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Chapter 5 Love, what is that?
Zhao Lanlan looked up at Zhao Yuan, the sunlight shining on her face and obscuring her expression. "Dad, aren't you taking me?"

Zhao Yuan replied matter-of-factly, "You don't like watching movies either. I asked you before, but you never went. You just stayed home and painted."

A silent sneer appeared on Zhao Lanlan's lips.

It wasn't that she was unwilling, but rather that she didn't want to see the loving scene of the family of three.

As Zhao Yuan left, he noticed something in Zhao Lanlan's schoolbag. "What's in your schoolbag?"

“Flowers,” Zhao Lanlan opened her schoolbag directly, “Aren’t they pretty, Dad? Do you know what kind of flower this is?”

Zhao Yuan looked at the flowers and felt a strange sense of familiarity, but couldn't quite place them. He inexplicably disliked them, thinking, "Just a bunch of fake flowers."

This is a bunch of fake cherry blossoms. She gives her mother cherry blossoms every year, but cherry blossoms only bloom in spring and not in summer.

“Fake flowers are fine; they won’t wither,” Zhao Lanlan said, staring intently at Zhao Yuan. “Does Dad know what day it is tomorrow?”

Zhao Yuan frowned, thought for a moment, and realized it wasn't their wedding anniversary or Tangtang's birthday. He said impatiently, "Why aren't you studying or learning to draw all day? What are you thinking about? Do you have too much allowance? You even bought fake flowers?"

"If you really have free time, go learn from your sister. She knows my shoulders hurt and she even said she'd save up to buy me a massager. After finishing the painting, we threw away the flowers and left."

After saying that, Zhao Yuan slammed the door and left.

Zhao Lanlan gave a wry smile. She carefully took out the cherry blossom and arranged its flowers and branches.

Holding the flowers, Zhao Lanlan silently shed tears. She murmured to herself, her voice very soft, "Mom, he's forgotten. These are your favorite cherry blossoms. He's forgotten the anniversary of your death. He can forget me, he can forget these flowers, but he shouldn't have forgotten you..."

"If only God would let me see you, or if only you could come and take me away..."

……

Fengdu asked for leave. Until the video ended, everyone was quiet. It seemed that Zhao Ying's helpless crying, like that of a young animal, and her sad calls still echoed in the air.

After watching these scenes, Xu Qingling felt as if she had been pricked by a needle, and her heart ached slightly.

But it was fleeting.

Xu Qingling clutched her left chest, her eyes filled with confusion and a hint of bewilderment.

Su Qian was already in tears, kneeling down and kowtowing repeatedly to Xu Qingling, pleading, "Director, please, just let me take leave to go home and see her one last time. You've seen how unhappy Xiaoying is, please..."

At that moment, the computer emitted a faint sound.

Xu Qingling glanced at it and saw that the original "disagree" result for Su Qian's leave application had slowly changed to "approved".

Huh? You can do that?

"Su Qian, your leave application has been approved. Don't cry." Xu Qingling announced the approval result again, her beautiful eyebrows and eyes still displaying a cool and aloof expression, and her tone remained largely unchanged.

Sasha exclaimed, "That's great!" She immediately rushed to the computer, her eyes gleaming with surprise, "Su Qian, it's true! Your leave application has been approved! You can go back to Earth to see your daughter!"

Su Qian was somewhat incredulous and asked blankly, "Really?"

Before Xu Qingling could speak, the computer suddenly emitted a black light, and something seemed to be swirling within the light.

A few seconds later, the light dissipated, and an A4 sheet of paper slowly landed in front of Su Qian.

Su Qian glanced at it; it was the leave application form she had filled out earlier.

At this moment, the application form was stamped with a large red seal, bearing the words "Approved," and the date was written down: a total of 5 days, with the leave period officially starting tomorrow.

"That's wonderful! I can finally go back to the human world to see my daughter. Thank you, Director! What should I do for the next five days...?"

Just as Su Qian was happily making plans, Xu Qingling poured cold water on her, saying, "Su Qian, there are a few more videos that I think you should watch." Just as Su Qian's leave request was approved, some fragments suddenly flashed into Xu Qingling's mind.

She felt that Su Qian needed to know.

Su Qian immediately panicked and began to stare intently at the curtain.

One video shows Zhao Yuan hugging Lin Yin and going to a hotel right after he finished a date with Su Qian during college.

There's another episode where, during her pregnancy and childbirth, Lin Yin bribed someone—the very intern who caused her to die from severe bleeding.

Years later, the intern was released from prison. Lin Yin gave him money, which was seen by Zhao Yuan. Zhao Yuan learned the truth about what happened back then, but chose to forgive and keep it a secret, continuing to live happily with Lin Yin...

After reading it, Su Qian was furious. She wished she could walk through the curtain and tear them to shreds. She gritted her teeth and shouted, "Zhao Yuan! Lin Yin! You two scumbags and bitches!"

She thought she was just unlucky, which was why she died.

I never imagined it was all man-made!

Lin Yin hired someone to commit murder, and her dream lover is still condoning this murderer!

Su Qian's self-perceived perfect love is shattering again and again today.

For some unknown reason, Su Qian slumped to the ground and began to sob.

I don't know whether to cry over Zhao Yuan's ruthlessness or my own foolishness.

After a long while, she asked Xu Qingling in a murmured voice, "Director, do you think there is really no such thing as unwavering love in this world?"

Xu Qingling looked at her in confusion, tilting her head like a puppy.

Love, what is that?
She doesn't understand, and she doesn't want to understand...

“Su Qian, everyone should be responsible for their own choices. It’s no use regretting it now. You should prepare well. Tomorrow I will go back to the human world with you to see your daughter.”

"Yes, Director, you're right. I only blame myself for misjudging people back then. I will absolutely not let that scumbag Zhao Yuan and that bitch Lin Yin get away with it!" Su Qian's eyes flashed with ruthlessness.

Whether for her own innocent deception and death, or for her pitiful daughter, she cannot bear it.

What's more, that despicable couple is still abusing her daughter!
"Su Qian, I will help you," Xu Qingling said.

The duty of the Fengdu Leave Office is to assist ghosts who are able to return to the human world to fulfill their wishes.

"Thank you, Director."

After Su Qian left, Xu Qingling did not summon a second ghost that had applied.

She has a cold and a fever.

It must have been the eerie wind that swept in when the leave office first opened that caused her to be affected.

Although taking leave could save her from death, getting sick was still unavoidable.

Xu Qingling went upstairs to get her medicine. She was slightly taken aback when she saw that one of the cabinets in the room was full of common medicines with very recent dates.

She left after arranging her grandfather's funeral last time she went home, without even going upstairs to check on him. She didn't expect her grandfather to have already prepared everything for her. It seems that her grandfather had anticipated that she would come home and need these medicines.

From a young age, she suffered from many minor illnesses and misfortunes. Sometimes it was inconvenient to go to the hospital at night, so her grandfather developed the habit of keeping common medicines at home.

Xu Qingling sniffed, a strange feeling flashing through her mind. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, so she turned around, took out some cold medicine and fever reducer, took them, and went to sleep.

(End of this chapter)