I'm back

  At dawn, the morning glow rises from the distant horizon, a thin red haze fills the pale blue sky, the sun peeks out of the clouds with a reddish smile, and golden light spills across the land.

  People who stayed up all night greet the sunrise and start their busy lives, shuttling between streets and alleys, and the quiet city begins to bustle with activity.

  At dawn, the police pried open the car door of Park Hye-won's vehicle, which was anchored on a small road in the windbreak forest. Ms. Park, who had become soft and limp, was carried out and lifted into a police car, rushing to the hospital as the sun rose.

  In the morning twilight, a luxurious house car carrying Madame Jin Song Yun'er sped across the countryside, heading towards the unfamiliar Jin family's old house under the rising sun.

  At dawn, Lin Peipei, thousands of miles away, drove her bright yellow "Little Yellow Bee" towards the rising sun, navigating through the hustle and bustle of the ring road.

  Wen Jia's wedding is approaching, and Lin Peipei has been helping her buy all sorts of wedding things for the past few days, her legs are almost worn out.

  Everything used in the wedding is almost all high-end luxury goods. However, the Wen family always feels that it's still too simple and not luxurious enough to humiliate their beloved daughter. Mrs. Wen is busy taking Wen Jia to find those high-end, atmospheric, and durable luxury goods everywhere, and keeps putting them into her duplex mini-mansion.

  Lin Pei Pei accompanied Wen Jia, who was wearing a loose dress, and followed behind Wen's mother. She watched as Wen's mother, like an empress dowager, waved her hand, and the exquisite plates, bowls, and dishes were carefully packed away, being placed in boxes with great care.

  Watching box after box of exquisite porcelain being carried away, Lin Peipei couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth and whisper to Wen Jia.

  "Girl, your mom is too much! She knows it's for your new home after marriage, but others might think this store is closing down! Besides, do you really need so many? These aren't cheap stuff, and some are one-of-a-kind antiques! What if you accidentally break one? Wouldn't that be a waste? Are you going to use them to serve dishes or just for decoration? And by the way, will you be cooking at home? Can you even cook? Will your mom let you do this? Didn't she say 'a lady stays away from the kitchen'?"

  "Girl, you just don't understand. As parents, they're always afraid of depriving their children, and mothers are even more so. They're worried that if they leave, there will be nothing left for them to find. You know my mom, no one is more meticulous about their daily life than her. There's a specific cup for drinking water and a specific bowl for drinking tea - everything has its own designated place. Every time you come over to eat, the table is set with thirty or forty dishes, and just the bowls and plates alone are numerous. You think she's being too picky, but in her opinion, it's still not enough! Anyway, my family's kitchen is big enough to hold all these dishes, so let her buy them if she wants. If I don't let her buy them, she'll be unhappy and say that I'm not considerate of her hard work. I don't dare tell her no - if the old lady gets angry and doesn't let me get married, who will I cry to? Besides, this isn't your wedding, wait until you and your husband Peak have your own wedding, then you'll see how much your mom buys! As a pregnant woman, I haven't even had time to speak up yet, but you're being so understanding and tolerant."

  "Got it! Who made you the biggest now? I'm the one who's been running errands!"

  "Don't be angry, when you get married, I'll run errands for you too, and bring your godson along to help with the errands as well, that should be enough, right?"

  Just as the two sisters were whispering to each other, several large boxes were carried out. Lin Peipei shook her head, sighed, and continued to act as a cart driver, doing errands.

  Early in the morning, Lin Peipei rushed to the wedding dress shop in the east of the city to return and modify the wedding dress made by Wen Jia. These two days, Wen Jia's pregnancy reaction was particularly severe, she became weak all over, couldn't go anywhere, so the task of modifying the wedding dress could only be left to Lin Peipei to run back and forth. Lin Peipei also felt resigned, had no opinion, after all, Wen Jia was her good sister who was pregnant, how many good sisters can one have in life, how many times can one get married?

  "Little Huang Peak" was sandwiched in the traffic, traveling between cities and stopped at a red light. Next to it, a small truck with two large characters "补漏" (meaning "filling gaps") squeezed in. This kind of vehicle is common in the city, wandering around streets and alleys, using loudspeakers on the car to play thunderous music to attract people's attention. This most primitive form of advertising has indeed made people in the city remember the characteristics of this industry, and it has also become a unique scene in the city.

