The 3 B's- Beauty, Brains and Bravery

Chapter 304: "I am sorry that we couldn't make it."

The moment the woman's voice landed upon the girl's ears , her eyes widened as her fingers around the trigger of the revolver froze. Suddenly , she felt her legs shaking as her grip over the grenade in her jacket loosened. She didn't knew how , but her throat turned heavy , making her unable to utter a single word.

Xi Yuan , of course listened to the woman's voice as well. And although he wasn't expecting something like this to unfold at the place , his eyes started searching for his woman the second he heard the contents of the message. He knew that the girl had no memory of her parents , neither did she knew where they were till date. For an unknown reason, he knew that the girl's reaction was bound to be extreme. 

And as expected , the man's eyes landed upon a completely frozen Rong Xinghe , tears clouding her eyes. The man was about to rush towards the girl when he realized that one of the attackers was already standing behind the girl , pointing his revolver towards her head. Xi Yuan , subconsciously lifted his hand up in mid air and pulled the trigger of his gun. But the gun had ran out of the bullets unfortunately. The man scrunched his brows and sweared under his breath before he ran towards the girl as he didn't had enough time to refill the bullets into the gun at that time. 

"Ughh !"

The girl was lost in her thoughts when she was distracted by Xi Yuan's suppressed groan. The girl shook her head to brush away her series of thoughts , fixing her attention upon her surroundings. It was now that she felt Xi Yuan breathing sharply against the nape of her neck silently. The girl turned around as her eyes landed upon the man's right arm , the cloth over it soaked in blood !

"Yuan !", the girl screamed worriedly as the man leaned against her even further and buried his face into her neck.

Next second , three more gunshots resounded across the house as all the remaining attackers were killed at once , by the girl. Someone had to bring this to an end , after all.

"Are you fine , sweetie ?", the girl asked anxiously to the man.

"I am fine , Xinghe.", the man cleared his throat before he pulled out his handkerchief and passed it to the girl ,"You aren't hurt , right ?"

"You've got to be kidding me , Yuan. You took the shot for me , yet you are asking me this question. You shouldn't have done it , bub,", the girl complained , tying the handkerhief tightly around the man's arm in order to stop the bleeding to some extent. 

Xi Yuan simply smiled at the woman in front of him. Was this girl really expecting him to see her get shot just like that ? Was that even possible ? Silly ! He was here to protect her in the first place. There was no way he was going to let her suffer the pain of even a thorn , let alone a bullet. 

"Xinghe , about that recording...",the man hesitated ,"Do you want to look into it further ? I mean , if it makes you uncomfortable..."

"I want to know about it.", the girl said ,"But let me take you to the hospital first. The officers will collect the recording later."

The girl was about to leave with the man , when the recording resumed automatically , making them stop in their tracks. The recording was addressed to Lu Wei's parents , Lu Hogguang and Zheng Keer.

"Tell my daughters this when they are old enough to understand it , Keer. Tell them that their mother and father loved them dearly. Although we never got enough time to spend with them , they were the two pieces of my heart."

Rong Xinghe and Xi Yuan turned around to look at the screen in the empty house. It wasn't flickering anymore. Instead , it was showing a video clip. A woman in her late 20's with dark brown hair , similar to that of Rong Xinghe was smiling at the camera as tears flowed down her eyes. Her eyes were almond brown in color , just like Rong Xiao. One look at the lady and anyone could tell that she was none other than the Rong twins' mother !

Xi Yuan , subconsciously intertwined his fingers with the girl's , pulling her close to his chest by her shoulders ,"Xinghe..."

"Let me listen.", the girl murmured softly in a shaky voice. 

Xi Yuan let out a sigh before he looked at the video clip in front of him. Rong Xinghe's mother was clearly sitting in a flight , her father sitting beside his wife. This was the first time that Xi Yuan had seen this infamous couple. So he was also looking forward to what the video was actually about. 

"Hugguang , Keer. Last time I remember , Xinghe and Xiao were in Lu Wei and Zhi Xi's arms , when we left for the mission. Our two angels , were sleeping so peacefully in their brothers' safe embraces. It is a pity we both won't be able to see them walk down the altar.

"Look , we have very less time left. So please convey my messages to my daughters. Tell them that like every mother , I also dreamt to see them go to school. We also wanted to see them getting graduated. And we also wanted to see them both fall in love and get married. But clearly, destiny... had other plans for us.

"I never thought that our goodbye would be so soon. To be honest , we never wanted a goodbye from our babies."

As the lady broke down while speaking , the twins' father , Rong Anguo rubbed her shoulder and spoke up ,"Show this to Xinghe and Xiao someday , Hogguang. As a father , I just don't know what to say and how to say. I am sorry I wasn't there to shield you both from all the harms. Normally , it is said that , unlike mothers , fathers find it difficult to express themselves to their children.

"But in our case , I never got to know what kind of dad I am. Maybe the worst dad ever , for I was never there for you both. I was not there when you were learning to ride bicycle or when you were building a snow-man during winter's first snow fall. I am a bad father. Maybe a ranked scientist , but a very disappointing father. I just have one thing to say to you girls. I am sorry. I am sorry that we couldn't make it."