Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 465 - 336. I’ll trade everything for one of you, okay? (2 updates, 2)
As soon as Tang Yanqing finished speaking, the people in the observation room cheered!
Everyone knew that Huangfu Huazhang was hard to deal with, and today he came alone, without even a lawyer, so no one expected him to tell the whole truth today. But Mr. Tang took him by surprise, attacking from the flank, and unexpectedly forced Xia Zuo out!
Xia Zuo was Huangfu Huazhang’s closest confidant; forcing him out was equivalent to forcing half of Huangfu Huazhang out, which was also a huge gain for the police!
What’s more, Xia Zuo was personally confessed by Huangfu Huazhang, which provided a lot of opportunities to explore psychological tactics from this angle, so everyone couldn’t help but feel delighted.
Shi Nian was also happy for Tang Yanqing, but she couldn’t help lifting her eyes to look through the glass towards Huangfu Huazhang.
Tang Yanqing had finished speaking and got up to extend a hand to Huangfu Huazhang. Yet, Huangfu Huazhang still sat in the chair, expressionless, but his eyes were fixed on her.
She saw loneliness.
A profound loneliness.
Shi Nian put away her smile and leaned against the glass, gazing intently into his eyes.
The source of this loneliness, she could also imagine. Xia Zuo was the closest servant to him, ostensibly a master-servant relationship, but over time became like brothers. He had always been solitary for so many years, having Xia Zuo by his side was hard-won. But today, in his confidence, he had unknowingly betrayed Xia Zuo. Even through the glass, the momentary desolation surged from his heart to her.
He regretted betraying Xia Zuo, and he was worried that if there came a day when he lost even Xia Zuo... then he would be all alone once more.
Finally, Huangfu Huazhang stood up, extending his weary hand barely to shake the one Tang Yanqing offered, then walked towards the door in gloom.
Shi Nian grabbed her briefcase and followed out the door, quietly walking down the corridor to Huangfu Huazhang’s side.
Tang Yanqing was also in the corridor, yet Shi Nian walked straight to Huangfu Huazhang, and the team members couldn’t help but glance at Tang Yanqing. Tang Yan Yi moved forward, wanting to pull Shi Nian back, but was grabbed by Tang Yanqing half-way.
Tang Yan Yi arched her brows fiercely, disapprovingly glaring at Tang Yanqing. But Tang Yanqing just gazed intently at Shi Nian’s back, gently, yet sadly, shaking her head.
Upon hearing those quiet footsteps, Huangfu Huazhang stopped, turning back a little incredulously to look at Shi Nian.
He almost held his breath, softly asking, "Did you hear all of it?"
Shi Nian tried hard to smile, "I heard it. Thank you for coming today, sir. I won’t forget, you came for me." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
Huangfu Huazhang gave a bitter smile, "I’m leaving."
Shi Nian, however, stepped forward resolutely, "Let me see you off, sir."
This journey back was destined to be extremely difficult for him.
No matter how long the corridor was, it eventually led to its end. Under the watchful eyes of the team members, Shi Nian still supported Huangfu Huazhang and walked out the main door.
Spring was in full swing; the trees were budding, and the soil near and far revealed its softness.
Huangfu Huazhang couldn’t help but lower his gaze to her serene profile, "... If there comes a day, I mean if, when everyone around me has gone away one by one, leaving only me, will you still be by my side like this?"
A sourness welled up in her heart.
She understood, if it weren’t for the promise she made to him, he wouldn’t have come to face Tang Yanqing alone today. He wouldn’t have fallen into Tang Yanqing’s trap, involuntarily confessing Xia Zuo.
The people around him were already few, but even Xia Zuo was now revealed by him, leaving him truly to stand alone one day. Originally, he did not need to fall so swiftly and irreversibly into such a predicament, accelerating towards a future he was reluctant to face, the catalyst for this was indeed her.
Shi Nian lowered her head, "Sir, I just want to say, you did the right thing today. Each of these acts, I will remember deeply in my heart. I’ll remember, sir, you did it all for me."
