Nana was shocked.
How could this be…
So it turned out that William had never fallen in love with someone else, never forgotten her.
He had always loved her deeply.
Everything William did was not because he didn’t love her, but because he loved her too much.
Nana suddenly felt a sourness in her nose, and a mist of tears clouded her vision.
She never expected that the truth behind William’s breakup with her all those years ago would be so cruel.
It was because of her respected parents!
They despised William’s background, despised his family situation, and went to find him, asking him to leave her.
And William, he actually did as they wished.
Why was he so foolish!
He didn’t say anything, didn’t tell her anything, silently bearing everything on his own.
“Where is William? I want to see him.” Nana took a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent waves of emotions in her heart.
She wanted to see him, desperately wanted to see him!
There were some questions she needed to ask him in person.
Scarlet hesitated for a moment. “William doesn’t know that I came to see you. If he finds out that I told you all this, he will blame me. But I can’t bear to see him suffer like this anymore. He’s currently living at No. 55 Cobalt Alley. You should go see him.”
“Thank you,” Nana sincerely said.
She genuinely thanked the girl in front of her, grateful to Scarlet for revealing the truth to her.
Otherwise, she might have remained in the dark for the rest of her life.
After leaving the café, Nana hailed a taxi and headed straight to the address Scarlet had given her.
Arriving at the entrance, the thought of being able to see William soon made Nana’s heart beat rapidly.
She took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself.
With trembling hands, Nana knocked on the door.
But there was no response.
Could it be that William wasn’t home?
She knocked for a long time, and Nana felt a bit disappointed.
Why did it have to be so unfortunate?
After thinking about it, Nana decided to wait here until William returned.
She was eager to see him, to clarify what had happened in the past.
Just as Nana’s heart was pounding with excitement, a familiar voice came from behind, filled with astonishment. “Nana?”
This voice… it was William!
Nana’s heart skipped a beat. She turned around, and what she saw was William’s handsome face, carrying a hint of weariness.
He was holding groceries, having just returned from the market, and there he saw the figure he had yearned for day and night, the one he always kept in his heart.
William couldn’t believe his eyes as he looked at Nana before him. He took a few steps closer. “What are you doing here?”
Nana’s eyes turned red in an instant. She threw herself into William’s arms, her voice trembling. “William, I know everything now, I know!”
She knew everything?
What did she know?
William was immensely shocked at this moment. Why did Nana know he was living here? Why did she suddenly appear?
With a thud, the groceries in William’s hands fell to the ground.
His hands trembled slightly as he gently caressed Nana’s back.
If he were more rational, he should have acted as usual, pretending to dislike Nana and angrily driving her away.
But looking at the sorrowful woman before him, the woman who had suffered so much while carrying a child, William couldn’t do it.
Nana had already been hurt enough by Carl. If he were to be cruel to her as well, she would collapse.
“Nana, come inside,” William patted Nana’s back, his deep gaze fixed on her face.
She had become thinner.
“Mm-hmm,” Nana nodded, realizing her own emotional outburst, and she released her grip on William.
Following behind William, Nana entered through the door.
It was a run-down small house with only a few basic pieces of furniture, kept spotlessly clean.
“You live here?” Nana looked around and felt a pang of pain in her heart.
William smiled, “It’s fine here.”
Yes, it was already good enough here.
When he was teaching in the Ylery mountain area, the conditions there were thousands of times worse than now.
But the children there worked hard, striving to change their own destinies through education.
“Nana, have a seat,” William supported Nana, urging her to sit on the bed.
At this moment, the distance between the two was so close, and Nana caught a whiff of his unique scent, momentarily feeling dazed.
It was as if they had returned to their university days.
Back then, the two of them were so happy, so sweet, full of expectations for the future.
But now, after so many things had happened, everything had changed, and they were no longer the same people.
“William, I only found out today that my father went to look for you back then,” Nana raised her gaze, looking directly at the man in front of her, “Why didn’t you tell me? Why did you bear everything on your own?”
A wave of emotions surged through William’s heart. He realized that Nana had come here today to learn about what had happened back then.
And this matter, apart from him and Jerry, had only been mentioned when he was drunk and confided in Scarlet.
So, it was Scarlet who went to find Nana.
“Your father did it for your own good,” William furrowed his brows, looking at Nana with gentle eyes.
He could understand Jerry’s feelings. Who would be willing to hand over their precious daughter to a penniless poor boy?
So, he made the decision to break up with Nana back then.
He was willing to bear all the pain on his own as long as Nana could find happiness.
But what William didn’t anticipate was that Nana wasn’t happy now.
“For my own good? Is it for my own good to separate me from the person I deeply love?” Nana’s emotions grew more intense. “Why did you all decide my life for me? How dare you make decisions on my behalf?”
“I’m sorry, Nana. I thought you would be happier without me,” William’s voice was filled with self-blame.
“You thought? You thought? Everything is what you thought! Why didn’t you consider my feelings?” Nana raised her voice, “Do you know how heartbroken I was when you broke up with me? I almost couldn’t go on living…”
“I know, I’m sorry.” Seeing Nana’s painful expression, William’s heart shattered.
But was he not suffering as well?
His heartache was no less than Nana’s.
He escaped to a remote mountain area to teach, drowning his sorrows in alcohol every day, and later, he deliberately pushed the woman he loved the most into Carl’s arms, watching her become pregnant with Carl’s child.
Who would know his pain?
For Nana’s happiness, he was willing to make any sacrifice.
“I never expected Carl to treat you like this.” As he thought about the online reports, William’s face turned incredibly grim.
He thought Carl would be like him, wholeheartedly treating Nana well, bringing her happiness. But within a few months, Carl had moved on, started a relationship with Grace, and even had a child!