Chapter 34
I slept at home all day and didn't drink any alcohol, so my complexion wasn't as pale. In the evening, I went to my parents' house. Since I've improved my cooking skills a bit, I specially showed off my skills to them and made a few dishes, including hot and sour shredded potatoes, braised pork, and my mother made corn and pork rib soup.
Dad took a bite and said, "Hengheng's cooking is getting better and better, almost as good as Jia Nian's."
Well, your position is in jeopardy, President Jiang.
Although my parents have been retired for several years, they have always maintained a good attitude, have regular hobbies, and pay attention to exercising. I was thinking of taking them for a routine check-up when I had time, but they refused.
"Hengheng," my father said, taking off his glasses as we played chess in the study, "Your mother and I are very close. We've been together for decades, and we know our own health. Your mother really misses Jianian terribly since he left, so she's especially happy to see you come back. You've lived with Jianian for so long, and you see his influence in your words and actions. She's poured all her love into you. As long as you're happy, we're happy too. You're our only child."
"...I'm sorry, Dad, I've been..."
“Hengheng, your mother and I don’t need you to take care of us. We have retirement pensions and regular check-ups, so we can live out our old age in peace. Our biggest worry is you. You are still young, so you should live a good life.”
"Death's most powerful force is directed at the living; it takes away some lives, but the ones who suffer are those whose lives it has spared out of mercy."
I held the chess piece in my hand, hesitant to put it down. My father took my hand and guided me step by step to place the piece in the correct position.
The chessboard gets a little blurry after staring at it for a long time.
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In the end, I still lost. My father was a step ahead; his decades of accumulated chess experience was far too profound for me.
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