Because the children’s palace is very close to the union, I drop him off in the morning on my way to work and pick him up during lunch breaks. The rest of the time his teacher plays with him, which is quite good. It’s the same in the afternoon, reducing quite a bit of trouble for Song Ge.

The grandparents also suggested coming over to help her with the child, but Song Ge considered that he only seemed close to her at the moment and decided not to. Now she has enrolled him in classes, and it’s as if the mother and son commute to and from work together. They grocery shop together and cook meals he likes. She doesn’t know how happy they are. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Liang Junjie seldom stays at home. Even if he wants to compensate with fatherly love, it’s really hard to do. He can only call every day to check in.

In mid-August, Song Ge found a preschool near her workplace for Liang Quan, so when school starts in September, he can directly enroll.

Life is about to return to normal. The bad guys have been duly punished, so it’s time to calm down and plan the future properly.

In this life, she became a man. Although it’s not her first time as a man, the thought of marrying and having children with her womanly heart sends shivers down her spine.

Fortunately, this lifetime she doesn’t have to worry about her period. Being a man has many perks, and there aren’t so many constraints in getting things done.

In 1997, when Xiang City had just returned, it was a good time for business. The wave of layoffs had almost subsided. However, since he was quite young and his parents were both civil servants, there weren’t many family members who could help with the business. So in this life, he still needed to study diligently, and the ambition to start a business and make big money might have to wait until he grows up.

Since Liang Quan came to this family, Liang Junjie returns home whenever he has free time. He’s in a neighboring province and sometimes drives back or takes the train.

Song Ge has said to him more than once: "If only your work could transfer back here... It didn’t matter before I knew better, but after all this happened, I blame myself deeply for seeking you out in those days. Why couldn’t you come back? If you had stayed with me, if I’d listened to my mom and stayed local for childbirth, would our child not have been taken by others? The more I think about it, the angrier I get. The angrier I get, the more I resent you..."

Then she starts crying.

Liang Junjie felt quite helpless. Hadn’t he blamed himself too? But given the circumstances, what could he do?

Defending the country is their responsibility, isn’t it?

When they wanted a child while young, it was difficult, and after having a child, their health wasn’t good. He almost transferred to another field. If not for being busy this year, with superiors not approving, he might have gone to care for the sick child elsewhere. Thinking about it now, he feels relieved. He’s grateful he didn’t leave the career he loved because of that.

He understands his wife’s complaints, and he doesn’t have a reply. It’s the path every soldier and military wife must walk—if you endure it, all’s well; if not, it ends in divorce.

Song Ge is very capable, whether as a wife, mother, or daughter-in-law, she does it all well. It’s him who owes this family far too much.

In the future, when Liang Quan grows up, he absolutely cannot join the army. She has suffered greatly and doesn’t want her daughter-in-law to go through that again.

Little does she know, at this moment, Liang Quan has already decided not only to become a soldier but may also not want to marry.

In September 1997, Liang Quan started school. After school, he waited for Mom at school and helped her cook when they got home. Knowing their son could cook, Song Ge’s heart ached, and every day she changed things up to help Liang Quan strengthen his body, taking him for regular health checks out of fear that his health was affected in Wei Family.

Liang Quan also tended to the small vegetable patch outside, pulling weeds, watering, and fertilizing—all done skillfully.

The small patch soon witnessed more diligent activities from mother and son, eating the vegetables they grew themselves, living a simple yet modest life in this humble third-tier city.

Despite having an adult’s mindset, even when attending primary school, he wasn’t mischievous and troublesome like other boys his age. In the teacher’s eyes, he was a calm, understated, and introverted child.

Their family was well-off, and Song Ge signed him up for classes based on his interests. He continued with swimming and basketball, added hip hop dance and violin, all of which he took and practiced diligently.

Though the previous life memories were faint, when he picked up the violin, he recalled many basics. After all, he was a big star in his past life, having learned many musical instruments with piano as his major. Yet, while not proficient, he reached an amateur Level 10 with violin and other instruments. Picking them up again didn’t feel hard, and this lifetime offered a chance to fill in gaps and make up for regrets.