In the next ten years, Qiao Ren and his wife and Shen Chang and his wife died one after another. In this era when burial was popular, Qiao Ran and Jiuli both chose cremation.

"Jiuli, you still have me," Qiao Ran appeared beside Jiuli as quickly as possible after finishing the funeral. "No need to force a smile," Qiao Ran bent down and looked at Jiuli, comforting her with every word.

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry." Jiuli raised her eyes, her eyes slightly red, but she smiled faintly.

"That's good. Remember to tell me if there is anything. Don't keep it in your heart. It's not good for your health." Besides, they are not young anymore. If something really happens, wouldn't he be worried to death?

"I'll remember that. Don't worry." Jiuli patted Qiao Ran's arm. "How's your work going recently?"

"Fortunately," Qiao Ran's eyes sparkled with surprise, but then dimmed, and he said without thinking, "I regret it."

She regrets that there are only two of them left now. She must be envious of other families, right?

"What is there to regret? Or do you want it?" Jiuli didn't take it to heart. She couldn't have children anyway.

"If one day I leave, Jiuli will be left alone. What should I do then?" Qiao Ran looked worried.

"We'll talk about the future later, of course." Jiuli raised her hands and hugged Qiao Ran, "Don't let your imagination run wild."

"Okay," Qiao Ran looked at Jiuli who took the initiative to hug him with a gentle look, "Don't think about it, just think about you."

"What you said." Jiuli lowered her head.

"Let's go, let's go home." Qiao Ran stretched out his hand.

"Okay, let's go home." Jiuli put her hand on him.

Qiao Ran pulled Jiuli out of the cemetery and returned to the residential area where they lived. They took the elevator upstairs without saying a word.

"Sit here for a while. I'll go cook for you." Qiao Ran took out a plate of washed grapes from the refrigerator. "Eat something first."

"Do less, I'm not particularly hungry." Jiuli glanced at Qiao Ran and a smile appeared on her face.

"I'll listen to you. Just wait until the meal is ready." He turned and went into the kitchen, and soon came out with the food.

"I never get tired of your cooking." Jiuli praised skillfully.

"As long as you like it," Qiao Ran smiled shyly, "By the way, are you on vacation during this time?"

"What are your plans?" Jiuli asked something else instead.

"I'd like to take you out to relax. It's not a good idea to stay bored at home all the time, right?" Qiao Ran continued to pick up food for Jiuli.

"Then I'm really looking forward to it." Jiuli smiled, "I won't be busy in the future, you can go wherever you want, except going abroad."

"Okay." Qiao Ran had already figured out why, besides going abroad, he knew it was her work from Shenran Technology.

In the next few years, the two of them traveled to every scenic spot in the country, only coming back occasionally to solve some problems. Afterwards, Qiao Ran was already very famous in the Department of Architecture and returned to his alma mater to teach in name only.

This year, Qiao Ran is fifty-five years old and Jiuli has already retired.

"Why are you here today? Why aren't you waiting for me at home?" Qiao Ran, who had just finished class, walked quickly with a folder in his hand.

He was dressed casually, yet still looked elegant and gentle. If you didn't tell his age, you would have thought he was a gentleman in his thirties.

"You just came along." Jiuli said one thing and meant another, but her hands were intertwined with Qiao Ran's and they walked away side by side.

"Okay, I'll just be the one who comes along," Qiao Ran knew her thoughts, "Do you want to go to the cafeteria to eat?"

"I still remember how majestic you were here." Qiao Ran signaled Jiuli to look at the playground.

"Really? You just know how to coax me." Jiuli glanced at him.

"Of course. You don't know how shocked I was when I saw you at that time." Qiao Ran lowered his voice and spoke slowly.

"It happened so many years ago, how come you still remember it?" Jiuli chuckled, her eyes becoming more gentle, yet a little fierce.

"Remember, our Jiuli is still as beautiful as she was when she was young." Qiao Ran held Jiuli's hand tightly.

"You too, are still a very charming old man." Jiuli held Qiao Ran's hand and walked slowly on the street.

It's just like when the two of them first entered college, they would get together whenever they had free time, and the streets were full of snacks at that time.

In the blink of an eye, decades passed and both of them became white-haired old men and women. The only thing that remained unchanged was their love, which became deeper and deeper with the passage of time.

"There will be a class reunion in a few days. Do you want to go?" Qiao Ran tilted his head to look at Jiuli beside him and remembered something.

"Go if you want to," maybe this will be the last time they see each other in this life, Jiuli thought in her heart but didn't say it out loud.

"Then go. We haven't seen each other for a long time." Qiao Ran said with a smile, "Our class can be said to be the best among F Middle School."

"Isn't it?" Jiuli thought of those people who shine in their respective fields, "No one expected the result."

"Yes, it's been so close walking with you all the way." Qiao Ran pushed open the door and felt that time passed very quickly.

Before I could react, I had already arrived home.

"We'll talk faster than you can walk." Jiuli put down the food in her hand, "What do you want to eat?"

"What important day is today? Are you going to cook?" Qiao Ran took off his glasses, wiped them, and put them back on.

"It's not a big day. After all, every day when we are together is a holiday." Jiuli looked back.

"You're right. I'm very happy to be with you." Qiao Ran pursed his lips. "Everything you cook is delicious. Just order whatever you want."

As long as it wasn't made into poison, he felt it was fine. After all, Zhao Hua had been hospitalized twice because of Lin Jiamo, and she was so stubborn that she ate all the beans because they were not cooked.

Of course he didn't dare say this out loud. Jiuli was not the kind of person who couldn't remember things. Sometimes Qiao Ran even felt that except for her appearance, Jiuli had not changed at all.

"Then you, just wait until the meal is ready." Jiuli tied an apron skillfully and went into the kitchen with the washed vegetables.

"Then I'll wait." Qiao Ran took the newspaper, glanced at it, and stood up to clean up the table.

"Try it, does it still taste the same as before?" Jiuli smiled, "You have cleaned up, the only thing missing is the main course?"

"Yes, I'll serve it. You sit down first." Qiao Ran took the tray and put it on the table. "I'm so lucky to have two dishes and a soup."

"It still tastes the same as before, no improvement." Qiao Ran took a sip of the soup. "Let me see if your hands are red?"

"No, I'm fine." Jiuli stretched out her hand.

"Be careful." Qiao Ran said, continuing to pick up food for Jiuli, "How can you not eat what you made?"

"I'm eating." Jiuli looked helplessly at the food piled up like a small hill in the bowl, "Do you have classes this afternoon?"

"No, I'll go for a walk with you?" Qiao Ran put down his bowl and chopsticks, "There's a square dance downstairs in the community, shall we go and have a look?"

"If I don't go, are you afraid that someone will secretly watch you? Look how well you have maintained yourself." Jiuli said jealously.

"Aren't I yours alone? Why are you jealous?" Qiao Ran reached out and rubbed Jiuli's hair helplessly.

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