I almost touched the moon

On Thursday night, Wen Song finished her experiment at around 11 o'clock in the evening. As soon as she walked out of the laboratory door, she habitually leaned in a warm and solid embrace and sighed, "I'm so tired."

Cheng Che gently touched her head, handed her a cup of hot cocoa, and said softly: "Have you had dinner? Why don't we go back to Zurich tomorrow."

"It's okay." Wen Song shook his head and said with a smile, "I ate. My student brought me a meal she cooked herself. It was delicious. Let's go back quickly. Xuanyan and Zhang Yue are already here. I want to go back to see them early."

"Okay, I'll drive then." Cheng Che picked up the cat bag in one hand and held Wen Song's hand with the other. He smelled the disinfectant on her body and said with some heartache, "Thank you for your hard work, Professor Iseylia."

"It's okay." Wen Song said easily, "It's much easier than when I was studying. At least now I only need to guide them to do experiments, and I don't need to record and analyze data and write lab reports."

Back in the car, Wen Song took Cece out of the cat bag and held her in his arms. He lay on the seat, stroked her fur, and chatted casually with Cheng Che.

"Is Cheng Xuan not going?" Wen Song asked.

"Yes, but he said he didn't want to live with me, so he will drive to Zurich by himself tomorrow morning."

"He's really scared of you."

"He's afraid of you." Cheng Che laughed, "He said he would rather die than be forced to stay in the car with the two of us for three hours."

"How strange..." Wen Song muttered softly, "I am obviously very kind."

"Ah Che, one of the witnesses is my mother, who did you invite for the other one?"

Cheng Che showed a playful smile and said, "Pegrret Ladrian, I also invited Evan to attend the ceremony."

"OMG..." Wen Song exclaimed, "Is he the champion of last year's Winter Olympics, the handsome guy who lost to you and Evan and won the bronze medal in 23?"

"Yeah." Cheng Che nodded. "I have a good relationship with him, and he really takes care of me like a brother, so I invited him. What's the matter, Professor? Do you have another friend who is his fan?"

"Really." Wen Song nodded and said, "Zhang Yue likes him very much."

Cheng Che nodded and smiled after hearing her words, "Okay, it seems that he just broke up with his girlfriend not long ago, so let Mr. Zhang seize the opportunity."

Perhaps because he was the person next to her, Wen Song felt for the first time that the journey back to Zurich was so short, and she arrived at her doorstep in a short while.

Cheng Che accompanied her into the house. Wen Yiheng opened the door himself, with Petty beside him. He said to them, "We are finally home. Yueyue and I have been waiting for you for a long time. Yanyan can't stay up late, so I asked her to go to bed first."

Cheng Che also said to Wen Yiheng: "Mom, we are back. Sorry, it's a little late."

"It's okay." Wen Yiheng smiled, "I know Ilia must have been busy with work and forgot the time."

Seeing the cat bag in Cheng Che's hand, he asked in surprise, "What is this?"

Wen Song took Cece out of the cat bag and said to Wen Yiheng, "Our daughter, Cece. Cece, this is your grandma, or maybe she prefers you to call her Dr. Lucille."

(Our daughter Cece, cece, this is your grandma, but she might prefer you to call her Dr. Lucille)

Cece rubbed Wen Yiheng's fingers very obediently, but this action scared Wen Yiheng, and she almost ran away with Petty. While running, she said: "Wen Song, you are looking for death!!! Don't you know that I am most afraid of cats? You are going to die!!!"

Cheng Che immediately said nervously: "Ah? Mom is afraid of cats? Then I will take Cece home tonight."

"It's okay." Wen Song pulled him into the house and said with a smile, "She won't be afraid of it soon. Actually, Petty is afraid of cats. When Petty was a child, he fought with a cat and was scratched by the cat. Since then, we are not allowed to keep cats in our family."

When Zhang Yue saw Cheng Che, he immediately greeted him, "Brother-in-law, long time no see. You look more handsome now."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang. You too, are still as charming as ever."

