Xiang Yu still felt a bit uneasy, so after discussing it with Lu Heng, they decided that Xiang Yu would first take her grandmother, and Lu Heng would join them after spending New Year's Eve and the first day of the New Year with his parents. This decision eased Xiang Yu's mind a bit.
Xiang Yu and her grandmother took a sleeper train, and naturally, Lu Heng was responsible for seeing them off and making sure they were settled. Xiang Yu didn't bring much, just one suitcase. Lu Heng also bought some food and drinks for them to have on the train. Her grandmother, who had never traveled far, was very excited and didn't sleep at all. Worried she might get motion sickness, Xiang Yu had given her some medicine in advance, but it turned out the old lady adapted quite well, while Xiang Yu remained cautious throughout the journey.
After they arrived and got settled, the two of them went out for a meal and bought some necessities, snacks, and fruit from a nearby grocery store. The small apartment Xiang Yu rented had a fully equipped kitchen, so they also went to the market to buy various ingredients. The place was warm all year round, with plenty of sunshine. They rested on the first day and went to the beach on the second day. The sea was a clear blue, and her grandmother, who had never seen the ocean, beamed with joy. Xiang Yu brought a blanket, snacks, tea, and even large cushions. They watched the sunset together, cuddled up, with Xiang Yu leaning on her grandmother. The old lady kept stroking her back as the sunlight gradually softened, casting golden rays over the sea.
For a moment, Xiang Yu felt that it wasn't in vain to live a second life. Perhaps life is indeed made up of small, mundane moments. All the insignificant daily happenings are what give life its meaning, like a warm meal, a person you can hug anytime, or the sun that rises and sets each day. These things always appear, so we tend to overlook them and not care much. But when you look back one day, might you be moved to tears? Because these are the things you truly possessed. As the sky darkened and the stars came out, a slight sea breeze brought a salty, damp smell. Xiang Yu and her grandmother walked home, arm in arm. She remembered how her grandmother used to hold her hand when she was little. Actually, the hand she had held most often in her childhood was this small, slightly rough but warm and reassuring hand. As a child, her grandmother seemed tall and formidable, someone she looked up to with trust and affection. But growing up, she realized her grandmother was a small, not particularly imposing old lady. Yet it was this little old lady who shielded her from the wind and rain, who cared for and loved her. She was the light that never dimmed in Xiang Yu's childhood, the warm meal, the person she could always hold, the sun that rose every day for her. Xiang Yu hugged her grandmother tighter, the moonlight elongating their shadows.
When Lu Heng arrived, her grandmother was even happier, often watching Xiang Yu and Lu Heng with a smile. Lu Heng frequently joined Xiang Yu in accompanying her grandmother. They went to the market together to buy groceries, cooked meals, visited the beach to watch the sunrise and sunset, tried local snacks,