When her older sister got married, the stepmother proposed a condition: she had to take her younger sister, Molly, with her to her husband's house.
Molly went along with her sister to the...
Chapter 136 Extra
On the day Molly graduated from her senior year, Ji Hefeng was abroad and couldn't attend her graduation ceremony. Although Molly felt regretful, she still had her master's and doctoral graduation ceremonies to attend, and thinking about it that way, her regret disappeared.
She brought her camera today and took many photos for her classmates.
"Molly, someone's looking for you. They're at the entrance of the auditorium," a classmate said to Molly, a knowing smile on her face. "It's a really handsome guy."
Molly wondered if this was a surprise from Ji Hefeng.
Molly also smiled.
Molly walked out of the auditorium, bathed in the warm sunshine and a gentle breeze, and saw a man in a suit holding a bouquet of flowers.
Her eyes stung with tears at just one glance.
"Don't just stand there, that handsome guy is the one looking for you," a classmate reminded him.
People around Molly who knew her looked over, and some of the bolder classmates were about to go up and ask Molly to take a photo with them when they saw Molly rush down the steps, taking a few steps at a time, and pounce on the man at the bottom. The man at the bottom dropped the flowers he was holding and smiled as he opened his arms.
Molly threw herself into the man's arms, and he picked her up and spun her around before stopping.
Molly buried her head in the man's shoulder, her voice choked with emotion, "When did you get back?"
“Yesterday,” Mo An said, his voice full of magnetism, completely different from before.
Molly blinked, holding back her tears. "Are you leaving again this time?"
“I’m not leaving. I work next door, and my brother-in-law isn’t at the school, so I’ll pick you up and drop you off from school from now on.” Mo An hugged the person tightly, reluctant to let go.
Molly almost cried again. "Okay."
"Molly, who is this handsome guy?" Everyone had seen Molly's husband before, and now seeing her hugging a handsome man so tightly, they were incredibly curious.
"He is my younger brother, my own younger brother."
From Mo An, Molly learned that Ji Hefeng had built a laboratory for Mo An, independent of the school, right next to it, and had also bought him a house nearby.
Molly was surprised to find that Mo An really kept his word; not only did he come back, but he also brought back a research team.
Molly gave her brother a thumbs up, "Everyone's running away these days, but you managed to bring him back. That's impressive!"
Mo An smiled. "I promised you, sister, and I can't go back on my word. Sister, you haven't changed at all, just like you were a few years ago. If you went out now and said you were my sister, I'm afraid no one would believe you."
Molly's face stiffened, and she thought that perhaps she should learn makeup and slowly make herself "age".
This time, neither Lu Lu nor Mo Chuyang returned; they hadn't finished their studies yet. However, they prepared gifts for Molly—one a wristwatch, the other a handbag—both quite expensive and simple yet elegant in style, showing they had chosen them with care.
“They said they wouldn’t miss your graduate commencement,” Moan said.
That would be two or three years from now.
Molly felt that the timeframe wasn't very long, so she needed to set aside some money to buy houses for Lu Lu and Mo Chuyang wherever they worked.
When Ji Hefeng was forty years old, his grandfather fell seriously ill. He stayed in the hospital for half a month, and when he felt that he was about to die, he asked to go home.
Ji Hefeng asked Molly for her opinion, and Molly nodded.
When she was at home, Molly didn't wear makeup and looked just like she did twenty years ago.
Grandpa Ji first gave instructions to Ji Liangyou about his final affairs, then spoke with Ji Hefeng for a while, and finally beckoned to Molly, "Child, come here."
Molly stepped forward, grasped Grandpa Ji's hand, her eyes stinging, and her throat tightened, unable to speak for a moment.
"I know that without you, your grandma and I wouldn't have lived to this age," Grandpa Ji sighed. "Grandpa's life has been worthwhile. From now on, you and Xiaofeng should take good care of yourselves."
Molly nodded. "We'll be fine."
"People are born, grow old, get sick, and die; it's the natural order of things. You and Xiaofeng should try to accept it. Now you're my grandpa, but later you'll be my grandma, your parents, and even your children—" Grandpa Ji paused, looking at his granddaughter-in-law who was even younger than his great-grandson, and continued, "Grief is bad for your health. Take care of yourselves."
When Molly turned fifty, Ji Hefeng said he had bought her an island abroad, but not under her identity in China, but under a new identity abroad.
Molly and Ji Hefeng were going abroad, and before they left, all the children in the family came back.
Mo An, Lu Lu, and Mo Chuyang are all married with children. They have all reached the pinnacle of their respective fields and continue to deepen their expertise.
Ji Yi and his six friends are still single and none of them are in a hurry. Although they are younger than Mo An, Lu Lu and Mo Chuyang, their achievements are no less than those of their uncle and older brother and sister.
"I thought you would at least wait until we got married before leaving, which is why I've been putting it off until now," Ji Yi sighed.
The other six nodded.
Ji Hefeng's lips twitched. "Your mother and I agreed that when she turns fifty, we'll travel the world, and it won't concern you. But if you get married, we'll attend as relatives and friends."
Ji Yi felt much more relaxed when she heard that they were coming back. "Alright, have fun out there. Remember to call back often, at least once a month."
Molly nodded. "Okay. Besides calling, Mom will also mail you gifts."
Later, Ji Yi and the other six got married one after another. Their parents were not seen at the weddings, but a young couple sat at the head table, and the six of them were filled with affection for this couple.