Liu Manzhi will always remember that desperate night.

When she finally brought her daughter to her home in the south city and just when she settled down and prepared to cook, she found her daughter burning hot and lying unconscious on the sofa. No matter how she called her, she didn't respond and only muttered nonsense.

At that moment, her heart was extremely panicked.

She didn't care about anything else and hurriedly took her daughter to the nearest hospital.

She was alone and had no relatives or friends in South City. When she was waiting outside the emergency room of the hospital holding her daughter, looking at the empty and silent corridor, no one knew how desperate she was inside.

Xiao Chi Rui's high fever lasted for three days. Even though Liu Manzhi was very strong and refused to eat or drink and took care of her daughter without taking off her clothes, she almost couldn't hold on in the end.

Finally, it was the nurse who noticed that something was wrong with her, bought her some food, and gave her an IV drip of glucose, which saved her from falling ill.

Those three days were so long and painful for Liu Manzhi that she didn't want to recall them for many years.

"Fortunately, Rui Rui finally managed to make it through."

In the living room, Liu Manzhi said quietly.

She omitted the part about Chi Zhaoli and only told Ye Minghan about her daughter's serious illness.

"After the fever subsided, Ruirui recovered quickly. Although her body was much weaker than before and her hands and feet were always cold in winter, she did not develop any other problems."

"It's just that I didn't know that she would actually forget what happened before that."

Looking back now, her daughter was indeed silent for a while after she recovered from her illness, but she didn't think much about it at the time. She just thought it was because of her divorce from Chi Zhaoli, which caused great harm to the child.

Ye Minghan's hands, placed beside him, had been clenched into fists.

"Did you contact my mother at that time?" He asked with difficulty after a while.

Liu Manzhi frowned, thought for a moment, then shook her head.

"Probably not."

"Why?" Ye Minghan's voice became much lower.

If she had contacted them at that time, if he had known that the little girl was so seriously ill, he would not have been angry and waited passively.

I waited for so many years...

Liu Manzhi smiled bitterly, "Ah, maybe I'm too strong-willed..."

Thinking about it now, she was indeed too young at that time. There were some things that could have been handled more gently, but she couldn't swallow that anger, so she kept forcing herself, and in the end she hurt others and herself.

Ye Minghan remained silent and did not respond. Wasn't he too proud?

Because my attempt to keep her was rejected, I have been remembering it for so many years. I have been thinking about her all the time, but because she didn't come back or even call me, I was resentful and refused to take the initiative to look for her.

Little did he know that such a big thing had happened to the little girl, and he might have almost lost her...

It was clearly winter, but Ye Minghan felt sweat on his back. When he thought about it now, he felt a wave of fear.

It turned out that without his knowledge, he might never see his Xiao Rui again...

"Ahan." Liu Manzhi looked at him, "Can I call you that?"

Ye Minghan came back to his senses, looked up at her and nodded.

"Well, I have already answered your question just now. Now it's my turn to ask you." Liu Manzhi's eyes became sharp.

Ye Minghan paused and nodded slightly: "Ask."

He looked into Liu Manzhi's eyes, and remembered the strange look she gave him when she just came in, and he had some guesses about her question.

Sure enough, Liu Manzhi stared at him and asked seriously, "Ahan, do you like Ruirui?"

Ye Minghan pursed his lips and did not hide anything. Instead, he looked at her sincerely, "Yes, Aunt Liu, I like Ruirui."

If it were in the past, he might not have been so easy to admit what he was thinking, but after hearing what Liu Manzhi just said, his thoughts finally changed a little.

"Are you dating?" Liu Manzhi frowned and looked at him with sharp eyes.

Ye Minghan nodded, "Yes."

"When did it start?" Liu Manzhi continued to ask.

"Today." Ye Minghan replied.

Liu Manzhi was stunned. This was somewhat different from what she had expected. "Today?"

"Yes, today. I confessed my love to Xiao Rui, and then we officially got together." Ye Minghan said solemnly, "I hope Aunt Liu can bless us."

Liu Manzhi's expression changed again and again. She frowned and said, "Did Rui Rui tell you that I don't want her to fall in love too early?"

She asked this of her daughter not because of her grades or anything like that. In this regard, she didn't have too many expectations of her daughter.

Rather, she didn't want her daughter to follow in her footsteps.

Thinking back, she fell in love with Chi Zhaoli at first sight when she was in high school, and she had never forgotten him, and she had rejected many suitors because of this. Later, she met him through her parents' introduction, and she decided to start a family with him.

But in the end, the two ended their ill-fated relationship with divorce.

Teenage girls have not seen the world and have not met many outstanding boys. At this age, they are easily bewitched.

She didn't want her daughter to settle down at such a young age.

Ruirui has endless possibilities in the future, and she hopes she can wait until she is mature before making a decision.

"She told me." Ye Minghan looked at Liu Manzhi, "I just hope you can give us a chance."

"What if I don't agree?" Liu Manzhi deliberately frowned.

Ye Minghan frowned. The scene that Chi Rui didn't want to see seemed to have happened.

"I won't give up," he said sincerely and firmly, "Rui Rui will be 18 soon, you should respect her choice."

Liu Manzhi and Ye Minghan looked at each other. She had to admit that An Xin's son was indeed outstanding. Although he was not very old, he had a maturity and calmness that far exceeded his peers.

She seemed to have heard An Xin say that he was already able to manage a branch independently and was doing well in all aspects.

