When Vanessa came back from the evening class, her aunt and two children fell asleep, only the light in Winnie’s room was still on.
Vanessa opened Winnie's door and then gently closed it.
"Sister, are you still working?”
Vanessa asked softly.
"Yes, have you had your supper?"
Winnie turned around and asked Vanessa.
"Yes, I had with my classmates."
"Sister, does Leo like you? If you can’t be with Brian, why don’t you…"
"I can’t be with Leo either. Aunt talked with me about that today, so you don't have to say that. I won’t be with Brian and I won’t be with Leo. He hurt me once. How would I be with him?"
"Don’t mention it any more. I'll never find a boyfriend again in my life."
Winnie did not want to talk about men. She had been hurt by men and did not get hurt again.
"Sister, but you'll be alone. The children will grow up and leave you. What will you do then?"
Although Winnie had said that, Vanessa persuaded her, it was for the sake of her sister.
"I will live alone. I am not the only lonely person in the world. It's getting late and you have to go to school tomorrow. Go to sleep."
Winnie said with impatience. She did not want to worry about it. She believed that no matter who left, she could face the reality.
After Vanessa left, Winnie sighed a long sigh.
Though her troubles were much less after Penny was put in prison, her heart was never at peace. Now she had finally decided to forget Brian, but everyone came to remind her...
It made her heart more uneasy.
Now she saw the truth and just wanted to put all her energy on the child, only hoped that Brian could be happy and that Leo could find his true love as soon as possible.
She had been ready for being a lone for a lifetime. She had been so before she met Brian.
Felix took Brian's hukou back. In order to avoid Wendy to bother him, he really went to the nursing home to stay for a period of time.
But he did not take Rufus with him.
This time he wanted Wendy to think if she would be good or arrogant in front of him.
Stella came to suburb to see her father and called Brian to bring Wendy over. Brian had to do so.
But without Winnie, he had no feeling of home.
The family first greeted, however Stella and Rufus disliked Wendy.
Stella found an opportunity to chat with Brian alone.
"I heard from grandpa that you can't register for marriage for the time being. Did Wendy upset grandpa?"
"No, but Grandpa's too sensitive. Wendy is such a straight shooter that she say whatever she wants."
Brian explained, but his grandfather did make him relaxed.
"It's good to put it off for a while. After all these years of parting, you need to get to know each other again. Brian, I don't think you are in high spirits. Did you quarrel with Wendy?"
Stella knew her brother well, but she did not ask directly.
"No, it is just I am busy and I am tired."
Brian find an excuse, in fact, he missed Winnie. Everywhere had the breath of Winnie, which made him miss her more.
"You are really tired of supporting Bennet Group by yourself. If you are too busy, I will take care of the wedding for you."
Stella loved her brother. If he was tired physically, he could take a rest, but if it is mentally tired, it was difficult to heal.
"It depends on grandpa, temporarily wedding is not needed. When grandpa is not angry, you can discuss with him."
What Brian said seemed not to be his own marriage. Now he was really in no mood to prepare for the wedding.
"Brian, you..."
Stella wanted to ask if Brian really want to marry Wendy, but before that, the two siblings' conversation was interrupted by Wendy.
"Brian, why bother your sister with our wedding? We had better prepare it ourselves."
Wendy seemed to be dissatisfied with Brian's contempt for the wedding. In her opinion, Brian should push off all the things and put all the attention on the wedding, after all, there was only one wedding in a lifetime.
"We will wait for grandpa to return my hukou."
Brian said aptly. There was no joy of reunion after a long separation, nor passion in those years.
Stella felt lucky that she did not say the words out, looking at Brian’s frowning eyebrows and Wendy unpleasant face.
She could see that Brian was not very interested in getting married. Otherwise, even if Grandpa took the hukou, he could not be prevented from getting married.
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