When Qin Tian returned home, he saw his mother was just seeing the man out.
They were chatting about something, and his mother's face was lit up with a bright smile.
Upon seeing his car approach, they immediately stopped their conversation, and his mother quickly suppressed the smile on her face.
Qin Tian parked the car and got out with a calm expression.
"You're back!"
Tang Xiu Xia said with a smile.
"Mhm!"
Qin Tian nodded in response and looked at Qin Hong Wen beside her, asking, "Are you preparing to return to the Imperial Capital?"
Qin Hong Wen's face showed a hint of embarrassment, and he shook his head, saying, "I'm going to find a hotel to stay in. I want to stay a few more days."
"Is that so."
Qin Tian uttered two words with a faint expression.
"Don't worry, without your permission, I won't come back again."
Qin Hong Wen suddenly said.
The guilt of being absent from his son's twenty years of life made it impossible for him to disregard his son's wishes and brazenly walk into this home again.
Qin Tian was stunned for a moment, then frowned.
He didn't quite understand the meaning of those words.
If he wasn't coming back, why was he looking for a hotel and wanting to stay a few more days?
For some reason, he felt a surge of annoyance.
"Whatever, it's none of my business."
Qin Tian pretended not to care, nodded, and walked past them into the house.
"Xiao Tian!"
His mother's call suddenly came from behind him.
Qin Tian stopped and turned to look at his mother.
"That... we're planning to go to our old hometown tomorrow. He wants to meet your maternal grandparents."
Tang Xiu Xia said with a somewhat nervous expression.
Qin Tian looked astonished and said with a serious face, "Is it necessary to be so rushed?"
"Your uncle is returning to Pingjiang in a couple of days."
Tang Xiu Xia explained.
Qin Tian looked at Qin Hong Wen beside him and reminded him, "Your uncle and maternal grandfather are no less displeased with you than I am."
"I understand."
Qin Hong Wen nodded earnestly, "I'm prepared. As long as I can get their forgiveness, I'll do anything. Also..."
Qin Tian waved his hand, directly interrupting him.
"Suit yourselves. I'm going to take a shower and go to bed."
After speaking, he turned and headed towards the back room.
"Xiao Tian, aren't you coming with us?"
Tang Xiu Xia asked loudly.
"No."
Qin Tian refused without looking back.
Tang Xiu Xia gave Qin Hong Wen an apologetic look.
Qin Hong Wen smiled and shook his head, signaling that he was fine. He was prepared for a long haul.
"You go inside. It's cold out here. I'm leaving. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."
"Mhm!"
"And... thank you. For giving me another chance to make amends!"
Qin Hong Wen gazed at her with gentle eyes and suddenly said thank you.
Tang Xiu Xia was stunned for a moment, lowered her eyes, and shook her head.
In fact, she certainly harbored resentment for all the grievances and hardships she had endured over the years.
However, the moment she saw this man again, longing and love had taken precedence.
After learning about the situation back then, and that he had remained unmarried all these years and had been looking for them, those grievances seemed to matter less.
Knowing that she had not loved the wrong person was the most important thing.
Everything that happened back then could only be blamed on their youth.
She didn't have enough trust in Qin Hong Wen, nor did she give him more time to communicate with his mother, or rather, she didn't face and communicate with him together.
And Qin Hong Wen might have been burdened by too much pressure and was too hasty, resulting in unsuccessful communication with his mother, which in turn led to his mother's actions to break them up.
Tang Xiu Xia stood at the door, watching the black Audi disappear from sight. Her gaze also became firm.
This time, let them face it together!
Not just for herself, but also for her son, this family needed to be reunited.
...
...
Because her thoughts were too complicated that night, she fell asleep very late.
When she woke up the next day, the sun was already high in the sky.
Her mother was no longer at home. There was breakfast and a note on the dining table.
As expected, the note stated that they had already set off for the countryside.
Qin Tian quickly finished his breakfast, tidied up the house, and then prepared to go out to play online with Zhang Peng and the others.
He didn't want to be idle, as it made him think too much, and he needed to play a few games to distract himself.
At the door of the adjacent house, Grandpa Sun was sitting on a chair eating with a bowl in his hand.
"Grandpa Sun, good morning!"
Qin Tian greeted him.
"Morning!"
Grandpa Sun nodded with a smile, hesitated for a moment, and tentatively asked, "That person yesterday, was he your..."
Before he could finish, Qin Tian nodded slightly.
"No wonder. His car had been parked there for two days. Before you came back yesterday, I knocked on his car window and asked him who he was looking for. He just said your mother's name and asked if she lived here."
Grandpa Sun said seriously.
"Grandpa Sun, I'm going to play now. I'll talk to you again another day when I have time."
Qin Tian didn't want to dwell on this topic for now.
"Okay, okay, then go ahead!"
"I won't lock the door, can you keep an eye on it for me?"
"Sure, I wasn't planning to go fishing today anyway!"
"Thank you, I'm leaving!"
After thanking him, Qin Tian quickly left.
"Is that really Xiao Tian's dad?"
Grandma Liu also came out of the house with a bowl in her hand and asked in surprise.
"Definitely! No need to ask, their eyes and nose are too similar!"
Grandpa Sun said vaguely, shoveling two large mouthfuls of rice.
"How did he suddenly appear?"
"Who knows? But abandoning such a good wife and child for so many years, I don't think he's a good person."
"Don't spout nonsense. Xiao Tian's mother just got into his car and left with him!"
"Anyway, if our son did that, I'd beat him to death!"
"But you need to have the chance. Sigh, they haven't been back for years."
Grandma Liu sighed.
Grandpa Sun was silent for a moment, then, after swallowing the food in his mouth, he said gruffly, "If they don't come back, they don't come back. In a few more years, when you and I are gone, I'd like to see if they'll come back to see us off."
"Pfft, pfft, pfft, what nonsense are you talking about again!"
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about it. It's annoying to bring up that unfilial son!"
...
...
"What? Your old man appeared?"
Zhang Peng's eyes widened and he exclaimed in surprise as he just opened his computer.
"Keep it down."
Qin Tian frowned.
"Oh, oh, sorry!"
Zhang Peng nodded repeatedly and quickly lowered his voice, then asked, "Tell me in detail, what happened?"
"He saw the news about the top scorer in the college entrance examination a few days ago, and then came all the way from the Imperial Capital."
Qin Tian answered concisely.
"Your old man is from the Imperial Capital? Damn, aren't you some illegitimate son from a prominent family who was left outside? Now that they see you're a talented top scorer, they're coming to take you back to inherit the family business?"
Zhang Peng looked at him with a strange expression.
Qin Tian glanced at him and said irritably, "You have such a wild imagination, why are you playing games instead of writing novels?"
"Uh... don't say it, I actually have that idea. I haven't been able to sleep lately after reading several fantasy novels!"
"Alright, enough nonsense, are you going to play or not? Hurry up and log in."
"Tell me more about your old man!"
"There's nothing more to say, I don't want to talk about it. If you talk anymore, I'm leaving."
"Don't, don't, don't, coming, coming."