After she died, Mr. Bo knelt in front of the tombstone and cried like a dog.

His attitude softened and his tone became much gentler.

Nan Chu said: "But I won't go back to the capital with you now, and I don't know how long I will work in Shenzhen. This time may be measured in years. Can you...can you accept a long-distance relationship for such a long time?"

Without hesitation, he asked, "If you can, why can't I?"

Nan Chu thought for a few seconds, and then seemed to recall something, and said, "Yes, you have had an international relationship before."

A two-hour direct flight is nothing.

"..."

Her light words were like a slap in his face.

He laughed and begged her, "Can you please stop talking about my past love history? It's all old news, I forgot about it."

Nan Chu didn't dwell on his past love affairs, but just sighed and said, "You are really a noble person who forgets things easily."

"Isn't it enough that I haven't forgotten you?"

He looked at her and smiled.

Nan Chu's heart skipped a beat, and she seemed unable to accept the sudden change in their relationship. She slightly averted her gaze, avoiding his eyes, and changed the subject: "Is Lu Ruzhuo asleep?"

Lu Zhilu turned the camera around and let her look at the child.

Lu Ruzhuo was sleeping soundly in the cradle with a pacifier in his mouth.

Nan Chu watched quietly for a while, and when Lu Zhilu turned the camera back...

Nan Chu whispered, "It's quite late. I'm going to go wash up first. I have to go to work tomorrow morning. I'll hang up now."

"..."

Lu Zhilu stopped her: "Wait."

Nan Chu asked: "Anything else?"

Lu Zhilu remembered something important, "I have already told my grandfather about our affairs, and confessed to him that I want to remarry you. Aren't you curious about what he said?"

Nan Chu probably didn't expect that he would actually discuss this matter with Grandpa Lu at this uncertain juncture. After all, she had not agreed to remarry him.

In fact, she doesn't care whether Grandpa Lu agrees or not. After all, they are just in love. As long as they don't re-enter marriage, Grandpa Lu's attitude has little to do with her.

So I wasn't curious, but I still cooperated and asked, "What did your grandfather say?"

Lu Zhilu stared at her, his eyes probing: "If he objects, will you still be willing to tangle with me?"

Nan Chu was stunned by the question.

Then he chuckled and said, "I don't think you should ask me this question. You should ask yourself. If your grandfather objects, will you still pester me?"

Lu Zhilu answered without hesitation: "Yes. But the reason I asked you is because if my grandfather objects, I may not be able to give you a legitimate status, and you will feel wronged. I don't want... you to break up with me because of grievances."

Nan Chu was startled, and suddenly became curious about what Grandpa Lu said, "So your grandfather is against it?"

This is also good. You don’t have to get married. You can just date without any burden. When it’s time to break up, you don’t even have to go through the troublesome divorce procedures. You can just say break up and it’s over.

"No, he didn't object and agreed."

Nan Chu didn't expect Grandpa Lu to agree so readily, and his thoughts were slightly distracted.

Lu Zhilu paused and asked, "So, do you want to remarry me? My grandfather won't make things difficult for you. You don't have to consider the Lu family and my grandfather. You only need to consider me as a person."

He was so direct that Nan Chu was stunned.

Nan Chu was silent for a long time before he said, "I..."

She wanted to say, could she not answer his questions now?

Perhaps her hesitation was obvious, so Lu Zhilu interrupted her: "Didn't you say you were going to take a shower? Go take a shower and go to bed."

"what?"

"You don't want to take a shower but want to chat on the phone?"

Nan Chu: "...Oh, I'll go then. Bye."

Lu Zhilu: "Good night."

After hanging up the video, Nan Chu sat on the bench at the entrance and digested for a while before slowly changing his shoes.

Meng Jingyi was watching a dating show over there and laughed out loud: "Eh? Jiaojiao, many female guests go to TV shows to make money and go on blind dates. I think the female guests here are not as good-looking as you. Do you want to try it? Even if it's just for fun, you can go and meet new friends and socialize."

Nan Chu said with a smile: "That's all scripted. Besides, I just joined the TV station now, so I don't have time to go on this kind of blind date show. Mom, you can go on it yourself. Aren't there fancy old men who come for blind dates too? Maybe you'll fall in love with each other."

Meng Jingyi: "I am already middle-aged and still on the show, it is not embarrassing."

Nan Chu walked into the bathroom wearing slippers.

Meng Jingyi sat on the sofa in the living room, poked her head toward the bathroom, and asked casually, "By the way, what does Lu Zhilu mean? Why did he come to Shenzhen? Did he come to see you specifically?"

"No, he's in Shenzhen on a business trip."

"Even if he came to Shenzhen on a business trip and didn't contact you specifically, would you two be able to meet up together?"

Nan Chu washed his hands, came out to get a change of clothes and prepared to take a shower, and asked Meng Jingyi: "Mom, what do you want to ask?"

"I want to ask, does he plan to remarry you?"

Nan Chu asked: "Do you really want me to remarry him?"

Meng Jingyi said quickly: "I didn't. I used to think he was rich and could provide you with good things. Now we live in Shenzhen, and life seems to be OK. It's not as unbearable as I imagined. If you don't want to remarry him, don't provoke him. He has a bad temper."

Nan Chu: "Mom, you seem to be quite afraid of him."

Meng Jingyi pursed her lips, her expression a little stiff. "To be honest, during the three years you were married to him, every time he came to our house, I almost smiled at his face and wanted to bow to him, just like worshiping an ancestor. I remember that he never called me mom or your dad. He didn't look like our son-in-law at all, he was just an uncle."

"..."

Meng Jingyi described it vividly, and Nan Chu couldn't help laughing: "You don't have to worship him anymore, let alone bow to him."

"So you mean you don't plan to remarry him?"

Nan Chu's eyes darkened and he responded, "Yeah."

At least not now.

She doesn't think much about the future anymore. In the past, she would always be distracted by thinking about things that happened in the distant past, but now she doesn't do that anymore. She just wants to live every day better, even if those days have nothing to do with Lu Zhilu.

……

When getting ready to get off work on Friday, Nan Chu opened Lu’s WeChat.

Just edited in the message column: [I have a day off tomorrow, and I want to go to the capital to see Lu Ruzhuo, is it convenient for you? ]

Just finished editing, the message has not been sent yet.

A message from the other side suddenly popped up.

【Are you off work? 】

Nan Chu deleted the original words and replied: [Just about to get off work. ]

Lu: [I'm downstairs from your workplace.]

Nan Chu's breathing stagnated when he saw the message.

Why did he suddenly come to Shenzhen Stock Exchange again?

Did you bring Lu Ruzhuo with you?

Nan Chu packed up her things, carried her bag and went downstairs. She walked from the elevator in the lobby on the first floor of the TV station towards the main door, only to see a familiar male figure standing in the dim night.

He walked against the light of the street lamp behind him. He did not look tired at all. He did not look like he had flown to Shenzhen from another city. Instead, he looked like he was taking a leisurely stroll to the bottom of the building where she worked.

Until he walked up to her and asked casually, "Have you eaten?"