The Surprise of That Moment

Ji Aier heard the sound of a car parking outside. She thought that Minze should be back by now. He had been gone for a while.

"Daddy, you'll know once you go in! It's definitely a super surprise!" Ji Minze said with a smile. He was already imagining his daddy's shocked expression when he saw Mommy awake.

"Minze, what are you up to? So mysterious!" Ji En finally sensed that something was off. Today, the Ji family residence seemed more lively, but he couldn't tell what had changed. He glanced at Ji Minze and then walked into the house.

"Minze, you're back!" Ji Aier said when she heard the footsteps and then turned around, but froze.

She looked at him. He had become more mature, with deep eyes carrying a faint sadness, and his tall and slender figure was still so prominent! This man had once brought her so much pain and happiness. At this moment, she was rooted to the spot.

Ji En looked at Ji Aier, who had just turned to face him. In that instant, he felt a sense of déjà vu. He saw Ji Aier not in a coma but in the cute way she was at the age of eighteen when she told him that the buns were so bad even dogs wouldn't eat them and then ran away laughing.

Ji Aier didn't dare to go over. Her mind was still stuck ten years ago. Her reflex was still that he hated seeing her.

"Ai'er!" It took Ji En a long time to accept that the Ji Aier standing in front of him was so real and that this wasn't a dream. He walked over and reached out to pull her into his arms, holding her tightly as if she would disappear the next moment.

"Ji En!" After a moment of hesitation, Ji Aier reached out and put her arms around Ji En's waist. It had been a long time since she could greedily enjoy all the love, affection, and possessiveness he gave her in his arms. She smelled his familiar scent and thought that maybe he had forgiven her.

Xiao Yu and Zhang Xiao were equally dumbfounded. It took them a while to come to their senses and look at Ji Minze, who had a big smile on his face. They understood that this was the surprise Ji Minze had prepared for Ji En!

This surprise was really quite shocking!

Ji En had been waiting for this day for ten years, and finally, this day had come, although it had been a long time!

"I'm sorry!" Ji En murmured in Ji Aier's ear. He had been waiting for her to wake up to say this sentence for a very, very long time.

Ji Aier looked up and actually said this in return to Ji En.

"You've gotten old!" There was no need to say sorry. She knew he hadn't done it on purpose. They had just been caught in a vortex at the same time and thus unintentionally hurt each other.

Ji En was taken aback for a moment and then showed a long - lost smile! He had indeed gotten old. Ten years wasn't ten days. It was enough to leave the marks of the years on a person's face.

"But you're still as handsome as ever!" Ji Aier said, giggling. She was as happy as if she had pulled off a prank.

"Ahem... Ahem... Actually, we don't mind if you two keep hugging. But if we three keep watching like this, we'll probably get jealous!" Although he and his daddy had been waiting for this day for a long time, he still had to interrupt them. Because they had been standing there as an audience for nearly half an hour.

Only then did Ji Aier notice that there were three people standing at the door. Her face turned red all the way to her neck. She left Ji En's embrace and said to Xiao Yu and Zhang Xiao,

"You just got off the plane. You must be tired. Sit down for a while. I'll make you some tea."

With that, she walked into the dining room.

"Madam, let me do it!" Mama He had been too embarrassed to go out and interrupt them just now. Now that Ji Aier came in to make tea, she quickly said to Ji Aier.

"It's okay. I can do it! Mama He, you don't have to be so formal with me from now on. I'm used to doing these things. Just tell me where the tea leaves are!" Ji Aier said with a smile to Mama He. If she wasn't allowed to do anything, she would feel really uncomfortable. Just like that period when the servants of the Ji family wouldn't let her do anything. The feeling of being like a useless person was really too oppressive.

"To My Friend Wei Ba" by Du Fu

Men at times are parted, like the Morning Star and the Evening Star.What night is this, then, that we share the light of a single lamp?How brief the time of our youth and strength! Our temples are grey.Half the friends I ask for are ghosts; I cry out in the deep of my heart.Who would have thought that after twenty yearsI'd be once more in your hall?When we parted, you were not yet married,But now your children stand in a row,Cheerfully greeting their father's friend,Asking where I've come from.Before our questions are done,You are urging your boys to bring in wine,Saying, "It's hard to meet these days,"And filling my cup again and again.Ten cups - and still I'm not drunk,So happy am I in your kind thought.Tomorrow we'll be separated by mountains;Who knows what will happen then?