On the same New Year's Day, the Ye family home was deserted. When Ye Nuan returned home with her luggage, there was no one there. Even the dining table was covered in dust. It was clear that no one had lived in her house for at least a month.
But Ye Nuan was too lazy to care about all that anymore. She simply put her luggage aside, didn't even turn on the living room lights, and curled up on the sofa, drifting off to sleep.
Actually, she didn't sleep well because the sound of fireworks and firecrackers outside the window never stopped.
So, just like in the hospital, Ye Nuan spent the whole night in a daze.
She was woken up by the noise of the kitchen range hood, which was really loud, and she could also smell the aroma of noodles.
Ye Nuan woke up but didn't open her eyes. She thought it was just her hallucination until a familiar voice rang out: "If you're awake, get up and eat something."
Ye Nuan was surprised, but her pale face showed no change.
It was Chen Li, her mother, who was cooking a steaming bowl of egg noodles and placing it on the coffee table, topped with chicken and scallions—it looked and smelled delicious.
In the past, Ye Nuan might have been very happy, but now she simply got out of bed, sat down at the coffee table, and calmly picked up her chopsticks to start eating noodles.
Chen Li brought out another bowl of noodles, and together with Ye Nuan, they finished the steaming bowl of noodles on the morning of the new year.
The mother and daughter had never gotten along so well before. They didn't argue or say a word during their rare meal together.
Only after they had finished eating their noodles did Chen Li say, "I prepared a lot of vegetables and meat for you, and I've put them all in the refrigerator. It'll be enough for you to eat for a long time."
As she spoke, Chen Li took out an envelope from her bag: "There's five thousand yuan in here, enough for you to tide you over for a while."
"This house will be left to you; Mom won't sell it."
Ye Nuan listened quietly, simply giving a calm "hmm," before standing up to return to her room.
Chen Li: "Don't you have anything you want to ask?"
Ye Nuan turned around: "You're not planning to come back, are you?"
Chen Li's face was somewhat embarrassed and unpleasant, but she still nodded: "Given your situation, even though your father guaranteed your release, your younger brother still needs to go to school. He's still young, and he can't have a mentally ill sister like you. It would make him the subject of gossip at school."
"Besides, Mom gave you the house..."
Ye Nuan remained calm: "Are you afraid that I'll bother you if you stay here?"
Chen Li wasn't angry at all when she was exposed. She just smiled and said, "You have my blood in your veins. You are the same person as me at heart. So you can understand why Mom made this decision, right?"
Ye Nuan gave a bitter laugh. Yes, deep down they were all the same kind of people.
"Besides, Duan Ye is your trump card, but Mom is different. Mom has no trump cards. Since the Luo family is willing to sponsor all your medical expenses, why don't you..."
Perhaps Ye Nuan's gaze was too frightening, causing Chen Li to unconsciously shut her mouth.
Ye Nuan glanced coldly at Chen Li, then turned and went back to the bedroom, slamming the door shut behind her.
This startled Chen Li, who patted her chest and exclaimed, "What a heartless brat!"
That being said, she's definitely not coming back. She'll raise her son well, and as for Ye Nuan...
May you have good fortune.
And so, Chen Li left home.
Ye Nuan was the only one left in the empty house.
Ye Nuan seemed to have anticipated this outcome. She did nothing and said nothing, and then fell into a deep sleep again.
Life seemed to have returned to normal, and this was the happiest year in Luo Qingyuan's nearly thirty years of life.
On the fourth day after the Lunar New Year, the fourth day of the new year, Liang Mo's water broke.
Originally, Luo Qingyuan, Duan Ye, Duan Ze, and Shen Niannian had already prepared to return to Kyoto early in the morning, but unexpectedly, the accident happened so suddenly.
So the family rushed Liang Mo to the hospital.
Fortunately, the hospital had been arranged in advance, and the doctor was also arranged by Luo Qingyuan to be on standby at any time, so after entering the hospital, she was directly pushed into the delivery room, and everything seemed to be going smoothly.
They arrived early in the morning, and the whole family waited in the operating room until 2 p.m., but there was still no movement in the delivery room.
At that moment, a military green jeep drove into the Duan family's residence, and a tall, burly man got out of the driver's seat.
As soon as he stopped, Duan Renji shouted, "Mom and Dad, wife! I'm home!"
Duan Renji found it strange. In the past, everyone would have come out happily at this time, but now there was no sound at all.
But Duan Renji still carried the things into the house. He soon realized something was wrong, because he searched the house thoroughly and found that there was no one there.
Duan Renji scratched his head in confusion. He hadn't told anyone he was coming back today, just to give his family a surprise.
Finally, after Duan Renji moved all his things into his house, he called his father.
"Dad, I'm back. Where did you all go?"
Duan Kai immediately stood up: "You're back?! Where have you been?!"
Duan Renji: "At home."
Duan Kai: What are you still doing at home? Your wife is about to give birth! Come to the hospital right away!
Duan Renji was completely stunned, his hands and feet wouldn't obey his commands: "Huh? So fast?"
Duan Kai: "What do you mean 'fast'?! Get to the hospital right now!"
Therefore, Duan Renji hurriedly went to the hospital that Duan Sheng had mentioned.
By the time Duan Renji ran into the hospital, covered in sweat, it was already around 5 p.m.
"how's it going?"
Duan Ye: "The doctor said first pregnancies are always slow; I've been inside for over ten hours..."
Duan Renji couldn't calm down: "It's been so long? Have you eaten?"
Shen Niannian shook her head. She was the only one who ate some snacks; everyone else had no appetite and didn't eat anything.
Duan Renji: "This won't do. You all go eat. I'll take care of things here."
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