By the ti Xu Musen had left, An Nuannuan watched his retreating figure, and her silly, cute face couldn't help but turn red again.
She took out her phone and dialed a number.
"Auntie Xiao, co pick up in a few days, I have sothing I want to say to Grandma..."
...
On the other end of the call, Auntie Xiao hung up the phone.
Although An Nuannuan hadn't provided any specific information, Auntie Xiao had already keenly sensed that sothing was amiss.
When Nuannuan spoke, she sounded three parts nervous, three parts delighted, and three parts shy, with the last part being like a well-tended cabbage in a greenhouse ready to feed itself to a wild boar.
No, it seed a young man with wild fire in him was about to carry away their little cabbage!
Muttering to herself, Auntie Xiao imdiately stopped her work and returned to the townhouse villa in the city center.
Entering the study, the old lady was sewing clothes that were for Nuannuan and her sister to wear in the fall.
"Xiao Xiang, why have you co back?"
Grandma looked up at her.
"Old Madam Liang, there's sothing I want to discuss with you."
Auntie Xiao cautiously phrased her words, "That... Nuannuan said she wants to co back for a bit in a few days."
"Isn't it just the beginning of the school term? This girl." Grandma naturally was happy to hear that her granddaughter wanted to co back.
She continued to ask, "Is sothing the matter?"
"There's no big issue, it's just..."
Auntie Xiao paused slightly before saying, "I think what Nuannuan wants to talk about is related to that young man."
The old woman's hands, working on the clothes, paused, and her wise old eyes moved a little, followed by a nod that wasn't quite a laugh or a sigh, "Ah, a young girl is finally growing up."
"Old Madam Liang, do you think we should talk to Nuannuan first or say sothing?"
Auntie Xiao said, being soone who had watched Nuannuan grow up; she naturally took such a significant matter to heart.
Although Xu Musen was more than satisfactory in many respects and Nuannuan had already been in contact with him for half a year, even though Musen seed inclined to make a move.
But it was always very proper, and it was also sothing An Nuannuan had implicitly accepted.
An Nuannuan's quick recovery was also due to his contributions.
Furthermore, his entrepreneurship journey over the past six months, including his conduct and ability to handle matters, as well as his patient care for An Nuannuan.
Actually, for the elders, money or family background wasn't important; as long as he was good to Nuannuan, that was enough.
"No need, this girl Nuannuan, ever since her mother passed away and she had to lie in bed for so long because of her leg injury, hasn't had soone to confide in for all these years. It's hard-won that she has finally found soone she's willing to be close to. Let's just co back and listen to what the girl herself has to say."
The old lady spoke slowly.
Auntie Xiao nodded, "I understand."
With that, she turned and left.
The old lady, however, no longer felt like continuing her knitting. In the past, when she knitted clothes for the two young girls, she felt that she could finish a piece in just a few days, perhaps because she was younger.
Now, it took her half a month to finish one.
She looked at her hands, now full of calluses, realizing she really was old. The clothes she made for the children got bigger and bigger, and they were growing up little by little too.
In her heart, the old lady didn't want the children to be exposed to certain things so quickly.
But how many more years could they accompany them?
Especially in the case of An Nuannuan, her life over the past years had been almost a blank slate regarding the exciting world outside.
The family could provide her with the best conditions but not a more colorful and enriched life.
Well, children were ant to grow up eventually.
Occasionally, they needed to experience the rain outside so they could truly mature.
As she thought this, she too picked up the phone beside her and dialed a number.
"Mom..." On the other end, a voice erged with a slightly weathered male tone.
The old lady sighed softly, "You, after all these years, are always busy outside and seldom co ho. These next few days, you should co back for a visit."
"Mom, I still have so matters to attend to here. Once they are settled, I'll be able to return... How are Nuannuan and her sister doing?"
"They're quite fine. Don't bother coming back; it's not a big deal that Nuannuan might find a boyfriend anyway."
"Wha, what?"
On the other end, the man's voice abruptly changed.
"Mom, you're not joking, right? How old is Nuannuan? How can she..."
"When you and Nuannuan's mother were expecting her, you were only a year or two older than Nuannuan is now."
"That's not the sa, children nowadays... Mom, I'll co back in the next couple of days!"
The old lady hung up the phone.
She smiled a little too; after all these years, her son had finally co across sothing that could make him drop his work.
It seed that this young man called Xu Musen might truly change their lives.
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