"We're almost at Mocheng's school. Don't cry anymore. What will Mocheng think of you later?”
"Hmm, do you think I can do this? You can't tell, right?" Chen Muyun wiped away her tears and raised her head, trying her best to maintain a smile at Shen Tianling.
Shen Tianling glanced at it and said casually,""It might be fine after a while, but remember to stop crying!”
"Yes." Chen Muyun nodded.
The car stopped at the entrance of City G's No.1 Middle School. Shen Tianling and Chen Muyun got off at the school gate. This was not the first time they had come to this school. When Silent Cheng first started school, they had wanted to send him to school, but Silent Cheng insisted on coming alone, so they compromised. The first time they came here was when Silent Cheng had finished his military training. Chen Muyun was worried about Silent Cheng, so she came to the school to see him. However, Silent Cheng only asked them to wait for him outside the school, so they could only wait for him outside the school every time they came. Chen Muyun took out her phone and dialed Shen Mocheng's number.
"Aunty!"
"Mocheng, your dad and I are at the entrance of your school. Come out now!”
"Alright."
" No need…" She didn't need to bring her luggage, but the call was hung up again. Chen Muyun could only sigh.
"Let him be. I'll tell him later!”Shen Tianling watched helplessly. He did not know what to do with his son.
Shen Mocheng quickly walked to the school gate. His expression was still indifferent, even though he was facing his closest family.
"Aunty, Dad!"
"Mocheng, Aunty misses you so much!" When Chen Muyun saw Shen Mocheng, she went up to him and hugged him excitedly. Seeing that he was only carrying a backpack, she heaved a sigh of relief. "Let me take a good look at you. Why did you lose so much weight when I wasn't by your side?”
"Aunty, I can go back by myself. You don't have to come all the way here to pick me up!”
"Mocheng, your aunt is worried about you!”Shen Tianling looked at his son, who had lost weight again. He was worried about him too. It was just that a man's heart had to be tough. Even if he was really worried, he was not good at expressing it directly. Perhaps, the apathy of silence was inherited from him.
"I know."
"Mocheng, you haven't eaten yet, right? Let's go eat first. Aunty will bring you to eat delicious food to nourish you!”
"Yes."
"Get in the car!"
Chen Muyun and Shen Mocheng sat in the backseat while Shen Tianling drove. As soon as Chen Muyun got into the car, she pulled Shen Mocheng's hand and asked him about his well-being. Shen Mocheng still replied briefly, but his heart was filled with warmth and happiness. Shen Tianling sat in the driver's seat and drove quietly. He listened to their conversation and interrupted them from time to time, but he could only remain silent. However, he was still very happy. His son and wife were sitting behind him. They were now a family.
They came to a hot pot restaurant with a unique environment. In this cold winter, it was extremely blissful for a family to eat hot pot together.
"Give me a pot of clear soup. Remember not to add garlic and onions. Don't put too much oil.”Chen Muyun carefully instructed the waiter as she flipped through the menu. Because of their silence, their family had a bland taste.
"Mocheng, see what you want to eat and order more!”
"Aunty, you know what Dad and I like to eat.”
"Alright, then I've decided!" Then, she marked the dishes that Shen Wencheng and Shen Tianling liked on the menu. What they loved to eat was what she loved to eat. The latter half of her life was only for these two men in front of her. One was her current husband, and the other was the son of her husband and her sister, Chen Muqing. He was also her son.
"Alright, that's all." After Chen Muyun finished ordering, she handed the menu to the waiter.
"Alright, please wait a moment!"
"Mocheng, your aunt and I came to pick you up this time because we have something to discuss with you.”
"Dad, what is it?"
"It's just that we want to…"
"Tianling, let me say it!" Chen Muyun stopped Shen Tianling from expressing himself. She looked at Shen Mocheng and smiled gently." Mocheng, I'm worried about you living alone in G City. The food in the school cafeteria is not nutritious. Look at you. You've lost so much weight in just a short time. If you continue to be like this…What will your aunt and your father do?" "So, I've decided to quit my job and come to City G to take care of you. We've already communicated with your form teacher. He agrees to let you attend day school. We'll rent a house outside your school. I'll be responsible for your three meals every day. If you're busy with your studies, I'll send you to school. This way, it won't affect your studies, okay?"”
"Aunty, I can take care of myself. You don't have to do this!”
