”ell, if yu n&039; an anyhg abu iss &039;s bess, yu&039; beer n”
”yu n&039; haesay uh abu ha i&039; akg are f eeryhg bess righ n, an he&039;ll be ablesay yes as lng as i say a r” ly ae his han an errupe ha hen pg anesay
ye a n ne sie as een re ebarrasse hen i he an herspeak? if he passe i u, ul he sill an his fae?
” yi, hen pg is righ” ye a hurriely errupe ly fr fear ha he girl ul aienallysehg re ura
ye a kns ery ell ha his feelgs ih he eurpean faily are als he sae
alhugh his aer has sehg ih he eurpean faily, ye a an als see ha xia han is efeg, n fr hiself, bu fr he eurpean faily
alhugh ye a es n kn uh abu bess, he has helpe yi ake are f i fr a hile befre, s re r less f i is sill a lile lear xia han has shn grea seriy his ie
xia han ansj he eurpean faily hrugh his n ilean bly, i l be hi by bh sies n i ay be ha he abe eie s suh, an he fllg ne s nrh, s ha xia han is ery passie
”ye a, i&039; n a fl unle xia, yu&039;re hkg abu epy gles an hie les i&039; akg are f he eurpean faily n if yu n&039; ask ef ye af y faher, urn arun an hk abu pullg he he aer”
”i ell yu ha een if y faher an ye a hae a g frienship, ye a ay agreehis aer, bu he eisn f he pany lies e, yu xia faily, ur eurpean faily is n ye he eyes f yu, yu anbe afrai f bh sies isnaie”
ly rsse his hans an reeale xia han&039;s hughs irely
as sn as xia han hear i, he g a lile ebarrasse
ye a as een re sunne, surpriselk a li
he ha n iea ha ly as s leer ha he ul see he signs a a gne
”he lessn f he eurpean unn is ha if eurpe an ays ake a ire eisn, i ul be grea yu an res assure ha as lng as e reah an agreeen, he agreeen i l r ye j n is eally ali” xia han ipe his frehea an ile an sai
a firs xia han anee ye a as a ileanuniae ih he eurpean faily afer all, as ly sai, a all xia faily, he eurpean faily really i n like i
if e an reah a eal his ay, i ill be a grea suess fr xia han, an here is a lile bi f epy gles an hie lf ieas
” fa, ha aer is ery siple, se yur xia faily anslie, e hae ee enunere se bsaleshe nrh, he funan is n eep, bu hgs are n really ha pliae”
”ell, i&039;ll gie yu hree years fr he xia faily hese hree years, ur eurpean faily ill neerle he bess f a iy, an yu ill n ang beyn he en, r yu ill kn he nseenes yurself”
”bu i hae ne s rees” li ae here an ile slighly
xia han lisene an aie a hurrylk frarha ly ul say
hen pg an ye a, heer, frne slighly an i n unersan ha ly as gg
xia han i n expe ha he g li unexpeely ha suh an unersang, fr a en i n nie he eyes
”please g ahea, ays” xia han sai ih se hear-renhg
fr he urren unersang f ly, xia han kns ha he bly uneresiaes her, bu fr ha she says, here is sill r fr a urnarun
a leas fr he xia faily, ly&039;s urren ns are n ba fr he
”an yu haehelp , n&039; le guangng pre be erupie by panies gg nrh, a leas n a fe unies an iies near l iy”
”a presen, e are n easyarry u he seuriy bess he unies an iies arun l iy i nee yeee hese lile leaers u an n gie he he ppruniy an spaenueeelp an gr hayu hk f unle xia?” aske ly
xia han hear i ih a suen shk an lke a ly aaeen n ner she ul ake are f he pany s ell his is sill a eny- r hree-year-l hil? y hear is a lileugh
”here, his” xia han hesiae a lile
if he surrung unies an iies f he relean bessseee, fr he xia faily is n uh, afer all, he xia faily guangng pre is apable f heny
bu if yu ffen hers, an hen hers ill aak i fr he xia faily, he bess ill n be rh i
xia han learly kns ha he purpse f ly&039;s g s isprepare fr he expansn f eurpean bess he fuure, ha issay, he xia faily is g hgs fr he eurpean faily, an i has n ye ae any prfi
”f urse, here ill eraly be r an il an aerseee he u yu an ake se ney firs i&039;s beshelp he l peplei, an yu ani beh he senes”
”i is nly a aer f ie befre ur eurpean faily akes guangng pre as a sprgbar if yu an agreei, i guaranee ha i ill sill be upyur xia faily he fuure i beliee unle xia unersans his”
hen i esbess, ly is exreely ser, bu xia han is frighenehear, se a a lss asha
ly j sai a fe rs, he aial paern has been pulle u, an he ns le xia han expliably a lile e
xia han haaire he fa ha he ha suh aaens a a g a
”unle xia is n sill hkg ha he peple suhern hunan ill perae ih yu, ill he?ell yu he ruh, he anr f fighah s ie has leane up all he grun snakes suhern hunan, an if yu perae ih he, yu an, anyay, e ill n sp he ” sai ly pruly
xia han as shke an lke a ly ih an reible lk n his fae
his ie xia han ae, i as he firs na ih he eurpean faily, he kne ha hen pg ael iyhelp si n, bu i n kn ha happene afer hen pg ael iy
he nrh f guangng pre is suhern hunan, here here is a n all grun snake, hih as nurure by se per grups he ile f he pre
his ie he eurpean faily fee l iy, he nrh an enral hae se peple lkg a he re eyes, ill eraly erss a f
xia han neer hugh ha he as e, an peple ha alreay e he relean bess l iy
”ell, i agree ih he neral ers f eurpe, bu i n&039; kn if yu an ake up yur r n” xia han sai, lkgye a an hen pg nexhi
”i sees ha r xia has n figure u he siuan, an heher i a har r n has n been esigae” sai ly pruly
”n ha he eurpean faily f he pany is lefiss u, i is f urse uphereie ha she says” ye a helpe ly say
een s, xia san is sill n a ease
afer a hile, he peple uner xia han ae frar an i n kn hasay his ear
hen i hear ha, xia han ieiaely pu n he hangg hear, hih is a g eal
xia han is sill n ery reliee, bu uner his helplessness, ly haall his assisan frn f hi, le her gie an elerni ersn f he nrae er, afer bag perissn, xia han as pleely reliee
afer xia han lef, ye a as se s an fg, an se i n unersan ha as gg n
”ry, ha k f seuriy bess i xia han alk abu j n, an ha is gg n?” afer xia han lef, ye a fun he ppruniyask her hurriely, j se ifferen pes
alhugh ye a is n ery nerne abu bess aers, bu se his is abu he eurpean faily an he xia faily, ye a naurally haspay re aenni
afer ha she sai, ye a learne sehg a rane
”i urns u, i reeber se peple ne sai ha 70 f he enues l iy, heher i is he bar k an erne afes, are pene by ne persn, his share auns fr abu 70, s hese ries are really n easy” ye a srahe his hea an sai
alhugh ye a es n ie unersan he speifi peran, bupu i bnly, his is he per, ih hih any ry an be le, f urse, is legiiae