Chapter 1441: Chapter 1441: Ruth Takes Each Step by Herself
The entire rooftop was very spacious; no matter how soft a sound was, it could be heard clearly.
"Don’t you want to move and live somewhere else?" Sylvan Cheney stood by her side and said.
"No change." Jasmine Yale shook her head, but paused for a moment, "Changing is fine too."
As long as he was there, it was good.
Sylvan Cheney pulled her into his embrace, holding her from behind.
His chin rested on her forehead, gently caressing it.
"Let’s watch the stars," Sylvan Cheney said in a low and gentle voice.
Jasmine Yale nodded, her gaze falling on the distant stars.
This was the first time Sylvan Cheney had willingly accompanied her to seriously stargaze; he usually disdained such girlish acts in his eyes.
"Look at that one, that one!" Jasmine Yale pointed excitedly ahead, "Isn’t it bright?"
"Mhm."
Sylvan Cheney still found nothing appealing about stars, unable to understand Jasmine Yale’s aesthetic sense.
He was looking at her.
"Is it beautiful?" Jasmine Yale asked.
"It’s beautiful." His gaze fell on her face.
Jasmine Yale didn’t notice, excitedly watching the stars from south to north.
"That’s the Milky Way." Jasmine Yale pointed out to him, "The river is clear and shallow, how far away is it?"
"Mhm."
"It’s all things my mom told me, I still remember them, isn’t my memory good? Praise me."
"Smart."
Jasmine Yale beamed with happiness. He rarely praised her for being smart.
"Sometimes I really miss my mom, but if she knew someone was with me, she would probably be very happy." When Jasmine Yale mentioned the past again, there was not much sorrow left, after all, so many years had passed.
But the longing was always there.
Sylvan Cheney was silent.
If it hadn’t been for the Cheney Family’s ruthless actions against the Ximenez Family back then, Miss Yana Yale of the Yale family wouldn’t have ended up marrying Kaine Zahir, and Jasmine Yale wouldn’t have grown up without her biological father.
Yana Yale wouldn’t have had to face separation from her husband and twin children, passing away at such a young age.
This debt, it’s hard to tell who owed whom.
"A shooting star! There’s a shooting star!" Jasmine Yale pointed ahead, jumping up.
Sylvan Cheney looked up, and indeed a few shooting stars streaked across the sky.
Jasmine Yale wouldn’t make wishes like she did when she was a child.
As she grew up, she understood that sometimes happiness must be fought for by oneself, rather than just by making wishes.
Wishes are for hope, but life’s path must be walked step by step by oneself.
"Can you still accompany me to watch the stars in the future? Or will it be someone else watching the stars with me..." Jasmine Yale suddenly felt a bit melancholic.
"Don’t think about unnecessary things, at least tonight the person watching the stars with you is me," Sylvan Cheney’s tone had a touch of dominance and depth.
"Have you watched stars with someone else before?"
"I have."
"Who? Who did you watch them with? I asked you to watch them with me before, but you never would, turns out you’ve watched them with someone else, I thought you were impervious, not one to accompany just anyone." Jasmine Yale’s voice was hurried, carrying disappointment and excitement.
"..."
"Who did you watch them with?" Jasmine Yale couldn’t hold back.
"..." Sylvan Cheney said flatly, "Chale Cheney."
"..." Jasmine Yale coughed lightly, turning her face away.
Sylvan Cheney didn’t mind, lowered his head to kiss her lips gently, his lips brushing her earlobe, his voice low and rich: "Is today okay?"
"What."
"Do..."
Jasmine Yale suddenly realized, her face flushing red. She bit her lip and nodded.
Feeling a bit shy, she threw herself into his arms.