"I know." Ye Xuan nodded. "I came back this late because I want to get familiar with things here as soon as possible. I requested this transfer so I could take better care of Ye’er; I really don’t want to bee a burden to her."
"How could our Xiao Xuan ever be a burden?" Grandpa chuckled, tapping him lightly with his cane. "You kid, why are you so lacking in confidence whenever you’re with Ye’er?"
"Great Grandpa, it’s not that I lack confidence, I’m just stating the facts. Aside from helping her at the very beginning, what I’ve brought Ye’er afterwards mostly feels like trouble.
And all those magical things that have happened to Ye’er have already decided that she absolutely won’t live an ordinary, average life.
If I want to stand shoulder to shoulder with her, then I have to figure out my own path and work twice as hard. Only then, if one day she’s tired and wants to rest, will I be able to hold up the sky for her."
Grandpa looked pletely helpless. "Xiao Xuan, do you have any idea your temperament really isn’t the kind that wins people over? You’re always thinking you have to do better than Ye’er in order to protect her. And precisely because you think that way, whenever you act you end up tying your own hands and feet and falling behind.
Have you ever thought about this: just like you said, what Ye’er wants is a man who can fight side by side with her. If one day she’s tired and wants to rest, then she must already have the conditions that allow her to rest.
You’ve been with her this long—don’t tell me you can’t see it? That girl has an insanely strong sense of responsibility. What weighs on her heart is the safety of the Wen Family and the Luo Family. Without absolute certainty, she will never let go."
"I know. But I always hope I can be someone she can rely on with plete peace of mind; I keep hoping she won’t have to be that tired anymore.
When I met her, she was only sixteen—that age is supposed to be the age of blossoms. Even for girls from big families, at that age besides studying hard, they shouldn’t have to worry about much else.
But she had to pretend nothing was wrong while planning for the entire family, including her father’s safety. She... it just hurts to look at her."
"If she wasn’t like that, you wouldn’t have fallen for her, would you?" Grandpa shot back.
"True. What first drew me to her was also the way she pretended everything was fine while tricking me and Captain Jiang into going to the seaside to help her investigate a case..." Ye Xuan chuckled. "Seeing the way she turned her back and laughed when she realized we’d fallen for her scheme, she looked just like a little fox that had just stolen a chicken. But still, you just couldn’t get angry at her."
Grandpa laughed too. "You two didn’t fall into her trap at all, and as for her, there’s no way she didn’t know you’d seen right through her tricks. It’s just that, at that time, that was the only method she had."
"That’s true."
"..."
The more the grandfather and grandson talked, the more fired up they got, and the conversation straight up turned into a Luo Ye Memories Convention...
...
When Luo Ye proposed going together with Zhu Hongyu to the national soldier-selection, Zhu Hongyu just burst out laughing, saying straight up that her grandpa was too awesome.
Only after Luo Ye asked in detail did she find out that after she left, Mr. Zhu had made a bet with his granddaughter, saying that the next day Luo Ye would definitely e to her to go out and select soldiers together.
Naturally, Zhu Hongyu didn’t believe it. The two of them had already agreed the list of candidates would be provided internally, so why waste the time and trouble?
As it turned out, early the next morning she got a call from Luo Ye, and what Luo Ye said was exactly what Mr. Zhu had predicted.
With Mr. Zhu’s clout, this matter was of course approved, and three days later the two of them set off on their soldier-selection trip.
Before leaving, Luo Ye went to see Tang Tang. They hadn’t seen each other for several months, and the other girl had gotten so thin that Luo Ye almost didn’t recognize her. She’d always had a petite frame, and now in a crowd you could barely even spot her.
Tang Tang’s willingness to agree to a marriage with Chen Jianfeng certainly wasn’t because she liked him. Her answer was: since she can no longer have love, then marrying anyone is the same.
Since marrying anyone is about the same, why not pick someone that benefits the family?
If the Chen Family and Tang Family were to forge a good alliance, it would be pletely beneficial for both sides. In their circle, love is basically a luxury item. She at least has already had it once, so she doesn’t really count as losing out.
Seeing Tang Tang acting all frivolous and careless, Luo Ye was so furious she could barely breathe. It just so happened her own temper was in a particularly volatile phase, and after persuading her a few times and seeing that she simply wouldn’t listen, she swung her fist down.
With her skills, Tang Tang was no match for her. So in just five minutes, Miss Tang was lying on the sofa, more breath going out than ing in, begging for mercy.
Luo Ye yanked her up, hating the fact that the iron wouldn’t turn into steel, and asked if she was really not going to think things through properly before getting married. It wasn’t that she was determined to meddle, it’s just that this was a friend she’d grown up with, a friend who had even e all the way to Sha City specifically because of her. There was no way she could be so cold-blooded as to just stand by and watch.
In the whole process, the way she broke up with Fu Mo really was pretty lousy. But people... everyone takes a wrong road and makes mistakes sometimes. When you’re young, you have the right to screw up.
What’s more, afterwards she did realize her mistake. It’s just that some mistakes, once you make them, you never get the chance to fix them.
Fu Mo and Lei Min’s marriage has already been put on the agenda. No matter how hard Tang Tang tries, there’s nothing she can do now. And with her personality, she could never bee a third party and try to snatch him back.
So, in total despair, she resorted to that kind of passive way out.
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