If someone isn't mentally ill, no normal person would stand in the rain for so long.
Upon hearing Su Wan's words, Ye Xinning exclaimed in surprise, "I didn't say I was going down to see him!"
"If you don't go down, I reckon tonight, neither Shen Lin nor you will have a good night," Su Wan said calmly from the side.
Ye Xinning was at a loss for words, but Su Wan spoke up again, "Go ahead, you'll be up soon."
Ye Xinning hesitated for a moment, then put on a coat and went downstairs.
When she went downstairs, Shen Lin did not stand in front of the car, but sat on a bench downstairs in the community, his gaze still fixed on the direction of Ye Xinning's bedroom upstairs.
A voice came from behind him, and Shen Lin lowered his head and glanced down.
Upon seeing this, his gaze froze.
Ye Xinning was wearing pajamas with a white coat over them, her hair casually tied back, holding an umbrella, standing not far from him.
Shen Lin hadn't expected Ye Xinning to come down; it was completely unexpected.
He hurriedly stood up from his chair and came to Ye Xinning.
"Why did you come down?" He stared at her. It was autumn raining, and the weather outside was rather chilly. She was wearing a nightgown, and her calves were exposed. He frowned.
Are you cold?
Ye Xinning's gaze lingered on Shen Lin's face for a few seconds, then she smiled faintly, her tone calm and even.
"Isn't what you want me to come down?"
Shen Lin was surprised, his gaze complex. "That's what you're thinking?"
Ye Xinning found these words rather strange. What did she mean by saying that this was her thought?
"You've been standing downstairs in my apartment complex the whole time, and you don't even go back to your car when it rains. Didn't you just know I'd come down? Shen Lin, four years have passed, and you still like to use this kind of method to make me give in."
Shen Lin stared at her intently for a long time before speaking in a low, slightly hoarse voice, "I'm downstairs because I want to be closer to you and Mu Mu. I want to see how you've lived these past four years without me, and whether it's been hard for you to raise Mu Mu. I just want to get closer to you and Mu Mu from this moment on."
"That's all? Isn't this just to force me?" Ye Xinning clearly didn't quite believe what Shen Lin was saying.
“I know all too well what the consequences of forcing you will be, Ningning. I made the same mistake four years ago, how could I repeat it?”
Ye Xinning was stunned by Shen Lin's words. She never expected that such words would come from someone as proud and domineering as Shen Lin.
“Chen Lin, do you know that we are already in the past? Now, for me, it's best if you don't bother me.”
When you say "don't disturb," do you mean I should stay away from your life?
"Um."
Ye Xinning nodded. "Didn't you just say you wanted to know if I was doing well in Jiangcheng? Well, I'll tell you now, I'm doing very well. I have my job, and I'm raising Mumu. This kind of life, although ordinary, makes me feel at peace and allows me to find my value."
"Do you still love me?" Shen Lin asked the question again, and Ye Xinning looked at him.
After a long while, she finally said, "Chen Lin, go back. You don't need to be downstairs at my place, and you don't need to do anything to try to shake my decision. Our issues were settled four years ago when I decided to leave. You don't owe me anything, and I don't owe you anything. This reunion was unexpected, and since it was unexpected, it shouldn't affect our lives. You live your life, and I'll live mine. That's the best way."
After saying this, she picked up her umbrella, turned around, and prepared to leave.
Shen Lin had been in the rain the whole time, and his hair and clothes were completely soaked.
Even so, watching Ye Xinning turn and leave, he still stubbornly clung to the same question from before, "Ningning, you didn't answer my question directly."
Ye Xinning paused slightly after hearing this, and after a few seconds, she spoke, her voice calm yet powerful.
"Be calm and composed before loving others."
...
Ye Xinning returned home and put away her umbrella when Su Wan just came out of the bedroom.
Leaning against the door with his arms crossed, he looked at her and said, "You're up so soon?"
Ye Xinning put the umbrella down, straightened her clothes, and smiled faintly, "Otherwise what? Should I talk to him all night long down there, going through everything we've known since we met?"
Su Wan couldn't help but chuckle. "It seems this brief conversation didn't have much of an impact on your mood."
“If a conversation like this can have such a big impact, what will we do in the future? Wouldn’t these four years have been a complete waste of time?” Ye Xinning tilted her head, thought seriously for a moment, and then said this.
Su Wan pouted, "I just looked from the balcony, and Shen Lin hasn't left yet. What are you thinking?"
“If he didn’t leave, he didn’t leave. I’ve said what I needed to say. As for what he chooses, that’s his business.”
Su Wan was still somewhat surprised when she heard Ye Xinning say those words so firmly.
"I've noticed that you really are different now. Okay, in that case, let's go to sleep."
Ye Xinning walked over, exchanged a smile with Su Wan, and said, "Good night."
...
The next morning, Su Wan had nothing to do, so she said to Ye Xinning, "You go to work, I'll take Mu Mu to kindergarten."
Hearing Su Wan's words, Ye Zhimu's big eyes filled with joy and anticipation, "Aunt Wanwan, really?"
"Hmm, are you happy or not?"
"Of course." Ye Zhimu nodded emphatically. Every time Aunt Wanwan took her to kindergarten, she would buy her her favorite lollipop.
"Don't be happy, you're not allowed to buy lollipops." Ye Xinning said while peeling an egg, directly shattering Ye Zhimu's rosy expectations.
Little Ye Zhimu pouted and looked at Ye Xinning pitifully, "But Mom, I really haven't had candy in so long."
"Look at your teeth, they'll be gone if you eat any more candy." Perhaps every child loves sweets, and every parent worries endlessly about their child's teeth.
"But my kindergarten classmates have teeth problems even more than mine."
"Anyway, it won't work, so don't buy it for her either." Ye Xinning remained firm, not forgetting to remind Su Wan.
"Okay, okay."
Seeing that there was no hope of getting candy, Ye Zhimu felt a brief moment of disappointment, but quickly composed herself.
She was wondering if there was any other way to get her to eat the candy.
After breakfast, Ye Xinning and Su Wan took Ye Zhimu downstairs.
Ye Xinning didn't see Shen Lin when she went downstairs, and she didn't pay attention to when he left.
After saying goodbye to Su Wan and the others, Ye Xinning drove to the law firm.
During the morning rush hour, there were so many cars on the road that Ye Xinning was waiting for the green light at a traffic light intersection.
Just then, the car behind suddenly rear-ended her. Ye Xinning, sitting in the car, was caught off guard and her head hit the steering wheel. A sharp pain shot through her, and when she raised her hand to touch it, she felt a large bump.
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