However, it was just nominal, and it couldn't affect their being together.
Besides, the two elderly might not end up together, so she should stop making wild guesses out of sentimentality.
Since that day, Chen Zhi had been following her mother to take care of Si Chengye upstairs.
Chen Zhi would also take the opportunity to ask her mother about their past, but her mother always said there was nothing to tell, refusing to reveal a single word.
Chen Zhi assumed her mother was just shy and didn't press her further.
After they completed the hospital discharge procedures, Chen Zhi and Aunt Xu carried the belongings back home, and since her mother had just recovered and wasn't suited for household chores, she simply stayed in the hospital to take care of Si Chengye and didn't return home with them.
Once back at their small home, Aunt Xu helped Chen Zhi clean every room, and then the two of them prepared a lavish meal—just in time for her mother's return.
