Strange in public! Trying to conceive in private! Pampered and kissed every night.

Sunlight filtered through the leaves, illuminating Grandma and Song Tingyou.

The long shadow of Song Tingyou is short, just like Grandma's lifespan.

For an eighty-year-old, every bowl of food eaten is one less bowl available.

As parting was imminent, Grandma held the porcelain bowl in her hands, looking at Song Tingyou with reluctance and love, speaking gently and kindly as she gave instructions to the little girl she had watched grow up.

"Yiyi, promise Grandma you'll take good care of yourself from now on. Remember to eat on time every day. Grandma knows you have a strong personality. If you can't solve a problem, you get so anxious that you can't eat. Life is long. If you can't solve a problem, put it aside for a while, take it slow, and stop and rest. It's okay. Compared to getting first place, Grandma cares more about your health. Eating well at every meal is more important than winning against everyone else."

"Grandma didn't go to school and doesn't understand any grand principles, but Grandma knows that it's windy on the mountain and it's not easy to climb up. Whether you can climb to the top of the mountain or not, as long as you try your best, you won't have any regrets in this life."

"If we have the ability, let's go to the top of the mountain and take a look. If we can't climb to the top, let's just wander around at the bottom of the mountain. Walk steadily and live a down-to-earth life. Peaceful and safe days are the best days."

"Yiyi, no matter when or where, Grandma's heart will always be with you."

Tears fell from Song Tingyou's eyes, soaking into the sticky white rice.

One drop, two drops, three drops, four drops...

Tears streamed down her face, one after another, dripping onto the rice in the bowl and seeping into the gaps between the grains.

Song Tingyou raised her tear-filled eyes, her face streaked with tears: "Grandma, I won't leave. I'll live with you again."

Grandma's eyes were filled with tears as she picked up a towel to wipe Song Tingyou's tears: "Silly girl, Grandma is so old, what can you get from following Grandma? Only poverty."

Song Tingyou sobbed, "Grandma, I'm not afraid of being poor. I've always lived like this and grown up without feeling bitter. As long as I'm with you, Grandma, I don't feel bitter."

Grandma smiled gently: "Yiyi, you must go with your sister. Grandma is not the only one who loves you in this world. Your sister loves you very much too. Your sister missed more than ten years of your life. She must be very regretful and wants to live with you."

"Yiyi, you should strive for better things, aim higher, and not be like Grandma, trapped in the mundane details of daily life."

"Grandma never went to school and doesn't know many characters. It's not that Grandma didn't want to go to school, but she was too poor when she was a child and didn't have the money to go to school. Grandma actually really envies those who are educated."

"Yi-yi, you must become the kind of person that Grandma always wanted to be, but never was able to be in her life. Go to the big world, see a lot of things, and live a good life."

Tears streamed down his aged eyes, flowing slowly and silently down his weathered cheeks.

Grandma held Song Tingyou's hand and placed it in Song Xinya's: "Miss Song, Yiyi will be with you from now on. I can tell you are a very good person, and I will definitely treat Yiyi well."

Song Xinya took Song Tingyou's hand and walked out, while her grandmother saw them off at the door.

His hunched, thin body stood before the old wooden door, like a dry, yellow leaf on a tree branch in winter, teetering on the verge of falling.

Her expression was calm as she waved to Song Xinya and Song Tingyou, who were walking towards the end of the alley: "Be careful on the road."

Song Tingyou kept turning back to look at her as she took a step.

Grandma waved her hand and said, "Go on your way. If Grandma misses you, she'll call you. If you miss Grandma, you can call her too. It's okay. We just won't live together anymore. It's not a big deal. We can still see each other in the future. It's alright."

Song Tingyou sniffed, turned around, and followed Song Xinya to the end of the alley, where she got into the luxurious and beautiful Porsche sports car.

At the end of the narrow alley, in front of a dilapidated house, Grandma walked unsteadily into the yard.

The moment she stepped through the door, her calm expression crumbled, and tears streamed down her face.

She sent away the little girl she had raised since she was a baby.

Her son went to prison, her granddaughter left, and now she has to live alone.

Grandma's tears fell in a dense stream, one after another, her face completely wet and cold.

She was happy that her little girl was living a good life.

Grandma was crying as she tidied up the table.

As she got older, her steps became unsteady, and she carried the bowl and chopsticks, walking slowly towards the kitchen.

A rumbling sound echoed in the sky as raindrops fell from the heavens.

Soybeans were soaking in a large basin placed in the yard.

Grandma ran out of the kitchen, grabbed the edge of the large basin with both hands, and dragged it into the house.

A large basin filled with water was soaking soybeans.

The thin old man dragged the heavy basin into the house.

It moves as slowly as a tortoise.

Once the basin is completely dragged into the house, you'll be soaked to the bone.

Grandma's hand gripped the rim of the basin; her knuckles were white and bulging, and the veins were throbbing.

The ground was uneven, and I tripped on a high spot, causing me and the basin to tumble backward.

A pair of young, strong hands came across, one hand firmly supporting Grandma, and the other pressing the overturned basin down.

Grandma's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down. Regaining her composure, she saw her savior and exclaimed, "It's you!"

Jin Ruizhi: "It's me, Grandma."

Grandma: "Yi-yi isn't with me anymore. You won't find her here."

Jin Ruizhi helped his grandmother up: "Grandma, I came to see you."

Grandma asked in surprise, "What do you want with me?"

After the white lightning flashed, a thunderous roar erupted, and the heavens and earth trembled.

Jin Ruizhi ran outside the house: "Grandma, I'm going to move all the soybeans inside."

Grandma ran outside, and when she tried to help him move things, he pushed her back into the house.

"Grandma, the road is slippery. Please wait inside. I can manage by myself."

Jin Ruizhi carried three large basins of soybeans into the house, and the heavy rain poured down, flowing down in torrents.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and a smile spread across his handsome face: "I won. I saved the soybeans before the rain started."

Grandma handed me a clean handkerchief: "Wipe your sweat."

Jin Ruizhi took the towel and casually wiped his forehead.

Grandma asked, "Young Master Jin, you still haven't told me why you came to see me."

Jin Ruizhi looked at his grandmother with his clear, dark eyes, his gaze falling on her forehead.

Grandma has a shallow scar on her forehead from a bump.

That day, Grandma bumped her forehead on the tricycle. It wasn't that he intentionally hurt her, but the incident was caused by him.

A dull thud was heard, and Jin Ruizhi knelt on the ground.

The boy's face was as white as jade under the lamplight, his eyebrows and eyes were clear and sharp, and his thick, long eyelashes cast a fine net across his face, like a pool of stars in the sky.

He placed his hands on the ground, lowered his proud head, and kowtowed to his grandmother.

He recounted everything that had happened that night and apologized to his grandmother.

"When someone who has done something wrong asks for the victim's forgiveness, it's a shameless form of moral blackmail. Grandma, I don't ask for your forgiveness, I only ask for—"

He looked at his grandmother sincerely and said, "Grandma, let me take care of you from now on. I will take care of you as if you were my own grandmother."

I will definitely do my best to take good care of Youyou's grandmother.