Old Madam Lu likes quietness. Over the years, whether in the old house or in the nursing home, she has never wanted anyone to accompany her except for three meals a day.

After moving to the villa area, every day after waking up from a nap, she would carry a small basket and a small hoe and go to the small vegetable garden in the backyard to turn over her vegetables, muttering that she would wait for her Chuanchuan and Xiaowan to come back and cook for them.

On normal days she would come back around five in the evening, but today no one showed up no matter how long he waited, so Mr. Lu couldn't help but go out to look for her.

As soon as I walked out of the back door, I saw my old partner sitting under a tree in the distance, wiping her tears.

"Xiuyi, Xiuyi?"

In a hurry, Mr. Lu walked quickly to his wife's side, carefully observing her expression and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I……"

Madam Lu's eyes were filled with tears. "I found Ah Sheng!"

He stood up and looked left and right, but there was no one in sight. When Mr. Lu turned around again, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

The youngest son and the child are probably going to become a source of worry for the old man !

Mr. Lu nodded, picked up her small basket, helped her up and walked back, "What did you say?"

"Last time he wrote his phone number on my palm, but I lost it! This time, I gave him our home phone number. Ah Sheng is smart, he will definitely not forget it!"

"He said that his sister went to participate in the competition, and he followed..."

A childish voice sounded in my ears, "I am here as a guest with my parents."

Madam Lu paused and looked back at Grandpa Lu, "Why would our Ah Sheng call other people mom and dad?... Old man, Ah Sheng is not lost, he just doesn't recognize us. ... It's all my fault, I..."

"Xiuyi!"

I saw that my wife was becoming confused again, and her originally peaceful eyes were now filled with panic and sadness. If this continued, she would fall ill again.

Mr. Lu shouted her name quickly while holding her arm tightly, "Xiuyi, Asheng will not abandon us. You gave birth to him, and we raised him together. He will not abandon us."

"No, no... He won't abandon us."

Madam Lu murmured to herself, "Asheng is a good child, he is the most filial."

Looking behind him, and then at his wife who was still a little confused, Mr. Lu frowned so hard that he could pinch a mosquito to death.

When she was in Boya Sanatorium, she talked about Ah Sheng every day.

Also, there is that so-called phone number.

When this matter was brought up, the usually gentle and calm wife became so angry that her face turned red. She was certain that the number of A Sheng that she had memorized was erased by Qin Wanyi.

But Qin Wanyi insisted that she didn't have any phone number.

And today...

Looking back, there was no one inside or outside the woods.

For a moment, Mr. Lu couldn't tell whether there really was such a child named Asheng, or whether his wife's illness had worsened again.

After entering the villa, Madam Lu went back to the bedroom to wash her face.

After dinner, she sat upright in front of the phone, clutching her beloved pocket watch.

"Ah Sheng said he would call me after he finishes his homework at 7 o'clock."

Madam Lu muttered, raised her eyes and waved to Mr. Lu, "Come quickly, old man, you will be able to hear Ah Sheng's voice in a while!"

I looked up at the clock and it was still an hour until seven o'clock.

Afraid of the phone ringing.

I’m even more afraid that the phone won’t ring.

Mr. Lu responded, feeling more uncomfortable than ever before.

The seconds tick by and the minute hand moves slowly.

When the clock pointed to seven, the phone was still silent.

Seeing disappointment on his wife's face, Mr. Lu hadn't even uttered a word of comfort.

The phone started ringing.

(End of this chapter)