Chapter 178
Chu Jiujiu knew Han Shengyi wouldn't agree, but she didn't expect him to react so violently. Seeing him turn around and leave, Chu Jiujiu quickly chased after him, blocking his way and hurriedly said, "Please listen to my explanation first, I have a reason for saying this!"
Han Shengyi didn't give her a chance to persuade him. He looked at Chu Jiujiu and said seriously, "I don't care what your reason is. If it requires you to take risks, then no reason is a good reason."
Chu Jiujiu choked and grabbed Han Shengyi's sleeve. "Okay, okay, then I won't tell you the reason. I'll tell you what happened. You should take care of this, right?"
This time Han Shengyi did not object. Chu Jiujiu was silent for a moment, organized her thoughts, and then told Han Shengyi what she had discovered in the past few days.
She told him about Zhang Nan's identity and the fact that she wanted the necklace. She also said that the necklace was a family heirloom passed down from the Meng family, but she didn't say what the heirloom's function was. She was almost completely open about everything she said to Han Shengyi. Chu Jiujiu was so confident that she felt she had said enough, but Han Shengyi didn't think so.
Chu Jiujiu concealed one thing, but after listening to it, he only cared about this thing.
He digested it for a while, then asked Chu Jiujiu doubtfully: "The necklace you are talking about, is it the gourd you used to wear when you were a child?"
Chu Jiujiu: “…”
It's clearly shaped like a water drop, how come it became a gourd?
It's just a gourd, Chu Jiujiu nodded vaguely, "Yes, that's it."
Han Shengyi was even more puzzled. "Is that necklace valuable?"
Chu Jiujiu was silent for a second, then nodded vigorously. "It's extremely valuable. You're not from the Meng family, so you don't know what kind of significance it holds for them. Whoever holds it is equivalent to the head of the Meng family. Don't be fooled by its plain appearance; it's actually invulnerable to swords and guns, water and fire. Legend has it that this necklace represents wealth and status. There may be deeper secrets hidden within it, and who knows."
Chu Jiujiu said these misleading words seriously. Han Shengyi believed her at first, but after hearing the rest, his expression disappeared.
"We read 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber' together. I was the one who read the part about the Ming Cult's Holy Fire Order to you."
Chu Jiujiu: “…”
She had no patience for reading novels, and when she got tired of them, she would ask Han Shengyi to read to her. Han Shengyi's voice was so nice that she always fell asleep while listening to him. She didn't remember what Han Shengyi said, and she probably fell asleep again while he was reading.
Touching her face a bit awkwardly, Chu Jiujiu said, "Really? I was wondering why these words suddenly appeared in my mind. It turns out they were input into my subconscious."
The lie was exposed, Chu Jiujiu put down her hand, clenched her fist, and then slowly released it.
She raised her head and looked at Han Shengyi: "That necklace is very valuable in the eyes of some people, but in the eyes of others, it is worthless. I can't explain to you why this is the case. Maybe... after a while, I will be able to tell you."
Han Shengyi looked into her eyes and asked, "For a period of time, how long is it?"
Chu Jiujiu smiled lightly and said, "I don't know, maybe a few years, maybe decades, I have to wait until I'm ready."
Han Shengyi didn't say anything.
Chu Jiujiu is a girl with secrets. Han Shengyi has known this for a long time, after all, she has too many flaws. Her parents clearly have a good relationship, but she doesn't live with her mother or her father. When she first arrived in Qingzhu Village, she said she was raised by her uncle. That uncle later appeared: Nie Bai. But Nie Bai said something in front of everyone: Qingzhu Village is really a great place. It's my first time here, and I don't want to leave.
This is the most obvious flaw, which is completely inconsistent with what Chu Jiujiu said at the beginning. In addition, there are many small details, so many that Han Shengyi can't list them all.
At first, Han Shengyi didn't care about this issue, because he felt that Chu Jiujiu's origin had nothing to do with him. Later, Han Shengyi didn't care about this issue even more, because he felt that the future was much more important than the past.
Being friends is different from being in a relationship. Friends allow each other to have little secrets, but in a relationship, they can't wait to show their hearts to each other. It's impossible to say that Han Shengyi doesn't mind this. It's just like Chu Jiujiu said, Han Shengyi indulges her and is willing to bury this problem deep in his heart, even for a lifetime.
Hearing Chu Jiujiu's confession, Han Shengyi was silent for a long time.
"It doesn't matter."
Chu Jiujiu was confused for a moment, "Huh?"
Han Shengyi repeated, "It's okay. If you don't want to tell me, you don't have to. You know, I don't have many desires. The only thing I really care about is that you can stay by my side. I don't care about other things that much."
Chu Jiujiu tugged at her fingers, "But..."
"I want to say it."
The two looked at each other, and Han Shengyi's eyes changed slightly. Chu Jiujiu felt a little embarrassed to speak, so she lowered her head. "What I want to say... I want to tell you everything about me, but I don't know whether I should say it, and I don't know what the consequences will be after I say it. That is, I don't doubt your feelings for me. Well, I still have some doubts."
Chu Jiujiu's mood became depressed, and his head lowered even more. "But I can't control myself. You are very important to me. I don't want to take any risks and don't want my current life to be disrupted in the slightest."
No one may believe it when she says it, but Chu Jiujiu didn't want to tell Han Shengyi because she was afraid that Han Shengyi would think she was weird and scary.
