[Completed + sweet romance + reunion after years apart + mutual devotion + domineering CEO + adorable child]
After returning to the country, Lin Yue'en rented a small building in a business park and opened a studio. Her friend urged her to move and even found her a better location, but she refused. The friend asked if she still couldn’t forget him, since his office building was right across the street. Lin Yue'en joked, “I owe him a fortune. Being right under my creditor’s nose will motivate me more.”
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After his family fell on hard times, Song Zhihong spent several years lying low before reclaiming everything he had lost. He thought of her and launched a frantic search, only to spot her in the business park beneath his company. He kept his cool and followed her, only to run into a miniature version of himself.
The child told him, “My dad’s a sailor. He’s somewhere very, very far away, and he’s on his way back.”
Song Zhihong breathed a quiet sigh of relief. What a sweet, innocent answer. Then he asked the boy’s mother what she’d told him, only to hear that she’d said his father had died in the line of duty.
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A famous orchestra went on tour, with Lin Yue'en as its only pianist. The performance was a hit, and Song Zhihong collected press clippings as mementos, only to discover she was just a temporary replacement.
A few years later, posters for the studio’s recital filled billboards large and small across the city.
The child exclaimed, “Mom, you’re everywhere!”
Lin Yue'en smiled without replying. She was used to it by now.
Song Zhihong told the child, “Your mother deserves all this attention. She earned it with her talent.”
Lin Yue'en muttered softly, “Good thing I can live up to it.”
