Chapter 10

Lin City was located between Xijing and Yunzhou, but the small town where Pei Suyuan was from was a little closer to Yunzhou.

Yunzhou bordered the sea, so it was more humid.

She tossed and turned under the blanket. As soon as the sky began to brighten, she could no longer sleep.

The peaceful, comfortable mood she had felt while sleeping had changed too.

She was a little… looking forward to today’s arrival, and was even considering how long she could stay in Lin City.

Because even if Pei Jing was not very lucid, Pei Suyuan had still not seen her in a long time.

Living in Xijing all year round, of course Pei Suyuan missed Pei Jing. But in the end, she still had to rely on her own ability to take care of her mother. She could not always depend on Zheng Xuncheng.

So she needed money.

After washing up briefly, Pei Suyuan opened the wardrobe and chose a little yellow duck T-shirt and a white tracksuit from among all the white and yellow clothes.

The reason she dressed this way was because Pei Jing liked it.

When Pei Suyuan was little, she had practically been like a little yellow person. Back then, Pei Jing had been in a state where she was sometimes lucid and sometimes not. When she was lucid, anything was easy to discuss. But when she was not, if Pei Suyuan wanted to change clothes, Pei Jing would become unhappy.

But if she had to keep wearing the same color all the time, Pei Suyuan would be unhappy too, so she discussed it with Pei Jing and asked if she could change into another set.

Pei Jing thought about it very, very seriously for five minutes. In the end, she allowed Pei Suyuan to wear white.

When Pei Suyuan was little, she did not understand why her mother wanted her to wear yellow. When she became a teenager, she started not understanding why Pei Jing was so fixated on yellow.

Clearly, Pei Jing herself did not wear it.

Yet she insisted on watching Pei Suyuan wear it.

But now, none of that mattered anymore. As long as Pei Jing was happy, it was only a piece of clothing.

So Pei Suyuan had filled her entire wardrobe with outfits in yellow and white.

Even when she occasionally saw suitable clothes while shopping, she would buy them and bring them home.

After changing clothes and going downstairs, Zheng Xuncheng was already waiting for her.

She smiled, got into the car, and said politely, “Uncle, have you been waiting long?”

“It’s fine. I only just arrived too.” Zheng Xuncheng chuckled honestly. As he turned the steering wheel, he said to Pei Suyuan, “I contacted Xiao Yi this morning. He’ll come straight to the care home this afternoon.”

Although they had said quite a lot last night, when Pei Suyuan heard Zheng Yi’s name now, she still felt a little nervous.

She tightened her grip on the seat belt, gave a blank little “oh,” and stopped talking.

All the way to Lin City Anding Hospital, Pei Suyuan spoke very little. Most of the time, it was Zheng Xuncheng who talked.

When they arrived at the hospital, the two got out of the car and walked toward the ward.

When they saw Pei Jing, she was already awake and looking out the window. Only when she heard the door open did she turn back to look at them.

Her eyes, how to put it…

Based on Pei Suyuan’s many years of experience, she seemed awake, yet not quite awake.

The next second, Pei Jing called her in a gentle voice, “Xiao Yuan.”

For an instant, Pei Suyuan did not know what expression she should make. She stiffly pulled at the corners of her lips and quickly walked forward. “Mom?”

“Xiao Yuan.”

A very pleasant surprise happened.

Pei Jing was awake.

Because she had not gone outside for many years, her skin was a sickly kind of pale. She reached out, wanting to touch Pei Suyuan’s head.

One of them was sitting, the other standing. To make it easier for her mother to touch her, Pei Suyuan stolen contentobediently lowered her head.

Only after Pei Jing had ruffled her hair into a mess did she suddenly ask in reproach, “Why are you dressed like this?”

“You’re already twenty-six. You’re not a child anymore.”

Clearly, she had been criticized, yet Pei Suyuan smiled exceptionally brightly. She lifted her head and said, “I like this color.”

Pei Jing did not say anything more. Instead, she looked behind Pei Suyuan and smiled as she called Zheng Xuncheng, “Big Brother.”

Pei Jing herself was a very gentle omega. For so many years, she had been tormented by illness. Scenes like this, where she called him Big Brother, were few and far between.

Zheng Xuncheng’s eyes reddened too.

