At that moment, Hua's thoughts were in turmoil.
She could not help remembering a Thanksgiving Festival sometime after the two of them had met.
The generals had been unable to come to the Yaoqing to meet him, so they had sent people to deliver birthday gifts to their superior.
Along with those gifts, red envelopes they had prepared for Hua had also arrived on the Yaoqing.
She had still been young then, and he had used that as an excuse to tell her, "You're still little. I'll hold on to these for you."
At the time, Hua had merely said, "Oh," then buried herself in her homework again.
Those words were all too familiar.
Most parents made that promise to their children.
She had simply never imagined... that she would receive such a special gift on this day.
Of course. That was just the sort of person he was.
He had always kept his promises.
Hua's face was bloodless. She took a deep breath, quickly shut the drawer, and turned to look at the other objects in the room.
She immediately spotted the Fenghuang Down she had asked for several times, only to be brushed off. A Jade Abacus lay beside it.
Hua picked up the Fenghuang Down in one hand and the Jade Abacus in the other.
There had to be a message or video he had left inside.
Hua turned on the Jade Abacus.
Its previous user had not set a password, so she unlocked it easily and opened the photo album.
As expected, a video had been saved there.
Usually, he always wore a gentle smile in front of others. In the video, however, he first stared expressionlessly at the camera for a moment before forcing a smile.
He said gently:
"Sorry for deciding on my own