half thorns, half joy

Tang Xuan once again stood in front of her cousin Qianqian's tomb.

She clearly remembered the scene when she was wearing a wedding dress, stumbled into the cemetery, and cried loudly while hugging the tombstone.

She will never forget the heartache, entanglement, sadness, and terror of that time in her entire life.

But now standing in front of her cousin's tomb, with Xiao Zihan standing beside her, Tang Xuan no longer had that grief in her heart, but more relief and emotion.

The world is unpredictable, she never expected that in the process of revenge, she would fall in love with Xiao Zihan again, and Xiao Zihan also fell in love with her deeply.

She never thought that she and Xiao Zihan could be together again and have two children.

Things are different and people are different.

In just a few short years, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

This time, Xiao Zihan didn't do anything. He quietly stayed by Tang Xuan's side, watching Tang Xuan sweep the grave, count paper money, and arrange flowers and fruits.

Because it is a cemetery, there is only a small stone slab, which can't even fit the fruits brought by Xiao Zihan.

"Sister Qianqian, I'm here to see you." Tang Xuan knelt down and said softly.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Zihan also knelt down.

"Sister Qianqian, I brought Xiao Zihan here, and we are together again, and we have two children." Tang Xuan held back the feeling of crying, and said slowly, "We are doing well now, Sister Qianqian, will you Be happy for me."

Xiao Zihan put his arms around Tang Xuan's shoulders, stroked Tang Xuan's back gently, and comforted Tang Xuan with his body movements.

After Tang Xuan finished talking to Qianqian, he said:
"Sister Qianqian, I'm Xiao Zihan. I'm sorry it took me so long to see you, and I'm sorry for hurting you because of my father. I'm sorry. I don't know what I can do for you. The only thing I can do is take good care of Tang Xuan. Let her get hurt again. Don't worry."

Xiao Zihan didn't talk much or long, but he was very sincere.

He has always been like this. He is not good at talking, and he doesn't like to talk. He is only used to doing it with practical actions to prove it.

When Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan came out, the drizzle stopped.

At this moment, they were kneeling here, and suddenly they got down again.

Neither of them had an umbrella. Considering that Tang Xuan was not in good health and could not kneel in the rain for too long, Xiao Zihan helped Tang Xuan to stand up.

"What time is it?" Tang Xuan asked Xiao Zihan.

Xiao Zihan glanced at his watch: "It's 11:30."

"Let's go." Tang Xuan leaned into Xiao Zihan's arms and said thoughtfully, "It's 11:30, let's eat something when we get home and go to the airport. The plane at [-] o'clock, we have to leave at [-] o'clock at least."

Xiao Zihan nodded: "Don't worry, drive there for four or ten minutes, we'll leave at one o'clock, and we'll have enough time."

Even though she said so, Tang Xuan still didn't really relax and waste time.

After returning to Xiao's house, she took care of the baby and ate milk powder, and had lunch with Xiao Zihan before going out and getting into the car with the packed car.

The baby was carried by the nanny and wrapped in a quilt to send Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan off. Tang Xuan sat in the car, holding Xiao Yuebai's little hand, and sighed.

She turned her head and asked Xiao Zihan: "Mom looks like this, is it really okay for us to leave like this? If not, let's go tomorrow. Anyway, the grave sweeping is not urgent on this day, so we can go back tomorrow morning."

Xiao Zihan hesitated for a moment, then glanced at his watch again, to see if there was still time, he said to Tang Xuan, "Don't make a decision in a hurry, I'll wait in the car, go up and see Mom, if Mom isn't feeling well , then let’s not leave, we’ll leave tomorrow.”

"Okay, just wait for me." Tang Xuan let go of Yuebai's hand and got out of the car.

She went upstairs quickly and knocked on the door of Zhao Suizhi's room.

"Mom, are you sleeping, can I come in."

A few seconds after Tang Xuan asked, the door opened from the inside. Zhao Suizhi stared at a pair of red eyes and appeared behind the door.

"Mom, are you alright?" Tang Xuan felt a little uncomfortable seeing Zhao Suizhi's haggard appearance.

Zhao Suizhi nodded and replied hoarsely, "I'm fine, don't worry about me."

