"Old Man"

"Do you still remember Guo-er?"

Candy looked at Li Qianqian with curiosity. She hadn't expected this big sister to show up here.

The big sister didn't seem very happy. She was smiling, but Candy couldn't feel even the slightest bit of happiness from her.

She seemed weighed down by something.

It was like... the oppressive feeling that had surrounded her brother when Grandpa went to another world.

When the big sister raised her hand, Candy didn't know if it was because she felt sorry for her or for some other reason, but she unconsciously walked over and let the big sister pat her head.

"You've grown so tall since I last saw you."

"It's nice that you still remember me."

Li Qianqian's face softened into a small smile, but it only made people feel sorry for her.

Zhou Yaling especially felt that way. As a girl herself, she could understand it all the more.

Candy looked around and asked, puzzled:

"Why isn't Grandpa Chen here? Isn't Grandpa Chen always with you?"

Li Qianqian trembled, her expression freezing instantly.

"Your Grandpa Chen is sleeping next door."

"Oh! Grandpa Chen really is a big lazybones. Sun Grandpa's already climbed overhead."

Li Qianqian pinched Candy's cheek, then drew back her cold right hand.

If Teacher were still the midday sun, how wonderful that would be.

But Teacher had already become the setting sun.

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

In an instant, Li Qianqian jumped to her feet and hurried to open it.

Outside stood a nurse wearing a mask, her face impossible to make out.

But from her eyes, it was clear that the nurse was young.

There was a light in her bright eyes.

"Professor Li, Academician Chen is awake. He wants to see you."

Indeed, on the day Li