Even though Meng Lixing’s family no longer lived in Xiaoliu Village, Meng Chuyue and her party still received a warm welcome from the villagers.
Perhaps it was precisely because the Meng family was absent that everyone was especially enthusiastic toward her.
Of course, this was not without reason.
One reason was that before she left Xiaoliu Village, she had a good relationship with most of the villagers.
She was hardworking, capable, and willing to help others, often assisting with farm work, and that’s how friendships were formed.
Certainly, that alone was not enough.
It was also because over the years, whenever someone from Xiaoliu Village went out to find work, she sincerely helped introduce jobs to them if their character was acceptable.
Most people are grateful and repay kindness; those who are ungrateful and heartless are, after all, the minority. Hence, many sincerely invited Meng Chuyue to their homes for a meal.
Meng Chuyue gave these people small gifts but did not accept any invitations to dine; instead, she took everyone around her old home and the fields where she used to work...
At noon, they found an open space for a picnic and barbecue.
Mi Hang also shared his life in Xiaoliu Village with everyone.
And he expressed his sincere gratitude to Meng Chuyue again, "...if it weren’t for my sister, maybe I wouldn’t have been able to continue my studies."
Song Enshu curiously asked, "Is that human trafficker still in jail?"
Mi Hang shook his head, "I used to think he was still in jail, but just now some villagers told me that he died ten years ago. Apparently, he was killed by another human trafficker after getting drunk."
She had not been concerned with Fu Peng’s whereabouts over the years and was surprised he died at a similar age as in her previous life.
What did this suggest?
Was fate unchangeable?
Just like Qin Weilan and Meng Wanhua, no matter how the butterfly flapped its wings, their early deaths could not be altered.
But Mi Hang’s mother, Qin Silan, was still alive.
So fate was not unalterable.
She would not...die young like in her previous life.
Even though she comforted herself with these thoughts, Meng Chuyue still worried she might not resist her destined lifespan.
Although she had the fortunate example of Qin Silan, she still feared.
However, she did not become passive because of this but cherished every moment and what she had now all the more.
In a flash, it was October 2016, the month when Shen Ci and Meng Chuyue’s three children turned eighteen.
Shen Ci and Meng Chuyue were both nearly forty years old.
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She knew Shen Ci felt the same.
Although they always comforted each other by saying that children have their fortunes and should not be worried over, which parent truly loving their children could really do that?
What was even more troubling was that they always reminded themselves not to favor one child over another, so as not to break the other children’s hearts, but both couldn’t help being slightly biased toward their daughter, Qin Yihan.
Even though she was the most composed and sensible of the three, precisely because of that, they cherished her even more.
They always felt that what they gave her... was not enough because she did not seem to need as much.
Fortunately, although they were a bit biased, their two sons also adored their only sister.
Their way of cherishing her was different from others’.
Others would protect their sister in every way, wishing to do everything for her.
As for them, they did whatever their sister asked, never refusing whether she directed them east or west, doing whatever she asked, abstaining from whatever she forbade, and often vying for the solo tasks she assigned to swagger and purposely provoke the other.
Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci sometimes seriously doubted whether these were two fools, yet paradoxically, both were business geniuses and martial arts experts, not to mention one being a genius musician and the other a genius doctor.