  At this time, the speaker of the car was facing the window of "Little Yellow Bee", and the deafening sound made Lin Peipei's eardrum ache through the half-open window. Hurriedly closing the window, although it still couldn't block out the sound, at least it was within a tolerable range. The volume was smaller, and naturally, she could hear more clearly what song he was playing.

  The bitter sand blowing painfully on the face

  Like father's scolding and mother's crying

  Unforgettable Forever

  When I was young, I liked to be alone by the sea

  Roll up your pants and walk barefoot on the beach

  Always fantasizing about another world at the end of the ocean

  Always thought brave sailors were real men

  Always looks like a weak and incompetent person

  When being bullied, sailors always say

  He said this little pain in the wind and rain is nothing

  Wipe away tears, don't be afraid, at least we still have our dreams.

  He said this little pain in the wind and rain is nothing

  Wipe away tears, don't ask why...

  The song being played is an old one, Zheng Zhihua's "Water Hand".

  The reason why old songs become classics is that after being baptized by the years, when people from back then listen to them again, they will recall their own youthful and passionate days, and feel infinite nostalgia for the past. Lin Pei-pei also remembered a young man who used to often sing a segment of this song in her ear with his magnetic, slightly hoarse voice after breaking into puberty: He said that pain in the wind and rain is nothing, wipe away your tears and don't ask why...

  Lin Pei Pei couldn't help but whisper the name of that awkward youth hidden deep in her memory - Jin Ge.

  I don't even know how this kid has been doing all these years, whether his mom's illness has improved or not. He left without sending a single message back, and he told me to wait for him to return. Wait for what? For you to come back and help me swat flies? Sister, I've already been bitten to death! What a heartless thing! He completely forgot how his sister helped him get out of trouble and fight with others back in the day. It's really too much!

  And that heartless guy, my brother Yifeng, is also quite heartless. Last time he called me was over a week ago, and not even a single text message since then. He said it's because of closed training, but hasn't been released yet? Is this closed training going to cut off phone calls too? Not even thinking that people might be missing him, what a heartless thing!

  Lin Pei Pei cursed the two heartless people in her heart, the green light came on, and "Little Yellow Bee" drove through the intersection, leaving the small truck that was still humming a tune behind, gradually moving away, disappearing into the endless stream of cars.

  In the airport lounge thousands of miles away, Jin Ge held his boarding pass in his hand and felt a sudden movement in his heart, let out a sneeze, and thought to himself, "That girl must be scolding me, blaming me, huh?" No big deal, I'm back! The leaf by his side looked at him with some concern but didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, so she didn't ask any questions and followed him into the gate.

  Just as Jin Ge was about to board the plane, a rumor spread among the city's streets, with a heat comparable to that of a certain popular celebrity's scandal.

  "Hey, have you heard? Something's happened at the Jin family's place?"

  "Which Jin family? Is it that Jin family? I don't know! What's going on?"

  "The current Mrs. Jin of the Jin family has been plotting to take away the property left by the previous Mrs. Jin for her son, but was exposed and kicked out of the main house by Old Master Jin, and is said to have been sent to a remote cottage in Taibai Mountain."

  "Really? Can't tell at all! Now this Mrs. Jin looks so young and gentle, but it turns out she's also a venomous woman, a vicious stepmother!"

  "Exactly! Exactly!"

  "I heard that this lady was carrying a child when she entered the Jin family, and even before the funeral of the previous Mrs. Jin was over, it seems that she is also a cunning little third party. It's possible that her death is related to her, otherwise why would it be so coincidental? The child was born before she even got married, I'm afraid it's... hmm, you understand what I mean!"

  "Really? Really?"

  "I also heard from my second aunt's younger brother's girlfriend's best friend that, as soon as Mr. Jin returned to the country, he was targeted by this lady, and she even helped her come up with a plan, but later on, after she climbed up the social ladder, she abandoned my second aunt's younger brother's girlfriend's best friend. Such an unscrupulous person, now getting what's coming to them is indeed karma!"

  "Exactly! Exactly!"

  "This woman is really shameless, not only did she snatch the position of Mrs. Jin, but also wants to snatch the family property left by her predecessor's wife for her son, being sent back to that godforsaken place, dying there would be what she deserves!"

  "Right! Right!"

  Rumors spread like a whirlwind, sweeping through the streets and alleys of the city in no time. Every time it passed by someone's mouth, it would absorb more new things to fill itself up, allowing this whirlwind to develop into a tornado in the shortest possible time, engulfing every corner of the city from top to bottom.

