Spoiled Sparrow

Snow night.

Fu Chen drove a supercar at high speed through the mountains at night.

He was so angry that even a race car driver wouldn't dare to speed like that in the mountains where there are no fences.

Assistant Zhang sat in the passenger seat, gripping the seatbelt tightly, not daring to blink for a moment.

He dialed Chen Yan's number.

"Brother Chen Yan, President Fu wants you to immediately arrange for people to look for Miss Ruan at both airports..."

Chen Yan was still working overtime at the company late at night. The more he heard Assistant Zhang's words, the more familiar they sounded: "Your sister-in-law has run away again?"

Fu Chen drove down the mountain in the shortest possible time.

If the main road is closed due to snow, you can only take the expressway to enter the city.

Once on the main road, Assistant Zhang finally felt relieved.

Just as they reached the intersection, a large truck in the opposite lane lost control, skidded, and hurtled straight toward them.

"President Fu!"

BOOM—!!

The screech of brakes and the sound of impact shattered the tranquility of the snowy night.

.......

The world spins around me, and fragments of my past life flash before my eyes.

Fu Chen closed his eyes and saw her wearing that wedding dress, slowly reaching out her hand to him...

"Honey, call an ambulance!"

A heavily pregnant woman got out of the car and directed her husband to help.

She covered her mouth and nose, took a closer look, and immediately vomited.

The man helped his wife into the car to rest, and looking at the flattened rear of the sports car by the truck, he dialed 120 with trembling hands.

"...Yes, the truck bed is crushing the car, it looks like it's already... Ugh, you guys come quick."

*

Before boarding the plane, Ruan Qing turned around and glanced at the city.

This is the place where she lived for 23 years.

"Let's go, it's time."

He Xunnan helped her onto the plane and gently covered her legs with a wool blanket.

A little while later, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

He stood up and drank the red wine in his hand.

Han Feng: "President He, congratulations."

He Xun Nan paused, raising an eyebrow, and asked, "Congratulations on what?"

"Of course, it's about getting Miss Ruan."

"Block all news about her; don't give that Fu guy even the slightest chance."

He Xunan focused his mind and made a decision in his heart.

Nan Nan, you're all I have left in this world, and I will never let you leave me.

He returned to his seat, and the person sleeping beside him suddenly began to sob softly.

What did I dream about?

He Xunnan carefully wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, afraid of hurting her.

His gaze shifted to her eyebrows and eyes, and his hand suddenly stopped.

It looks so much like it.

Ruan Qing's eyelashes trembled, and she opened her eyes to meet He Xun Nan's unfathomable gaze.

It feels so unfamiliar.

She instinctively leaned back, but there was nowhere to hide.

He could only turn his head away and say, "Brother..."

He Xunnan returned to his seat and explained, "I saw you were having a nightmare, and I was just about to wipe your tears."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Qing raised her hand to touch her face, and indeed there were tears.

"Thank you," she said politely.

He Xunnan handed her a handkerchief: "You don't need to be so polite with me. I'm your brother, not President He."

"it is good."

Although she verbally agreed, she always had a wall in her heart.

Suddenly, her heart clenched, and she hissed in pain.

"What's wrong?" He Xunnan immediately reached out to protect her.

Ruan Qing pressed her chest: "It's okay, I've recovered. I probably just haven't been resting well these past few days, and my body wasn't feeling well."

"That's good, go to sleep now."

......

The plane landed, and it was a different season here than in Beijing. A warm breeze ruffled my hair, and I felt enveloped by the sea breeze.

As soon as she got off the plane, Ruan Qing saw a couple holding Youyou waving at her from afar.

She waved to them, but there was no smile on her face.

Han Feng avoided Ruan Qing and whispered to He Xun Nan, "Fu Chen was in a car accident and is being treated at the hospital."

He Xunan, without stopping, asked, "Has it been reported in the media?"

"Nothing yet. The Fu family is suppressing the news. They only reported the car accident, which resulted in one death and three serious injuries."

He Xunan: "I don't want this news to get here."

"Yes, Mr. He, I'll do it right away."

Ruan Qing immediately spotted the person who looked very much like herself.

She stepped closer and whispered to He Xun Nan, "This is...?"

"Okay, go ahead."

Ruan Qing had never felt her steps so heavy before, a mix of anticipation and fear weighing on her.

He Xunnan walked beside her, his large hands protecting her back.

She mustered her courage and stepped forward, while a woman with teary eyes walked towards her at the same time.

Her gaze was fixed on the woman until she was embraced, at which point her anxious defenses crumbled instantly.

She let the woman stroke her face.

Pei Yu gently cupped Ruan Qing's face in his hands, tracing it inch by inch. Looking at this face that was almost exactly the same as his own when he was young, he choked up and lost his voice.

"So alike...so much like...Nan Nan..."

Pei Yu called out Ruan Qing's real name, choking up so much that he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Ruan Qing, too, was in a similar situation, tears welling up before she could speak.

"So I wasn't abandoned after all..."

Ruan Qing raised her hand with trembling hands, her fingertips hovering in mid-air, hesitant to bring it down.

She was afraid that if she touched it, everything in front of her would disappear.

Just like in her dreams, in countless dreams, she could not hold her mother's hand.

Pei Yu noticed her hesitation, grabbed her hand, and pulled her into his arms.

"Nannan, it's your mother."

At this moment, these words.

Ruan Qing's years of longing, grievances, and resentment all burst forth at this moment.

"mom!"

Her voice was hoarse and broken, tears streaming down her face, "Mom..."

The middle-aged man standing to the side had tears in his eyes; his composure, which he had maintained for many years, was finally exposed at this moment.

Hezhou, if your spirit is watching from heaven, you can rest in peace now.

Your daughter has come home.

He stepped forward and gently embraced his daughter, saying, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."

.......

Fu Chen woke up again late at night a week later.

When he opened his eyes, the stark white ceiling of the hospital made him dizzy.

He glanced at her and saw Lan Yin sitting beside him, asleep in her chair.

Fu Chen slowly turned his head and looked at the large group of people guarding the ward.

Dong Chenye was the first to notice he was awake and immediately rushed forward: "Doctor, he's awake!"

Startled by Dong Chenye's shout, everyone crowded around.

Fu Chen felt like an animal in a zoo. He closed his eyes and said, "Get out."

Feeling guilty, Dong Chenye immediately asked all the extra people in the ward to leave.

"You go out too."

Fu Chen stared at Dong Chenye, and for the first time, he saw anger directed at him in Fu Chen's eyes.

He didn't say anything more and silently went out.

Lan Yin's face was somewhat pale. She took Fu Chen's hand and said, "Chen'er."

He had almost forgotten that name.

Memories of the car accident flooded back, his head throbbing with pain. He grabbed Lan Yin's hand tightly: "Mother, where is Ruan Qing?"