The Devil Doctor's Spicy Love-Chapter 445: Sorry for the long wait

Huayuan.

The door slowly opened, a beam of light slipping through the cracks in the dark room. But Ruolan didn’t stir. She remained motionless near the window, staring at the street outside.

A soft pair of footsteps approached her, the figure then eventually sitting opposite her in silence. After waiting in the stillness, a voice whispered to her,

"Ruolan."

For the first time in years, a spark glimmered in her eyes. Her ever clouded gaze moved as if a long spell was lifted. A voice that rang in the depths of her memories somewhere resurfaced. A familiar voice which she had heard a long time ago.

"Ruolan..."

Ruolan finally stirred, the voice hitting the notes of her heart yet again. Ever so slowly, she turned her head. At first, the face looked blurry. Then the features felt more and more clear to her. The beautiful face of her sister she had always adored.

It had been close to fourteen years since she had last seen that face but her sister’s beauty hadn’t faded one bit. Even after so long, Ruolan recognized Nuwa as if it was just yesterday.

"Nu...wa...?"

Her voice was barely a whisper that didn’t even make it out of her lips. The name only hung in silence.

"Yes..."

In a daze, Ruolan moved. Lifting her frail hand, she reached out to hold her face. Her fingers brushed past her cheeks and swayed with her hair locks.

"Nuwa...?"

Nuwa’s quivering lips couldn’t speak. Silently, she placed her hand over hers, gripping it firmly in her warmth.

"Yes, it’s me," her warm tears made a blot on her dress as they continued to flow without an end in sight.

"It’s me Ruolan. I am Nuwa. I..." her cheeks as she tried to hold herself back. "I am sorry it took me so long to return."

Ruolan stared blankly. She felt like she was dreaming that her lost sister had come to meet her.

"It’s a dream...again..." she weakly whispered.

Nuwa shook her head. "It’s real this time, Ruolan."

Ruolan trembled. Her mind couldn’t process it for quite some time. She thought the warmth lingering in her hand would dissipate away. But it held on because Nuwa was still there.

"Nuwa...Nuwa...you are...really...here?"

She nodded hard, clutching onto her sister’s hand with all her might.

Ruolan moved again. Closer this time. She lifted her left hand this time, cupping her right cheek. She squished and pinched those cheeks, gently tugged at a few hair locks and looked up and down from head to toe several times.

"Nuwa..."

Tears brimmed her eyes, finally escaping her eyelashes. "Nuwa, you are really...in front of me...You are...alive..." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Nuwa leaned over to pull her in her embrace. Wrapping her arms around her back, she hugged her hard, breaking down into tears. She simply cried, not saying another word.

Ruolan felt the landscape becoming clearer to her. The grey mist was finally allowing the light to seep through her dark world. Her arms remained still in the air, trembling. They then slowly moved, touching her back.

As another tear slid down her cheek, she chuckled in a daze. "Nuwa is here...alive. I knew it...I kept telling Sicong. I kept telling him...that you wouldn’t disappear on us. But he didn’t believe me..."

Nuwa continued to wail in silence. Her heart squeezed under the weight of her grief.

"I knew something had happened with you..I told him to find you...But he...he didn’t listen to me," her voice choked. "Nuwa, he didn’t listen to me..."

"Yes, he didn’t. He never would have because he was involved with the Hous’."

"He didn’t listen to me, Nuwa. I kept telling him again and again...I...kept..."

Nuwa felt her going limp in her arms and she withdrew quickly. Her eyes widened seeing her breath heavily and unevenly with her eyes struggling to keep open.

"Ru-Ruolan? What’s wrong?" She gently shook her shoulders, but Ruolan continued to be unresponsive, mumbling to herself.

"I kept telling him..."

"Ruolan? Ruolan!"

"Sis!"

Yong hurried inside the room, followed by Shilin. "What’s wrong?"

"Yong! W-What happened to her? Sh-she is not looking well..." Nuwa burst into tears.

"Sis, please calm down," Shilin said.

He supported Ruolan and helped her rest back. He did a preliminary checkup and smiled.

"She is fine, sis. She is simply overwhelmed for now. Her body is not able to keep up with her emotions. But it’s nothing scary. She was living detached and unresponsive for a long time. Not talking or mingling with anyone. Now that you are back, it’s like she is regaining her senses all at once. It will take some time to come back to normalcy."

"She...is really okay?" she shivered.

He nodded.

Nuwa pressed her lips. "It’s...it’s all because of me...Ruolan suffered because of me," she clenched her fists.

"It’s not your fault, sis," Yong held her hands and smiled. "You were only trying to protect yourself. The fewer people knew about you, the better it was."

"No, I should have told her. I should have asked Shilin to tell her. Sh-She deserved to know..."

Shilin said, "No, sis. I get where you are coming from. But by the time I had learned about you, sis Ruolan was already in a fragile state of mind. She would have definitely insisted on meeting you, to personally see you, but...it was very risky for Mr. Zhuo’s plans. He wanted to hide you in absolute secrecy with only him and me knowing about it. It’s nobody’s fault, sis."

Nuwa sniffled, wiping her eyes.

"Zihan is outside, right?"

"Yes."

She nodded and stood back up, leaving the room. Climbing down the stairs, she exited the building where she saw Zihan leaning against a pillar. The moment his gaze met hers, he sprang to his feet, rushing towards her.

"Nuwa," he hugged her once, then held her face. "Did you meet her?"

"Hm..." she trembled. "But she is very weak."

Zihan pursed his lips. He gently bumped his forehead on hers. "She will be alright now, Nuwa. Now that you are here, she will get back on her feet. Just like me..."

His warm, gentle voice made her cry harder. She then asked, "Do you...mind if I stay with Ruolan for a few days?"

He smiled. "That isn’t a question you even need to ask. You stay with her for as long as you want to. She needs you."

"But we..."

"Of course, I will come and meet you everyday. Seriously, every single day till you will get bored of my face, but I will still keep coming because there is no way I will ever let a day pass by now without seeing your beautiful eyes."

Nuwa burst into a chuckle through her tears. "There is no way I will get tired of seeing you."

"Well, you should hold onto that thought. I am gonna be super clingy haha!"