The cold wind, carrying a drizzle, scraped against Ye Linchen's face like a knife, making him shiver.

She wrapped her thin cotton coat tighter around herself, raised her head, and looked out a window on the second floor.

That was her former home.

Everything was so familiar; she could walk home with her eyes closed.

Ye Linchen chuckled softly.

Unexpectedly, she was reborn.

I went back to being eighteen, back to January 15, 1994.

I went back to the day I first stepped into the steel mill's residential compound.

"Whose child is this? Why are you standing in the rain? It's so cold! Go home quickly."

A middle-aged woman walked towards him, sizing up Ye Linchen.

Ye Linchen knew this person.

Xu Yuru, a union officer at the factory, lives upstairs from her.

He's a warm-hearted person, loves to meddle in other people's business, and loves gossip. He criticized Ye Linchen quite a bit in his past life.

They are immature, selfish, and do not appreciate their parents' good intentions.

Ye Linchen concealed his emotions and looked at her pitifully.

"Auntie, I am Ye Zhenghua's daughter, my name is Ye Linchen, I don't know where I live."

Is she the daughter of Ye Zhenghua, the director of the converter workshop?

Xu Yuru looked at Ye Linchen with a puzzled expression, then quickly remembered: "The one we raised back in our hometown? You're back?"

"Yes, my dad forgot to pick me up, so I asked around at the bus station."

Ye Linchen's delicate face turned pale, and her voice trembled.

"Forgot to pick you up? No way, you must have gotten separated. How could I forget something so important?" Xu Yuru said to Ye Linchen. "Come on, Auntie will take you home. Look how cold your little face is."

Ye Linchen nodded shyly: "Thank you, Auntie."

Xu Yuru made a mistake in judgment.

They didn't go astray.

Ye Zhenghua simply forgot that his biological daughter was going to take an eight-hour bus ride from her hometown to Jiangcheng City, and left her at the station.

She had experienced it in her past life; this was just her experiencing it again.

At the time, she didn't know where her home was, and she just waited foolishly at the station.

It wasn't until Ye Zhenghua remembered this and rushed to the station to pick her up that it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

It was already completely dark, and the waiting room was empty, with only a few people left. It was as cold as an icebox.

Ye Linchen was exhausted, hungry, cold, and scared. When she saw Ye Zhenghua, she couldn't hold back anymore and started crying in grievance.

Ye Zhenghua initially felt a little guilty, but after hearing her sobbing, he became impatient.

"You're not a three-year-old. Don't you know where I work? Can't you take the bus? You're a grown man, why are you so dense?"

Okay, as he wishes.

In this life, she has found him; she wonders if Ye Zhenghua is satisfied.

As Xu Yuru led Ye Linchen upstairs, she inquired about her life back in her hometown.

Ye Linchen didn't hold back and told the whole story.

Back then, Ye Zhenghua worked at a steel factory, while her mother, Meng Xueyun, left her in their hometown with her when she was less than a year old.

Later, when the steel mill recruited workers, it allocated some positions to the workers' family members.

In order to work at the steel mill, Meng Xueyun left Ye Linchen in the countryside to be cared for by her grandmother and came to Jiangcheng City alone.

He stayed there for seventeen years, never bringing her to live with him again, only visiting her occasionally when he returned to his hometown for holidays.

Last month, her grandmother passed away. Ye's parents took several children back to the countryside to hold the funeral and then left, leaving Ye Linchen to take a bus back to Jiangcheng City on her own during the winter vacation.

Xu Yuru sighed.

Many people in the factory know about this.

Meng Xueyun abandoned her biological daughter in the countryside and neglected her, but raised her niece from her maternal family as if she were her own daughter. Few people could understand the reason behind this.

Either Meng Xueyun is too attached to her family, or this daughter is too unruly to be disciplined.

Based on the information revealed by Meng Xueyun, it should be the second one.

Her daughter was spoiled rotten by her grandmother and didn't listen to her mother at all.

Xu Yuru's gaze fell on Ye Linchen.

The young girl was pretty.

She has a fair, oval face, large, dark eyes, and always keeps her head down shyly. She speaks clearly and distinctly.

He showed no sign of being unruly.

Such a beautiful and sensible girl, wouldn't any family cherish her?

They're really ruthless!

"Does your dad know about your car today?"

"Yes, I know. I called him as soon as I bought the train ticket."

Ye Linchen looked aggrieved, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Don't be sad, you must have missed out."

Xu Yuru comforted her, and also comforted herself.

The two went up to the second floor, and Xu Yuru pointed to one of the houses and said to Ye Linchen, "This is your house..."

Standing at the door, you can clearly hear the laughter and chatter inside. The aroma of stewed mutton wafts out from under the door, filling the entire hallway.

Xu Yuru laughed: "Your parents knew you were coming back, so they specially stewed mutton for you. It's so cold outside, eating this will warm you up."

She went up and knocked on the door: "Xiao Meng, Xiao Meng!"

The door opened quickly, and Ye Zhenghua appeared at the door with a big smile.

He was tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and had a very handsome appearance.

Upon seeing that it was Xu Yuru, he smiled warmly and said, "Sister Xu? Perfect timing! We're having mutton hot pot tonight, why don't you come and have some?"

Xu Yuru stared at him in surprise, then turned to look at Ye Linchen, her face darkening.

"Old Ye, are you home? Didn't you go to pick up your daughter?"

Ye Zhenghua also saw Ye Linchen and was stunned.

He stammered, "Xiao, Xiao Chen, you..." Before he could finish, he slapped his forehead and exclaimed in annoyance, "Oh no! I forgot!"

Ye Linchen looked down at the mud-covered tips of his shoes, tears welling up in his eyes.

"How could you forget something so important? How could you be such a parent?" Xu Yuru accused Ye Zhenghua with dissatisfaction. "It's raining and snowing today. You left your grown daughter at the station. Aren't you afraid she'll be kidnapped?"

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