Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1123 - 1122 Jinrui Receives a Letter 2

The more Zheng Jinrui spoke, the more nervous he became, his voice getting lower and less confident.

After five years, he was confessing to Chen Xueniang again. Would she refuse him out of anger?

Noticing Zheng Jinrui’s surreptitious glances, Chen Xueniang suddenly lost the urge to tease him and extended her pale hand, "I was just thinking of buying a watch!"

Zheng Jinrui let out an "Ah" of ecstatic surprise.

If he didn’t understand what Chen Xueniang’s response meant, he would be the biggest fool in the world!

Excitement made Zheng Jinrui’s hands shake, and after some difficulty, he finally managed to extricate the watch from its box, discarding the box onto the ground and fastening the watch onto Chen Xueniang’s wrist.

The snowy wrist complemented the shiny watch perfectly.

Zheng Jinrui had long ago had the bracelet sized, so Chen Xueniang found it remarkably fitting.

"It’s an Omega, how much did you pay for it?" Chen Xueniang asked, looking down at it.

Zheng Jinrui scratched his head, "I forgot, I bought it when I first came to the Capital. I saw Comrade Lu Jiang and Qingxue wearing Rolex watches, which looked pretty good, so I wanted to get you a Rolex. But the department store was out of stock, and I couldn’t get into the Friendship Store, so I had to settle for an Omega instead. But don’t worry, I’ll buy you a Rolex when they’re available."

Chen Xueniang gave him a reproachful look, "Why buy at all? That’s not how you spend money." A Rolex had gone up to five or six, even seven hundred.

"Right, money!" Zheng Jinrui pulled his passbook out of his pocket and thrust it into Chen Xueniang’s hand, "All the money I’ve saved in my half a lifetime is here, I’m entrusting it to you. From now on, I’ll report every penny I spend to you!"

Clutching the passbook that held Zheng Jinrui’s warmth, Chen Xueniang softly said, "Do you really not care about my past identity?"

Zheng Jinrui answered earnestly, "I only regret that I hadn’t the ability to have met you sooner, to have rescued you from misery earlier. The past is past, and if I cared about that, I wouldn’t have persevered these twenty years. Xueniang, our lives lie in the future, not forever troubled by the past. You’re a very outstanding woman; you have knowledge and elegance that many don’t, you possess a serenity and beauty that many lack, and your way of interacting with the world perfectly matches my own. I’m willing to spend the rest of my life protecting you, growing old with you. I’ve always been afraid you’d find me too crude and unworthy of you."

"I’m old, and I can’t have children," Chen Xueniang said softly. "Although you aren’t young either, if you married a young and healthy comrade, you could still have your own children, to carry on your family lineage."

Zheng Jinrui laughed, "Two people can live too comfortably, children are purely troublemakers. Just look at Comrade Lu Jiang and Qingxue, when they come to the Capital, they still have to worry about the kids at home. If I wanted children, I wouldn’t be pursuing you. Xueniang, the most important thing in life isn’t children, it’s one’s own life."