

He wasn't surprised to hear that she gave Feng Huan a gift. They were once in a relationship, so it shouldn't really come as a surprise. 

Except, why does Xiong Jingfei appear lost and confused about what Feng Huan is going on about? Did she really give him one like he said, and why is she not answering him? It was just a ring, right? 

"Do you remember?" Feng Huan grabbed Xiong Jingfei's shoulders and shook her. The indifference in his face was beginning to change and replaced with anxiety. 

['When there comes a day that you need my help. Bring this ring to the pawnshop that is located a little outside the Capital, and I will be summoned to come to meet you.']

Xiong Jingfei grimaced and gripped her head. Painful! It hurts so much! Stop talking! 

"Feifei!" Yang Zheyan and Feng Huan said her name at the same time.

It didn't help her snap out of her trance but only added more onto her pain. There was a high-pitched ringing inside her ears, and she kept hearing those same words repeat itself over and over inside her head. 

['When there comes a day that you need my help…']

The voice was hers, but she never once said those words to anyone! Xiong Jingfei shook her head, denying herself from saying those words to Feng Huan. She never gave him a ring or said those words! 

In that instant, the ringing in her ears stopped, and her head cleared. It just stopped! 

Xiong Jingfei slowly removed her hands from covering her ears and looked up at Feng Huan. Her eyes open wide, not believing what she was seeing. She has seen weird things these past few months, but this one did it for her this time. 

She was looking at the Feng Huan in Ai's dream, the exact same person!

Feng Huan's shirt and jeans were replaced with a black robe outfit. The same outfit he had on that day in the field when they bid their goodbyes. His hand that had a textbook was replaced with a long scary sword. His short hair became long and neatly tied up. 

Is Feng Huan... General Feng Huan? 

While Xiong Jingfei was staring at Feng Huan with disbelief in her eyes. He was also looking back at her like he was trying to confirm something... To him, it was her! The woman behind the veil in his dream is her! 

A few nights ago, he had a dream that could be recalled vividly. He still remembers the interaction between them and every word spoken. Even though the woman's face was hidden behind a white veil. He was sure that the person he was talking to was Xiong Jingfei. 

He will recognize her face anywhere, whether it was hidden or not. 

In a field where it was only the both of them, she gave him a ring and left her final words for him. Then, she turned to leave, but he didn't want to let her go. 

Feng Huan tried reaching out his arms to grab her, but his body wouldn't listen to him. In his head, he was telling himself that she was someone he can't have. She was a taken woman, and this is how far their relationship could go. 

In the dream, he watched her walk away from him, just like how he did when Xiong Jingfei caught him with Zhao Fan. He let her go because she is an engaged woman and lied to him. 

Xiong Jingfei back away from the Feng Huan suited in black armor. She accidentally let go of Yang Zheyan's hands as she shook her head. 

This can't be happening, right? It wasn't her who gave him a ring, it was Ai! 

"Feng Huan, stop." Yang Zheyan wrapped his right arm around Xiong Jingfei's shoulders. She is shaking... "Feifei is telling you she didn't give you a ring." 

"No, that's a lie!" Feng Huan's voice boomed, he pulled on Xiong Jingfei's arms to bring her closer to him. 

He was sure everything he saw the adream was real! It felt all too real to be fake! He didn't want to mention this was all in a dream because he would come off being crazy. But, he felt that his answers reside in Xiong Jingfei. 

Xiong Jingfei allowed herself to be pulled by Feng Huan. She couldn't answer him or tell him what he wanted to know. Even she doesn't know what is going on and is also slowly figuring things out. 

Feng Huan was desperate, she can tell by the regret and sorrow in his eyes. A look she never saw in him, not even after they broke up. 

"I-I... I came for you like you told me to..." Feng Huan's voice wavered, his grip on Xiong Jingfei's shoulders tightened. What is he even trying to say to her? "I came to that pawnshop, but..."

You never showed up.