Chapter 814: Extra 3

"Yuanyuan, let's go for a walk. My back hurts; I've been too tired lately."

Nan Nan knocked on her door, and she hurriedly climbed out of bed. Nan Nan had been very tired lately; it seemed the An Group was about to go public, and the time she spent busy every day was increasing.

"I'm coming right now, let me change my clothes."

She hurriedly replied; she couldn't keep Nan Nan waiting for long.

"Change into something nice, we'll wear matching sister outfits," Nan Nan's voice came from outside the door again.

"Got it." Helpless, she thought, she had to spoil her own sister.

She took a pink Cheongsam from the wardrobe. This Cheongsam had been sent over by Nan Nan two days ago; it was a new arrival from Hong Kong City, not even on the market there yet.

"Oh my, my little Yuanyuan is truly beautiful."

She looked at Nan Nan's expression, feeling completely helpless, "Shall we go?"

"Wait a moment, let me put some makeup on you."

"It's already night, let's not, I'll have to take it off when I get back." She looked at her friend's unusual behavior, torn between laughter and tears, but she didn't think too much about it.

An Yinan applied light makeup for her, and under the glowing lights, her smiling face looked so beautiful.

"Perfect, let's go."

Nan Nan pulled her along and walked straight outside. The direction was actually toward Beijing University?

"The school should be closed by now, right?"

She asked softly, but she didn't refuse. In this life, the only person she couldn't refuse was Nan Nan, right?

"You'll know in a moment."

When Nan Nan pulled her over, she saw her friends around her, saw the children Chen Anhua and Chen Anxia, both holding flower baskets and tossing red petals into the air.

"Yuanyuan, my work dictates that I am not the master of my own actions. Can you accept me like this?"

"You..."

"Do you still want me?"

Xie Shuyang held a bouquet of white lilies—her favorite flowers—and knelt on one knee, looking at his beloved girl with a focused gaze filled with deep emotion.

This was the tribulation of his life, a tribulation he had willingly sought.

From childhood to adulthood, she had always been his tribulation.

Seeing her tears made him feel helpless; seeing her frown made his heart ache.

But, once he entered a project, he lost track of time. She was afraid of the dark, she was afraid of pain, yet he couldn't be by her side.

A man like him—did she still want him?

Xie Yuanyuan walked over step by step, looking at the man she had dreamed of day and night. At this moment, he was kneeling inside a heart shape made of bright red rose petals. Beside the heart, layers of snacks were spread out. She could even smell roast duck, Spicy Strips, ham sausages, biscuits, and even the old man's braised dishes...

Is this seduction? This is damn well food-seduction!

"Xie Shuyang, you jerk!" She walked over, her entire face somewhat twisted.

Xie Shuyang was a bit dazed. What happened? Where did he go wrong?

An Yinan covered her face with an expression that was hard to describe.

"What's going on?" Li Xiue asked.

"I guess Yuanyuan smelled the food and had to agree, so she's embarrassed and angry now."

Just as An Yinan's words fell, Xie Yuanyuan spoke up, "You clearly knew I love to eat, yet you used these things to tempt me. What is your intention?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Shuyang smiled dotingly, "My intention is to trick you back to my home."

"Well, alright then." Xie Yuanyuan's saliva was almost flowing out; she couldn't resist at all!

Her heart had already been stirred, and having delicious food to accompany it seemed like a wonderful thing too.

"You girl, can't you be a little more reserved?"

Father Xie looked pained. The girl he had raised for over twenty years had been rooted up by someone else's pig; couldn't he be allowed to be pained for a while?

Although the two Xies becoming one was a good thing, and he had been somewhat prepared for it.

But the cabbage being rooted up was his own!

He used to think Xie Shuyang was perfect in every way, but now he looked at him and found everything wrong. Why did he have to grow so tall when he had nothing better to do? His daughter had to tilt her head to look at him. He was so thin, could he even handle it? Would his health be bad?

And he was away from home all year round, leaving his daughter to do everything herself. What was the point of getting married then? She might as well stay at home!

"Dad!"

Xie Yuanyuan stomped her feet, looking at Father Xie with a helpless expression.

Father Xie felt even sadder. His little cotton-padded jacket had become someone else's military overcoat. She wasn't even married yet, and he was already feeling the cold draft.

"Lao Xie, our two Xies becoming one is a good thing."

Xie Shuyang's father also walked over, hurriedly stating his position. If he were a step late, who knew what kind of trouble Lao Xie would stir up? If he managed to persuade Yuanyuan, his own son would go crazy.

