Chapter 441: Chapter 441: One Year Later! Reunion
Britain.
Su Ruanruan bought a 120 square meter apartment.
Three bedrooms and two living rooms.
Bao Ziqi’s bedroom has an en suite bathroom, which Su Ruanruan and Bao Jingyuan share.
Su Ruanruan studied medicine,
Bao Jingyuan still studies fine arts.
During the day, a caregiver looks after Bao Ziqi.
At night, Su Ruanruan cooks.
Bao Jingyuan has learned massage skills to serve her second brother.
On Sundays, Su Ruanruan takes Bao Ziqi to see the doctor.
Relatives from Jiang City often come to visit.
Young Master Zhou also comes over for meals from time to time.
However, there has never been any news about Bao Jingyan.
Su Ruanruan hasn’t sent him any messages, and neither has he.
They are as distant as if they had never had any interaction... Bao Jingyuan has always been carefree, but Bao Ziqi knows that Su Ruanruan hasn’t forgotten; some nights, he sees her sitting by the window.
Silently gazing eastward.
He thinks: She must be missing Bao Jingyan!
Half a year after arriving in Britain, news came from Jiang City.
Qi Meiyu was sentenced to 20 years.
Su Ruanruan gave the letter to Bao Ziqi, and afterward, they continued living tranquilly.
Autumn passed and winter arrived.
Before their first Spring Festival in Britain, the Bao Family made a phone call.
The Bao family matriarch was critically ill.
Su Ruanruan slowly hung up the phone.
She said to Bao Ziqi and Bao Jingyuan, "The old lady is very sick; we might have to return to Jiang City for the Spring Festival.
Bao Jingyuan immediately started packing.
Su Ruanruan said to Bao Ziqi with a smile, "Jingyuan has become much more sensible."
By the fireplace.
Bao Ziqi sat in his wheelchair.
Wearing a white sweater, his facial features handsome.
He had a grey wool blanket over his knees.
He asked Su Ruanruan, "Do you... want to see him?"
Su Ruanruan was taken aback.
She didn’t answer the question.
She just said softly, "I’ll help you pack in a bit! The flight is at nine in the morning."
...
Jiang City Airport.
Bao Mingyuan personally came to pick up the kids.
Having not seen them for a few months, he missed them terribly, but the old lady’s critical illness inevitably weighed heavily on his heart.
Arriving at the Bao Family home.
Naturally, Bao Mingyuan had the driver take down all the luggage, and he said to Su Ruanruan, "Stay here these days, the old lady has quite a few things she wants to talk to you about."
Su Ruanruan shook her head.
She said, "I will still go back home to sleep at night."
Bao Mingyuan could only sigh inwardly.
Su Ruanruan directed the driver to deliver the luggage to the Gu Family house and to let her parents know she was safe.
Bao Mingyuan, with the kids, went to the courtyard to see the old lady.
The old lady wasn’t seriously sick.
It’s just that over the past year, due to various disheartenments, her body had weakened.
The doctors were powerless.
They hinted that there wasn’t much time left, and arrangements for the inevitable could be made.
During winter days, the old lady lay in her usual reclining chair, vaguely hearing footsteps.
She asked Gui Zhi, "Has Jingyan come back with Ruanruan?"
Gui Zhi glanced at Bao Jingyan.
She bent down and told the old lady, "You’re confused; Ruanruan is in Britain with Ziqi and Jingyuan!"
The Bao family matriarch’s eyes moistened.
She sighed with disappointment, "Ruanruan is still in Britain? When will she come back?"
She clutched Gui Zhi’s hand tightly, "Will that child never come back for the rest of her life? What about my Jingyan?"
Gui Zhi wiped away tears.
She pleaded with Bao Jingyan, "Young Master Jingyan, please say something to the old lady to cheer her up a bit."
Bao Jingyan was just about to speak.
But upon lifting his eyes, he saw Su Ruanruan standing by the door.
She had grown a bit taller, and her features had matured.
It seemed she had heard what the old lady said, her eyes brimming with tears...
Bao Jingyan swallowed the words he wanted to say.
He told the old lady, "Old lady, Ruanruan and Ziqi, they’ve returned."
The old lady immediately widened her eyes, took deep breaths.
Bao Jingyan had the doctor give her oxygen... it took quite some time for her to calm down.