Zheng Rong sent Song Yuqiao away, and then only Hua Zhen and Lu Luan were left in the room.

  Lu Lu leaned back on the sofa, listening to the door at the entrance closing with a creak. Suddenly, she bent down and fished out a lighter and a pack of cigarettes from under the coffee table. She shook out a cigarette and placed it between her lips, clicking the lighter into flame, and a pale blue spark sprang up.

  Hua Yun turned around, saw Lu Luan standing with a cigarette in his mouth, and frowned. He walked over three steps, snatched the cigarette from Lu Luan's hand, threw it to the ground, and trampled on it.

  Lu Lu raised an eyebrow and glanced at Hua Yun. He took out another cigarette from the pack, put it in his mouth, and just as he was about to light it, Hua Yun snatched the lighter from his hand and slammed it onto the coffee table with a loud "bang". "Are you done yet?"

  "It's not over yet," Lu Lao sat down on the sofa, "I'm addicted now, I want to smoke a cigarette to calm down."

  "What about the child? You're smoking in front of the kid, don't you know how harmful secondhand smoke is?" Huazhen said angrily, pointing at Afei who was still in his stroller.

  Lu Lu said: "Anyway, he doesn't understand now. He won't understand in the future either, it's better to die early and be reincarnated into a good womb..."

  Lu Lu didn't even finish her sentence when Hua Zhen slapped her with a loud smack on the face.

  Huā jiǎo shān Lú lù de ěr guāng zài zuǒ liǎn shàng, ér zhèng róng gāng cái gěi tā de ěr guāng shì yòu liǎn shàng, Lú lù liǎn shàng téng tòng le yī xià, què bù xiàng jiāng jìn zhèng róng shān tā ěr guāng de shí hou, lián ěr duo dōu wēng wēng zuò xiǎng.

  She curled up her lips, "You and Zheng Rong are really a match made in heaven. I'm also cheap, hit one side and stretch out to let you hit the other side."

  Huajing pushed Lu Luan towards the back of the sofa with one hand, and grabbed her thick long hair draped over her shoulder with the other, pulling it backwards. "Listen up, Lu Luan, regarding Yu Qiao and Ye Zenan's matter, although they've broken up now, the root of all evil is still what you did seven years ago! Don't deny it."

  Lu Lu retorted, "But didn't Song Yu Hui come back with amnesia? And he still remembered that wonderful time with Ye Ze Nan, and they got married. What's the result now? It's not my doing, it's their own fault."

  Hua Yun used a bit of force to pull her long hair back, "Lu Lu, now that this matter has passed, it's time to turn the page. But your attitude is still there, you should apologize to Song Yuqiao if you want to make things right with her. Otherwise, I'll tell you, what you'll lose won't just be Song Yuqiao as a friend!"

  "Is there anyone else? You and Zheng Rong?" Lu Liao smiled, but the smile seemed to hold too much bitterness. "Do you think Zheng Rong ever considered me a friend?"

  "What about you? Have you and Yu Qiao ever been friends?"

  This time Lu Lü didn't say a word, nor did she struggle. She simply let Hua Zhen pull her hair like that, unmoving, without saying it hurt or telling Hua Zhen to take her hand away.

  Hua Zhen loosened his grip, stood up and said, "The slap Zheng Rong gave just now was for Song Yuqiao, and this slap I'm giving you is for Ah Fei. Since you've already given birth to her, why are you pinching him, twisting him, and abusing him? Why don't you just go ahead and pinch him to death so he won't have to suffer in this world anymore?"

  Hua Xuan pulled up Lu Lu's arm, and her emotions were also fluctuating wildly. It wasn't just because of Lu Lu's attitude towards A Fei, but also because of the harm she had caused to Song Yuqiao and Ye Zenan in the past, and still hadn't repented.

  "Go on, go and get him killed, take advantage of him sleeping now, he doesn't know anything, and just die in his dreams! Euthanasia!"

  Hua Yun's emotions were also intense, she felt that Lu Lü's current behavior made her really unable to calm down, fortunately Song Yuqiao and Zheng Rong did not see this scene.

  What she can't bear most is to vent her own life's sorrow and resentment on the child.

  Lu Lu suddenly bent down and pulled Hua Zhen's arm, covering her face with her hands, and sobbing sounds came out from between her fingers.

  Then, from sobbing to wailing, that heart-wrenching cry, even if Hua Xuan had chased Pei Sheng for three years without success, she had never heard it from his own mouth before, but this time she heard it from Lu Lu's mouth.

