But Yu Tang really felt that she couldn't be blamed for choosing the wrong person...

The Bentley gradually disappeared from Yu Tang's sight.

With a "thud," Yu Tang was hit on the head by a small round ball. She picked it up and saw that it was a sycamore tree with intertwined branches. The last time she came here, the sycamore trees on the tree were still very green, but now they were mature brown.

The ward was completely silent.

Yu Tang sat by the hospital bed, gazing at Yu Yanting, whose eyes were tightly closed. He was as quiet as if he were just asleep, but his increasingly haggard appearance filled Yu Tang with a sense of panic, and the relaxed mood she had just felt had vanished without a trace.

Yu Yanting hadn't looked old before, but now his gray hair made Yu Tang extremely distressed. Whether it was due to age or illness, she found it hard to accept this fact. She was powerless to stop Yu Yanting from aging.

“Brother…” Yu Tang knelt by the hospital bed, wiping away the tears that kept streaming down her face with the back of her hand. Thinking that Yu Chaoxian hadn’t come with her, she was afraid that her brother would be sad, so she explained softly, “He’s been too busy with work lately. I’ll bring him with me in a couple of days, and our family will spend New Year’s Eve together.”

"Brother, please wake up, okay..."

Yu Tang stayed in the ward until 3 p.m. before leaving to go find Mo Fei.

Six months later, Yu Tang and Mo Fei finally met. The two girls naturally had a lot to talk about, so they first went to a dessert shop. The dessert shop Mo Fei mentioned was located downstairs in the Yu's Building.

Yu Tang and Mo Fei chatted while eating, talking about university life, the dramas they had been watching, or the movies they had recently watched. Although they talked about these things often, chatting in person was always more lively than texting, and it also allowed them to directly feel each other's emotions.

Yu's Building.

Xu Yu'an, dressed in a dark gray suit, sat opposite Yu Chaoxian, both of them looking downstairs.

Yu Chao first looked at Yu Tang in the dessert shop. Xu Yu'an's gaze was fixed on the Maybach downstairs; Xu Yi was throwing a tantrum and refused to come out with him.

Yu Chaoxian gloated: "Keeping someone like a prisoner won't keep them here. Forcing them to stay is pointless and not gentlemanly at all."

Xu Yu'an scoffed: "Is that so? At least locking people up ensures they're still alive. Otherwise, like some people who don't even know when someone has escaped, right, Mr. Yu? Otherwise, you wouldn't have flown to England instead of Hong Kong. You might have missed them by now."

It's not surprising that Xu Yu'an investigated him; it would be strange if he didn't.

Yu Chaoxian was stung by the remark, but those were things of the past. Things were different now. He casually shrugged and said, "I'm not like you. You kept her by your side through violent surveillance. The red handprint on your face hasn't faded yet. Mine is based on mutual affection. She willingly stayed by my side and was with me. She wouldn't bear to leave a mark on my face. At most, she'd leave a mark somewhere else."

This made Xu Yu'an lose face. Yu Chaoxian was showing off and provoking him in every word, and there was no point in exchanging a single sentence. "I'm here to talk about serious matters," Xu Yu'an said in a deep voice.

Yu Chaoxian wasn't afraid of provoking people at all: "I thought Chief Executive Xu would want to ask me how we managed to achieve mutual affection."

“I’m not that bored.” Xu Yu’an raised his eyes and began to get down to business. “It’s pretty much what we said on the phone. I need the Yu family’s ships to help transport a batch of hypersonic missiles to the Insay Armed Forces.”

Upon hearing that it was for the Insay Armed Forces, Yu Chaoxian raised an eyebrow. The Insay Armed Forces had been very active recently; not long ago, they had seized a merchant ship from the Americas and then bombed the Shah's oil facilities and airport.

The Insay Armed Forces are unique; they are a political and military organization within Yemen, yet they oppose the Yemeni government. Furthermore, the Insay Armed Forces are vehemently anti-American, opposing virtually all pro-American policies. They have also attacked merchant ships near Yemen. Their signature slogan is "God is great, America must die," which is why the Insay Armed Forces are considered a terrorist organization by the Americas.

However, the perspective of the Americas does not represent the perspective of the United Nations. The Americas consider the Insay militants to be a terrorist organization, while other countries consider them to be anti-American fighters.

Putting aside everything else, the fact that the Inseid armed group is anti-American is enough to garner support from some countries.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. There are quite a few countries that are against the Americas, but these countries are not easy to show their faces. They will only secretly cause trouble for the Americas. So, this is when Xu Yu'an needs to step forward.

