In that second, the tears in his eyes came out; this Chief Engineer who had faced a kidnapping, who had faced his life and death with extreme calmness could no longer endure it and shed a man’s tears.
“Your name… is it ‘Jian’? Simple and easy, joyful and cheerful… “Jian”? Is it?”
When he was asking, he forcefully pushed back the tears in his eyes and didn’t let them come out again; his gaze was burning several times hotter than before.
Looking at the young female soldier whose features resembled his wife and with eyes and brows that resembled him, as well as the tears she kept on shedding, that thought in Chief Engineer Fu’s mind turned into an answer that was ready to come out.
Ye Jian, whose eyes were blurred by her tears, bit down on her lower lip to stop herself from making sobbing sounds; she bit on her lips and desperately nodded her head.
That’s right, her name was the easy and simple “Jian” when she was younger, her mother had said, only a simple person could live joyfully and cheerfully.
Her mother hoped for her to live a simple and easy life; it turns out… she had turned her past life into a tragedy.
And in this one, she never failed and hadn’t failed the expectations of her parents towards her.
Simple and easy, joyful and cheerful.
The nodding of her head had caused the fluctuations in Fu Yusheng’s heart to reach its peak, the arms that were gripping on Ye Jian’s shoulders gripped tighter and tighter, and the light in his eyes seemed to shine brighter and brighter, “… do you know who your parents are? Do you know me? No, you know me. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have shed tears because of my question; you know who I am, so you must know I exist, is that right? Jian-er? Is that right?”
“Yu Sheng, if we have a child in the future, let’s name them ‘Jian,’ okay? Only simple people could live. Happily, I want our daughter or son to live a simple and carefree life.”
“Also, ‘Jian’ works for either sex, when that time comes, you wouldn’t have to look through KangXi Dictionary then and wrack your brains out to help name our child, we’ll just pick this one, do you agree with me.”
His young and beautiful fiance laid on his shoulders as they sat on a lofty boulder and looked at the gradually setting sun, a sweet smile and a gentle voice filled with happiness as she asked him.
He hugged his fiance’s shoulder, spending time with her, and went along with her as he laughed: “Of course, either sex huh, Fu Jian… Fu Jian… sounds really nice. We’ll go with what you think; in the future, no matter a son or a daughter, they’ll be named Fu Jian.”
“Really? You can’t go back on your word now; I’ve already memorized it.”
He teased, “Do you want me to write and sign a contract? Leave the evidence behind?”
“Good, good, that’s a good suggestion, next time when you’re done writing it, put your thumbprint on it, I need to keep it safe, when our child is born, we’ll name them with the sole word ‘Jian.’ I like Jian because it’s the ‘Jian’ of simple, only a simple life could lead to happiness….”
His wife’s voice seemed like it was right beside his ears; Chief Engineer Fu stared at the familiar eyes, he said while trembling, “Only a simple life could lead to happiness… My wife used to tell me that she liked ‘Jian,’ no matter a boy or a girl, she’ll name them ‘Jian.’ Since you know of my identity, does that mean… you’re my daughter? Are you my daughter…”
He asked too cautiously; he was filled with too much expectations; that’s why he asked it so cautiously.
He was afraid, deathly afraid that this young woman would shake her head and shatter his expectations, deathly afraid that this child in front of him would tell him she wasn’t actually his daughter.
Hope blossomed so suddenly and befell on him before he was ready even the slightest; he was afraid his hope would shatter, he was afraid after twenty-one years of searching, he still wouldn’t get any closure.
