Chu Yue turned at the sound, surprise and delight etched on his features.
But as he saw the weathered complexion of the woman, his eyes reddened even further.
Chu Yue hurried towards his wife, his lips trembling, "Wen Ying, I'm sorry, I've made you suffer all these years, I didn't fulfill a single promise I gave you when we married..."
Less than a decade had passed.
In less than ten years, the pretty girl he had married... had aged into this state.
He felt so guilty he couldn't even raise his head.
"Why talk about such things? Yiyi is by my side, I don't feel it's been hard at all. But you, you must have had a difficult time here alone..." Wen Ying said with a gentle smile.
There was not even a hint of blame.
The lack of a single word of reproach from his wife made Chu Yue's heart ache even more.
"I'm not suffering, the people in the brigade are very kind, and I still get to do my research here, I haven't been wronged at all."
