Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 319 - 211: Four Years Ago, Owe You a Lifetime (Third Update)

"I understand now!" Shi Nian slapped her forehead. "The last photo you took was around my college entrance exam, and I was kidnapped in my senior year, just three years later."

Huangfu Huazhang nodded, "I loved not only the thirteen-year-old you, but I was waiting for the grown-up you. So over the next six years, I went back to China every year to see a traditional Chinese doctor and rehabilitate my leg; whenever I returned to China, I would go to that alley to wait for you, watching you grow year by year, becoming more and more the person I’ve been longing for."

Shi Nian lowered her head, even her neck grew warm.

When she first heard him say he liked her since she was thirteen, she felt awkward; now, it was only listening to him that she felt a bit of ease. It turns out his attention on her lasted for six consecutive years—and if it were just a man with a liking for young girls, like in Lolita’s story, he would have lost interest once the girl grew up. But he had really waited patiently for six years, waiting for her to grow up.

Her shyness was the best reward, and he knew she understood his feelings. He couldn’t help but grasp her wrist tightly, wanting so much to hold her in his arms.

"After you finished your college entrance exams, the matters on my side in M Country kept increasing, and compounded by the demolition of that alley, I didn’t return to China over the next three years and didn’t see you again."

"I originally calculated the days, waiting for your university graduation. At that time, I wouldn’t have minded using some small methods, like directly allocating a recruitment quota to your university, bringing you over to work in M Country, bringing you to my side..."

He had such intentions before? Shi Nian was slightly surprised. With the international stature of a group like Fude Group, if they had really offered a position to her university back then, she might not have been able to resist.

Huangfu Huazhang smiled awkwardly: "...I even thought of other methods, like using a research position at Kangchuan University to attract you. You would have come."

Shi Nian blushed again, lowering her head in embarrassment to admit it.

He smiled but sighed, "Maybe I was too confident, thinking everything could be decided just like that, that our reunion was right before us, no need to rush... And then, that year, I received a video email with your footage. Only then did I know it was my adversary who had kidnapped you."

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Outside the window, a mountain breeze passed by, shaking the leaves. A flurry of yellow leaves drifted down like rain.

Shi Nian looked up at Huangfu Huazhang, dazed and unable to gather her thoughts.

"Sir, what are you saying? I was kidnapped because of you? How could this be? Clearly, it was the criminal my dad caught who sought revenge after being released!"

"On the surface, that’s true, but there’s more to it. Besides, the two things are essentially two sides of the same coin, not contradictory."

Shi Nian looked blankly, like a little girl lost in a fog, seemingly reminiscent of the days when she timidly approached his window through the morning mist and flower shadows.

His heart ached, extending his long arms to bring her over, settling her on his lap, enclosing her head, gently soothing her.

"The mastermind behind that incident was my adversary. They’ve been searching for my weakness for years but failed repeatedly. Unable to find any openings on me personally, they shifted their target... They investigated my mother’s family, and because of that, they might have found you."

"But they were smart too, afraid that doing things across countries would provoke the Chinese police, so they sought out local ruffians in China, just happening to hire the recently released criminal who had threatened to avenge your father. He had just been released, needed money, so they offered such a big job that he couldn’t refuse."

Shi Nian felt as if she was pulled back to four years ago, completely unaware she was already seated on his lap, embraced by him. Her mind was full of the past, the only reality was his gentle narration.

She stared blankly into the void in the air, slowly nodding, "I understand, it was the enemy of my dad who acted, wanting to use this to retaliate against him; but in reality, it was your adversaries pushing them behind the scenes. They were also afraid I’d uncover the truth, so they kept me in complete darkness, unable to see or hear anything."

Huangfu Huazhang closed his eyes, tightly holding the little her in his embrace. "When I saw the video of you despairingly banging on doors and clawing at walls, heard you cry out, saying you wouldn’t escape anymore, wouldn’t resist, just wished someone would listen to you... my heart shattered. My little girl, the purest part of my heart that must never be touched, was tormented in such a way by them!"