After this seemingly insignificant little incident, the two went home as if nothing had happened.
That night, the couple both had the same dream.
They returned to the day Pianran came to their door; back then, she was still called Yao Wangdi.
They kept Pianran, but still favored Xia Mingyue. Under Xia Mingyue's influence, Pianran did many wrong things.
The couple ignored and blamed Pianran, and in the end, Pianran died in Xia Zhiyang's arms in utter despair.
Xia Zhiyang also died in an attempt to avenge his sister.
The two were shouting and yelling in their dream, and then time suddenly changed, and they returned to the day they first met Pianran.
The couple was overjoyed; this time, they were certain they wouldn't make the same mistake again.
However, in their dreams, they were completely out of control and insisted on keeping Xia Mingyue.
In the end, they lost Xia Zhiyang and Xia Pianran forever once again.
This time, however, it was the two children who abandoned them and would never forgive them.
The couple woke up crying.
Later, Xia Congwen and Lin Zhi fell ill and never recovered, dying of depression before the age of fifty.
Before they died, they finally had a good dream.
They dreamed that after Xia Zhiyang was diagnosed with autism, they still treated him like a treasure, and then they discovered that he was a genius.
I also dreamt that after Yao Wangdi knocked on the door, they saw Xia Mingyue off, hugged Wangdi, and said that my daughter had suffered all these years.
Qi An and Pian Ran helped them with the funeral arrangements, and that was the end of it.
Later, Xia Pianran became a renowned dancer, holding one world tour after another.
She had many suitors throughout her life, but never married or had children.
It is said that her standard for choosing a partner was that he could not be worse than her brother, which made all suitors hesitate.
When Xia Pianran was forty years old, a major earthquake struck a province in Country Z. She adopted more than a dozen orphans and became the mother of more than a dozen children.
She was surrounded by her children and grandchildren in her later years and passed away peacefully without illness or pain.
Qi An kept his promise to Xia Zhiyang, ensuring his sister's happiness for the rest of her life.
Void space.
No sooner had Xia Zhiyang left than the next person seeking a wish arrived, and so Boss Qi began his new business.
The person making the prayer this time was a 29-year-old woman named Tong Qian.
Tong Qian is tall with long legs. Although her appearance is average, she has a scholarly air about her. She is highly educated, has a good job, and is the kind of well-behaved girl who is kind to others.
Logically speaking, even if her life wasn't smooth sailing, it should at least have been ordinary and uneventful; she shouldn't have died before she was thirty.
All of this hinges on blind dates.
Tong Qian was always the "model child" – obedient, sensible, and academically excellent.
Born into a small town known for her dedication to exam preparation, she worked her way up to a prestigious graduate school through sheer volume of practice questions, and subsequently found a good job.
You could say you have everything, except for a partner.
Tong Qian's father passed away early, and over the years, her mother has supported her studies by running a breakfast shop. The mother and daughter depend on each other for survival, and Tong Qian always obeys her mother's words.
She's not ugly, and she's had plenty of suitors during her years of schooling.
But she didn't get it, and her mother said that she should just focus on her studies and talk about it after graduation, because any relationship that happens at school will eventually break up after graduation.
Due to a combination of reasons, Tong Qian is almost thirty and still single.
She was 25 when she graduated with her master's degree, and her peers were starting to get married and have children.
There's an unwritten consensus among parents of Tong's generation: the day before graduation, they tell you that you're still a student and can't date, but the day after graduation, they demand that you bring your partner home immediately.
It seems that in their eyes, finding a partner is as easy as buying cabbage at the market; you can find one as long as you go.
Tong Qian had never been in a relationship and didn't know how, so she was completely at a loss.
Seeing that her daughter showed no signs of finding a partner, Tong's mother became anxious and started looking everywhere for people to introduce her to potential partners.
Tong Qian figured she couldn't find it anyway, so she might as well listen to her mother.
She thought that blind dates were just another way to meet people of the opposite sex, and that the process should be similar to that of a normal dating relationship... right?
This period lasted for four years.
Tong Qian went from initial anticipation to resistance and then to numbness. Forget about marriage, she didn't even have a confirmed relationship with anyone.
Before going on blind dates, she felt that the men around her, if not outstanding, were at least ordinary and normal people.
After going on blind dates, it seems like she's encountered all sorts of weirdos and oddballs from around the world.
After repeatedly failing in blind dates, Tong Qian earned a reputation among her relatives and friends as picky and having high standards.
After several years of hard work, she bought a house on her own and brought her mother to live with her in the city.
Despite being outstanding in every way, in the eyes of relatives and friends, a woman who hasn't married and had children is considered a failure, no matter how successful she is in other areas.
Because "nobody wants it", because it is "incomplete".
After four years of blind dating, Tong Qian was almost driven to depression. Every time she met a weirdo, it would take her a long time to recover.
Tong Qian told her mother that she didn't want to go on blind dates anymore, and her mother scolded her.
"What nonsense are you talking about? What woman doesn't get married? If you don't get married, people will think there's something wrong with you."
"You've read too many books. I should never have let you read so many books in the first place. They've made you stupid."
When Tong Qian ignored her, her mother resorted to tears.
“If you don’t get married, I won’t be able to hold my head up when I go out. Do you know that people laugh at me and say that you’re not normal?”
"You heartless ingrate, how can you bear to watch your mother worry about you and lose sleep night after night?"
"Qianqian, if you don't get married, Mom won't be able to close her eyes in peace even when she dies."
Tong Qian succumbed to her mother's tears, but she couldn't bring herself to marry a stranger. So she treated blind dates as a chore and became increasingly numb to them.
Finally, she unfortunately met a mentally unstable and perverted man. She rejected him, and as a result, the perverted man, enraged and ashamed, killed her on the spot.
After Tong Qian's death, Tong's mother was filled with remorse and spent her days in tears. She fell ill and soon passed away as well.
Although Tong Qian was angry at her mother's stubbornness and shortsightedness, she also felt sorry for her mother who had worked hard for her all her life, only to end up with nothing and die such a tragic death.
Tong Qian said, "I have two wishes: one, to take revenge; two, to take care of my mother in her old age and see her off when she dies."
Qi An raised an eyebrow: "Are you still going to listen to your mother and go on blind dates?"
Tong Qianqi shook her head desperately: "No, no, no, I won't go on a date, I'd rather die than go on a date."
"Very well, I accept your prayer."
Qi Laoda said that if Tong Qian was going to listen to her mother and continue with blind dates and marriage, then she would not take the job.
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