Ahri returned to her room, and her phone lit up with a text message: "Not home yet?"
I'm home.
Ah Li had just replied to a message when He Jingzhi called with a video.
Ahri was wearing very conservative pajamas at the time. She paused for a moment, thinking: Maybe I pressed the wrong button.
However, the video call still didn't end.
Ah Li then opened the app, and He Jingzhi, without his glasses, appeared on the phone.
Ah Li's heart skipped a beat, because He Jingzhi on the other end of the phone was completely different from the serious and earnest man he usually was.
Are you going to sleep?
He Jingzhi's voice came through the phone, deep and magnetic.
Ahri paused slightly, unsure how to respond. She suddenly realized she was a little nervous, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her pajamas.
Ahri spoke slowly, her voice trembling slightly: "I...I haven't gone to sleep yet."
He Jingzhi smiled slightly, as if he could see Ah Li's nervousness through the screen, "That's good, I just happen to have something I want to talk to you about."
"Can."
Ah Li nodded. She had never imagined that He Jingzhi would call her at this time, let alone communicate with her in this way.
The two started chatting, but most of the conversation was about work, specifically the project proposal that Ahri had in her hands.
As He Jingzhi spoke, he would also observe Ah Li's expression and find that the person did not seem impatient at all, and was even taking notes with a pen.
He almost laughed. He wanted to talk about something else, but it seemed that he and she had no other topics to discuss besides work.
Time flies, and before they knew it, it was already late at night. Ah Li felt a little sleepy.
He Jingzhi said, "If you're sleepy, you can go to sleep first. I should rest too."
Ahri then softly said, "Goodnight," and hung up the video call.
When the moonlight quietly shone in through the window, Ah Li tugged at the corners of her lips. She and he were both over thirty, and they were now practical and realistic. They were no longer as impulsive as seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys and girls.
Ah Li left her room and headed towards Lin Mo's room.
Lin Mo was already asleep in bed. A small nightlight was on by her bedside, her hands were placed in front of her, and she was covered with the blanket.
The exercises and textbooks on the desk were neatly arranged, but the glass of milk was missing.
It seems that Lin Mo took it to wash and put it back.
Ahri then closed the door and went back to her room.
On Sunday, Lin Mo was doing his homework in his room while Ali cooked for himself.
The original owner's cooking skills really posed a challenge for Ahri; the flavor couldn't be too strong, it had to be mild.
Ah Li simply cooked some food, and luckily Lin Mo wasn't a picky eater.
Lin Mo was also very well-behaved; after finishing her meal, she went back to her room to do her homework.
Ali also noticed that Lin Mo didn't have a cell phone at this time.
The original owner didn't buy her a phone or prepare one for her. This wasn't because she didn't have the money, but because she thought that once Lin Mo had a phone, she wouldn't be able to concentrate on her studies.
Lin Mo never once mentioned that she wanted a cell phone.
Students nowadays don't have cell phones, which is somewhat inconvenient, since teachers send most of their learning materials via mobile phones.
However, in the original owner's memory, she seemed to have told Lin Mo's teacher that either Lin Mo should copy those study materials, or the teacher should send them to her, and she would print them out and deliver them to Lin Mo, or the teacher should tell her which exercise book the printed materials were from, and she would buy them herself.
Lin Mo was listening to English words at this moment, and she would occasionally read along or make marks in her English book.
Ali didn't talk to Lin Mo about how he and He Simin were together that night, because there was no need to.
Lin Mo is a thoughtful child; she knows what she should and shouldn't do.
Ahri also has her own things to do, which is to continue to improve her project plan.
Tomorrow is Monday, and this proposal needs to be submitted.
Around 3 p.m., Ali drove Lin Mo to school.
After dropping Lin Mo off, when Ali returned to her apartment complex, she found an elderly woman waiting for her.
This elderly woman was the first person to help the original owner when he first moved to this neighborhood.
At that time, the original owner was sick with a fever and fainted. Lin Mo was still young and didn't know the original owner's phone unlock password, so he opened the door to find someone to help him. He happened to meet this old lady who opened the door and asked her for help.
The old lady was also very kind-hearted; she immediately asked her daughter-in-law to drive the original owner to the hospital.
Once the original owner recovered, she originally wanted to give the old lady a red envelope as a token of gratitude, but when she saw that the old lady was unwilling to accept it, she bought fruit and nutritional supplements for the elderly and delivered them to her instead.
On ordinary days, this old lady would also bring over some vegetables she grew.
The original owner and Lin Mo always remembered the old lady's kindness, and the two families would sometimes visit each other.
As soon as the old lady saw Ali, she came over, took Ali's hand, and said, "Ali, I have someone I'd like to introduce to you. This person is my cousin's son. He's divorced but has no children."
Ah Li quickly said, "Grandma Lin, I don't want to talk about these things right now. Xiao Mo is still young."
Because the original owner and Lin Mo both had the surname Lin, and this old lady also had the surname Lin, she often said that they might have been from the same family five hundred years ago.
Grandma Lin held Ali's hand and said, "Xiao Mo is going to college soon and won't be home much. You should listen to Grandma Lin and see him this time. Whether it works out or not depends on you."
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