Yu Chaoxian took a sip of coffee, neither agreeing nor refusing. He had almost never cooperated with countries that prohibited guns, and his help to Xu Yu'an last time was for a reason. Since Yu Tang was not in Hong Kong, he seemed to have no need to help her.

However, the location of the Insay militia this time is special.

Xu Yu'an looked at Yu Chaoxian and said, "If it's feasible, I hope to have a long-term cooperation with Mr. Yu."

“It’s not impossible, but what would be in my way?” Yu Chaoxian put down his coffee cup, already having made up his mind.

Xu Yu'an knew Yu Chaoxian's weaknesses, and Yu Chaoxian also knew his weaknesses. It was like playing his cards openly, which made both sides feel at ease and made the cooperation more sustainable.

Yu Chaoxian was well aware of this principle, which is why he agreed.

Xu Yu'an was also quite generous: "Please feel free to ask, but please refrain from mentioning anything that involves national stance."

Yu Chaoxian laughed. He was just a businessman who wanted money and profit. He had no interest in the politics of countries that banned guns.

“My request is very simple,” Yu Chaoxian said, a half-smile playing on his lips. His expression was languid, but he couldn’t hide the sharpness in his eyes. “It won’t be difficult for you to do either. I request that Yu’s cargo ships be able to sail freely in the sea from now on, and that Sai ensure Yu’s goods can travel unimpeded on this route.”

12% of global trade passes through this sea route, and the Insay armed group has been entrenched there for years. They attack and rob ships from the Americas, Israel, and the Shah whenever they see them, only giving some face to Eastern countries and Russia by not touching their merchant ships.

Last time, when transporting Stinger missiles to Fuzhou, we encountered armed forces while passing through the sea, although those people robbed us under the guise of pirates.

This condition was within Xu Yu'an's expectations.

Xu Yu'an knew how ambitious the man in front of him was, but the good thing was that Yu Chaoxian was a businessman who only cared about profit and was also very smart. He wouldn't do anything foolish that would backfire. His weapons business was all in the Florida area and wouldn't threaten his country.

So he readily agreed: "Deal."

Yu Chaoxian and Xu Yu'an clinked glasses across the distance, "It's been a pleasure working together."

One of the two cell phones on the table suddenly lit up.

The moment the phone screen lit up, Yu Chaoxian and Xu Yu'an looked at it simultaneously. Yu Chaoxian raised an eyebrow, reached out and picked it up, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.

Xu Yu'an could clearly feel that the tense, calculating atmosphere in the office had disappeared.

"Hey, are you still at the company? I'm downstairs at Yu's building right now. What time are you going home? Or should I come up to you?"

A gentle voice came from the phone, and Yu Chaoxian felt a surge of joy. They had been together for the past few days, and without holding hands, he always felt a sense of emptiness, as if something was missing, and he didn't know what to use to fill that void.

"Are you hungry?" Yu Chaoxian asked her.

Yu Tang hadn't eaten much all afternoon; she was so excited chatting that she forgot to eat dessert. She had originally planned to have dinner with Mo Fei, but Mo Fei and Han Chu had a fight, and Han Chu came to Mo Fei to ask for reconciliation, so she left the space to the young couple.

So I didn't get to eat dinner.

She said honestly, "I'm craving curry crab."

“Then you’re hungry.” Yu Chaoxian and Xu Yu’an had almost finished talking, but there was no time to waste with him. Feeding his aunt was the most important thing. “I’ll have Mickey pick you up.”

Mickey, who was standing nearby, understood and turned around to go down and pick up the person.

Yu Chaoxian also got up to grab his coat. When he turned around, Xu Yu'an was still sitting there. Knowing the answer already, he asked, "Chief Executive Xu, is there anything else?"

“So,” Xu Yu’an squinted at Yu Chaoxian, “how did you do it?” How did you manage to keep that girl, who initially wanted to run away, by his side and even take the initiative to care for and greet her?

If he wanted to get close to Xu Yi, he would have to find something to threaten her with. Although he would eventually succeed, he would inevitably get slapped a few times.

Yu Chaoxian smiled smugly and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Teaching you is not impossible, but I heard that there is an airshow in Hong Kong recently, and the Yu family is quite interested, especially in the area of ​​drones."

Eastern countries are indeed a huge market, and he wants a piece of the pie in the drone sector.

