Second chance

38. A Narrow Escape

Sooyoung took a sympathetic look at his brother and said with a heavy sigh, "Just stop it. I'm so sad..."

"Why?" Yoong asked.

Stephanie had finished eating his bread and drinking his milk, and Taeyeon handed him a tissue. 

Stephanie casually took it over and wiped his mouth, following which he leaned on Taeyeon's shoulder and closed his eyes to rest. 

In a tone of irony, he said, "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed."

Yoong frowned and tried to ask him why, but Taeyeon quickly changed the topic. 

"By the way, are you familiar with Hongshi Mountain? Is there anything delicious in Hongshi Mountain? Is there any seafood restaurant?"

Her voice was so light that Stephanie didn't find her voice jarring even though he was leaning on her shoulder.

Although Sooyoung knew of Taeyeon's real identity, he couldn't understand why she was so crazy about seafood, so he couldn't help sneering, 

"Erika, did you never eat seafood before? Or is it that your Grandpa didn't allow you to eat seafood?"

How could she love seafood so much?!

Stephanie seemed to have fallen asleep, leaning on Taeyeon's shoulder while wearing a peaceful and satisfied look that was not as cold as usual. Taeyeon looked at him with a sigh and whispered, 

"I just like it. Grandpa once asked people to wait at the wharf every morning to buy newly fished seafood and send it to our house so that I could eat fresh catch every day."

Her eyes turned red as she spoke of her grandpa; clearly, she was missing him. Sooyoung pursed his lips and said, 

"I still can't believe the things that happened to you. It turns out that there really is something like reincarnation in the world. That's really... amazing."

Taeyeon smiled, but looked greatly sad. "Maybe it's due to God's mercy that I can live again, but..." Taeyeon looked at Stephanie, put his finger onto her palm and continued softly, 

"This experience let me know that someone has been loving me very deeply, so I can't let him down."

Stephanie turned his hand to hold hers in his palm. Sooyoung and Yoong immediately felt like 'they were shot in the heart again! Why couldn't they just stop?'

It was said that Her Royal Highness of Empire Group was a heartless person. Why was the little princess they knew so nice and warm?

When the four of them arrived at Hongshi Mountain, it was just 9:10 am. The deep-pocketed company, OLS, had booked the entirety of Hongshi Mountain for one day to shoot the TV commercial, so when they reached the mountain, there weren't many people around and it was not as busy as usual.

Stephanie woke up when they were about to arrive. Perhaps he had a nightmare, or perhaps he didn't feel comfortable because he had been sleeping with his head tilted, but he looked displeased after waking up. He simply held onto Taeyeon's hand and remained silent with a straight face.

It was Taeyeon's first time coming to Hongshi Mountain. As soon as she got off the car, she was fascinated by the red maple leaves all over the mountain. 

She looked up at the leaves falling from the sky and exclaimed, 

"Oh, it's so beautiful! When a breeze blows, it looks like it's raining red."

Stephanie stood beside her and slightly raised his head to look at the sky with a grim face as if thinking of something.

Taeyeon turned her head to ask Stephanie how he felt about the beautiful scene only to see his grim look. She frowned and asked in a low voice, "What's up?"