"Qiaoqiao, what are you doing?"
When Shen's Mother saw her son using a pen to draw something on Ai Xiaoya's face, she could not help asking.
"Mom, I'm putting makeup on Xiao Lei. If we're going to pay New Year's visits, she should look a little more presentable."
"She's going too?"
"Yes."
As Shen Qiao applied the makeup, he said, "It's been so long. I want to tell our relatives and friends that she's my girlfriend."
At that, Shen's Mother's gaze turned somewhat surprised.
A moment later, her expression softened in understanding. She sighed, "Yes, it has been so long."
Half a year had passed without them even realizing it, ever since they brought Ai Xiaoya home.
Time passed as though it cost nothing, gone in the blink of an eye.
After Shen Qiao finished applying her makeup, he lifted Xiao Lei into her wheelchair and pushed her out onto the street.
He had bought Xiao Lei many new clothes and dressed her in them today as well.
"Well, if it isn't Shen Qiao. What's this..." a nearby neighbor asked in surprise.
"Yes, Uncle Li. This is my girlfriend. Her name is Ai Xiaoya."
"Oh... oh, Xiaoya."
The neighbor stared at Shen Qiao in surprise.
This kid had never seen his girlfriend as a burden. He even wanted to introduce her to his relatives and friends.
He was affirming his resolve to stay by this girl's side for the rest of his life.
"This kid had been handsome since he was little. Back then, girls chased him all the way to his house. We all wondered how beautiful the wife he married someday would be, but who would've thought..."
The neighbor's words made another neighbor sigh as well. "Exactly. Shen Qiao is such a good kid too. It's just a