Xu Nian’an took it upon himself to grab a broom and willingly took on the task of sweeping.
Ji Ying was helping Xu Nianhua clean up the dishes.
Because it involved their family matters, Pei Yicheng and Pei Yining, the siblings, also sat aside in silence without speaking.
Pei Yicheng’s gaze faintly followed Xu Nianhua. He wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but ever since Ji Shuyuan talked about going to South City, Xu Nianhua seemed not quite right.
However, as far as he knew, Xu Nianhua had never been to South City.
"Nianhua, you should go to sleep early too. We’ll set off for South City tomorrow. Mom has already gone to inform Dad," Xu Nian’an said, seeing Xu Nianhua sitting in the yard looking at the moon, assuming she was anxious about her grandfather’s situation and couldn’t sleep.
Xu Nianhua responded, looking at the radiant moon in the sky, feeling really troubled about going to South City tomorrow.
"You should sleep now."
Xu Nian’an urged, yawning, his eyes barely staying open, having woken up early these recent mornings, and now he was also sleepy.
"Elder brother, you go to sleep first; I’m not sleepy yet. I’ll sit for a while longer," Xu Nianhua said, urging him as she saw his eyes struggling to stay open, to go back to the room and rest.
After Xu Nian’an left, the yard quieted down, so quiet that the chirping of cicadas could be heard clearly.
Xu Nianhua closed her eyes and it seemed like a blaze erupted before her, the intense fire as though it was about to dry someone out.
In that fire, her appearance had been destroyed, her body severely burned. If not for her good luck having secretly saved a lot of blood and just then the hospital happened to have Panda Blood available, otherwise, she feared she might have already died.
In her last life, she had spent a lifetime looking for her lifesaver but had still not found him. When he rescued her from the fire, she vaguely saw a maple leaf-like scar to the left of his navel.
Knowing whether someone has a scar on their belly is extremely difficult; it’s not as if you could just lift someone’s shirt every time you meet a possible lifesaver to check their belly, right?
Therefore, even when Xu Nianhua eventually became wealthy and hired many people to inquire about this matter, it still ended with absolutely no clues.
The only thing South City left her besides the memory of her lifesaver was an endless agony and regret.
"The moon is quite bright tonight," suddenly a man’s voice sounded.
Xu Nianhua was startled and looked toward the sound, whereupon the towering figure standing on the garden wall was none other than Pei Yicheng.
"How, how are you there?"
Xu Nianhua looked at Pei Yicheng in shock, glanced at the nearby door, and then at Pei Yicheng climbing the garden wall. There was a door; why would he need to climb the wall?
Pei Yicheng leapt, grabbed a branch in the yard, agilely climbed up the trunk, and then slid down in front of Xu Nianhua, so quickly that Xu Nianhua couldn’t react in time.
His tall figure stood before her, blocking a great deal of the moonlight.
"I just so happen to be going to the city tomorrow. Cheng Hao is going to drive a delivery truck, and I’ll drive another car, so you won’t have to squeeze into a bus," Pei Yicheng said just as.
Xu Nianhua immediately interrupted, "No, that would be too much trouble for you."
"What trouble? We’re also headed to the city. Yining even wants to go with you to the city for a tour. But don’t worry, I will arrange another place for Yining to stay. You wouldn’t mind taking Yining with you to the city, would you?" Pei Yicheng deliberately said so, not deceiving her, as Yining indeed wanted to go.