Ever since Fu Yanci said he had written her a love letter, Ye Li has been absent-minded.
Lan Lan distributed New Year's gifts to her family, and she took the one for Li Xueqing to Aunt Lan's bedroom.
Li Xueqing asked her to serve coffee to Fu Yanci and Jiang Che, and she added a few extra sugar cubes, making Jiang Che question his existence.
Meeting Fu Yanci's gentle, smiling gaze, even without any hint of teasing or joke, Ye Li couldn't help but blush.
After lunch, the Maybach drove out of the Ye family villa area and headed straight for the old house.
Madam Fu is taking a nap.
Xiao Bao was taken by the old butler to the Gu family next door to wait for the Border Collie to give birth to puppies.
The courtyard was quiet, with only the sound of footsteps echoing as people walked away.
As she walked into the courtyard and pushed open the study door, Ye Li's anxious heartbeat gradually calmed down.
The spacious study is divided into two areas, front and back.
In front of you are a desk, bookshelves, and display shelves.
Behind the four-panel screen depicting plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums lies an elegant and comfortable rest area.
Fu Yanci led Ye Li along, introducing the place as they walked, "This was originally my grandfather's study. I've lived here since I started my formal education..."
Old Master Fu's study could almost be considered a small library.
Having learned to read and write, from the Li Weng's Rhyming Three Character Classic on the bottom shelf all the way up to the ancient historical texts at the top, this study witnessed Fu Yanci's growth and transformation.
Taking the key from a hidden compartment at the head of the four-poster bed, Fu Yanci squatted down and opened the locked rosewood five-drawer chest at the head of the bed.
As soon as the cabinet door was opened, a faint scent of mothballs wafted out.
Ye Li stared at the thick stack of plain white and pale yellow envelopes, momentarily stunned.
This... is all for her?
Before Ye Li could even ask...
Fu Yanci turned to look at her and asked, "Ali, where do you want to start looking?"
Ye Li stared blankly at the cabinet full of letters.
On the way here, she had silently guessed what was going on.
I wonder how many letters Fu Yanci wrote to her.
Initially, I thought, 100 letters?
One letter a month, that's 12 letters a year.
Fu Yanci has liked her for ten years, so surely he must have written her 100 letters?
Then, Ye Li became uncertain again.
At the beginning of his tenure at the Fu Corporation, there was the unexpected death of Fu Mingzhen, as well as the lack of approval from the company's shareholders and the elders of the Fu family. He must have been busy and frustrated at that time.
They might not even have time to sit down and have a proper meal, let alone write a letter.
Ye Li secretly reduced that number again.
From New Year's Day, which brings a fresh start, to Valentine's Day in February, Qixi Festival in August, her birthday in October, and Christmas in December.
Five letters a year, and over the years, let's round it down to 50.
But Ye Li didn't expect that what she saw before her was even more shocking than she could have imagined.
How many of these are there?
Ye Li pulled out the latest letter.
The letter was written a month and a half ago.
At that time, she took her mother to Toronto and filed for divorce before boarding the plane.
All his phone calls and WeChat messages were blocked. Fu Yanci wrote all his frustrations and the things he wanted to say to Ye Li into the letter.
The letter contained all the clues he had found about that year, as well as Lin Kerou's confession.
And then there was his resolute refusal: "Divorce? Ah Li, I don't agree!"
Her gaze fell on the word "divorce," and Ye Li bit her lip, looking at Fu Yanci with a guilty expression. "I'm sorry!"
"It's all in the past..."
Fu Yanci picked up Ye Li and held her in his arms, pinching her earlobe. "Ali, I told you, you have unlimited immunity from me, you never have to say sorry to me!"
"But I'm so sorry!!!"
Speaking softly, Ye Li stuffed the letter back into the envelope and put it back in its original place, then took out the envelope in the lower left corner.
A kraft paper envelope.
Just by looking at the envelope, you can tell it's a long time old.
The handwriting on the date in the lower right corner looks like it's about to smudge into the envelope.
Ye Li lowered her eyelashes after only one glance at the opening.
【Ah Li, I like you!】
I've dreamed of saying these words to your face, but fate has been incredibly cruel, not even giving me a chance to try, ruthlessly depriving me of the opportunity to confess!
[...]
The handwriting in the letter was very different from the previous one; even the font was different.
Compared to Fu Yanci's current handwriting, the handwriting in the letter is much neater and sharper.
Ye Li could almost imagine how that aloof young man in a white shirt painstakingly wrote that letter, stroke by stroke.
I didn’t think such enthusiasm was like Fu Yanci, after all, he had always been aloof and silent all these years.
But suddenly, Ye Li overturned her own idea.
It's not that Fu Yanci has changed.
She didn't understand her at all before.
Fu Yanci has always been a person with a cold exterior but a passionate interior. Just like the matchmaking banquet at Fu Garden two years ago, when he knew that she had broken off her engagement with Zhou Hechen, the first thing he said was, "Let's get married."
He has always been the decisive and passionate Fu Yanci.
If she and Zhou Hechen hadn't been so close back then.
She would firmly deny it if the two families joked about it.
Perhaps, this sentence wouldn't have remained hidden so quietly in a letter that never saw the light of day?
"Fu Yanci, I suddenly feel so regretful..."
Ye Li hugged Fu Yanci and affectionately nuzzled his neck, "If I had realized this sooner, maybe we would have already..."
As soon as she said it, Ye Li stopped abruptly.
wrong!
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