Five years after my wife's death, she came back!

While Pei Yanchuan was at home with nothing to do, he suddenly received a message from Shang Nian.

He rolled off the bed, hurriedly changed his clothes, and ran out.

When she arrived at the kindergarten, it was dismissal time. Shang Nian was sitting alone on a chair under a tree, and the teacher was talking to her.

Upon seeing the visitor, the teacher breathed a sigh of relief: "Hello, are you Niannian's parent?"

Pei Yanchuan nodded: "Yes, what happened to her?"

The teacher shook her head: "Niannian seems to be in a bad mood today. I originally wanted to contact her father to pick her up from school, but she disagreed and asked me to contact you instead."

"Thank you for your trouble, teacher. You go ahead with your work, I'll stay with her."

After the teacher left, Pei Yanchuan sat down next to Shang Nian: "What's wrong, Shang Nian? Did you have a fight with your dad?"

He and Shang Nian have always had a good relationship. When Shang Chenyan was busy with work, he would leave the child with him. In fact, Shang Haisheng and Cheng Suyun might not be as close as he and Shang Nian.

Shang Nian lowered her head, holding a photo in her hand, which was crumpled from her grip.

"What's this?" Pei Yanchuan looked at it curiously. "Let me see it, okay?"

Shang Nian handed him the photo.

Pei Yanchuan took a look and immediately felt that it looked familiar. Wasn't this the photo they took when they graduated from university?

He remembers that after learning photography for a few days, he insisted on taking pictures of Shang Chenyan and Shi Ying. Later, he took many more pictures with other students on the playground, and some of the photos were kept at the school by the counselor.

How did this thing end up here at Shang Nian's place?

Pei Yanchuan dropped his nonchalant attitude and asked her seriously, "Niannian, who gave you this?"

Shang Nian wrote "Aunt Meng" on the drawing board.

Pei Yanchuan frowned. What was Meng Shuyan up to?

He hadn't heard from her in a long time, and he thought she had given up on Shang Chenyan after what happened last time. He never expected her to come to Shang Nian's place and cause trouble.

Shang Nian tugged at Pei Yanchuan's sleeve, pointed to the woman in the photo, and wrote on the drawing board, "Is she Mom?"

Before Pei Yanchuan could answer, she took out her phone, found a photo of He Shiying, and wrote, "Is she a mother too?"

Pei Yanchuan's words caught in his throat, and he didn't know how to explain it to Shang Nian for a moment.

After a while, he pointed to Shi Ying's photo and asked, "Does Niannian think she's her mother?"

Shang Nian twisted her fingers and nodded slightly.

She was deeply upset by Meng Shuyan's words today. Children's world is simple, and she instinctively felt that Shi Ying was her mother.

But what if she mistakes someone for someone else? Won't her mother be sad?

"Niannian, not everything in this world can be explained by clear scientific facts."

"The people in these two photos are your mother. She left for a while because of some things, but now she's back."

After hearing Pei Yanchuan's words, Shang Nian frowned, seemingly lost in thought, but after a while, her expression relaxed.

She said she hadn't mistaken someone for someone else.

How could she mistake her mother for someone else?

Seeing that Shang Nian's expression had improved, Pei Yanchuan patted her head: "If you have any problems, you should just ask your parents. That Aunt Meng was deliberately trying to sow discord between you. If your mother knew what happened today, she would be so heartbroken, wouldn't she?"

Shang Nian nodded vigorously, then grabbed his hand and shook it.

"You want me to stop telling your parents?"

Shang Nian nodded eagerly.

Pei Yanchuan reverted to his usual irreverent manner: "Then how will you bribe me?"

Shang Nian pouted and gave him the fruit candy she had in her pocket.

Pei Yanchuan unceremoniously tore open the packaging and popped it into his mouth.

To be honest, he was initially very surprised and suspicious about Shi Ying's reappearance after disappearing for five years. Moreover, during the period immediately after Shi Ying left, he resented Shang Chenyan because of her appearance.

But thankfully, he's back now, and he no longer has to be both Shang Nian's caregiver and Shang Chenyan's punching bag every day.

But Meng Shuyan is really sick, talking to a little kid like that.

After comforting Shang Nian, Pei Yanchuan prepared to take her home. He thought he would have to tell Shang Chenyan about what happened today later.

As he left the school and passed the newsstand at the entrance, he caught a glimpse of a familiar face in a magazine.

Pei Yanchuan stopped and looked over, then his eyes widened in the next instant.

*

Shi Ying took a nap, and when she woke up, she felt someone hugging her from behind.

She rolled over, nestled limply into Shang Chenyan's arms, and asked weakly, "What time is it?"

Shang Chenyan only took a short nap before waking up. He doesn't usually take naps, but he was happy to sleep with Shi Ying.

"1:40"

He lowered his head and kissed the girl's forehead, then kissed his way down her nose, finally rubbing his lips against hers.

Shi Ying pushed him away and commanded matter-of-factly, "I want to drink water."

Shang Chenyan pinched her nose, got up and poured her a glass of warm water: "Get up and drink, be careful not to choke."

Shi Ying leaned against the headboard, holding a water glass, trying to calm herself. Shang Chenyan patted her head and said, "I have a business dinner this afternoon and won't be at the company. If you're tired, you can rest here."

"Okay, you can go ahead and get busy."

Shang Chenyan lingered and kissed her for a while before putting on his coat and going out.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was still before two o'clock and the outside was still quiet, Shi Ying carefully slipped out of the office and returned to her workstation.

Jiang Mingxue was still asleep at the table when Shi Ying noticed the magazine they had been discussing that morning lying next to her.

As if possessed, Shi Ying reached out and picked up the magazine.

The magazine cover prominently featured the headline: "President of the Shang Group Secretly Married for Many Years; His Wife is Actually His University Classmate..."

Shi Ying's hand, which was gripping the edge of the magazine, slowly tightened. She turned to a page and saw a photo of Shang Chenyan and his wife.

Instantly, Shi Ying's pupils contracted sharply.

Above it was a slightly blurry face, yet strikingly similar to his own.

*

While socializing, Shang Chenyan received messages from Jiang Wen and Pei Yanchuan at the same time. Looking at the photos published in the magazine, his eyes instantly turned cold.

"Get rid of it."

Jiang Wen was very skilled at this kind of thing. In just one afternoon, he could recall all the magazines that hadn't been sold yet and clean up all the information online.

But for some reason, Shang Chenyan felt his heart beating a little fast, as if something was out of his control.

He sent a message to Shi Ying, but received no reply.

After finishing his work here as quickly as possible, Shang Chenyan drove back to the company.

It's already past closing time, but he just called Zhang Ma, who said Shi Ying hadn't come home yet.

The top floor was quiet, except for the light on in Shi Ying's office.

Shang Chenyan walked over quickly and saw Shi Ying standing alone in front of the French windows, looking at the night view outside.

"Why aren't you answering your phone?" Shang Chenyan walked over and tried to put his arm around her shoulder. "You're not coming home and you're not answering your phone. I'm worried..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shi Ying turned around and threw a magazine at him forcefully.

With a "snap".

Shi Ying slapped him hard across the face.