CHAPTER 897: CHAPTER 894: YE WANWAN AND SHEN YI SIDE STORY

"Your mother, she..." Shen Yi’s voice was very hoarse. As he reached this point, he couldn’t help but stop. His eyes felt hot, as if continuing would make him choke up immediately.

Shen Yi took a deep breath, controlling his emotions after several attempts, and continued: "Your mother, she has done her best."

"If this is destined to be the outcome, at least let her spend her final moments without feeling anxious." Shen Yi spoke through gritted teeth, his voice deep.

Shen Wenzhou’s eyes were red, and tears unexpectedly slid from his eye sockets, falling onto the back of his hand. In that moment, Shen Wenzhou trembled slightly, as if burned by that drop of tears.

After a long, long time, Shen Wenzhou finally spoke: "But I don’t want to accept this result."

"But Zhouzhou, birth, aging, illness, and death are fundamentally unavoidable. One day, we will all leave you." Shen Yi turned his head to look at his son, his eyes filled with a smile.

Clearly, he was the one who was anxious at first, the one who couldn’t accept it, but now he seemed to have come to terms with it.

In the previous life, the unfortunate life he led with Ye Wanwan has been completely changed in this life. They have lived happily together for decades.

There was also Zhouzhou, who did not have a happy life in the previous life, nor did he witness Zhouzhou getting married and having children.

But in this life, Zhouzhou is very happy, and they even have Chaochao, who is also living happily.

So, he should be content.

"Zhouzhou, the regrets of the previous life have gotten a perfect result in this life, so we should accept it calmly."

"But I can’t." Shen Wenzhou, like when he was a child, unreservedly faced his father with red eyes, tears sliding down his cheeks.

At that time, Shen Yi wished he could give Zhouzhou the whole world, no matter what he wanted, he would do his utmost.

But this time, he couldn’t do it.

Shen Yi reached out to embrace Shen Wenzhou, and said in a deep voice by his ear: "Zhouzhou, don’t let Mom worry, okay?"

Shen Wenzhou nodded vigorously. No matter how difficult it was to accept, he didn’t want his mother to still be worrying about him in the end.

...

The last day of December.

Ye Wanwan and Shen Yi stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the brilliant fireworks blooming in the night sky.

Fireworks and firecrackers were strictly prohibited in the city, so it was unknown who was secretly setting off fireworks.

Shen Yi hugged Ye Wanwan from behind until the fireworks ended, and the sky returned to darkness.

Suddenly, Shen Yi said: "Tomorrow, let’s go back home."

Ye Wanwan seemed to be in a daze, only asking after a long while, "Back home?"

"Yes, is it okay to go home?" Shen Yi’s voice was light, but the two were close enough that Ye Wanwan heard him clearly.

Ye Wanwan didn’t speak, and Shen Yi didn’t urge her. After an unknown amount of time, Ye Wanwan softly agreed, "Okay."

Shen Yi hugged Ye Wanwan tightly, bending slightly, his cheek against Ye Wanwan’s cheek.

At that moment, Shen Yi truly wished that time could freeze, so they could stay together like this forever.

The next day.

Early in the morning, Ye Wanwan woke up, enthusiastic about helping pack their luggage.

"I’ll handle it. You sit there and wait for a while," Shen Yi said, looking up at Ye Wanwan.