The finest white marble bracelet is entirely white.
At first glance, it looks moist and gentle.
This was a gift from Fu Minghui to Ye Li on her 18th birthday.
The banquet that day was both Ye Li's coming-of-age ceremony and her engagement banquet with Zhou Hechen.
In front of so many people, Fu Minghui put the bracelet on Ye Li's wrist while jokingly saying that it was both a birthday gift and a betrothal gift from the Zhou family, implying that if Ye Li accepted it, she would be her future daughter-in-law.
The banquet hall was filled with laughter, and Ali blushed and shrank behind her.
When I got home, I gave it to her to put away.
If they hadn't mentioned the bride price beforehand, I would have accepted the bracelet anyway.
But they insist on calling it a bride price.
Now that we've separated, it's time to return it to the Zhou family.
Li Xueqing paused, her gaze sweeping across the calendar for the Saturdays of last week and next week.
After checking it over, Li Xueqing put the bracelet back into the rosewood box and carefully put it away.
I dreamt all night long.
In her dream, sometimes she and Shen Ge were young, and sometimes they were old and frail, holding hands.
But as they walked, Shen Ge suddenly let go of her hand, "Xue'er, you have to take good care of yourself and Ali..."
"Brother Shen, where are you going?"
In her dream, she ran incredibly fast, and she could even see her own white skirt billowing in the wind.
He was right there within her reach, but he was always just a little bit away.
She watched helplessly as he drifted further and further away from her.
"Brother Shen, Brother Shen..."
When Li Xueqing woke up from her dream, she opened her eyes and instinctively reached out to touch the person beside her.
It feels empty.
There wasn't a trace of warmth left.
Looking at the deep night outside the window, Li Xueqing slowly got up and leaned against the headboard.
The darkness before her eyes was nothing compared to the darkness in her heart. She didn't even know when dawn had broken or when her face had become wet with tears. When there was a knock on the door and Aunt Lan's gentle voice called out, Li Xueqing wiped away her tears and called out, "Sister Lan, I'm awake. I'm getting up now..."
Ye Li, an early riser, is like a cheerful lark, chirping about her dreams from the previous night, or perhaps dreaming of becoming a top jewelry designer in the future.
Imagining herself leading supermodels on the runway wearing jewelry designed by her, Ye Li's eyes lit up with excitement.
Before leaving, she playfully strutted around like a cat, saying, "Mom, your designer daughter is off to work hard, you be a good girl at home..."
She chuckled and shook her head, but Li Xueqing responded gently, "Okay..."
The sound of footsteps faded away outside the closed door, and the car sped off in the distance.
The villa quieted down, with only the faint aroma of purple rice porridge lingering in the air.
Li Xueqing looked up at Aunt Lan, who was tidying up the kitchen, and said, "Sister Lan, come with me to the storage room to find something."
Storage room?
Aunt Lan nodded, and as she walked out, she gestured for her to rest. "Tell me what you're looking for, and I'll go get it for you."
"Let's go together..."
Li Xueqing said softly, "Find all the things that the Zhou family sent after Ali's birthday that year and send them back to them."
Aunt Lan paused in her steps.
Turning back, she saw Li Xueqing with a calm expression, "Since Ali said she has separated from He Chen, it is not appropriate for us to keep the Zhou family's things."
"Whether it's the bride price or the birthday gift, give it all back to them! ... Over the years, the Ye family has never done anything to wrong the Zhou family, and Ali doesn't owe Zhou Hechen anything!"
"Since we've parted ways, let's go our separate ways and wish each other well!"
Aunt Lan felt inexplicably uneasy as her heart pounded.
Aunt Lan always remembered Li Xueqing standing there in disbelief at the entrance of the emergency room, before she fainted.
And that girl who, after waking up, kept calling him "Brother Shen," and then went through a period of memory loss and mental instability.
On one hand, she wondered if Li Xueqing had noticed something, since her body had been recovering during this time, and the doctor had said that her memory would be restored sooner or later.
On the one hand, it doesn't seem right.
Throughout, she remained gentle and composed. At this moment, Li Xueqing seemed only to feel sorry for her daughter being let down and was determined to sever all ties with Zhou Hechen and the Zhou family.
Li Xueqing and Ye Mushen were the most loving couple that Aunt Lan had ever seen. If the lady knew that her husband had passed away, she would never be as calm and composed as she is now.
Her husband was not only her husband, but also her pillar of support.
If she knew the truth, she would completely break down, just like she did in the hospital.
They would never be as calm as they are now.
Thinking this, Aunt Lan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
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