Shocking! The young educated youth had just arrived and was already clashing with spies.

Chapter 990 Is it really that much love?

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yichen glanced at her and gave a somewhat ambiguous smile.

Are you sure this won't backfire?

Chu Yunting was indeed startled, and immediately stood up and took a few steps back. "Little Chu, you were a ghost?"

Chu Xin shook her head, suppressing a laugh. "No, as long as you know I'm still me, that's enough."

Chu Yunting sighed, clutching his heart, "...I'm not insisting on arguing about whether it's true or false, and I'm absolutely certain that you are the Chu Xin I know, but what you said is just too creepy."

Also, have you thought about it? I can tell you're a little different, especially with your uncle and aunt...

Grandpa is alright; he's old and his eyesight is failing, so he can keep it from me. But how could my uncle and aunt not be suspicious? After all, she's their own daughter.

“You don’t need to worry about that,” Chu Xin said. “They know some things, and they’ll understand what’s going on once they see me.”

"Huh?" Chu Yunting's eyes widened, and he curiously sat back down, moving his stool closer to Chu Xin, and asked eagerly, "What do they know?"

"I know what I need to know."

"What exactly is it that you need to know? Tell me about it."

Just as Chu Yunting was about to use all his persuasive skills, he suddenly heard two knocks on the table. Looking up, he saw Zhou Yichen looking at him with a cold and indifferent gaze. "Let's eat."

He shut up sullenly, cursing Zhou Yichen for being inhuman, then moved the stool back to its original position and muttered under his breath, "He just doesn't want me to ask, tch!"

Chu Xin smiled at Zhou Yichen, patted his hand reassuringly, and then asked Chu Yunting, "My parents have already returned to the city, right?"

"Yes, they went back in 1970. They didn't go back to Kyoto, but stayed in Tsushi. They were reinstated to their original jobs, and their houses were returned. Fortunately, the two places are close, so it's convenient for them to visit each other."

that is……"

Chu Yunting paused, then continued under Chu Xin's firm gaze: "It was Wen Tai's maternal grandfather. He passed away not long after burying Uncle Wen Yan the year he returned. He was still thinking of you when he left... He left with regrets."

Chu Xin froze, and the chopsticks she had just picked up slipped from her hand and fell to the ground with a crisp "thud." Her heart skipped a beat, and when she looked up again, tears were already welling up in her eyes.

In just a few days, everything had changed dramatically for her, and some things were beyond her expectations.

Immediately afterwards, a large hand silently touched the corner of her eye, gently and tenderly wiping away the glistening tears.

"Don't be sad," Zhou Yichen comforted her softly, his other hand still tightly holding hers under the table. "Grandpa is getting old, he misses Grandma and Uncle."

Sniffing, Chu Xin smiled again, "Okay, I understand."

But the atmosphere wasn't right, so the conversation couldn't continue. The three of them finished their meal in silence and returned to the guesthouse together.

Chu Yunting went back to his room first, while Chu Xin and Zhou Yichen stood in the corridor in silence for a long time.

Finally, Chu Xin couldn't stand the guesthouse staff always deliberately passing by and staring at them like they were thieves, and asked, "Are you worried about me?"

Zhou Yichen did not deny it. He said in a deep voice, "After so many years of separation, the living are always the most painful because they remember. Your grandfather was a good man. He loved you the most and didn't want you to be sad for him."

Chu Xin blinked, looked up at his hair, and couldn't help but feel her eyes well up with tears again. "I'm so glad I was able to come back."

Even though they suffered greatly and almost died.

“It’s my great fortune.” Zhou Yichen gazed at her reverently. “So don’t be sad for me. You have nothing to be ashamed of, so you don’t need to change yourself.”

Chu Xin laughed for real this time. "Where did you get that idea? Just because I've become gentler?"

Zhou Yichen's voice remained calm and composed as he simply replied, "I feel."

Chu Xin suddenly felt an urge to hug him. How could he be so endearing? He said he refused, but his actions made her unable to resist being nice to him.

Although she didn't ask, the restrained yet incredibly composed demeanor of Zhou Yichen, a true leader, already indicated that his status was vastly different from before, yet he still indulged her so much.

Does he love her that much?