Chapter 65 I couldn't hold back any longer
Song Yuan returned home feeling sullen, and she relayed Huo Nanchen's words to her husband verbatim.
Lin Weihua sat behind the large mahogany desk in the study, listening to his wife's complaints without immediately responding.
He held an unlit cigar between his fingers, lost in thought. Having navigated the ups and downs of the business world for decades, he believed he had rarely misjudged people.
“This Huo Nanchen…” Lin Weihua said solemnly, “is not simple.”
Song Yuan was taken aback, and asked in confusion, "What's so complicated about it? Didn't we investigate this before?"
"The background is very clean. It's a small town called Lixiang. She has no parents and only her grandmother lives with her. How could the information be fake?"
"The information may be accurate."
"But a person's character, vision, and speech cannot be faked, and they cannot be cultivated in a small place."
"His perspective on things, especially his judgment of the value of Xili, goes far beyond the scope of an ordinary township doctor."
"He was able to directly point out that I should judge the value of Xili, which clearly means he was certain that I would agree with his point of view."
He put down his cigar and looked at the unconvinced Song Yuan: "Regardless of his background, at least one thing he said is right."
“Xi Li has gone further and more steadily on the path of forensic science than we expected.”
"The value and reputation she has created through her professional abilities are indeed more reliable and lasting than a marriage full of uncertainties."
"She has prestige in political circles, which is indeed a real asset that can bring glory to the Lin family."
Indeed, their prestige in political circles is real and beneficial to the family's development.
But businessmen are always condemned as money-grubbing capitalists.
He made a decision: "From now on, neither you nor Xue Nuo are allowed to disturb Xi Li anymore. Let her focus on her work and exam preparation. As for Xue Nuo and Yan Chi's matter..."
"That's an internal problem for the Xu family, and it's something our Lin family needs to negotiate with them directly."
"What kind of skill is it to keep harping on Xili? I will personally go and have a talk with the Xu family patriarch."
Song Yuan opened her mouth, wanting to retort, but seeing her husband's serious expression, she swallowed her words.
One month later, at the entrance of the National Examination Center in Xiangjiang City.
Lin Xili walked out of the examination room with the flow of people.
The sunlight at the end of spring and the beginning of summer was a bit dazzling, so she squinted slightly and took a deep breath of fresh air.
The three-hour doctoral exam had exhausted her energy, leaving her feeling utterly drained.
The exam was very difficult and covered a wide range of topics. Although I was confident, I still had to wait a month for the results to be released.
She lowered her head and rubbed her throbbing temples. Just as she looked up, her gaze suddenly fixed on something not far away.
Outside the examination hall, people came and went, creating a noisy and bustling atmosphere.
However, at the edge of that chaotic crowd, a familiar figure stood quietly under a tree.
It was Huo Nanchen, and he was still holding a handful of blue snowflakes in his hand.
The delicate blue flowers clustered together, wrapped in light green frosted paper and tied with a simple white ribbon.
At this moment, all the tension and fatigue brought by the exam room dissipated as quickly as the tide receded.
A month ago, in the dead of night, she mustered the courage to make her request in the darkness, and he solemnly promised, silently protecting her...
All the images flashed through her mind, eventually converging into the man in front of her, holding a blue snowflake, waiting for her outside the examination hall.
A surging, uncontrollable torrent of emotions overwhelmed all her reason and the boundaries she had always carefully maintained.
Lin Xili could no longer hold back.
She even forgot that there were so many unfamiliar test takers and parents around her, and forgot her usual aloof and distant demeanor.
Like a bird that has finally found its nest, she trotted towards the man holding the blue snowflake.
Under Huo Nanchen's slightly surprised but unwavering gaze, Lin Xili stretched out her arms and hugged him tightly.
Her cheeks were buried in the hollow of his shirt shoulder, her arms wrapped around his lean waist, greedily inhaling the ambergris scent emanating from him.
She wanted to convey to him through this hug the release after the exam, the long-suppressed emotions, and the growing longing that she herself dared not delve into.
Huo Nanchen's body stiffened for a moment as she lunged at him.
He had never been in such close contact with anyone in public before.
Huo Nanchen quickly relaxed, looking down at the slightly trembling body in his arms, feeling the surging emotions she was conveying.
He neither pushed her away nor said anything to comfort her.
But his free hand, the hand that wasn't holding the bouquet, hesitated for a moment, then hugged her back and gently patted her back a few times.
They were being watched and whispered around them, but neither of them noticed.
It took Lin Xili quite a while to calm down from that out-of-control emotion.
Embarrassed, she let go of his hand, took a step back, and dared not look him in the eye again. She blurted out, "The written test results won't be announced for another month."
Huo Nanchen looked at her flushed cheeks and evasive eyes, and handed her the Blue Snowflake in his hand.
Believe in yourself.
Lin Xili took the bouquet of blue snowflakes, the cool wrapping paper touching her fingertips.
She felt a warmth that went straight to her heart—a warmth of emotion.
"Mmm." She nodded emphatically, hugged the bouquet to her chest, and a faint smile involuntarily appeared on her lips. "Let's go home."
“Okay,” Huo Nanchen replied, reaching out naturally to take the heavy backpack from her shoulder.
The two walked side by side toward the parking lot.
Some boundaries, once crossed by genuine emotions, can never be crossed again.
Some seeds, once planted in the heart, are destined to sprout and grow freely.
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