Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 634 - 471. The Best Decision (4 Updates)_2

"Although... she didn’t recognize me at that time, even if I stood right in front of her, she might not have recognized me; furthermore... I owe her your life, I have no face to introduce myself. But I thought, I must find her, I must see her well, I must—replace you, quietly guarding her by her side."

"In her heart, you are a symbol of justice, her guardian angel. But you are gone, and her faith has collapsed, then she would no longer be herself, so someone must become like you, guarding her as you once did, only then can she find her true self again."

"So, I shamelessly continued to live. And with a thick skin, step by step, returned to her side, step by step, let her regain her love for me... Old man, I know I am truly a shameless scoundrel. I should have gone to your tombstone to commit suicide as an apology, yet instead, I ask you for the most precious treasure."

Tears had long quietly slipped from his eyes to his cheeks; he turned to look at her, who was already crying like a person made of tears.

"But what can I do? I just can’t let go of her, I just can’t keep her from staying by my side... So I came shamelessly, shamelessly asking you to let me protect her for a few more decades, let me delay going to accompany you by a few more decades. When I’ve protected her for this life, by then I will surely accompany you, surely bow down to you to apologize in person."

He wiped his tears, still trying hard to smile: "Oh yes, now there’s someone who has gone to you first, if you feel lonely, you can play chess or drink tea with him."

He placed his forehead on the land beneath the tombstone: "Old man, do you know, it was my fault, it was all my fault back then. If it wasn’t for my arrogance, then those things wouldn’t have happened later."

"So later, Nian and I separated so many times, for so long, including Xiang Yuan and Huangfu Huazhang who appeared in between, I took them as your tests for me, so I was never afraid, never anxious, I knew as long as I passed these tests, maybe one day I could muster the courage to come to your tombstone and make this request to you."

"Now, I finally did it. So no matter whether you agree or not, I will take Nian away. I will make her my only wife in this life, I will do my best to ensure there are no more separations or sorrows in her life."

Tang Yanqing finished speaking and solemnly kowtowed three times.

Shi Nian also walked over crying and knelt beside him: "Dad... your daughter begs for your forgiveness for him. Who told you that your daughter loves him so much. Dad, please..."

It was already early winter, the leaves of the broad-leaved trees had almost fallen, but small pine cones still hung on the pine tree. A gust of mountain wind blew, causing three pine cones to fall from the pine tree above them, hitting Shi Nian and Tang Yanqing on their heads.

Shi Nian was hit once, while Tang Yanqing got hit on both sides.

Both of them were stunned by the hit.

Shi Nian couldn’t help but look up, with an incredulous expression gazing at the empty sky. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

She remembered her childhood when snacks weren’t as abundant as now, and there was an old lady at the primary school gate who would take pine cones home, boil them in five-spice seasoning, then put them in an enamel basin to sell at the school gate.

The pine cones were small, and the pine seeds inside even smaller, they were laborious to eat but too precious to waste.

Shi Nian, like her classmates, couldn’t resist the allure of that taste, but was too lazy to peel them herself, so every time she bought some, she would take them home for her dad to peel.

Thinking back, it seemed that from childhood to adulthood, these trivial things like peeling pine nuts, cracking melon seeds, eating mud snails, were all done together with Dad.

And Dad, sometimes thinking about a case in mind, couldn’t help but get annoyed by the pine cones, lightly hitting her on the head with a couple, saying "You little girl..."

Tang Yanqing saw her expression and also laughed, "One, two, three, father-in-law must be saying ’I know,’ or saying ’let’s do it this way,’ or saying ’get lost...’"

Shi Nian couldn’t help but smile through her tears: "I think it’s ’shameless.’"

"It doesn’t matter." He grabbed her hand, pulling her into his embrace: "Whether the skin is thick or thin, in the end, this time I won’t let you run away again. We’ll go back to M Country and get married."

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The day Shi Nian left, she still wanted to go back to that place and take a look.

Qi Xiuqi drove her there, but Shi Nian couldn’t find anything resembling her memories.

Qi Xiuqi sighed: "Long gone. Back then, this was the suburb, surrounded by forests, and the houses were the old European-style manor; now the forest has long been leveled, turned into the new city district, the entire land full of new residential complexes."

After Qi Xiuqi finished speaking, he also feeling a little melancholic stepped forward, placing a hand on Shi Nian’s shoulder.

"When we were kids, everyone called you Time, see, time has really made the decision for you: it’s all over, not even a trace left. So, you should let it go too."

He sighed deeply: "Though teacher is no longer here, and though I am still a bit unwilling, even if teacher were still alive, he would agree with me, that Tang Yanqing... really isn’t so bad."

"You have always liked detectives since you were little, always loved solving mysteries, then Tang Yanqing... is a good match."

He held back the look of almost crying: "Back then, I liked you, and when the teacher caught me, that ended it; Tang Yanqing was luckier than me, not having the chance to be caught by the teacher. So since I was already ended, since the teacher is gone, since... you still call me senior brother, then, let me make this decision on behalf of the teacher: Junior sister, go back with him. I will guard the teacher’s remains for you, and we will... bless you together."