After asking Song Yan, Wen Ruan quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at him, and secretly hated herself for being so weak!
Every day, she would think to herself that she wanted to flirt with Song Yan from head to toe, but when it came to actually doing it, she always messed up.
"Maybe I'm just too shy..." Wen Ruan thought to herself.
Of course, all of that was Wen Ruan's internal thought, and Song Yan was unaware of it.
But when he heard Wen Ruan's question, Song Yan really thought about it seriously. After pondering for a few minutes, he looked at Wen Ruan's shyly lowered head and couldn't help but smile gently.
His eyes were fixed on the whorl of hair on Wen Ruan's head; it looked so pleasing to the eye, so adorable. He replied earnestly, "If you ask me how much I like you, I can't quite put my finger on it. But all I know is that the degree to which I like you surpasses all the other things I like combined. You are number one, and far ahead of everyone else..."
Upon hearing what Song Yan said, Wen Ruan's first reaction was surprise, followed by being moved. After their marriage, the two were both busy with their studies and careers, so they rarely saw each other and had almost no time or space to be alone together.
It has been a long time since we have had such a deep, face-to-face exchange that clearly expresses the other person's feelings.
Besides the fact that they were both busy with their studies and work, their personalities also played a role.
Song Yan was born into a military family. His father was strict with both Song Yan and Song Heng in both their lives and studies. In addition, they experienced a long period of social upheaval, and Song Yan's mother's identity was somewhat sensitive. As a result, Song Yan was very precocious from a young age, skillfully solving problems and showing great maturity and composure in many things. He found it difficult to express his emotions.
As for Wen Ruan... she was born into a broken family in modern times. Her parents were busy making money and didn't care much about her. They would only ask her about her grades as a formality. If her grades were bad, she would face all sorts of storms and be overwhelmed by various skills and interest classes every day.
Later, due to the pressure exerted by her biological parents and their lack of understanding of her heart, Wen Ruan became more and more rebellious. In order to attract her parents' attention, she gradually developed in the opposite direction of what they expected. This family relationship also suppressed her originally lively and cheerful personality.
So when Wen Ruan entered university, her first reaction was to escape that so-called home, that so-called safe haven.
She was like a wounded little bird struggling to fly away.
From then on, she neither understood nor spoke of love or happiness.
But once she arrived here, she experienced everything she had never experienced before, and it seemed that something missing in her spirit and mind was being gradually filled in.
So when Wen Ruan heard Song Yan's story again, she understood how difficult it was for him to say these things, and she was deeply moved.
Wen Ruan wanted to say something in response to him, but no matter how she opened her mouth, she couldn't utter a word under Song Yan's gaze.
Song Yan didn't mind, reached out and poked Wen Ruan's hair crown, asking, "Want to go for a walk around?"
Wen Ruan couldn't express her feelings at that moment, only feeling somewhat guilty. After hearing Song Yan's question, she nodded gently.
Along the way, Song Yan introduced him to the brigade, its boundaries, the current living conditions, and the lovely people of all kinds.
Wen Ruan could tell from the gleam in Song Yan's eyes when he mentioned this place and his career that he had a deep affection for it.
Afterwards, Song Yan took Wen Ruan to the area where he was temporarily resting in the brigade. The brigade leader specially borrowed two rooms from a family with few people in the village for Song Yan and Zhou Shengsheng to use.
Wen Ruan also went in for a quick look. The room was the same as the one her work unit had assigned her when she came to the county town. It was bare, with only stacks of documents and books filled with notes, indicating that someone did live there.
For countless years before, Song Yan had been based here, and needed to frequently observe the growth of the trees and fruits.
Logically speaking, such a matter should not require him, as the county head, to handle personally, but this place is extremely important to both Song Yan himself and the local residents.
The growth of these fruit trees reflects whether this remote brigade can escape hunger, poverty, and the predicament of having to go to the local government to receive relief food every year.
For Song Yan, this is the first project he has undertaken since arriving here, and the first idea he has put into practice. It is not only related to the survival of the people he cares about, but also to whether there will be good results, good benefits, and whether it can be promoted and learned from after the project is successfully implemented.
Because the county where Song Yan was assigned was a well-known impoverished county, it faced a significant gap compared to surrounding cities in terms of geographical location, level of development, and crop growing conditions.
Even the basic needs of the people for food and clothing are difficult to meet.
When Song Yan learned that he was to take up the post here, after consulting a large amount of information, his first thought was: "We can't let everyone go hungry anymore!"
Therefore, when Song Yan arrived here, he began to implement various measures in a bold and decisive manner, especially in the face of existing local limitations, and actively sought solutions.
Although he knew the wait might be long, Song Yan was already prepared to settle down here. "To create achievements, you must lay a solid foundation; only by not wasting a single effort can you win battles and achieve success." These were the words that Song's father had taught him since he was a child, and he deeply agreed with them and kept them in mind.
Looking at Song Yan as he spoke, Wen Ruan saw his bright, passionate eyes filled with enthusiasm and love, and she immediately understood his perseverance and his dreams...
The sun was already setting, and it would soon be pitch black, making the way back difficult. Song Yan felt extremely guilty because the people he had contacted earlier would be coming to pick up the first batch of fruit early the next morning, and they would be taking stock of all the production figures overnight. He simply couldn't leave.
So he wanted to find someone to send Wen Ruan back to the county town first, and then let her return to Beijing the next day. After he finished everything here, he planned to rush back to reunite with her.
After hearing Song Yan's suggestion, Wen Ruan felt a wave of disappointment, and she even almost burst into tears...
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