He Ning'an, who was fiddling with the orchid in her hand, suddenly looked up and stared at the person outside the door.
"Uncle Li, why are you asking this?"
"Oh, I just heard some things about your mother's past, so I wanted to ask how she's doing."
He Ning'an shook his head: "I'm sorry, Uncle Li. When I remember, my family lived on a farm and we were quite happy. Although we didn't have good material conditions, we were very rich in spirit."
Li Yanshen nodded slightly and sighed softly, "Alright, thank you. I know some people at the National Botanical Garden. If you need anything in this regard, you can contact me anytime."
He Ning'an nodded calmly and watched Li Yanshen leave.
But after Li Yanshen actually left, He Ning'an remained motionless in the same spot, reminiscing for a long time.
He had just lied—he remembered it, but the memory was vague.
"Brother! Dinner's ready!"
With an ice cream in his mouth, He Ningchuan's voice was much muffled.
"Grandma's here?"
"Mmm! Grandma made so many delicious things!"
It was easy to tell from his voice that he was happy.
He Ning'an put down the orchid in her hand and walked into the house.
"Wash your hands and eat. Grandma will sleep with you tonight. Mom and Dad are busy with work and will be back tomorrow morning."
The first one who was unwilling was He Ningxi.
"Grandma, I haven't seen Mom for two days."
Li Ying looked troubled: "But Mom is very busy right now, you know that. I finally have some time this afternoon, so I'll have your dad take her out for a walk."
He Ning'an pulled out a chair and sat down next to her younger sister: "He Ningxi, don't be unreasonable. Mom works very hard. You weren't this clingy before Mom came back."
These words carried a hint of hostility.
"Brother, are you talking to me harshly?"
He Ning'an, who was standing next to him, kept handing out bowls and chopsticks without saying a word.
"Alright, here's your favorite glass noodle casserole, and sweet and sour pork ribs..."
Li Ying quickly changed the subject, glancing at An'an as she did so. She also noticed something was off about her eldest grandson's tone.
After dinner and tidying up the house, Li Ying went to find An'an, who was reading in the study, alone.
"An'an, what's wrong? Did something bad happen at school?"
He Ning'an looked at her grandmother, then denied it, saying, "Grandma, I'm not upset about anything. You can go out now; I want to focus on my reading."
"Okay, you must tell Grandma if anything happens. If your sister makes you angry, tell her and Grandma will stand up for you."
He Ning'an didn't say anything. Li Ying also knew that Da Sun meant for her to leave quickly.
Having no other choice, she turned to look for her granddaughter.
"Manman, did you misbehave today and make your big brother angry?"
He Ningxi was playing with building blocks on the floor with little Leon. Before she could speak, little Leon stood up: "Grandma, Manman didn't. We've been playing together since this morning, and she didn't look for any older brothers."
Li Ying squatted down and gently patted little Leon's head: "Okay, I understand. You two can continue playing."
A little while later, the dog started barking incessantly outside.
Li Ying got up and went outside, where she saw a young man she didn't recognize standing at the door.
Seeing that there was an adult, Li Hua greeted her, "Hello, Auntie, I'm from across the street. Do you have a wrench to borrow?"
Li Ying noticed it when she arrived; they were moving across the street.
She nodded: "Wait a moment, I'll go look for it."
I found a wrench in the basement storage room and passed it through the door.
"Thank you, Auntie. Oh, and this is a snack for candy and cotton balls."
Looking at the bag of dried meat, Li Ying asked, "Young man, do you know anyone in this family?"
"I don't recognize any of them. Auntie, Candy belongs to my boss's dog. My boss moved across the street, and this was specially brought for the two dogs. It's not poisonous. If you don't believe me, I'll try one."
Li Hua witnessed the entire process of making this bag of beef jerky firsthand.
Li Ying watched helplessly as a young man bit off a piece of the hard beef jerky.
"That's not what you meant, Auntie. Here you go, thank you."
"Okay, I'll return it to you in a bit."
Li Hua returned to the apartment across the hall. Li Ying looked at the large bag of dried meat in her hand, then walked towards the doghouse.
"Oh my, Candy, are you our little spy?"
Unfortunately, Candy only has eyes for food.
……
In the evening, after a long day of work, Yu Lian went out to eat with He Lin.
"Oh, right, before going to the restaurant, I should pick up my jewelry first."
Upon hearing this, He Lin was surprised: "When did you start buying jewelry on your own initiative? Why didn't you give me a chance to show off?"
Yu Lian didn't joke with him and explained, "This is a jade pendant my dad gave me. I accidentally broke it a while ago, so I had someone at a jade shop repurpose it into a set of jewelry."
"I see. It was a gift from my father-in-law. I can't compete with that."
Yu Lian specifically sought out the most senior and experienced craftsman to repair her broken jade pendant. She personally went to the shop and gave him countless instructions. After three days of work, it was finally completed.
He Lin drove, and Yu Lian led the way. On their way to dinner, they retrieved the set of jewelry.
Apart from some fixed wear and tear, Yu Lian had her master utilize everything that could be made into jewelry, leaving nothing to waste.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Yu Lian opened the square box again and picked up one of the delicate little rings to try on.
"Not bad, right?"
He Lin didn't dare to be distracted while driving, only glancing at it briefly: "Hmm, it looks good."
After trying them all, Yu Lian kept the ring.
After having dinner with He Lin, I returned to the company only to be told that the door was locked.
Looking at the empty building, Yu Lian realized that she had forgotten to greet Xiao Xu.
"What do we do now?"
"It's alright, let's go home then."
"Okay." He Lin opened the car door and gestured for him to enter.
Yu Lian got back into the car, fastened her seatbelt, and the car headed home.
……
"An'an? Why didn't you hear me calling you?"
He Ning'an turned his head and saw his mother walking towards him. He also lifted his foot to walk towards his mother, but at the moment of contact, his mother walked straight through him.
He turned around in fright.
Mom squatted down and opened the cabinet in the house.
"Come out, okay? We'll be back in a little while. Be a good girl, An'an."
"No, no, Mommy wants to go too, otherwise An'an won't go!"
The little guy had a furrowed brow and a slight sob in his voice.
"Alright, I'll take you there."
An'an then nodded in agreement.
Yu Lian picked up her son and walked from the end of the corridor toward the stairwell.
"mom!"
He Ning'an called out and followed, but no matter how he called, he received no response. He ran over and rushed over, only to find no one there.
As he got downstairs, his anxiety and panic were washed away by a face—the old woman in charge of the old house, the last person he wanted to see.
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