No one can remain perpetually confident in love.
Many things change with time.
There are few things that can be truly controlled and held onto.
They say fortunes change, thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west.
In reality, it doesn't even take thirty years; the young lady has already surpassed him.
He wasn't jealous, just worried that as the gap widened in the future, and the people by her side became more outstanding, would she abandon him?
Yu Wenli wasn't inherently pessimistic, but when he valued someone or something too much, he couldn't help but get stuck in a rut.
Wen Tingxue was undoubtedly the one he held dearest.
He could hardly imagine what he might do if, one day, the little girl he liked, with disappointment in her eyes, begged him to let her go.
...
Wen Tingxue felt a tremor run through her soul when he spoke those words with such humility.
She had truly never imagined Yu Wenli would fear losing her.
It was always she who had been afraid.
Because he was so exceptional, surrounded by beauties, talented women, and daughters of prominent families. In contrast, she had been a mere country bumpkin back then.
Lacking in grace, lacking in looks, lacking in ability.
Even now, despite her significant changes, she still subconsciously worried about being abandoned.
But she never expected that one day, it would be Yu Wenli, leaning on her shoulder, saying these words to her.
Wen Tingxue was stunned for a long, long time. By the time Yu Wenli thought she wouldn't respond, she said with a slight tremor in her voice, "You didn't abandon me then, so I won't abandon you now. I remember you told me you could wait for me to grow up; likewise, I can wait for you to grow.
Yu Wenli, remember this, I, Wen Tingxue, will never leave you because of these things, unless you truly do something to betray me."
Yu Wenli chuckled and said, "No unless. I swear to heaven and earth."
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An hour later, Xu Kexin finally woke up.
"You guys..."
She looked around in a daze, then realizing something, she lifted the covers to look at her lower body. Wen Tingxue quickly stopped her, saying, "No! Nothing happened. Xinxin, believe me, I wouldn't lie to you."
Xu Kexin's first reaction to these words was: It's fake! Impossible!
She couldn't have escaped in that situation!
They must be comforting her!
But as she moved, she found there was no pain of violation, and she gradually calmed down.
However, such an event would take anyone days to recover, let alone someone who already had a psychological shadow from before.
Now, it was magnified to the extreme, and she could even recall the warmth of Lan Shuo's breath on her neck.
It was itchy.
Unbearable.
Xu Kexin unconsciously scratched her neck. At first, no one noticed, thinking she was just a bit scared and trying to comfort her.
It wasn't until Xing Jiahe saw the force with which she was scratching that he quickly grabbed her hand, his eyes red, and asked, "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable somewhere? Should I call a doctor? Please don't scratch yourself."
Only then did everyone see the place she had scratched, which was already broken and bleeding, with deep, fierce scratch marks visible.
The ward fell into a heavy silence.
Xu Kexin, oblivious, struggled against Xing Jiahe's restraint, her voice soft but deafening at that moment.
"Don't stop me, I'm itchy, I feel like this part is burning, why are you holding me? I want to scratch the itch!"
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"Mm," From the day Xu Kexin had her incident, he had decided he would never touch alcohol again.
And for many years afterward, he indeed abstained.
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Jiang City, Yu Residence.
After a satisfying meal, everyone was lounging on the sofa, watching television.
Wen Jinnyan, distracted, watched for a while before nudging her son with her foot.
When Yu Wenli looked up, she gestured with her eyes: Come out with me.
Kitchen.
Because the Wen family was in the living room, Wen Jinnyan specifically closed the door.
Yu Wenli could roughly guess what she wanted to say.
As expected, Wen Jinnyan's first sentence was, "Yiyi has already received an offer from an advertising company. What are your thoughts? Are you expecting her to support you in the future?"