Despite Zhao Suizhi's words, Tang Xuan was still worried. She stepped forward and put her arms around Zhao Suizhi's shoulders, and said softly, "Mom, why don't Zihan and I leave today and stay with you and come back tomorrow morning?" Let's go."

"No, you don't need to be so troublesome." Zhao Suizhi wiped his eyes and forced a smile, "I'm really fine. It's just today that I thought of some unhappy things. It's not a big problem."

As if she was worried about Tang Xuan's worries, she took Tang Xuan's hand instead, and patted it again and again, "Really, Xiao Xuan, Mom is not a child anymore, so you don't have to worry about Mom."

Tang Xuan smiled helplessly, "Mom, we are a family now, there is no need to be polite. If you want me and Zihan to stay with you, we will go back tomorrow."

"Oh, no need, Mom isn't so hypocritical." Zhao Suizhi took Tang Xuan's hand and walked downstairs, saying as he walked, "The three of you will only go back for two or three days, so I'm not so hypocritical. Besides Well, don't I still have a baby with me?"

The two went downstairs, and the nanny had already entered the room with the baby in her arms. Zhao Suizhi walked over and took the baby into her arms.

Seeing that Tang Xuan was still reluctant to part, she smiled and said, "Let's go, Mom will see you off."

"En." Seeing that Zhao Suizhi had recovered, Tang Xuan was relieved.She went out with Zhao Suizhi and walked to the car outside.

The car door was open, and Xiao Zihan was still sitting in the car with Xiao Yuebai.

Seeing Zhao Suizhi coming, Xiao Yuebai jumped out of the car and ran over, hugging Zhao Suizhi's thigh.

"Grandma." He called out in a childish voice.

This sound made the smile on Zhao Suizhi's face even wider.

Zhao Suizhi freed up a hand, rubbed Xiaoyuebai's furry head, and said, "Honey, this is your first time traveling far away, so be good on the way and don't make trouble, do you understand?"

"Well, good boy." Yuebai repeated.

"Okay, let's go." Zhao Suizhi said to Tang Xuan, "Don't waste any more time. If there is a traffic jam along the way, you will be in trouble again if you miss the plane."

Tang Xuan nodded, hummed, and kissed the little baby's face reluctantly, before boarding the car with Xiao Yuebai in her arms.

The car door was closed, and the car drove forward with the wave of the three people.

Xiao Zihan watched Tang Xuan turn around and wave. He didn't sit upright again until the car turned a corner, with the corners of his mouth raised.

He smiled and said to Tang Xuan, "You and Mom have a really good relationship now."

"Ah?" Tang Xuan came back to her senses, pondered for a moment, and then replied: "Mom is also very good to me. There used to be irresolvable conflicts between us, but as the days go by, as a family, conflicts also arise. Slowly faded. When it comes to the relationship between me and my mother, I have to thank the two children."

Tang Xuan is a person who can see clearly and put herself in the right position.She clearly knew that Zhao Suizhi's attitude towards her changed because she brought two children to the Xiao family and two grandsons to Zhao Suizhi.

She didn't think there was anything bad about it. Originally, there was a deep estrangement and prejudice between Zhao Suizhi and her, which couldn't be resolved easily.

As a woman who also has a deep love, although Tang Xuan is not as unreasonable as Zhao Suizhi was before, she can somewhat understand the feeling of deep love.

Before these two children, she never thought that Zhao Suizhi would forgive her.

From Zhao Suizhi's standpoint, it is good enough to understand that she does not reject her.As for forgiveness?It is too much to ask.

It was the birth of these two children that made love wash away hatred and made them a real family.

Tang Xuan thought to herself, and said calmly, "The dead are gone, we living people don't need to torture each other. Besides, we don't have many relatives left, so treat the ones left well."

Although Tang Xuan's words were gentle and reasonable, they were also really sad.

After Xiao Zihan heard this, he didn't speak for a while.

It was Tang Xuan who spoke again to break the silence.

Tang Xuan held Xiaoyue's white and fleshy fingers, thinking about Zhao Suizhi's red and swollen eyes, and said softly, "My mother passed away early, I failed to honor her, so I should honor your mother well. God finally gave me I am a mother, am I not?"

When she said this, Tang Xuan never expected that God would play a huge joke on her and Xiao Zihan.