"Yiqing, maybe you should look at the other guys around you. College romances can be beautiful too." Ni Sitian felt that it was too difficult for Li Yiqing to win over Li Yinan, so she gently advised her.

To everyone's surprise, Li Yiqing's eyes lit up. "Sister, what you said makes so much sense! I'm just too clingy to him, that's why he doesn't appreciate me. I'll find another man to provoke him, and maybe then he'll realize his feelings for me!"

Ni Sitian was taken aback. That was not what she meant at all. Sure enough, there was a generation gap even if there were only a few years' difference in age. Their thought processes were completely different.

Just as he was about to explain, Li Yiqing had already skipped away.

She shook her head helplessly, letting it be. After all, feelings are the most uncontrollable thing.

A moment later, Xu Tingchuan came over to help her get the food and whispered to her, "Look over there."

Ni Sitian looked up and saw Ni Tianzhen folding balloons for the children, squatting there looking very quiet and gentle. Liang Yunle was also standing there, as if she wanted to but was too embarrassed to say so.

Ni Tianzhen folded one for him and handed it to him, without making a point of talking to him, just giving him a faint smile.

Ni Sitian looked away. It's best not to pay too much attention to this kind of thing; just let nature take its course.

"Why didn't Shen Muzhi come today?" she suddenly remembered and asked.

"He's away on a business trip," Xu Tingchuan sighed softly.

In the six months after Xiang Zhilan left, Shen Muzhi searched frantically all over the world. Although he hasn't given up yet, he's more rational now. He's sending people to continue the search while also throwing himself into his work as if to numb his senses.

He should have had the easiest job among them, but this year he seemed to be working incredibly hard, expanding his business many times over and involving more aspects.

“He still hasn’t given up, but Zhi Lan may have a new beginning.” Ni Sitian put the barbecue on a plate and said with a faint smile, “Zhi Lan has never lacked suitors. Back in high school, when it was really bad, her desk was full of breakfast every morning. If there wasn’t enough room, people would put it on the next table. And at Christmas, it was even worse. You could go and buy apples and cards wholesale.”

“Mu Zhi isn’t the kind of person who gives up so easily.” Xu Tingchuan carried the barbecue over with her.

The first birthday party didn't end until 2 PM. When seeing the guests off, Ni Sitian originally wanted to send Xiao Zhang to drive Ni Tianzhen, the only one who hadn't driven herself, but when she heard Liang Xiujie say he would take her home, she smiled and swallowed her words.

It felt surprisingly smooth, and Ni Sitian held Tuantuan and played with her.

At the end of March, Su Yan and Xin Zikai's wedding was held at St. Anne's Church.

Just as Su Yan had hoped, the wedding was very low-key, filled with white roses, simple yet romantic.

When Ni Sitian met Shen Muzhi, who had returned from his business trip, he still had a cold and stern expression. He was wearing a gray suit and looked even thinner than before, as if he had returned in a hurry.

After Su Yan's wedding, everyone left the church, and Shen Muzhi caught up with Ni Sitian in a few steps.

Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, Ni Sitian asked Xu Tingchuan and Tuantuan to wait for her in the car.

"Are there any more photos?" Shen Muzhi asked Ni Sitian, his usually cold voice carrying a hint of pleading.

That proud and aloof person is now...

Ni Sitian sighed softly, shook her head, and saw his disappointment, but there was nothing she could do to help.

She has no right to forgive him on Xiang Zhilan's behalf. Now that things have come to this, do they really have a future together?