Xu Yu'an glanced at his phone; there wasn't a single message from Xu Yi, so without a second thought, he said, "Sure, I'll definitely invite the Yu family and arrange a good seat for them."

The landscaping in the Yu's Building is very well done, and stray cats often come here to sleep. Suddenly, a kitten emerged from the greenery and darted onto the road. A car sped by, and Yu Tang hurriedly told the driver to stop. A nimble figure caught the kitten and put it in a safe place first.

For some reason, that figure suddenly reminded Yu Tang of Liang Jiaqi, who had a great love for animals. She sighed softly, and when she looked up again, the cat was safely in the grass, while the person who rescued the cat had long since disappeared around the street corner.

Mickey came down to pick up Yu Tang. Yu Tang got some fish food from the security guard and was feeding the goldfish by the fountain. When she saw Mickey coming over, Yu Tang generously fed all the fish food to the fish.

When Yu Tang entered the office, she happened to see Xu Yu'an leaving. She looked up and saw a tall, handsome man, and she glanced at him a few more times.

Xu Yu'an smiled at her politely, and Yu Tang nodded in return.

Yu Chaoxian waited for Yu Tang in the lounge. There was fruit on the table that his secretary had just brought. Mickey had already come over, but she hadn't followed. He glanced over and saw that she had her eyes on Xu Yu'an again, her eyes scanning him up and down.

"Yu Tang," Yu Chaoxian's impatient voice came from behind, "So free? Shall I find you an extracurricular class?" "Coming!" Yu Tang quickly ran into the lounge. She still had a lot of things to memorize in her textbooks, so what interest did she have in attending any extracurricular classes?

She handed him the pineapple pie she couldn't finish, asking, "Can I not go to my extracurricular classes?"

Yu Chaoxian noticed that Yu Tang hadn't forgotten him even while playing outside, and had even brought him a pineapple pie. Yu Chaoxian hugged him and kissed the crown of his head, saying, "If you don't want to, then don't."

Outside, Yu Tang tried to avoid physical contact with him. She pointed to the fruit on the table and said, "I want to eat mangoes." Then she took the opportunity to escape from Yu Chaoxian's embrace.

Yu Chaoxian readily let go of her hand. The fruit was originally meant for her to eat; he had brought her up so she could rest for a while before leaving.

A thin layer of sweat covered her forehead; it was clear she was having a blast.

When Mickey brought over the water, he saw the boss preventing Yu Tang from taking off her coat. The air conditioning in the company was very strong, and Yu Tang risked catching a cold if she took off her coat and went straight into the air conditioning.

"Boss, the restaurant reservation is done," Mickey said, putting down his lemonade.

Yu Chaoxian glanced at Yu Tang eating fruit and nodded.

"Thank you, Mickey." Yu Tang had been drinking milk tea all afternoon and was indeed a bit thirsty, so she finished the whole glass of lemonade.

Yu Tang caught a glimpse of a document on Yu Chaoxian's desk out of the corner of her eye.

A donation project proposal for an orphanage. She suddenly remembered that the charitable donations and supplies she had given to Fuzhou were also Yu Chaoxian's doing.

At this moment, she couldn't help but change her opinion of this man a bit more. Although Yu Chaoxian seemed unapproachable and even a little intimidating, he was actually very kind-hearted, and his charity work wasn't just a whim, but something he had been quietly and consistently doing.

With the winter break approaching and the Lunar New Year just around the corner, shopping malls, streets, and restaurants are packed with people.

The place was packed with people, and the restaurant that makes really good spicy crab was especially crowded. Luckily, I made a reservation in advance, otherwise I don’t know how long I would have had to wait.

Yu Tang stumbled from the shoving and couldn't see the store entrance at all.

Actually, Yu Tang wasn't short, but because she was always surrounded by men over 1.9 meters tall, she had gotten used to seeing only their arms, shoulders, or chests. Yu Tang subconsciously grabbed the wrist of the man next to her, trying not to get separated from him. Mainly, she was hungry and wanted to go inside and eat quickly; Yu Chaoxian, being tall and imposing, could clear a path for her.

The man who was caught was startled. He looked down and saw a small, fair hand gripping his wrist. His misty blue eyes, hidden by colored contact lenses, paused for a moment.

It's her.

Yu Tang looked up and met a pair of unfamiliar eyes—black hair, brown eyes, and skin so white it looked like a foreigner's.

"Sorry, I mistook you for someone else!" Yu Tang let go as if she had been electrocuted, looking embarrassed.

The man who was mistakenly arrested quickly disappeared into the crowd.

