Qiu Xuelian was both surprised and delighted, and looked Chi Xia up and down several times: "I knew it, you looked familiar, and your name sounded so familiar too, so you are..."
Chi Xia nodded shyly.
Qiu Xuelian looked at Chi Xia, then at Han Junche, and said repeatedly, "Good, good, good! It's really good that you two can still be together and achieve a happy ending in this apocalypse!"
Qiu Xuelian stayed at Han Junche and Chi Xia's house. Seeing how loving Chi Xia and Han Junche were, she felt very comforted.
In the evening, Chi Xia and Xiao Weiba stayed in the room, leaving Han Junche and Qiu Xuelian, mother and son, alone so they could have a private chat.
Qiu Xuelian first told Han Junche about her experiences over the past few years. Not wanting Han Junche to worry too much, she didn't just complain, but tried to tell him some stories of finding joy amidst hardship.
Han Junche was a man of few words; most of the time, Qiu Xuelian did the talking while he listened.
After Qiu Xuelian finished speaking, he briefly recounted his own experiences. When he mentioned Han Zheng, he specifically looked at Qiu Xuelian's expression.
Seeing him like this, Qiu Xuelian smiled and said, "It's all in the past. I've been separated from him for over twenty years, and we have nothing to do with each other anymore."
Although she said that, when she heard that Han Zheng was under house arrest and in danger, she couldn't hide the worry on her face.
Han Junche sighed and said to her, "He knows he owes me. Over the years, he has never appeared in front of me unless absolutely necessary, and he has never let me call him Dad."
Hearing this, Qiu Xuelian frowned. She remained silent for a long time, as if she had made up her mind. She then looked up at Han Junche and said, "He is not wrong. Actually, I am the one who is wrong."
Han Junche was stunned for a moment. Qiu Xuelian sighed and recounted her entanglement with Han Zheng.
She and Han Zheng were truly in love, but married life was unacceptable to her, especially the contrast between Han Zheng's busy schedule and her own life revolving around the family, which made her feel unbalanced.
In addition, Han Zheng's job is unusual, and he is away from home for half the year, leaving Qiu Xuelian to take care of the child alone. Gradually, she couldn't stand it anymore.
The two had many big arguments. On several occasions, Han Zheng couldn't take it anymore and would go out again as soon as he got home.
Qiu Xuelian said with a bitter smile, "Looking back now, I think I was suffering from postpartum depression. I felt hopeless about him, about that relationship, and even about my own life. He couldn't persuade me otherwise, so he agreed to the divorce."
"After the divorce, I felt much better and started to focus on my career, leaving him aside. During that time, we had a relatively peaceful period."
"But later, I heard that he was going to remarry. I completely broke down. I found him but he wouldn't listen to his explanations. I forced him to agree that he could never see me again, never answer my calls or ask me about me again, and that I would disappear from our lives completely, or I would commit suicide with you."
“Back then, I was young and hot-blooded, and I couldn’t accept that he wanted to marry someone else. I never thought it would cause you so much harm. I was wrong, and you shouldn’t blame him.”
Han Junche remained silent for a long time after hearing this before speaking again: "And then? Did he remarry?"
"I don't know." Qiu Xuelian shook her head. "I never inquired about him again, and gradually I stopped hearing about him. More than 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye. I'm sorry to him and to you. You... be nicer to him."
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