Chapter 144: Dawn Descends upon Her World [End of Text]
Shi Huai's career was booming. He inherited the Buque Sect and became the 24th generation successor.
Every time I restore one ancient monument after another that has been damaged by long history and years, I feel an indescribable sense of accomplishment.
The glory of the crown on her head is extremely dazzling. She stands at the pinnacle of her beloved career, accompanied by her beloved and family members.
Looking back, I can’t help but feel dazed. The road here wasn’t smooth, but every step I took counted.
Ji'an was three years old and went to kindergarten. I didn't expect that I had been married to Zhou Jibai for almost four years.
Shi Huai and Zhou Jibai both decided to regard the snowy night when they proposed as their real wedding anniversary.
In the past, their love-hate relationship was plagued by misunderstandings and immaturity, leading to many ridiculous and tragic plots. Now, they have overcome all the obstacles in their way, and their hearts and eyes are filled with only each other, officially in love.
Only with love can there be marriage, and only with love can there be a decision to stay together for life and grow old together.
When Zhou Jibai goes to work, he will send Ji'an to kindergarten and let Shihuai sleep in at home.
She had just returned from a symposium in Guangnan a few days ago and had finally had some free time. Zhou Jibai specifically told Xiao Jian not to disturb her mother's rest.
It was already noon when Shi Huai woke up. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Zhou Jibai lying on the bed opposite her, flipping through his phone.
Shi Huai stretched out his arms from the bed and hugged Zhou Jibai, leaning against him affectionately: "Why didn't you go to the group?"
"To accompany you." Zhou Jibai put away his phone, his eyes filled with tenderness as he fell on Shi Huai's still sleepy eyes.
Shi Huai smiled and tried to sit up from the bed.
"Did you have meal?"
"Wait until you wake up before eating."
Shi Huai raised his eyebrows and hummed, his head lazily leaning on Zhou Jibai's shoulder, "Who can I blame if I sleep until noon?"
It had been just a week since he last met Zhou Jibai after attending the seminar. After coaxing Ji'an to sleep last night, Zhou Jibai returned to the master bedroom and looked at Shihuai who had just come out of the shower.
After just one look at her, he picked up Shi Huai like an eagle catching a chick and put her on the bed and kissed her.
It wasn't until the dawn that I finally let Shi Huai go. After sleeping for less than three hours, I got up to take Ji'an to kindergarten.
Shi Huai was still conscious at that time, and she felt a soft itchy sensation on her cheek.
She thought Zhou Jibai was kissing her secretly, so she opened her eyes slightly and saw Ji An standing in front of her bed, kissing her cheek.
When Jian saw her mother open her eyes, she smiled sweetly: "Good morning, Mommy."
Shi Huai raised the corner of his lips and reached out to rub his little head: "Mom will accompany you to kindergarten, okay?"
Hearing Shi Huai's words, Ji An's eyes lit up at first, but he quickly shook his head and refused: "No. Dad said that Mom has been very busy recently, so he asked you to get more sleep."
Shi Huai: “It’s not hard.”
After saying that, Shi Huai was about to sit up and put on his clothes.
But Ji An used his weak little strength to hold down Shi Huai who was about to get up, "Mommy will pick me up this afternoon!"
"All right."
Ji'an acted coquettishly in Shihuai's arms for a long time, and then Zhou Jibai opened the door and walked in, carrying his yellow little schoolbag and holding a sandwich in his hand.
"I'm going to be late for kindergarten." Zhou Jibai was a little sleep-deprived and his voice sounded lazy.
He interrupted the tender moment between mother and son, stuffed the sandwich into Jian's mouth, and helped him put on the little yellow schoolbag.
Zhou Jian kept looking back at Shi Huai as he walked, "Mommy, you must come pick me up for kindergarten this afternoon!"
Shi Huai: "Okay~ Mom will definitely pick you up!"
Zhou Jibai covered Ji An's eyes and took him towards the door: "Didn't I tell you not to disturb your mother's sleep?"
"But I miss my mother."
"How about putting your eyeballs in your mother's hands?"
Jiannu pursed his lips, thinking for a long time before asking, "...Dad, am I your biological son?"
Zhou Jibai raised his eyelids and looked down at Ji An: "I can't do this if he is not my biological son."
Ji An: “…”
Ji An was holding a sandwich in one hand and chewing it slowly, while Zhou Jibai was holding the other hand and walking out of the house.
As soon as he got in the car, Ji An felt lazy and leaned directly into Zhou Jibai's arms with his eyes closed.
The car stopped at the kindergarten gate, and he reluctantly got out, taking slow, steady steps towards the door. He always entered the kindergarten on time, and this time was no exception.
