Li Zeliang never left home without his prosthesis. Even though he was in a wheelchair a few times, he would wear his prosthesis unless his body absolutely had to. Therefore, except for those few people who knew about it, everyone in the Li family just thought he was a little lame, and didn't know that he actually had a prosthesis amputated.
Therefore, when Li Zeliang appeared in public for the first time without wearing prostheses and sitting in a wheelchair, it did cause a sensation.
"We have to meet face to face, right?" Xieyi encouraged him.
At that time they had just gotten married, and the doctor suggested that he wear his prosthesis less often, as it was a psychological barrier.
"Will I look like a monster?" He always felt that without his prosthetic limbs, he was like a person without clothes, feeling naked and being scrutinized.
Xie Yi smiled and coaxed him: "It's not like I haven't asked you to look in the mirror before. If my husband also looks like a monster, how can other men dare to go out on the street? I guess everyone wants a monster as handsome as this."
That day, she sent Li Zeliang to the company. When he got off the car, he sat on the wheelchair with the help of crutches. Xieyi looked down and found that his shoelaces were untied, so she squatted down to tie them for him. They became husband and wife. Although Li Zeliang was like a bird with broken wings, the two of them could not fly together, but at least they could be a pair of intertwined branches. Since she was a child, she has always relied on him and asked him for help in everything. Now that she has grown up and can be independent, she should naturally support him when he is weak.
"Come on!" Xieyi held his hand tightly. At that moment, she actually found that his palms were sweating.
He is nervous.
That broken leg will always be the darkest and most untouchable place in his heart. He suddenly lost it when his youth was blooming most wildly in his life. Such a shock is unimaginable to others.
It was really hard for him to face it. But no matter how difficult it was, it had become an inevitable fate. He knew that only when he was truly relieved would she let go. So, he was willing to give up his almost paranoid pride and stubbornness and do what the doctor said.
Thinking of this, Xie Yi's heart suddenly warmed up, and his eyes became a little moist, but he smiled and changed the subject, saying, "I didn't see you this excited when you proposed to me."
He was in no mood to respond, but he forced a smile. Later, she pushed him into the Li's Building. Along the way, many people greeted him respectfully and politely turned away their curious eyes. Even though they concealed it so well, Xie Yi could see their surprise. Li Zeliang's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. Even though he was sitting in a wheelchair and was shorter than everyone else, his awe-inspiring look and momentum were still that of Li Zeliang who looked down on everyone, making people dare not look up and look directly at him.
The two took the elevator to Li Zeliang's office together. The moment they closed the door, they seemed to have returned to a safe space.
"How is it?" His brows softened suddenly when he faced her.
"Not bad, but..."
"But what?" He frowned.
"You know what," she smiled, "Ayan, your expression just now was exactly like a hedgehog facing a formidable enemy, so cute."
"… "
During Christmas, Tang Qiao organized his employees to go on vacation to the Phoenix Mountain Hot Spring Park in the suburbs, and specifically notified them that they could bring their families.
Zhou Pingxin was so excited that she pulled Xieyi aside and said, "You know, last time it was just my husband and I and it wasn't fun at all. This kind of activity is better with more people. We can soak in the hot springs and drink together. Ask your loved one to come along."
"Yeah." Xie Yi didn't know how to answer, so he just agreed casually.
"We must go together. I heard it snowed in Phoenix Mountain a few days ago..."
Seeing Zhou Pingxin talking endlessly about her plan, Xieyi really didn't want to spoil her fun. But she didn't dare to make the decision for Li Zeliang.
While having dinner in the evening, Xieyi glanced at Li Zeliang.
"Ayan."
"What?" He scooped up the soup with a spoon.
"It would be interesting to go to a hot spring in such cold weather."
Xieyi said this while peeking at his expression.
"What's the point? It's just like soaking in a hot water bathtub." He disapproved of her.
“The hot springs are natural and rich in minerals that are beneficial to the body. The sulfur in them…”
Before she finished talking about the benefits of hot springs to the body, Li Zeliang suddenly interrupted her: "Xie Yi, how many years have I known you?"
"Huh?" Xieyi didn't know what he meant for a moment, so he answered obediently, "Twelve or thirteen years."
"It's been more than ten years. Don't I know what's going on in your head? Don't beat around the bush. Just tell me directly, what do you want to do?"
Xie Yi looked at him dimly and said directly, "Our company is going to take a hot spring bath tomorrow and we want to invite you to join us."
"You're eager to go?"
Xieyi nodded vigorously.
"Go ahead," he said.
"And you?"
"No." He threw out these two words calmly.
Xie Yi opened her mouth blankly, with rice still inside. She knew this would be the ending, so she didn't dare to ask directly.
"Then..." She lowered her head awkwardly, "I won't go either." She sounded a little angry.
Unexpectedly, he raised his eyebrows and said, "It's okay not to go. It's so cold, it's best to stay at home."
"Ayan, you're annoying." She frowned and looked extremely aggrieved, just like a punching bag.
He couldn't help but laugh at Xie Yi's expression, relaxed his brows, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's go together."
I didn't expect that he actually agreed.
She was actually quite happy, but then she changed her mind and felt sorry for him. He wouldn't even show his legs in the hottest summer, let alone take off his clothes to take a hot spring bath with others. But just to make her happy, he could actually compromise.
"You don't swim." Xieyi said.
"I'll just watch from the side." He smiled.
Xie Yi looked at him, feeling an indescribable bitterness in her heart. She felt that she had been too willful just now, so she said, "Actually, I don't really want to go either."
"how?"
