Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 516 - 374. This is the last part of the journey I accompany you on (, Part 1).

Chapter 516: 374. This is the last part of the journey I accompany you on (Chapter 3, Part 1).

Yan Jian saw James as if she had seen a ghost.

She never expected that in her own home, in front of her grandfather, she could still encounter a ghost, encounter danger!

She almost lunged at him from the floor.

"What are you doing at my house?!"

Yan Jian never imagined that being pampered and spoiled since childhood, after enjoying 22 years of protection, she would encounter such a devil this year.

He took away all her most beautiful things, yet he was still lingering like a ghost, it wasn’t enough to argue with her at her sister’s store that he even came to her house!

What exactly does he want?!

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The four people present were stunned.

Old Sir Tang squinted at his granddaughter’s grief and indignation, and hurriedly gave Xue Ruke a look.

Xue Ruke rushed up to firmly stop Yan Jian: "Yan Jian, calm down, let’s talk this over, okay!"

Yan Jian pointed at James and yelled at Xue Ruke: "Uncle Xue, kick him out! Kick him out!!"

James’s face was ashen, his blue eyes coldly staring at Yan Jian, he said slowly: "Don’t misunderstand, I’ve come today to pay my respects to Grandpa Tang, it has nothing to do with you."

"Why are you coming to see my grandpa? Does my grandpa even know who you are?!" Yan Jian wasn’t about to let it go.

"Do you know who I am?" When it came to this topic, James couldn’t suppress his pent-up frustration any longer.

The first time they met, he had bumped into her umbrella. She had argued with him without asking who he was at all.

That time they were strangers, so it was fine she didn’t ask.

But later on, he did that to her in the mountains... yet she still didn’t ask who he was!

He had done such a thing to her, yet in her eyes and heart, he had no sense of existence at all. Didn’t he even have the value for her to ask who he was?

"What does who you are have to do with me!" Instead of calming her, it sparked more hatred in Yan Jian: "Why should I ask who you are? Who you are has nothing to do with me at all!"

He is the devil, the first nightmare in her 22 years. She only needed to know about his nature, why bother with his name?

If possible, she wanted to maintain the greatest distance from him, did he understand that! So why would she want to know his identity?!

Seeing Yan Jian’s emotions getting more and more agitated, Xue Ruke couldn’t control it either, so he turned to Old Sir Tang for help.

Old Sir Tang had been quietly observing for a while, only then did he personally come over to embrace Yan Jian, softly comforting his granddaughter: "Yan Jian, calm down! What’s the matter, are you too tired from the journey?"

With her grandfather stepping in to dissuade her, Yan Jian didn’t want her grandfather to see through her, so she had to hold back, turning her head away.

However, the other three could see that at the moment she turned her head, her eyes were already red. Her lips were red too, as she bit down hard on them.

Old Sir Tang held his granddaughter’s shoulders, "Yan Jian, let me introduce you, this is James Ford, he’s Huangfu’s brother."

Yan Jian glared at him, "I don’t care who he is! But why does he have the right to come to our house?"

The old man looked intently at his granddaughter: "Did you forget, the Ford family is related to our Tang Family by marriage. Huangfu has visited our home to acknowledge the kinship, and now that James has just returned to the country, he’s visiting too."

Yan Jian’s head buzzed again.

It turns out, they’re relatives!

Back in the day, the Tang family’s grandaunt married the Ford family’s granduncle, symbolizing a pursuit of freedom during those fiery times, it was a romantic story. But what about her, after a century, she, a granddaughter of the Tang family, had an encounter with a young man from the Ford family, only for it to turn into such a cursed fate?!

She wanted to curse her fate!

She couldn’t help but laugh, this worldly connection is truly laughable. She stared fiercely at him: "I don’t know who you are, but you’ve known from the beginning that I am part of the Tang Family. So you knew about this relationship between the two families, didn’t you?"

Knowing full well the families were relatives, he still did that despicable thing to her?!

Is he even human?

James pressed his lips tightly, unable to speak.

Old Sir Tang gave Xue Ruke a look and then coaxed his granddaughter, "Yan Jian, after the long journey, you must be tired. Go back to your room, take a bath, and get some sleep. Let Uncle Xue carry your luggage upstairs. Whatever you need to say, wait until you’ve rested, and then Grandpa will listen to you, okay?"

Xue Ruke half-persuaded and half-dragged Yan Jian out. The hall became quiet, and Old Sir Tang’s gaze fell on James’s face.

