Chapter 1614 The distant road ahead

“So when I heard about it from other people, I knew that day had come and it wasn’t a surprise.

Although on the surface he still looked as quiet and peaceful as before, with a calm face, Malashenko still noticed the fleeting trace between the eyebrows of his lover whom he had been watching quietly. A hint of sadness and worry.

Obviously, Natalia is not as strong as she expressed in her own words.

Malashenko can naturally guess the reason why he wants to portray himself as a slightly different image in his words. If it weren't for the fact that she loved her so deeply and couldn't extricate herself that she would rather sacrifice herself for the sake of her lover, there would be absolutely no reason for a woman who was 3 years older than herself to do this.

"There is no need to ask again and again about this matter and what kind of results you want to seek. I never had such an idea from the beginning."

"Growing up, I have experienced countless tragedies and pains. I don't even remember how many. If I wasn't strong enough, I really wouldn't have been able to get to where I am today. But fortunately, I have always had you by my side. Beside me, dear.”

"Besides you, I have no one I can trust anymore. I will even be afraid of this country and those people, who will do to us what we did to my parents again. I have dreamed of this in my nightmares more than once The scene: Soldiers with guns took my father away by force, punched, kicked and cursed the housekeeper and servants.

"I don't even know where my mother went in the end. After she was forced to separate, I never saw her again. Even if she is dead, I don't know where she is buried. I can only pass This is something to express my condolences to.”

With tears hanging in the corners of her eyes and her voice filled with tears, Natalya took out a string of metal pendants from her clothes with slightly trembling hands and showed them to Malashenko.

Malashenko remembered this thing, having seen it more than once in his inherited memories.

It was the only relic left by Natalia's mother to her: a pendant with very simple workmanship, far from luxurious and gorgeous, just like an ornament worn by ordinary people, with a embossed metal flower embedded in it. Small carved flowers.

This was something Natalia's mother had owned before she met her father. At that time, the beautiful girl was just an ordinary person, not a noble.

The origin of this pendant is that a servant who was finally released after being imprisoned for a long time had to go through all kinds of hardships to find Natalia and give it to her.

It is said that she is Natalia's mother, who asked her servant to give her a token of her only daughter.

With it, even if the mother has forgotten her daughter's appearance and the child has grown up after many years, the mother can still find her child with the token and confirm her identity.

Now, Natalia no longer hopes to find her mother with this thing, maybe she is no longer alive.

The preservation of this thing to this day is more of a reflection of the grief of my loved ones.

Malashenko can understand Natalia's feelings and knows how important this small pendant is to his wife. Haunted by deep feelings of guilt and love, Malashenko couldn't help but hold his lover in his arms tighter and closer to his chest.

"I know what I have to face, I can bear it, I have already prepared for it."

"I just hope this won't separate us, my dear. You have been the only constant and always-present person in my world since I was a child. I lost my parents, my home, and the one who loved me and who I once was. Everything I love and have, I really can’t bear the pain of losing you anymore!”

"As long as I can always have my place in your heart, I will be satisfied. The only home in my childhood memories is as happy and harmonious as ever. I have always believed that you will be a more powerful person than my father." You will do better than him, and I just want to be by your side to witness all this happening, that’s the only thing I want to say.”

From smiling and speaking softly at the beginning, to now crying into a ball.

Natalia's huge changes in just a few minutes were like the ups and downs of her life, repeated again and again.

When she was a child, Natalia once had the purest and most beautiful happiness, but it was torn into pieces and completely lost in a sudden change.

The subsequent stories are full of misfortune and sadness. Fortunately, when Natalia was very young, a "similar" friend who also lost her biological parents stayed with her and never left her.

When she was discriminated against and no other children wanted to play with her, it was the little boy in ragged clothes who quietly hid behind the tree and watched her. After gathering up the courage, he finally came to her, reached out and took out the wooden toy he had carved out with his newly learned carpentry skills, and invited her to share the joy of making the toy with his own hands.

When she was bullied, looked down upon because of her poor background and lack of parents, and was pushed around like a rag doll by urchins in the muddy ground. It was the "giant boy" who was only 12 years old and over 1.7 meters tall. He stood up in the pouring rain and beat the urchins with his fists as big as sand bowls and his tall and unshakable body. A man with a bruised nose and swollen face ran away in embarrassment.

That day, the laughter and laughter of warming up under the dilapidated wooden shed and hanging clothes to ward off the cold was probably the happiest thing in Natalia’s memory as a girl, even though it was a child who was three years younger than her. boy.

A girl's most ignorant first love and love sprouted and were born at that time.

"Do you still remember the scene of taking shelter from the rain and drying clothes under the shabby hut of Uncle Ivan's house? I still haven't forgotten it."

Just like Natalia had just cut the topic, Malashenko also chose to use the same method to lead the topic to unique memories.

"Of course I remember. That is a day I will never forget. Why do you ask about this suddenly? My dear."

It's like the sky has not cleared up after the rain, but the first ray of sunshine has broken through the clouds in the sky and sprinkled on the earth. That important memory that Malashenko believed was enough to make Natalia stop crying and grieving, and jump from the unfortunate memory to the completely opposite memory.

Looking at the lover who still has tears in his arms, but a smile has appeared on his face again.

Malashenko, who was convinced that he could accurately retrieve the unique first-born emotion from the memory he inherited from that day, spoke again.

"Maybe many years have passed, but I still clearly remember that at that moment, I made the decision to accompany this girl throughout my life. I am very happy to see that I have not changed today, and I can still Stay with her quietly like this."

Between true lovers, there are always some shared memories that are worth remembering forever, which is what people often call beautiful.

Fortunately, but also inevitably, there is indeed such an unforgettable moment between Malashenko and Natalia.

There was no oath of love or exchange of promises between each other, but the shy and silly smile of the most ignorant and innocent you looking at me and me looking at you became the love between the two of them in the patter of rain and the warmth of the fire. A shared moment that can never be erased.

"I hope I can hold your hand all the time, no matter what happens, and witness the equally beautiful tomorrow of our love and your future."