But when he reached the kindergarten gate, he seemed to have thought of something, and he turned around and ran to his Rolls-Royce.
Zhou Jibai didn't get out of the car, but rolled down the window, thinking that his son didn't want to go to kindergarten again and wanted to beg him to take him home.
"If you don't understand, go to sleep."
Ji An shook his head: "I know, it's not that I don't want to go to kindergarten. Don't forget to ask Mommy to pick me up in the afternoon."
Zhou Jibai didn't reply and just rolled up the car window.
…
Listening to Zhou Jibai talking about the interesting things that happened in Ji'an this morning, Shi Huai sighed softly: "Ji'an looks like you, and his personality is also like you."
Same... lazy.
Lying down anywhere.
She only took a few steps to the amusement park when she asked Zhou Jibai to hold her, and it was enough for her to lie on his shoulders and enjoy the scenery.
When Ji'an first started kindergarten, the teacher asked Shi Huai and Zhou Jibai to talk to him, asking if Ji'an had stayed up late at home and hadn't slept well. Shi Huai was puzzled and said no.
The kindergarten teacher said that Zhou Suiyu would sleep on his desk during class every day, and was only slightly active during meals. During outdoor activities, he would hide in his little hole and lie down, too lazy to open his eyes.
Shi Huai smiled and glanced at Zhou Jibai beside him.
Zhou Jibai's answer was also very infuriating, and his parenting style was very casual and undisciplined: "If he's tired from studying, let him sleep. If he doesn't want to study, it's fine to eat two more bowls of rice."
Shi Huai: ...
Later, when chatting with Zhao Yang, I learned that Zhou Jibai was like this when he was a child. At first, his family kept a close eye on him and urged him to learn from his older brother, but they found that it didn't work at all.
Zhou Jibai always had this cynical, lazy and casual attitude. But he happened to be the smartest one, and he always got A+ in every exam, so later on, he just let it go.
Seeing Shi Huai's regretful expression, Zhou Jibai raised his eyebrows: "Then he is quite lucky. It would be a waste if he didn't inherit my excellent genes."
Shi Huai: ...
It's not completely genetic.
Ji An is just a little lazy, but at least he is not mean.
If he had inherited Zhou Jibai's sharp tongue, Shi Huai couldn't imagine how much he would have to fight with these two, one big and one small, every day.
…
As midsummer approaches, a family of three comes to Guangnan for summer vacation.
As soon as Ji'an arrived in Guangnan, he was restless and was taken out to play by his two great-grandfathers.
Ji An is lazy, but he is also really likable.
Although I didn't want to go out in the scorching sun, when I thought that I could only see my two grandparents during the summer vacation, I felt soft-hearted and accompanied them everywhere.
During the midsummer spent in Guangnan, the clock seemed to be slowed down, every minute and every second passed very slowly, and every scene after another was very meaningful, deeply imprinted in everyone's mind and memory, leaving the most profound impression.
In the morning, when I have nothing to do, I go to the breakfast shop where Shi Huai has been eating since he was a child to have breakfast, and occasionally I will take Ji'an with me.
The breakfast shop's owner and boss saw the little one sitting between the couple and couldn't help but sigh, "I watched the child grow up with my own eyes, and I never thought the baby I gave birth to would be this big."
The large sycamore tree with lush branches and leaves above their heads was filled with the loud chirping of cicadas, accompanied by the sharp chirping of cicadas, Shihuai and Ji'an introduced.
“This is where my mother grew up.”
Ji An: "Then this is my home."
Shi Huai laughed out loud, "Yes, this is also Ji'an's home."
Ji An asked Zhou Jibai again: "Is this your home, Dad?"
Zhou Jibai glanced at Ji An and said, "Wherever you and your mother are, that's my home."
…
Sometimes when Ji'an woke up from his nap, Zhou Jibai and Shi Huai would take Ji'an to Buque Sect for a tour.
There are very few young people in the Buque Sect, and some of them are already adult apprentices or interns.
Most of them were elderly people with silver hair, close friends of my grandfather. When they saw Ji'an coming, they would smile and wave to little Ji'an, and pick him up to play with him.
It took a lot of effort for Ji'an to break free from the enthusiasm of his ancestors and ran to his parents.
At this moment they were standing under the shade of the trees in the courtyard.
Shi Huai stood beside Zhou Jibai, watching him play chess with an authoritative elder of the Buque Sect.
The hem of her skirt was gently tugged by a small hand. She lowered her head and picked up Ji An: "Why don't you accompany Zuzu and the others?"
Ji An leaned on Shi Huai's shoulder and said, "Grandpa and the others want to teach me how to write calligraphy, but I don't want to learn."
Shi Huai smiled and said, "Then I won't write anymore. I'll just watch Dad play chess."
