Lin Ran carried her things and followed behind Lin Nuan, her heart beating a little fast …
It had been so many years since they last met. She wondered how Ji Yun had changed!
In Lin Ran's memory, Ji Yun always wore a low ponytail, but her hair was messy and dry like weeds. There were also stains on her face, covering her facial features …
Ji Yun's hair would only be smoother and her face would be clean when she came out of the shower.
Lin Ran tried her best to recall Ji Yun's clean facial features, but she couldn't. It was as if she had never seen her before.
Perhaps, the deepest memory in Lin Ran's heart was of Ji Yun looking like a typical lunatic. The way she looked after showering … was so blurry that she couldn't even piece together her facial features.
The door opened, and a middle-aged woman wearing a white nurse's uniform welcomed them. She smiled and addressed Fu Huai 'an and Lin Nuan as Mr. and Mrs. Fu, then nodded at Lin Ran. "Hello, Miss Lin …"
Perhaps Lin Nuan had called before coming, so it wasn't strange that the nurse knew her surname.
"Madam is in the backyard with the little lass!" the nurse said to Lin Nuan.
"Good! It's been hard on you! "Lin Nuan smiled slightly.
Lin Nuan accompanied Lin Ran to the backyard. In the garden, Ji Yun was wearing a white turtleneck sweater and a black coat that looked like a shawl, sitting on the swing.
She was hugging a doll in her arms, and her gaze was lifeless as she stared at the lush greenery in the distance, her expression blank.
Seeing Ji Yun for the first time after a few years, with Lin Nuan and Fu Huai 'an between them … and the little garden, Lin Ran didn't dare to recognize Ji Yun.
Ji Yun, who was dressed neatly and elegantly, sat there quietly. Her facial features were exquisite, and she exuded a noble aura. Apart from the doll in her arms, which didn't match her dignified and elegant aura, Lin Ran thought she was looking at a rich lady like Liang Mulan.
Lin Ran couldn't associate the current Ji Yun with that lunatic Ji Yun at all.
If it wasn't for Ji Yun's familiar facial features, Lin Ran would have thought that Lin Nuan had led her to the wrong person.
Fu Huai 'an's phone vibrated. Lin Ran only returned to her senses after he left to answer the call.
It turned out that under that dirty face, Ji Yun … had such a beautiful face. Lin Ran's heart had been clouded by anger in the past, so she had never seen it.
It was no wonder that Lin Nuan was so beautiful. It turned out that her exquisite facial features originated from Ji Yun.
Ji Yun, who was sitting on the swing with her empty eyes, suddenly moved. She lowered her head to look at the doll in her arms and smiled, a gentle expression appearing on her face.
She gently patted the doll's body and hummed a song to it.
Ji Yun's familiar voice entered her ears, instantly crushing Lin Ran's heart. She couldn't help but raise her hand to cover her lips, turning her back to Ji Yun to avoid looking at her. She held back her tears and the sound of her sobs.
It had been many years since Lin Ran had heard such a soft and pleasant voice and such a song. But the moment Ji Yun opened her mouth, it made Lin Ran feel as if she had instantly returned to when they were young. She would stay in Ji Yun's embrace, pestering Ji Yun to sing for her and coax her to sleep.
What left the deepest impression on her was that in summer, when the house was lit with mosquito coils and mosquito nets, she would lie on the mat and hug Ji Yun's arm. Facing Ji Yun in the dark, Lin Ran would smell the fragrance of Ji Yun's body mixed with prickly heat powder. Lin Ran would feel especially at ease!
Ji Yun would gently pat her little butt and sing a song to coax her to sleep. She remembered that the songs Ji Yun knew were ones that other children's mothers didn't know!
In the past, Lin Ran had been very proud of this.
Back then, the mother-daughter relationship was very deep!
Lin Ran had long forgotten about the tender feelings in the past. Today, when she suddenly heard such a song, it became a sharp knife that tore Lin Ran's heart apart. It made her regret why she had been so cruel to Ji Yun back then, so immature! She had dismembered Ji Yun's sincere motherly love for her.
Lin Nuan saw that Lin Ran had her back turned away, not daring to look at Ji Yun. Lin Nuan said in a soft voice, "Go over and sit with Mom!"
Lin Ran clenched her teeth and quickly wiped away her tears. She nodded, not making a sound because her nose was blocked.
The caregiver helped Ji Yun to sit on the rattan chair under the big umbrella. She placed a soft cushion on the back of the chair, then served snacks, fruits, and hot tea.
Even though Ji Yun wouldn't reply, the caregiver still gently told Ji Yun what she was going to do next …
Lin Nuan stood under the roof and watched as Lin Ran walked down the stairs and sat down next to Ji Yun. She then left, giving Lin Ran and Ji Yun some space.
It was already late autumn in Haicheng, so the villa in the mountains was still a little cold.
Lin Ran took apart the snacks that Ji Yun liked to eat and placed them on the small round table.
Lin Ran had spent some effort to find these snacks. Due to the demolition, the snack shop had long been moved away. Lin Ran only found it after asking around.
Before she could say anything, Ji Yun's eyes lit up when she saw the snacks spread out on the table …
She picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and mumbled, "Ran Ran's favorite!"
Ji Yun then placed the osmanthus cake next to the doll's mouth, coaxing it in a soft and gentle voice. "Ran Ran's favorite! Eat … eat! "
Seeing that the doll wasn't willing to eat it, Ji Yun switched to a piece of thousand-layer cake. "This, Ran Ran likes it! Ran Ran, eat! "
Lin Ran was stunned. She had thought that these were Ji Yun's favorite snacks!
A memory that had been buried in the deepest part of her heart and had been covered in dust suddenly surged in her mind …
When Lin Ran was young, there was always something she liked to eat!
For example, this sweet hibiscus cake. Because Lin Ran's family was poor when she was young, she loved to eat sweets, so she liked it!
Thousand-layer cake was Lin Ran's favorite when she was seven or eight!
Osmanthus cake was Lin Ran's favorite when she was ten or so!
Dragon's beard cake was Lin Ran's favorite when she was eleven or so!
Hawthorn cake was Lin Ran's favorite when she was seventeen. It was then that she learned to love beauty and heard that hawthorn cake could help with digestion and weight loss!
Lin Ran's eyes trembled as she watched Ji Yun place one snack after another next to the doll's mouth to test it. Tears instantly gathered in her eyes, and they misted up.
"Mom …" Lin Ran spoke in a low voice, calling out to Ji Yun softly. Her voice was choked up, and her tears were like pearls from a broken necklace.
But Ji Yun was immersed in her own world, as if she didn't hear Lin Ran calling her at all.
Lin Ran's heart felt as if it had been stabbed by a knife, causing it to bleed profusely.
When she had just left, Ji Yun wasn't like this. At that time, Ji Yun could still recognize her …
Lin Ran couldn't help but hold Ji Yun's hand, not minding the crumbs on Ji Yun's fingers. She placed her little face into Ji Yun's warm palm and said in a sobbing tone, "I'm Ran Ran! Mom … I'm Ran Ran! I'm Ran Ran! "
But Ji Yun's gaze wandered around the snacks, searching for which one hadn't been fed to the doll.
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