Chapter 189.1
Editor: Jodi
The fifth year after Lin An Lan and Cheng Yu got married, the Cheng family experienced a loss—Cheng Xiao’s younger sister, Cheng Yong, passed away.
And as Cheng Yu’s spouse, Lin An Lan attended the funeral with him. The ceremony was very simple, just as Cheng Yong had wanted. She had lived her life quietly and modestly, and even in death, she wished to leave peacefully.
Cheng Yong’s daughter presided over the funeral, her grief uncontrollable, her eyes red from crying. And seeing this, Lin An Lan’s heart couldn’t help but ache for her.
At Cheng Yong’s age, her passing away was natural. She had been nearly eighty, in the twilight of her years, much like Lin An Lan’s adoptive father, who had also reached an age where a minor illness could take him away. However people always hoped that their loved ones would live long, so just as Lin An Lan had cried his eyes out back then, Cheng Yong’s daughter was also doing the same now.
Everyone was in low spirits after the funeral.
Lin An Lan and Cheng Yu prepared to go home, but then heard Cheng Feng say that he would go back to the old house with them today.
Lin An Lan assumed that Cheng Feng, moved by the funeral, had been reminded of Cheng Xiao’s age and wanted the younger generation to spend more time with the elderly, so he agreed.
Over the past few years, his relationship with the Cheng family had been fairly smooth. After he married Cheng Yu, it seemed that Cheng Feng and Cheng Xiao had accepted the situation, as they no longer tried to separate them and even treated him politely.
And on occasions like holidays, when he and Cheng Yu visited, everyone could even sit at the same table and have dinner together peacefully.
Lin An Lan felt that this was good enough. Family bonds in the Cheng family were like this—expecting them to act like a normal, lively family, caring for and loving each other, was unrealistic and impossible. So, he adapted to the current situation and was even willing to call Cheng Feng ‘Dad’ as well as agree to certain everyday matters.
Seeing Lin An Lan agree, Cheng Yu also consented, and the two of them got into the car together.
Cheng Xiao was the last to get in. He sighed, looking a bit weary.
Cheng Yu consoled him, “Old Aunt passed away peacefully. She didn’t suffer, and she had no regrets, so don’t be too sad.”
Cheng Xiao sighed but didn’t say anything. He was a few years older than Cheng Yong, and now, having to bid farewell to his younger sister, he was once again reminded of his own age—he was old and wouldn’t live much longer.
Closing his eyes, he leaned back in his seat to rest.
The driver drove steadily, however there was some traffic on the way, so it took a while for them to get home.
And the moment they arrived, Lin An Lan heard the sound of a child crying.
And surprised, he looked at Cheng Yu, who was just as puzzled.
Cheng Feng explained to them, “It’s your old aunt’s great-grandson.”
“What‘s going on?” Cheng Yu was confused.
The situation was actually quite simple. Cheng Yong had a son and a daughter. Her daughter married far away, while her son stayed nearby and had a son named Cheng Wen.
When Cheng Wen was ten, his parents died in a car accident, so Cheng Yong took him in and raised him with care.
Last year, Cheng Wen started dating, and his girlfriend got pregnant before marriage. Cheng Wen didn’t want the child, however his girlfriend insisted on having it. After the baby was born, the two broke up, and neither wanted to take responsibility for the child.
And with no other options, Cheng Yong had to take the child in herself.
Cheng Wen’s girlfriend left decisively, without looking back.
While Cheng Wen himself didn’t have any attachment either. What’s more within just a few months, he fell in love with a blonde, blue-eyed foreign beauty. And perhaps it was true that the moon was rounder abroad, because Cheng Wen was smitten and wanted to move to her country to settle down.
Cheng Yong didn’t want him to leave, however she couldn’t stop his determined heart from chasing after love in a faraway place. So in the end, they parted on bad terms, and Cheng Wen followed his lover abroad.
This left Cheng Yong alone, raising her great-grandson by herself in solitude.
However who would have thought that this year, her health would deteriorate day by day, and that she would fall sick again.
Looking at her little great-grandson, Cheng Yong was distressed and hoped that Cheng Wen, who was his father, would return and take the child with him.
However Cheng Wen could care less about his child. He was too busy enjoying his time with his girlfriend and refused both his aging mother and his son.
Heartbroken for the child, Cheng Yong entrusted him to her big brother, Cheng Xiao, when he visited her.
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