After dinner, everyone went home.
Ning Wan and Shen Fu first took Grandma Chen home to rest.
Ning Yanshu and Shen Xu followed closely behind.
After the kidnapping incident, Ning Yanshu became much more restrained and dared not run around anymore.
However, whether it was the fatigue of the late night or the reluctance to part with Ning You's family, Ning Yanshu's spirits did not seem high.
Seeing his listless appearance with drooping eyelids, Grandma Chen smiled and waved to him.
Ning Yanshu then perked up and happily went to the bedside: "Grandma!~"
Grandma Chen took out 10 yuan from her pocket and placed it in his palm without saying a word: "Take it and buy some candy."
Ning Yanshu glanced at Ning Wan.
Only after she nodded in agreement did she smile and thank Grandma Chen, saying, "Thank you, Grandma~ Little Shu loves Grandma the most~"
Grandma Chen was amused by his words and couldn't help but laugh out loud, her chest trembling.
But as he laughed, he started coughing uncontrollably. The coughing grew louder and louder, and his whole face turned red.
Seeing this, Ning Wan quickly patted her chest gently to help her catch her breath.
Shen Fu quickly poured her a glass of water and handed it to her.
After a long while, when she came to her senses, Grandma Chen smiled nonchalantly at the worried looks of the people around her and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm fine."
Shen Xu looked at the old man nervously, at a loss for what to do.
Ning Yanshu appeared particularly frightened.
He hurriedly hugged Grandma Chen's increasingly thin body, pressing her tightly against him: "Grandma, you must live to be a hundred years old!"
"You'll live a very, very long time, watching Xiaoshu go to elementary school, middle school, and even university. Then you'll watch Xiaoshu get married and have babies, and then he'll call you Grandma too. That way you'll have so many, many children!"
He knew that his grandmother had lost a child before.
In her interactions with her grandmother, Ning Yanshu often felt that her grandmother had long regarded her as her child.
Grandma's love is kind and gentle.
That was the first time Ning Yanshu, who had never been loved by her grandparents since childhood, had ever felt the care from her elders.
Especially after experiencing the kidnapping incident, Ning Yanshu had long regarded Grandma Chen as his own grandmother.
He couldn't bear to see his grandmother leave, and he was even more reluctant to let her go.
Ning Yanshu's eyes were red, and she burst into tears as she spoke.
Grandma Chen wiped away his tears and said, "Grandma will. Grandma will watch you grow up safely, healthily, and happily. Grandma will definitely keep her promise to Xiaoshu. Grandma will never break her word."
Ning Yanshu looked up at Grandma Chen with her eyes brimming with tears, sobbing.
He held up his little finger: "Let's pinky swear, no lying!"
"good."
One big and one small, two fingers intertwined.
Grandma Chen looked tenderly at Shen Xu, who was following behind Ning Yanshu, and then instructed, "Go back and rest. When Xiaoshu comes home from school tomorrow, Grandma will go with you to buy candy."
Ning Yanshu pursed his lips and nodded heavily.
Finally, at Grandma Chen's insistence, Ning Wan took Ning Yanshu and Shen Xuxian back to rest.
Shen Fu stayed.
After everyone left, Grandma Chen's previously strained spirits immediately relaxed.
She looked exhausted and weary, her brows furrowed tightly, forming deep and shallow wrinkles.
“Aman…”
She wanted to speak, but the tickling sensation in her throat caused her to cough involuntarily.
Upon seeing this, Shen Fu quickly handed over some water.
Grandma Chen took the water and sipped it gently until the water moistened her parched throat, which slightly relieved her discomfort.
Shen Fu stared intently at Grandma Chen, asking nervously and reluctantly, "Are you leaving?"
Grandma Chen gave a soft "hmm".
Shen Fu remained silent.
She just cried, one big tear after another, looking helpless and pitiful.
"Why are you crying too?" Grandma Chen's tone was full of helplessness. She took a tissue from the side and gently wiped her eyes. "If Xiao Shu sees this, he'll laugh at you, his father."
"Can't we stay here forever?" Shen Fu pleaded.
Grandma Chen shook her head: "There can't be two of me in the same world, otherwise the world will be in chaos."
"But didn't Wanwan also say that this world is fake?" Shen Fu asked urgently, "If that's the case, why can't we redefine the rules of this world according to our standards!"
The sudden thought flashed into Grandma Chen's mind.
Her expression turned surprised, but she gradually calmed down.
At that moment, Grandma Chen seemed to suddenly understand something.
She muttered to herself, "So that's how it is. Ah, so that's how it is..."
After a long pause, she said, "But... I don't belong here."
Grandma Chen gazed quietly at Shen Fu, then slowly spoke, her voice filled with boundless loneliness and desolation: "If I really stay, it would be unfair to Wanwan. Because love is selfish, unique and unshareable. Even I myself cannot share it."
"I have fulfilled my purpose in coming into this world, and it is time for me to leave. Besides..." Grandma Chen's eyes glistened with tears, filled with unspeakable longing.
Her gaze drifted out the window, and she murmured, "Besides, he's still waiting for me to come back..."
It was pitch black outside the window.
Without the stars, the night sky resembles an endless black hole.
It's about drawing people into that dark, shadowy, mysterious, and terrifying depths...
...
The inner torment of stagnation.
He clenched his fists, trying to suppress the pain and helplessness in his heart.
After a long while, he asked, "Will we be alright?"
Grandma Chen was taken aback at first, and her brow twitched slightly.
Then, a distinct smile spread across her lips: "Yes, we will be fine... Xiao Shu will grow up safely and healthily, and Aman and Wanwan have never been separated."
“We would watch the sunrise and sunset together every day. Aman’s head was full of white hair, and I had become a toothless old lady…”
"We will live a very happy and joyful life."
"Then why is Wanwan crying?"
Grandma Chen's cloudy eyes were filled with tears, and tear tracks slid down her cheeks onto her collar.
She said, "I cried because I was so happy..."
A hint of pain flashed in Chen Fu's eyes.
He tried to hide his sadness, forcing a smile: "That's... wonderful..."
"Aman," Grandma Chen called to him, "may I catch you doing one last time?"
Shen Fu did not answer, but silently lowered his head.
Grandma Chen reached out her hand, her fingers trembling as she grasped it, then laughed, "Your hair is always so black and beautiful. Unlike me, it's long since covered in white hair and silver frost..."
"This world is so unfair. You've seen what I look like when I'm old, but I've never had the chance to see you grow up to be an old man..."
Shen Fu was heartbroken.
He comforted him in a hoarse voice, "There will be opportunities in the future."
Grandma Chen laughed and cried at the same time: "Yes, there will definitely be a chance..."
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