After returning home and eating, Yin Zhirou was still a little downcast. Not wanting to dampen the sisters' moods, she went alone to the pavilion in the middle of the pond to feed the fish.
Just as she was lost in thought, Jiang Siming appeared behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Yin Zhirou was startled at first, then nestled into Jiang Siming's embrace.
"Thank you, darling," Yin Zhirou said softly.
Jiang Siming smiled. "What are you thanking me for?"
"Thank you for helping me drive my father away, and thank you for cutting off all my ties with that family. You did what I'd always wanted to do but could never bring myself to."
Yin Zhirou said this had always been the knot in her heart, and today it had finally been untied.
But for some reason, she still felt a little disappointed.
Jiang Siming knew what had caused her disappointment. It wasn't reluctance to sever the relationship.
Rather, Yin Zhirou had always longed for genuine family warmth. She had probably been hoping for it since childhood, but had never received it.
Until now, when Jiang Siming erased her father's memories and made Yin Zhirou realize that her waiting had ultimately led nowhere.
She felt that she might never experience fatherly love or know what true family warmth was in this lifetime.
"Let me tell you something," Jiang Siming said beside her ear.
"What?"
"Come home with me for the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Huh? I was planning to spend it at the manor with Ishihara, or maybe go to Shengxue's place." Yin Zhirou was astonished.
This year, the sisters had no idea whom Jiang Siming would bring home for the Mid-Autumn Festival. They figured it would probably be Yoona.
After all, Yoona had already gone public with her