Chapter 201 Taking You to See the Past of My Love for You

Lin Xuan watched the hot air balloon slowly rise from below, and he was furious.

He had absolutely no idea how to pursue her.

Inside the hot air balloon.

As the hot air balloon ascended, Shi Nian slowly began to see the entire island in its entirety.

She then saw the surprise Huo Yanmo had prepared for her.

The lights that illuminate the entire island form the character "念" (niàn).

"Wow!"

Shi Nian looked down at the small island, which gradually disappeared into the distance as the hot air balloon rose into the sky.

Shi Nian turned around and looked at Huo Yanmo, who was controlling the hot air balloon beside her.

He was still wearing the half-face mask, and now he had adjusted the hot air balloon, released it, and was looking at her.

"Why go to such lengths?" Shi Nian asked softly. "Is it worth it for me?"

He knew perfectly well how she felt and what she was worried about.

The troubles she causes mean that if you're with her, you might not have any offspring.

He could have liked a better, healthier woman.

He smiled and took a pendant out of a box on the side.

The center of the pendant features a heart-shaped blue diamond.

"Because of it."

As Shi Nian looked at the pendant, countless images flashed through her mind.

“Do you remember?” he said, looking into her eyes.

He slowly removed the mask from his face, a hint of sadness in his eyes.

“Shi Nian,” Huo Yanmo said, looking at her, “I have been waiting for you for many years.”

"After all these years, I can finally return it to you."

A storm raged in my mind in an instant.

Shi Nian recalled something that happened many years ago.

She was still young then. Her father took her to the United States, partly to show her the empire he had built there, and partly to take her on a tour.

At that time, Shi Yichen was at the height of his power, and she, Shi Nian, was his only daughter. Wherever she went, she would be respectfully addressed as Miss Shi.

When they first arrived in the US, countless people came to their door, bringing them gifts and trying to build a relationship.

But she felt tired of all of this, because it often happened back home as well.

At that time, she had no idea that a year later, her father would fall from a high-rise building.

She knew that all these people cared about was her identity as Shi Yichen's daughter.

It was the temptation of her father's casual remark that could double or even multiply her wealth.

So, with her father's permission, she went to the port with her bodyguards.

“I was only a teenager then, and my family banished me to the sea to manage shipping-related affairs. Later, I met you at the port,” Huo Yanmo said.

“My father lost in a family feud.”

Huo Yanmo looked down at her and said softly, "This mess should have been handled by my father, but he's dead."

“My mother had to take care of my younger siblings, so I stepped in.”

"Things at sea are always a mess. It's common for cruise ships to sink when they sail into unknown waters. I'm too young, and my men don't listen to me at all. I can barely ensure my own safety. It's impossible for me to follow the shipping route to explore new areas."

"Until that day, I met you."

Huo Yanmo smiled as he looked at Shi Nian in front of him.

"You gave me this and told me that if I took it to the Shi family's subordinates, I would get help."

Huo Yanmo turned the blue pendant over, and on the bottom, there was a small engraving of the character "时" (time).

It uses a special font, which looks a bit like a totem.

“I took it and, following your instructions, went to find the Shi family’s subordinates. Luckily, I happened to run into your father, Shi Yichen, that day.”

“I received help from you and your father.”

He said, "After a year, I have finally begun to consolidate my subordinates and have achieved initial control. I think that slowly, one day, I will be able to control everything."

"Information is poor at sea. I only learned of your father's death a year after he passed away, and I had no way to control everything."

"I know that only when I become truly powerful can I find out the truth."

The hot air balloon floated in the air.

Shi Nian looked at the pendant.

She never imagined that the boy she met back then would be the man standing in front of her today.

At that time, she didn't take it to heart at all.

She was just thinking that since they were from the same country and spoke the same language, she saw that he was living a miserable life and wanted to offer him some help within her power.

She reached out and gently grasped the pendant.

Huo Yanmo looked at her and saw the sadness in her eyes.

They were both too young when they first met.

It was just a brief encounter.

It seemed like just a casual act of charity from her, but it actually gave him real power.

In those years, he regarded her and Shi Yichen more as his benefactors.

He was too weak back then.

He vowed that once he became powerful, he would find out the whole truth.

Later, a betrayal led him and her to meet as if by fate.

The bullet to his heart didn't kill him, but it made him fall in love with her.

"By the time I was able to control everything and return to China, you were already with him, and even later got married."

"Over the years, I have been investigating the cause of his death, but everything is shrouded in mystery. Later, I discovered that there seemed to be an invisible hand controlling everything, preventing me from accessing the truth. So I could only wait, wait for an opportunity."

Many people investigated the cause of Shi Yichen's death, and he was not considered particularly outstanding.

He couldn't let anyone discover his connection with the Shi family.

They are worried about encountering more obstacles.

Even this belated confession of the truth took place in this deserted mid-air.

He thought Lu Yanzhi loved her very much.

They assumed they were mutually in love.

She thought Lu Yanzhi would treat her well.

So I kept this feeling hidden in my heart.

Now that Lu Yanzhi has divorced her...

Then let him come.

He will love her well.

A tear fell onto the pendant, landing in the center of the blue diamond.

Shi Nian looked at the heart-shaped pendant in her palm.

After her father's death, the Shi family fell into ruin, and she had almost nothing left of what she once owned.

This is the only gift she has received recently, and it is one of the many gifts her father had given her.

"Don't cry." Huo Yanmo reached out and removed the mask from her face, then wiped away her tears.

He cupped her face in his hands, gazing into her moist eyes.

"Believe me, Niannian, we will find out everything and restore the glory of the Shi family."

"It's all just a matter of time."

"Niannian, believe me."

Shi Nian looked at him.

Her emotions were churning, and she didn't know what to say.

Finally, all she could say was, "Please help me put it on, okay?"

“Okay,” he said.

Then he reached out and took the pendant from her hand, looped it through her hair, and tied it around her neck.

Shi Nian felt the gemstone necklace against her skin; the heart-shaped gemstone was like another tiny heart.

"Where are we going now?" Shi Nian asked Huo Yanmo softly.

“Go and see the past when I loved you,” he said. “So that you will know, Niannian, that my love for you is not out of gratitude or competitiveness, but because I truly love you.”