Mrs. Lu, Mr. Lu will come back and spend the night tonight.

I looked out the window all night and the wind kept rustling the leaves.

Shen Li withdrew his gaze and recalled the times when he used to accompany her to watch the stars and the moon.

"Miss your parents?"

Shen Xingchen's eyes suddenly turned red when Shen Li asked her this. She said, "A little bit."

She did think of her parents just now, but she thought more about him.

Shen Xingchen's eyes were red, and Shen Li's heart trembled slightly. Her eyes were still exactly the same as when she was a child, still full of sadness.

Raising his right hand, Shen Li stroked Shen Xingchen's face.

It would have been fine if he didn't touch Shen Xingchen. As soon as he touched Shen Xingchen, Shen Xingchen's emotions got out of control. Tears suddenly fell down, and for a moment, she couldn't control them at all.

She herself couldn't explain what was going on, whether it was because she missed her parents or because of the distance between her and Shen Li in the past two years.

When Shen Xingchen started crying, Shen Li panicked and quickly wiped her tears and said, "Why are you still crying? If you miss your parents, I'll take you back to visit their graves tomorrow and you can change your flight ticket."

Shen Xingchen raised her hand to wipe her tears, trying to regain her composure, and shook her head: "No, I went back to my hometown yesterday and visited the graves yesterday."

Maybe she was feeling aggrieved about his rejection and distance from her two years ago.

Maybe he was sad about his escape over the past two years, sad that he had pushed him further and further away.

But she had no way out, no other option except to hide from him.

Shen Xingchen burst into tears, and Shen Li felt a pang of pain in his heart.

So, he didn't care about that and just put his arm around Shen Xingchen's shoulders and held her in his arms.

Stroking her back up and down, he said, "Don't you want to go back to school? If you don't want to go back, then don't go back. You won't study medicine anymore." He added, "If you still want to go to the company, I'll arrange a position for you tomorrow. Is that okay with you?"

The more Shen Li comforted her, the harder Shen Xingchen cried.

Especially when he mentioned going to the company.

Shen Li was at a loss after seeing Shen Xingchen crying.

So I held her like this, like I did when she was a child, and subconsciously kissed her hair like I did when she was a child.

He didn't even realize he was kissing her hair.

The gentler Shen Li was, the more aggrieved Shen Xingchen felt, and the sadder he felt about the separation and estrangement of the past two years.

Finally, she raised her hand, looked up at Shen Li and asked, "Uncle, can I hug you?"

Although Shen Li was holding her and comforting her all the time, Shen Xingchen didn't dare to hug Shen Li at all, and didn't even dare to touch him with her own hands.

I was afraid that I would disgust him, make him hate me, and be pushed away by him again.

Shen Li's heart twitched violently when Shen Xingchen asked.

In the past, she would not care about these things and would just throw herself into his arms without thinking.

He lowered his eyes to look at Shen Xingchen, seeing how sad she was, and said, "Yes."

After getting Shen Li's permission, Shen Xingchen carefully raised his hands, then carefully hugged his back, and finally leaned his face slightly against his chest.

Shen Xingchen was so cautious that Shen Li couldn't tell what he felt.

Only when Shen Xingchen leaned in his arms did he truly feel that the little girl from back then had really grown up.

The two of them hugged each other quietly, and Shen Xingchen's mood slowly recovered.

Later, she didn't remember how she fell asleep on the bed. She only remembered that she was very emotional that night.

Many years later, every time Shen Xingchen thought about that night, she felt embarrassed.

Shen Li felt endless heartache.

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The next morning, when Shen Xingchen opened her eyes and woke up, Shen Li was no longer by her pillow.

With the back of his hand on his forehead, thinking about what happened last night, how he cried in Shen Li's arms and even hugged him in the end, Shen Xingchen felt so embarrassed that he didn't know where to put his face.

With his right hand resting on his forehead and covering his eyes, Shen Xingchen wished he could dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.

No wonder people say that you can’t make decisions easily at night. It seems that your emotions at night are indeed unreliable.

Fortunately, Shen Li did not reject her last night, otherwise she would not be able to face him or live as a human being.

Shen Dechen got up and lifted the quilt. He was annoyed. He had persisted for two years, so why couldn't he control his emotions last night?

I let out a sigh of relief and the stomachache felt a little better than yesterday.

The fragility of last night, and the hug last night, when I woke up this morning, it seemed like nothing had changed.

If Shen Li was still by her pillow when Shen Xingchen opened her eyes and woke up, that would be a different story, but without him, everything that happened last night seemed to have disappeared.

After packing up, she went downstairs. She thought Shen Li had already gone to work, but as soon as she got downstairs, Mrs. Shen said to her in a hurry: "Xingchen, wake up, come and have breakfast quickly, your uncle will take you to the airport later."

Listening to Mrs. Shen's words, Shen Xingchen followed her gaze and found that Shen Li was already sitting at the dining table, eating breakfast.

Seeing this, Shen Xingchen quickly said, "Aunt, my uncle is busy with work. Uncle Liu can just take me to the airport. There's no need to trouble my uncle."

After waking up, Shen Xingchen was still the same Shen Xingchen, and Shen Li was still the same Shen Li.

The little farce last night was just a very illusory dream.

Seeing Shen Xingchen's awkwardness, Shen Li looked up at her and said casually, "I'm not as busy as you think." He then said, "Let's eat first."

Shen Li has a very strong aura, and no one can refuse what comes out of his mouth.

Seeing that he was determined to send her off today, Shen Xingchen sat down at the dining table quietly.

So that's it, it's only an hour's drive, and she will be at the airport in more than an hour. When she returns to school in the afternoon, life will return to normal.

Shen Xingchen sat down on the right side of the dining table. Shen Li handed her the bowl and chopsticks and poured her a glass of milk.

He always used to take care of her like this when she was at home.

"Thank you uncle."

Shen Li did not say anything because of Shen Xingchen's politeness.

Seeing Shen Li and Shen Xingchen both eating at home today, Mrs. Shen felt that this was what home looked like and it was lively.

Ever since Shen Xingchen went to college, the Shen family seemed to have never had a lively meal together.

However, when Mrs. Shen thought about Shen Xingchen going to the airport and school after lunch, she felt lonely again.

When Shen Li was not living at home, she didn't feel such a big gap in her heart.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Shen looked at Shen Xingchen and said, "Xingchen, don't go to the hospital during this winter vacation. Go home directly during the vacation."

Before Shen Xingchen could speak, Mrs. Shen continued, "Your life has not yet begun. You will have many days of working in the future, and there will only be winter and summer vacations in the last few years."

The longer Shen Xingchen stays at home, the more lively the home will be.