She finished speaking in a low voice, took the ring and walked into the house. After a few steps, she turned around and said, "Wait a moment, I'll be done soon."
Xie Yan smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for you!"
He stared straight at Yu Yuehui's retreating figure, clutching his wildly beating heart, and sat down on the stool.
He was probably really sick, otherwise how could a normal person's heart beat so fast, as if it were about to jump out? He drank a glass of water to calm himself down.
Seeing that Yu Yuehui wasn't coming out anytime soon, he moved to the recliner, and it was indeed very comfortable!
This place suits him better; he must be tired after all this work!
Perfect timing to lie down and rest!
When Xie Yan received the ring again, it had two rough bamboo stalks attached to it, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin, nestled together, looking quite adorable.
Yu Yue smiled and explained, "I was reading a book recently and saw that bamboo has a very good symbolic meaning, so I carved bamboo on it. What do you think?"
After she finished speaking, she looked at Xie Yan with bright, expectant eyes.
Xie Yan held the ring in his hand. "It's very beautiful and one of a kind. No one else can imitate it. I like it very much!"
Yu Yuehui loved to hear this, and she could no longer hide the smile on her face. She muttered to herself, "Of course, that's exactly the effect I wanted!"
His words were brimming with undisguised pride!
Xie Yan glanced at her smiling face, and the corners of his mouth also turned up. He took her hand and said, "Here, let me put it on you."
Yu Yuehui stretched out her hand and opened her five fingers in cooperation.
After Xie Yan put it on, she examined it carefully for a few seconds. It looked beautiful! Yu Yuehui's rough fingers contrasted sharply with the gold ring, yet they created a strange harmony.
He handed his own to Yu Yuehui, reached out his hand, and looked up at her.
At first, Yu Yuehui didn't understand what Xie Yan meant. But when she saw his smiling face, she suddenly understood. She pursed her lips, suppressed her smile, and took the ring with slightly trembling hands. She then took Xie Yan's hand and put the ring on his ring finger.
The golden ring gleamed in the sunlight. Yu Yuehui held Xie Yan's finger and examined it closely. It was beautiful; the same ring looked exceptionally good on his hand.
Xie Yan's hands were practically perfect. His fingers were long and straight, with distinct knuckles that didn't look out of place. His nails were neatly trimmed, and the veins on the back of his hands were faintly visible, adding a touch of masculinity to his hands. The gold ring complemented his hands perfectly, adding a touch of nobility and maturity to his gold.
Yu Yue held Xie Yan's hand, and the thought that such a beautiful hand and its owner were hers made her happy.
Their hands were clasped tightly together, pressed together without a single gap, and their two identical rings nestled against each other, just like the two of them at that moment. Just looking at each other filled Yu Yuehui with immense joy.
At this moment, all she wanted was to hold his hand tightly, never letting go, and to hold it like this until the end of time, until their hair turned white.
When Xie Yan suggested taking it off, Yu Yuehui suddenly refused. She put her hands behind her back, looked at Xie Yan stubbornly, and whispered like a child, "I will be very careful and no one will find out."
Xie Yan: "!"
"I won't wear it. Are you willing to be the only one wearing it?"
Yu Yue turned her head away, refusing to answer!
Xie Yan sighed, "Wife, we can't take this risk, you know that!"
Yu Yuehui, still unwilling to give up, said, "Xiao Yan, don't worry, I'll wear it secretly. I'll be careful not to let anyone find out!"
Xie Yan covered his forehead. This was the first time he had seen Yu Yuehui like this, so stubborn and unreasonable, like a child.
Xie Yan sighed, "This is a bit difficult!"
He pulled Yu Yue, who was refusing to talk, back to the table and sat her down. He said very seriously, "Wife, please believe me. In the future, there will definitely be a time when we wear rings. When that happens, we will wear them every day and never take them off."
Yu Yue refused, "That's for later, not now!"
Besides, who can predict what will happen in the future? Whether that time will even come is unknown!
Xie Yan: "..."
He had a real headache.
Is this still my wife?
Give him back his ex-wife!
Seeing that reasoning wouldn't work, Xie Yan resorted to shirking responsibility, "Fine, then you can wear it! If others see us outside, not only will Dad lose his position as brigade leader, but we'll also be sent to labor camps!"
Yu Yuehui lowered her head and stubbornly insisted, "I will be very careful and no one will find out!"
But he spoke very softly, and his tone already revealed his determination.
Xie Yan persisted, cupping her head in his hands, looking into her eyes, and said earnestly, "Wife, can you even believe what you're saying? How can you be so sure that not a single person in the village could have discovered it?"
Yu Yue's eyes began to dart away, and after a long while she gave in, "I know! I'll take it off right now." Then tears streamed down her face.
Actually, she knew she couldn't take this out, but she was very reluctant to take it off. It was something they had made by hand, something that belonged only to her and Xie Yan.
It's something unique to them, something no one else has.
One moment they're cheering for it, the next they want to take it off, and maybe they won't be able to wear it anymore and will have to hide it away from the light of day.
Just thinking about it made her feel terrible, as if countless large hands were squeezing her heart, causing her suffocating pain.
She couldn't bear to part with it, she really couldn't bear to!
As she watched the ring slowly slip off her finger, Yu Yue's heart skipped a beat.
Staring at her empty fingertips, she remained silent for a long time!
Xie Yan felt very sorry for her when he saw her like this. He hugged her tightly and whispered, "Wife, you must believe me. In the near future, we will be able to wear it when we go out. We will keep wearing it until then and never take it off, okay?"
Yu Yue thought Xie Yan was just trying to comfort her. Would things really change in the future? Would they?
Yu Yue didn't know, but hearing these words still made her very happy. She also understood that Xie Yan was doing it for her own good, and that she had just been willful.
Composing himself, he smiled and said, "Okay!"
"You can't take it off then!"
Xie Yan nodded, "Of course, I definitely won't take it off, don't worry."
He had considered making a necklace out of a rope for Yu Yue to wear, or other methods, but what if it got exposed?
In a society where hard work, frugality, and pragmatism are the dominant values, wearing a gold ring—something that doesn't align with mainstream values—can bring immeasurable trouble.
Xie Yan would never gamble on anything that relied entirely on luck, because she couldn't bear the consequences of losing!
Moreover, he's not exactly lucky, so he's unlikely to gamble on something so vague and uncertain.
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