Rong Yan remembered that her adoptive mother's hometown was very cold in winter. She recalled carefully, and the word "Beicheng" unconsciously popped into her mouth.
“Yes, Beicheng. Xu’s mother’s hometown is Beicheng.” Rong Yan remembered her adoptive mother saying that the temperature in Beicheng drops to minus ten degrees Celsius in October. When the weather gets cold, her ex-husband would stay at home and not do any work, drinking all day long.
She runs a small business, and she has to go out no matter how cold it is. If she doesn't sell much, her ex-husband will make things difficult for her when she gets home.
Xu Nan never mentioned the child.
Rong Yan Music felt that things were not so simple, and Fu Jingsheng felt the same way, so the two decided to go to Beicheng.
Fearing that Rong Yan would remain too grief-stricken and unable to move on, and now that she had something to do, Han Yue was the first to step forward and offer her support.
She prepared several warm clothes for her daughter-in-law. Spring had arrived in Tiancheng, but snow was still falling heavily in Beicheng.
As Rong Yan looked at her mother-in-law's profile, the image of Xu Nan helping her pack her luggage before each business trip flashed through her mind.
She nestled on Han Yue's back and said, "Mommy."
Han Yue was startled by her daughter-in-law's sudden action. She patted Rong Yan's hand and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, it's just that the way you folded my clothes was just like how Aunt Xu does. Thank you, Mom." Rong Yan's nose tingled again.
Xu Nan touched her daughter-in-law's cheek: "Silly child, folding clothes is of course the same. In the future, Mom will bring your love with her own and give you two kinds of love."
"Yes." Rong Yan nodded vigorously, "Mom,"
In the courtyard, Gu Hannian finally waited for Rong Yan to come out.
She started making icing sugar to make strawberry candied hawthorns for Rongyan.
"Rong Yan," Gu Hannian called out.
Rong Yan walked over and asked, "Sister, are you making candied hawthorns?"
"Yes, I've been preparing this every day, just waiting for you to be willing to go out so I can make it for you. Xiaoyan, Mom says the taste of candied hawthorn is just like Mom's taste. We will always love you very much from now on." Gu Hannian took Rongyan's hand.
“Sister.” Rong Yan looked at the bubbling sweet soup in the pot. It turned out that everyone had been having a hard time while she had been staying at home these past few days.
"Sister, thank you. I'm sorry to have worried you." Rong Yan hugged Gu Hannian's neck.
"It's not just us, there's also Ye Jianming. He hasn't slept for days developing some game to make you laugh." Gu Hannian pretended to be jealous.
Rong Yan smiled through her tears: "It won't happen again."
The next day, Rong Yan went to the clinic.
Shen Xingzhi was seeing patients when she returned from her trip. She had a lot of work piled up, and then Xu Nan passed away. She only got back to work in the last two days.
Rong Yan brought Shen Xingzhi's favorite Black Forest cake and waited until the lunch break.
Shen Xingzhi came out of the office and saw her best friend sitting on the bench by the door.
"Rong Yan, when did you arrive?" Shen Xingzhi asked happily.
"I just arrived a little while ago. I brought you a cake, but I knew Dr. Shen was extremely busy, so I didn't dare to bother you."
"As expected, your own sisters love you the most. Are you busy this afternoon? If not, keep me company for a while. I don't have work until after 3 pm today," Shen Xingzhi asked.
"It's okay, I wanted to talk to you too. Tomorrow, Fu Jingsheng and I are going to Beicheng, and we might be staying for several days." Rong Yan told her best friend the whole story.
Shen Xingzhi said reluctantly, "Oh? I'm going out again. I was thinking of treating you to dinner this weekend."
"We'll have plenty of time later. You can treat me to my first meal when I get back."
“Great, it’s good to go out and relax. You’ll come back to being the optimistic and cheerful Dr. Song.” Shen Xingzhi said, hugging her best friend.
After eating a bowl of noodles at the cafeteria, the two of them went to the mall together.
When Rong Yan arrived, she learned that Yu Wenhao's birthday was next week, and Shen Xingzhi was preparing a surprise for her boyfriend.
When she thought of birthdays, she thought of Fu Jingsheng. Rong Yan checked the date and realized that Fu Jingsheng's birthday was only a month away.
She and Fu Jingsheng had known each other for so many years, but they had never celebrated their birthdays together.
"Are you going to buy clothes for Yu Wenhao? Wouldn't it be too unoriginal to give him clothes?" Rong Yan wanted to hear her best friend's opinion.
Shen Xingzhi looked around the men's clothing section and said, "Of course it's not just that there are no clothes. He came all the way to Tiancheng for me, and there are no other friends here. I definitely want to give him a proper celebration and prepare a birthday party. Next Saturday, you and Fu Jingsheng can make it back, right? It's more fun with more people."
Rong Yan was intrigued.
“We can come back anytime. We can go after Yu Wenhao’s birthday party. Shen Xingzhi and Fu Jingsheng’s birthdays are coming up soon. Should I prepare a surprise for them?”
"Of course I will," Shen Xingzhi said without hesitation. "You've never celebrated Fu Jingsheng's birthday, have you? We've known each other for over ten years, and you've never done it."
Speaking of this, Rong Yan lowered her head. In college, she wanted to secretly give Fu Jingsheng a gift, but she never had the courage.
After graduating, she married Fu Jingsheng, but was kicked out of the Fu family before Fu Jingsheng's birthday. For the next seven years, she remembered Fu Jingsheng's birthday every year, but always pretended not to know.
Rong Yan sighed: "You two have had a pretty rough time. You've never celebrated your birthdays in all these years. Fortunately, Fu Jingsheng is doing well now. If you plan a birthday party for him, he'll be overjoyed."
The two of them decided to sit down in the mall's rest area and discuss their birthday plans.
After reaching a decision, we continued buying clothes.
Rong Yan also bought two shirts for Fu Jingsheng.
Then I booked a hotel for a month later.
In addition, Rong Yan went to a jewelry store and bought a ring.
Everything was being done quietly. In order to keep Fu Jingsheng from finding out, she placed the prepared items in the clinic's office.
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One week later.
Rong Yan and Fu Jingsheng only found out the district where Xu Nan's hometown was located in Beicheng.
In such a large city, finding a place to live is not an easy task, so Rong Yan was not in a hurry.
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