The staff member stared at the two updates that popped up one after the other on the screen, and their eyes welled up with tears again.

He knows it!

He couldn't hold back any longer, quickly opened the autographed photo he had saved, and pressed the send button with trembling fingers.

It was an honor to personally process your applications. @陆窈V @谢凛煜V [image.jpg]

The moment he sent the message, he subconsciously started refreshing the page, wanting to know if everyone had seen his comment. He wanted everyone to envy him!

He held the terminal, his palms sweaty.

One second, two seconds, three seconds... and then the terminal started vibrating wildly.

【? ? ? ? ? Staff member, you you you you you...】

Wow! You really did it all yourself! Your job was so worth it!

[A life-saving signature with a heart on it!!!]

[Next to Teacher Lu Yao's smiling face is Actor Xie's name; the two of them look so good together!]

Is this laptop something you should worship, the kind you bow to three times before going to work every day?

……

Seeing the number of likes and comments still rising, the staff felt a sense of accomplishment!

Just then, his terminal lit up again.

Special attention.

Lu Yao replied to his post!

Thank you for your blessings, and thank you for liking "Temptation of the Wife" ^_^

The staff member paused for a second.

Then he suddenly stood up and jumped three times on the spot. Ahhhhh, he wanted to protect Teacher Lu Yao for life. Waaaaa, she actually replied to him!

He raised the back of his hand and wiped his eyes haphazardly. His fingers trembled as he opened the comments section. The comments under Lu Yao's reply had already exploded.

[Teacher Lu Yao replied to my post!! She really saw it!!]

[Staff member, you must have saved the Federation in your past life, waaaaah, I'm so envious!]

[Staff member: From today onwards, I am the happiest person in the Federation!]

Before he could reply, Xie Linyu arrived.

Thank you for your support. Lingmo will continue to work hard. ^_^

The staff couldn't hold back any longer.

He was hunched over his workstation, his shoulders trembling.

A colleague leaned over and asked, "...Are you alright?"

He looked up, his face streaked with tears, but he smiled like a fool: "I'm just too good!"

My colleague was silent for two seconds, then quietly handed me a pack of tissues.

"...I understand." Then, tentatively, she asked, "Could I take a look at that autograph book?"

"No!" The staff member who had just reached for the tissue quickly withdrew, clutching the notebook in her arms, and shook her head in refusal. "This is my family heirloom from now on, no one is allowed to touch it!"

……

After returning home, Xie Linyu received a voice call from Xie Lusheng. Looking at the name flashing on the screen, even before answering, Xie Linyu could mostly guess what Xie Lusheng wanted to say.

Sure enough, after the call connected, Xie Lusheng choked up and said, "That's wonderful, that's wonderful! You've finally been matched with Miss Lu Yao!"

Hearing his father's choked voice, Xie Linyu was momentarily dazed.

In his memory, Xie Lusheng had never lost his composure like this before.

Even when he was rejected by his first match, Xie Lusheng simply patted him on the shoulder in silence and said nothing.

"Dad," Xie Linyu said, his voice a little hoarse, "Are you... alright?"

"Okay, I'm so happy, I've never been this happy before!" Xie Lusheng sniffed, his voice muffled. "You must have accumulated a lot of good karma in your past life to be chosen by Miss Lu Yao in this life, otherwise how could it be you?"

Xie Linyu's lips twitched.

"Dad, am I your biological child?"

"I wish it weren't true, then I could worry less. Do you know how much it's hurt me to see you all alone these past years?" At this point, Xie Lusheng couldn't hold back her tears and burst into sobs, but probably feeling ashamed, she forced them back down. "I worry about you every day. If you died at home, no one would even find out, leaving me, an old man, to bury my young. I can't sleep at night!"

"Are you talking about yourself? Last time I went back, I could hear your snoring even through the door. Can you please stop pretending!"

The crying stopped abruptly.

After a long pause, Xie Lusheng angrily retorted, "You're talking nonsense! I never snore!"

"And Father, you're only 152 years old this year. You haven't even passed your youth yet, where did all this white hair come from!"

"Meaning, do you understand? It's about meaning!" Xie Lusheng stopped crying and his voice became loud. "You don't understand anything, you don't understand your father's good intentions at all. Let me tell you, it's just that Miss Lu Yao's eyes are bad and she has taken a liking to you. You should treat her better, or you might cure her eyes."

"..." Xie Linyu took a deep breath, "Yaoyao fell for me, not because he has bad eyesight..."

"What else could it be? Because you're older than her? Because you have a bad temper? Because you were rejected by potential partners before?"

Xie Linyu's fingers tightened around the terminal, his knuckles turning white: "That happened years ago, can you please stop bringing it up!"

Xie Lusheng remained silent for two seconds.

When he spoke again, the disdain in his voice disappeared, replaced by a fatherly seriousness that he rarely showed.

"I'm just afraid you still remember it."

A simple sentence struck Xie Linyu's heart with heavy force.

"I'm afraid that because of that incident, you'll always feel like you're not good enough, that you lack confidence in front of Miss Lu Yao, and that even though you've got it, you don't dare to accept it with a clear conscience."

Xie Lusheng's tone was unusually serious and calm. "Lin Yu, you are actually very good, no worse than anyone else. The reason that person rejected you back then was not because you were not good enough, but because she was not good enough for you. So don't dwell on the past. You should let it go and look forward. Miss Lu Yao is very good and deserves your appreciation. Don't let her down."

Xie Linyu remained silent.

He moved the terminal further away, tilted his head back, and stared at the warm yellow light on the living room ceiling.

My eyes feel a little hot.

It felt like something was stuck in my throat; I couldn't swallow it down or spit it out.

After a long while, Xie Linyu finally brought the terminal back to his ear.

"Dad." His voice was a little hoarse.

"Um."

"...Thank you." Xie Linyu expressed himself restrainedly, "You don't need to worry about this anymore. Yaoyao has already 'cured' me, and I won't think that way anymore."

He had always thought he had hidden it well and had never revealed it, but he never expected that it would make the people around him so worried.

But he really won't do it again, because Lu Yao made him realize that he deserves to be chosen firmly.

It wasn't because of what he did, or how much he sacrificed, nor because of guilt or sympathy.

It's simply because he is Xie Linyu.

When Lu Yao looked at him, there was no scrutiny, no comparison, and no nonchalant indifference in her eyes.

"That's good." Xie Lusheng's voice was filled with relief. "Miss Lu Yao is a good girl, you should treat her well."

"I will."

"Also," Xie Lusheng paused, "the one in her belly, although it belongs to the Fu family, you should treat it as your own, don't let people think you're petty."

Xie Linyu's lips curved slightly.

"I know."

"Alright, that's enough." Xie Lusheng cleared his throat, reverting to his usual disdainful tone. "Go keep her company. Don't let that brat Fu Ciyan take advantage of you all the time."

"...He's hung up."

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