Soon, the wheelchair's tires reached the wet sand, making movement extremely difficult.
"Xu Wan!"
Jiang Tingzhou tried to move the wheelchair forward, but the tires sank even deeper into the sand, unable to move an inch.
In order to get out of the sand, he had to steer the tires to change direction.
Because one tire sank too deep, when the other tire changed direction, the entire wheelchair became unstable and tipped over to the side!
Standing in the sea, Xu Wan vaguely heard a muffled sound behind her, and then she turned around.
She saw a wheelchair overturned a few meters away, and the man who had been sitting in the wheelchair was struggling to get up.
"...Mr. Ryan?"
Even though Xu Wan couldn't see the man's face clearly, she could guess that the man in front of her was Ryan.
She quickly ran to the man's side, first helping him to his feet, and then helping him lift his wheelchair.
Xu Wan looked at the man sitting on the beach and reached out her hand, saying, "Let me help you up."
Jiang Tingzhou knew he was in a sorry state and that the woman couldn't possibly help him up, but he still reached out his hand.
Let her try, let her know how naive she was when she said those things.
Taking care of someone who is disabled in both legs is not an easy task.
The woman's hand reached out, as soft and slender as before. The moment their palms touched, Jiang Tingzhou gripped it tightly without any pretense, as if he wanted to use every finger to exert force.
He was afraid that if he missed this opportunity, he would never have the chance to hold those hands again.
Xu Wan tried to pull the man up, but didn't pay much attention to it.
She tried and then realized that the man's leg was injured, so she couldn't pull him up like that.
"Sorry, that doesn't seem like a good idea."
When Xu Wan finished speaking, she watched the man withdraw his hand and felt a little disappointed.
She said, "How about I try to lift you into the wheelchair?"
Jiang Tingzhou looked at the woman in front of him, who seemed unchanged since they parted years ago, and asked directly, "Do you think it's possible?"
"..." Xu Wan looked at the man's figure and shook her head awkwardly, "No way."
At this moment, Jiang Tingzhou's shirt and pants were completely soaked.
He sat there on the beach, as waves rolled in and tumbled into the legs of his expensive trousers.
He patted the beach beside him and said, "Sit down for a while. If you feel wet, sit in your wheelchair and keep me company for a bit."
Xu Wan did not sit in the wheelchair, but to prevent her dress from getting wet, she sat on the footrest of the wheelchair.
Jiang Tingzhou saw this but didn't stop her.
"Miss Xu, now you know how difficult life is for someone who is disabled in both legs, right? If it weren't for you today, and I happened to not have my phone with me, guess how I would have gotten back to shore?"
Jiang Tingzhou turned his head and looked at Xu Wan beside him.
They hadn't been this close in a long time.
They were husband and wife just a few years ago, doing the most intimate things, but now they're just sitting together, unable to even speak the truth.
But Xu Wan already had the answer to his question.
He had no choice but to crawl to the shore to ask for help.
Xu Wan guessed that this might be the reason why he was unwilling to admit his identity.
“Mr. Ryan.” Xu Wan got off the footboard and sat directly on the beach next to the man. “Let me introduce myself. My name is Xu Wan, Xu as in Yanwu and Wan as in night. I am a lawyer working at Tianyuan Law Firm in Beicheng, China. My annual income is not very stable. Last year, I earned seven figures because of a case. I have been married. My ex-husband’s name is Jiang Tingzhou. He disappeared five years ago. I have a three-and-a-half-year-old daughter named Jiang Xiaoxiao. I was pregnant before he disappeared.”
The night was quiet, and Jiang Tingzhou listened to the woman's self-introduction but couldn't say a word.
He knew about every single one of these things.
Xu Wan turned her head to look at the man beside her. From this angle, the man's profile was almost identical to Jiang Tingzhou's.
Looking at the profile she knew so well, she mustered her courage and said, "I miss my ex-husband so much. I know you're not him, but your voice sounds just like his. I'm willing to take care of you. Could you try to accept me and let me be your girlfriend?"
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