He had been infatuated with the little girl from the Xie Family since he was a child. Every holiday, he would disappear, chasing after the little girl's heels all day long. Now that he had dragged it out until he was over thirty, he was finally bringing the little girl home. As his father, he couldn't hold him back!

"Come, come, let's go over there and talk about the children's wedding." Xie Shuyang's father hurriedly pulled the man away.

Xie Yuanyuan's mother and Xie Shuyang's mother walked hand in hand like best friends.

When their family was in trouble, the fact that Yuanyuan could go find their son without hesitation was a reflection of the girl's heart, and also of Lao Xie's heart.

Their family knew how to be grateful; from now on, Yuanyuan would be their own daughter.

"Yuanyuan, are you willing to marry me and become my wife?"

"I cannot promise time, I cannot promise companionship, I cannot promise anything, but in this life, I will only love one person, and only spoil one person."

"Yuanyuan, do you want a man like me?" Xie Shuyang looked at Xie Yuanyuan, holding the flowers in his hands, feeling them grow exceptionally heavy.

Xie Yuanyuan smiled, and on that thin face that was no longer round, the happiest smile of her life bloomed.

"I do."

With just those two words, Xie Shuyang pulled her tightly into his embrace.

An Yinan pressed the camera shutter, watching the couple embracing; having endured hardships, they had finally achieved a happy ending.

Xie Shuyang, his family had been framed, and his parents were sent down to the Cowshed.

His aunt took him to write a letter to sever the father-son relationship, allowing him to escape a disaster, but he could no longer stay in the County, looking at that face, smiling like a flower yet filled with worry.

"Brother Shuyang, it doesn't matter. My father said that my home is your home."

"From now on, I will protect you; no one is allowed to bully you."

That little girl, the only girl who had been able to bully him from childhood to adulthood, had grown increasingly beautiful.

But he could no longer accompany her in the future; he had nothing now, so how could he promise her a future?

He went to the countryside!

While on his way to Quanshui Village, he met someone who was stuck in confusion while calculating a math problem; he didn't speak, but simply reached out to help.

That person remembered his address in the countryside and also learned the reason he had gone to the countryside.

Later, he often wrote letters, and if there were any difficult problems, they would be sent over; after becoming familiar with each other time and again, he came in person, bringing an old man with him.

"Xie Shuyang, are you willing to join the national secret Project Department? From now on, you will become a soldier, strictly disciplining yourself and abiding by the law."

That moment, he still remembers it now; he nodded firmly.

He became a soldier, a soldier working on secret projects; his identity could not be told to anyone.

The country needs Development, and technology needs progress; he must contribute to Huaxia.

His parents were quietly transferred and escaped the control of those who framed them; it was still a Cowshed, but their days became easier, and the matter he worried about was finally resolved.

With mission after mission, the people at the Educated Youth Station had become accustomed to his constant absence.

The Captain seemed to know his identity; every time he signed documents, he was very straightforward and did not make things difficult for him.

That time, he completed a mission and returned to Quanshui Village.

He saw that girl, the one he dreamed of embracing.

"Why did you leave?" Her simple sentence almost made him fall apart.

That expression of wanting to cry but holding it back made him wish he could tell her everything, but he couldn't; the organization had discipline, he had signed secret documents, and he could say nothing, could tell her nothing.

"Are you sure you want me to leave?"

He desperately wanted to hold onto her; what he had always wanted was very simple, just a her!

But...

Why was it so difficult?

That delicate and fragile girl, who had always been pampered, had come to Quanshui Village for his sake, working in the fields every day, crying every day while picking at her blisters.

He couldn't bear to see her suffer, so he hardened his attitude, "You should go back; you don't belong here."

At that time, his heart felt as if it were being gripped by a hand; his whole body trembled slightly from the pain, but how could he bear to see her suffer?

He could suffer a thousand times, ten thousand times more, but he didn't want her to feel even a little bit of pain.

Later, he met the person he was grateful to, who was also Yuanyuan's lifelong best friend, An Yinan.

She awakened him.

"Take care of your own girl yourself."

When she spoke, her expression was very cold, as if carrying a bit of impatience and a bit of disdain.

He began to face his inner heart; could he endure Yuanyuan marrying and having children with someone else?

He could, as long as she was happy.

But could he endure her living an unhappy life?

No, he would be unable to stop himself from killing that person!

Since he was going to gamble on the unknown, it would be better to work hard himself and strive to give her a good life.

He chose to be honest with his heart.

Walking step by step, his identity had always been a state secret; after graduating from Beijing University, he entered the Project Department directly.

This time, he wanted to live for himself, and live for her.

"Yuanyuan."

With a thousand words, he was left with only a murmur, carving her name deeply into the bottom of his heart.