Currently, there were very few underwater archeologists in the country, almost all of whom were female team members with strong physical fitness. The few male team members could only participate in underwater archeology in rivers and lakes. It was very difficult for them to go to the deep sea.
Xie Zhi had professional knowledge, could dive, and had passed the physical training, but he still encountered many obstacles.
The family consent form was one of them.
Xie Zhi was the only child in his family, and they would never agree to let him do something so dangerous.
Wouldn’t it be good to stay in the archeology office, registering artifact numbers and drawing ancient architectural patterns? Why take risks to do something thankless?
During one argument, his father had angrily said that as long as he wasn’t married, he had to listen to them. Going to the rift sea in the Nanlin Ocean was out of the question!
Xie Zhi understood. He would go find a wife-master.
Fang Xianxing began to regret her previous boastful words. Even if they successfully got married, it wouldn’t be appropriate for her to sign this family consent form for him.
A living person, raised by his parents with great effort, and now his life was being handed over to a stranger like her. What kind of situation was this?
“Actually, underwater diving technology has made a lot of progress in recent years. A while ago, our country’s Deep Dive 10 reached a depth of over 10,000 meters in the Mariana Trench. Compared to that, the depth of underwater archeology is just child’s play.”
Seeing the hesitation between Fang Xianxing’s eyebrows, Xie Zhi added more information.
But Fang Xianxing still expressed doubts. It couldn’t be compared like that. Underwater archeology also required working on the seabed for a long time, with complex operations and greater difficulty.
“I think your mom and dad are also doing it for your own good…” Rationally, Fang Xianxing believed this matter couldn’t be helped.
Xie Zhi’s expression turned gloomy. He raised his hand to light up his phone and looked at the portrait on the screen. “Ms. Fang, have you ever had something that others didn’t understand, but you still wanted to do it?”
“I studied archeology because I was interested in the history of the Yuan Shun dynasty, and I studied underwater archeology because the famous minister of the Yuan Shun dynasty disappeared in a sea storm. But the Yuan Shun dynasty was more than a thousand years ago. Apart from the few lines left in official histories, very few artifacts have been passed down. Now, when ancient underwater ruins from the Yuan Shun dynasty have finally appeared, I can’t go.”
Xie Zhi laughed bitterly. “I’ve studied underwater archeology for so many years, but in the end, it’s just an extra line on my resume. Doesn’t it sound like a joke?”
“Going up to the sky or down to the sea, the risks are indeed high. But living in this world, there are risks at all times. The risk of car accidents, the risk of plane crashes… Some people even choke to death or suffocate. Should we not do anything because there are risks?”
Xie Zhi’s voice was full of regret, and Fang Xianxing could even hear a faint choke. The sudden heart-to-heart made Fang Xianxing feel like her throat was stuffed with cotton.
Indeed, what was without risk?
For such important ancient ruins to be excavated, safety precautions would surely be taken. It shouldn’t be assumed that accidents would happen before it even started.
Fang Xianxing made up her mind. “Let’s go register our marriage now. I’ll sign it for you!”
“What about the divorce agreement?” A glimmer of expectation appeared in Xie Zhi’s eyes.
Fang Xianxing rubbed her temples in frustration. “I really can’t sign that.”
Xie Zhi pursed his lips, feeling disappointed. “If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have wasted so many years studying. I should have never touched archeology books and obediently become a househusband. Then I wouldn’t have put Ms. Fang in such a difficult position.”
Fang Xianxing imagined the cold Xie Zhi as a househusband. Hiss, it was a bit chilling. “How about this? I’ll call your family and find an excuse to make them sign it for you. But I’ll say this in advance: you have to pay attention to safety when you go. I don’t want to bear the guilt of causing the death of someone else’s son.”
“Really?” Xie Zhi’s eyes showed a surprised and joyful expression, looking at Fang Xianxing more intently than ever before.
Fang Xianxing sighed. “Really, only you don’t believe in my credibility. Fang Xianxing always keeps her word.”
Xie Zhi automatically filtered out the second half of the sentence. While dialing his father’s number on his phone, he took out a piece of paper from the document bag and handed it to Fang Xianxing along with the phone.
It was a handwritten disclaimer with a signature.
Fang Xianxing’s mouth gaped slightly, and she dazedly took it with both hands.
She began to question her life. Was the previous pitiful act just an act? Could it be that what followed was also an act?
Had she, Fang Xianxing, fallen into a trap?!
__________
“Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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