We left the complex and went to the furniture market. We chose most of the furniture except that for Bryan's room. I hoped he would choose them himself.By the time everything was done, it was nearly time for Bryan's school to be over.Oogway and I went to pick him up together.We parked in a parking lot near the gate of the kindergarten and looked around.The cars around were all luxury ones.Oogway drove a Lincoln SUV. Although it cost just over one million, it was not the slightest conspicuous among those cars. Instead, it was very low key.Most of the people who picked up the children were nannies and mothers.Some of the rich ladies had gathered around to chat, but when one of them saw Oogway, she quickly came over. "Isn't this Oogway? You're here to...""I'm here to pick up my kid with my wife." Oogway replied.As soon as he finished answering, not only the lady in front of him but also those behind her looked full of envy.She said, "Oh, you're married? Why haven't I heard of
"Nice to meet you, madam."The little girl greeted me politely when she saw me.She was about four years old. She had her hair tied in a pair of ponytails and her eyes were dark and bright like black pearls.Her chubby little face was very cute.In fact, I had always been expecting a lovely daughter, so I liked her very much once I saw her.I came out of my seat and squatted down, took the little girl's hand and asked, "Hello, who are your parents? Can you find your family later if you run around like this?""I can find them. My family is right there." The little girl said as she pointed at a half opened booth about 10 meters away. "My aunt is sitting there."Since they were not far away, I was relieved. I turned my head and said to Bryan, "As a boy, you should be gentlemanlike. You can't talk to girls like this. Do you understand?""But I don't like girls following me." He pouted his small mouth. "Women are the most annoying.""Who taught you to say that!"I was going to die of ange
When we went back, the little girl followed us again.They decided to go to the children's entertainment area together.When I finished the meal with Oogway and went looking for Bryan, the little girl's parents stood by the side, and they were ready to take the little girl away.I took a look at the girl's mother and recognized her at a glance."Marie!"When I saw Marie, I had no intention of hiding my identity.Marie turned her head and saw me. She looked confused and said, "You are...""Reed!" I said quickly. Marie looked at me carefully, "Reed? How, how are you Reed?""It's a long story."I wanted to talk a little more with Marie, but there were too many things to talk about as I hadn't seen her for so many years. I could only exchange phone numbers with her for the moment.In Oogway's car, Bryan cocked his little head and asked, "Mom, aren't you Alina? Why did you say that you were Reed?""Hush, that's Mom's former name. Since you have known it, promise me that you won't tell a
Marie studied abroad after her resignation and met her husband there. It didn't take long for her to get married and have a child.Her husband transferred to the City due to work, so she came back with him.After returning, she had only taken on one job so far and that was the design of D24.I remembered Damian promised to give me the information of the designer the day I went there, but he hadn't sent it to me.However, I met Marie first.Marie said in order to make a name for herself in the City, she planned to participate in the design upcoming competition at the end of the year.I was also very tempted.The two of us chatted for a while and decided to join together.Marie and I seemed to have endless topics to talk about.By the time we came to our sense, it was already four o'clock.She and I both needed to pick up the children, and I hadn't bought a gift for Oogway yet.Marie heard that I was going to buy a gift for Oogway, then she suggested, "I think you can take stationery in
The policeman looked at me, paused for a moment, and said, "I can only tell you that the director is still alive."These words were a reassurance to me.My heart which had been in my mouth, was finally set at ease but I quickly reflected and asked, "Why did he turn off his phone if he is alive? Did anything happen to him? Is he injured?""No, no! If you don't leave now, my colleague will come and take you to the police station!"The policeman was annoyed by my inquiry and I also saw that he really couldn't say anything.I had no choice but to leave the hospital.When I got home, I looked it up online. As I expected, fields have eyes, and woods have ears.It was said on the Internet that there was an infectious disease in Way Hospital, and now the entire hospital was on locked down.I had checked the disease on the Internet.I found out it was a respiratory disease caused by a virus and people were liable to die from it.Upon seeing this, I immediately panicked.Had Oogway been infecte
"To be honest, hearing that you are concerned about me so much, I indeed feel that although I have fallen ill this time, it is worth it. Even if I die, it is indeed worth it.""What kind of nonsense are you talking about? You aren't allowed to die!"I never thought that Oogway would die, not even for one second. However, this kind of possibility took place right now."Okay."Judging from Oogway's voice, I could sense that he was happy and I could even feel that he surely was smiling."You probably will die. What are you so happy about?""It is worth it even if I die." Oogway coughed a few times over the phone and continued, "Alina, I've been by your side for so many years. But I've never felt you care for me, need me, and like me. In fact, the reason why I have been caring about you and helping you for so many years isn't that I want you to be grateful to me. Instead, I hope that you can get used to my existence one day and rely on me even if you don't love me. However, I didn't feel