  This originated from the rural water well, a kind of idle chat for farmers to rest, has been passed down to now, and in big cities it has been given more substance and connotation. From people's word of mouth to virtual networks, it is everywhere, like a virus, spreading rapidly across provinces.

  Rumors are like a big crucible, melting together all the unknown past events that have accumulated at the bottom of the crowd, whether good or bad, and changing into various shapes according to people's imagination, revealing every detail in the sunlight.

  The Jin family has been unusually silent about the rumor, and Han's family, the former Mrs. Jin's natal family, has also been as cold as ever. Even the eldest son of the Jin family, who is one of the main characters in the rumor, has not made a sound.

  Jin Ge is now high up in the sky, throwing those rumors like dust under thick clouds. But who would know how these rumors spread, how much came from Jin Ge's own hands, the Han family's instigation, and the Jin family's acquiescence.

  Regardless of what happens, the female lead in the rumor - Mrs. Song Yoon-ah, has no foothold in this city. At this time, she is still struggling with the dead silence of her ancestral home and does not know about this matter, even if she did, she would have no time to pay attention to it. What she needs to face now is the empty and gloomy ancestral residence, which becomes a desolate and eerie place after nightfall, and the distant howling of wolves in the depths of the forest.

  As "Little Yellow Bee" turned the corner, Lin Peipei saw a JP off-road vehicle parked by the side of the road not far away, with a familiar figure leaning against the car door.

  Pei Jian leaned against the car door, smoking with a somewhat dejected expression. The ground beside his feet had already accumulated a pile of cigarette butts, suggesting he had been there for some time. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a bright yellow City Spirit stopped behind his car, and a lovely figure poked her head out of the window.

  "Hey, big police officer, what are you doing here? Helping to maintain traffic order so early in the morning? But I think you look more like you're running a workshop. Look at all the smoke and cigarette butts around you. Be careful or the neighborhood committee's aunties will come give you a lecture."

  "Pepe!"

  Bai Jian looked at the bright and smiling face with surprise, then listened to the long string of words, quickly extinguished the cigarette in his hand and walked over.

  "What brings you here? Where are you headed?"

  "I had something to attend to and passed by, I saw you from afar scratching the ground, what's wrong? Aren't you happy to see me? Then I'll leave."

  "Wait, don't go! How can I not be happy, it's happiness that hasn't had time to arrive yet! What... these past few days have been super busy with the case, didn't even have time to contact you, was just thinking if you'd get angry and scold me in your heart. Now seeing you, how can I not be happy! Hehe!"

  Pei Jian walked up to Lin Pei Pei's car, propped his hands on the window and gazed at the woman sitting inside with a charming smile. The sunlight shone through the window onto her pale face, casting a radiant glow that made him dare not look straight at her. Pei Jian's heart tightened for a moment.

  "What are you doing? Am I disturbing your work?"

  Lin Pei saw that Pei Jian's face was pale and haggard, with a ring of dark circles under his eyes.

  "I staked out here all night to catch a fugitive, but it was a waste of time. My colleague went to the bathroom and I'll wait for him to come out before we pack up and go back to sleep."

  "Finished work? Haven't eaten yet, right? Let's go! I'll take you somewhere to eat something good and nourishing."

  At this time, Pei Jian's colleague Xiao Zhang came out and the two followed Lin Peipei's car to a beef noodle restaurant.

  "Aunt Wang, I'm here!"

  Lin Pei Pei led the two into the noodle shop, warmly greeting the owner, apparently a regular customer.

  "Pepe you're here, it's been a long time since I've seen you, heard from your classmate that you went abroad, right? Want to eat something? The usual?"

  The landlady was very enthusiastic and led the three of them to a corner where they sat down.

  "Just got back from abroad, I'll ask them what they want to eat first, you can take your time."

  "Good."

  The landlady left the menu and went to greet other guests.

  "This is a place for eating beef, the soup head used several kinds of medicinal materials to simmer, very nourishing. What do you want to eat? Is there anything you don't eat?"

  "We're not so picky, we'll eat anything, you just watch out."

  "Alright then. Auntie, bring us three bowls of beef noodles, mine with just beef balls, and theirs with an extra serving of tripe."

  Before long, the noodles were served. Pei Jian looked at the bowl of noodles piled high like a small mountain, with a black line on top. Cow intestines? What thing is that? He had eaten beef many times but never tried this before. Since it was recommended by Pei Pei, he would definitely give it a try.

