Ji Yunjin’s cheongsams are very popular among the rich Ladies in T City.

The two of them aren’t very close privately, but they can be considered familiar.

Li Guirong had once even brought a few so‑called rich Lady friends of hers to personally visit Ji Yunjin at the Ji Family home.

That time was also an accident. A servant of the Ji Family got Li Guirong’s clothes wet; she’d wanted to get angry, but in the end was talked down by Ji Yunjin.

Ji Yunjin said she had many new cheongsam styles in her bedroom and could give one to Li Guirong for free.

Because of that, Li Guirong swallowed her temper and followed Ji Yunjin upstairs to pick out a cheongsam.

And it was in Ji Yunjin’s bedroom that she saw a photo of Ji Yunjin and a man.

She’d always known Ji Yunjin was single, that she’d had a husband before, but for some reason the husband was no longer around.

But who the husband was, and why he was gone, she had no idea.

She hadn’t expected there really to be such a man, and he was actually... quite handsome.

Yet there was always a certain sharpness in his brows and eyes—hard to describe, but once you looked at him, you couldn’t forget him.

It was precisely that unforgettable glance that made her very surprised when she saw the man who came in through the door.

Of course, she also suspected she’d seen it wrong.

Li Guirong, after all, kept an eye on things; she immediately took out her phone from her handbag and snapped a couple of photos of the man.

However, she did not send them to Ji Yunjin right away.

Ji Yunjin and Yu Yao are on good terms, and Yu Yao is Mother of Song Yansheng.

She felt that these two photos might be of great use in the future.

That night, Liang Yue’e went back and truly couldn’t sleep; even after drinking the Calming Tea Li Guirong had sent over, it had no effect at all.

Song Zhongming was still busy in the study; whether he was actually busy or not, Liang Yue’e knew—he just didn’t want to see her.

Nearly thirty years of marriage, and they had finally reached the point of being a couple in name only.

She got out of bed and, from a locked box under the bed, fished out that somewhat wrinkled book and the little portrait she’d once drawn of that man.

Even though so many years had passed, many of the memories were still crystal clear.

He and she were, after all, old now. That young man who used to wear a beret and clothes washed so often they’d turned white—

Today he had appeared at the banquet in a sharply pressed suit, no longer anything like before.

Xue Mobei, Xue Mobei—after all these years, he’s still just a dream!

Liang Yue’e had to admit that the appearance of that man had disturbed her mind, but even in her turmoil she hadn’t forgotten the gold necklace on Li Guirong’s neck, the same style as her own.

After putting the notebook and the drawing back, she walked over to the mirror and took off her own necklace.

These days, their marital relationship hadn’t been good, but her younger brother’s pressure on this man had actually had some effect.

To ease things between them, he had specially bought her this chain.

He’d even said that the engraving on the chain was letters, precisely the initials of her name in pinyin.

At her age, she didn’t care that much about these things anymore. After nearly thirty years of marriage, she hadn’t clung too hard to it either.

She wanted to treat it all as a coincidence, yet deep down she felt it couldn’t be that simple.

A woman like Li Guirong has never been simple; otherwise, how could she have leapt from a woman who sold alcohol to a rich Lady?

She still decided to look into it.

She immediately called her younger brother and asked him to investigate Li Guirong, as well as her husband Song Zhongming. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

...

When Song Yansheng returned to Song Mansion, Nuannuan had already gone to bed.

But she wasn’t asleep. Earlier, afraid of waking Nuannuan, Song Yansheng had deliberately gone to the study to wash up.

He hadn’t expected that when he came in, he’d find the little girl still propped up on the bed.

The room lights were off; only the bedside lamp glowed faintly.

Hearing the door open, it was Shi Nuan who spoke first. She quickly sat up and said, "Second Uncle, you’re back?"

Song Yansheng gave a soft "mm" and asked, "It’s so late, why are you still awake?"

Shi Nuan said, "I slept too much on the plane, I’m not really sleepy..."

She paused, then added, "Is Mom’s health... any better?"

Song Yansheng gave another "mm" and said, "Much better now..."

His gaze flickered, then he said, "Although she’s much better, Mom’s mental state isn’t too good. For this period of time, I might need to stay at the old house to keep her company."

Shi Nuan answered with an "oh" and said, "That’s fine, that’s how it should be!"

Looking at Shi Nuan, Song Yansheng’s thin lips moved, and he still said, "Nuannuan, I’m sorry. Mom really isn’t in a good state and needs peace and quiet, so I probably can’t take you with me. But leaving you alone here at Song Mansion, I’m not very at ease either..."

Shi Nuan was stunned for a moment, then said, "That’s nothing, really. Second Uncle, just go and stay with Mom. Besides, tonight I actually... actually also have something I wanted to talk to you about!"