After paying respects to Xiaohuai, Shen Yanhe returned to her mother’s grave.
Shen Zhong was kneeling on the ground, burning paper money into a silver basin, speaking softly with a gentle expression, his eyes slightly red.
It seed he had just cried.
Shen Yanhe sighed and softly said, "Dad, it’s getting late, we should head back."
"You go ahead." Shen Zhong slightly turned his head and showed Shen Yanhe a very tender smile, "I’ll stay with your mom a little longer."
Shen Zhong threw all the paper money he was holding into the silver basin to burn it, his gaze affectionate, his voice carrying a hint of reminiscence, "In the past, your mom always complained that I was always imrsed in the lab, not taking her out on dates."
"She also complained about not having ti to take her to see movies, not spending ti with you, and she was quite upset with several tis."
"Around your birthday that year, I had actually submitted a vacation request to the lab, and they had approved my leave..."
Shen Zhong opened his mouth but could not continue.
Fate is cruel.
Shen Zhong blinked, drying the tears in his eyes, and waved to Shen Yanhe, "You go ahead, I’ll stay with your mom for a bit longer, and then, I’ll head back to the lab."
Shen Yanhe saw his already greying temples and felt a complex emotion, murmuring softly in acknowledgnt.
She knew Shen Zhong now needed a quiet space, undisturbed by anyone.
"By the way." Shen Zhong suddenly rembered sothing else he hadn’t ntioned, he quickly called out to Shen Yanhe and Fu Yanhe, who were about to leave, "I bought an apartnt in the old downtown area, it’s a gift for you."
"The property deed and keys are on the coffee table. If you have ti today, go and have a look."
Shen Zhong had also just found out, after being discharged from the hospital and visiting his previous ho, that the old neighborhood had been demolished and turned into a park.
Next to the park, a new residential area had been constructed.
Nostalgic, Shen Zhong had checked out the security facilities and ensured the anities were complete in that new apartnt complex before settling on a new apartnt to give to Shen Yanhe as a wedding gift.
Shen Yanhe was stunned and began to refuse.
Shen Zhong, knowing what she was going to say, smiled and said, "As a father, I haven’t bought you many nice things over the years, and I only added a few billion to your dowry."
"There’s still not much in terms of real estate. This apartnt is a token of dad’s affection, I hope you won’t disdain it."
With him saying this, Shen Yanhe felt unable to refuse and could only nod, "Thank you, Dad."
"Then, Yanhe and I will go take a look first, and you should head back early."
Shen Zhong nodded, "Go on, go on."
After leaving the cetery, Fu Yanhe opened the car door for Shen Yanhe and watched her head as she got into the car.
"I’ve already had Wu Fang bring the keys and property deed there, let’s drive there first."
Just as Fu Yanhe sat beside her, Shen Yanhe’s stomach grumbled loudly.
Shen Yanhe instinctively covered her belly, which had started to show, and said sowhat helplessly, "I’m a bit hungry."
Her body was getting heavier by the day, and although she didn’t have much morning sickness, she was often tired and hungry, needing to eat five or six als a day.
Sotis, she even got up in the middle of the night to snack.
Fu Yanhe, with a gentle smile in his eyes, took out a bag of bread and dried sweet potatoes that he had prepared earlier from a box, opened the packaging, and handed it to her, his voice soft, "I had Aunt Liu from ho make these, they’re healthy and additive-free."
Shen Yanhe smacked her lips and took a bite, "Do you want so?"
"I’m not hungry yet." Fu Yanhe shook his head slightly and opened a bottle of milk, handing it to her, careful not to let her choke.
"You eat sothing to fill your stomach first, then we’ll see the house and go eat, or should we go see it after eating?"
"Let’s go first," Shen Yanhe stuffed a few bites of bread in her mouth, she wasn’t so hungry anymore, "otherwise I’ll keep thinking about it."
"Mm," Fu Yanhe wiped her mouth with a tissue and instructed the driver to start the car.
An hour later.
The car arrived at the community.
Seeing the weather was good, Shen Yanhe planned to walk in with Fu Yanhe, which was a good opportunity for a little walk and exercise.
Along the way, she introduced Fu Yanhe to places she had often visited as a child.
Shen Yanhe’s eyes curved and her lips carried a smiling tone, "When I was little, I lived here and often played hide and seek with kids in the neighborhood."
Fu Yanhe walked beside her, listening to her stories about her childhood, slowly making their way further inside.
The more he walked, the more familiar the environnt around him seed.
Fu Yanhe’s expression took on an odd shade as he observed the surroundings.
This place resembled a community he had accidentally entered as a child when he sneaked out.
Shen Yanhe didn’t notice the change in Fu Yanhe’s expression and continued cheerfully,
"There used to be an abandoned ice cellar nearby. While playing hide and seek, I accidentally ran into it, and after I went inside, I found that soone had already hidden there."
Upon hearing soone had hidden there, a secret excitent began to surge in Fu Yanhe’s heart.
He gripped Shen Yanhe’s hand a bit tighter and asked eagerly, "Who was hidden there? What did he look like?"
"It was a little boy. When I found him, he was all dirty and barely alive, lying on the ground," Shen Yanhe tilted her head slightly, recalling the mont.
"At the ti, I thought it was one of the kids playing hide and seek with who had hidden there and passed out from the cold, so I quickly carried him out and called for adults."
"My dad happened to be there, and he took him to the hospital. I originally wanted to visit him, but then my dad told the little boy’s family had already taken him away."
Shen Yanhe shrugged, "I was quite happy to know he was okay ..."
As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Fu Yanhe and upon lifting her eyes, she saw his deep gaze, fixedly staring at her.
Shen Yanhe tilted her head in confusion, "Why are you looking at like that?"
"It turns out, the little girl who rescued from the ice cellar was you," Fu Yanhe’s chest was filled with indescribable emotions as he tightened his grip on Shen Yanhe’s delicate palm, "It was you."
Shen Yanhe was stunned for a mont, her eyes widened in shock as she realized, "The little boy I rescued from the ice cellar was ... was you?"
Fu Yanhe nodded emphatically, "It was ."
Without waiting for Shen Yanhe to ask, Fu Yanhe simply recounted the events of that ti.
Shen Yanhe opened her mouth, full of astonishnt, "No wonder you left without saying goodbye to at the ti ... So that’s what happened."
"All these years, I’ve been looking for the little girl who saved , wanting to help her sohow," Fu Yanhe cald the tumultuous emotions in his heart and continued, "Unfortunately, I never found her until I t you."
"So much has happened, I couldn’t sort out my feelings, so I left this matter entirely to Si Fang to handle, looking for traces of that little girl."
"I never expected, she was right beside ." Fu Yanhe couldn’t help but smile, his dark pupils sparkling with a glint of bright stars.
He never expected that the life-saving benefactor he had been looking for all along had always been right beside him.
The bond between him and Shen Yanhe, it seems, had begun so much earlier.
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