Han Yi now can’t wait to retire and go to the Capital City to accompany his daughter.
Lin Wan rolls her eyes at him, scaring Little Star to quickly say no.
The daughter says she’s grown up and can take care of herself, wanting to experience a few years outside without parents. To experience a different life.
Look, the daughter is grown now, she doesn’t want to talk to them about so things, longing for freedom.
If Han Yi really followed, he’d definitely annoy his daughter.
After busying herself with work until late autumn, Lin Wan settled down to organize so key exam questions for her daughter.
She spent the whole winter tutoring her daughter.
By the next year, things got even more tense; Little Star only rested one day on Sundays.
Now Lin Wan, besides checking the factory store when the kids are at school, goes ho before the kids finish school every afternoon to prepare nutritious als, trying to let them eat well.
She’s like Gu Lin, her cousin, from two years ago. Just waiting for the kids to finish their exams.
On the night before Little Star’s exam, Lin Wan got sick from exhaustion but didn’t utter a word, getting up early to prepare breakfast for her daughter, then both parents sent her off to the exam.
As Little Star entered the exam hall, Han Yi quickly took Lin Wan to a nearby clinic to get an IV drip. The drip finished quickly before Little Star ca out, so she wouldn’t notice.
When the kids finished the exam, Lin Wan’s sickness got better, spending two days sleeping at ho without getting out of bed.
Only then did Little Star know her mom was sick. With her vacation starting, she didn’t let Mom worry anymore, taking on the household tasks herself, helping tutor Dingding.
At night, Lin Wan lay in bed holding Han Yi, reflecting, "The kids are grown up, and I’m getting old. Look at ; I’m so tired just taking care of the kids that I got sick. Ah, ti flies, and in the blink of an eye, I’ve lived half a lifeti."
Han Yi chuckled beside her, teasingly saying, "What nonsense, you’re nowhere near old. Look, your skin is still so smooth, how you’re still so young-looking, and getting more charming. Look at , am I still the sa as when we first t?"
Lin Wan glanced at Han Yi’s eyes with a smile, hardly changed since they first t, only more stable and mature now from the inside out. His srizing eyes made Lin Wan unable to resist giving him a quick peck on the lips.
Han Yi chuckled, "Couldn’t help yourself?"
"You’re too handso. Ai Yi, why don’t you try the wool coat I brought you? You’d be the most handso wearing it!"
"I actually think I’m most handso without clothes; kids are all asleep now." Han Yi cheekily pressed on Lin Wan, starting to unbutton his shirt, preparing to show Lin Wan.
Lin Wan chuckled softly, beginning to help with the buttons...
...
Little Star’s results ca out excellently, she got successfully admitted to the art academy.
The whole family was delighted. That day, Han Yi took the family to a newly opened western restaurant in the city, a choice by the daughter, celebrating her achievent.
Unexpectedly, they ran into Yang Ting, whom they hadn’t seen in a long ti. No idea with whom she was chatting, Lin Wan heard what sounded like Ye Qing’s na.
"She originally had a house here. I told you then, but you didn’t care. Look, just suddenly gone, don’t know if her mom found out. By the way, don’t know if you know, last year Ye Qing went missing from the ntal hospital, never found again."
"This matter has nothing to do with anymore. You’re calling just to tell this?"
The voice was too familiar. Lin Wan and Han Yi exchanged glances, quickly signaling the kids to keep quiet.
"Cousin, I just want you to talk to Xiang Wang, don’t let him believe what his friend says; the project isn’t a good one. He won’t listen to , maybe you can persuade him."
"You two, it’s not sothing I can interfere with. I’m here just for business; leaving in the afternoon. If you can’t handle him, let his family do it. If there’s nothing else, I should go." i Langchi said while getting up and walking away with a cane.
Yang Ting called him twice but couldn’t make him stay.
i Langchi, as he went out, didn’t see Han Yi’s family seated behind them. After he left, Dingding watched curiously as he awkwardly walked with his cane, suddenly asking, "Dad, that uncle looks a lot like you, but doesn’t look good with the cane. Why’s his leg crippled?"
"Hmm, doing too much bad tends to bring bad luck. When bad luck strikes, anything can happen, so when you grow up, act upright and righteous."
"Got it, Dad." Dingding, having grown up without eting i Langchi, hardly went to the Capital City; usually, i Shuping would visit when missing them. Dingding only knows his grandparents live separately, each with their own house, unaware of the reasons.
Han Yi’s voice successfully attracted i Langchi’s attention as he was about to leave, faced with the unexpected encounter that left i Langchi a bit flustered. Without turning back, knowing well who sat beside Han Yi, unwilling to see their family’s happy scene, continued straightening himself up as he walked, trying hard to walk right, but couldn’t get it right, even ssed up his steps. As he walked out, his pace was chaotic and embarrassed.
This was yet another defeat for i Langchi in front of Han Yi. He swore it’d be the last ti; from now on, he’d never return to this city.
Lin Wan wasn’t concerned about i Langchi’s image before them, but rather Ye Qing’s disappearance.
Ye Qing, a madman, results aside from the hospital doors, Lin Wan felt sudden dismay with unexplainable feelings.
This matter left Lin Wan bored for several days at ho but eventually figured it out; she tried her best living, letting no one down, helped as much as possible, knowing so minds remain unchanged despite every effort.
Now, her kids are in college, her son in high school, preparing for the military academy, following his father’s example, while their parents retired and joined tourist groups happily traveling.
The mother-in-law and Uncle Hu retired as well, Xiao Dung married and now with a child went to Shanghai helping with the baby.
Han Yi envied them for the constant traveling, wanting to retire quickly and travel with her.
Yet Han Yi warned them, when he retires, they must raise their kids themselves; he didn’t want to work after finally retiring.
Lin Wan, hearing him educating their kids this way, always rolled her eyes, waiting for the day when their kids have kids, knowing he’d change his mind.
Lin Wan finally relaxed after Dingding’s exams were over. Now, with both kids studying away, the house only they two left, Lin Wan feels leisurely.
One day, Han Yi took Lin Wan fishing, again teased her, "You’ve been fishing for so long, never caught three fish at once."
Han Yi turned back with a smile, holding her hand, "One’s enough; it’s about the journey, like you, one is all I need!"
"..."
(End of the story)
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