Chapter 672 - 616: Grand Finale (Part Six)
He finally saw her in his dream. Mr. Qian wept even more violently; it was truly a strange thing. He had thought of his daughter countless times, yet this child, always demanding his debts, had never appeared in his dreams. Now that he finally saw her in a dream, Mr. Qian didn’t dare to move, not even to blink his eyes.
He was afraid that if he woke up from the dream, everything would disappear.
Unexpectedly, Xinghua walked forward, her face red with shyness, and said, "Dad, why did you drive Brother Tianliang away?"
His daughter spoke so clearly; the dream felt incredibly lifelike, almost like reality.
Just as Mr. Qian was about to step forward to take a closer look at his daughter, the next moment, it seemed as though something pushed him aside, and he was shocked to see another version of himself standing in the yard.
That was him when he was younger, dressed in a washed-out cadres uniform with a pen clipped to it.
Just as Mr. Qian was about to speak, he found he couldn’t move, couldn’t open his mouth, nor step forward. He watched as his younger self laughed joyously, pointed at Chen Tianliang standing at the doorway, and then, with a stern face, said, "Why are you still standing at the door? You probably didn’t eat breakfast this morning. Hurry inside and have some food..."
Mr. Qian then saw the young Chen Tianliang standing still as if pondering something. After a moment, as if realizing something, his expression turned into one of relief and reassurance, yet mixed with indescribable complexity and guilt.
Then he stepped forward, briskly responding, "I love the steamed vegetable buns my aunt makes the most."
He lifted the canvas bag he was carrying, "I’m not just freeloading; I brought five pounds of pork too..."