Fu Yanli lowered his head and stared into her eyes, his voice low, "I can feel it beating powerfully."
"It only beats for you. It has liked you since six years ago. I am afraid that you will know and I am afraid that you will not know. All the efforts I have made are to catch up with you. I hope that one day in the future, I can be fair and honest." Standing next to you, watching the prosperous world with you, the sun rises and sets."
"Wishan, blame me for not discovering your affection earlier..." Fu Yanli held her in his arms, "From now on, we will be together openly, get engaged, get the certificate and get married."
Jiang Yuan put her hands around his waist, "Do you still remember the summer afternoon six years ago? Ning Ning and I were playing hide and seek and happened to pass by your window. At that time, you were concentrating on reading. You smiled at me and let me Hiding in your room..."
"Remember, you were sweating profusely in the sun that day, so I gave you warm water to drink."
At this moment, she felt that she liked him even more. It turned out that he had always remembered it.
"I was sitting at the desk drawing, and those men's hands..."
"Those hands were drawn according to mine." Fu Yanli continued.
Jiang Yuan raised his head, surprise flashed in his eyes, "You know?"
He nodded slightly, "I always knew, but I didn't know that you had already started to like me at that time. It was because I was too stupid and was always slow about feelings. It was my fault."
"No, my crush has always been my business, and I don't have to get a response. But it's different now. I'm just glad that when I liked you, you also happened to like me."
Fu Yanli hugged her tighter, "What can I do to make my little girl willing to wait for six years? Is the feeling of secret love good?"
"You gave me motivation. This feeling can be remembered for a lifetime."
"..."
Jiang Yuan found the photo on her phone and showed it to him, smiling with crooked eyebrows, "What do you think?"
Fu Yanli stared at the familiar figure in the photo, knowing it in his heart, and said deliberately, "Let me guess who tipped off the news."
Jiang Yuan put away the phone and said coquettishly, "You can't cause trouble for her."
Fu Yanli held his soft little hand and placed it on his left chest, "What should I do? I am becoming more and more fascinated by you. I want you no matter your heart or your body."
Instantly, Jiang Yuan's cheeks turned red.
…
There are still two hours until the beginning of the new year.
Jiang Yuan lay on the bed, holding a red envelope in his hand and giggling. How did he think of preparing a red envelope for her?
This feeling of being cared for and pampered like a child is super heartwarming.
Guessing that he had arrived home, Jiang Yuan sent him a message.
ღ᭄Run to the future꧔ꦿ᭄: [Dear brother, what are you doing? 】
Fu Yanli: [I just parked the car and you missed me so soon? 】
ღ᭄Run to the future꧔ꦿ᭄: [No, I just wanted to ask if you are home yet. 】
Fu Yanli: [Duplicity, who confessed to me at that time? 】
ღ᭄Run to the future꧔ꦿ᭄: [You remembered wrong, I was recalling the past. 】
Fu Yanli: [You have me in your past, and you will have me in your future...]
They spent the last two hours of 2022 chatting. When the New Year's bell rang, they both received each other's messages at exactly the same time, almost synchronized.
That short but meaningful Happy New Year!
…
Early morning on the first day of 2023.
Jiang Yuan got up early to pay New Year greetings to her grandparents. As always, she received a gold pendant, a golden bunny full of blessings.
Grandpa once said that saving two hundred grams of gold every year would be a considerable fortune when you get married.
Jiang Yuan didn't understand, but he let his grandparents do as long as they were happy.
She has seven or eight jewelry boxes, all of which are gifts given to her by her elders, including those given by her parents in the past.
Jiang Yuan doesn't like luxury and only wears it occasionally.
The one thing that stays with me all year round is the red cinnabar bracelet that my grandmother asked for from the temple. There is a reason why she likes to wear it. Regardless of psychological comfort or other things, at least it has been peaceful in recent years.
Fu Yanli called to wish his grandparents New Year greetings, but his voice sounded a little hoarse.
Jiang Yuan was a little worried, "What's wrong with your voice? It sounds weird."
His laughter came from the receiver, "It's okay, that's how I talk."
"Okay, what time should we go see a movie this afternoon?"
"Wishan, I called to talk about this. Can we go another day?"
Jiang Yuan was unhappy for a moment. He had obviously agreed. What made him go back on his word?
There was a dull cough on the other end of the phone. Although it was very low, Jiang Yuan heard it.
"Why did I hear someone coughing? Do you have a cold?"
"I may have been tricked, so please don't be angry. When I get better, I will compensate you twice as much."
"Have you taken your medicine?" Jiang Yuan began to worry.
Fu Yanli did not answer her directly, "The viral resistance will pass in a few days and will not affect the engagement."
Jiang Yuan said "Oh", "Are you at home?"
"Well, I've already called the old house, we're afraid of infecting them."
"Your servants are on holiday, who will take care of you?"
"Wish, I am a man and I will take care of myself, so don't worry."
"..."
After hanging up the phone.
The thoughts kept lingering in his mind, and Jiang Yuan felt that he had to go there, otherwise he would always be worried.
She told her grandparents about this, and they were very supportive and told her to wear thicker clothes.
Jiang Yuan put on New Year's clothes and went out. She went to the drugstore first, and after buying medicine, she waited for the bus on the side of the road.
After waiting for nearly half an hour, I got in a taxi to Yunting Villa.
Jiang Yuan shivered from the cold. If he had known better, he would have put on more clothes.
The taxi driver turned up the temperature, "Little beauty, why do you want to buy medicine on the first day of the new year?"
Jiang Yuan was a little confused, "Can't I buy it?"
The driver laughed heartily and said, "Persevere if you can, or wait until the afternoon to take it, otherwise it will mean that you will always have to deal with medicine in the new year."
This was the first time she heard this statement, "Is it true?"
The driver shook his head, "It's hard to say. I'd rather believe it exists than not believe it doesn't."
Jiang Yuan always felt that he had to take medicine when he had a cold, otherwise it would get worse and worse.
Forty minutes later.
The taxi stopped at Yunting Villa, and Jiang Yuan bent down and got out of the car.
There were only two security guards guarding the entrance of the villa. They knew Jiang Yuan and let him through directly.
One of the security guards wanted to make a call, but Jiang Yuan stopped him.
She couldn't explain why, but she always felt that a mature man like Fu Yanli would not expose his weaknesses easily. She wanted to go up and see him in his truest form.
She tried not to make any sound as her cowhide boots stepped on the snow.
Getting closer.
After walking into the front hall, there was the living room. Jiang Yuan thought he could rest upstairs, but he didn't expect that he fell asleep on the sofa.
His face was flushed and he was breathing heavily.
Jiang Yuan walked over lightly, squatted down slowly, and wanted to reach out and test the temperature of his forehead.
Suddenly, she stopped and retracted her cold hand, leaning forward to touch it with her soft lips.
It was hot, he had a fever.
Feeling the coolness, Fu Yanli opened his eyes in disbelief. The surprise turned to joy, and then to worry.
"Cough, cough..." Fu Yanli quickly covered his mouth and nose with his elbow and turned his head to the back of the sofa, "Wishong, don't be so close to me, you will be infected."
