Wang Hao came this time carrying a bouquet of flowers and a bag of snacks.
He shouted from outside the door:
"Wanyi, I'm going on a business trip for a few days. I brought some snacks for Keke."
Lin Wanyi really felt that Wang Hao had lost his mind.
She opened the door:
"Wang Hao, in eight years of marriage, I never saw you buy a single bouquet of flowers, and you barely bought anything for Keke.
"Now that we're divorced, why are you doing all this?
"Don't you think it's ridiculous?"
Wang Hao didn't argue or make a scene. He just placed the flowers in the yard:
"Wanyi, like I said, I'm only here now as Keke's dad, checking in on her and on you, an old friend.
"I have to go on a business trip for a few days, so I wanted to see you before I left. Don't be mad. I'll leave right now."
He really did turn around and get into the car and drive away.
Lin Wanyi looked at the flowers he left behind and thought of the past.
On their first wedding anniversary, Lin Wanyi had bought a few roses from the street.
She carefully placed them one by one into a beer bottle, but Liu Chunlan smashed the bottle directly.
At that time, she pointed at Lin Wanyi and cursed:
"You wasteful thing! They're just a few flowers, there's plenty in the countryside—why spend money on them?
"Lin Wanyi, you really don't care how hard my son works to earn money, do you?"
Back then, Lin Wanyi was full of grievance. She looked at Wang Hao, hoping he would say something for her.
But Wang Hao didn't even lift his head:
"Honey, my mom is right. You can't eat those things, so don't waste the money."
And now?
Why isn't it a waste now?
Hmph!
She fed the flowers and snacks to the chickens and didn't think about it anymore.
Liu Renzhi called:
"Wanyi, I'm caught up in some work here and can't get away yet. Let Jiajun take you all ahead. Siyue, my parents, and I will leave soon.
"You don't need to bring anything; they have everything there."
Lin Wanyi nodded:
"Alright, I understand. Focus on your work, don't worry about us.
"When we get there, I'll take good care of Uncle, Auntie, and Siyue."
The car started moving. Chen Hui sat in the passenger seat, while Lin Wanyi, Keke, and Li Suhua sat in the back.
The car was big and spacious.
Wang Keke spent the whole ride pressed against the window, chattering nonstop and taking photos continuously.
Lin Wanyi asked her: "Why are you taking so many photos? Your watch memory will run out soon."
Wang Keke kept snapping:
"I'm posting on Moments, Mom. This is my first trip ever, so I have to share a lot.
"Mom, you don't know how much I used to envy my classmates. Some of them have been to Beijing, some to Shanghai.
"Some even went to Hong Kong!"
Lin Wanyi's nose stung; she felt she had let Wang Keke down.
She had given birth to her but hadn't raised her well.
Lin Jiajun told them:
"It's a bit far—about three or four hours on the road. You all get some sleep. I'll call you when we arrive."
Wang Keke was too excited to last even half an hour before her eyes closed.
She had been thinking about the trip all night and hardly slept, so she quickly fell asleep.
The car was so comfortable that Lin Wanyi, swaying gently, also drifted into a dream.
But her dream wasn't good. In it, she encountered Wang Hao.
He raised a knife and lunged at her, roaring:
"Lin Wanyi, you're my wife, you'll always be my wife.
"If you dare marry anyone else, I'll kill you, I swear I'll kill you!"
The knife plunged into Lin Wanyi's heart, but she felt no pain.
She watched blood spurt from the wound and saw Liu Chunlan clapping:
"Good! Killed him! Son, kill her! Kill her now!
"Bitch! That outsider slut deserves to die!"
Lin Wanyi woke from the nightmare.
Looking at the sleeping Wang Keke in her arms, she forced herself to calm down.
It was just a dream—nothing to fear, nothing to be scared of.
It was a society governed by law. Wang Hao wouldn't dare do anything.
The car sped on. Lin Wanyi watched the scenery outside shift from concrete to dirt paths.
Her mood lifted much more than when they had set out.
Four hours later, they finally arrived.
Chen Hui stretched her arms:
"Oh, we're finally here! Even a luxury car gets uncomfortable after a while."
The moment she finished speaking, she saw the grand entrance of the resort and covered her mouth:
"No—Big Sis, Mom, look! How fancy and upscale!"
She opened her phone, took a ton of selfies with her back to the gate, then handed the phone to Lin Jiajun:
"Honey, hurry! Take a few good pictures of me. I want to post on Moments."
Lin Jiajun took the phone. A few minutes later, Lin Wanyi heard Chen Hui's roar:
"Lin Jiajun! Look at what you've taken! Am I really this short?
"If I post these, people will think I'm four feet tall!"
Lin Jiajun shrank his neck and explained:
"I told you, I'm no good at taking pictures! I'm no good at pictures! Ask Big Sis to take them for you."
Just as Lin Wanyi finished taking a few shots for Chen Hui, she got a call from Liu Siyue:
"Sis, where are you? We're already at the hotel."
"Oh, we're at the main gate. Yueyue, I see they charge admission. Let me go buy tickets first."
"Buy tickets?"
Liu Siyue sounded incredulous:
"Sis, just walk straight in! You're my brother's girlfriend—who would dare charge you?
"Hurry over! Mom and I are both here."
They got back into Lin Jiajun's car. Chen Hui was still wondering:
"How will the gate guards know who we are? How are we supposed to get in?"
Lin Wanyi didn't have an answer either. At worst, they'd buy tickets if they couldn't get in.
But when they reached the gate, it was completely unimpeded—no one stopped their car.
After another ten-plus minutes, Lin Jiajun stopped in front of the hotel.
Liu Siyue was already waiting at the hotel entrance.
Seeing the car, she immediately opened the door:
"Auntie, Wanyi, Sis!"
After getting out, Liu Siyue kept holding Wang Keke's hand.
She told Lin Wanyi:
"The hotel rooms are all arranged. I'm staying in a suite with Mom and Dad, and your family has a suite too. Is that okay?"
"Of course."
Lin Wanyi couldn't possibly object.
But Chen Hui gasped dramatically and grabbed Liu Siyue's hand:
"Yueyue, a suite? I checked the price online—it's over ten thousand yuan a night!
"That's so expensive."
Liu Siyue pressed the button for the top-floor elevator:
"Don't worry. Suites this expensive rarely sell—they're empty three hundred days a year.
"Since they're empty anyway, we might as well stay in them, right?"
Chen Hui thought about it seriously:
"Wow, when you put it that way, it actually makes sense!
"Haha, I'm going to record a video from the moment I open the door—a full 360-degree tour—and post it on Moments!
"Haha, just thinking about it makes me happy!"
The elevator finally reached the top floor. Chen Hui had her phone out, filming everything from the entrance onward.
"Hey everyone, I never thought I'd stay in such a luxurious hotel in my whole life!"
But when she filmed past the window, she suddenly gasped:
"Wang Hao! Big Sis, look! What is Wang Hao doing here too?"
