Chapter 240 The Grand Finale
Song Xingzhi touched his nose: "Sister Chunxue guessed it?"
Zhang Chunxue took a small bite of the candied hawthorn, the sweet and sour taste spreading on her tongue: "Don't I know you well enough?"
Song Xingzhi's eyes sparkled: "Is it sweet?"
Zhang Chunxue held up a candied hawthorn in front of him: "Why don't you try it and see?"
Song Xingzhi looked around, then lowered his head and kissed Zhang Chunxue on the lips before chuckling, "Sweet."
Zhang Chunxue glared at him reproachfully, her ear tips turning slightly red.
It didn't matter how much the two of them joked around at night, but this was on the street.
Don't get caught; punishing them would be disrespectful.
Yet, a sweet feeling welled up inside her, like the taste of candied hawthorn berries—sour at first, then sweet, lingering and warm.
Snowflakes continued to fall sporadically, landing on the eaves, shoulders, and clasped hands, as if casting a soft glow over the moment.
Zhang Chunxue also noticed that after Song Xingzhi returned to the capital, he seemed to have returned to his youth. His eyes had a long-lost ease and brightness, and even his steps had become much lighter.
Zhang Chunxue thought that he was not even nineteen when he went to the countryside. Wasn't he still a teenager back then?
At that time, it wasn't the period of the large-scale educated youth going to the countryside. He really volunteered to go to the countryside with a lot of enthusiasm and went to their poor and remote village.
Zhang Chunxue even narcissistically thought that before those turbulent years, he actually had many opportunities to return to the city, and even before the Song family was demoted, he had countless opportunities to return to the capital.
The reason he didn't go back might be because of himself.
Looking at Song Xingzhi now, she felt a sudden realization.
The boy who fell off the oxcart and landed in her arms back then is now a mature and reliable middle-aged man.
Song Xingzhi noticed her gaze, turned his head to look at her, and his smile deepened: "What's wrong, Sister Chunxue?"
Zhang Chunxue squeezed Song Xingzhi's hand: "I just think you're good-looking, so I looked at you a few more times."
She whispered, "If only... if only we had met a few years earlier!"
If she hadn't gotten married back then, hadn't given birth to those ungrateful sons, and had met Song Xingzhi earlier, perhaps their fates would have been very different. There wouldn't have been so many missed moments, nor so much silent waiting.
She could even bear Song Xingzhi several children, including well-behaved daughters like Zhong Xiaoxiao and Zhou Mingli, and adorable sons like Song Yanshen…
She even thought how wonderful it would be if she were reborn before her marriage.
Song Xingzhi was taken aback at first, then smiled and said, "It's okay. No matter when we met, we still met in the end, and... I think it's fine as it is now."
"At least, Chunxue is still by my side."
Seemingly sensing the somewhat heavy atmosphere, he smiled again: "After all, I'm still several years younger than you, Chunxue! A few years earlier, I would have been a little kid who hadn't even grown up yet, and you wouldn't have even given me a second glance, Chunxue."
Zhang Chunxue chuckled: "You! How can you talk about yourself like that?"
Song Xingzhi smiled and squeezed her hand, his breath condensing into white mist in the cold air. "We still have a future, Sister Chunxue, that's enough."
Snowflakes gently landed on their hair, like a tender testament to the quiet passage of time.
Song Xingzhi pulled her along quickly, saying, "The snow is getting heavier... We can't go anywhere else today. I'll take you out to play again in a few days when the snow stops completely!"
"Okay! I'll do whatever you say!"
When the two returned home, Song Yanshen and the others were already up.
They've obviously finished breakfast and are building a snowman in the yard.
The two brothers were having a competition to see whose snowman was prettier. Zhong Xiaoxiao felt that Song Yanzhe was bullying Song Yanshen because he was younger, so she went to help Song Yanshen without hesitation.
As soon as the two returned, Song Xingzhi immediately made Zhang Chunxue a cup of hot tea to warm her stomach.
Looking at the laughter and chatter in the courtyard, Zhang Chunxue couldn't help but recall the thoughts she had just had on the street.
She couldn't help but turn to look at Song Xingzhi: "Xingzhi, what do you say, how about I have a child for you?"
Song Xingzhi had just taken a sip of tea when he heard this and almost spat it out.
"Sister Chunxue, why would you have this idea?" Song Xingzhi's expression became tense. "Didn't I say before that I already have Xiaoze in the family? I don't have any pressure to carry on the family line!"
"Besides, don't we already have Mingli, Xiaoxiao, and Xiaoshen?"
His expression turned serious: "Sister Chunxue, you're getting on in years. If you have another child, your health..."
Everyone knows that childbirth is a life-threatening ordeal for women, let alone Zhang Chunxue, who is over forty. The risks are simply too great.
Zhang Chunxue pursed her lips and remained silent.
Normally, women reach a critical point in their fifties, which means that as long as they want to have children, they can still do so even in their fifties.
At least in her past life, she saw plenty of news reports about women in their fifties still having children.
Of course, the medical conditions in the previous life are incomparable to those in this life.
However, Zhang Chunxue felt that there was nothing seriously wrong with her body.
She had previously discovered that her body was showing some kind of miraculous signs of reverse aging; at least she looked to be in her early thirties now, much younger than she was at this time in her previous life.
"Let fate decide!" Zhang Chunxue merely curled the corners of her lips. "I just... want a child with you."
Song Xingzhi's heart melted at her words. He moved closer to Zhang Chunxue, gently pulled her into his arms, and pressed his forehead against her hair: "Sister Chunxue, it's enough as long as you're by my side..."
"Besides, Xiaoxiao and the others are all grown up now. Even Xiaoshen, who is still young, can take care of himself..."
"If you have another child, then all your attention will be focused on the child..."
"I'll be jealous!"
Hearing Song Xingzhi's somewhat childlike drawing, Zhang Chunxue's regret was gradually soothed.
"Okay, I'll do as you say... but what if I accidentally get pregnant..."
Song Xingzhi immediately gave a friendly smile: "Sister Chunxue, I'll go get the family planning supplies tomorrow."
He wanted to prove through his actions that he did not welcome this so-called child.
Zhang Chunxue smiled and shook her head.
Outside, several children were still playing around, while next door, Zhou Mingli and Zheng Wenbi were teaching Zhong Yuanyuan to speak and walk...
Everything was so beautiful, so perfect...
Nestled in Song Xingzhi's arms, Zhang Chunxue felt the warmth of his embrace and gently closed her eyes.
Thank God, she was brought back to this world...
In the future, she will continue to be happy with Song Xingzhi...
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