He was more than ten years older than Pei Jing. He both treated her as a younger sister and doted on her like a daughter. Pei Jing had also always relied on him greatly.

The two of them smiled at each other, and Zheng Xuncheng could more or less see traces of the Pei Jing from back then.

The head pat was inherited. Zheng Xuncheng also walked over and stroked Pei Jing’s hair.

……

No one knew how long this moment of lucidity would last, but the doctor also said that Pei Jing’s current condition should only get better and better.

Because she herself wanted to be awake now.

Pei Suyuan put all of Pei Jing’s medicine into her bag, then supported Pei Jing as the group returned to the care home together.

Along the way, there was rare laughter and conversation. When Pei Jing was lucid, she was no different from an ordinary mother. She held Pei Suyuan’s hand and asked her, “Xiao Yuan, are you dating anyone?”

Pei Suyuan’s face flushed shyly, and she shook her head.

Pei Jing asked again, “It’s time you dated. When I was your age, you were already old enough to go to school.”

When she said this, Zheng Xuncheng glanced at her through the rearview mirror and sighed in his heart.

Pei Jing had only been nineteen the year she gave birth to Pei Suyuan. She had not even finished university.

Since childhood, she had been obedient and adorable. Zheng Xuncheng and the old director had both doted on her, and she was smart too. She had gotten into Yunzhou University.

Unfortunately, after studying there for just over a year, she brought Pei Suyuan back with her, and she herself became mentally unwell.

All these years, it was not that Zheng Xuncheng had never asked her what exactly had happened.

At first, Pei Jing did not want to say. Later, he was afraid of provoking her, so he no longer dared to ask.

Now, whenever he thought about it again, all that remained was a face full of worry and sigh after sigh.

……

Pei Jing’s lucidity still did not last long. In the afternoon, she went with Pei Suyuan to visit Wang Qian. When Zheng Yi arrived, they also pushed Wang Qian along to dinner.

During the meal, several people were chatting. No one knew where things had gone wrong.

Pei Suyuan sat beside Pei Jing, her face turned as she spoke to Zheng Yi. Without any warning at all, Pei Jing raised her hand and slapped Pei Suyuan across the face.

Her mouth was mumbling something no one could make out.

Pei Suyuan’s fair cheek instantly turned red, five finger marks standing out clearly.

Zheng Yi, who sat beside her, was startled.

He had rarely seen Pei Jing and Pei Suyuan together. When they were children, it had always been Pei Suyuan going to his house. He had been spoiled rotten since he was young, and after learning Pei Suyuan was a child from the orphanage, he had often bullied her. He had even felt that whenever she came over, she was there to steal his parents from him.

It was only as they grew older that the relationship between the two of them became colder and colder. At first, it was because he was embarrassed. Later, he simply could no longer chat properly with Pei Suyuan.

After having a child, he had changed a lot, and he was no longer as thin-skinned as before.

Just now, Pei Suyuan had been talking to him about the wedding gift, telling him to contact her when he went to Xijing. She also said she would give him the child’s gift at the same time.

No one had expected Pei Jing to suddenly have an episode.

Pei Suyuan could not care about her red, swollen cheek. ​stolen content​She turned around and wanted to soothe Pei Jing.

But Pei Jing seemed afraid of her. She shoved her away hard, crying and shouting for Zheng Xuncheng.

“Big Brother, take me home… Big Brother… sob…”

Pei Suyuan’s hand was thrown off fiercely. It hung low at her side, and for a moment, she looked somewhat at a loss.

She sniffed, softly told Zheng Xuncheng to take care of her mother, then left the private room alone and walked out of the hotel.

The moment she stepped outside, Pei Suyuan could no longer hold back her tears. They flowed down, leaving her nose red from crying.

She curled up alone in a corner by the wall, crying so hard her shoulders trembled.

During this time, Zheng Yi called her. Pei Suyuan glanced at it and did not answer.

The tears had already stopped. Pei Suyuan squatted along the corner of the wall, hugging her arms tightly, her empty eyes staring at the ground.

The buzzing sound rang out again, and a trace of impatience appeared on Pei Suyuan’s face.

She somewhat roughly dug her phone out of her pants pocket, only to see that it was not Zheng Yi.

It was Wei Jinzhi’s number.