Chapter 349 - Those Things of the Past (1/2)

Life is always like this. It gives you hope and then disappoints you, making you dumbfounded as well as physically and mentally exhausted, as if it would only be satisfied by doing so.

All the things that had happened during this period of time caused Qin Sheng to be mentally exhausted. Before one thing came to an end, a new one popped up, not giving him to chance to take a breather at all, as if it wanted to challenge his limits.

Tonight’s event tortured him once again. It tortured this man who had suffered more than enough setbacks and challenges, making him withstand the pressure that did not come with his age.

It was so difficult for him to reunite with his long-lost older sister, to recall his childhood, and even recognize his mother who always appeared in his dreams. This was supposed to be a happy occasion. Qin Sheng also looked forward to reuniting with his mother. This was the biggest dream of an orphan. However, god played a joke on him by telling him that his mother had already passed away.

This joke was a little overboard for Qin Sheng. Only he knew how it felt like, which was why he knelt on the ground, buried his head and bawled, releasing all the stress and grievances he had felt all these while.

The son wanted to take care of his parent, but she was no longer there.

Hope turned to despair, happiness turned to sorrow. If Qin Sheng did not have a strong character, he would already have broken down at this huge fall. To many people, this was nothing special. Life would not give a damn about whether or not you could handle it. It did not care if you refuse to accept, escape, be sorrowful, furious, etc. You have to face it anyway. You would then be forced to grow up, become mature, full of vicissitudes and used to it.

Initially, Qin Ran wanted to bring him to the old house. This was the place that he stayed at when he was young. It should be able to help him to recall things of the past and also bring their relationship closer. It would be best if he could recall, but it was fine if it did not work. She then planned to bring Qin Sheng back to siheyuan to meet Qin Changan.

However, she did not expect him to remember the things of the past here but not plan to leave. Instead, he wanted to stay here overnight.

Qin Ran recalled how sorrowful he looked before Mother’s offering table and could not help but feel terrible. She knew that he definitely could not bear to leave Mother and wanted to stay with her longer. Otherwise, he would not have talked to himself in front of Mother for three hours like a lunatic.

Hence, Qin Ran agreed. However, this house had been unoccupied for many years, it did not even have the basic necessities. However, this was not a difficult task for Qin Ran.

Qin Ran said to Qin Sheng, “Take a break first, I’ll get them to bring some things over.”

Qin Sheng nodded. He was once extremely familiar with this place. This place had all of his childhood memories in Beijing. He felt both familiar and foreign with this place. Qin Sheng had to find back those memories slowly, so he casually looked around the old house and those old photos.

Qin Ran walked to the balcony and called Qin Changan.

Beijing’s winter was very cold. Gongsun and the rest had already been waiting downstairs for four hours. Luckily, they were in the car. If they were outside, they would have frozen to death. Currently, it was already 2 a.m. Not only Gongsun was waiting, even Qin Changan who had returned to the siheyuan was also waiting to reunite with Qin Sheng.

To a half-century-old man who had experienced everything life had to offer, there was already nothing as important as reuniting with his biological son.

When Gongsun received Qin Ran’s call, he laughed and said, “Ranran, it’s already 2 a.m., your father is still waiting. Can we go now?”

Qin Ran smiled bitterly, “Uncle Gongsun, tell him we’re not going back tonight. Qin Sheng wants to stay here. We’ll go back tomorrow at noon.”

“Ah? Stay here?” Gongsun repeated in confusion but he understood it immediately. Qin Sheng must have recalled the things of the past, otherwise, he would not have requested to stay here.

Qin Ran nodded silently. “Yea, so Uncle Gongsun, can you get someone to send some necessities over? We have nothing here.”

“Okay, don’t worry about it. I’ll make the call right away and send it to you later,” Gongsun promised without hesitation. To him, no matter how troublesome or difficult it is, he would still be willing to do it, as this was a big event in the Qin family.

After the call, Gongsun fist arranged for someone to send the things over. After which, he then called Qin Changan. Otherwise, he would continue waiting.

“Ranran said that Young Master wanted to stay at the old house tonight and they would only go over tomorrow. I’ve sent someone to send them the things needed. You should rest early,” Gongsun said calmly.