An afternoon passed just like that. When it was time for dinner, Lin Qingyi packed some food for him in advance. Since they still had to stay at the old house in the suburbs, she didn't plan to stay too late.
She pushed open the door, stood still, and glanced at the man on the bed one last time. Unexpectedly, he was also looking at her. She waved goodbye to him.
When I returned to the old house, I found that my mother, who had gone out with me, still hadn't come back.
The plan was for the two of them to pack up the things in the old house together. Now that Grandpa is gone, there's nothing left in Jiangcheng worth cherishing.
This house is old and dilapidated. Even if I return to Jiangcheng in the future, I will not live here again. Moreover, judging from my mother's expression, it's probably not that she doesn't want to come back.
In fact, Lin Qingyi had no idea why her mother was unwilling to come back. She only knew that every time her mother returned from Jiangcheng, she always had a sad and distressed look on her face.
Lin Qingyi thought: Since this place is so painful, I should leave!
Perhaps because the world was relatively quiet, Lin Qingyi was also indifferent and didn't particularly want to stay there, as if anywhere was fine with her.
But now she felt a stronger urge to stay. This time, she probably wouldn't come back, and she'd never see Ang again...
From the beginning in a foreign land to their chance encounter in Jiangcheng, she had already saved this man twice, each time leaving him covered in blood. Although she longed to get closer, she still hesitated.
At this moment, Lin Mei sat in the private room of the restaurant, looking at the man opposite her, her fear hidden beneath a cold expression.
But the man opposite her smiled and handed her a menu.
"Long time no see? It must have been 20 years, right?"
Lin Mei frowned, looking at the man opposite her. "Sun Jiming, what do you want? Didn't you say you never wanted to see me again? Don't worry, I'm leaving soon after I come back. You don't need to worry about me getting into any trouble."
Sun Jiming carefully examined the woman in front of him; she was still as beautiful as ever.
Perhaps it was the strange experience of not seeing her for a long time or finding her again, but he felt that the middle-aged woman in front of him had been polished by life and had developed a unique charm.
Lin Mei was a school beauty in the past, and she still looks charming.
Sun Jiming: "Hey... why do you say that? It's been so long since we last met. You're acting like enemies. We were just catching up, nothing more. It's not easy for a woman to raise a child alone."
He took a card out of his pocket and pushed it in front of her.
Lin Mei's hands, hidden under the table, clenched so tightly that her nails dug deep into her flesh.
“No need, I can make money myself. I don’t need Minister Sun to be so polite. She would have grown up without Minister Sun’s help.”
But deep down she already hated the man in front of her.
Seeing his reaction, Sun Jiming's face showed a hint of helplessness.
"Keep it. Consider it my apology to you and your daughter. If it weren't for what happened back then..."
"Don't mention those things, they have nothing to do with you, they've blocked Minister Sun's path to promotion because of us, mother and daughter."
After saying that, she regretted it a little. If he could find her, he would know that Qingyi had also come back with him. What if he came looking for Qingyi?
Seeing that the man hadn't gotten angry yet, she explained, "Thank you, Minister Sun, for sending my daughter and me abroad back then. Otherwise, I'm not sure if I would have had such an opportunity in this lifetime. I'm back this time to attend to my father's funeral. I'll leave after that. I have some things to do, so I'll be going now."
After saying that, she grabbed her bag and ran out. In Sun Jiming's eyes, she was a queen fleeing in panic, which made him feel a sense of inexplicable pride.
Lin Mei could have easily not come today, but someone with Sun Jiming's temperament...
If I directly resist him, I might anger him.
They need to leave quickly...
When Lin Mei returned to the old house in the western suburbs, Lin Qingyi had already neatly finished up a lot of things.
She suppressed the slightly flustered expression on her face and looked at her.
When Lin Qingyi saw her mother return, she communicated with her using sign language.
Lin Qingyi: [Mom? Where did you go today?]
Lin Mei: [Going to see an old friend. Everything's packed? That's fast!]
Lin Qingyi: [Okay, we can have someone come and move everything out tomorrow. When are we going back?]
She keenly noticed that her mother's mood was off, but didn't ask any further questions.
Lin Mei: [We'll go back to the city for a couple of days. You can stay here and look around. Someone's coming to see the apartment tomorrow, so we can go back as early as the day after tomorrow.]
Lin Qingyi nodded, a vague, indescribable emotion stirring within her.
Lin Mei knew clearly that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, she would probably never return. It was better to let Lin Qingyi see more of this place that could hardly be called her hometown.
Amidst a room full of clutter, Lin Mei lay on the bed, recalling the year she met, fell in love with, and separated from Sun Jiming.
No! They were not in love at all. Otherwise, why would a man let himself have a child before marriage, and why would he risk his child's life to force her to leave?
This is absolutely absurd and ridiculous.
That year, Lin Mei was just a freshman in college, but she was selected as the campus star because of a prank by her roommate.
What followed was the school's various publicity campaigns abroad, and it was at this time that he first met Sun Jiming, who was visiting the school's School of Business.
She met Sun Jiming while working as his guide and host.
After that incident, Sun Jiming somehow found his phone number.
What does a college student know about love? She's just being fooled by a man who's been working for a few years.
She even had sex with him under such circumstances and got pregnant.
When Sun Jiming found out she was pregnant, she was very happy. She said that after the graduate had the baby, she would get married and he would introduce her to a decent job so that they could get married.
How naive!
Lin Qingyi was born not long ago, but he started socializing every day in order to get a promotion. Every night, she not only had to take care of a child, but also a drunk man.
But she loved him, and so she tirelessly did the things that would be condemned by many full-time housewives today, without even a formal title.
But later, he came home later and later, and even went out to live alone because Lin Qingyi cried and made a fuss in the middle of the night a few times.
She thought it was really because her daughter's crying in the middle of the night had disturbed her dreams.
But she later learned that it was actually the mother and daughter who were blocking his path to advancement.
She would never forget the panic she felt when she returned home to find Lin Qingyi missing. She called Sun Jiming, and the man's cold tone told her that she either had to leave with her daughter or separate from her.
How could he do that! That's their child!
Tears streamed down her face and fell onto the pillow. She heard that Lin Qingyi beside her was already fast asleep.
Looking at Lin Qingyi's face, Lin Mei was relieved that she had grown up healthy and was now her only hope in the world.
We must leave quickly!
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