Brimming with tears, Zhuang Zijin’s eyes flickered. She fell silent and had a melancholic look because she couldn’t figure out what their relationship was.
“To be honest, I’m not sure.”
Nevertheless, she had always enjoyed being by Cheng Yuwen’s side. She felt a sense of serenity whenever she was by his side. Although he was never a thoughtful and detail-oriented man, he had always been the man she could rely on. Thus, she felt a sense of security wherever he was around her.
“Yanxi, do you believe in reincarnation?” Zhuang Zijin asked in return.
She had never believed in reincarnation, but she had since changed her mind and hoped reincarnation wasn’t merely a myth.
“If reincarnation is real, I hope I would meet him earlier in my upcoming life. I want to be with him when he’s in his prime in life. I hope we get to start our family and spend the rest of our life together,” Zhuang Zijin denoted in a husky voice as she could barely suppress her emotions.
Finally, Zong Yanxi figured out the sort of feeling they had for one another. They were both family and lovers, but the affection they had for one another as a couple had only flourished late in life.
Does one really gets to live their life with no regrets?
The young woman thought to herself and held her grandmother’s hand as she asserted, “I have come across a particular quote on the internet. Your spouse in this current life is the one who had spent the entire life by your side in the previous life. Since you have been by Great-uncle’s side until the end of his life, don’t you think he’ll return the favor and take good care of you as your spouse in the future?”
She gave it a thought and turned the words of her granddaughter over in her mind. In the end, she finally linked the missing pieces of puzzles together and figured out the meaning behind her words.
“Yanxi, you’re not supposed to tease your grandmother!”
They spent the upcoming three days in the manor, but when they were about to leave on the fourth day, they came across Bai Yinning.
“Are you the one who has been managing this place?” Zong Yanxi asked her so-called uncle because the entire place was in great condition when they arrived.
Although there was no sign of anyone living in the manor, it was evident someone had been dropping by to clean the place and maintain it.
Since Bai Yinning lived nearby and was acquainted with the Cheng family, he was the only person Zong Yanxi could think of.
He didn’t bother to keep them in the dark either. Instead, he asked curiously as he was confused about their presence. “It’s me. What are you guys doing here?”
“We have dropped by for a visit.”
The man nodded in return and noticed she must have had brought her grandmother there because she wished to pay one last visit to the place that held so many memories of hers. It might have been one of the many things on her bucket list.
“How long is your stay going to be?”
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