When Fang Zicheng saw Qiao Jiusheng’s reaction, he realized that he might have done something wrong. He retracted the ball of light. He sat down beside Qiao Jiusheng. The three-year-old him sat beside Qiao Jiusheng and looked especially petite. He was like a small meatball.

  Fang Zicheng said, “I’m sorry, Mom. Dad didn’t allow me to tell you, but I think I should let you know.” Fang Zicheng looked up at the side of Qiao Jiusheng’s face. Seeing that his mother seemed a little sad, Fang Zicheng pursed his lips and looked guilty.

  Fang Zicheng asked Qiao Jiusheng softly, “Mom, did I do something wrong?”


  Qiao Jiusheng lowered her head and looked at Fang Zicheng.

  She was still shocked. After hearing Fang Zicheng’s question, Qiao Jiusheng barely suppressed her shock. Qiao Jiusheng touched Fang Zicheng’s head and said, “You did the right thing. You should tell me. If you don’t tell me, I…” I will never know how much that man loves me.

  And how lucky I am.

  Fang Yusheng and Yan Nuo only returned at midnight.

  They drove there, and the two of them took a car together. Fang Yusheng parked the car, and the two of them walked towards the house as they spoke. The door to the hall in front was not closed, and Fang Yusheng was a little surprised when he entered the house, but he did not pay much attention.

  The bedroom they were resting in was in the house behind them. The front hall was where they lived and rested during the day. Sometimes it was common not to close at night.

  He and Yan Nuo walked through the hall and planned to go back to their rooms to rest.

  Just as he reached the back roof of the front hall, Fang Yusheng saw Qiao Jiusheng sitting under the crabapple flowers in the courtyard. Qiao Jiusheng was sitting there with a bonfire beside her. She was holding a pencil and a sketchbook. Fang Yusheng subconsciously stopped in his tracks and stopped talking.

  Yan Nuo also saw Qiao Jiusheng.

  He whispered to Fang Yusheng, “I’ll go back to my room first.”


  “Okay.”


  Yan Nuo turned around and went from the corner of the house to the bedroom in the backyard.

  Fang Yusheng then strolled behind Qiao Jiusheng. Fang Yusheng looked down and realized that Qiao Jiusheng was thinking of a painting. “What is this?”


  Upon hearing Fang Yusheng’s voice, Qiao Jiusheng put down her pen and looked up at him. She smiled and said, “Someone customized a human-shaped jade carving. I’ll draft it first.”


  “Oh.”


  “Why aren’t you sleeping?”


  Qiao Jiusheng sat on the recliner without any extra chairs around her. Fang Yusheng carried her and lay on the recliner himself before putting Qiao Jiusheng in his arms. Qiao Jiusheng lay in his arms and was relieved to hear his strong heartbeat.

  According to Fang Zicheng and the ball of light, Fang Yusheng could live to 75 years old in this life.

  He could live for another 40 years.

  Qiao Jiusheng wished that she could live longer and live until the year she was 69 years old. She suddenly said, “I heard that people nowadays die faster and faster.”


  Fang Yusheng was puzzled.

  “Why did you think of this?”


  Qiao Jiusheng hugged his waist and said coquettishly, “Look, the fruits and vegetables we eat now are all genetically modified. The chicken, duck, and fish we eat are all fed, and the snacks we eat are all added preservatives. Even the vaccines given to children can be fake…”


  She gave many examples before saying, “At this rate, it’s a question if I can live to 60 years old.”


  When Fang Yusheng heard the word 60 years old, his thoughts shifted and he instantly understood.

  He said in a deep voice, “Did Cheng Cheng tell you everything?”


  Qiao Jiusheng fell silent.

  Then, she asked Fang Yusheng curiously, “Where did you hear that?”


  “You, who have always been carefree, are suddenly worried about your life. You must know something.” He touched Qiao Jiusheng’s hair and said, ‘You know everything.” Fang Yusheng’s tone was certain.

  Qiao Jiusheng did not argue.

  She became silent.

  For a moment, the courtyard was silent. Only the sound of running water could be heard in the ditch, pleasant and peaceful.

  A moment later, Fang Yusheng sighed and said, “I thought he would keep it a secret for me.” It seemed like Iron Egg’s mouth was not firm enough.

  Qiao Jiusheng said, “He should have told me.” She looked up at Fang Yusheng’s face and asked him, “If he doesn’t say it, are you not planning to tell me for the rest of your life?”


  “Yes.”


  “Why?”


  Fang Yusheng was speechless for a short moment before saying, “Because I love you, but I don’t want your love for me to be mixed with other thoughts.” The love he wanted for Qiao Jiusheng was sincere and clean.

  Fang Yusheng wanted Qiao Jiusheng to love him, not Qiao Jiusheng to love him because of what.

  Qiao Jiusheng understood what he meant.

  She smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly, ‘You’re always like this.” Qiao Jiusheng sat up in his arms. She bent down and squatted beside the fire, removing the firewood and planning to put out the fire. As she fiddled with the dry firewood, she said, “You should have told me. In the past, I always thought that God had opened his eyes and gave me a chance to be reborn. Little did I know that you were my God.”


  Holding a piece of firewood in her hand, Qiao Jiusheng looked up at Fang Yusheng and said clearly, “You have to let me know how good you are and how much you’ve done for me. Only then will I remember that my life was not easy. Everything I have is a fluke, and how perfect the man I love is.”


  Fang Yusheng lowered his eyes and looked at the flickering flames in the fire in silence.

  How could he not understand what Qiao Jiusheng meant?

  If Qiao Jiusheng were him, he would also hope that Qiao Jiusheng could tell him what she had done. However, he was not Qiao Jiusheng after all. He was Fang Yusheng. He would rather spend the rest of his life alone for the sake of waiting for someone.

  It did not matter if he was paranoid or stupid, he could not bear to let Qiao Jiusheng know all this.

  Fang Yusheng was silent for a long time before sighing. “I’m just afraid that one day, you’ll get tired of me but have to pretend to love me deeply because of what I’ve done to you.”


  Qiao Jiusheng was stunned.

  She really did not expect Fang Yusheng to have such thoughts.

  ‘I l wouldn’t get tired of you,” she said.

  Fang Yusheng lowered his eyes and said, “Ah Sheng, don’t be angry when I say something.” “Yes?”


  “In your previous life, you loved Fang Mu for the rest of your life when you forgot about me.”


  Fang Yusheng stared at Qiao Jiusheng fixedly. He saw Qiao Jiusheng frown instantly when she heard his words.

  Fang Yusheng quickly added, “I’m not fussing about your past. What I mean is that many people will fall in love with different people in their lives. This doesn’t mean that they’re not loyal to love or are unfaithful. It’s just that people’s hearts are easily touched.”


  Then, with Fang Mu around, there was no guarantee that Chen Mu would exist in the future. Once another person who liked Qiao Jiusheng appeared one day, what should she do?.