In his world, the law had once been a heap of doubtful ruins. At a time when he needed the law to uphold justice, to protect his mother, that world shut its door on him. So, what truly affected him now wasn’t the so-called right or wrong of the law but the sole cherished emotion in his heart.
She stood between his world and the world of law, knowing she might be the last bridge. Thus, she hoped to use her strength to pull him back to the original world, even if just a step, not letting him stray further.
Otherwise, he had the power to cause greater harm to everyone; the harm inflicted would also afflict him equally.
She couldn’t stand by indifferently.
Hearing her words, he smiled, reaching out and grasping her hand.
Small, somewhat cold.
Though his own hand was chilly as well, he still enveloped her hand in his palm, striving to warm it with the last bit of his warmth.
In thinking this way... giving up Xia Zuo, compared to having her, what does it amount to?
Both of them remained silent, walking along the road paved with red bricks, moving forward.
Seemingly forgetting the car parked by the roadside.
He held her hand, striding ahead. For he began to doubt, not knowing how many more such walks they could take, how long they could continue walking like this.
Over the years, in wind and rain, life and death struggles, he knew well that one lie would require multiple lies to cover up, making it come full circle. That nearly geometric progression would rapidly shorten the entire process, thus the moment he realized the ambush, he was utterly dejected.
Underneath the ash heap, an endless resentment spread forth.
He hated the person in police uniform before him, who had set the silent snare.
At that moment, he thought about revenge, revenge against the one in police uniform, revenge against that merciless world which forever closed its doors, concealing its light and heat from him...
But, she came.
She walked straight across that police corridor, seemingly dividing so-called justice and evil, heading straight towards him, staying by his side.
Then all his anger, all his hatred turned into vapor, disappearing.
It didn’t matter, even if losing everyone around him, as long as he had her, it was enough.
But in turn, he also grew more fearful, afraid of a time when even she would be lost, what would he do then?
He was willing to exchange everything he had for her, but if someday, all those exchanges only amounted to a void, what would he do?
He gripped her hand tightly, lifting it to his lips, urgently asking, "Let’s get married, shall we?"
Shi Nian was taken aback, utterly shocked.
He tilted his head at her, "All I need is you, I can do without the rest. I’ll listen to you, do things the way you like, please?"
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The wind on the street whistled past, rushing heavily into Shi Nian’s nostrils, making her overwhelmed, unable to breathe.
She tried to smile, "Sir, it’s too sudden."
Kissing the back of her hand, he shook his head with a smile, "How can it be sudden? You’ve known all along, haven’t you? I prepared the bright red curtains long ago, and now I’ve prepared every detail for the wedding. Nian Nian, as we said, we’ll marry when we’re ready."
Shi Nian’s heart was in disarray, so chaotic she couldn’t tell if her heartbeat was too fast or her heart had simply stopped.
She could only manage to say, "But I’ve also said, I need to solve the case from four years ago, to give my dad a clear answer first."
He nodded without hesitation, "I know, I promised you, I won’t break my promise. I will let you know everything, okay?"
He said, smilingly turning to face her, the azure sky vast, spring breeze gentle.
To her, he knelt on one knee.
From the pocket close to his heart in his vest, he pulled out a ring.
Shi Nian was stunned, "A ring?"
Did he always carry a ring with him, ready at any moment to propose to her?
Huangfu Huazhang nodded with a smile, "A ring, indeed. It was my mother’s ring, the only legacy she left for me. In my heart, it belongs only to you. So, every time I met you, I kept it with me, ready to offer it whenever."
Everything outside, she could see... far away, that handsome man in the police uniform already stood not far away, staring at the scene in shock.
He reached for her hand still, and perhaps this hold was their last bond, the final tie to pull him back to the world of light. If she withdrew her hand now, that tie would be severed, the bond would be lost in the dust.
Then, he would fall back again into that boundless world of darkness, never to return.
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