She's waiting for me there.

Suddenly, she felt a familiar feeling in her head, but this time it hurt. She covered her head and raised it in confusion.

Chen Yong slapped her hard on the shoulder, his tone no longer as gentle as before: "Qing Ning, you are so heartless. I risked my life to rescue you, and you tell me this? From what I hear, you seem to have grown wings and are ready to fly solo?"

Chen Yun's face flushed red, and he looked around angrily, as if he was looking for something.

"What are you...looking for?"

"What am I looking for? I'm looking for something to beat you up with. You're such a big kid, and you're just running away from home. You're really a jerk."

Qing Ning was stunned for a moment, then her eyes brightened: "Here, is this okay?"

Chen Yun took the slippers that were handed to him and raised his hand to hit him. He was really angry, as if someone was going to take away the cabbages he had grown for many years, along with the pot and vegetables.

At this moment, the girl had her hands behind her back, smiling as beautiful as a flower. The afterglow of the setting sun in the distance shone through the window onto the girl, like a beautiful painting.

Chen Yun's hand stopped in the air, and he was stunned for a moment when looking at this scene.

Qing Ning turned around, and stepped back again, fearing that Chen Yun couldn't hit her.

The girl supported her knees with her hands and turned to look at Chen Yun. Her big eyes had curved into crescent shapes, and two beautiful dimples appeared on her pretty face.

At the same time, Qing Ning's mind flashed through the questions that she had been weighing on her heart.

"Chen Yun, if you knew from the beginning that my sister and I were not related by blood, would you still have risked your life to save me?"

The girl already had a positive answer in her heart.

He will, he will definitely do it, because he is Chenyun.

Looking at Qingning's well-behaved appearance, Chen Yun threw his slippers on the ground like a deflated ball.

In my impression, other children would have run away at this time for fear of being beaten, but how could there be a child like this who would hand over the slippers to me to hit him? It made me hard to do it. I hope that when I have a child with Qingxue in the future, he will be as well-behaved as her.

"Open your mouth, or you'll miss it." Qing Ning stuffed the last spoonful of cheese into his mouth.

"This thing seems to be quite delicious." Chen Yun had gotten used to the taste of cheese. "Also, don't tell your sister what you just said. I'm afraid she'll really beat you up. Do you hear me?"

Qing Ning smiled and nodded.

"Also, at school..."

Chen Yun was like a chattering old father, constantly giving instructions, while the girl just sat there obediently, her body straight, her hands on her knees, her eyes full of smiles, like a cat lying in front of the window, lazily enjoying the afternoon sunshine.

"Going to college in another city in the future...ah? What's wrong?" Looking at the girl who suddenly rushed over, Chen Yun stopped talking.

"I won't go out of town." Qing Ning hugged Chen Yun's neck. When she heard that she was going to leave Qingxue and Chen Yun, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable and insecure.

Chen Yun was stunned and smiled. The girl in front of him had grown up little by little and knew how to express her ideas. She was no longer like before, who would just keep her thoughts to herself.

He patted the girl's back and comforted her: "Okay, there's no rush, just let go first."

"Chen Yun, thank you." The girl put her chin on his shoulder and suddenly said this out of the blue.

"what?"

Chen Yun only felt a drop of warmth falling on his neck.

"Thank you for saving me from the abyss, and thank you for being the third light in my life. I don't want to be trapped in darkness anymore. I want to live in the light. Is that okay?"

Qing Ning unconsciously hugged her arms tightly, sobbing and murmuring.

Perhaps the girl didn't even know in her heart that her impression of Chen Yun was changing little by little, and all the things he had done before were being forgotten little by little, until he fought desperately to protect her. The original scum was completely shattered and replaced by the current Chen Yun.

"Although I don't quite understand what you're saying, I promise that your life will be even happier in the future. After all, my Qing Ning is so outstanding, don't you agree?"

Chen Yun comforted her in a low voice until he promised a barbecue, two hotpot meals and a dozen small cakes of different flavors. Only then did the girl burst into laughter, wiped away her tears, and sat beside him obediently with her exercise book in hand.

Chen Yun was scrolling through the videos on his phone with one hand, while Qing Ning fed the baby from time to time.

When Qingxue came in with a few exquisite lunch boxes, she couldn't help but smile when she saw this heartwarming scene. Chen Hanlin followed behind.

"Hey, big brother is here." Chen Yun waved and greeted him.

"Hey, brother, you're still lying down." The old man made the same gesture.

Qingxue took over a small dining table and chuckled as she watched the father and son's unique way of greeting each other.

"Wife, these ribs are delicious. Give me another piece."

"Well, open your mouth." Qingxue carefully shaved out the bones.

"Brother-in-law, don't eat meat all the time, drink more bone soup."

After the meal, Chen Yun burped contentedly, and Qingxue took a wet wipe to wipe the oil stains from the corners of his mouth.

After clearing the dishes, he said to Chen Hanlin, "Dad, stay with Chen Yun for a while. I'll take Qing Ning to buy some daily necessities."

"Well, go ahead. Don't rush back. I'll stay with this brat for a while."

Watching his wife pulling Qing Ning out of the ward, Chen Yun immediately raised two fingers to the old man and made a gesture of picking up something.

"Smoking is not allowed in the hospital." The old man pointed to a notice at the door.

"The hospital also said you can't drink alcohol. Don't wait until I'm discharged. I'll give you a full body checkup."

The threat is very effective. If he is allowed to recuperate here for a period of time, he will suffocate to death.

Chen Hanlin immediately took out two cigarettes, lit them, and put one of them into his son's mouth.

Chen Yun took a deep breath and said, "Huh, I feel like I'm alive again."

Then he looked at Chen Hanlin: "If you have anything to say, Qingxue and the others are out."

"Qingxue is a very sensible girl." Chen Hanlin nodded and praised, then gave Chen Yun a thumbs up: "Son, you have done a good job in the Ximing Village matter. Big brother supports you."

"That's right, don't you see..." Chen Yun raised his head and said complacently, his tail almost raised to the sky, finally showing off in front of this little old man.

"But...son, can you please not be so reckless next time?"

The old man's left hand holding the cigarette was trembling slightly, his deep eyes were staring at Chen Yun, the wrinkles on his face seemed to have deepened a little, after not seeing him for a few days, his originally dark hair had turned gray.

This was the first time Chen Yun saw his father like this.

He...seems really old.