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Chapter 106 In the past, travel was slow, and a lifetime was only enough to love one person.

Despite Zhou Ruian's repeated attempts to stop him, Zhou Bonian still told An Min everything he had said back then.

After he finished speaking, a hint of embarrassment flashed across Zhou Ruian's face, followed by a helpless sigh.

“What my dad said is true. He adopted me from an orphanage.”

He glanced down at the tear tracks on his father's face, then looked up at An Min and Liang Yi.

“After my father left Huacheng, he traveled to many places, but he couldn’t find any news about Aunt Qin.”

“My dad knows that Aunt Qin specifically told the students that if anyone knows her whereabouts, they must not tell my dad.”

Even though Zhou Bonian's cowardice and wavering choices back then led to the breakdown of their relationship, Qin Shuwei will always be the woman Zhou Bonian loves most in his heart.

His lifelong decision to remain unmarried was his greatest way of making amends for that selfish and regretful period of his life.

No matter how long he has to wait, he hopes that the person he loves most will come back.

So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, and sometimes he is not even sure if Qin Shuwei is still alive.

But perhaps that statement has indeed come true.

In the past, travel was slow, and a lifetime was only enough to love one person.

In this place where even letters might not reach, he waited for more than thirty years.

As time went by, he was no longer young.

“My dad knows he did something wrong. Over the years, every time he talks about Aunt Qin to me, he feels guilty.”

"The sentence he repeated to me the most was, 'If he had been braver and more determined back then, would the ending have been different? Would they have been together and had a happy and fulfilling life?'"

Zhou Ruian's voice choked with emotion, and his eyes reddened after he finished speaking.

“Even that day, after I learned that Aunt Qin had passed away, I told my dad, and he sat alone in the ward all day until evening when he told me that he was the one who had harmed Aunt Qin.”

His cowardice in his youth caused him to lose the one he loved forever.

Therefore, he attributed his lover's death to his own lack of courage back then.

This matter remains an insurmountable obstacle in Zhou Bonian's mind.

As Zhou Ruian finished speaking, he knelt down beside the wheelchair, gently patting his father's back with one hand and wiping away the tears on the old man's face with the other.

"I'm sorry, but I did have my own reasons for coming to Baiyanggou."

But at this point, personal motives were no longer important to everyone.

An Min stood there, stunned.

It turns out that my mother's tragic passing began with another unforgettable farewell.

She felt a tightness in her chest because Anmin knew that her mother didn't like An Zhijie.

When they were little, whenever they argued, Andy On would say that his mother had someone else on her mind.

However, Anmin was too young to understand what it meant at that time.

Now, she seemed to understand what that meant.

Andy On was a choice his mother made out of desperation back then; perhaps she had some unspeakable reasons.

But Zhou Bonian, standing before her, was the man her mother had truly loved.

Liang Yi keenly noticed her change, and silently placed his broad, warm palm on the back of her hand.

His gaze swept over Zhou Bonian and then landed on Zhou Ruian.

Sister Chunli had already tactfully packed up her sewing basket and quietly retreated back into the house, leaving the courtyard space to these two entangled generations.

"Comrade An Min, Comrade Liang Yi."

Zhou Ruian stood up, his face filled with deep apology, as he helped himself to his wheelchair.

"I'm so sorry, I was really rude today. My dad..."

His voice choked for a moment, and he shook his head.

"The doctor also said that his memory is severely confused, sometimes good and sometimes bad. When he is lucid, he knows that Aunt Shuwei has passed away, but when he is confused, he only lives in those past scenes, believing that she is still there, still resenting him and waiting for him."

Anmin looked at the emaciated old man in the wheelchair. He seemed to have exhausted all his strength; his head was drooping, his eyelids were half-closed, and only his hands were still trembling slightly.

An Min took a breath: "Uncle Zhou has suffered so much these past years."

"I originally thought that he was already married, but he was still thinking about my mother, which was an act of infidelity to his current wife. I never expected that the truth was like this."

Zhou Ruian nodded silently, his gaze falling on his father's graying head with a complex expression.

As if struck by a sudden thought, An Min asked, "Was that photo you showed me last time taken under the old banyan tree at Huacheng University?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhou Ruian's eyes, then he nodded: "Yes, that was the last photo of my father and Aunt Qin together."

He paused, his voice lowering: "He always kept it by his side, like protecting his life."

Anmin could almost picture what they looked like when they took the photo.

The young mother and Uncle Zhou, under the shade of a huge banyan tree, their smiles frozen in time, became the only indelible memory in the long years that followed.

She spoke softly, her tone somewhat solemn, as if she had made up her mind.

"If... I mean if it's convenient, could I go see Uncle Zhou when he's feeling a little better? Or could you bring him over for a visit?"

Zhou Ruian suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Liang Yi, who was standing to the side, frowned almost imperceptibly.

He tightened his grip on Anmin's hand, but ultimately did not speak to stop her.

"Comrade Anmin, this...this is too much trouble for you, my father..."

"It's ok."

Anmin interrupted him, shaking her head slightly, her gaze gentle yet firm: "Just consider it... a visit to an old friend for my mother."

Besides, I'd be happy to do it if it could make Uncle Zhou happy.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ruian bowed repeatedly.

"Thank you, thank you."

After Zhou Ruian and Zhou Bonian left, Sister Chunli hurriedly came out to say goodbye to the two of them.

The couple was left alone in the courtyard for a while.

"Are you unhappy?"

Seemingly sensing Liang Yi's emotions, An Min turned her head and glanced at him.

Then Liang Yi nodded: "But it's not that I'm unhappy, it's that I feel that our mother has suffered too much in her life."

My first love ended badly, and my current boyfriend is a jerk.

"My mom would probably be very happy if she heard you say that."

"I think if my mother were still alive, she might have supported me in doing this."

As Zhou Bonian lay dying, he was given a final, beautiful memory.

Liang Yi smiled and reached out to pull An Min into his arms.

"My Minmin is so kind."

An Min hugged Liang Yi's waist, and the baby in her belly seemed to sense it and moved slightly.

"But you can look in the space to see if there's anything Mom left behind."

Compared to An Min, who is similar to Qin Shuwei, perhaps things related to Qin Shuwei could also make Zhou Bonian happy.

"I had the same idea. I'll go look for it tonight."

An Min nodded in agreement.

I felt a little touched while writing this chapter.

At that time, after missing out on something in a lifetime, some people might choose to start over, while others might choose to stay where they are, waiting for those who have already gone their separate ways.

Whether it's family, friendship, or love, I hope all lovers in the world can be happy and fulfilled forever!