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

Warm sunlight streamed through the window and fell on the girl. She lay on the edge of the bed with her face turned to the side, her smooth black hair hanging down her back, with a few small, messy hairs standing up on her head, glistening in the sunlight.

Outside the window, chirping birds landed on the branches, signaling the end of the long winter in Jiangcheng.

The day Shi Ying left was five years ago, when the first snow fell in Jiangcheng.

Shi Ying reappeared five years later, during the last snowfall in Jiangcheng.

After that, the sky was high and the land was vast, and the sun shone brightly.

Shang Chenyan's movement of sitting up was so large that it woke Shi Ying, who was not yet sound asleep.

She rubbed her eyes, and vaguely met the man's scarlet eyes.

"You're awake?" Shi Ying quickly sat up and naturally reached out to touch his forehead. "You're not hot anymore. It seems that the IV drip all night worked."

The doctor prescribed several bottles of medicine. She was worried that if she didn't change the IV drip in time after it was finished, the medicine would flow back, so she set an alarm to change the IV drip for him. She didn't sleep much all night.

Shang Chenyan's Adam's apple bobbed. The girl's slightly cool palm covered his forehead, making him tremble slightly.

He grabbed her wrist and, to her surprise, pulled her forcefully into his arms.

"Yingying?"

Shi Ying patted his back: "It's me, I'm back."

Shang Chenyan didn't know whether he was crying or laughing. He sniffed her scent intently, opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound.

Shi Ying noticed his emotions and gently comforted him, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left without saying goodbye..."

She left at the time when she had the deepest misunderstanding of Shang Chenyan, but little did she know that those misunderstandings were not true at all.

Even though she hasn't fully remembered the past, she knows clearly that Shang Chenyan has always been waiting for her, and that she is the only person he has ever loved.

She didn't ask Shang Chenyan why he didn't tell her all this. She thought back carefully last night. When the two of them were arguing that day, he was right in front of her, but several times, she only saw his mouth moving, but she didn't hear any sound.

And what he said about not having paper and pen, and making Pei Yanchuan explain to her...

She remembered that the contract before entering the game stipulated that she could not mention anything about the game or real life to her game character. If she mentioned it unintentionally, it would be automatically blocked, and repeated mentions would force her to quit the game.

Shi Ying thought that the same principle applied to Shang Chenyan, because she did not belong here, so the game system was preventing her from remembering her past in order to maintain the stability of the virtual world.

It invisibly blocked out Shang Chenyan's voice.

Shi Ying couldn't help but feel a little guilty. She turned her head and kissed the man's earlobe: "I'm really back, Shang Chenyan. I'm back by your side."

After holding her for an unknown amount of time, Shang Chenyan's emotions finally calmed down a bit.

He loosened his grip slightly, pressing his forehead against hers: "You...remember everything?"

Shi Ying shook her head: "Only a little bit... Before I moved out, I always had dreams at night, dreams about the past, dreams about you."

Shang Chenyan's eyes lit up: "What did you dream about me about?"

Shi Ying selectively stated, "I dreamt that we were in a university classroom together, and I also dreamt of a wedding, and I dreamt of that ring..."

As for those enchanting erotic dreams, she would never tell them, even if you beat her to death.

However, when the ring was mentioned, Shi Ying held out her hand to show him: "I put it on when I came back, but I didn't expect that I could actually bring it in."

The real and virtual worlds are not connected, and in principle, you shouldn't bring things in. To test it out, Shi Ying secretly put her phone and a few small items in her pocket when she entered the hibernation pod, but in the end, only the ring followed her.

Bring it in?

Shang Chenyan's eyes flickered. What did he mean by "bring in"?

What is the relationship between his world and Shi Ying's world?

Perhaps because he had been ill, Shang Chenyan felt his mind was not very clear and he couldn't think of anything for the time being.

Shi Ying didn't notice the change in his expression and continued, "I saw the marriage certificate again, and the paternity test report that Pei Yanchuan just sent me."

Therefore, she was quite certain that she had indeed been here before.

"Shang Chenyan, I'm sorry." Shi Ying looked at him. "I'm sorry, I forgot about you."

"I will try my best to remember." She couldn't bear to let the memories that belonged to the two of them be remembered only by him.

"As long as you're back..." Shang Chenyan hugged her again. "Yingying, please don't leave again, okay?"

Shi Ying leaned against him, but couldn't promise him she would never leave again.

"Shang Chenyan, as long as you don't forget me, no matter how far apart we are, I will come to find you."

As long as someone remembers her, this world will continue to turn, and she can come back in again after this mission ends and she leaves.

Shang Chenyan buried his face in her neck and shoulder: "No, it won't happen."

He will never forget her.

*

At 3 p.m., Pei Yanchuan appeared at the kindergarten gate without complaint.

For the past month and a half, Shang Chenyan had been in a state of self-abandonment every day, so he had no choice but to take on the role of a nanny again to help take care of Shang Nian.

It was right when school was letting out, and there were many cars parked in front of the kindergarten, blocking the road. Pei Yanchuan had no choice but to park his car a little further away and walk over to wait outside the gate.

As soon as the bell rang, the children walked out one by one, led by their teacher.

Pei Yanchuan craned his neck and finally found Shang Nian, who was hanging her head, at the very back of the line.

Shang Nian also saw him.

However, her eyes dimmed the moment she saw it was him.

Pei Yanchuan: "..." Little heartless.

Shang Nian walked over listlessly, and Pei Yanchuan picked up her schoolbag: "What's wrong now? Are you unhappy, little princess?"

She seemed to be in a good mood when she arrived in the morning, so why is she unhappy again after school?

"Is someone bullying you at school?"

Shang Nian shook her head.

"Did you get scolded by the teacher for not finishing your homework?"

Shang Nian pouted; she would never skip her homework.

Shang Nian handed him the crumpled poster she had been clutching in her hand, then lowered her head and kicked at the small stones at her feet.

Pei Yanchuan glanced at the poster, which had the words "Parent-Child Sports Meet" written in big letters, requiring both parents to participate.

He clicked his tongue lightly: "You want to participate?"

Shang Nian nodded, then shook her head.

All her kindergarten friends were going, but she didn't want to go because neither of her parents were coming.

Seeing her dejected look, Pei Yanchuan had no choice but to squat down and say to her, "It's not that you can't participate."

"I just don't know if your mother can help your father get better in the next couple of days." He glanced at the time written in the lower left corner. "There are still three days left, it should be possible."

Shang Nian didn't quite understand, tilting her head and looking up at him with a puzzled expression.

Pei Yanchuan pinched her cheek: "Your mother is back."

Shang Nian stood there and blinked, seemingly a little dazed.

But the next second, she hopped around a few times, took short strides, grabbed Pei Yanchuan's trouser leg, and ran forward.

"Slow down."

Pei Yanchuan followed helplessly.