"Ouch! It hurts a lot to get water on me."

Modern bathhouse showers are foot-operated, with an iron pipe overhead. When you step on the pedal, water gushes out from the pipe, and the water flow is so strong that it hurts a bit when it hits your body.

Hot water was poured over her from head to toe, and Ruan Xianxian hummed comfortably. When she glanced at Mu Xia, she was clearly taken aback. "Xiaxia! Have you lost weight again?"

"Really?" Mu Xia pinched her big belly. "It seems like I've lost some weight. My body was given a lot of hormones by my aunt in my younger years, so it's a bit hard to lose weight."

"Hiss!" The two women gasped. What kind of relatives would be so heartless as to feed their niece hormones?

Ruan Xianxian was used to it; her focus was always different from that of ordinary people: "Your aunt must be quite rich. These days, you can't get hormones without connections."

Have you ever seen the pigs in the countryside that are raised like ancestors, living to the point of being slaughtered without ever receiving hormones?

Mu Xia rolled her eyes and ignored her.

This bathhouse has a pool for men, but not for women; there are only showers.

The three women spent more than half an hour cleaning themselves thoroughly. Ruan Xianxian's face was fair and rosy as she sat on a long wooden bench in the changing room, drying her hair.

After a thorough cleaning, more than an hour had passed.

When they came out, Miyano's black Jeep was parked in front of the door. He got out of the car, opened the trunk, and after seeing that the three of them had put their things away, he opened the passenger door for Ruan Xianxian.

After getting into the driver's seat, Ruan Xianxian glanced at her watch and noticed that Miyano was wearing a Rado watch that cost 480 yuan at the Friendship Store.

I remember meeting Feng Guang on the train. The leather suitcase he was carrying had many scratches on the surface. This son's outfit was not simple. It was clear that they were not a proper father and son.

Seeing her staring at the watch on his wrist, Gong Ye lowered his eyebrows, quickly fiddled with two fingers to take off the watch, and handed it to Ruan Xianxian, "You like it? It's yours."

Ruan Xianxian pursed her lips, her beautiful eyes widened in disbelief, just as Gong Ye was wondering if his actions were too abrupt and reckless...

Her voice drifted over: "You're just giving away things you've worn yourself? Do I look like someone who likes secondhand goods?"

Miyano slowly fastened the watch back to her wrist, her voice tinged with amusement: "No, I just wanted to show you. If you like it, I'll find you a women's watch."

"No, I already have a mechanical one, I want an electronic one too." Ruan Xianxian snorted!

“Okay!” Miyano turned the steering wheel and drove the car toward the state-run restaurant. “That Casio digital watch with two buttons would be perfect for you, but it’s not easy to get. I’ll think of a way.”

Ruan Xianxian remained silent until the car stopped and Mu Xia and the others got out.

She suddenly turned her head to look at Miyano, who was unbuckling his seatbelt, her eyes filled with an indescribable emotion:

"Little mute! Where have you been all these years...?"

Miyano froze, her movement to unbuckle her seatbelt halted, her hand clenched tightly, and her voice was low and tense: "You remembered?"

“Yes! I remember now!” Ruan Xianxian leaned back in her chair, her eyes filled with a smile as she turned to look at Gong Ye.

Are you reminding me, intentionally or unintentionally?

Was it when she was eight or nine years old?

A little mute girl, who was only a teenager, came to live in the small courtyard that my grandmother rented. Back then, when we played horse-riding games, no one would be her horse, so they only dared to bully the little mute girl who was huddled in a corner.

She fed him, and he treated her like a warhorse.

She was bullied at school, so she turned around and ordered Miyano, who had special abilities, to take revenge for her!

Gong Ye would never tear her off his body and pin her to the table like Feng Bai did. From that moment on, she knew that Feng Bai was not him.

In less than half a month, they were almost inseparable, until...

Ruan Xianxian pursed her lips. "Where were you taken by those people that morning?"

She remembered it was on her way to school, and Miyano, as always, carried her on his back like a doormat.

Just as they were about to reach the school, a car suddenly stopped in front of them, and four people got out and took Miyano away.

From that moment on, Ruan Xianxian never saw him again before she died.

In her final moments, she was still thinking that if the little mute girl hadn't been taken away back then, he would never have let the Ruan family and Lu Yi bully her like that.

For some reason, Ruan Xianxian's eyes suddenly reddened as she was laughing.

Miyano panicked and hurriedly used his sleeve to wipe away the snot bubbles that were coming out of her nose. "Why are you still like when you were a child? You have more snot than tears!"

Ruan Xianxian chuckled, then grabbed his other clean sleeve with her other hand. "Tell me! Where have you been all these years? I thought, I thought..."

She thought he had met with misfortune after being taken away by someone because of his special abilities!

Miyano reached out and patted the little girl's back respectfully to comfort her.

"Don't be afraid! I'm fine. I'm right here in front of you, and I'll never leave without saying goodbye again!"

He spent six years in a Japanese military laboratory, and then spent two more years recovering his sanity after returning home. Just when he thought life would continue like this, people from Beijing came to find his father.

Given his circumstances, it would be best for him to study and grow at Institute 507. Even if Feng Guang was reluctant, he knew that Beijing was the best place for Miyano.

Feng Guang accompanied him to Beijing, helping him with his studies and daily life, shuttling between Heilongjiang Province and Beijing. Until one time when he hadn't seen his father for over a month, he became frightened and broke the institute's security perimeter to escape.

He originally intended to find Feng Guang, but unexpectedly stumbled upon a young girl. After learning about his special abilities, she didn't treat him as an oddball.

Give them food and they'll justify using them as thugs or vehicles.

Until he was found by the police station and taken back by his biological father...

Gong Ye gently patted the top of the little girl's dark hair. Although his voice was emotionless, Ruan Xianxian could detect a hint of resentment in it.

"Afterwards, I went to that courtyard and the school to look for you. The school had been demolished, and the owner of the courtyard said he didn't know where you and your grandson had gone."

"Yes! My grandma had studied abroad before she got married. Just as that activity was starting to take shape, my grandma was reported by that old man."

The little courtyard you know was just a place we, grandparents and grandchildren, stayed when we were hiding. Not long after you were taken away, my grandmother sent me back to the Ruan family.

What could Miyano say? He could only say that fate was cruel, and he glanced at Ruan Xianxian, whose little face was glowing, with a half-smile:

"Not called Xianxian anymore? Because of your lisp, I've been searching through every name in Beijing that contains the character 'Xian' over the years."

Having confirmed that Ruan Xianxian was the person he had been searching for for years, what else did Gong Ye not understand when he looked back at her information? Where did this fairy come from? It's clearly Xianxian.

When talking about her lisp as a child, Ruan Xianxian felt a little embarrassed!

After many years apart, the two seemed to have endless things to say when suddenly, Ruan Xianxian's stomach growled. Gong Ye quickly opened the car door.

"Are you hungry? Get out of the car and eat first. I noticed you didn't have much of an appetite after you finished cooking in the kitchen."

When the two walked into the state-run restaurant side by side, Chen Zhaodi was pouting, with a chopstick placed horizontally on her pursed lips.

The two men's eyes shone like searchlights over them. "Something's up."

Ruan Xianxian pulled Gong Ye to introduce him to her good friend. When they reached the table, she raised her chin high and said, "His name is Gong Ye. He was my go-to thug when I was a kid."