Shengxia held Qin Ge's hand and buried her head in tears. The nurse reminded him that visiting hours were up. Shengxia's face was in disarray. "Qin Ge, when you wake up, I will tell you the truth. You can beat me up to vent your anger, or you can't accept it and drive me away. But I beg you, I beg you to wake up first... Okay? Give me all the retribution, okay? I'm stupid, I deserve it, it's my fault..."

The nurse came over for the second time to urge her that the time was up. When Shengxia was about to wipe away the blurred tear marks on her face, she was blocked by a cold hand. Shengxia blinked her tearful eyes and met Qin Ge's open eyes.

"Qin Ge!" Shengxia was ecstatic!

Qin Ge was still very weak. He tried to raise his hand, which was covered with testing equipment, and wiped the tears from Sheng Xia's cheek: "I know..."

With just three words, Shengxia's eyes flashed with infinite surprise and she opened her eyes wide.

Qin Ge's voice was hoarse as he touched her cheek: "Those...are not your fault."

Shengxia's throat suddenly became swollen, making her nose and eyes sore and unable to speak a word. However, all the shock and doubts in her heart were not as important as the arrival of Qin Ge. She quickly pressed the bell to call the doctor, while Qin Ge's thoughts drifted to a long time ago.

…

That year, the spring rain was heavy. When Qin Ge woke up, he could hardly believe that he had really returned to his youth. Thinking of what the Taoist said about cause and effect and reincarnation, it was like a dream that seemed real and unreal.

Whatever the cost, he paid it.

Accustomed to having a driver, he rode the old bicycle with the ringing bell again, but his eyes were fixed on the two-story building in the distance, wondering how he would meet that person now that the time had come two years earlier.

Under the scorching sun of spring, at the school gate, a girl was carrying a schoolbag. Qin Ge was stunned by the sight. He didn't find an opportunity the first time. When school was over, he pretended to be looking for a bicycle, but saw the girl secretly following him.

Qin Ge had a premonition of something. He got on his bike silently and rode very slowly on purpose. Sure enough, a football rushed out from the roadside, followed by the girl's scream. He hurriedly got off the bike to check, fearing that he had really hurt her.

The girl's ankle was scraped and red. When Qin Ge subconsciously leaned over to carry her on his back, the girl looked at him and said, "Are you a new student? Why are you riding so fast on such a narrow road? My feet hurt so much. My home is just up ahead. Can you let me ride your bike back home?"

Seeing Qin Ge stunned, as if knowing this would happen, he took the initiative to extend his fair hand: "My name is Shengxia, Sheng as in summer, Xia as in summer, from the county high school, classmate, can you take me home?"

Qin Ge keenly caught the girl's clear eyes, which flashed with that familiar little cunning, like a kitten that had stolen meat. He abruptly stopped his hand from touching her and said, "Okay."

Looking at the girl's smiling face as she celebrated the success of her little trick in her heart, at that moment, Qin Ge, who had returned to his youth, almost shed tears.

In his previous life, this girl accompanied him through the most difficult and painful years without hesitation, so that even when he made mistakes later, she never really blamed him.

He admitted that he did not know how to love, and that he only enjoyed happiness for a few years before he was busy escaping. But by the time he realized it, it was already irreversible. In the five years after Shengxia left, he spent every day and night in torment and regret.

He didn't blame Shengxia. In this life, he vowed not to repeat the same mistakes. He would do better. He would take him with him, grow old together, and live the best life.

After two more springs, Song Yuwen had completely given up the idea of getting his son a new wife. The main reason was that Qin Ge had no room for negotiation in these years.

Song Yuwen didn't ask, so Qin Ge was naturally happy to see it happen. So the mother and son kept misunderstanding each other. When Qin Ge's sister was in high school, she saw that the two were still together, and she knew that this was probably the case.

She felt a little regretful that she hadn't forced her son to break up with Shengxia and get married before he went abroad. Qin Ge was still too young at that time, far from being as mature and capable as he is now. If her husband had taken action, the situation would never have turned out the way it did now. There would have been no room for maneuver...

Song Yuwen mentioned this to her husband. Yang Zhengrong had become more open-minded than she had been in recent years. "Could it be that you really sent your son to the United States and never come back?"

Song Yuwen could only sigh...

She leaned on her husband's shoulder: "Do you think he will, for that summer, not let us..."

Yang Zhengrong patted his wife's hand and said, "He won't."

Only then did Song Yuwen feel relieved.

Yang Zhengrong said this to his wife. In fact, no one knows a son better than his father. Even though he has the ability to change things at will, he did not expect that his son would be so decisive in giving up everything in this matter.

And...it really looks like him.

Yang Zhengrong was not a cold-blooded father. At least during the years when Qin Ge disappeared, his wife did not want to have any more children, and he acquiesced. It was clear that even though he held a high position, he was still a father who loved his son very much. As he got older, he became more open-minded about many things.

So when the Mid-Autumn Festival came, Song Yuwen said to his son: Why don’t you two get married quickly.

It’s better to decide on it earlier.

When Shengxia heard this back home, she was surprised: "Your mother actually agreed to our marriage?"

"What do you mean by 'actually'?" Qin Ge said that her word choice was wrong.

Shengxia thought about it and it made sense. After all, Song Yuwen was Qin Ge's biological mother. On one hand, she had her biological son whom she hadn't seen for more than ten years and was desperately trying to make amends with, while on the other hand, she had her grandchildren whom she hadn't even seen. After so many years, it was obvious which was more important.

Parents cannot accompany their children for their entire lives. What Song Yuwen fears is that when they are old, Qin Ge will have a child by his side to add to their family happiness. When they can no longer walk, there will be someone to take care of them and support them until the end of their lives. This is always the thinking of the parents' generation.

Shengxia really had no idea about marriage. After all, the two of them were no different from being married now, except for the red certificate. She asked Qin Ge, "What do you think?"

Qin Ge said without hesitation: "We must get married."

The next day at the company, Zhang Xiaofen's voice was heard in disbelief: "So the surprise proposal we've been preparing for two months is just going to go down the drain?"

"Since you've done a great job planning the proposal, I'll give you a bigger year-end bonus."

Qin Ge said that he had no other options.

Zhang Xiaofen: “!!!”

Qin Ge's image in Zhang Xiaofen's heart immediately became taller and soared into the sky, and then she watched Qin Ge walk away with a grateful look in her eyes.

Song Yuwen also got busy here: "You kids are so ignorant. Who can just hold a wedding when someone says so? Where should we hold it? How many people should we invite?..."