Chapter 8

After Huo Yanchuan returned to China.

A month later, he flew abroad again.

When he appeared at the villa, I asked him in sign language, “Are you here on a business trip again, and can’t get used to staying in hotels?”

He nodded, “Mm.”

I didn’t expose him.

Before he came,

When I spoke with Old Master Huo on the phone, he had already told me that Huo Yanchuan would come over to keep me company for two days over the weekend.

On the weekend, Huo Yanchuan took me to the aquarium.

There weren’t many people at the aquarium abroad, but he still held my hand tightly, afraid I might get lost.

As we passed the exit, he pointed to the sign and said to me, “This is the exit. Remember it.”

I was slightly stunned.

So, he remembered our encounter five years ago.

I went to the restroom, and Huo Yanchuan waited for me outside.

When I came out, I saw him from a distance talking to a woman.

If I wasn’t mistaken, that woman was Yu Tang.

The reason I could recognize Yu Tang was because I had seen her in Huo Yanchuan’s graduation photo in his study.

Yu Tang was standing right in front of him.

Yu Tang actually came too, and happened to show up at the aquarium.

I didn’t think it was a coincidence.

I stayed in the restroom for a while before coming out.

Yu Tang left first, and Huo Yanchuan became distracted,

as if his soul had been taken away.

The day after we returned from the aquarium, Huo Yanchuan flew back to China.

I received a photo from an unfamiliar number.

In the photo, Huo Yanchuan was sitting in a first-class seat with his eyes closed, resting.

From the angle of the photo, it was clear the person who took it was sitting right next to him.

I searched the number on WeChat and saw the profile picture was Yu Tang.

It was her, as expected.

This photo set my mind racing.

I guessed that Yu Tang had returned to China together with Huo Yanchuan.

Was Huo Yanchuan’s trip abroad this time to pick up Yu Tang?

Did he come to see me along the way just to appease his grandfather?

And I, almost moved by him.