That night, Yi Chenli let An Yuan'er stay overnight at the villa.
An Yuan'er was initially a little awkward: "Yi Chenli, my father will not agree to me staying out all night, I still have to go back."
Yi Chenli just smiled and then took out a birthday sticker from his pocket.
This birthday card had always been kept by his father, but now it was in Yi Chenli's hands. The answer was already quite obvious.
An Yuan'er thought carefully about her father's strange behavior at the banquet and her brother's hints.
So that's how it is...
An Yuan'er jumped up from the stool in agitation: "You all conspired together? You kept it from me the only one who found out in the end, it's outrageous!"
An Yuan'er knew better than anyone how doting her father was on his daughter, and how he could bear to marry her off to the so-called crown prince of the Southern Kingdom.
Money, antiques, and treasures are definitely out of the question.
Recalling that day, Yi Chenli sighed and said, "Your father and brother didn't make things so easy for me."
Yi Chenli knew better than anyone that marrying the woman he loved would not be an easy thing.
He actually arrived in Shengjing a month earlier than planned. He was the Crown Prince of the Southern Kingdom, and the Crown Prince of the Southern Kingdom was the former Sixth Prince—this was a secret that could not be told.
Yi Chenli's disguise was perfect, and the two men's temperament and physique were completely different from before. Even the so-called father, Emperor Tiansheng, could not connect him with Yi Chenli when he saw him.
Despite this clandestine identity, on his very first day in the capital, Yi Chen secretly visited the An family. Not as the heir of the Southern Kingdom, but simply as a lovesick man seeking to marry the An family's beloved daughter.
When An Chaoli saw Yi Chenli again, he was shocked but also filled with admiration. Over the years, the young man had suffered a lot, but the determination in his eyes had never wavered.
It felt like returning to a snowy day many years ago, when An Chaoli first visited Chenyang Palace.
He would never forget the boy in the wheelchair who knelt before him with difficulty and said sincerely, "Life is only a few decades long. If he succeeds in the future, please agree to let Yuan'er marry me, Lord An. I will give her everything I can."
Same people, same words, different scenes, all playing out the same way.
With his new identity, Yi Chenli knelt on one knee before An Chaoli and said with utmost humility and sincerity, "I know that Yuan'er is your precious daughter, your priceless treasure. Now, I ask to marry your precious daughter. I know this is an excessive decision. But... I love Yuan'er. Please, marry Yuan'er to me."
This marriage proposal came so many years too late.
At that time, An Chaoli and An Huai were both inside the house, and An Chaoli's eyes were bloodshot.
No one knew better than her father how devoted his daughter was. The person she had been waiting for was finally here. How happy that silly girl would be to know he was still alive.
The sky outside the window was exceptionally clear that day. Birds chirped and twittered in the trees.
If An Chaoli had to choose, Yi Chenli would definitely not be the right person. This man is dangerous, deep, and complex, yet, ironically, he also loves his daughter terribly.
Yi Chenli repeated those words to the girl's father over and over again: "I love Yuan'er, and I will do everything I can to be good to her. Please agree to let Yuan'er marry me."
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