Chronicles of the Modern Empress Dowager

The evening breeze in March still had a little chill.

A warm pale orange light was revealed in the cafe on the side of the road, and the business in the hall was a bit deserted. There were only two or three tables of sparse guests. The young men and women sitting in the corner looked at the street outside the glass window, and their faces were full of thoughts.

Tang Shiyun didn't take a sip of the drink she ordered. She asked, "Jianbo, can you tell me everything exactly?"

"What you heard today is the original story. What else can I say."

"Your father's last name is Song?"

"Maybe, but it doesn't matter anymore. My surname is Li now. I used to be and I will be."

"That aunt suddenly appeared, and then suddenly talked about Mr. Song in front of everyone, not just to tell me?"

Li Jianbo replied indifferently: "I asked her to speak."

"Li Jianbo, how many things did you hide from me?" Tang Shiyun looked at him.

Li Jianbo had nowhere to hide under her direct gaze. He explained to Shiyun: "I thought it had nothing to do with me. After all, she was not me who wanted to cut off the relationship with me, so I felt that I would be together again in my life. My family has nothing to do, so I think it’s okay not to tell you."

When Tang Shiyun heard this, she said angrily: "You have never been honest with me."

"Except for this, I have no reservations about you."

"After all, you still don't believe me."

"No, I believe you. How can I propose to you if I don't trust you."

"Then I will ask you again, your aunt suddenly appears and tell you this story, and then what does the aunt's last sentence mean?"

Li Jianbo simply made Qi Jingzhen seriously ill in the United States, and told Tang Shiyun about his return to the United States. Tang Shiyun looked at Li Jianbo blankly after hearing this. She asked, "You don't want to go to America, do you?"

"Yes!" At least Tang Shiyun still knows him.

"She is your mother, and she just wants to see her son while she is sick. What's wrong?"

"You don't understand..."

"Why don't I understand, it's not because you don't want to say anything..." Tang Shiyun choked back immediately.

"Shiyun, I don't want to go to America, that's because... I don't want to be separated from you."

Tang Shiyun was startled slightly. She stared at Li Jianbo quietly. She had been dating this man for several months, and the two of them had also developed to the point where they were talking about marriage, and now they only have to go to the palace of marriage. In Tang Shiyun's opinion, Li Jianbo is a typical engineering man, who has no interest or understanding of romance, and even a woman's mind cannot be accurately guessed. She has always been taking the initiative, she took the initiative to pursue him, she took the initiative to kiss him, and she took the initiative to take his arm. There will not be any sweet words in his mouth, it is somewhat boring, and many times she can't even feel how much weight she has in his heart. However, it was such a man who became the demon star she hit, until one day the demon star said that he did not want to be separated from her.

"Li Jianbo, do you love me? Or should you ask if you ever loved me?"

"I love you." This is the first time Li Jianbo gave the answer without hesitation.

Tang Shiyun smiled, her smile was so warm, just like the spring breeze in these three months.

They walked out of the cafe side by side. The two of them held hands. Tang Shiyun looked up at the starry sky. She and Jianbo said: "It is a pity that it is difficult to see the starry sky in a city under optical pollution. When I was young, I liked to sit on my balcony and watch. The stars, at that time, I thought the universe was so amazing. My original dream was to be an astronomer. What was your original dream?"

"Be a doctor."

"Although it is a bit boring, you have realized your dream, and my dream has long been lost." Tang Shiyun looked disappointed.

"In the future, train our children to be astronomers."

Tang Shiyun heard this sentence, she turned her head to look at Li Jianbo, Li Jianbo's eyes were deep, in her opinion, Li Jianbo's eyes lived with stars.

Li Jianbo sent Tang Shiyun back. When he arrived outside the Tang family's house, Li Jianbo had no plans to see Tang Ze. When the two were about to bid farewell, Tang Shiyun suddenly approached Li Jianbo's arms, and Li Jianbo naturally hugged her tightly. Tang Shiyun actively kissed Li Jianbo, and then the two said goodnight to each other.

Tang Shiyun returned home, his father was writing in the study, Tang Shiyun walked up and gave his father a hug.

"Yunyun, why didn't Jianbo come up?"

"He is busy, and said he will see you another day."

"He is the leader of the country, so busy all day, it is not easy to see him."

Tang Shiyun smiled and said, "Dad, don't be angry, he is really busy today."

Seeing his daughter's eyebrows and smiling, Tang Ze knew that the two got along very well, but as long as he could see his daughter's smiling face is worth more than anything, he put down his pen and said, "Come and see how my word is."

"I can't make a comment. After Zhao Qian comes to the house, please ask him to see."

"Come on, he's even more busy. He hasn't seen a real person twice a year." Tang Ze said to his daughter again: "When should I let Jianbo, and then bring Jianbo his mother to come and sit at home together? Discuss the engagement matters, which hotel, who to entertain, these trivial matters must be discussed by the two parties."

"Well, I'll tell him when I turn around."

Tang Shiyun said a few words with his father and went back to his room. After washing up, he lay on the comfortable and soft bed. Everything that happened in the last two or three hours at night replayed in her mind like a wild horse.

For the first time Li Jianbo said that he loved her so simply, these three words were enough to make her excited all night. It turns out that after truly falling in love with someone, it becomes so easy to be satisfied. As long as the other person responds, she can be happy for a long time. When did she become so humble.

Just three hours ago, she never knew that the story behind Li Jianbo was so complicated, nor did she know that Li Jianbo was actually just the adopted son of the Li family, and what he was carrying on his back. She already understood everything but felt that it was not complete, so instead of asking Li Jianbo for verification, she might as well ask Li Wei.

When Tang Shiyun thought this way, he made a call to Li Wei.

The call was quickly connected, and Tang Shiyun told Li Wei that she had arrived home smoothly. Then I asked Li Wei to meet tomorrow, and Li Wei agreed without saying a word.

The two agreed on a time and place to meet before Tang Shiyun hung up the phone. Before going to bed, she sent a text message to Li Jianbo.

The text message reads like "I was very touched when you said you love me, thank God for letting me meet you."

But in a minute, Li Jianbo returned Tang Shiyun's message, with only three words on it, and it still read "I love you".