"Mocheng, when you insisted on coming to school, your father and I gave in to you. When you insisted on coming to school alone, your father and I also gave in to you. I know you want freedom, but Aunty didn't interfere with you. But this time, can you listen to your aunt? Youngest aunt feels really bad seeing you like this.”Before Chen Muyun could finish, she couldn't control the tears in her eyes. "Back then, when your mother left, she left you in my hands. She wanted me to take good care of you, but I was so useless. I couldn't take good care of you, and I'm already very sorry to your mother. Now, you have to go to school alone and live alone in a strange city. How am I supposed to explain this to your mother? Mocheng, these three years…can I stay here with you?”After she finished speaking, she was already sobbing.
Shen Tianling was silent at the side, trying his best to endure the pain in his heart.
Mo Jingcheng was also silent. He knew that he felt guilty towards his aunt. After his mother left, she had been taking care of him like his own son. However, should he agree? He had wanted to go to school because he wanted to escape alone and be a heartless person in an unfamiliar environment until even his father and aunt felt that he was an extra. If Chen Muyun came to City G to take care of him, then what was the point of his choice back then?
"Auntie, if you take care of me, what about Dad?”
"Don't worry about me. I'll find time to visit you at any time. I can get someone to help look after the factory.”
"Mocheng, you…you agreed, right? Little aunt knew that Mocheng was the most obedient!”When Chen Muyun heard Mo Chencheng's reply, her tears immediately turned into a smile. "Don't worry, I'll make arrangements for your father! As long as you agree, we'll rent the house tomorrow and move your dormitory things over. After we're done here, we'll go home. After the new year, we'll come back together when school starts!”
"Okay, thank you, Auntie!" Shen Mocheng nodded. He couldn't bear to reject his aunt anymore. What was going to happen would happen. He didn't want to change anything deliberately. He had followed the arrangement of fate. Shouldn't he let everything go naturally?
"That's great! Tian Ling, did you hear that? Mocheng agreed!"
"Yes." Shen Tianling looked at his son. While he felt relieved, he could not help but feel sad. His son was still so young. How could he bear so much?
The whole family enjoyed the hotpot.
The next day, Shen Tianling rented a three-bedroom apartment outside Mo Jingcheng's school. The family went to buy some furniture. After two days of decoration, the previously cold and empty house finally became a home. There were three rooms. Mo Jingcheng and Chen Muyun each had a bedroom, and the remaining one was used as a study for Mo Jingcheng to study. The small kitchen became Chen Muyun's daily activity area. Chen Muyun was filled with happiness when she thought about how she would be living with Silent General here soon.
Winter vacation arrived as scheduled. Lin Xinlan and Lu Xiaoyue returned to their respective homes after parting ways. To Lin Xinlan, the winter vacation did not bring her much joy. She did not have any homesickness complex, or rather, she had lost the concept of home a long time ago. Home should be a warm harbor, a place where people would always be nostalgic. However, in Lin Xinlan's heart, her home was just a place that could shelter her from the wind and rain. There were her loved ones there, but there was no joy of laughter, nor the warm kinship that she longed for in her heart. Therefore, she had always wanted to escape from that place called home.
Lin Xinlan did not call her mother before she went home. It rarely snowed in winter in his hometown. It was often foggy and rainy, or the sky was cold and gloomy. It was neither dry nor humid. Lin Xinlan stood alone at the door for a long time. She did not know how to face her mother. She did not know what to say when she saw her mother after leaving home for so long. She did not know what expression to use to tell her that she was back. These were the questions that troubled her the most every time she went home. She stood there for a long time and did not enter.
When the door was opened, Aunt Lian, who was next door, came out. When she saw Lin Xinlan standing at the door, she was stunned for a second before she immediately shouted excitedly,""Xin Lan? Xin Lan is back! Why are you standing at the door? Your mother was just talking about you. She said she didn't know when you would be on vacation and when you would come. I was just talking about you and you came back. Now, I don't have to worry anymore! " You and your dad are both outside. It's not easy for her to be alone…" Auntie Lian kept talking. Lin Xinlan had mixed feelings in her heart.
"Auntie Lian, you can go back to your work first! I'll go in and see my mother first. I'll come and see you when I'm free!”
"Aiya, look at me. I was so focused on talking to you that I forgot to go back and cook for your Uncle Zhou and Zhiwei. I'll get going first. Oh, right, your Brother Zhiwei is back too. Come to our house when you have time. Auntie will make you delicious food.”
"Okay, take care, Auntie."
Lin Xinlan walked in after Auntie Lian left. Nothing had changed in the courtyard. On the left, there was a tall lampstand tree with only its branches left standing there quietly. Beside it was a small vegetable garden that had been surrounded. On the right was a small grape rack with a few withered vines wrapped around it. It looked a little decadent. Her mother had always been the only one who took care of the courtyard. She never left her side throughout the year.
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