Chapter 599: 599 Memories
Night fell. Zeng Hongling arrived. She leaned against Su Yuanyuan, and the two women just stayed close together.
"Yuanyuan, aren’t you tired? I can barely keep my eyes open."
"I’m not tired, but I’m quite scared. Keep your mask on."
"Alright, I’ll sleep for a while. Call me if anything happens, and then I’ll switch with you."
Su Yuanyuan really didn’t dare sleep; after all, her job was to watch over this place, and if danger arose while she was asleep, it would be problematic.
Zeng Yaozu was currently working with two archaeologists to study the inscriptions.
Wei Guangxiang was right beside the little master uncle. The little master uncle hadn’t left behind any information at all.
Although they hadn’t moved him yet, they had already injected him with preservatives.
There was a mixture of heartache, anger, and incomprehension toward him.
He thought a lot, life is so short, what’s the point of chasing after some ethereal things?
He decided that from now on his life would be about enjoyment, experiencing the life he had never been part of.
He suddenly looked at the woman sitting on the side.
This is also a part of the experience. He had never thought about finding a partner before. Entering this field was against nature, usually without good outcomes, so he never considered having a partner or a next generation, afraid of implicating others.
But through the little master uncle’s affairs, he realized he didn’t need to overthink it. Whatever comes his way is what it is; if he sees a girl he likes, he should approach her and win her over.
Wei Guangxiang suddenly felt his heart open up, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
He would definitely not be like the little master uncle, who was handsome and always surrounded by girls who liked him, especially other master uncles’ daughters. Those senior sisters and junior sisters always followed behind the little master uncle.
But he treated everyone the same, making the senior and junior sisters harbor fantasies, though going further was impossible.
He had witnessed such things since young, gotten used to the sisters’ tactics and affectations, so he never had a good impression of women.
This was also why he had never interacted with women since leaving.
But Su Yuanyuan was different from others, truly unlike any woman he had met.
She was probably quite contradictory, right? Calling her aloof when she could save two unfamiliar people.
Calling her noble, yet she could sit quietly by the side.
Actually, they all knew Shao Hongming listened to Su Yuanyuan; how does such a young woman command the loyalty of a well-established man?
Truly curious about her, and she was stunningly beautiful, the kind of woman who stays in your heart after just one glance.
Su Yuanyuan was now flipping through the characters they had copied, roughly knowing it was the couple’s life story.
Actually, this was a story, right? She envied the love between the two.
In ancient times, it was common to have multiple wives, yet surprisingly, the head of a large family had only one woman, and they loved each other their entire lives.
This love was quite beautiful, something people long for; looking at it almost seemed unreal.
Zeng Hongling woke up after only an hour of sleep.
"Yuanyuan, what are you looking at?"
"Looking at your ancestors’ love story."
"Yuanyuan, I’ll secretly tell you, it’s not true."
"Oh? What’s the story?"
"Hehe, I’ll tell you, although I’m not sure what I know is true."
"Are you trying to tempt me?"
Zeng Hongling laughed heartily. "Yuanyuan, have I tempted you? If you fall for me, I’ll stop liking men and spend my life with you."
"Go away, don’t disgust me."
Their laughter caught some people’s attention.
For the first time, Wei Guangxiang saw expressive emotions on Su Yuanyuan’s face.
"Yuanyuan, actually I think everything was arranged by my female ancestor.
She must have been a capable person."
"How do you know?"
"When I was a disobedient child, I often played outside secretly; I once saw a book written by someone about my two ancestors in the study.
Listen to me, my female ancestor was just an ordinary girl from an ordinary family, and not very pretty. There are portraits in the study at home, and I really think she looked quite average."
Su Yuanyuan speechlessly looked at the girl, "Is it really okay for you to speak like this in your ancestor’s cemetery?"
"Yuanyuan, do you believe this?"
Su Yuanyuan nodded.
"I don’t believe it."
After speaking, she chuckled, "My female ancestor fell for my male ancestor.
However, the difference in social status was huge, so she used some means to make my male ancestor fall for her.
No means were specified; I imagine it had something to do with longevity.
The male ancestor was a charming, wealthy man surrounded by people naturally, and he already had several concubines.
But after my two ancestors met, all the concubines were dismissed, and against family opposition, he formally married my female ancestor.
Their life afterwards was exactly as the inscriptions described."
"Why do you refuse to believe your male ancestor deeply loved your female ancestor, and every other woman seemed bland afterwards?"
"Haha. Yuanyuan, are you really so naive?"
"What does this have to do with naivety? It is possible."
"Yuanyuan, do you really trust men like that?"
Su Yuanyuan wanted to ask the girl, "Have you been hurt by a man? Why do you see so clearly, better than me, who is as old as dirt?"
"Why not trust? Actually, nothing is absolute in this world. Let’s say you’ve started a family, but suddenly an ideal man appears before you, what would you do?
You wouldn’t abandon your existing family, but your heart’s already strayed. Aren’t men and women the same? As long as you hold onto your ethical bottom line, isn’t that enough? Approach it rationally.
Wouldn’t this still be love? So can you say they’re not in love?"
Zeng Hongling was really caught off guard by the question, after a while, she said, "Yuanyuan, would you be the same if you start a family one day?"
"What do you mean? Have feelings for other men?"
"Exactly."
"I’ve already started a family, and have three children, though they’re not by my side right now."
"Yuanyuan? You’ve had children?"
"Yes? What’s surprising about that?"
"Then what about your husband and children?"
Zeng Hongling lowered her voice, but Zeng Yixin and Wei Guangxiang, who were listening carefully, also heard.
The two men’s hearts were shocked, looking at Su Yuanyuan with complex expressions, eager to hear what she would say.