To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Everything was blurry in the dream, and he couldn't see what Lin Qingping looked like. He was anxious and wanted to rush forward to stop her, but he couldn't take a step in the dream...

In his haste, he woke up.

I woke up in a cold sweat and couldn't feel at ease, so I bought a ticket the next day and rushed home.

Gu Juncheng knew his son well. He was very attached to his home and had delicate feelings. Back then, when they wanted to leave him alone in the capital to study, he was actually not alone, since Gu Youlian and his second sister were both in the capital. But the boy refused and insisted on going with his family. This was probably related to his childhood experiences. He was afraid of being unwanted. Now that he had a family, especially his mother, he became especially clingy.

But she's already in her mid-twenties and still like this?

Gu Juncheng said to him, "A good man should have ambitions beyond his hometown! What kind of image does a coward have?"

Zhiyuan glanced at his father and muttered under his breath, "I don't want to be a good man, I just want to be a good son..."

"You..." Gu Juncheng was so angry at his spineless appearance that he couldn't speak for a long time. Zhiyuan even made a face at him, which made him laugh again. He tried hard to suppress his laughter and pointed at Zhiyuan, "Don't think that just because you're older I won't beat you up!"

"Mom, Dad's going to beat me up." Zhiyuan immediately asked Lin Qingping for help.

Lin Qingping laughed and said to Gu Juncheng, "They didn't say they weren't going. Is it wrong for them to miss their own home, their parents, and their sister? Are you all like you, never saying a nice word in your life and you think you're a real man?"

Gu Juncheng couldn't help but laugh, "You just spoil him."

Zhangzhu looked up at her brother and said, "Brother, are you worried about home? Don't worry, I'm here! I'm going to junior high soon, I can probably handle it! I can take care of Mom."

Zhiyuan couldn't help but scratch his head. "Are you sure you can take care of people?"

"Who are you looking down on?" Zhangzhu huffed in dissatisfaction, then turned to Lin Qingping for testimony, "Mom, tell me, aren't I very capable?"

Lin Qingping smiled and pulled Zhangzhu into her arms, "You're the most capable!"

Zhangzhu was practically spoiled by Gu Juncheng from a young age. Lin Qingping worried that she might be spoiled rotten. Being spoiled wasn't a problem; she, Lin Qingping, could afford to raise a delicate little girl. Her only concern was that she might develop bad habits. Unexpectedly, Zhangzhu, true to her military upbringing and perhaps due to playing with the soldiers from a young age, grew increasingly resilient and principled, displaying a strong sense of integrity. She even learned martial arts from her father, originally intended to teach her skills to protect her from bullying. However, she learned them quite well and even recruited a large group of classmates as her disciples at school…

Like brother, like sister.

This is Zhiyuan's explanation; he did the same thing back in kindergarten.

"When are you leaving?" Lin Qingping knew that Zhiyuan would definitely go, but he really couldn't bear to leave home and be too far away from home. Although the capital was far away, he could go home anytime. Going abroad and coming back once was not easy.

"If we're going, we need to start preparing the documents and going through the formalities," Zhiyuan said.

"Then let's start preparing! Don't worry about me, there are so many people in the family." Lin Qingping said with a smile, "Your second aunt, didn't she also return from studying abroad? A few years have passed in the blink of an eye. Take advantage of your youth and learn some skills abroad."

"Mm," Zhiyuan responded softly.

"Let's eat." Gu Juncheng tasted a bite of the dish Zhiyuan had made. "It's alright. You won't go hungry while you're out."

Zhiyuan only stayed at home for one night and left the next day.

In August, the family took Zhiyuan to the airport.

Five years ago, the family took their first flight at the same airport, filled with curiosity and enthusiasm for everything. Today, five years later, the family has gathered here again, but to say goodbye.

Lin Qingping kept talking to Zhiyuan, giving him instructions and reminders, many of which she had already said many times since a few days ago.

"Okay, Mom, I got it." Zhiyuan answered patiently, though his eyes gradually reddened.

"Alright, it's almost time. Take her in for security check." Gu Juncheng gripped Lin Qingping's shoulder.

Lin Qingping smiled slightly, "Go, and stay safe."

"Okay." Zhiyuan's eyes were red as he looked reluctantly at Lin Qingping, then at Gu Juncheng. "Dad, Mom, please take care of yourselves, and also Zhangzhu..."

He looked at his sister for a long time before saying, "Be happy." As long as she's happy, nothing else matters.

"Brother, don't worry, I'll take care of Mom and Dad! Study hard and come back soon!" Zhangzhu also had a gift for him, which she had prepared a long time ago but had saved for now. It was a carefully chosen pink fountain pen.

"Thank you, Zhangzhu. Well then, I'll be going." Zhiyuan stood there, saying he was leaving, but he didn't move.

Lin Qingping had been forcing a smile, not wanting Zhiyuan to leave with so much sorrow and worry. At this moment, she felt she was about to burst into tears.

"Mom, take care of yourself." Zhiyuan said it again, as if this was the only thing he could say before their parting.

Zhiyuan went up and hugged her.

"Yes, I know, you're the same." Lin Qingping patted his back, as if all her words were reduced to this one sentence.

After letting go of Lin Qingping, everyone thought that he would leave with his luggage this time, but instead, he quickly hugged Gu Juncheng.

That was something he had never done before.

Gu Juncheng was always serious, and the two of them would sometimes have verbal sparring. This sudden intimacy made Gu Juncheng blush.

Zhiyuan hugged him tightly and whispered in his ear, "Dad, thank you."

Then she turned around, grabbed her luggage, and ran off.

The moment I turned around, tears streamed down my face.

He dared not turn back, afraid they would see him crying. So he didn't see Lin Qingping, who was also crying her eyes out as she watched his back.

"Mom." Zhangzhu hugged Lin Qingping, her face also covered in tears.

Gu Juncheng held the mother and daughter in his arms without saying a word, his eyes reddening in a rare manner.

"Dad, Mom, Zhangzhu, I'll be back soon!" Zhiyuan waved to them from the front, his back turned.

Lin Qingping watched him walk into the security checkpoint; he was half a head taller than the security personnel.

Before we knew it, he had grown so tall...

In my memory, he was still the same as when he was three years old, thin and small, wearing an old shirt that was so short it almost reached his chest. He was fighting with someone at the village entrance, and when he came back, he angrily shouted at Gu Juncheng: I did nothing wrong! Your wife was called a slut, why didn't you go and beat him to death!

"Zhiyuan, can you help me see if there's anything I forgot to bring?"

"No, you brought them all, right?"

"Oh dear, where am I going to put Zhiyuan?"

"Auntie, what did you say?"

"I said, I want to take Zhiyuan with me, but how do I pack him?"

Through Lin Qingping's tear-blurred vision, Zhiyuan could no longer be seen.

Zhiyuan is now capable of traveling across oceans on her own, spreading her wings and soaring high, and no longer needs her to "pack her in a suitcase" and take her with her...