  Carefully took a bite, eyes lit up, the taste is not bad! Looks unassuming, but the flavor is quite good and delicious. So I swung my cheeks open and started eating big mouthfuls.

  Xiao Zhang on the side saw Pei Jian eating happily and also started eating without any worries. They were both hungry after a night, so they both ate hastily.

  Lin Pei Pei watched them eat with relish and also lowered her head to eat quietly.

  "Pepe, you come here often? You seem quite familiar with that old lady boss."

  Bai Jian ate noodles with a big mouth, but didn't forget to talk to Lin Peipei. It's not easy to meet once, how can you just eat and not chat?

  "Hmm, when I was in senior three, I had half a semester where both breakfast and lunch were solved here."

  He looked at Pei Jian with a puzzled face and said, "You see that school over there? I went to high school there. At that time, I was busy reviewing, and I didn't want to run back and forth between home and school, so I would run in the morning, eat here, and then go to school. After lunch, I would also rest for a while here. It's this location, before there was a screen in front of it, and I would take a nap in this corner."

  "Don't your parents care about you?"

  Bai Jian also remembered his own hard work during the college entrance examination and felt a pang of heartache.

  "Who could take care of me? There was no time to take care of me. At that time, my brother had not returned yet, and my parents were busy like crazy. I didn't want to trouble them either, and I wasn't a three-year-old kid who couldn't take care of myself. At that time, I almost never ate at home, having breakfast and lunch here, going to the club for practice in the afternoon, and dinner was taken care of there. That period coincided with the promotion exam, so I would eat there before returning home."

  "No wonder Jian Ge said you were a bit of a handful to deal with, I didn't realize you had put so much thought into it. A girl like you being able to train to this level is truly impressive!"

  Xiao Zhang beside him hastily spoke up.

  "And that time I was kicked by Pei Jian, my leg hurt for several days, and now there is still a bruise. It's so painful that I don't even dare to wear skirts."

  Bai Jian only then took a closer look at Lin Peipei's outfit: dark khaki small grid shorts, paired with a white silk V-neck T-shirt, her hair tied up high in the back of her head in a bun, making her look refreshing and simple, yet more elegant.

  "So you tell me, how I should make it up to you."

  "Never mind! You said that was your wife's originally, I wouldn't dare ask you to compensate. If you really want to compensate, next time just be my sandbag and let me kick you enough. Haha!"

  "Alright! No problem!"

  Not to mention being a sandbag once, I would be willing to be Pei Jian's sword ten times.

  After the three of them finished eating, they parted ways in front of the noodle shop and went their separate ways. On the bus, Little Zhang leaned over to Pei Jian and said, "Brother Jian, this girl is not bad! She looks delicate and I thought she was a spoiled rich girl, but it turns out she's so independent. Girls like her are rare these days, Brother Jian, don't let her go!"

  "It's good, it's okay! But the girl doesn't look down on me."

  "It's not surprising, this girl is so well-conditioned, although your conditions are also very good, I think there are many boys with good conditions behind her, but she hasn't married yet, as long as she hasn't married, there's still a chance, Jian Ge don't give up! Come on!"

  Pei Jian turned his head and took a glance at Little Zhang, smiled silently, thinking to himself: I never gave up anyway, what's the point of you saying that.

  Lin Pei Pei found that bridal shop, handed the things over to them for alteration, and Lin Pei Pei waited there. After it was altered, she sent it back to Wen Jia. At noon, she had lunch at Wen's house, then accompanied Big Belly Lady chatting for a while. When Big Belly Lady got tired and wanted to rest, she left Wen's house and went back to her own home.

  Zhao Shi Tou called her halfway, asking where she was. After hearing that she was on her way home, he asked how much longer it would take and then hung up without saying anything else. Lin Pei Pei held the phone, puzzled for half a day. What's wrong with this guy? He just asks when I'll be home, what's the point? It's really strange.

  Back to the big yard, parked the car, from a distance saw a Passat stopped at the door, very curious, who came? As I walked closer, a man got out of the car, wearing a light gray summer suit, a white-based blue-flowered silk shirt, tall and slender, with an air of nobility. The afternoon sun shone from behind him, somewhat backlit, couldn't see his face clearly. Lin Peipei took another step closer, the man's face emerged from the sunlight, Lin Peipei saw this person's face clearly, froze in place.

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