After experiencing hardships, the two finally drove the car back to Yan City.
Just past the highway toll booth, An Yang asked Ji Weiwei beside him, "Are you still going back?"
Ji Weiwei replied calmly, "Of course."
An Yang said, "Why go back? Going back might just mean taking more grief. Why not just come and stay with us instead? There are plenty of rooms anyway, and my parents will definitely be happy."
Ji Weiwei smiled gently, "It wouldn't do to come all the way back without even returning home once. What would that make me? No matter what, they gave birth to me, and they played a huge part in raising me. I still have to go back and check on them."
"Then let's go to my parents' new home for lunch first, and I'll accompany you back afterward, alright?"
Ji Weiwei pondered for a moment, then nodded. "Alright!"
So An Yang didn't enter the city, instead driving halfway around the ring road to the other side of Yan City, to the Jiangshui Ting villa area located across the river in the suburbs.
The villa he bought for Dad An and An's mother was right here.
An Yang had just fished out one of his keys and, following his memory, found the villa leaning against the river, when he saw Dad An holding a small stool and sitting in a pavilion directly opposite the front door that extended almost into the middle of the river, fishing. Two empty cages hung from the pillars of the pavilion, and two birds circled endlessly above the cages. What surprised An Yang even more was that a half-grown, white-and-gray mixed-breed tabby cat was actually sitting obediently right next to Dad An.
He slammed on the brakes immediately and brought the car to a