Cheng Che sat down on the sofa and found that Petty was too scared to come forward because of Cece. He felt distressed and could only put Cece back into the cat bag. He said to Wen Song, "I'd better take Cece to my place. Look at Petty, he's so pitiful."

"Okay." Wen Song saw that Petty was really scared and had no other options, so he hugged Cheng Che and said, "Then you should go home early and have a good rest."

"Okay." Cheng Che shook her hand and said reluctantly, "I'll pick you up at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon."

Then he said to Zhang Yue, "Mr. Zhang, I'm leaving first. You can talk to Song Song slowly."

After Cheng Che left, Zhang Yue also yawned, took Wen Song's arm and said, "Come on, Song, accompany me to bed. Xuanyan is already asleep. You are really stupid. You came back so late when you knew she couldn't stay up late."

"I'm sorry." Wen Song knew he was in the wrong and apologized to Zhang Yue, "But I can't help it. Today's experiment is a bit annoying, and I can't just leave all the work to the RA and my PhD students. I'll go see Ms. Qiu. Is she okay recently?"

"Not bad." Zhang Yue said, "She finally stopped vomiting recently, and her appetite is okay, but she always feels tired. So, what's the good of being pregnant? I will never get married and have children."

Wen Song tiptoed to Qiu Xuanyan's room to take a look at her, and found that she was sleeping soundly. Her previously sunken and thin cheeks had gained some flesh, which finally made him feel a little relieved. But he was afraid of waking her up, so he quickly left.

Holding Zhang Yue's arm, he nodded and said, "That makes sense. I definitely wouldn't do that either."

"I don't believe you." Zhang Yue pouted and said, "I don't know who told me before that I would never fall in love or get married, because it's just a waste of time. But in the end, you abandoned me. What a tragedy."

Wen Song laughed twice, leaned on Zhang Yue's shoulder and said coquettishly: "If it were anyone else, he definitely wouldn't do that, but he is Cheng Che, Cheng Che is different."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Zhang Yue curled his lips helplessly, then saw the diamond ring on her left middle finger, nodded and said, "Yes, he is very generous."

Wen Song smiled faintly and said to her, "Tomorrow there will be a handsome Swiss guy, the champion of the last Winter Olympics in snow skills, so take advantage of it."

"Really?" Zhang Yue squeezed Wen Song's hand tightly in surprise, "Song, you and Cheng Che really love me, muah, I love you the most, little Song Song."

Lying in bed at night, Wen Song actually had insomnia for the first time. She had never considered marriage before, and she had never thought that one day she would choose to marry someone of the opposite sex so decisively, without even a hint of hesitation.

The words she said to Zhang Yue were not jokes, but the real truth from her heart. In the past 30 years of her life, the word marriage was like a flood and a beast to her.

She had seen the pain Wen Yiheng had suffered in his marriage, and had heard her grandmother and countless other people talk about the sacrifices they had made in their marriages. She had thought more than once that marriage was a thing that brought only harm and no benefit.

So, she is so lucky, will things really be better after she marries Cheng Che?

Suddenly the phone screen lit up. She took a look and saw a message from Cheng Che and a selfie of him and Cece. He was lying on his side on the bed, with only his face showing and a slight smile. Cece was lying on the pillow next to him, sleeping peacefully.

Cheng Che said to her, "Baby, are you asleep? I miss you so much. Cece and I miss you so much. I was so excited tonight that I couldn't sleep. Fortunately, I can see you tomorrow. After tomorrow, we will never be apart again. I am so happy. Song Song, liebe dich (love you)".

Inadvertently, Wen Song looked at the WeChat message and smiled. She replied, "I can't sleep either, but I'm a little sleepy. Go to sleep quickly. See you tomorrow."

At that moment, all the doubts and uncertainties disappeared. That was Cheng Che. As long as it was him, she would not be afraid, worried, or doubtful.