"I also heard privately that... the Sikong family paid to have the trending topic removed." After struggling with her thoughts, Lin Yuanyuan added.
Lin Yuanyuan also saw that Ruan Lingyue's clarification video was only released after Sikong Jingyu repeatedly pleaded and guaranteed to ensure Ruan Lingyue's personal safety.
Lin Yuanyuan didn't know how things would develop between Shi Wan and Sikong Jingyu, but she felt that she should tell Shi Wan what she knew. As for Shi Wan's choice, that was her freedom.
Shi Wan remained silent for a moment.
Did Grandma see the trending topic and ask someone to take it down?
That should be true.
Shi Wan couldn't think of any other reason besides this one.
Shi Wan wouldn't have assumed it was Sikong Jingyu. If Sikong Jingyu knew that the person trending on social media was named Shi Wan, his ex-wife Shi Wan, he would realize that she had been hiding her identity from him.
Sikong Jingyu already disliked Shi Wan. If one day he were to discover that his most hated ex-wife had lied to him, it would be a miracle if he didn't kick her while she was down. Shi Wan was self-aware enough not to have any other expectations of him.
Grandma was still the best to her. She thought to herself that when she had some free time and Sikong Jingyu happened to be away from the Sikong residence, she would definitely bring some local specialties back to visit her grandma.
"Yuanyuan, thank you for telling me all this. This matter is finally settled."
After hanging up the phone, I went home for dinner that evening.
Leaving the hospital and being transferred to a township health center was a reluctant decision, probably out of guilt. The hospital leaders gave Shi Wan the township she chose to be transferred to. In the past few years, Shi Wan has been busy with work and has hardly been home to visit her family, so she chose to return to the township health center in her hometown.
"Mom, I'm home."
Upon seeing a table of steaming hot food, one immediately picks up chopsticks to taste it.
"Go wash your hands, dinner will be served soon." Shi's mother glanced back at her daughter, as if she had known she would do this.
"Okay!"
Despite saying that, Shi Wan did not immediately wash her hands. Instead, she hugged her mother from behind, completely losing her usual composure and calmness, and acting like a spoiled little girl.
"You're such a grown-up, yet you're still clingy like a child," Shi's mother said, though her words betrayed her true feelings.
Shi Wan snuggled close to her mother for a while before leisurely going to wash her hands.
Watching her mother's skillful figure, Shi Wan felt calm and content.
Thinking about being able to eat her mother's cooking every day after get off work and being able to spend time with her family after get off work, Shi Wan felt that this reduction in salary wasn't entirely without its advantages.
At the dinner table, Shi's mother kept adding food to Shi Wan's bowl: "Look how thin you are, you could be blown away by the wind. You must not have been eating properly in the city."
"Mom, who said I didn't eat properly? I ate a lot, it's just that our family genes don't allow us to gain weight," Shi Wan muttered.
"Your mother is just worried about you. Eat more." As he spoke, Shi's father put another piece of braised pork into Shi Wan's bowl, his eyes revealing his doting affection.
"I promise to complete the task." Shi Wan happily accepted her parents' love.
“You’re acting like a grown-up. I heard from your Grandma Sikong that Xiao Jing has returned to China. Why didn’t he come back with you this time?” Shi Yu’s grandma, Mao Xiaomin, asked.
"Hmm... He just returned to the country and took over the group. He's been very busy with the group lately and can't leave for the time being. He'll come over when he has some free time." Shi Wan gave a vague reply and continued to eat her rice.
Grandma Shi started her nagging again: "When you first got married, Xiao Jing went abroad to develop his career. It was so hard for Xiao Jing to come back to China, but you were transferred back to this remote mountain village. Husband, husband, you're only husband if you're within a few feet of each other. How can you cultivate your relationship if you're so far apart?"
"Grandma, don't worry, he'll make time to come see me once he's done with his busy schedule. We usually just call each other. His career is on the rise right now, and I can't be the one to hold him back," Shi Wan could only coax him, but she sighed inwardly.
"Yes, Mom, technology is so advanced now. I see many young people dating by talking on the phone for hours and making video calls. Distance makes the heart grow fonder. Teeth can bite your lips. Being together all the time can cause visual fatigue. As long as they have their own way of getting along, that's fine," Dad said, trying to smooth things over.
"With them like this, when will I be able to hold my eldest grandson? While I can still move around and help take care of my great-grandson, in two years, even if I want to, I won't be able to," Mao Xiaomin sighed earnestly.
"Mom, Wanwan is still young and it's the time for her to focus on her career. Let's just let things take their course."
"Sigh..." Mao Xiaomin sighed. She had her concerns, but she couldn't tell Xiaowan directly about them.
Shi Wan silently ate her rice: "..."
In a situation like this, could she pretend to be dead?
She and Sikong Jingyu are already divorced, how could she possibly have another grandson?
She had been thinking of telling her family about her divorce in a few days, but now it seems that it's not the right time.
I'll talk to my family about the divorce later.
"Why are you always shoveling rice into your mouth? Eat some meat too! No wonder you're getting thinner and thinner. Here, have another piece of braised pork! Tomorrow I'll catch a chicken and stew it to nourish you." Shi's mother nagged at Shi Wan while putting more food on her plate.
"Thank you, Mom!"
Shi Wan smiled at her mother, put the food in her mouth, chewed, her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and looked up with a puzzled look, asking, "Mom, I'm going to Grandma Wang's house at noon to check her blood pressure. I remember when I was little she lived halfway up the mountain. Does she still live there now?"
"Still living there."
Shi's mother shook her head. "As the children grow up, they study further and further away from home, and work further and further away from home. They can't come back even once in a long while. They still only remember what their hometown looks like when they were children."
“Working far from home in a big city just proves that our children are excellent and can stay in a big city. In a few years, once they have stable jobs, they will be able to come home more often. Why are you still so upset?” Mr. Shi comforted him.
Upon hearing this, Mao Xiaomin nodded in agreement: "As you get older, you just like having children around you. If Wanwan has another big, healthy boy, or of course a big, healthy girl, that would be great too. With our great-grandchildren to keep us company, we'll have something to look forward to and won't feel lonely."
"..." It was late.
As they talked, they returned to the topic of the child. Shi Wan and her father exchanged glances and remained silent, focusing on eating.
Shi Wan understood that her mother said this because Shi Wan and Shi Yu had been busy with work and hadn't been home much in recent years. Shi Wan had been busy improving herself and had indeed been home very little. She had been working for more than four years and had worked four shifts during the Spring Festival. She was also at the hospital during holidays. No wonder her mother was worried about her children.
Now that she's been transferred back to the township, she has more free time. There aren't many patients in the township, the work pace is slower, and the work isn't complicated. Besides seeing patients, she usually takes advantage of her free time in the evenings to go out and walk around the village, check the blood pressure of the villagers, and that's about it.
During this time, she should spend more time with her family to make up for the lack of family companionship in the past few years.
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