Oogway drove the car to the underground garage of the community. Getting off the car, he put his coat on my legs and said, "Come on, I'll hold you in my arms.""No need. I can walk by myself."Ignoring my words, Oogway directly picked me up in his arms.As I was in Oogway's arms, I looked up and saw that there were dark circles under his bloodshot eyes. He haven't had a good rest.I couldn't help feeling a little distressed for him.I said to him, "Oogway, have a good rest tonight.""Okay." Holding me in his arms, Oogway went into the elevator.It wasn't until we arrived in the corridor that Oogway put me down.Seeing him open the door, I was about to go back to my room. However, he pulled my hand and said, "Come over to my house.""Have a good rest. Let's talk tomorrow if there is anything."I stood there.After opening the door, Oogway didn't let go of my hand. He smiled at me and said, "The way you see it, if I don't check the injury on your leg tonight, can I sleep at ease?"Only
I entered my apartment, took out the fountain pen I had bought, and put it in his hand, saying with a smile, "Happy birthday."Oogway looked at the box and asked, "What is it? Can I open it?"I nodded.Oogway untied the ribbon on the box and took out the fountain pen.Before he could speak, I snapped, "It's not something valuable...""I like it very much." Oogway immediately inserted the fountain pen into the pocket of his shirt and said, "I'll bring it with me every day.""Great"Hearing that he liked the fountain pen, I was relieved.Tonight, I could finally sleep at ease.The next morning, Bryan walked out of the door and saw Oogway, feeling quite happy, "Mr. Oogway, I haven't seen you for a long time. I missed you so much.""I missed you too."Oogway picked him up and went into the elevator with him.After we sent Bryan to the kindergarten and came out, I said to Oogway, "If you want to go to the hospital, I can go home by myself."A few days ago, Marie had told me about the desig
Soon, we arrived at the floor where Jessica's ward lay. When we went over, a nurse happened to come out of it. Upon seeing us, she greeted Oogway respectfully, "Dean Oogway.""Yes." Oogway nodded and asked, "How's Miss Jessica?"After Jessica was transferred here, Oogway completed the registration for her under the name of Jessica Drake.As for this, I didn't raise any objections about it. Because in my opinion, the Newman Family no longer regarded her as a family member.The nurse replied, "The patient has fallen asleep. I measured her temperature just now. It's normal. This afternoon, we examined her, only to find that she is seriously malnourished. She suffers from a low degree cataract in her eyes. More heinously, there are parasites inside her body. Besides..."Standing there, the nurse told us about the situation of Jessica roughly.Hearing the ins and outs, Kelvin looked serious on the side.Oogway asked, "Can we go in and have a look at her?""Yes. But she has fallen asleep. H
Kelvin spoke loudly over the phone.Moreover, it was pretty quiet inside the car. Oogway seemed to hear his words and glanced at me out of the corner of his eyes, "Is Mr. Kelvin coming over?"I nodded.Oogway immediately said, "Then I'll arrange a room for him on the top floor of the rehabilitation center.""Well, sorry to trouble you."I was grateful for Oogway's attentiveness.As we were about to arrive home. I suddenly remembered something and said to Oogway, "Can you take me somewhere?""Yes, I can." Oogway nodded.I got an address online and sent it to him.Oogway immediately turned the car around and drove there with me.As he turned the car around, he raised his hand and looked at me with some displeasure, saying, "In the future, wherever you want to go, just tell me directly. You don't have to ask my opinion first. I will always be available for you."I nodded. Only after that did I tell him where I was going.It was a light and textile market selling cloth and hand made craf
I went up and supported Jessica readily. Fearing that she wouldn't accept it, I said, "Aunt, can I bathe you? By the way... I can bathe your baby too.""It sounds good!" Jessica accepted it happily.All the nurses looked at me with strange looks.Ignoring the looks, I stepped forward and helped Jessica take a bath.The rehabilitation center of the Way Hospital was in a good condition. There was a Jacuzzi. After I finished pouring the water into the bath, I let Jessica sit inside.I cleaned up the doll first. Seeing that, Jessica became quite obedient.I bathed her with scented soap first and then rubbed her with a bath towel little by little.It had been a long time since Jessica took a bath, making her body covered with a layer of shell like and hard skin. Seeing so, I asked Oogway to fetch me some white vinegar. After that, I bathed her bits by bits.Sensing that the water turned cold, I scooped the cold water out with a basin and added hot water in.Because it had been years sinc
