Spring River Chasing the Moon

As the night grew deeper, Xu Zhi said hello to Nan Youzhao and the others, saying that he still had something to say to Nan Qiuyue and would send her back to the compound later. Nan Youzhao, Chen Lili and the others then went back first.

"what happened?"

Nan Qiuyue was a little curious, and Xu Zhi also wanted to say something to her.

"You sit first."

As he spoke, Xu Zhiye helped Nan Qiuyue sit down, then took out a light pink shoe box that he had prepared at some point in time. The lace ribbon trembled slightly with his movements.

Nan Qiuyue noticed that the shoes were the same pair of flat shoes that she had said she liked very much and added to her collection a few days ago.

Nan Qiuyue looked at Xu Zhiye in surprise, wondering when he had prepared it.

"When did you buy it?"

Xu Zhi didn't reply immediately, but simply knelt on one knee. Nan Qiuyue hurriedly reached out to pull his arm, "The floor is not clean..."

The words got stuck in my throat.

Xu Zhiye was seen holding her ankle as if he were holding a fragile porcelain. With his other hand, he carefully folded the silk scarf into a square pad before gently placing her foot on it. Every movement was full of pity.

The winding red mark on the heel was particularly glaring on the snow-white skin. Xu Zhi frowned unconsciously, blaming himself for not thinking it through and should have thought of it earlier.

Nan Qiuyue just looked at the vortex on Xu Zhiye's hair and her eyes became wet.

Although she was spoiled at home, this was the first time she was treated so cherished, whether in her previous life or this life.

Xu Zhiye's fingertips were lighter than the spring mist. He took out a band-aid from his pocket and carefully peeled it off.

He lowered his head and blew air on the bleeding wound. The warm air flow brushed over the wound, which was more effective than painkillers.

"I just asked my assistant to prepare it. I'm sorry, I should have thought of it earlier."

"New shoes hurt your feet, and I didn't prepare earlier, so you got hurt."

Xu Zhiye's voice melted into the slight sound of tearing off the adhesive tape. The Band-Aid seemed to carry his body temperature, warming Nan Qiuyue's heart. The infinite love made Nan Qiuyue go crazy in her heart.

After putting a band-aid on Nan Qiuyue's wound and changing her into flat shoes, Xu Zhi carefully checked her feet again. Only after confirming that there were no other red marks did he help her stand up.

"Take you to a place."

It was rare for Xu Zhi to speak in such a mysterious tone, which made Nan Qiuyue very curious.

But she didn't expect that Xu Zhi would lead her directly to the top floor of the hotel's residential area.

"Close your eyes first."

Xu Zhi also walked behind Nan Qiuyue, raised his hand to gently cover her eyes, and put his other hand around her shoulders. As the sound of swiping the door card rang out, Nan Qiuyue felt herself being led by him slowly into the room.

The room was well heated. Xu Zhi closed the door and approached Nan Qiuyue again.

"I'll count to three, then you open your eyes."

Nan Qiuyue nodded obediently.

"three……"

"two……"

"one……"

As Xu Zhi finished the countdown, Nan Qiuyue slowly opened her eyes. The warm light in front of her made her unable to react for a moment. After blinking, Nan Qiuyue began to look around again.

"This...these are..."

The moment she saw the layout of the room clearly, Nan Qiuyue covered her mouth in surprise.

She immediately turned around and looked at Xu Zhiye, somewhat unbelieving, only to see Xu Zhiye nodded at her, as if to tell her that she was not mistaken.

The large reception area is filled with comic manuscripts that Nan Qiuyue and Xu Zhiye have created since they first met.

From their first meeting in Haicheng, to the chance encounter in the Nancheng Bookstore, and the painting that Nan Qiuyue gave him that year, to their reunion at the Yan family.

After returning to the Nan family, the two of them got along, and later Xu Zhi went abroad and returned to China...

The two met again, had their coming-of-age ceremony, confirmed their feelings, confessed their love, got together, had their first kiss, their first date... the day of the proposal, and the scenes of today...

They are all drawn, but in the comics, each story unfolds from Xu Zhiye's perspective.

Nan Qiuyue then realized that Xu Zhi had the same idea when they first met as children.

Nan Qiuyue also realized more clearly that during the years Xu Zhi was abroad, she was also very important to him.

"Like it?"

Xu Zhi also saw the little girl staring at the painting seriously. He walked up behind her, hugged her from behind, lowered his head and whispered in her ear.

"like."

Nan Qiuyue nodded vigorously, her eyes slightly red.

"Did you draw these?"

Nan Qiuyue tilted her head slightly and asked him with a choked voice, and received an affirmative answer from Xu Zhiye.

Xu Zhi was not a professional painter, so Nan Qiuyue found it hard to imagine how he painted these paintings on paper stroke by stroke.

"This is something I designed specifically for the two of us. The copyright issues have already been settled. From now on, this story will belong only to you and me. With everything that happens in the future, we will complete this story together."

Nan Qiuyue nodded obediently in Xu Zhiye's arms, turned around, stood on tiptoe, and gently kissed the corner of his lips.

