Chapter 1151 - 1178:

Chapter 1151: Chapter 1178:

This wasn’t the first time they’d been apart, but it was the first time they were going to be separated in different places, with not even a phone call allowed, only one letter a month to keep in touch.

In fact, before he met Nianyang, Li Tingyan had taken on many projects thousands of miles from home, and there had even been times he’d been sealed off for a year or two.

But every time, he’d always been able to leave carefree and at ease.

But now, he practically had to force himself not to think about the fact that he was leaving, just so he could actually take that first step.

"Nini." The man’s voice was especially hoarse as he stroked the back of her head. "I can’t bear to leave you either, really, really can’t. I don’t want to go at all."

"Tingyan, I’m actually not sick of you at all."

Nianyang spoke in a voice thick with tears. "You nag me about eating and sleeping every day, about exercising and drinking water. I only complain about you with my mouth; in my heart I really like you fussing over me. I really want you to take care of me every day. If you leave, who’s going to give me massages? When I wake up thirsty at night, there’ll be no one to pour me water. Other than you, I can’t be so shamelessly troublesome to anyone else."

Li Tingyan’s throat was almost blocked. "Nini, I won’t go. I’ll stay and look after you, I won’t go anymore..."

"No, you can’t. The transfer order’s already come down, you can’t just not go."

Nianyang was only saying it; she would never really keep him from leaving. She wiped her eyes and looked up at him. "I’m just talking. I don’t want you to leave with a heavy heart. You need to finish the project properly, don’t let me hold you back. You have to come back safe, okay?"

Li Tingyan’s heart hurt even more. His wife was killing him here; he ended up crying too. "Nini, I’ll finish the project as soon as I can. They say a year and a half, but I’ll try my best to make it back before you give birth. You have to wait for me."

"I’m not waiting for you." Nianyang grabbed his hand, her gaze steady as she looked at him. "You’re the one who has to wait for me. What I said before didn’t come out right, I was just saying it in anger. Since I married you, I’m yours through and through. Wherever you are, I have to be there too."

Li Tingyan froze. "Nini, what did you say?"

"I said I’m coming over to be with you," Nianyang said.

"Once the pregnancy stabilizes, I’ll come find you."

"Nini, no." Li Tingyan shook his head, disagreeing. "When I told you to come before, I was just saying it. The conditions there are really bad, even poorer than that town and village you used to live in. How could I bear to let you come suffer with me? I can take the hardship alone."

"If I don’t suffer with you now, how am I supposed to deserve the sweetness you’ll give me later?"

Nianyang blinked. "Tingyan, compared to hardship, I think missing you is even more unbearable. You’ll be in Beijiang all by yourself and you won’t even be able to call me. I’m really scared, scared something might happen to you. I have to see you with my own eyes to feel at ease."

Li Tingyan’s Adam’s apple bobbed. "Then are you willing to let go of everything here?

Don’t you still have your career, and your enrollment? If you come to Beijiang, what about here?"

"There are people who can help me with my work. As for my student status, I don’t have to go to school; I only need to show up for the monthly exams.

Another day I’ll go talk to the school, bring the materials to Beijiang to study, and come back next year to sit the exams. They’ll agree."

"Beijiang is really tough. Are you sure you want to come?"

Li Tingyan was a bit torn. Of course he really wanted Nianyang there, but he was even more worried she wouldn’t be able to stand it.

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This Chapter also has another name: Back then, when carriages were slow, you loved only one person your whole life～

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