A sudden chill ran through the air three meters away. Yu Chaoxian lowered his gaze and stared at her.

"Yu Tang, do you have eyes?"

Yu Tang blinked and replied, "...Yes."

"You have eyes but can't look at people?"

Yu Tang's eyes widened immediately; she had seen Yu Chaoxian gouge out people's eyes before!

But Yu Tangzhen felt that she couldn't be blamed for taking the wrong person's hand. The man she had just seen was tall and upright with broad shoulders, just like her. And from her perspective, they were both arms and shoulders anyway, so how could she be blamed for mistaking him?

“Brother Mickey.” Yu Tang ran behind Mickey and looked at him for help.

Mickey knew that the reason the boss was angry was that Yu Tang had grabbed the wrong person and hadn't realized it immediately; she only found out when the boss called her.

Mickey quickly pointed to the restaurant ahead: "Boss, we're here!"

Yu Chaoxian glared at Yu Tang, who was shouting incoherently, with displeasure. "Aren't you coming over here? Do you want me to invite you?"

Yu Tang walked over reluctantly, her wrist gripped tightly by him.

He was too lazy to argue with her, so he grabbed her wrist and led her into the restaurant.

While eating, Yu Chaoxian kept staring at the figure sitting next to him, a tiny child who barely reached his shoulder. At that moment, a little girl, who looked to be only eight or nine years old and barely reached his waist, appeared in the restaurant. The restaurant was crowded, and the little girl instinctively grabbed the adult's hand. Suddenly, someone called her name from behind, and the little girl realized she had grabbed the wrong person.

Yu Chaoxian narrowed her eyes and scanned the crowded people around her. Indeed, all she could see were swaying shoulders and arms. She was submerged in them and could only reach for the most familiar silhouette by instinct.

His chest heaved, and most of his pent-up anger suddenly dissipated.

Yu Chaoxian put down his knife and fork and watched the person next to him eat. Yu Tang had mistaken him for someone else earlier and had given him a hint.

Seeing that he wasn't eating, Yu Tang quickly stuffed two bites in and then stopped eating as well. She had just angered Yu Chaoxian and didn't dare to provoke him further.

Yu Chaoxian frowned. He had only eaten a few bites; how could he possibly be full? "What are you looking at? Eat your food."

"Aren't you planning to go back?" Yu Tang continued to focus on eating the crab under his gaze.

"Yu Tang".

Yu Chaoxian suddenly called her, but Yu Tang couldn't bear to put down the crab. She just looked up at him and waited for the rest of his sentence.

"Come here and give me a kiss." Yu Chaoxian glanced at the reflection in the wine glass.

Startled, Yu Tang's hand trembled, and the crab fell to the ground. She thought she had misheard; there were so many people in the restaurant.

She picked up a crab leg: "Do you want to eat crab?"

Yu Chaoxian chuckled softly, leaning close to her earlobe with an irresistible pressure: "Yu Tang, do you want me to take you to see a doctor about your ears?"

Yu Tang also wanted to take him to see a psychiatrist.

Realizing that Yu Chaoxian was serious, Yu Tang glanced at the busy restaurant, turned her head and quickly touched the corner of his mouth before quickly lowering her head to eat crab.

Yu Chaoxian gently stroked the girl's hair; the figure on the wine glass had already left.

As for Victor, who had just been mistaken by Yu Tang, he had already disappeared into the crowd. The girl's clenched sleeves still held wrinkles, and there seemed to be a faint, sweet fragrance, which made him slightly distracted while he was keeping watch.

Yu Residence.

Yu Chaoxian went to the balcony to make a phone call. "Okay, investigate, it's organized by KX." Yu Chaoxian gave the instructions over the phone. The Yu family had taken away KX's business in Wuzhou, so KX was naturally dissatisfied and looking for an opportunity to retaliate.

Yu Tang was watching TV on the sofa. She took out the cigarettes she had previously stored in the drawer and put them on the table, but Yu Chaoxian didn't touch them.

Even if she mistook someone for someone else, there's no reason to get so angry that she won't even smoke the cigarettes she was offering.

After a long day of playing, Yu Tang was quite tired and fell asleep on the sofa while watching a movie. Yu Chao first came out from the balcony and carried her back to the bedroom.

Yu Tang opened her eyes groggily and realized that she was not in her own room. She stretched out her arm, but as expected, she couldn't reach the edge.

This bed is so big, it belongs to Yu Chaoxian, she can roll around in it and still not fall off.