If people chat casually and mention rebirth and time travel, these fantasy terms that only appear in works of art, their first reaction is, wow, that's amazing, I'm so envious.
But this is all just like Ye Gong's love of dragons. If you let a person who has really traveled through time be released into society and make the fact that he has traveled through time public, the result will definitely be tragedy.
Even if no one sliced him up, no one restricted his freedom, he would still live a lonely life. Everyone looked at him through a lens, first seeing him as a time traveler, and then as a human being. Strangers might react less strongly, but those who knew him would be extremely shocked and strange, and even acquaintances would begin to question life.
As a familiar figure to Han Shengyi, Chu Jiujiu is his friend, relative, and lover. Can Han Shengyi really accept that such an important person suddenly changes her attributes?
Even if there is only a one percent chance that Han Shengyi will stay away from her, she cannot afford this one percent risk.
Chu Jiujiu kept her head down. She stopped talking and didn't raise her head. Han Shengyi knew her so well, but at this moment, he could only partially understand her thoughts.
He could only feel that Chu Jiujiu was unhappy and a little worried, but he didn't understand what she was worried about.
However, he didn't need to understand.
Sighing softly, he took Chu Jiujiu into his arms and patted her back very gently. "If you want to say it, say it. If you don't want to say it, don't say it. Since you want me to wait, then I will wait. Just remember, I don't need to wait for a result."
He lowered his eyes to glance at Chu Jiujiu's face and found that her mood had not changed much, so he changed the subject. "Since you said Zhang Nan is Meng Wanhe, why don't you tell your father? You and your grandmother's family have never met them, so you know very little. If he knows about this, he can help you figure out the relationship between Meng Wanhe and your family."
Speaking of this, Chu Jiujiu's emotions disappeared. She shook her head and said, "No, if my father knew about this, he would definitely investigate it in depth. When he investigates, he will use the soldiers under his command. Then, the matter will be impossible to conceal."
Han Shengyi asked her, "You don't want too many people to know about the necklace?"
Chu Jiujiu sighed, "Not exactly. I don't want anyone to know about the necklace, nor do I want my father to investigate Zhang Nan in depth. The more I think about it these past few days, the more I feel something is wrong. How brave is she to send people to my house to steal things? My father is the political commissar, and she dared to do this, and she hired very professional people. And her usual personality and attitude, can you tell that she is this kind of person? She reminds me of Zhou Xiaohe. Whenever I think of that woman, I get goose bumps. Now I can be sure that Zhang Nan is not a good person, but I am even more afraid that she is a very, very bad villain."
Chu Jiujiu emphasized the word "special" twice, then she broke free from Han Shengyi's arms, her eyes wide open, and she continued, "Things are so chaotic abroad, her experience is so complicated, and she even has connections with Japan! What if she did something illegal, what if she touched something she shouldn't have touched? Her death wouldn't be a pity, but what about my dad and Chu Shao? Can my dad still move up? Chu Shao, he's going to research large weapons at the base in the future. With such a background, wouldn't this kind of project be out of his reach?"
Chu Jiujiu said seriously, "I can't let this happen. Developing weapons is Chu Shao's dream, and it can't be ruined because of Zhang Nan."
Han Shengyi: "But if you tell Chu Shao about this, he will only feel that your safety is more important than his dream."
"I know," Chu Jiujiu was very confident about this. "So I can't tell him, nor can I tell my dad. They have exactly the same personality. After listening to me, they will tell me to stop interfering in this matter. No matter what crime Zhang Nan has committed, they will arrest him swiftly and deal with him on the same day. They want to protect me. I understand. They have been protecting me all along."
"But now that I'm grown up, I think it's my turn to protect them."
At this point, she smiled at Han Shengyi and said, "Anyway, I'm not alone. I still have you, Brother Shengyi. You're meticulous, and I'm resourceful. The two of us can definitely come up with a way to make Zhang Nan confess his crime quietly without causing any trouble."
Han Shengyi smiled faintly: "So, this is why you only told me this? I thought it was because I was very special in your heart."
Chu Jiujiu blinked and said, "It's just very special."
"My father and Chu Shao are my family. They are the ones who raised me. They took care of me when I was little, and now that I'm grown up, I have to return the favor and take care of them. You are just my adopted brother. Rather than taking care of each other, I think the two of us should be described as sharing weal and woe and supporting each other through thick and thin. You and I are one, there is no question of who takes care of whom."
Han Shengyi: "It still exists, for example, if you asked me to read to you to hypnotize you."
Chu Jiujiu glanced at him and said, "That's not called care, that's your obligation."
What's the matter? Don't you want to marry her? Then why can't she charge a little interest in advance for coaxing her to sleep?
Chu Jiujiu's complaints were written all over her face, and Han Shengyi couldn't help laughing. "Then tell me how you plan to enforce the law. Let me hear it first. How do you plan to do it?"
This is softening. Chu Jiujiu quickly took advantage of the situation and told her plan. She thought it was very feasible. As long as Zhang Nan really wanted the necklace, he would definitely take the bait. Han Shengyi also thought so, but he had some objections.
"Don't show up, I'll take care of this."
Chu Jiujiu refused without even thinking, "No, she won't believe it."
Too.
The first step of Chu Jiujiu's plan was to spread the news that she owned the necklace, but if it was Han Shengyi, it would not make sense. They hadn't even gotten married, so how could the necklace end up in Han Shengyi's hands?
Han Shengyi pondered for a moment, then asked her, "How about we have an engagement party?"
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