After a while, Xu Zhi took the initiative and pressed Nan Qiuyue's hands against the floor-to-ceiling window, feeling his passionate kiss.

Outside the window, brilliant fireworks bloomed. On the other side, countless drones rose in the night sky, forming "LOVE XY" in the sky.

However, the person involved, Nan Qiuyue, had no time to appreciate the scenery outside the window. She hugged Xu Zhiye's waist tightly and kissed him closely.

In between breaths, Nan Qiuyue heard Xu Zhiye's affectionate confession.

"Little Moon, I love you."

Nan Qiuyue looked up at the cartoon next to her. The last picture was the scene at this moment. Under the sky full of fireworks, she and Xu Zhi were hugging each other.

"I love you too."

No matter how many times I go through it, I will fall in love with you again and again.

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Previous life, Xu Zhiye’s perspective.

Xu Zhi also learned that the little girl he met by chance on the old street in Nancheng had passed away the second year after her death.

In fact, after they separated from the hospital, Xu Zhi secretly went to her school to see her once when she was not noticing.

The little girl seemed to have few friends at school, and her tendency to be a loner made Xu Zhi feel a little distressed.

But his reason told him that the distance between them was difficult to bridge, and he did not stop for her.

But later, no matter how many girls he met, none of them touched him as much as that shy and immature girl.

So, he wanted to see her again. Although he didn't know whether she was married or not, Xu Zhi just thought that he should give himself a chance to break free from his rationality.

However, he never thought that the next time he heard news about the girl, it would be the sad news that she had passed away.

No one had ever seen Xu Zhiye so distraught, and even Yan Wei, his good brother, was also confused. He didn't know what had happened to his brother...

"She's dead. It was my fault. I misjudged my own feelings."

Xu Zhi also looked at Yan Wei and spoke in a low voice.

Yan Wei is the only person in the world who has witnessed his meeting with that girl.

"Who?"

After so many years, Yan Wei no longer remembers the girl he met once at Jinghe.

Xu Zhi also looked at Yan Wei, but in the end he still didn't explain clearly.

Seeing him in such a dying state, Yan Wei felt a little sorry for him.

"I don't know who you're talking about, but if she's really important to you, then go do something for her."

Yan Wei left this sentence and left.

After a long time, the sky gradually darkened, and Xu Zhi took out his mobile phone and called his assistant.

"There's someone. Go investigate. The more detailed the better. Include her family and... the cause of her death..."

In less than a week, Xu Zhi received a detailed investigation report.

"Mr. Xu, the person you asked me to investigate died of a myocardial infarction while working. Ultimately, she died despite medical efforts."

"Her family..."

The assistant was a little hesitant, not knowing what the relationship between this girl and Mr. Xu was, and not knowing whether he should tell her.

Xu Zhiye was also looking through the family information in the report. Seeing his assistant hesitant, he had a bad feeling.

"You go on."

"That's right. According to our investigation, her father is a soldier and her mother is a teacher. So her financial situation shouldn't be too bad."

"But according to our investigation, she routinely worked overtime for her business, lived frugally, and her family home was shabby. We inquired with the neighbors in the village and found out that her grandmother was extremely partial to her great uncle's family. Her parents' wages were used to support the entire extended family, while their own small family received no attention at all. So she had been working so hard to take her parents away from her grandmother's house...but she didn't expect the accident to happen..."

The assistant's voice became lower and lower as he saw that Mr. Xu's expression was getting uglier and uglier.

"You said her grandmother had passed away?"

Xu Zhi also grasped the key point.

"Yes, he passed away some time ago."

After hearing the news, Xu Zhiye didn't say anything and just continued to look through the information in his hand.

The assistant looked at Xu Zhiye's expression and continued to report, helping Xu Zhiye to pick out the key points of the text materials and tell them to him.

"After she passed away, her mother couldn't handle the blow and became depressed all day long. Her grandfather and his family took her mother to South City. Her father was still in the Haicheng Army and had been trying to apply for a transfer to South City, but his application had never been approved."

"Another thing is, her grandfather is a retired professor from Nancheng University, Professor Chen Zechen."

When Xu Zhi heard the name Chen Ze, his hand holding the documents paused.

After a long while, Xu Zhi began to give instructions to his assistant.

"Go tell Grandfather that there's a transfer order for someone and ask him to help resolve it. Just say...that he's someone very important to me."

The assistant certainly knew who Xu Zhiye was talking about, but he didn't expect that their President Xu, who usually hated relying on the Xu family's resources, would actually seek help from Commander Xu for the girl's family.

"Also, you should investigate her great uncle's family again. If everything is true, I hope they can no longer survive in Haicheng."

After the assistant received the task, he left the office, leaving Xu Zhiye to repeatedly flip through the investigation materials in his hand.

There are also a few photos of girls on it, not many in number, and they are all group photos taken at graduation.

Xu Zhiye looked at the bright smile she once had and shed tears of deep regret.

"If... everything could be done over again..."