James felt the sweat dripping, slipping down his temple.

He couldn’t help but recall coming through the door, the courtyard’s well in front of the hall. Rainwater collected in drops from the tiles at the four corners of the eaves, falling into the well of bluestone, the sound ethereal, like a harp.

"Jamie, what’s going on, I’d like to hear you tell it first."

James stood, his heart pounding like a drum. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"How should I say this, Grandpa Tang, I’ve known Yan Jian for a long time. It was just a misunderstanding. I had just returned to the country then, didn’t know anyone, and happened to bump into Yan Jian on the road. I knocked her umbrella off, and she blamed me for being impolite. I was in a bad mood that day, so we argued a bit, then..."

He tried to gloss over the heavy details.

Anyway, he thought Tang Yanjian wouldn’t voluntarily tell her family about the incident on the mountain later.

Old Sir Tang after hearing this, indeed just chuckled, "So that’s how it is. Over such trivial matters, it’s surprising our Yan Jian still holds a grudge. Jamie, don’t let it make you laugh."

"Not at all," James quickly bowed, "Originally I was the one at fault, and I ask Grandpa Tang to apologize to Yan Jian on my behalf. The next time we meet, I will apologize to her in person."

With things said up to this point, fortunately, Old Sir Tang didn’t delve further. James promptly seized the opportunity to take his leave.

Once outside the Tang Family’s gate, James finally dared to raise his hand to wipe his sweat. Only then did he realize that his bangs were already soaked with sweat.

And yet... earlier, seeing her in that camouflage uniform, spirited and heroic, but then throwing herself into her grandfather’s arms like a little girl, made him pause, turning back to gaze at the deep pavilion built of purple sandalwood, staring at the heavily decorated window lattices.

He couldn’t help but wonder, which one opened to her boudoir?

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Listening to the echoes in layers of courtyards, guests being sent off.

Yan Jian knew that the Devil had finally left.

Only then did she relax and close her eyes, slipping into the hot water.

Only then did she allow herself to shed tears. Tears merged into the hot water in the bathtub, deceiving herself into saying she hadn’t cried.

This journey accompanied Little Sound to Asia, over a month long. Such a far distance, such a long time, she thought enough for her to lick her wounds, letting herself heal.

But when she boarded the plane, as it took off from the runway, she already knew everything wasn’t as she imagined. She thought moving far away would make her feel joyous, but in fact, she found the farther she went, the clearer she remembered.

She recalled that evening, sitting side by side with Little Sound on the land without a hint of light, occasionally illuminated by artillery fire, Little Sound inexplicably reaching over to stroke her hair, asking what was wrong.

At that moment, she nearly broke down.

Not breaking down over Little Sound’s obsession with the eldest sister, not breaking down despite being beside her, yet Little Sound’s heart had only the eldest sister, she was breaking down because – even in such a distant place, during the moments secluded with Little Sound, she couldn’t forget that incident.

She couldn’t find the happiness of clinging solely to Little Sound as a child, couldn’t use the same carefree smile facing Little Sound anymore. That night she realized she seemed no longer the same as she was before, terrifyingly discovering even her feelings towards Little Sound weren’t the same as before.

In that entangled relationship among her, her sister, and Little Sound, she could actually accept Little Sound changing his heart. Because in the depths of her heart, she understood perhaps Little Sound had deeper feelings for her sister; but no matter what, she couldn’t accept, surprisingly one day, it might be her unable to find her earlier feelings, her changing heart first.

She thought maybe she felt ashamed because she had already been robbed of a girl’s most beautiful first by those blue-eyed devils. Because of such self-loathing and self-abandonment, she was no longer her original self, unable to find the earlier feelings towards Little Sound.

Thus that night, on foreign soil, in the darkness, her tears couldn’t stop flowing.

She said to Little Sound, "In romance novels, after enduring life-and-death moments, the male and female protagonists inevitably cement their relationship. But Little Sound, do you know? This time, I insisted on accompanying you, but it was to use this journey to tell you: goodbye."

"I’m sorry I can’t accompany you further, not because I don’t want to continue this journey, but because I realized I’m not worthy. If I insist on continuing, I will hurt more people. I don’t want to make my sister cry, nor do I want to make things difficult for you. And my family... actually none of them blamed me, but I know I’ve disappointed them all."

"Little Sound, this is the last stretch of the road for you and me. Once it’s finished, after returning to M Country, I will completely let you go and forget you."

Now she’s back, she will fulfill her promise, she will definitely let him go and forget him.