  A Fei, who was still in the restaurant, seemed to have been awakened by the commotion and started crying too. Hua Shuang looked at Lu Luan, turned around and walked into the kitchen, picked up A Fei from his stroller, "Don't cry, don't cry, Mommy is crying and you're crying too? In a while, Mommy won't cry anymore, come hug you, good A Fei."

  Lu Lu looked at that child with tears in her eyes, who was really like an alien when speaking with Pei Huan Yu's innocent and naive words.

  She said to Hua Zhen, her voice choked with sobs: "Now Afei is one and a half years old, he can't speak, can't stand up, can't crawl, it's okay, there are adults to help him, but when he's two and a half, three and a half, four and a half years old, like Pei Hangyu's age, he still doesn't understand anything. What is in his brain now, what will be in the future... I need to take care of him all my life, take care of him until death... Oh no, maybe he won't die, but I'll die first, maybe if I jump off a building tomorrow, he'll become an orphan... Can you understand what I mean?"

  Huā jiàn turned around and coaxed ā Fēi to sleep again, with her back facing Lú Luò, but she could still hear Lù's words.

  "Do you know what I did today? Someone introduced me to a blind date, and the person who set it up is a cripple. Previously, they had heard that I have a one-year-old child with cerebral palsy, and after we met, they asked me to pay first, saying that with my condition, I wouldn't be able to find anyone better... I immediately poured a 50-yuan cup of coffee on their face... Lu Lu sneered, 'How dare you look down on me?'"

  Huā Jiàn let out a sigh and turned around, "A Fēi, I'll take him away for tonight to keep an eye on him. You calm down first, I'll bring him back tomorrow."

  Huazhen and Song Yuqiao had previously discussed some things about Lu Lü, also guessing that she might not have been doing well abroad in recent years. Now, she is alone with a child with cerebral palsy, definitely not doing well. However, the current Lu Lü is even more incomprehensible than before.

  So both people think that since they are friends, they should help each other out when they can.

  ………………

  Downstairs, Pei Su Cheng saw Song Yu Qiao and Zheng Rong walking out of the elevator from inside the car and flashed his headlights.

  Song Yuqiao saw Pei Sheng in the car and turned to Zheng Rong, saying: "Don't send me off, go take a look at how Hua Zhuan is doing."

  Zheng Rong nodded, "Some things have passed and it's best not to think about them anymore. As long as everything is fine now, that's all that matters."

  "Uh-huh, I see."

  Song Yuqiao and Zheng Rong got back on the elevator, then walked towards Pei Si Cheng's car, went around to the other side, opened the passenger door and sat down.

  Pei Si nodded and turned the car around, "Wasn't that just Zheng Rong?"

  "Hmm," Song Yuqiao said, "In high school, Zheng Rong, Hua Zhen, I and... our relationship was the best."

  "Is there something more...?" Pei Su caught the pause in Song Yuqiao's words.

  "Lu Lu, but I don't know if we can be considered friends now either."

  Song Yuqiao looked out of the car window at the dim lamp and tree shadows in the small garden in front of Shengting.

  Pei Si stopped the car and turned Song Yuqiao's face, which was looking out of the window, back to him, looking into her eyes, "What happened?"

  Song Yuqiao took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and only then told Pei Si everything that Fang Zhao had said to him today, as well as some things he had said when he arrived at Lu Luan's house.

  Pei Si nodded occasionally, indicating to Song Yuqiao that he was listening carefully.

  Finally, Song Yuqiao said: "That's it, I remembered everything that happened before. At that time, I was indeed unable to bear seeing Lu Luan and Ye Zenan go to bed together, so I left in a hurry and went abroad."

  Song Yuqiao did not look into Pei Shichen's eyes when she said these words, but instead lowered her gaze and looked at the collar of his shirt. She didn't know how Pei Shichen would feel after hearing these words, after all, Ye Zenan and his identity were there, but if she didn't tell the truth, Pei Shichen would definitely see through her lies at a glance.

  Pae Se-hee lifted up Song Yu-kyo's chin, and only then did she meet Pae Se-hee's deep, mysterious gaze.

  Song Yuqiao pursed her lips and continued, "It's also fortunate that something happened, otherwise I wouldn't have come to Vancouver and met you."

  Pei Si hooked the corner of his lips, and suddenly burst out laughing. "Even if we didn't meet at that time, we would have met later. If it's a destined thing, no matter how the process goes, the ending is the same."

  Song Yu nodded: "It's destined."

  Two people who didn't believe in fate surprisingly believed in destiny at this moment.

