Chapter 151

"Brother-in-law, who were those two people just now?"

After dinner, Qin Xiaomeng was worried that Yaoyao might have trouble digesting, so she took her out for a short walk. Coincidentally, she had caught sight of Chu Tianhe speaking with two people from a distance. However, they were too far away for her to make out who they were.

"Oh, it's nothing. Just a couple of friends," Chu Tianhe replied casually, before taking Yaoyao's hand and saying, "Come on, Daddy will take you for a walk outside the residential area."

"Yay! Okay!" Yaoyao nodded excitedly. "Daddy, it's so dark here. I don't like this place. When can we go play at the amusement park?"

Fengshun Residential Area was indeed terribly dilapidated. There wasn't even a single streetlamp in the entire neighborhood, and garbage was piled up all around, reeking of a foul stench. A place like this was certainly no environment for Yaoyao to grow up in.

Had it not been for Chu Tianhe's deep attachment to his late wife and his reluctance to move out of the room where Qin Xiaorou had once lived, he probably would have left this place long ago!

At that moment, hearing Yaoyao's words, Chu Tianhe raised his head and looked toward his home. A dim, yellowish light was still burning, and beneath it cast the silhouette of Yang Huijuan's busy figure, looking somewhat haggard.

"Brother-in-law, I know you can't bear to let go..."

Seeing the expression on Chu Tianhe's face, Qin Xiaomeng could not help but speak up. She knew what Chu Tianhe was clinging to, and she understood why he kept delaying the move. Yet, some words lingered on the tip of her tongue before she swallowed them back.

Noticing Qin Xiaomeng's hesitant expression, Chu Tianhe smiled faintly and said, "Xiaomeng, if there's something you want to say, just say it. We're family; there's no need to hold back so much."

"Brother-in-law, I just don't want you to keep living in the past!" Qin Xiaomeng bit her lower lip with her teeth, finally voicing her thoughts. "Hasn't the house at the South China Mu Estate already been completely prepared? The only reason you don't want to leave here is because you still miss my sister, isn't it?"

"But people always have to look forward! My sister is gone, but Yaoyao is here, and I... I am here too!"

"You can't just... just keep sinking like this forever!"

Qin Xiaomeng's voice grew softer and softer. By the end, her eyes were slightly red, and her voice was barely a whisper.

For Chu Tianhe to miss her sister proved that he was a man of deep affection, which was a good thing. Yet Qin Xiaomeng had her own hidden feelings. She was not jealous of her own sister, but a bitter ache still lingered in her heart!

If Chu Tianhe could never break free from his longing for her sister, then she would forever remain nothing more than a shadow—her sister's shadow!

"You're right."

After a brief moment of silence, Chu Tianhe finally let out a long sigh and said, "People do have to look forward. The environment here at Fengshun Residential Area is indeed far too poor; we were bound to move out eventually. It's just that I was perhaps too attached to the past, letting all of you suffer along with me."

"No, that's not true!"

Hearing those words from Chu Tianhe, Qin Xiaomeng blurted out a denial almost as if by reflex. "I haven't suffered at all! Brother-in-law, I'm not the kind of woman who only cares about luxury!"

At that moment, Qin Xiaomeng's heart was gripped by tension. The more a woman cared for a man in her heart, the less she wanted him to misunderstand her, and Qin Xiaomeng was naturally no exception.

She did not want Chu Tianhe to think she was a vain and materialistic woman who said those things simply because she wanted to move into that grand mansion at the South China Mu Estate.

"I know you aren't a woman who chases after luxury," Chu Tianhe said with a gentle smile. "I had actually planned to move out anyway. After all, the environment here is not conducive to Yaoyao's upbringing."

As they spoke, the two of them walked out of the Fengshun Residential Area. The streetlamps outside illuminated the surroundings, forming a stark contrast with the profound darkness within the neighborhood!