I stood still and said to her, "We won't do that. We... we'll transfer you and your child to a better place. She... She..." I hesitated for a moment and said, "She is all grown up. And she will have to go to school soon. It's not good for her to be here. She has to go to a better place where there are teachers to impart her knowledge, which is good for her."Upon hearing this, Jessica stared at me with her pair of clear and bright eyes as if she had understood my words and suddenly became as obedient as a child, saying, "Really? Is it true that someone will teach her?""Yes, it is true. The teacher is great and experienced. Any child who follows him can learn a lot and become smart." I tried to persuade her.Jessica nodded desperately, "Okay, okay. That will be so great." She looked at the doll in her arm, "Reed, did you hear that? You can learn soon.""Yes, yes." I echoed. And my tears kept falling.Oogway patted me on the shoulder and said, "Come on, let's go transfer her to another
The nurse took us inside and said, "To be honest, before you, nobody visited the patients here. Generally speaking, the reason why people send patients here is that they have a guilty conscience. They are too embarrassed to kill them and yet find them a burden. So they send them here and pay for their stay here to keep their conscience at bay."The more the nurse said, the more upset I felt.It was quiet on the fifth floor as well.I saw that there was a small window on the door of each ward. With the window high up on the door, someone my height couldn't see what was inside.However, Oogway was taller. He looked around with a frown and a dignified look on his face.Seeing him look like this, I was worried."Bang!" When we were going, a sound rang all of a sudden.I was so frightened that I shrank backward and looked at the door where the noise came from, only to find a face attached tightly to the window on the door.The face was black, dirty, and skinny.The pair of eyes above were
Oogway and I arrived at the gate together.As expected, there was a security guard at the gate . We went over and saw the old security guard laying there in a thick military green overcoat, listening to music.The sound of the music was quite loud.It wasn't until we called him for a long while that he heard us.Looking at us in discontent, the old guard got up and opened the window of the gatehouse, leaving it ajar."Hello, we want to...""No visit is allowed during the New Year."As soon as I opened my mouth, the guard snapped. After that, he closed the window.He was afraid that we would harass him. Then he locked the window from inside.I became anxious all of a sudden.Oogway beside me wasn't in a hurry at all.He reached out, took out his wallet from his pocket, and took out a stack of pink banknotes before putting them in front of the window.The security guard's eyes lit up as soon as he saw the money. Instead of opening the window, he came out directly from the gatehouse, o
I glanced at it and found that there seemed to be an inkstone in the first box.But what was different was that the inkstone wasn't black but red.I was confused. However, as soon as the Master of the Newman Family saw this, his hands began to tremble. Placing his hand a few meters away from the inkstone, he seemed to intend to touch it but dared not do so.After a long while, he asked, "Is this for me?""Of course, it is a red silk inkstone I got by chance. I don't know about this kind of inkstones. It will be a waste if I keep it by my side."Oogway said casually.Although he spoke lightly, I could tell that this inkstone should be quite rare."Thank you, Mr. Oogway." When the Master spoke, he had been staring at the inkstone. It wasn't until a long time later that he gently caressed it with his hands.His expression showed that he loved it so much that he couldn't bear to let it go.After that, Oogway said to the maid, "Open this too."Hearing his words, the maid opened the secon
There was a cold and determined look in his eyes. Confirming that he wouldn't say it, I wouldn't force him further.Moreover, I knew well that I couldn't control what they were going to do.What I could do was to protect Bryan well in case he would get hurt.I nodded lightly, "Okay. Then I'll go and accompany Bryan."As soon as I intended to open the door, Dave directly pulled me from behind with force. I was caught off guard and fell backward.The next second, I directly sat in Dave's arms.My face turned red. And I said, "No." I struggled to get up. However, Dave restrained me firmly in his arms and placed his other hand on my waist. Holding my waist with both hands, he said to me, "Turn around.""No. I'm leaving.""You can't." Dave refused.I closed my eyes, thinking about Oogway's words and my own identity.Although I wanted to be closer to Dave, I couldn't do it with my identity.I was Oogway's fiancee. Regardless of the excuse, the identity, or the reason. I made up my mind,
It was night. Even so, I could clearly feel Oogway kept staring at me closely with his pair of profound eyes.Oogway patted me on the shoulder and left.After he left, Bryan, who had been following Dave, suddenly ran over, "Mom, let's set off fireworks together!""Ah... Okay." I nodded.At this moment, Jamin, who had been standing outside all this while, turned around and entered the room.In the blink of an eye, only the three of us were outside the house.We set off most of the fireworks. By the time it was 1 a.m., Bryan was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes. Thus, we stopped setting off the fireworks.The maid took the fireworks into the room.Holding Bryan in my arms, I said to Dave, "Then we will go back."After that, I turned around, intending to ask the driver to drive us back, only to be suddenly pulled by Dave. Then, I heard his magnetic voice, "Stay here tonight."My heart thumped."Being here without Oogway.. Won't that mean..."In fact, I didn't want to leave a