Chapter 421: Chapter 420: He Never Expected That What Ningning Wanted to Tell Him Was That His Mother Might Have Come Back to Life

Because she was afraid Henry would be upset, A wan did not say anything more.

At night, A wan finished washing up first and lay down on the bed to sleep.

Before closing her eyes, she saw Henry organizing their luggage; it seemed as if Henry always did these things.

Henry always took good care of her, gave her the best.

A wan felt very happy having Henry by her side.

Gradually, A wan’s eyes closed and her breathing became steady.

Henry finished organizing the luggage and sat at the bedside.

He looked at his wife, with guilt, sadness, and fear in his emerald green eyes.

He slowly reached out his hand, wanting to touch A wan’s face, but he withdrew it just before touching.

No one knew how shocked and scared he was when he saw that little boy named "Xingxing".

Especially when A wan said she felt she should have a child, he was terrified to the extreme.

He was scared, scared that A wan would recover her memory.

Although he knew that allowing A wan to come to Hua Country might lead to some things happening anyway.

Even maybe losing A wan in the end.

But seeing A wan long to return to Hua Country for over a decade, Henry had been avoiding it for over ten years, and now he couldn’t avoid it any longer.

That child named "Xingxing".

When Henry saw him at first glance, he felt a deep familiarity.

Henry slowly took out a small object from the inner pocket of his clothes.

Upon closer inspection, it was a pocket watch.

The surface was of a pocket watch style from over ten years ago, and when his fingertips opened the watch, a black and white photo stuck inside the dial appeared before Henry’s eyes.

It was a photo of a happy family of three.

In the photo, the man was wearing a military uniform, with handsome features, looking at his wife with a very gentle gaze.

Upon closer inspection, one would find that the woman in the photo was actually A wan in her youth.

And between them, there was a little boy being held who looked a few years old.

The boy’s brows and eyes were seven or eight parts similar to the boy named "Xingxing" seen at the airport today.

This pocket watch was taken off A wan’s neck by Henry.

Once removed, he secretly hid it for over ten years, never letting A wan see it.

Henry gripped the pocket watch tightly.

Many times, he wanted to crush the pocket watch, but thinking of A wan, he held back.

After a long while, Henry put the pocket watch back into his inner pocket.

He looked at the sleeping A wan on the bed and murmured softly, "A wan, Sang Yuwan, if you knew the truth, would you blame me?"

Sang Yuwan, such a beautiful name.

Just like her, so captivating at first glance, making him fall helplessly in love.

It also made him become a thief.

A wan, don’t blame me, I just love you too much.

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Meanwhile, on Gu Jia Ning’s way home, he was still thinking about Xingxing mentioning he saw his grandma at the airport.

After pondering, upon reaching home, Gu Jia Ning made a call to Sheng Zexi at the military district, asking if he’d come back tonight.

"There’s something I need to tell you when you return."

"Sure, I’ll come back early tonight."

Sheng Zexi returned in the evening.

When he came back, Mrs. Chen had just prepared dinner, and the family was ready to eat.

Sheng Zexi sat down to join them.

After dinner, Grandma Sang took a few children in the living room.

Sheng Zexi followed Gu Jia Ning back to the room.

Gu Jia Ning asked, "Can you tell me again about the time when Grandma died?"

Sheng Zexi was stunned, never expecting Ningning called him back for this matter?

Although slightly puzzled, Sheng Zexi knew Gu Jia Ning wouldn’t speak without reason, so he spoke.

Talking about it, the news of his mother’s death was very sudden.

"I had just started middle school, that day I returned home..."

That day after school, because his parents weren’t home, Sheng Zexi went to the Sang Family.

Unexpectedly, upon entering, he saw Grandpa Sang and Grandma Sang crying and saw his father Sheng Xinhao with red eyes.

He was happy his dad was back.

But he didn’t see his mom.

So he asked.

But the answer he received made Sheng Zexi feel as if the sky had fallen.

Grandma hugged him tightly, crying as she said his mom had passed away.

Then Sheng Xinhao brought out the ashes.

Explained the whole process.

It turned out that an epidemic broke out at the border where they were, and his mom Sang Yuwan unfortunately contracted it.

Sheng Xinhao found many people for treatment but ultimately could only watch his mom die untreated.

Because it was an epidemic contracted at the border.

Even the body couldn’t be brought back.

So it was cremated into ashes.

"...You know how devastated I was knowing mom passed away?"

"I looked at those ashes and kept shaking my head saying, that’s not my mom, that’s not my mom..."

Yet, no matter how unwilling he was to admit it.

Mom died, she was gone.

Never to return.

And he never expected their farewell would be the last encounter.

Since mom’s death, Sheng Zexi’s life underwent a dramatic change...

Once, their family of three was also very happy and beautiful.

But after mom died, everything changed.

"Perhaps... That really wasn’t Grandma..." Gu Jia Ning murmured.

Recalling the past, Sheng Zexi’s emotions were much calmer now, but thinking of his mother still brought heartache.

Only when he heard Gu Jia Ning’s remark, he frowned.

Eyes full of doubt.

"Ningning, what do you mean by this?"

Gu Jia Ning held Sheng Zexi’s hand, "You know, today Third Brother was going abroad, I took the kids to the airport to see him off, and then..."

Gu Jia Ning recounted the incident with Xingxing encountering the woman who seemed like Sang Yuwan.

"...Brother Xi, you know, Xingxing and Yueyue are smart kids, their memory is excellent and they don’t fabricate things."

"Especially Xingxing, since he dared to say she was grandma, she must have been very similar."

In fact, rather than similar, it was actually Sang Yuwan.

That’s why Xingxing was so certain.

"You also know that previously when Xingxing and Yueyue were taken to the Sheng Family’s old house by Grandpa, Grandpa would often show them your old photos, so..."

Sheng Zexi felt his throat dry, his voice slightly hoarse, "So Xingxing thinks that person is the grandma from the photo."

Which would be his mother?

At this moment, Sheng Zexi’s heart was full of shock.

He never imagined that what Ningning wanted to discuss was that his mother might have come back to life?

Dead for over ten years and resurrected?

No, the dead can’t come back to life.

If that truly was his mother, then back then, she might not have died.

At once, Sheng Zexi’s feelings were exceedingly complex.

Unable to tell whether it was joy or confusion.