CHAPTER 1077: 1154: HE WAS THE BOY SHE WAS INFATUATED WITH FOR A LIFETIME.

Elder Sun sat by the bedside, looking at Xiuxiu, and suddenly let out a bitter smile. "It’s my foolish wishful thinking, but really, I’m not asking for much, am I? I just want...want to see you open your eyes again, want to drink another bowl of soup you brewed with your own hands. As I grow old, I become more nostalgic."

He stared longingly at the person on the bed, not knowing how long he sat there in a daze.

Some love remains unchanged through the passage of time. The youthful exuberance is still vivid in memory, and back then it was indeed delightful.

As he reminisced about the decades they spent together, his eyes gradually grew cloudy.

His aged hand slowly covered his eyes; this old man who had weathered half a lifetime’s storms was now frail and vulnerable.

Clogged tears seeped through his fingers. He choked back a sob and let out a deep breath.

No matter what, life must still go on.

Let’s just continue living like this.

In a few years, when he can no longer hold on, he’ll take Xiuxiu along with him on the journey.

Regardless, whether in life or death, the two of them must be together.

He chuckled wryly, and just then, a hand slowly rested on his arm.

She tugged at him gently, then with a hoarse voice and helpless smile, asked, "How old are you now, still crying like a three-year-old child?"

Elder Sun was suddenly startled. He quickly looked at the person on the bed, only to see the woman softly gazing at him.

His nose grew more sore, tears filled his eyes, but he dared not blink.

He stared straight at her, gazing at her for quite a while.

"Xiuxiu..."

Yu Xiu responded softly, "Yes!!"

Elder Sun instantly felt a foolish joy, tears streamed down as he anxiously wiped his face, unwilling for his woman to see him in such a pitiful and incompetent state. Yet oddly, these tears seemed impossible to wipe away.

Finally, he couldn’t care less and hugged Yu Xiu tightly.

"That naughty girl!" She must have done it on purpose!

She healed the person quietly, and all the while kept him waiting here!

Yu Xiu’s eyes brimmed with acidity; she had lain on this bed for far too long, she had slept for far too long, and now that she’s awake, she couldn’t muster strength in her body. Yet she tried hard to lift her arm, endeavoring to embrace this man.

He is old now, but even if he’s no longer young, in her heart he remains her youthful love, the boy she’s been infatuated with all her life.

***

On the way back, Yi Ran was worried and distressed over Elder Sun’s situation.

Shu Yu glanced at him disdainfully, "Why the mournful face?" Depressing the mood as if someone in his family had died.

Yi Ran’s nose had turned completely red, sentimentally pondering, "I just, feel sorry. Jade, tell me, Elder Sun loved Xiuniang for so long, and over in Dajin, it’s customary for men to have multiple wives and concubines, but all his life he only had Xiuniang. How could their fate be so bitter? Ever since Xiuniang’s tenth seizure and consequent coma, the Elder almost lost his mind. Sometimes when I look at him, I feel like he’s nearing his breaking point."

Yi Ran rambled on, as Shu Yu paused in his stride, looking toward his wife, a smile tugging at his lips. "She’s healed, she’s awake."

"Ah?"

Yi Ran was dumbfounded.

He rushed forward to grab Shu Yu, but Shu Yu, with his habitual cleanliness, quickly dodged him.

He reprimanded Yi Ran with a frown, "Why the grabbing? I belong to my wife!!"

Yi Ran: "......"

Every disagreement ends with him being force-fed dog food; this life is simply impossible, truly impossible!!