Perhaps, she could have been less harsh in her words.

Thinking of the past they had just talked about, her expression softened a little.

"You're right. Rui Rui will be an adult soon, and I always respect her decision." She said softly, "Then I have another question."

"You ask." Ye Minghan said.

"Besides Ruirui, how many girlfriends have you had before?" Liu Manzhi's eyes became sharp again.

Because of her ex-husband, she was more sensitive to this. If Ye Minghan lied, she would definitely not be able to hide it from her eyes.

Ye Minghan didn't expect her to ask so directly.

He pursed his lips, and his ears blushed slightly. "No, Rui Rui is the first one..."

Seeing him suddenly look embarrassed, Liu Manzhi was a little surprised.

"You've never had any relationship experience before?"

"Um……"

Although he didn't think there was anything wrong with this, he couldn't help feeling a little insecure in front of his future mother-in-law.

"Although this is my first time, I will learn how to love her. Please believe me."

This time, Ye Minghan was cautious and did not bring up the matter of marriage right away.

Liu Manzhi looked at him suspiciously.

She always felt that if An Xin was present at this moment and heard what Ye Minghan said, she would probably feel complicated.

In An Xin's description, Ye Minghan has always been a cold, introverted and arrogant child, but now she sees... a young man who is quite good at talking!

Without the annoying ex-girlfriend, Liu Manzhi's opinion of Ye Minghan would undoubtedly be much higher.

Once bitten, one will be afraid of ropes for ten years. She was really traumatized by her ex-husband.

"I will believe your words for now, but don't let me catch you lying." Liu Manzhi said seriously.

Ye Minghan nodded. There was no need for him to hide it. From the beginning to the end, he only had Chi Rui.

"Well, I still don't support you two dating."

When Ye Minghan wanted to say something, Liu Manzhi waved her hand and said, "But I don't object."

"You two can be together, but at least before you graduate from high school, I don't want Ruirui's mind to be occupied by too many things other than studying."

Hearing this, Ye Minghan couldn't help but feel happy.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense nerves relaxed a lot.

"Don't worry about that. I will help Xiao Rui with her homework and let her maintain her current grades."

"Okay." Liu Manzhi nodded, "I will keep an eye on your situation. You'd better be careful."

"Don't worry, Aunt Liu."

After being busy all day, Liu Manzhi had to get up early the next day and was tired, so she stopped knocking and waved her hand for him to go back to his room and rest.

Ye Minghan said goodbye to her and on his way back to the guest room, he happened to pass by Chi Rui's room.

Looking at the girl's door, he hesitated for a moment, but finally suppressed his inner desire and returned to his room.

Lying on the bed in the guest room, Ye Minghan stared at the ceiling in a daze.

So many things happened today that when I think about it now, it all feels like a dream.

I just hope that when I wake up tomorrow, everything will remain the same...

He closed his eyes and pulled the quilt over his head.

Although it was still the same room and the same bed, it seemed to be warmer than yesterday... Oh, if only I could sleep with the little girl in my arms like I did during the day...

In the room separated by a wall, the girl lying on the bed also turned over and fell asleep murmuring.

Under the influence of the biological clock, Chi Rui woke up the next day as soon as Chenxi came into the house.

The girl just woke up and her consciousness was still a little hazy.

She looked at the ceiling that was familiar yet somewhat strange. After several seconds, she realized that she had returned to South City.

The memories of yesterday began to come back. Thinking of the several kisses between her and Ye Minghan, Chi Rui blushed and buried her face in the pillow shyly.

After a while, she raised her head from the pillow because she was holding her breath and breathed in the fresh air. She couldn't help kicking her feet and grinning.

Since yesterday, Brother Han has been her boyfriend...

It felt so unreal, could it be that she remembered it wrongly? Was it just a dream?

Thinking of this, Chi Rui couldn't help but turn over and sit up.

She slipped on her slippers and didn't even bother to put on her clothes, she just ran out of the room.

Just as I was about to knock on the guest room next door, I suddenly heard noise coming from the kitchen.

Chi Rui blinked, a little surprised.

At this hour... could it be that my mother has gotten up to make breakfast?

She tiptoed towards the kitchen and was about to speak, but when she saw the tall figure in the kitchen, she stopped.

I saw a tall and slender man in home clothes standing in front of the stove, holding a frying pan in one hand and cracking an egg into it with the other.

The morning light poured in gently through the kitchen window, falling on the man, making his figure a little blurry.

Chi Rui stared at him blankly, forgetting words for a moment.

The kitchen is not big, and she has lived here for more than ten years, so everything here has been imprinted in her heart.

But she never knew that such a small kitchen, which almost grew up with her, could have such warm colors.

Perhaps noticing her gaze, the man who was concentrating on frying eggs suddenly turned his head.

Seeing her, he curled his lips slightly, "Awake?"

Chi Rui finally reacted. Looking at his faint smile, she blushed and nodded with a pounding heart.

"Well, good morning, Brother Han. Why are you up so early today?"

She walked over to him, thought for a moment, stood on tiptoe, and touched his forehead with her little hand, "It seems the fever has completely subsided."

Ye Minghan glanced at her, then looked away and continued to work on his breakfast. He looked focused, and although his technique was not very good, at least nothing unexpected happened.

Chi Rui couldn't help but feel curious. This seemed to be Brother Han's first time cooking?