Once the dizziness subsided, Wen Ruan closed the door and followed her mother and Song's mother into the room.
The two inquired carefully about Wen Ruan's recent work situation, and were very worried about her recent state. In particular, Wen's mother had always known about Wen Ruan's problem: once she started doing something, she would easily get absorbed in it, and it seemed that she hadn't slept all night.
Wen's mother took the opportunity to ask her questions, and Wen Ruan became flustered and stammered, not daring to tell the truth. She only said that she might have been under too much pressure at work recently and had not rested well.
However, Wen's mother saw through Wen Ruan's lie at a glance, but did not expose her in front of Song's mother.
Seeing this, Song's mother quickly urged Wen Ruan to go back to her room and continue sleeping, telling her not to worry about the two of them.
Wen Ruan had no choice but to follow their advice and go back to her room to rest.
When Wen Ruan woke up, it was already past three in the afternoon. She felt that she had slept very well, and it had been a long time since she had slept so soundly. She felt that since she went to university, she had become busier and the pressure had been increasing.
Wen Ruan could smell the enticing aroma wafting from outside her bedroom. She was starving; her last meal was the night before. She had originally planned to stay in bed a little longer, but when she heard her stomach rumbling, she had no choice but to resign herself to getting out of bed.
As soon as she opened the bedroom door, an enticing aroma of food wafted out, and she couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Hearing the voice, Wen's mother looked in her direction: "Ruan Ruan, are you up? Come and eat, you didn't have time to eat lunch, you must be starving?"
Wen's mother hurriedly invited Wen Ruan to eat. After that, she and Song's mother were busy for half a day, cleaning the house inside and out thoroughly. They guessed that Wen Ruan was too busy with work every day and didn't have time to live as elegantly as before.
Song's mother also helped out. In the afternoon, after buying groceries at the market, she asked Wen's mother to cook some delicious food to nourish her daughter-in-law.
The two of them worked hard all afternoon to prepare a large table of food. When Wen Ruan arrived at the table, she saw Song's mother setting out the meal. It was very lavish, with meat and vegetables, fish and meat, and it felt like it was almost Chinese New Year.
Wen Ruan felt a surge of warmth in her heart, and looked at the two of them with a smile: "Mom, thank you..."
Looking at the table full of food, Wen Ruan asked, "Is it just the three of us eating? Aren't Dad and the others coming? We won't be able to finish it all..."
Both of them waved their hands in unison. Song's mother said, "Don't worry about them. They're grown up, they can't let themselves go hungry. Let's eat first. If they really can't eat anymore, your mother and I will pack some to take back to them..."
Wen Ruan was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this. The three of them ate together, enjoying their meal and having a wonderful time.
"Ruan Ruan, you need to take good care of your health. Don't neglect your health for the sake of work," Song's mother advised Wen Ruan as she finished eating.
She and Wen's mother were talking about Wen Ruan that afternoon. In just one month, she had lost a lot of weight. Song Yan was away at training camp and hadn't returned yet. She was all alone at home, and no one was watching over her.
When Wen's mother thought of Wen Ruan's pale face when she first saw her, she felt both heartache and sadness, and her eyes even reddened while she was cooking.
Wen Ruan didn't dare to show it at first, but after she went back to her room to sleep, she finally couldn't suppress her feelings anymore.
Seeing this, Song's mother quickly comforted her, "It's all because Xiao Yan is too busy with work. Alas, it's our Song family that has let Ruan Ruan down..."
Mother Wen shook her head: "Don't say that. There's no other way. Not only is Xiao Yan busy, but Ruan Ruan is busy too. The two children have ideals and pursuits, so we have to support them. Besides, the work they do is not only for themselves, but also very valuable."
"We parents are overjoyed and extremely proud."
Mother Song nodded in agreement: "Yes, there are also people in the compound who study in Beijing, and they all go back and talk about Ruan Ruan's performance at school. The teachers value her highly..."
"The news about her skipping a grade to her sophomore year and being able to smoothly enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for her first summer break after her freshman year spread throughout the compound."
"You all know what kind of person my husband, Lao Song, is. Whenever he finally has some free time and goes to play chess with someone, he's always showing off all of Ruan Ruan's achievements. If I hadn't run into him at Lao Wu's house one time when I went to invite him home for dinner, I wouldn't have known..." Song's mother said, half with relief and half with pride.
After much discussion, the two decided that Wen Ruan would eat at the compound every evening after get off work to prevent her from eating carelessly by herself. On weekends, Song's mother and Wen's mother would come to their home to cook for Wen Ruan and supervise her to eat properly, otherwise, such prolonged consumption would definitely harm her health.
The two told Wen Ruan about their decision. She felt it was a bit troublesome and didn't want the two to go through all that back and forth. In the end, it was Song's mother who spoke up. If Wen Ruan didn't agree, she would just bring her family's Li Sao to move in with her. When Song Yan returned, Wen's mother nodded in agreement.
Upon hearing this, Wen Ruan had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Wen Ruan dared not let Song's mother and sister-in-law come to stay at her house. It would be fine if it was for a short time, but if it went on for a long time, not to mention others, Song's father would also be worried.
Despite Song's father's usual quiet, taciturn, and serious demeanor, Wen Ruan could sometimes see that he was very attached to Song's mother, and the two were very affectionate towards each other.
Needless to say, Wen's mother also had to go to work during the day, and she and Wen's father were at home alone at night. If she came to the courtyard, Wen Ruan was really afraid that Wen's father would come looking for her. Didn't she see that if anything happened to Wen's mother, Wen's father was always the first to rush to the scene?
Thinking of this, Wen Ruan felt a pang of envy. It was so wonderful that their parents, despite their advanced age, were still so loving. She wondered what the future held for her and Song Yan...
"I wonder when Song Yan will be back from training. We agreed it would be two months, but three months have almost passed in the blink of an eye," Wen Ruan thought to herself, missing him again.
Meanwhile, Song Yan is studying hard so that he can complete his training as soon as possible and go home.
Inside the classroom of the cadre school, there were about thirty people sitting. A middle-aged man stood at the front, saying that he was a leader from higher up who had come to conduct a spot check.
"Who is Comrade Song Yan?" the middle-aged man asked kindly.
Upon hearing the voice, Song Yan stood up, indicating that he was indeed Song Yan.
"Good, good comrade!" he praised loudly in broken Mandarin with a heavy southern accent, his face beaming with smiles.
"I heard that you're the fastest progressing comrade in this training. According to your training instructors, you've mastered all the documents, the spirit of the training, and the key points the best. You've always ranked first in every test!"
"You were a college student before, which school? What was your major?" the man asked.
The trainees below the stage were all very nervous, but they all looked at him with respect.
Only Song Yan remained calm and composed, replying unhurriedly, "Hello, sir. I graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University."
"Wow, a mechanical engineering student like you! You've mastered various economic theories and calculations so well. It's clear you've put in a lot of hard work." The man turned to the person next to him and praised Song Yan repeatedly...
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