My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

Ruan Chayan felt that her current life was very unreal, with an indescribable sense of absurdity. She felt as if she was isolated from the world, feeling empty and anxious.

As the pre-takeoff announcement played, Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying worked together to stow their tray tables and prepare for the event.

After the flight stabilized, Luo Hanying asked the flight attendant for a blanket, intending to take a nap.

Ruan Chayan took the blanket from the flight attendant and asked Luo Hanying, who was lying down, "You're going to bed so early?"

Luo Hanying shook her head: "I can't sleep, I'll lie down and play on my phone for a while."

Ruan Chayan said, "Let's have a chat."

Hearing Ruan Chayan speak so formally, Luo Hanying assumed she wanted to say something serious, so she sat up and said, "Okay, go ahead, I'm listening."

"Xiaoxue, why didn't I agree to be with Mu Fang before?" Ruan Chayan's question left Luo Hanying speechless.

Luo Hanying didn't want to mock Ruan Chayan, but she had been acting strangely all day: "Are you alright? Did drinking really make you stupid? You didn't get alcohol poisoning and lose your memory, did you?"

"No, I just wanted to ask if you know the reason."

Ruan Chayan herself knew that as the person involved, she should never ask the bystanders for the reasons.

But she really couldn't understand why, even though Mu Fang seemed to be exactly her ideal type, she hadn't agreed to be with him for two years.

Luo Hanying said matter-of-factly, "How could I possibly know what you're thinking? You haven't told me anything."

I kept trying to persuade you, saying Mu Fang is such a nice person, and he's your type, but you kept rejecting him, telling me to wait and that you didn't want to be in a relationship yet.

Ruan Chayan found it strange: "Didn't I tell you the reason? You've been trying to persuade me to be with Mu Fang?"

Luo Hanying didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said: "Yeah, what's wrong with you? You've been acting strange all day, and you keep saying some inexplicable things."

Ruan Chayan thought to herself, "No, it's not me who's acting strange, it's you who's acting strangely, you've changed."

She lost the desire to communicate with Luo Hanying.

Luo Hanying chatted with her for a while longer, and Ruan Chayan gave a few perfunctory replies before both of them fell silent.

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying spent nearly two days on the plane, their relationship remaining lukewarm.

Ruan Chayan always felt that if it were any other time, Luo Hanying would definitely ask her what was wrong, what had happened, or if she had done something to upset her.

Luo Hanying seemed to feel nothing at all, which puzzled her, as if their relationship had always been like this.

Ruan Chayan wondered if she had somehow upset Luo Hanying.

What if she was in the wrong without realizing it?

She decided to take the initiative and break the current stalemate between the two.

"Xiaoxue, is there something I did wrong that made you hold a grudge against me?"

Luo Hanying looked genuinely bewildered: "No, why are you suddenly saying that?"

"Was it me? What did I do wrong to make you unhappy?"

Ruan Chayan looked intently at her face and said, "Don't you feel that our relationship is growing distant?"

I don't know how drinking alcohol turned me into this.

Could it be that I had a bad drinking habit and said something while drunk that day?

Luo Hanying said, "What makes you say that? Hasn't our relationship always been like this?"

"You just fall asleep as soon as you're drunk, what can I say? If you were going to act crazy while drunk, wouldn't I have recorded it and shown it to you already?"

She took Ruan Chayan's hand and said with a smile, "I just thought everyone would be tired from flying these past two days, so I didn't bother you. What, are you not used to it?"

Oh my, Tea Mom, you're even more childish than me!

Upon hearing Luo Hanying's words, Ruan Chayan's discomfort dissipated, and she looked somewhat fearful: "You still dare to talk? If you have something to say, just say it. What's with all this talk about being tired?"

You've been so quiet and polite these past few days, I was starting to think you were a completely different person!

"Hahaha~ It's not that exaggerated!" Luo Hanying pointed to her cheek with her index finger. "You're such a grown woman, aren't you ashamed~"

After a playful fight, Ruan Chayan laughed until tears welled up in her eyes: "Alright, alright~ Ouch, I'm about to get a stitch..."

I'm about to get off the plane, I'm not going to mess around with you anymore.

I'll go home and get some sleep first, then pack my things. I'm coming to your house for Chinese New Year again this year, so please don't kick me out.

Luo Hanying asked in confusion, "What the hell? Why are you coming to my house for the New Year?"

You've only been here once, yet you talk as if you've been celebrating Chinese New Year at my house every year.

"You come to my house, your dad, mom, grandparents, they love you so much, if you go home and don't spend the New Year with them, do you think they'll be happy?"

Ruan Chayan was immediately stunned by Luo Hanying's words: "What did you say? I only went to your house for the New Year once?"

My maternal grandparents passed away a long time ago, what are you talking about?

When did my parents start doting on me? They're spending the Spring Festival out of town so it's convenient for them to work.

Luo Hanying exclaimed "Huh?" and was momentarily stunned, "What did you say?"

When did your grandpa and grandma say that? And you...you...you, why are you saying such unlucky things today?

Ruan Chayan was dumbfounded: "You're saying they're still alive? Don't scare me!"

My mother's family had a history of late marriage and childbirth. My maternal grandfather passed away before I was even born, and my maternal grandmother passed away when I was in elementary school.

Are you crazy? How could I possibly forget something like that?

"Are you crazy, my sister?" Luo Han was speechless in English. She managed to squeeze out a sentence, "It's all my fault now. I had a little to drink and made you confused. Now you don't know anything."

Oh my god, how am I going to explain this to Uncle Ruan and Aunt Ruan?

After Luo Hanying said that, Ruan Chayan really began to doubt herself. She seemed to recall the appearance of her maternal grandparents, as if she had memories of them.

The two stopped arguing about the matter, but Luo Hanying kept looking at her with worried eyes, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

After the two got off the plane, Luo Hanying went straight to her sign and gave her mother and aunt a big hug.

Ruan Chayan smiled as she looked around, and suddenly noticed her own sign indicating she was being picked up at the airport.

When she got closer, she was surprised to see that it was her parents, who had come to pick her up from the airport.

"Dad? Mom?" Ruan Chayan called out cautiously, fearing that the scene before her was just a pipe dream.

Ruan's mother responded and said with concern, "Oh dear husband, do you think our little one has lost weight?"

Mr. Ruan nodded repeatedly, took Ruan Chayan's suitcase, and looked at her seriously: "You've lost weight. You must have suffered in the United States."

"Let's go to the US next spring. You can take your Aunt He with you and have her cook for you two girls."

Luo Hanying's mother and aunt came over to exchange pleasantries and thank Ruan Chayan for taking care of Luo Hanying.

Luo Hanying's aunt said excitedly, "How about we go out for a meal together? It's not easy for the two families to get together."

Ruan's mother waved her hand: "No, no, let's make it another time. The two children have been on a plane for more than 40 hours and they are tired."

Everyone agreed and went home.