Yu Chaoxian hugged her and kissed her on the forehead: "You've always wanted to sleep in my bed."

"When did I..." Yu Tang realized that she had said before that Yu Chaoxian's bed looked very comfortable and that she must sleep very well on it.

Are you still sleepy?

Yu Tang calculated that she had slept for at least four hours, and now that she was awake, she definitely wouldn't be able to fall back asleep anytime soon.

Yu Chaoxian could tell from her darting eyes that she was no longer sleepy.

"Wake up tomorrow and come to the company?" He stared at her red lips and kissed her deeply again.

"But I made plans to go shopping with Mo Fei tomorrow..."

Yu Chaoxian bit her shoulder in annoyance, and Yu Tang cried out in pain. It didn't actually hurt much, but it was just a habitual cry. How could Yu Chaoxian not see through her act? Every time before he even touched her face, she would start to cry out in pain.

"Go to the drawer and take the things out." Yu Chaoxian was too busy to use his hands, so he had various uses for Yu Tang's body, especially the curves of her chest, which he found irresistible.

"Is it the top shelf?" Yu Tang's movement was limited, and the light was dim. She reached out and pulled open a drawer with difficulty, not knowing which one it was. After searching inside for a long time, she finally found a thin sheet.

What is it?

Yu Tang picked it up between her fingertips and brought it to her eyes to look at it.

It's a photograph, a faded photograph.

The camera freezes on the silhouettes of four fully armed soldiers standing on a desert ridge, with a blood-red sunset behind them.

The one in the middle with the arrogant look in his eyes was none other than Yu Chaoxian at the age of twenty.

Of the remaining three, Yu Tang remembered Eugene, whom Ms. Mary from the restaurant had mentioned. She flipped the photo over to look at the names on the back. Yu Chaoxian's position corresponded to the shark.

Yu Tang clearly felt the hands holding her stiffen. Yu Chao buried his face in her neck, his chin resting on the top of her head, his arms tightening around her ribs until they ached. Yu Tang felt he was seeking comfort.

In his warm embrace, Yu Tang could feel his heartbeat, heavy and rapid.

Yu Chaoxian's last mission after leaving the SAS task force was to rescue the President of the Americas in the basement of an abandoned hospital. He successfully covered the President's boarding of a helicopter, but their whereabouts were leaked, and soldiers from the Sussian Alliance quickly tracked them down. The President, of course, didn't care about their lives and simply left by helicopter.

A four-man squad faced a company of 120 soldiers from the Sus Alliance, who took turns besieging them three times.

Fortunately, this abandoned hospital was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Yu Chaoxian led three people and fought four rounds, gaining the upper hand four times. When they ran out of bullets, they picked up the enemy's bullets.

He collapsed, covered in blood and utterly exhausted, amidst a pile of corpses.

The mission is complete; the enemy has been wiped out.

But besides the 120 people, there were also his three teammates among the corpses.

This photo was taken before that mission.

Yu Tang hesitated for a moment, but still patted his back reassuringly with her soft, warm hand. Her palm was pressed against his taut spine, and her fingertips carefully slid down his spine.

She could clearly feel the stiffness and trembling in his body.

The man's breath hitched. He looked up at her, but tightened his grip on her, almost as if he wanted to meld her into his very bones.

Yu Chaoxian reached into the drawer below and took out a box of T, which he had bought for Yu Tang at the convenience store when he came.

At first, it was always difficult to adapt. Yu Tang gripped the bed sheet tightly, her knees still together, instinctively resisting.

Yu Chao paused briefly, leaned down and kissed her shoulder, gently comforting her, "Tangtang, give it to me, okay?"

Yu Chaoxian was lost in the passionate kiss, completely absorbed in the intimate embrace. The thought of that night when she protected him with a gun, saying she would protect him with her life, made him want to possess Yu Tang completely.

From now on, we will only have each other's most genuine warmth, with nothing held back.

Outside the window, the darkness before dawn is gradually fading away.

After the intense release, Yu Chaoxian lay panting on Yu Tang's neck, pressed one hand against the back of her neck and pulled her closer to him, kissing her tenderly: "Tangtang, let's have a child, okay?"

Yu Tang could easily give up other relationships, but she couldn't bear to part with family. In her heart, family ties absolutely trumped romantic love. This had already been proven long ago. Yu Chaoxian's demands were simple: regardless of Yu Tang's feelings for him, even if it was familial, he would not let her leave.

This family bond... can only be strengthened through children.

Fortunately, Yu Tang was asleep and didn't hear it.