After hearing what Sijun's mother said, Sijun's father hurried over and said, "Don't be so loud, the two of you! There are so many relatives and friends here, aren't you embarrassed?!"

Sijun's mother said: "We are just saying good things, not bad things. I mean, the girl did a good job this time."

Sijun's father nodded and said, "Yes, he did well this time. But we need to continue to observe him. We can't think he is really good just because he did well once."

Sijun didn't say anything. He thought to himself: One good thing doesn't prove a person is good, but one bad thing can prove a person is bad, right? He thought his parents' logic was really weird.

The next day, grandma's funeral went very smoothly. Manxian came early in the morning and stayed with Sijun until grandma passed away, and had dinner with Sijun's family, relatives and friends.

This time, Sijun was bolder than on New Year's Eve and let Manxian take a nap in his room.

In the room, Man Xian said, "You must be very sad. After all, you and grandma are so close."

"Yes, I should be sad. But now, I don't feel as sad as I thought."

"Maybe, there's a sense of finality, so it's not as sad as you might think. After all, your grandmother lived to be ninety-five, an age that most people don't live to see."

"Yes, but I always hope that she can stay with me for a few more years, and it would be great if she could live to be 100 years old," said Sijun.

"It would be better if it could be like that, but it's fate. Your grandmother has received filial piety from all of you, which is worth her life. Especially in her last few months, she was lying in bed, confused and unconscious most of the time. Her quality of life was very poor. Therefore, her death is a relief for her, you and your family."

"Yes, what you said makes sense. Maybe I am still happy for my grandmother. She is finally free and can report to God. She believed in God all her life, and was a good person and did good things all her life. Her death of old age is also the greatest reward from God for her."

"You must be very sad these days. I'll come and accompany you every day!" said Man Xian.

Sijun gratefully hugged Manxian into his arms: "Thank you! I really need you to accompany me."

......

Just as Manxian said, after they returned to their workplace, Sijun's longing for his grandmother began to become more and more obvious, especially at night when it was quiet and quiet. Sijun was alone in the house, reminiscing about the past with his grandmother, and felt very sad.

Grandma is the person who loves him the most and understands how to love him the best.

Relatives and friends were talking behind his back, saying that he didn't even want to see his grandmother covering her face for the last time. But they didn't know that this was Sijun's greatest sorrow and he was the one who missed his grandmother the most.

Man Xian kept her promise. For more than a week, she would take a nearly half-hour drive every day to come to Sijun's place to accompany him. No matter how late she worked overtime or how early she had to get up to go to work the next day, she insisted on coming every night to talk to Sijun and ease his sadness.

The two of them also used this time to chat a lot, and their relationship took a step further.

In addition to the lovey-dovey moments, there is also the joy of love.

Until one morning, Sijun got up and saw Manxian looking pale and tired lying on the bed. He asked Manxian what was wrong and whether she was sick.

Man Xian said that she didn't feel any particular discomfort, but just felt weak all over and didn't want to get up.

Sijun touched her forehead and the temperature was normal.

Man Xian said: "I'm really not sick. If I were sick, I would feel it myself, but I just feel like I don't have any strength and can't get up."

"Then you lie down and rest, I'll go cook."

After saying that, Sijun went to the kitchen and fried some vegetables and meat.

The rice was in the rice cooker, cooked the night before and set to be cooked at 7am.

The aroma of rice and vegetables filled the whole house.

Sijun was busy in the kitchen when he saw Manxian walking towards him step by step with difficulty.

Sijun hurried forward and supported Manxian.

"How are you? Are you feeling better? Why are you up?"

"I...I want to go to work..." Man Xian said weakly.

"What! Are you crazy? You are so weak now, how can you go to work?! Besides, it takes half an hour to get to your workplace by car. How can you bear it? Ask for a leave!"

Man Xian was very hesitant and she was struggling inside.

After a long while, she said, "Today there is a very important meeting about the SCI paper submission. I have to go. I can't miss this time..."

Sijun said, "But you are so weak now, it won't help if you go! Do you have the energy to go to the meeting? If you don't have the energy, it will be useless to go! It will only cause a greater blow to your body."

"But that Xiaoya...she is my competitor. She and Senior Brother have agreed that I will help her. Today's meeting is to assign thesis pairs. If I don't go, the director will definitely assign Senior Brother to match Xiaoya, and I will lose this opportunity."

"Then you can find someone else to guide you! It doesn't have to be the senior brother."

Man Xian shook her head: "There are very few people researching the field I'm working in. Currently, only the senior brother is more reliable in this area. The level of the other senior brothers and sisters is not very high, so it is best to seek guidance from the senior brother."

"Then you can ask him to guide both you and that girl called Xiaoya."

"The senior brother is very busy. He has undertaken many scientific research tasks for the entire department. Moreover, our SCI papers are also very difficult. He is overwhelmed to guide one, let alone two. I am afraid that the senior brother will not agree."

Sijun shook his head and said, "I don't care about the eldest and second brothers! This is not a journey to the West! I just know that my wife is not feeling well now, and I can't let you take this risk. Your health is the most important. Others should stand aside for now!"

Man Xian sat at the dining table, lowered her head, sighed and said, "If I miss today's meeting, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to publish this round of SCI papers. I'll have to wait until next time. And the next time will be a year from now. Also, Xiaoya has been secretly competing with me. If I don't go this time, she will definitely have the upper hand and will find ways to block my way to publish this round of papers."

"Why! There is such a bad woman."

"You don't understand what's going on between us girls..."

"Then tell me, why did she do this? Have you ever offended her?"

"Maybe, it's envy, jealousy and hatred..." Man Xian said softly.

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