  The car had just started when a person standing by the side of the road suddenly waved at the people inside.

  Pai Si stepped on the brakes and turned on the headlights.

  Song Yuqiao looked out of the car window and just realized that this person was Zheng Jiawei.

  She suddenly remembered that Zheng Jiawei lived in Shengting's boyfriend's house and was in the same apartment complex as Lu Luan.

  Zheng Jiawei walked up to the driver's seat and knocked on Pei Shichen's window. When Pei Shichen rolled down the window, she leaned forward and stuck her head out of the window. "I knew it was your car. It really is you, Yu Jiao. How are you?"

  Song Yuqiao nodded slightly.

  Pei Si's hands rested on the steering wheel, his eyes gazing at the windshield as he said softly, "What's up?"

  Zheng Jiawei said: "How come you came and didn't even come up to my house to sit for a bit? My boyfriend isn't coming back tonight, Yu Qiao can also come up, I can even give you two an extra room."

  Song Yuqiao didn't respond, and instead took a glance at Pei Sicheng's facial outline, which was shrouded in shadows.

  Pei Si Cheng's patience was already wearing thin, and he slightly tilted his head: "Let's get down to business."

  "Alright, so it seems like I can't find you unless there's something important going on, right?" Zheng Jiawei said, "It's still about that matter, tomorrow we're going to the cemetery in the East District, are you going or not?"

  Eastern District Cemetery?

  Song Yuqiao looked out the car window at Zheng Jiawei, who was leaning on his elbow, possibly just back from a wild party outside, with some fine confetti still stuck in his hair.

  "What's going on at Dongqu Cemetery?"

  Zheng Jiawei replied to Song Yuqiao: "Zhang Mengxue's ashes were abroad before, and they were brought back and buried last month. Are you coming too?"

  "Are you going to invite me again?" Pei Si said, not waiting for Zheng Jiawei's response, and directly pressed the car window glass up. Zheng Jiawei was caught off guard, as if all her strength was on the car window glass, and her elbows fell down from the car window glass at once.

  On the road, Song Yuqiao asked: "Is Zhang Mengxue's ashes buried in the cemetery in the East District now?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "Are you going to the cemetery tomorrow?" Song Yuqiao crossed her hands and placed them on her legs, "Then I'll go too."

  She found out that Pei Cheng glanced at her while driving, and hurriedly said: "I'm not worried about you, I just want to go with you, it's okay, you don't have to refuse Zheng Jiawei either. Anyway, it's all good intentions. Now I feel like having a friend is really not easy, especially one that has been around for seven or eight years."

  "Pei Su asked: 'If Lu Zhu apologized to you, would you forgive her?'"

  Song Yuqiao didn't answer, waiting until the car slowly entered Huayuan before unfastening her seatbelt and saying: "I don't know, maybe she will, maybe she won't, or maybe she'll never apologize to me."

  "Are you still worried?" Pei Su Cheng opened the car door, his tall figure leaning against the door frame, looking at Song Yu Qiao who got out of the passenger seat.

  Song Yuqiao thought for a moment, "I think I'm only angry at Lu Lü's attitude now. That thing has already passed seven or eight years ago. At that time, it had hurt once, and now it's just thinking about it again..."

  However, what came back to me was not just the missing part of my memory from that time, but also the feeling of being betrayed by my boyfriend and good friend who had always liked me, and the pain that followed.

  Re-experienced it all over again, and re-felt it all over again.

  Perhaps Hua Zhen and Zheng Rong were just standing from the perspective of bystanders to sympathize with her, but the ones who truly understood her were still only herself.

  Pei Sicheng also noticed Song Yuqiao's low mood, so before bedtime, he let Song Yuqiao go to the bathroom to soak in a hot bath, with light and comfortable piano music playing in the room.

  He took his mobile phone and walked onto the balcony, dialing Zheng Jiawei's number.

  "I knew you would definitely call me tonight."

  Pei Si leaned on the outer wall of the balcony with his elbows, his eyes falling on the roof of the underground parking garage not far away. "You've mentioned Zhang Mengxue in front of Qiao several times, Zheng Jiawei, I know what you're thinking, but now that things have come to this point, just let go of those little thoughts in your heart."

  "What are you talking about? I didn't understand," Zheng Jiawei said, "I just want to go with him to see Zhang Mengxue and present a bouquet of flowers. What's the problem?"

  Pei Si Cheng did not speak.

  Zheng Jiawei smiled: "You called me behind your little girlfriend's back, hurry up and hang up, lest there be another misunderstanding."