"I've gained a lot of weight. I don't dare to see people in my swimsuit." She pouted.
Li Zeliang looked her up and down and said nothing. Xieyi thought he would symbolically comfort her, but he suddenly said, "You always sleep with your mouth open. Do you know why?"
"Why?" Xieyi didn't know how the topic turned from her figure to her sleeping habits.
"I have too much fat on my body, especially on my face. It makes it look like I don't have enough skin, so of course my mouth would be stretched apart when I close my eyes when I sleep," he said seriously.
"… "
This guy has a very poisonous tongue.
She was magnanimous and didn't argue with him. She added, "It would be great if I had my own house in the future with a hot spring in the yard. In the middle of winter, we could take a bath in it despite the wind and snow."
He smiled, a hint of emotion flashing in his eyes, but he didn't respond.
She had said the same thing to him many years ago. That was when he was in his third year of high school. In the spring, after the mock exam, the whole class went to Lantian Bay for a group activity, and Xieyi was there. Lantian Bay is a well-known warm place with many farmhouses and small hotels. Every family has a hot spring in the backyard. Xieyi, wearing a swimsuit, soaked in the hot spring, swimming around and exclaiming that it was so exciting.
"When I grow up, I must make a lot of money and build a warm home here so that my parents and A-Yan can live together." When Xieyi said this, his eyes narrowed into a line with a smile, and the dimple on the right side of his cheek was so round that it seemed like it could really hold two taels of liquor.
Later, Li Zeliang accidentally found out that Xieyi's parents were from the same village in Lantian Bay. No wonder Shen Zhihong insisted on buying the land when the government auctioned it. Maybe it was not just a businessman who was optimistic about the investment value of this place, but also some other feelings.
Just as he did the same thing.
In the blink of an eye, it was the Spring Festival. Li Zeliang accompanied Xieyi back to City B to visit relatives. Li Zeliang asked Xieyi to accompany him to visit Lantian Bay. Although part of the springs in the Lantian Bay project were cut off, after Li's timely transformation of the design plan, that half was planned to be a high-end outdoor club, which has been very effective in the past six months, and the remaining part of the land was built into a high-end hot spring villa.
However, I feel guilty when I mention this place.
"What are you going to do in Lantian Bay?"
"It's my own property, can't I go and take a look?" he said.
So the two of them took a car to Lantian Bay together.
Xie Yi looked at the snow outside the car window, and suddenly turned around and said happily: "A Yan, who do you think found the key we hid in Germany before?"
When they went to Düsseldorf to celebrate the New Year that year, they stayed there the night before to participate in the New Year's countdown. On New Year's Day, a group of people played around again, and before dinner, they stepped on the footprints in the snow.
Xieyi jumped up and down to step on his footprints, causing the key in her pocket to fall out. Suddenly, she had an idea and asked Li Zeliang to take out his keys as well, and then tied them together with a red rope.
"Ayan, let's play a game." She said with a smile, "I'll bury the key in the snow, and you come and find it."
"Can you find something meaningful to do?"
"This is very meaningful. It can test the degree of our tacit understanding." As she said this, she forced Li Zeliang to close his eyes and go to bury the key.
At that time, although he was very harsh to Xieyi, he doted on her so much that he just let her do what she wanted.
"I'll count to three. You can't peek." She asked him to turn around, then quickly dug a hole in the snow and buried the key in it.
The result is definitely that Li Zeliang wins.
"How did you know it was hidden here?" Xie Yi was surprised.
"Because you're stupid."
She buried the things under her feet and stood on them, afraid that someone would snatch them away, like a puppy guarding a bone, with an expression that clearly showed that she was trying to hide something.
"No." Xie Yi was unconvinced, "Try again."
"Then you play slowly by yourself, I'm going to go back." Someone was born lazy and only liked to talk but not do things. He had no interest in this kind of low IQ game.
"You will definitely not be able to find it this time, Ayan, do you believe it?" Xie Yi issued a declaration of war.
"Oh?" He raised his eyebrows and became interested, "What if you lose?" He had to place a bet, otherwise he didn't want to waste his energy.
"If I lose, I will go to the bar across the street and say 'I love you' three times in front of everyone."
He smiled.
The second time, Xieyi hid the things, quickly covered the snow and retreated far away. This time, as you can imagine, he really couldn't find it.
"How's it going? Isn't it great?"
Xieyi smiled triumphantly, then went to dig for the key. After two attempts, she found nothing. She wondered if it wasn't hidden that deep, so she tried again, but still couldn't find it. She tried two more places, but still couldn't find it.
Xieyi looked up at him, a little dumbfounded. Their door keys and car keys were tied together. Li Zeliang saw her expression and had a bad feeling in his heart. He couldn't help asking, "You can't find it yourself, right?"
Just like that, the two people's keys were tied together with a red rope and left forever in the snow in Düsseldorf.
Now, the two of them were standing in front of the gate of a small courtyard in Lantian Bay, and Li Zeliang handed him a key tied with a red rope.
Small crystal snowflakes floated down from the sky and landed on his shoulders.
He smiled faintly, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Give it to Xieyi."
That was the courtyard of her dreams. There was a hot spring with fresh water in the backyard of the house. The spring water filled the small pool outside the living room, and it was steaming hot.
It was indeed the home of her dreams, exactly the same and warm.
He always kept it in mind.
She hugged him and said softly, "Thank you."
It turns out that what he has always been obsessed with is her dream.
Even though he was penniless, he took her here by bus, pointed to the hot springs here and said, "When I have money in the future, I will buy this for my wife." Even if it was just empty promises like this, she would be moved.
"Ayan, thank you."