Ji Shubo saw Tang Yanran still standing at the door and looked at Shen Guoliang with a puzzled expression.
Shen Guoliang saw his wife anxiously standing at the door looking around, and he was also anxious to see the child.
However, since they had already invited Uncle Ji, the matter still needed to be handled.
"Oh, that's because a younger member of the family is coming over. She's been a little anxious since she hasn't seen them for many years."
After they finished speaking, the two entered the tea room. Ji Shubo looked at the familiar tea culture and sat down, feeling as if he had returned home.
Shen Guoliang got straight to the point, saying, "I heard yesterday that your hometown is around here, so I was a little curious whether you know Ji Shuya."
Ji Shubo's expression changed upon hearing Ji Shuya's name.
Looking at Shen Guoliang with a melancholy expression, she said, "Ask me anything you want. To be honest, I know Ji Shuya. Tell me where she has been all these years. I feel sorry for her because I left without saying goodbye back then, and when I woke up, I was already there."
When I first arrived there, I was unfamiliar with the place and had no way to come back. When I found out I couldn't come back, I had a falling out with my family.
By the time I had the strength to return, the country was already in turmoil, so I never came back. Thinking that several years had passed, Shuya should be married by now, and I didn't want to disturb her.
Shen Guoliang smiled bitterly, looking at the man opposite him, his heart filled with mixed feelings. Ji Shuya left not long after giving birth to Shen Junjie.
She was sure she would gamble that the man across the street would come back to her, but she never expected that he would return. Instead, she fell ill from worry and passed away early. They are now separated by death.
Ji Shubo could tell something was wrong when he saw the man opposite him looking unwell.
"Could you tell me about Shuya? I've been living with guilt all these years, and I don't know if I'll ever see her again in my lifetime."
To be honest, I've lived a long life, and spending my final days in the port city is my dream, so I can be closer to her.
Shen Guoliang gave another bitter smile, said nothing, drank a cup of tea, and just stared at the man opposite him.
Tan sighed and said, "It's too late. She passed away twenty-nine years ago. She was pregnant and became ill from worry, and she couldn't hold on any longer."
Upon hearing that Ji Shuya was gone or was still pregnant and worried, Ji Shubo clenched his fists and held back his tears streaming down his face.
His fist slammed into the wooden stool, and soon it was covered in bruises.
Now that I'm in someone else's house, I also have to take care of the other people in the house.
Shen Junjie knew the Shen family's address and had gone to great lengths to get there.
Knowing that Shen Junjie was coming, Shen Zhiyang hurried home. He met Shen Junjie on the way, and the two rode back together.
When he arrived at his doorstep, he saw Tang Yanran waiting there. Shen Junjie got out of the car and ran to her, embracing his adoptive mother whom he hadn't seen for over a decade.
Tears streamed down her face. "Mom, I'm so glad to finally see you all. How have you been all these years?"
Tang Yanran looked at Shen Junjie happily and said, "Look at me, I'm perfectly fine. You don't let me worry about your brother and sister-in-law at all. I'm so free all day."
Looking at Shen Junjie, who was much taller than him, and gazing at him with affection, she said, "More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. You've grown so tall. I always remember how you were when you were eleven."
“I’m 29 years old now, not a little kid anymore. Ningning threatened me the other day that the next time I see her, I have to bring her a pretty auntie back home.”
Tang Yanran's eyes lit up when she heard Ningning's name; she knew it was her granddaughter whom she had never met.
She immediately asked anxiously, "How is your daughter Ningning? Is she doing well? I, as her grandmother, have never seen her before and don't know what she looks like. Tell me, who does she resemble?"
Shen Junjie looked at his adoptive mother and said with a smile, "In just a moment, I fell out of favor, in less than five minutes."
After saying that, she started to act coquettishly towards Tang Yanran, just like when she was a child.
Shen Zhiyang watched the man, who was a little taller than him, acting coquettishly and laughed, saying, "We're twenty-nine years old now, not children anymore. You haven't forgotten how to act coquettishly."
Shen Junjie looked at his older brother and said, "No matter how old you are, you're still your mother's child. That's an unchangeable fact."
Shen Zhiyang shook his head and looked at the young man opposite him with annoyance, then picked up his tea and drank it without looking at him.
Those inside the study also heard the conversation outside. Shen Guoliang said, "Back then, when she got pregnant out of wedlock, her family found out and wanted her to have an abortion. She refused and broke ties with her family."
He was kicked out of his home and, with only his savings, secretly lived alone in his small courtyard.
When we went to the hospital to find her, she was almost due to give birth and was so thin that she was unrecognizable. She passed away not long after giving birth, leaving her child in our care.
When my child was eleven years old, I brought my eldest son here, while he and my second son chose to stay.
I only recently found out he was in the army. He's never married. That kid is very stubborn; he said he wanted to join the army when he was little, and we thought he was joking, but he actually did.
He should be outside right now; he's the kid you saw yesterday.
Ji Shubo remained lost in thought, unsure how to face the child.
Outside, Shen Junjie was talking about Song Yining. After all, they had lived together for a while and he knew a little about her.
I told everyone about Song Yining's daily life, and Tang Yanran and Shen Zhiyang were both very curious about what kind of personality Song Yining had.
The living room was filled with a peaceful atmosphere as the group chatted about the events of the past few years.
I saw someone who looked a lot like Shen Junjie come out of the tea room. I hadn't noticed him before because I was thinking about how that kid had been doing all these years.
Shen Junjie saw the man from yesterday here again, and today he could look at him openly.
And you know what? They do look very alike; their height and appearance are practically identical.
The two of them just looked at each other quietly, neither of them saying a word.
The Shen family gave the father and son some space so they could have a proper talk.
When Ji Shubo saw Shen Junjie, he felt nothing but guilt. He knew about Ji Shuya's past and that the child had grown up in the Shen family.
He confessed, "It's too late for me to apologize now. Yesterday, I saw that you looked a lot like me. I didn't even know I had such a big son. Your adoptive father was unsure, so he came to me today to confirm the facts."
After saying that, he kept scratching his hair, looking very annoyed.
Looking at Shen Junjie, who was in great pain, she said, "Back then, we were young and we didn't know how we were so naive that we tasted the forbidden fruit. Afterwards, we had to tell our families."
Unexpectedly, something happened at home. I was drugged and sent away. When I woke up, I was in the United States.
Being a complete stranger in that place, I couldn't even speak the language if I wanted to leave. All I could do was study and strengthen myself there. By the time I was able to come back, several years had passed, and the country was in turmoil, so I never returned.
Thinking that your mother might have remarried, I didn't want to come back and disturb her life.
He held his head in his hands, unable to look the man in front of him in the eye. He felt guilty for not telling his family sooner, otherwise such a problem would have been avoided.
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