  "What misunderstanding could there be?" Pei Si Cheng paused for a moment, and chuckled lightly. "I've been thinking, Zheng Jia Wei, at that time you not only obstructed Zhang Meng Xue from pursuing me, but also obstructed Zhang Meng Xue and Qi Xuan. Do you actually like me, Qi Xuan, or... Zhang Meng Xue?"

  On the phone, Zheng Jiawei's giggling voice came through: "What are you talking nonsense about, Pei San? I didn't find anything, but your mouth is getting more and more insolent lately. You say I'm a lesbian? Be careful or my boyfriend will tear your mouth apart."

  "It's fine," Pei said, "Tomorrow I'll go back to the Eastern District Cemetery to see Zhang Mengxue, and Qiao will also go."

  ………………

  It was late at night and quiet everywhere. On the roadside, Hua Zhen pushed a stroller forward slowly with Zheng Rong following beside her.

  Hua Zhen looked down at the stroller where A Fei was already asleep and said to Zheng Rong: "I didn't expect that previously when Yu Qiao went to Canada, it was because of this hidden situation. But I really don't understand what's going on in Lu Lu's mind - if she doesn't like him, why did she sleep with him?"

  "She is jealous."

  "Huh?"

  Zheng Rong looked at the lamp post standing silently by the side of the road and said, "In high school, I flipped through her diary, which had such words written in it. They were quite extreme, saying that things weren't fair, that 'she' was a spoiled child, wondering why she could sail smoothly through life, even if her parents got divorced, there was still a boyfriend who doted on her and loved her, the whole family treated her like a treasure, why did she get to monopolize all the good things in the world?"

  Hua's footsteps slowed down, her mouth slightly ajar, completely unaware of the astonished expression on her face.

  "This 'her', no need to say, you also know who it is, at that time Yu Qiao and Ye Zenan were very close, we all saw it with our own eyes."

  Hua Yun was stunned for a moment, "That diary..."

  Zheng Rong said: "At that time, I just flipped through a few pages, Lu Xiang ran into it and directly snatched her diary from my hand, tearing it to pieces in front of me... I originally wanted to tell you and Song Yuqiao about it, but Lu Xiang had already torn up the diary, and didn't do anything out of line either. I was watching from the side too, so there shouldn't be any big problem. But after that, if it weren't for you and Song Yuqiao, I wouldn't have given Lu Xiang a second glance."

  Huā Jiàn felt a chill run down her back, "Why did you flip through Lú Huá's school bag and find her diary at that time?"

  "It's because..." Zheng Rong's footsteps slightly hesitated, and the words in her mouth also paused for a moment, "Lu Xiang hid my love letter, I went to her backpack to flip through."

  "Oh, right, I remember," Hua Xuan nodded, "Lu Lu told me that you asked her to help deliver a love letter to Song Yuqiao."

  Zheng Rong neither confirmed nor denied Hua Zhen's words.

  In fact, he said in his heart: That love letter was actually not for Song Yuqiao, but for you.

  The two of them walked and walked until they finally arrived at the Tang family's estate with Hua Zhen.

  "Then you go in, if you can't take care of Lu Lü's son, my mom is free now and can help take care of him."

  After finishing speaking, Zheng Rong was about to leave.

  "Wait!" said Hua Yun, "I'll go get my car and drive it out for you. You can take my car back, no need to take a taxi."

  However, when Hua Zhen entered the Tang family, she first handed A Fei over to the housekeeper to take care of, and took the carriage out, but Zheng Rong's figure was already gone.

  Just then, Hua Zhen received a message from Zheng Rong: "It just so happens that there is a taxi, I'll hitch a ride with someone and head back. Goodnight, get some rest early."

  The location of the Tang's villa is relatively remote, and at this time, taxis are usually changing shifts, so it's not easy to hail one even after half an hour. How did Zheng Rong happen to come across one?

  Hua Xuan had one hand on the steering wheel and the other holding her phone to call Zheng Rong, but just as she passed an intersection, she saw Zheng Rong walking along the side of the road with both hands in his pockets.

  She pulled over and stopped in the shade.

  Zheng Rong answered the phone on the other end, but Hua Zhen remained silent throughout.

  "Hua Yun?" Zheng Rong called out twice.

  "Where did you take the taxi?"

  Zheng Rong said "We've already passed Xida Street, we'll be at my brother's apartment soon."

  "Alright, be careful on your way, I'll come find you tomorrow."

