Chapter 816: Extra 5

"Zhang Qian, are you capable or not?" A flamboyant female voice came from not far away. Duo Xiaoyu looked at him with a sly grin, her eyes filled with cunning.

Zhang Qian gave a cold snort, "Duo Xiaoyu, today I'll let you see whether your man is capable or not!"

In an instant, his thoughts returned to the present. He ran quickly up the steps, and the two chasing figures grew more and more distant along this mountain road.

When he was in his twenties, he met a girl who stirred his heart. He thought, anyone who saw such a bright and beautiful person would be moved, right?

The smile when a stone hit a rabbit, her pride after they butchered a wild boar together, her excitement when there was prey in the trap—every expression and smile of hers seemed to tug at his heartstrings.

"Zhang Qian, help me take good care of her."

When the boss said these words, his blood seemed to turn cold, but he still agreed. The mission was still ongoing; he had no way to escape, and no way to leave.

When she made a move, he would unconsciously coordinate with her. He knew it was instinct, and after controlling it several times, this instinct became something he could not resist.

She married the boss and followed the army to the Northeast Camp. Seeing her smiling like a flower every day, he thought that things being this way was also fine.

The first love that stirred his heart was placed in the deepest part of his soul, and he just treated her as a friend through life and death.

She was admitted to Beijing University, and he followed her to Beijing. He didn't want to disturb her life; he just wanted to watch her from afar.

"She doesn't even know; don't you feel it's a loss?" Duo Xiaoyu was the first person to see through his thoughts.

Their way of getting along was very special; apart from bickering and arguing, it was just bickering and arguing. That was the first time she spoke calmly and without being contrary.

"What are you talking about?" He instinctively resisted this topic, as if his inner self were being dissected. The secret he had hidden the deepest was being dug out by someone, and he felt panicked and afraid.

He hadn't thought of anything; he just wanted to watch her. Was this opportunity also about to be lost?

"If you love her, why not fight for it?"

The girl looked distressed, her eyes fixed on him as if looking at a fool, "If you don't say it, how would she know?"

Zhang Qian closed his eyes, "By the time I saw through my own heart, I no longer had the qualifications to say it."

He admitted it. For so many years, he had been conflicted and in pain. He felt like a rat in the shadows, secretly peeking at someone else's life.

But he couldn't help it, and he couldn't let go.

He didn't ask to obtain her; he only wanted to be a little closer to her. Was even such a humble wish impossible?

"Then just let it go." When Duo Xiaoyu spoke, it was a matter of course. Despite being dressed in men's clothing and being such a thin girl, she carried a certain coldness, "Loving someone you cannot have is too painful."

"If you know it cannot be done, then let it go."

"Letting her go is even more about letting yourself go." She lay on the lawn, not knowing if she was looking at the starry sky or thinking about something, frowning with a look of deep thought.

Zhang Qian lay down beside her. They lay side by side, and after a long time, he finally found his voice, "Little brat, what do you know? How can feelings be so easy to control?"

If they could be controlled, he would have reined in his heart long ago, and he wouldn't be in pain.

Duo Xiaoyu frowned, "But... your pain wasn't brought by An Jie; it was something you gave to yourself."

"An Jie was never wrong. The one who was moved was you, and the one who couldn't forget was you. What fault did she have?"

The sentence, which had no emotion, was like a sharp sword piercing the heart, causing Zhang Qian's bewildered inner self to suddenly wake up.

He...

Yes, everything was him. What did it have to do with Nan Nan?

At this moment, he discovered that the stars in the sky were very bright, and he found that such a night was very beautiful. Even if she wasn't by his side, even if he couldn't see her figure, the sky was still that same sky, and the grass was still that same grass; nothing had changed.

It was just his state of mind that had changed.

"Little brat, you know quite a lot!" Zhang Qian said, then smiled.

Duo Xiaoyu sat up, "An Jie once said, 'The authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear.' I am just an outsider, after all."

That day's conversation untied his heart's knot.

And in the days of bickering that followed, he realized that he had never denied that he had loved An Yinan.

But now...

Duo Xiaoyu was never a substitute. She was herself. She loved him, but she loved herself even more.

She liked her career and flew all over the world for the company's projects. She had her own plans and life, but...

In her plans and in her life, there was him.

On the day he got married, he finally understood that when it comes to love, one person is too lonely, three people are too crowded, and two people are just right.

And their story was slowly unfolding.

His heart was placed in the sunlight, placed in the hot spring, and she was also offering her blessings.