Chapter 2274 Goodbye

Edward's eyes lit up, and he nodded and said, "What a coincidence, I also have such a plan. I will go to Mentor Rawls tomorrow to find out if I can continue to follow him to study for a doctorate degree in Austrian law."

"Can you stop comparing us all the time, boy?" Thomas looked at Edward unhappily, "Just because Joan and I both have a doctorate, so you must get a degree too, you said you are such an adult, why? Are you still so childish?"

"I want to study, it's none of your business!" Edward glared at Thomas, "Who is comparing with you? You may not be able to get a doctor's degree. Now you are a doctor, you are really shameless!"

"Okay, okay, you two stop arguing..." Qiao An tried to persuade the fight.

At this time, the melody of the piano came from upstairs.

Qiao An turned around and looked at the place where the sound of the piano came from, her heart surged up and down with the melody.

The melodious prelude still reverberates in the hall. Accompanied by the piano sound, the girl's crisp, sweet and slightly sad singing came from the piano room on the second floor.

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goodbye, please be happy

i wasted too much time

so stupid just to hide all feelings

now you are leaving

I beg your forgiveness

i should have told you sooner

I've loved you so long

let's go, let's go now

I can get used to the wind and the cold night without you

Without you, I can be with the caterpillars

There are also butterflies, let's lie to ourselves that there is no trouble

don't delay, bye

Please be happy!

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Joan stood among the crowd, looking up to listen to the sound of the piano and singing coming from Rebecca's room on the second floor.

In this sweet and sad song, countless past events flooded into my heart, and countless warm pictures flashed before my eyes, and finally it was frozen at the moment when he broke up with Rebecca.

At this moment, he can no longer pretend to be stupid, and can no longer deceive himself.

He could hear it, and so could all the guests in the hall. Rebecca sang this song specially for him.

"Sorry, I'm going out to blow some air, and I'll be right back!"

Joan nodded to Edward and Thomas, turned around and hurried out of the banquet hall, standing in the night-shrouded courtyard, letting the wind and snow dry the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Standing alone in the cold wind for a long time, Joan's turbulent mood calmed down a little, and he was about to return to the hall when the slight sound of trampling on the snow behind him made his heartstrings tense again.

"Joan..."

A girl called from behind, her trembling tone revealing her inner anxiety, lest he leave without saying goodbye.

"I thought you were leaving..."

Joan took a deep breath, and finally plucked up the courage to turn around and face Rebecca. Facing the beautiful face that was a little less childish but more charming than before, she said with mixed feelings: "I heard you sing that song just now. , I felt very guilty, and I came out to reflect... I'm sorry, Rebecca, I should have written to you, but I haven't written a single letter in five years."

"I haven't written to you, so we're 'even'?" Rebecca shook her head, a self-deprecating smile appeared on the corner of her lips, "I used to say such stupid things, but now I don't want to deceive myself anymore Yes! Joan, do you know why I don't write to you?"

"You're angry with me, and I really don't deserve your forgiveness."

Joan blamed himself deeply, but his introspection was immediately stopped by Rebecca.

"No! Fool, because I'm afraid!"

"Afraid?" Joan repeated her words in confusion, "What are you afraid of?"

"If we both refuse to take the initiative to write to each other, I can still comfort myself and pretend that I am still angry, as if the initiative of reconciliation is in my own hands, and I am in an advantageous position in this cold war between you and me. May as well be patient Waiting for you to take the initiative to write an apology."

"However, if I take the initiative to write to you, but you still don't reply to me, I can no longer lie to myself, and have to face a cruel reality, that is, you don't care about me at all... This will completely kill me The courage to go down."

The more Rebecca spoke, the more excited she became, and tears welled up in her eyes. She had to stop, restrain her emotions a little, and then bravely speak out what was in her heart.

"I'm afraid of being disillusioned, so I'd rather pretend to be angry with you, pretend not to forgive you for abandoning me, hide in a cocoon of wishful thinking, and refuse to face reality."

Joan's heart throbbed violently.

This heartache made him finally be able to empathize with Rebecca on the farewell night five years ago.

"Okay, I finally said everything I wanted to say in front of you, Joan, let the past go, we are still good friends, right?"

The girl stared with tears in her eyes, full of anticipation, but worried about being hit again, her nervous expression seemed to be waiting for the verdict.

"Of course, we will always be good friends." Joan replied without thinking.

Rebecca let out a long sigh of relief, tears appeared on her face along with a smile.

"I've been waiting for five years just to hear you say this to me...Sorry, I'm actually very happy, I wanted to laugh, but the tears...It ran out by itself, it's none of my business!"

Seeing her embarrassment that she was trying to hide, Joan was both funny and sad, took out a handkerchief and passed it silently.

Rebecca took the handkerchief, wiped the corners of her eyes gently, and took the opportunity to cover her face until she was able to calmly control her emotions and expressions. She pretended to be inadvertently holding his arm, and asked him to accompany her for a walk in the courtyard, and chatted with him by the way. Talk about the encounters in the past five years.

Joan recounted all the major experiences over the years.

Rebecca seemed to have an almost obsessive interest in every detail of his life, asking now and then.

Joan tried his best to answer in detail, but it was boring to always talk about his own affairs, and he also wanted to know more about Rebecca's experiences over the years.

"Don't just listen to me, how have you been these years?"

"Me?" The girl shrugged her shoulders and spread her hands, her words filled with resentment: "I'm not like you. I can go to other places to study and travel and adventure according to my own wishes. My life is monotonous. I have been at home or at school for the past five years. What is there to say!"

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but count the old scores again.

"In the final analysis, it's your fault! If you were willing to take me away from home and go to Midgard together, I wouldn't have wasted five years... If my vision came true, Joan, what do you think we will be now? What kind of a scene?"

The girl's eyes were full of longing.

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PS. The song played and sung by Rebecca in this chapter is translated from a fragment of "Goodbye" (Adieu, rose solo) in the French musical "The Little Prince".

Playing this song when coding late at night will always make me feel ups and downs... I recommend it to interested book friends to try.