Li Ruyu hurried to the creek according to the location Zhen'er said, but after arriving at the creek, she didn't see Zhou Min, only Zhou Tao smoking under the tree. Zhou Tao looked a little lonely and decadent, completely different from before. Li Ruyu looked around and found that there was no Zhou Min at all. She suddenly felt that it was possible that she had been deceived, and thinking of this, Li Ruyu turned around and was about to leave.

At the moment when she turned around, Zhou Tao stood up and said, "Ruyu, since you're here, let's talk for a while." ”

Hearing Zhou Tao say this, Li Ruyu was a little embarrassed, but she still turned around and said, "Yes, division commander." ”

"Ruyu, I told you, don't call me teacher in private, call me Zhou Tao, okay?"

Li Ruyu looked at Zhou Tao's affectionate and gentle eyes, and suddenly there was something soft in her heart that seemed to be touched.

But she didn't speak, and Zhou Tao didn't force her.

"Ruyu, Minmin came to me just now, and she told me about you. ”

When Li Ruyu heard him say this, her body trembled slightly. There was also a trembling voice and asked: "Min Min told you everything, do you also think that I am particularly ridiculous? Do you also think that I am like a complete fool, I have been deceived by someone, and I am still haunted by it after so many years?"

Zhou Tao walked up to her, wiped away her tears with his hand, and said softly: "Ruyu, you are not stupid at all, and you are not ridiculous. In my heart, you are like the moon in the sky, holy as jade. And you are so gentle, kind, beautiful, and a high-achieving student who came back from studying in the United States, how can I think you are stupid?"

Zhou Tao felt that what he said today was the gentlest thing he had ever said in his life, and what he said made Li Ruyu's tears even more turbulent.

Li Ruyu hoarsely said to Zhou Tao with a crying voice: "You are a high-ranking teacher, young and promising, and I am just a fool who has been calculated and abandoned. I'm older than you, and I don't deserve you to be so nice to me. ”

Zhou Tao helped her wipe her tears and said warmly: "Silly girl, in front of you, I am not a high-ranking division commander, nor a young and promising general, I am a silly boy who pursues love." In the presence of my goddess, I hope to be favored by her. Ruyu, do you know? From the first time I saw you, I had a feeling in my heart that you would be my lifelong companion.

Through contact, I found that you are not only capable, beautiful, but also kind-hearted, you will never give up on any wounded, never complain of distress and tiredness, and always do your best to treat every injured person. You are older than me because God let you come to this world first, so that I can find you at a glance.

During this time of your danger, I feel as if my heart is tormented by the flames of hell every day. The thought that you might be hurt makes my heart ache like I've been stabbed with a knife. I can't wait to put on my wings and fly to your side to protect you. Ruyu, forget the past, forget Gu Cheng. Let me take you out of the shadows and let me protect you for the rest of your life. ”

After Zhou Tao finished speaking, he knelt down on one knee again and took out the beautiful diamond ring.

"Shall I put it on for you?"

Li Ruyu choked up and couldn't speak, her body seemed to have been immobilized, she couldn't move, only tears kept flowing down.

At the moment when Zhou Tao was about to put a ring on her, Li Ruyu suddenly retracted his hand and said loudly: "No, Zhou Tao, I can't accept you." ”

Seeing that he was about to hug the beauty, he didn't expect Li Ruyu to suddenly reject him again. This was the most frustrated day for Master Zhou, he was rejected twice in a row, and he asked with some pain: "Ruyu, why?"

"Zhou Tao, I can't be so selfish, if I'm with you, it will definitely affect your future, I can't!"

If you can marry you, you will only be my help, how can it affect me? What worries do you have? Tell me? ”

Looking at Li Ruyu's struggling and tangled expression, Zhou Tao held her hand and said, "Ruyu, tell me, okay?" I said that I would love you and protect you for the rest of your life, I hope you will share the secrets in your heart with me, and let us bear it together." ”

Li Ruyu could see Zhou Tao's sincerity, and she said with difficulty: "Zhou Tao, I know that you care very much about the connection between Min Min and the Eighth Route Army, but the connection between me and the Eighth Route Army is even closer, and my own brother is the Eighth Route Army." ”

"What? You still have a younger brother? Or the Eighth Route Army!"

saw Zhou Tao's shocked expression. I don't know why, Li Ruyu didn't feel a little lost in her heart, as if there was still a pleasure of revenge, that is, the pleasure of revenge on herself, she felt that Zhou Tao would definitely reject her.

"That's right, my brother is Li Xingbang, a military doctor of the 125th Brigade. Zhou Tao, with your status, it is impossible for us to be together. If it is known that you are related to the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army, you know the consequences. I appreciate you for taking care of me, but for the sake of both of us, can you just let it go?" Li Ruyu finished speaking, and turned to leave with red eyes.

But as soon as she took a step, her hand was grabbed by Zhou Tao. As soon as she turned around, before she could stand firmly, she was pulled into her arms by Zhou Tao.

"Ruyu, as I said, I will protect you and take care of you for the rest of your life. What if your brother is a member of the Eighth Route Army and a communist? This does not prevent me from loving you. ”

Li Ruyu wanted to break free of Zhou Tao's embrace, but she used several times to unsuccessfully. Zhou Tao hugged her tightly, and gradually Li Ruyu relaxed, she was a little greedy for the warmth of this embrace, and this strong arm gave her to rely on, as if she had finally had a home harbor after all these years of wandering alone.

After a while, Zhou Tao let go of Li Ruyu.

"Zhou Tao, are you telling the truth? Gu Cheng said the same to me back then. Back then, his words were more beautiful than yours. Li Ruyu asked a little mockingly, I don't know if he was mocking himself or mocking Zhou Tao or Gu Cheng who was far away on the other side of the ocean. ”

"Ruyu, of course I'm telling the truth. I don't care who your brother is, I don't care about your past, I only care about our future. Promise me, let us support each other and go on together in this troubled world. ”

After Zhou Tao finished speaking, he took out the ring and took Li Ruyu's hand to put it on for her. This time, Zhou Tao didn't ask her opinion again, but put a ring on her very domineeringly.

Li Ruyu wanted to withdraw her hand back, but Zhou Tao's hand was like pliers, no matter how hard she was, Zhou Tao's hand didn't move at all, and Zhou Tao didn't let go until he finished putting the ring on him.

Li Ruyu looked at the ring on her hand, some sweet, some memories, some yearning, and some fear. At this time, Zhou Tao suddenly held her face, gently kissed her on the forehead, and said dotingly: "Ruyu, believe me, I will love you for the rest of my life." ”

For Li Ruyu, these words are not like love words, as if they are tear gas, and Li Ruyu's tears flowed down instantly.

Zhou Tao hugged her in his arms again, comforting her.

Li Ruyu also hugged him tightly with tears, she especially wanted to find a place where no one was there and cry loudly, crying out of her depression over the years.

Zhou Min and Zhen'er, who were hiding behind a stone a hundred meters away, put down the binoculars in their hands and made a "yes" gesture together.