Ji An lazily glanced at his father sitting on the stone bench and asked, "Is there anything suitable for children that doesn't require any brainpower?"
Shi Huai: ...
"No."
…
Because of the sudden rain, after the sky cleared up in the evening, large patches of fiery clouds occupied the entire sky.
Ji'an was a little tired after running all day, and fell asleep soon after Zhou Jibai held him on his shoulders.
Shi Huai and Zhou Jibai decided to walk home together.
Zhou Jibai would always free up one hand to hold Shi Huai's hand tightly and lead her forward.
The only way home is Guangnan Hospital where they first met. Whenever they passed by here before, they would take a look at each other and then move on.
But today, Zhou Jibai suddenly stopped and looked at Shi Huai: "Let's go in and take a look?"
Shi Huai nodded: "Okay."
Zhou Jibai and Shi Huai held hands tightly, and their palms tightly pressed together represented their inseparable future.
The two walked to the big banyan tree where they first met.
Shi Huai first chuckled.
Zhou Jibai asked her, "What are you laughing at?"
"I thought our separation at sixteen was a farewell. I didn't expect that we would meet again and get married."
Zhou Jibai's lips curled up into a smile: "We are destined to be together."
In Shi Huai's invisible sight, Zhou Jibai has been standing in the dark, protecting her from harm again and again.
Shi Huai and Zhou Jibai sat side by side on the bench, just like ten years ago, she appeared rudely beside him, patted his shoulder, and asked him with a smile.
【Little blind man, why are you sitting here alone?】
The sparse and dim light of the sunset shines through the branches and leaves, spreading over the three members of the family.
Zhou Jibai glanced back and saw Shi Huai also staring at his handsome face. Their eyes met and met each other's affectionate eyes.
"Shi Huai."
"Um?"
"You've worked hard all this time." Zhou Jibai's arms pressed against her shoulders. He lowered his head and placed a kiss on Shi Huai's brow. "I love you."
Shi Huai was stunned for a moment, and his heart skipped a beat.
As expected, nothing can be hidden from Zhou Jibai.
Whether she is a mother or a wife, there are many labels on her. She accepts them with peace of mind, but it does not mean that she has to succumb to fate.
That's because, with love, she was willing to become Zhou Jibai's wife and Zhou Suiyu's mother.
From the beginning, the idea of rebirth as atonement was deeply rooted in Shi Huai's mind.
It was Zhou Jibai's actions that pulled her out of this vicious cycle of internal friction.
Zhou Jibai didn't say it, but he always used all his actions to prove that Shi Huai was Shi Huai, and he only needed to live for himself.
Tears welled up in Shi Huai's eyes, and he looked up, "I love you, too."
The moment the breeze blew, my thoughts were drawn back to the wet summer in Guangnan that year.
The weather forecast for Guangnan is rain.
The girl was drenched by the heavy rain. She ran to the eaves of a nearby hospital to take shelter, but the rain stopped at that moment.
Dawn breaks, sunlight breaking through the dark sky.
The girl glanced at the young man sitting under the banyan tree with his eyes covered with gauze and felt puzzled. Unable to suppress her curiosity, she walked forward.
She stepped on the rain puddles and ran towards him in the vigor of midsummer.
"Hello!"
This turn around cost Zhou Jibai his entire life.
From then on, his eyes stayed only on her.
At that time, the wind blew, and the wet summer wind stirred up turbulent waves, just like the ups and downs of her past and present life.
The death of her parents was a growing pain that she could not accept.
She peeked at all the happiness that did not belong to her, thinking that in this way she would also gain love and hope.
As a young girl, she wrote about her self-pity in her diary.
She longed for many people to love her, she wanted someone who could not be driven away no matter how hard she tried. It didn't matter if he deceived her, she still wanted to immerse herself in a love full of lies.
Pretend that someone loves you unwaveringly.
It doesn’t matter if you can cross mountains, cross seas, transcend time and space, or face any difficulties.
She wanted her lover to walk towards her step by step.
She was about to get lost in the foggy forest, unable to distinguish between illusion and reality.
A voice roared into her ears from a distance.
"Shi Huai, look back, I have always been here."
He walked towards him step by step.
He led me to see the lush mountains and held my hand while looking at the blue coastline. In my new life, he also chose to hold me in his arms and said "I love you" over and over again.
"Well, Mom and Dad. Are we home yet?" Ji An rubbed his sleepy eyes and woke up from Zhou Jibai's arms.
Shi Huai lowered his head and kissed Ji An's little face: "Let's go home!"
"Come down and walk by yourself."
"No, I want daddy to hold me."
The afterglow lengthened the backs of the family of three. The desires and long-cherished wishes that existed in her fantasy had already arrived in her world with the dawn.
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