Rong Yan pretended not to recognize the person: "Sorry, you dialed the wrong number."
She was about to hang up.
"Wait, I was able to find your contact information, which means I investigated beforehand and there's no mistake. Rong Yan, I'm in Tiancheng." The man called Rong Yan's current name again.
Rong Yan had no idea who the other party was.
"I am Rong Yan, but I don't know the Gu you're talking about. May I ask who you are?" Rong Yan continued to play dumb.
"That's true, they definitely won't tell you that. My name is Gu Hannian."
The man introduced himself and asked Rong Yan to meet him.
Gu Hannian, Gu Xiyuan, and Rong Yan probably guessed that the two of them were related to the Gu family, so they agreed to meet the next day.
Royal Water Bay.
Han Yue came back from playing mahjong in the evening.
Seeing that the old lady was also there, she stood at the door and didn't dare to come in. The woman thought she had returned to Puyue Mansion out of habit.
She retreated to the courtyard wall and looked again, confirming that she hadn't gone the wrong way.
"Mom, what brings you here?" Han Yue asked as she entered the room.
Even though Fu Jingsheng and the old lady are two generations apart, and she is the old lady's own daughter-in-law, she still doesn't like the old lady.
Fu Jingsheng brought the old lady over without even discussing it with her.
Han Yue sat next to the old lady and listened to her complaints.
She rubbed her ears; it seemed she still had to go on a trip, as her ears had been suffering at home for too long.
Seeing her mother-in-law getting more and more agitated, Han Yue interrupted, "Mom, now that you're here, don't dwell on unhappy things. Your health is the most important thing. The angrier you are, the happier they will be."
"Xiaoyue, you are so filial. Even though you're rarely home, you've never made me angry like that," the old lady said, praising her daughter-in-law.
These words didn't sound like a compliment to Han Yue, but she was too lazy to argue.
“Yes, I don’t like to meddle in other people’s business. Why don’t you do what I do and join a senior citizen tour to go sightseeing? Staying at home all day and getting involved in trivial matters is bad for your health. I’ll pay for it.” Han Yue knew that the old lady was not someone to be trifled with, and she had to get her away as soon as possible.
The son and daughter-in-law's relationship had just improved, but the old lady moved in and stirred things up again, which would surely ruin everything.
Although the old lady survived her stroke, she is no longer agile and will likely have to use a wheelchair to go on a trip.
She patted her leg: "That's it?"
"What's wrong with that? There are plenty of people who travel in wheelchairs, and some people with terminal cancer suddenly have a change of heart and want to seize the last moment of their lives to see the world."
"Mom, the outside world is really exciting, why be stuck in this little Tiancheng? Look at me, if it weren't so interesting outside, would I be away from home? I'll take you there, hire a couple of people, and they'll take good care of you." For her son's sake, Han Yue decided to sacrifice herself.
I'll come back when my son and daughter-in-law's relationship is more stable.
Han Yue described what it looked like outside for an hour, and finally persuaded the old lady.
When Fu Jingsheng returned home from get off work, he found that his grandmother was missing. He asked the maid and learned that Han Yue was taking the old lady on a trip and had taken her to the mall to buy clothes so that she would look beautiful on the trip.
Fu Jingsheng called Rong Yan and told her that her grandmother had gone out.
Rong Yan is already on her way back.
A short while later, Fu Jingsheng stopped the car.
The man opened the car door and carried Rong Yan upstairs in front of the maid.
"Grandma and the others just went out and won't be back for a while." Fu Jingsheng locked the elevator door and, as quickly as possible, took off Rong Yan's down jacket.
They got involved in the master bedroom.
He made up his mind that even if the sky were to fall, he would get this done.
Rong Yan was restrained in a chair with a tie tied around her wrists.
The chair faced the mirror, and the person in the mirror was completely at Fu Jingsheng's mercy.
Before even getting to the actual exam questions, Rong Yan was already trembling all over, her voice trembling: "Fu Jingsheng, you're bad."
Seeing that the woman was already completely dazed, Fu Jingsheng picked up a cup of tea, sat down next to her, and drank it while admiring her.
Finally, at Rong Yan's request, Fu Jingsheng finished the task.
An hour later, Rong Yan could barely walk.
When it was time to summarize the experience, Fu Jingsheng asked, "This time it was pretty good, wasn't it?"
Thinking that the man was deliberately teasing her, she stubbornly replied, "It's alright."
Fu Jingsheng's face instantly darkened. He needed to try harder to find a way to satisfy Rong Yan.
Taking advantage of the man's dazed state, Rong Yan slunk downstairs.
I'd better dodge now, or I might lose my life tonight.
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At Rong Yan's house, Xu Nan sat in the courtyard.
"Mom, why are you back? Didn't I say I'd come see you tomorrow?" Rong Yan draped a blanket over her adoptive mother.
Xu Nan touched Rong Yan's hand: "I don't want to stay in the hospital all the time, Ayan. Let me spend my last moments with you."
Rong Yan hugged her adoptive mother's neck: "Mom, your illness will only get better in the hospital."
She knew there was no chance of a miracle for Xu Nan's illness; the doctor had clearly stated that she had at most two months left.
Rong Yan refused to believe it; lying to her adoptive mother was also lying to herself.
Xu Nan was aware of her own body.
"My children, let me spend my last moments with you." Her eyes reddened. "My biggest regret is not being able to see you and Jing Sheng remarry, but thankfully I've seen you two reconcile."
“Mom, you’ll see us get married.” Rong Yan’s cheek was pressed against her adoptive mother’s. “Not only will you see us get married, but you’ll also watch Xiaoyu and the others grow up. You’re the maternal grandmother, how can you be absent? I can’t handle four children.”
Xu Nan gently touched Rong Yan's face with her thin, bony hands: "Mom, try to live as long as possible."
"Mmm." Rong Yan nodded, nestled in Xu Nan's arms.
After spending some time in the yard with her foster mother, Rong Yan escorted her back to her bedroom to rest.
The woman thought a lot after returning to her room.
After finishing their homework, Rong Shiyu and her friends went to play with their mother, only to find her sitting on a stool, lost in thought.
The four children gathered around their mother and asked her what was wrong.
Fu Yunting guessed that the old woman's condition might not be good, and she had gone home again. This time, there were many more needle marks on the back of her hand. Fu Yunting often received intravenous drips and took medicine, so he knew that those needle marks were left from medical treatment.
The more pinholes there are, the more severe the disease.
My older siblings are arguing with my mom because of my dad.
Fu Yunting wanted his brother to translate for him, but his brother was too busy talking to their mother to notice.
The little boy was very anxious.
His face turned bright red from holding it in.
After a while, Fu Yunting pulled Rong Yan and asked, "Mom, is it Grandma?"
He speaks very, very slowly.
"Xiao Ting, is that you speaking?" Rong Yan asked, looking at her youngest son.
"Mom, what's wrong with Grandma?" Fu Yunting almost bit his tongue, but managed to make a sound.
“Little brother, you can talk now?” Fu Yunlei hugged his younger brother’s face. “You really can talk.”
“Mom, is that so?” Fu Yunting repeated.
Rong Yan took a while to react. She hugged her son and said, "Xiao Ting, call me 'Mom' a few more times."
"Mom, I'm going to tell Dad that my little brother can talk now!" Fu Yunlei ran down from the second floor, shouting as he ran, "Dad, Dad!"
At Fu Jingsheng's villa, the man was investigating what was wrong when he heard his son's hurried voice and assumed that something had happened to Rong Yan.
He was rushing downstairs when he twisted his ankle and fell straight down the stairs.
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