Lin Wanyi’s heart skipped a beat. She immediately ran to the window and looked downstairs.
Chen Hui pointed at a man carrying a laptop bag and said:
“There, there, sis, look—is that Wang Hao?”
Lin Wanyi looked carefully. The build and the clothes looked just like Wang Hao’s.
She held her breath, zoomed in on Chen Hui’s phone again and again, and finally let out a sigh of relief:
“It’s not him, Huihui. It’s not him.”
Chen Hui also got a clear look and patted her chest in relief:
“Really not him. That scared me. I thought we couldn’t shake that clingy pest even here.”
Chen Hui happily went back to filming her video. After the interruption, she stepped outside and started recording all over again.
Wang Keke followed right behind Chen Hui. Lin Wanyi could hear their excited gasps:
“Wow, such a huge living room! Such a big sofa! Such a massive balcony!”
“And three bedrooms and three bathrooms!”
“Oh my god, one bedroom is bigger than our entire apartment. Haha, Chen Hui actually gets to stay in a hotel like this!”
Wang Keke was also happily snapping photos and posting on her social media.
Lin Wanyi answered a call from Liu Renzhi:
“Have you arrived?”
“Yeah, just got here.”
“Good. Have fun. You can go anywhere in the resort. I’ve already registered your whole family’s faces in the system, so everything is free.”
“Okay, thank you.”
Liu Renzhi said over the phone:
“I’ll come over tonight once I’m done. Wanyi, I miss you.”
Lin Wanyi quickly hung up.
She put away her luggage, and Wang Keke couldn’t wait to head to the amusement park.
Lin Wanyi took her there first, while Chen Hui and Liu Siyue wandered around taking photos everywhere.
Li Suhua and Su Jing walked and chatted.
Everyone was having a great time.
But Liu Chunlan was so anxious she couldn’t sleep.
Such a big house, such a big yard—and she was the only one left in it.
Every day, she felt an overwhelming emptiness.
Especially at night. She kept dreaming of Wang Jianguo.
Dreaming that he came to collect her life, saying she was the one who killed him.
Liu Chunlan couldn’t sleep through the night.
The moment she closed her eyes, she saw Wang Jianguo’s corpse.
After several days, she became terribly haggard.
Her eyes were bruised with dark circles, and her eye bags sagged heavily.
She knew she couldn’t go on like this.
She called Wang Kai—no answer. Then Wang Meijuan—still no answer.
Wang Hao did pick up, but he wouldn’t say anything.
After she called too many times, he stopped answering too.
Liu Chunlan was restless beyond words.
This couldn’t go on. She couldn’t let the home she had worked so hard to build just fall apart.
She started looking for matches for Wang Hao again.
She went around asking matchmakers to introduce someone.
But Wang Hao’s situation was too awkward.
He had no money, no house, and worst of all, the divorce with Lin Wanyi had made him notorious in every nearby village.
No decent girl would even give Wang Hao a second glance.
After begging around, one matchmaker finally said:
“I know someone who might suit your son, but...”
She hesitated. Liu Chunlan pressed:
“But what? Just tell me!”
The matchmaker thought it over and finally spoke:
“Well, she’s a widow, and she has two sons.”
“But she’s quite pretty, and the kids are well-behaved.”
“If your son marries her, you’ll have grandsons right away—two of them!”
Liu Chunlan was so furious she turned and left on the spot.
She did want grandsons, but not someone else’s grandsons.
Even Chen Hao, who had taken Chen Qingxiu’s surname, was not acknowledged as her grandson.
Let alone strangers’ sons.
She was devastated.
Was it really impossible to find a good woman besides Lin Wanyi?
Ridiculous—was the only woman in this world Lin Wanyi?
As she passed Zhang Cuilan’s house, Zhang Cuilan was filming a video of her grandson.
She was thrilled, shouting as she filmed:
“Oh, my precious grandson! You can walk now!”
“How amazing is that? Oh, my dear little grandson!”
When she saw Liu Chunlan passing by, Zhang Cuilan immediately pointed at her grandson and said:
“Chunlan, Chunlan, come look! My grandson is walking already! Isn’t he incredible?”
“Look at him!”
Liu Chunlan found it unbearable and blurted out:
“What’s wrong with you? Who wants to see your precious grandson?
“Even if he could fly, what’s that got to do with me? Ridiculous.”
Zhang Cuilan put her hands on her hips and laughed:
“Oh, hit a nerve? Seeing my grandson got to you?
“Well, too bad. I just happen to have a grandson—a well-behaved, smart one at that.
“Liu Chunlan, you can be mad all you want, but no one will give you one. Hahaha!”
Liu Chunlan slammed her door shut and sat on the floor behind it, silently crying.
She was so angry.
All because she didn’t have a grandson, Zhang Cuilan had insulted her to her face several times now.
But she couldn’t argue back—because she really didn’t have a grandson. Not a single one.
Her frustration hit its peak, but what could she do?
Steal a grandson?
Yes.
Suddenly, a jolt of inspiration hit her.
Steal a grandson.
Steal one that should have been hers all along.
With that thought, she perked up instantly.
She locked the door and left Wangjia Village.
She was going to bring back her own grandson.
Let those gossiping village women see what she could do.
At the resort.
Wang Keke had been playing for hours and still refused to leave.
This zero-gravity amusement park was perfect for her.
Seeing her dripping with sweat, Lin Wanyi texted Li Suhua:
【Mom, bring Keke a change of clothes. She’s drenched.】
Li Suhua came with Su Jing.
Su Jing looked at Lin Wanyi:
“Wanyi, you rarely get a chance like this. Go have some fun.
“Your mom and I will watch Keke here.”
Lin Wanyi felt awkward imposing, but Li Suhua urged her to go too.
Chen Hui also messaged her:
【Sis, bring Keke swimming! There’s a huge pool here!】
Wang Keke refused to leave, and Su Jing kept pressing Lin Wanyi to go off on her own.
In the end, Lin Wanyi went to find Chen Hui.
Chen Hui and Liu Siyue were already swimming.
When she saw Lin Wanyi, she waved:
“Over here, sis! I’m here!
“Come in! It’s so nice—summer is perfect for swimming!”
Lin Wanyi stood by the edge. She hadn’t swum in a long time—the last time was in college.
“You two swim. I’ll take a walk.”
The resort was enormous. Outside the pool was a huge garden.
It was filled with all kinds of flowers.
Lin Wanyi wandered through the garden, smelling the flowers as she went.
It felt wonderful.
The temperature was perfect—not too hot, not too cold—and there were no crowds.
She felt a sense of relaxation she hadn’t experienced in over half a year.
She randomly took a photo of a pretty flower and sent it to Liu Renzhi.
Liu Renzhi replied immediately:
【Tonight. Wait for me.】
Lin Wanyi instantly regretted sending that photo.
It had been completely unnecessary.
She kept walking aimlessly, breathing in the fragrance.
It felt so good—this time when she didn’t have to think about anything, worry about anything.
But as she walked, a figure flashed by.
Wang Hao.
Lin Wanyi instinctively looked again.
The figure was gone.
She reassured herself: It’s not him. Definitely not him.
It must have been that man she saw from the room earlier.
Just a man who looked like Wang Hao.
