Six years later, Country A.
The warm yellow light illuminated the room.
A woman with a thin and slender body was busy preparing a sumptuous dinner in the kitchen for her family.
He Ruize sat on the sofa in the living room watching Lin Xinyan who was busy in the kitchen. Lin Ruixi crawled on top of him. “Uncle, do you like my mommy?”
He Ruize’s eyebrows twitched. It drove him crazy every time he heard them calling him like this. Lin Xinyan was unwilling to accept his confession and said that she only regarded him as her brother.
Therefore, both of her children called him uncle.
But they were really cute.
Their skin was fair and tender, and their big round eyes were like pools of clear water, with curly eyelashes that made them look like a porcelain doll.
He Ruize reached out and picked up the little one and walked towards the kitchen.
He stood by the kitchen door. “Yan.”
Lin Xinyan looked back at them and smiled. “Are you hungry? It’ll be ready soon.”
Saying nothing, He Ruize just looked at her back.
Six years ago, Lin Xinyan insisted on not getting anesthesia to keep her babies. He Ruize couldn’t make her change her mind, so he could only agree to it—under the condition that she left China and returned to live in Country A.
Lin Xinyan agreed, and brought Zhuang Zijin here with the help of He Ruize.
Since then, six years had passed.
“I have to go China in two days.”
Lin Xinyan’s hand that was stirring the thick soup with a ladle paused slightly. It seemed that she still had lingering fears about the kind of pain she suffered from six years ago.
She pretended to be nonchalant and didn’t look back. “Do you have things to do there?”
“Well, my sister is engaged.” He Ruize stared at Lin Xinyan’s back.
Lin Xinyan turned around. When she gave birth to Lin Xichen and Lin Ruixi, He Ruize said that he had found his sister who had been missing.
She had always been happy for him.
“This is a good thing. You should go back,” Lin Xinyan said sincerely.
He Ruize stared at her intently. “Her fiancé is Zong Jinghao.”
Clatter!
The ladle in her hand slipped and fell to the ground, breaking into countless pieces.
She quickly squatted down to pick it up, lowering her eyes. “I have nothing to do with him anymore.”
Six years was a long time, so she couldn’t remember that such a man ever appeared in her life.
Now, she just wanted to take good care of her two children.
She just didn’t understand. Shouldn’t he and Bai Zhuwei get married six years ago?
Why would he be engaged with He Ruize’s sister?
She looked at He Ruize with a seemingly inquiring gaze.
He Ruize looked back at her, pursing his lips. “I’m sorry. I hide something from you.”
Lin Xinyan frowned. “What are you hiding from me?”
As soon as she spoke, she seemed to think of something again, as her eyes widened, and she expressed her speculation, “Is Bai Zhuwei your sister?”
“Yes.” That year, he went to investigate the incident that night for Lin Xinyan and learned about what happened that night from the hotel attendant. He looked deeper and uncovered the role that Bai Zhuwei played in it.
He naturally loathed such a scheming woman, but unfortunately, Bai Zhuwei was also in Country A at that time, and they met there.
They didn’t cross paths initially, but because Bai Zhuwei wore a slip skirt that day, the green birthmark on her shoulder caught his attention.
His lost sister also had such a green birthmark on her shoulder.
So in order to clear his doubts, he did an in-depth investigation on Bai Zhuwei. She grew up in an orphanage without parents. At first, he was just curious about the woman, who had the same birthmark as his sister, and naturally wanted to understand her a little more.
But when he found out that she was an orphan, He Ruize had the doubt that she was his long-lost sister, so he followed her, collected her hair and saliva for DNA.
It turned out she was really his sister.
He knew his sister’s secret and that she liked Zong Jinghao.
Therefore, he never told Lin Xinyan.
He Ruize put down Lin Ruixi and asks her to play in the living room.
Lin Ruixi nodded and ran toward the living room with her short legs. “I will wait for Xichen to come back and play with him.”
“Easy. Don’t fall down.” He Ruize took hold of her. “Go slowly.”
Lin Ruixi pouted, looking upset.
He Ruize let go of her and pinched her little nose. “Be good.” After speaking, he turned to walk into the kitchen, squatted beside Lin Xinyan, and reached out to hold her hand. “Isn’t it good for me to take care of you?”
“I have two kids—”
“I don’t care…”
“I do.” Lin Xinyan looked up at him. She wouldn’t let her children live under others’ roof.
She knew He Ruize’s family. Such a family would not be able to accept a woman like her.
Moreover, she had promised Madam He that she would never be with him.
She smiled and withdrew her hand. “Go to the living room. Dinner is almost ready.”
As He Ruize’s hand became empty, he also felt empty in his heart. Perhaps he was looking for his sister’s shadow on her in the past, but the six years of getting along made him fall in love with this brave and stubborn woman.
He Ruize didn’t understand why she rejected him so unreservedly.
“Do you reject me because you have someone in your heart?” He Ruize voiced his guess, “And that someone is Zong Jinghao.”
This man was the only man that appeared in her life.
“No!” Lin Xinyan answered quickly, as if to prove that she was telling the truth. “If you didn’t mention him, I would have long forgotten this person.”
“Why do you—”
“Mom.” Lin Ruixi ran in and wrapped her arms around Lin Xinyan’s neck. “Mommy, when will Xichen and grandma come back?”
Lin Ruixi’s appearance interrupted Lin Xinyan’s conversation with He Ruize.
It happened that Lin Xinyan was reluctant to talk about this topic as well.
She looked up at the clock and picked Lin Ruixi up. “School is over at 6:30. It is already 6:20 now. So they will be back soon.”
Lin Xinyan put her down. “Be good. The kitchen is dangerous.” She stretched out her hand to show Lin Ruixi. “Look at my hand. Is it dirty?”
Lin Ruixi blinked her eyes. “Yes.”
“Will you listen to me?”
“Yes.”
The little one looked upset, whereas Lin Xinyan sighed and kissed her on the forehead. “I’ll bathe you tonight, okay?”
Lin Ruixi’s eyes lit up. “Okay.”
As Lin Xinyan had to go to work during the day and study at night, she had no time to take care of them.
It was Zhuang Zijin who took care of them and bathed them.
Zhuang Zijin’s condition was now under control following He Ruize’s meticulous treatment. As long as she wasn’t triggered, she was like an ordinary person.
She could help Lin Xinyan take care of her children, so Lin Xinyan had time to study. Her previous profession was as a fashion designer, and after these few years of hard work, she got her graduation certificate and joined LEO.
She was very talented in fashion design, and the dresses she designed had won many awards. She even designed a wedding dress for the daughter of the national leader of Country A, which had amazed everyone in the country. Now she had become the chief designer of LEO and owned its shares.
When it was time for dinner, Zhuang Zijin returned with Lin Xichen.
Lin Xichen was just over five years old, but he had an extremely strong memory and mathematical ability. He was extremely sensitive to numbers, and talented, so Lin Xinyan wanted to train him.
He wasn’t a letdown, as he actually passed the test of AC University.
AC was a world-renowned top college in the computer field.
The development of electronic chips and processing systems here had long been popular around the world.
Comparatively, Lin Ruixi didn’t have any talents, and was like any other ordinary children, but she was cute and warm.
Seeing that Li Xichen was home, Lin Ruixi ran toward him happily. “Xichen—”
