Yu Yue rarely had a holiday. She had originally planned to take Xing Yuan to the beach during this time, but she was dragged to a matchmaking event by her unmarried comrades.
Yuan Yihan clasped her hands together and pleaded, "As a good sister, you must help me! It's rare to find someone I like, so please just accompany me."
Seeing Yu Yue's hesitant eyes, Yuan Yihan pressed on, "Don't worry, you're just there to fill a spot. We won't force anything. Besides, A Yuan is old enough to take care of herself." It wasn't that she didn't want to bring A Yuan, but rather that her previous experiences had been too disheartening.
People already held many prejudices against them as female soldiers. Parents most wanted to see their children settle down and start a family. Xing Yuan had ruined several matchmaking events organized by the military. With her hacking skills, Xing Yuan could dig up every detail of a person's life from childhood to adulthood!
Initially, they were satisfied with the potential matches, but after Xing Yuan revealed all the details of their lives, they felt their idealized images of these men shatter. Upon seeing them in person, their embarrassing moments from the past would flash through their minds. From then on, Yuan Yihan understood the importance of willful ignorance. Therefore, Xing Yuan absolutely could not be brought to matchmaking events or blind dates.
"Alright! Just this once!" Yu Yue reluctantly agreed.
"Great, I knew you were the best, A Yue," Yuan Yihan beamed.
"A Yuan, I have something to do today and won't be back for lunch. Take good care of yourself," Yu Yue felt inexplicably like she was reporting in, accompanied by a pang of guilt.
"Okay~ Then A Jie, remember to come back early." Xing Yuan didn't think much of it, assuming Yu Yue had something to do at the military.
Ever since Xing Yuan first moved in, they had been living together. With no one to supervise her, Xing Yuan excitedly went into the kitchen. She refused to believe she couldn't cook a decent meal.
Yu Yue watched the man in front of her absentmindedly. In these matchmaking events, the numbers were fixed. Although she had no intention of getting married, she still had to participate.
"Miss Yu, what do you think of me? If it's possible, I hope to get married soon. As you know, as a successful person like myself, my focus is usually on my career. I'm not young anymore, and my elders are urging me to marry. Miss Yu, I'm sure you can understand!" the man said confidently.
Yu Yue glanced at the others who were chatting happily and explained softly to the man, "It's like this, I didn't intend to go on a blind date today. I was just accompanying a friend to make up the numbers, so I'm very sorry!"
The man was taken aback, and then his expression turned somewhat angry. "Are you playing with me, or are you saying this because you don't like me?"
"I hope you'll think carefully. There aren't many high-quality men like me around anymore. Miss Yu isn't a young girl either, so you should consider it more!" He had met many girls recently, and perhaps only the one in front of him had truly caught his eye.
"A Jie already said she doesn't like you, didn't you hear?" Xing Yuan, who had turned red with anger, pushed the door open and walked in. Suppressing the urge to act, she looked at Yu Yue with a resentful expression.
Yu Yue looked at the sky, then at the ground, but not at Xing Yuan. This was akin to a child who had done something wrong. Yu Yue felt this was the first time she had experienced such a complicated situation.
Xing Yuan hadn't known initially, but she had installed a recognition system on her phone. After failing to cook again, she casually picked up her phone to check and discovered a system recommendation that led her to A Jie's whereabouts.
It was a post from a netizen, with a picture of them on a blind date and a caption like this: "I was eating at a restaurant today and saw a grand matchmaking event! A handsome man and beautiful woman, a perfect match for me!"
Although the netizen hadn't captured their faces, Yu Yue, with her familiarity with A Jie, angrily hailed a taxi to the restaurant. However, she hesitated at the entrance. A Jie didn't tell her because she didn't want her to go, right? Would she make A Jie angry if she went in now?
In the end, Xing Yuan carried her laptop to a coffee shop next to the restaurant, put on her headphones, accessed the restaurant's internal surveillance, and watched the footage carefully, suppressing her discomfort. Then she heard those words. How could she tolerate that?
After Xing Yuan politely greeted the man's ancestors for eighteen generations, she pulled Yu Yue out of the restaurant, leaving everyone else bewildered.
Xing Yuan usually had a good temper (in front of A Jie), but this time she was genuinely angry. She ignored all of Yu Yue's attempts to talk to her on the way. Yu Yue wanted to wait for her to calm down before talking, but Xing Yuan saw that A Jie only tried to appease her a few times, and the next morning, she left home.
Yu Yue thought late into the night about how to appease Xing Yuan. She usually slept soundly at home and woke up a little late the next day. However, there was no movement in the room. Yu Yue gently walked to Xing Yuan's door and knocked. When there was no response from inside, she pushed the door open and went in. Xing Yuan had taken a lot of her luggage. On the table, there was only a note: "Within a week, if you can find me, I'll come back. If not, I'll never live with you again."
On the back of the note, an angry emoji was drawn. Yu Yue felt a surge of panic. For so many years, she had rarely been separated from Xing Yuan. Yu Yue's first thought was to ask for help.
Her years of dependence on Xing Yuan had also instilled in her the habit of seeking out hackers when facing problems. She found a familiar computer expert and asked him to help her track Xing Yuan's whereabouts. The man confidently agreed. Then...
"A Yue, this person has erased all their information. How am I supposed to track them? I've checked within a kilometer radius of your place, and the surveillance footage from that period has been replaced. It seems this person is also a computer expert, and not a subtle one!" The man, full of admiration, grabbed Yu Yue, wanting her to introduce him to the person.
Yu Yue, her heart unsettled, broke free decisively and began searching in places they had been before. She searched for three days. Yu Yue found nothing and had to calm herself down and seriously recall the places that were special to them.
The most special and meaningful place should be Yi Cheng! That was where they first met. Yu Yue finally found Xing Yuan sitting on a carousel horse in an amusement park in Yi Cheng.
Yu Yue walked quietly to her side, saying nothing.
"A Jie, you found me!" Xing Yuan turned to look at Yu Yue. "This time, I want to talk to you properly, otherwise, I might get angry again next time!"
"Does A Jie have someone she likes?" Xing Yuan's eyes sparkled, filled with anticipation and nervousness.
"No, I'll let things happen naturally," Yu Yue paused for a moment, then replied seriously. Her parents had died early, and her profession meant she couldn't be a good wife and mother. She genuinely didn't want to hold anyone back.
"Then if one day A Jie finds someone she likes, you must tell me! My body and soul belong to A Jie, so when that day comes, I definitely won't attend your wedding." Xing Yuan's tone was dejected. Even though she knew that everyone in the small world basically went through these things, she still couldn't accept A Jie having someone else in her eyes and heart.
"Okay! Then before that day comes, A Yuan, don't throw tantrums anymore," Yu Yue said gently. Who knew what the future held!
In the end, they were the only two who spent their lives together. Xing Yuan knew that humans cared about legacy and had advised Yu Yue to adopt a child. She would raise the child, and she would still be A Jie's most beloved sister.
Yu Yue shook her head and took her to see a lawyer. "Raising you is enough for me! As for other children, we'll leave them to society and the wealth we leave behind."
Though their lives were short, they had seen many sights. Xing Yuan carefully collected them all, and when A Jie truly returned, she would present them as a gift to celebrate Xing Yue's rebirth! Xing Yue would surely love this gift.