  After finishing speaking, Hua Yun hung up the phone. In the swaying shadows of the wall and trees on her head, she looked through the windshield at Zheng Rong walking along the side of the road until he crossed the street and walked onto another street, completely out of sight, before turning the steering wheel to adjust the direction of the car.

  ………………

  The time spent in the hospital was longer than expected. Yu Na had originally planned to finish checking Pei Yuling and send her back within four hours, then return to the villa area in the suburbs. However, it turned out that Pei Yuling had a tumor in her brain before and had undergone surgery, but today's re-examination seemed to have some problems, which delayed a lot of time and did many checks.

  Finally, the doctor gave me an injection and prescribed some medicine, and it was already after 8 pm.

  Yu Na had been waiting in the hospital corridor, about going for a physical examination and getting medication, without saying a word, all silently doing it. Until they left the hospital, Yu Na asked: "How do you feel now?"

  Bai Yuling said: "I've calmed down already."

  Yu Na directly took her out of the hospital and hailed a taxi for Pei Yuling, "You take a cab back now, it's really too late. I need to go back and take care of Ye Zenan, he's still tied up."

  Pei Yuling was shocked and her eyes widened: "You dare to tie up my son?!"

  Now on the bustling street, Pei Yuling did not deliberately suppress her voice, and suddenly many passersby's eyes were cast in this direction.

  Yu Na shrugged, since Bae Yu-ling thought it was no big deal, she thought it was even less of a big deal. "Yeah, I'm just tied up with your son, and your son is willing to be tied up with me."

  Pai Yu-ling: "......"

  Yu Na saw that Pei Yu-ling had nothing more to say, so she turned around and was about to leave to get her car. "Then you drive slowly on the way home, Mrs. Hao. I'm leaving. Remember to take your medicine on time, I wrote down the dosage on a small piece of paper and put it in your bag. Also, remember to come back for a check-up after tomorrow. That's all I have to say. Your health is your own responsibility, don't always tie everything to your son."

  Pei Yuling took two steps forward, "You..."

  But can't say a word of rebuttal, how to rebut? Is it that having a healthy body is not one's own?

  "Are you getting on or not?" The driver couldn't wait any longer and cursed as he drove away.

  Pei Yuling has always been driven around, when has she ever had to hitchhike on the side of a major road and keep getting beaten to it by others?

  Moreover, she was also robbed of her limelight by a little girl from a working-class background.

  Pei Yuling watched as Yu Na drove her son's car into the traffic, gritted her teeth, what a miserable day it was, she would find a sensible nanny when she got home.

  On the road, Yu Na's driving speed was obviously faster than before, because when she was in the hospital, she called Ye Ze Nan, but Ye Ze Nan didn't answer.

  Won't be having an episode, will it?

  Yu Na's palms were sweating as she gripped the steering wheel.

  The doors and windows were all locked, and there was nothing sharp in the house. The only concern was that Ye Zenan's hands were handcuffed, and she might not be able to bear it and hit her head against the wall. She had been to a detox center before, so she had seen people who self-mutilated to relieve their addiction, some even bit their tongues, and needed to have their teeth tied up when they were in withdrawal.

  Yu Na drove all the way back to the villa at high speed, got out of the car without even turning off the engine, and didn't even have time to pull out the key.

  She rushed into the villa and took out the key to open the door.

  As soon as he entered the room, he saw Ye Zhenan lying peacefully on the bed, his handcuffed hands placed on his lower abdomen, and a soothing lullaby floated in the air.

  Yu Na let out a long sigh of relief and was about to turn around when a piercing alarm blared through her mind, causing her to furrow her brow.

  Ye Zenan also opened his eyes and saw Yu Na standing at the door against the light, with a sparkling look in her eyes, saying: "You forgot to turn off the alarm."

  Yu Na turned off the alarm set on her phone, "I'll go cook, you get ready to come down and eat."

  "Where are the handcuffs?" Ye Zenan raised his hands which were cuffed together.

  Yu Na took out the key and walked over to unlock the handcuffs on Ye Ze Nan's hands. Suddenly, she discovered that Ye Ze Nan's wrists were surprisingly thin, almost skeletal.

  But for quitting addiction, this is just the beginning.

  ………………

  As an unmarried person, Song Yuqiao had never experienced visiting a deceased person.

  All her relatives are alive and well.

  Although it is said that facing a biological father like Song Yi, even if he is alive, it should be treated as if he were dead, and there is no deep emotional experience.

  Song Yuqiao wore a black and white striped dress today, with a plain face and no makeup. She went to the flower shop, thought for a while, and finally chose a bunch of white lilies.