Chapter 340

At the time, the photographer's reputation spread by word of mouth among the international students. As a result, all the international students knew that he was an expert at taking ID photos. The photos he took not only had distinct facial features and beautiful eyebrows and eyes, but he could also make the face shape look exceptionally smooth and beautiful.

Even people with ordinary looks can look uniquely beautiful in photos, let alone a girl like Shu Ying with delicate features and face shape.

When the photo was taken, Shu Ying was extremely satisfied. She pasted that photo onto almost all the paper documents she needed for her studies abroad.

It left a deep impression on me to this day.

They're both taking photos, and both are standard one-inch photos, yet the difference is so huge.

She later had someone else take her passport photo, but she could never recreate the same effect as before.

It was precisely because the photo turned out beautiful that she sent it back home.

She couldn't find the remaining photo after returning home, and she was disappointed for a long time. She thought about asking the photographer when he would return to China, as she wanted to ask him to take a set of photos of herself and her family, and then a family portrait...

But before that day could come, everything had changed.

Looking back now, apart from the photos kept in paper files and documents from her time studying abroad, it seems that the only photo that remains is the one she sent back to China with a letter home after taking the picture.

She remembered that after she returned to China and got married, she flipped through photo albums with her grandfather, mother and Xie Zhiyan, and found this photo. It was tucked into the first page of the album, next to a photo of her when she was one year old.

When Xie Zhiyan turned to this page, he looked at it very carefully, his gaze lingering on the one-inch photo for a long time.

At the time, Shu Ying found it strange and asked him in confusion.

Why aren't you scrolling down? Is there something wrong with this photo?

Xie Zhiyan pursed his lips, shook his head, and said nothing.

But when she went back to look through that photo album, she never saw that photo again.

She also asked her grandfather where the photo went, but he didn't give a very clear answer.

She assumed that her grandfather had simply changed the photo album and didn't ask any further questions.

Unexpectedly, after so long, this photo actually appeared in Xie Zhiyan's pocket watch.

How exactly did this end up in Xie Zhiyan's hands?

Seeing Shu Ying's puzzled expression, Xie Zhiyan's expression softened, and he smiled somewhat shyly.

"When we were looking through the photo album together, I had already received the news that I was going to the front line."

"As you know, going to the front lines is fraught with danger and a near-certain death."

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to come back, afraid I’ll never see you again, so I want to carry a photo of you with me so I can see it anytime, anywhere, and it will give me some strength.”

"When I saw that photo, I felt that the size and the pocket watch were a perfect match, but I didn't know how to bring it up."

Unexpectedly, Shu Ying's mother saw through his thoughts and privately gave him the photo, instructing him to keep it safe.

After all, this is the photo that my daughter is most satisfied with and likes the most.

Knowing that he was going to war with this photo, Yang Wan thought for a moment and wrote a line of blessings on the back of the photo with a pen.

"Then I put the photo in my pocket watch."

I often take it out to look at it, and rub it with my fingers...

The photos have faded a bit.

Shu Ying glanced at the somewhat blurry photo, and her face instantly turned red.

"You're a really strange person. You eat when you're hungry and drink when you're thirsty. What strength can I possibly give you..."

Her face flushed, she turned her head to the other side, but her mind strung these memories together like beads on a string.

During their early marriage, she noticed that Xie Zhiyan always seemed indifferent and expressionless, as if he didn't care much about anything. He didn't seem like the typical newlywed couple. She thought Xie Zhiyan didn't have any feelings for her.

Now that I understand his temperament and the events of that year, I finally get it.

He wasn't indifferent or apathetic at all; he was clearly just putting on an act, hiding all his emotions inside!

Like the ocean, the surface is calm, but underneath there are undercurrents and so many ideas are about to surface!

However, there was one thing Shu Ying really admired: he actually managed to hold back and maintain such an indifferent face and aloof aura while having a secret crush.

She found the thought of it somewhat amusing.

She initially misunderstood that he was just "fulfilling his obligations" with her, but in reality, he was probably quite happy about it.

If only she had the ability to read people's minds back then, Xie Zhiyan's inner thoughts at that time must have been quite something.

Who wouldn't want to see a man with a cold and indifferent expression secretly saying he likes someone?

Shu Ying smiled and shook her head and then nodded.

"Well, you're really good at hiding your thoughts. If I hadn't seen this pocket watch, I wouldn't have known that you had stolen my favorite photo."

Xie Zhiyan also smiled.

Du Chenzhou stood next to Howard and Lusca, while Du Zhiwei was still communicating with them in English. However, Du Chenzhou couldn't hear a single word; his mind was filled with Shu Ying.

Seeing that Shu Ying and Xie Zhiyan were holding his pocket watch and their atmosphere was so harmonious it was almost bubbly with pink bubbles, Du Chenzhou could no longer stand still and rushed over with a frown.

He had been momentarily stunned by Xie Zhiyan's words, but now, as if he had suddenly understood, he questioned her.

"Just because you say it's your watch doesn't mean it's your watch. Just because you say you accidentally lost it at the border doesn't mean it's your watch. What proof do you have?"

"If you don't have proof, give me back the watch now. I've worn this watch for a long time, and it's now my prized possession!"

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