For some reason, Zhou Jing'an subconsciously sighed, "If Yao had even a fraction of your intelligence and virtue, she wouldn't have ended up like this."
Hearing this, Ning Huan felt inexplicably proud. Was the villain praising her?
"Of course, don't you know who I am? Not everyone can be like me so easily, okay?"
Hearing Ning Huan speak so proudly, Zhou Jing'an replied indulgently, "Yes, you're right, you're the best."
The two walked home, and the four little ones also happened to return from their grandmother's house.
Seeing their parents laughing happily, they quickly came forward and asked, "Father, Mother, what are you talking about? Why are you laughing like that?"
"Yes, Daddy and Mommy are laughing so happily!"
Ning Huan shook her head: "It's nothing, I was just chatting with your father."
Although they would find out sooner or later that Yao had been divorced, it would still be bad for them if they knew that their parents were laughing and discussing it.
So Ning Huan didn't tell them.
Seeing that the four little ones were still asking questions, Ning Huan quickly tried to change the subject.
She noticed a fine sheen of sweat on the foreheads of the four little ones, so she pretended to be slightly serious and asked with concern, "What's with all this sweat on your heads? Didn't I tell you to walk slowly?"
"It's getting cool at night now, and you're all sweating so much. What if you catch a cold from the wind?"
Then Ning Huan gently wiped the sweat from their foreheads and pinched their little noses: "You can't do that again, understand?"
The four little ones nodded, not afraid of Ning Huan's serious concern, and said with smiles, "Mother, we understand."
"Mother, we will definitely be more careful in the future."
Seeing the little ones' faces flushed from running so much, their fair and tender little faces looked like they had been painted with rouge, making them look just like adorable dolls from a traditional Chinese New Year painting.
Ning Huan's heart was completely melted by them, and she couldn't stop smiling.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Jing'an felt as if his heart had been healed; this was what home should look like.
He didn't know why, but seeing Ning Huan being so affectionate with the four little ones, he felt a strange urge to be as close to Ning Huan as he was.
He always felt that although Ning Huan hadn't said it, her feelings towards him were no longer the same as before. He had thought that after he made things clear to her last time, letting her know that he didn't actually want to divorce her, she would treat him the same way as before.
But lately he had a feeling that Ning Huan was becoming more distant from him. Could it be because she was shy?
As night approached, Zhou Lan rushed over. Seeing her red eyes, Ning Huan knew at a glance that Zhou Lan had been crying.
Thinking about it, the only one who is still worried and heartbroken for Yao is probably her eldest sister, Zhou Lan.
When Zhou Jing'an saw Zhou Lan coming over, he greeted her and said, "Big sister is here, please sit down."
Ning Huan took some hot water and pastries from the kitchen and handed them to Zhou Lan: "Big sister, it's late at night and the dew is heavy. It's quite cold. Drink some hot water to warm yourself up."
Zhou Lan took the hot water, took only one sip, and then sighed deeply. Zhou Jing'an asked, "Did Mother wake up after she got home?"
Zhou Lan shook her head, then asked, still unable to understand, "Why is Father so determined to divorce Mother? No matter what, Mother's feelings for Father are genuine."
"Over the years, Mother has taken good care of Father, and Father knows all of that. Why does he have to divorce Mother?"
Zhou Jing'an did not respond to these words, but comforted Zhou Lan, saying, "Elder sister, since Father has already done this, there's nothing more we can say. Don't be too sad."
Zhou Lan sighed again: "I'm just a little worried that Mother won't have a good time after she goes home. Both of my uncles are snobbish, and with my aunts and uncles on top of that, Mother will definitely be ridiculed by them when she goes home."
Yao Shi wasn't particularly kind to her, so she didn't feel especially sorry for Yao Shi. It was just that as a child, she felt sad thinking about her mother's unhappiness.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jing'an said, "Didn't my eldest sister already tell them that we'll go back to visit Mother when we have time? As long as we go back often, Uncle and the others won't bully her easily."
Zhou Jing'an's words were not wrong. Yao Shi was equally indifferent to both Zhou Lan and Zhou Jing'an, and even more so to Zhou Jing'an.
So being able to occasionally go back to visit Yao and prevent her from being bullied by her uncle's side was already his way of fulfilling his filial duty to the end.
After saying that, he invited Zhou Lan to eat some of the pastries that Ning Huan had brought.
Zhou Lan hadn't eaten more than a few bites when she said she had to go home. Grandma Zhou had been waiting at home all night, and she still had to go back and tell her grandmother.
After Zhou Lan left, Zhou Jing'an originally wanted to go to sleep, but Ning Huan said that she would take this opportunity to help him remove the stitches.
It's been a long time coming; the stitches should have been removed before Zhou Jing'an was put in a wheelchair.
After Ning Huan finished removing the stitches, she instructed Zhou Jing'an, "Be careful not to hurt your leg in the next few days. You can try walking around afterward."
Zhou Jing'an raised an eyebrow and asked with some doubt, "Why do you seem so skilled at this? Have you treated other people's legs before?"
Ning Huan reacted quickly and explained skillfully, "How could that be? I heard all of this from Doctor Si Yan. How could I forget what he instructed me to do?"
Zhou Jing'an nodded and didn't say anything else.
Hearing Ning Huan continue talking about his leg, saying that it would fully recover after a few more months of rest, he was overjoyed.
After a busy day, Ning Huan soaked comfortably in the spiritual spring water in her consciousness space before coming out and falling into a deep sleep as soon as she lay down.
She woke up the next day to the sound of her four little ones calling her.
"Mommy, it's snowing! Come out and see!"
Wow, the snow is so beautiful!
"It's snowing! It's snowing! Quick, call Mommy to come out and play!"
When Ning Huan heard that the four little ones had heard it was snowing, she hurriedly went outside and found that it was snowing heavily.
It was already deep winter, so Ning Huan was surprised that it snowed so late.
The snow was heavy and sudden, and soon the yard was covered with a thick layer of snow.
Watching the four little ones running and rolling around in the yard, Ning Huan suddenly thought of building a snowman with them.
However, it wasn't very interesting for just the few of them to play, so she dressed Zhou Jing'an in thick clothes and brought him out as well.
Seeing that Zhou Jing'an wasn't very interested, she said with a smile, "Just come out and take a look. Anyway, you don't need to get out of the wheelchair to move around. Just think of it as playing with the four little ones."
"Besides, the snow scene outside is so beautiful, you might even be inspired to write some poems about snow."
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