"Father, what are you talking about!" Lin Yan said somewhat shyly.
"I'm talking about the person waiting for you at the door!" Father Lin pointed to someone standing outside the courtyard.
Lin Yan followed Father Lin's gaze and saw Ye Xiuyuan waiting there.
"Go on, have a chat with him. He's been waiting for you for a long time," Father Lin said, very understandingly.
His daughter was getting older, and it was time for her to have a partner. Besides, they were so close, even if his daughter got married, she wouldn't be too far from him.
"Why are you here?" Lin Yan walked up to Ye Xiuyuan.
"Mr. Lin, are you... alright?" Ye Xiuyuan looked at Lin Yan greedily. He hadn't seen her for a long time, and now he had finally found her.
"Aren't I standing before you, whole and complete! And shouldn't you be calling me Comrade Lin?" Lin Yan looked up at him, her eyes also filled with longing.
She had once thought that if he hadn't come here, they might have missed each other in this world. After all, in times of war and chaos, losing contact could very well mean eternal separation.
Her identity was too sensitive. Even after the country was established, she would still be engaged in research, becoming a presence unknown to outsiders. So he wouldn't be able to find her.
But she still believed he would come, which was why she wrote that letter. Indeed, he had come, and they were reunited.
"Then, Comrade Lin, I... we..." Ye Xiuyuan didn't know how to begin. He desperately wanted to express his feelings for Lin Yan and ask for her opinion, but when he actually faced her, he found himself unable to say anything.
"What is it? What do you want to say?" Lin Yan looked into his eyes, which were now solely focused on her.
"I, I want to say, welcome!" After saying that, he felt like slapping himself. That wasn't what he wanted to say.
Seeing his frustrated expression, Lin Yan found it amusing and didn't tease him further.
"My father said you can do many things. Have you learned a lot?" Lin Yan helped him out of his predicament.
"Yes, they are interesting and quite simple."
"But my hands are clumsy, I can't learn them at all," Lin Yan said to him with a smile.
"It's okay, you don't need to learn. I can do it all," Ye Xiuyuan said, and then froze. It seemed he had blurted out what was in his heart.
"My father also said the same thing. He said I don't need to learn these, because someone else already knows how to do them, and there will be someone to do them in the future. What do you think?"
Ye Xiuyuan took a moment to understand the meaning behind Lin Yan's words, and his heart filled with joy.
"Yes! Yes! You don't need to learn, not at all in the future!"
"Then I'll have to trouble you in the future, Comrade Ye!" Lin Yan said with a smile.
"No trouble, no trouble!" Ye Xiuyuan was so happy he didn't know what to say.
His long-held wish had finally been fulfilled, and he suddenly felt the sky was clear, the breeze was gentle, the plants were lush, and the flowers were fragrant!
His mind was now filled with the knowledge that Lin Yan had reciprocated his feelings and given him a promise for the future. He was truly so happy!
The next day, he was waiting at the Lin family's door early in the morning, or rather, he hadn't slept at all. He was truly afraid that if he fell asleep, he would wake up the next day to find that everything yesterday had been a dream.
Lin Yan hadn't come over, nor had she agreed to him. So he dared not sleep and came early in the morning to wait for Lin Yan.
Father Lin saw him waiting at the door and directly invited him in to have breakfast together.
Father Lin had prepared breakfast himself. Everything they had now was created with their own hands, and he wasn't an exception.
"Thank you, Uncle Lin!" Ye Xiuyuan said a bit nervously. He didn't know if Father Lin knew about his feelings for Lin Yan.
"Yan Yan just woke up. She'll come over for breakfast after she washes up. You can wait for a bit," Father Lin said. But he didn't wait for Lin Yan to eat, as he had to go to work soon.
"Okay, Uncle Lin," Ye Xiuyuan became even more respectful. After all, Father Lin knew he was here to see Lin Yan, so he must have known something, and he should try harder to please him. This was his future father-in-law.
When Lin Yan came out for breakfast, she saw Ye Xiuyuan sitting alone at the table.
"Uncle Lin went to work," he quickly explained, then pulled out a chair for Lin Yan.
After Lin Yan was seated, he returned to his own seat and served them both.
"Today, I'll take you on a tour of this place to help you get familiar with the situation. I've looked at the information you provided, and I've even tried some of it out.
Although mass production isn't possible yet, some things can still be made by hand. This has greatly relieved the burden on the front lines.
But I heard that the pharmaceutical factory also uses formulas you provided, so perhaps you should visit them today?"
It was only after arriving here that Ye Xiuyuan realized how outstanding Lin Yan truly was. However, thinking that such an outstanding person had agreed to him, he couldn't help but want to smile again.
"Let's go to a closer place first. Given the limitations here, even with improvements, we can't achieve miracles overnight. So let's see if there are other places where we can operate,"
Lin Yan didn't intend to get involved in the pharmaceutical factory or armaments at this time. They had already developed based on her information. The reason for the lack of expansion wasn't a technical issue, but one of raw materials and processes.
Even if she went to see, there was nothing she could do. It was better to see if there was anything else she could do to make their lives better.
After Lin Yan and Ye Xiuyuan spent the day together, everyone knew that Comrade Hong Yan, who had returned, and the knowledgeable and talented Comrade Ye were a couple.
"No wonder Comrade Ye wanted to come here. I heard that Comrade Xiao Lin wrote to him asking him to come."
"I heard they knew each other in Shanghai. Isn't Comrade Lin very familiar with Comrade Ye? Of course, they are familiar, he's the future son-in-law!"
"So their family is reunited. I wonder when Comrade Ye and Comrade Lin's wedding will be. We haven't had a lively celebration in a long time!"
The public's discussion didn't affect the two people strolling, slowly heading towards the Lin family's cave dwelling.
"There's one more place you haven't taken me to see!" Lin Yan seemed to remember something.
"Where?" Ye Xiuyuan thought back to whether he had missed anything today.
"Your place. You haven't told me where you live. Where would I find you if I wanted to?"
"This... I live very close, just over there. Actually, if you call out at the door, I can hear you," Ye Xiuyuan explained. "Do you want to see it?"
"Forget it, tomorrow. Give yourself one night to tidy up, and I'll come to see your place tomorrow!" Lin Yan said, winking at him playfully. "I'm going back now."
Ye Xiuyuan had never seen Lin Yan so lively before and was stunned for a moment.
He wanted to say that he didn't need to tidy up, but thinking of the letter Lin Yan had written to him and her manuscript, he felt it was better to go home and tidy up.
He couldn't let Lin Yan know that he had secretly kept her manuscript to keep more of her belongings, and then imitated her handwriting to re-copy it and hand it over to Principal Gao.