[Sheng Tian 25] Does he often miss this place too?
When Fang Tiantian heard the words "I like you" from Yan Sheng, she even wondered if she was dreaming.
Her gaze fell on the shadow cast by his eyelashes, trembling slightly, as his thin lips opened and closed.
It seemed that Yan Sheng had said a lot more to her afterward, and Fang Tiantian never imagined that Yan Sheng would actually confess to her.
Fang Tiantian had even forgotten how she left his room and how she got into the car with Fang Yue.
Leaning blankly against the car window, Fang Yue glanced at her without saying a word.
I was mentally debating whether or not to say something.
Suddenly, Fang Tiantian spoke up, her voice soft and delicate: "Brother, I remember asking you why Yan Sheng studies so hard."
"Can you tell me now?"
Fang Yue felt a great sense of relief when she heard her ask that question.
But he still looked at her and said seriously, "Sweetie, once you've thought it through, that's fine."
Fang Yue knows his younger sister too well. Once she knows the whole story of Yan Sheng's past, she probably won't be able to fall in love with anyone else for the rest of her life.
"Um."
Fang Tiantian continued to look out the window, her calm eyes carrying a rare certainty.
Fang Yue chuckled and looked at Uncle Wei, who was driving: "Turn around and head to the airport."
Fang Tian looked at her brother with a puzzled expression: "Why are we going to the airport?"
"You'll see when you get there."
So, without any preparation, Fang Tiantian, wearing only an elegant long dress and holding her phone in her palm, boarded a plane to Yue Province.
Upon arriving at Yunshi Airport, Fang Tiantian, feeling cold, bought a long coat in the airport lobby and followed Fang Yue, shivering. The two of them very simply hailed a taxi.
Fang Tiantian was completely bewildered and didn't dare to ask any questions; her little face showed great dissatisfaction.
Fang Yue didn't care at all. After getting in the car, he simply gave an address: "To Luoxia Village."
Upon hearing that it was a big fare, the driver became even more enthusiastic: "Great, you've come to the right place! Although the roads to Luoxia Village have been repaired in recent years, very few drivers have actually been there! Everyone else has to rely on navigation, haha, luckily I know the area well!"
It was early winter in Yun City, and the wind carried a slightly sharp chill. Fortunately, it wasn't raining. Fang Tiantian closed the windows tightly, afraid that someone might accidentally slip through the gaps in her clothes.
Seeing that the two were good-looking, well-dressed, and that there was a faint scent of expensive perfume in the car, the driver began to chat enthusiastically with them.
"Is this your first time here? Why are you thinking of going to Luoxia Village? That place is really remote. I heard that in the past, you could only get into the village by riding a two-wheeled vehicle, let alone walking. It would take at least one or two hours."
"The road is still the old-fashioned mud road, the kind where you walk on yellow mud."
Fang Tiantian looked at Fang Yue upon hearing this, not understanding why he would take her to such a remote place: "Brother, you're not planning to sell me to some remote mountain village, are you...?"
Fang Yue sighed, but didn't say anything.
Hearing her say that, the driver laughed heartily: "Hahaha, girl, don't worry, I won't do that kind of thing."
"If you're really worried, I'll tell you a route."
"Do you see that bus station over there? There are buses going there, but they only go to a nearby town. If you want to go back to the city from Luoxia Village, you have to walk to the town first and then take the bus back here."
Fang Tiantian glanced at her phone; it still had 70% battery left. She laughed and said, "It's okay. If I get sold, I'll just call someone to pick me up."
Seeing that she was willing to chat with him, the driver also wanted to talk more to pass the time while driving.
"Haha, now we can make phone calls. But a friend of mine who works at a telecom company told me that before the road was built there, there wasn't even a cell phone signal. If you wanted to contact people outside, you could only make a call at the village entrance."
The driver would glance at the two of them every now and then: "I can tell you two are from the city. Don't disbelieve what I just said; there really were places like this in our country before."
Fang Tiantian didn't know why, but suddenly the text message that Yan Sheng sent her during her freshman year of college popped into her mind, saying that there was no signal in her hometown and she wouldn't be able to send messages.
She was angry at Yan Sheng for making such an excuse.
But combined with what the driver had just said, the sudden answer startled Fang Tiantian, who looked timidly at Fang Yue.
"Are we going to... the Yan Sheng family's residence?"
"Um."
This answer made Fang Tiantian tense up uncontrollably, but she forced herself to remain calm and looked out the window, beginning to seriously observe the scenery of Yun City.
As the vehicle gradually moved away from the city and onto secluded roads, the surrounding environment became increasingly rustic, and Fang Tiantian felt increasingly distressed.
After driving for almost three hours, the driver looked at the smoother road ahead and pointed to the clear dividing line: "This road is the old muddy path."
Fang Tiantian subconsciously looked out the window. This place seemed completely unaffected by urbanization, with only mountains, trees of various shapes, and soft, loose soil.
It made her heart ache.
The name of Luoxia Village is printed on a blue and white place name sign. Fang Yue lowered his eyes and said in a calm tone: "This road was built by Wei Yin a few years ago, and the Internet was only brought into the village after the road was built."
"Sweetie." Fang Yue looked at her.
"Yan Sheng walked that kind of dirt road for eighteen years, every time he went to and from school, during holidays, and when he was the only one to take care of his parents' funerals."
Fang Tiantian turned her head sharply, her eyes already red: "Isn't Sister Yan Kui here?"
Fang Yue smiled helplessly, thinking to himself that Yan Sheng was really good at enduring things, and had never said these things to his sister.
"When Yan Sheng was sixteen, his parents died in a car accident, leaving his family destitute. He was eighteen when he reunited with Yan Kui and went to Nanshi with her. He started his studies again from the second year of high school."
After Fang Yue finished speaking, he had to admit how terrifying Yan Sheng was. If he hadn't been born into the Fang family, he might have had a hard time keeping up with someone who could rise to such a high position at such a young age on his own.
The Yan family's gate was still that rusty, unlocked iron gate.
Fang Tiantian opened it with a gentle push.
Looking at the desolate courtyard, the mottled cement walls, the old stone benches, the hoe covered in cobwebs in the corner, and the roof tiles that she had only ever seen on television.
Without any hesitation, I stepped inside.
The door was locked, and Fang Tiantian's fair fingertips grasped the small lock on the door.
No matter how much she told herself to calm down, the tears just wouldn't listen and kept dripping down her face.
The concrete steps absorbed one tear after another that fell from above, glistening with heartache.
Fang Tiantian looked closely at the ordinary lock, her voice muffled and trembling: "Brother, do you think he often missed this place during those two years abroad?"
"At the time, I thought he was just playing around and that's why he didn't study properly."
"He completed the three-year government college program in just two years. He endured so much hardship, yet he told me it was just a matter of time..."
Fang Tiantian thought that she should have responded generously when Yan Sheng confessed to her yesterday.
Tell him that she was being too willful.
Tell him that she has really liked him for many years.
Fang Tiantian released the small lock and slowly squatted down in front of the old wooden door, burying her face in her arms and bursting into loud sobs.
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