Chapter 701: Chapter 698: Date (4)
And now, the second crisis had arrived.
But this time, she was luckier, because he was there.
Xia Siyu snorted, she was quite satisfied with her current figure, but body shape and delicacies are the two major pursuits for a woman, as well as mortal enemies that couldn’t coexist.
She would worry about getting mocked and trending on social media another time, for now, she was still the most beautiful Little Fairy!
It wasn’t very early anymore, and the shops on the commercial street were starting to close. This was an alley behind the bustling area. It was okay during the day, but now it was deserted. The dim streetlights outlined the shadows of the two of them overlapping each other.
Even though it was already autumn, even though the leaves on the trees were turning red and yellow, he still felt so warm.
Xia Siyu hummed a tune slowly, Bo Yan listened carefully and realized it was a nursery rhyme. Xia Siyu wasn’t someone who adored children; even during shoots that involved charming babies, he had never heard her sing a nursery rhyme before.
For some reason, Bo Yan suddenly thought of her mother. Compelled by an uncanny force, he blurted out, “Your mom sang this to you, didn’t she?”
Xia Siyu was in a good mood today and hummed an affirmation, “Yeah!”
Bo Yan knew that her mother was her Achilles’ heel, always meticulously treasured, never to be brought up until she could hold her head high in triumph. She was afraid of embarrassing herself, afraid of attracting the vitriol of her haters towards her.
He dared not directly ask about her parents, so he could only broach the subject from his own angle.
Bo Yan sighed with emotion as well. “That’s nice. My parents left me when I was in elementary school. To this day… I can only remember a blurry image of them, even the nursery rhymes my mom sang to me, and the wooden horse my dad crafted for me, I can only recall them through photos and videos.”
Xia Siyu paused; she, of course, was aware of Bo Yan’s family circumstances, but likewise, rarely heard him talk about it. She might appear careless on the outside but was actually tender-hearted inside. In the old house, Xia Siyu had been moved by the secret cabin where Bo Yan hid his past.
Children with unhappy families, their entire lives are spent redeeming the misfortunes of their childhoods. Meeting someone with a similar fate exerted an inexplicable attraction.
She didn’t know how to comfort him, just as Bo Yan didn’t know how to ask about her mother. But Xia Siyu was much more straightforward than Bo Yan, she asked, “Do you still remember them now?”
Bo Yan nodded, “Although I have forgotten many things, occasional flashbacks in my mind do remind me of many significant moments. Like spending Christmas with my parents, baking cakes with my mom, assembling model planes with my dad. I remember writing about my dream in elementary school; my ambition was to become a man like my dad, upright and honorable, and then to marry a virtuous wife like my mom.”
Xia Siyu immediately took offense, “So, you haven’t realized your dream, have you?”
She was so upset that she wanted to get down immediately, twisting and struggling, “Let me down!”
Bo Yan said, “Just hear me out. When I turned eighteen, I had an ambition too: to make a contribution in academia and then to marry a wife with shared goals. Then at twenty-two, my dream was to make a contribution in academia and marry Xia Siyu. And now, my dream is to make my own movie, with Xia Siyu as my leading lady. And marry Xia Siyu.”