After getting off work, I didn't go straight back to Pei Shiyu's villa, but drove to the nursing home.

While stuck in traffic, I looked at the gifts on the passenger seat, just some nutritional supplements suitable for the elderly.

From the time I was born until now, this was the first time I could remember buying gifts for an elderly person.

I had contacted Lin Hai before coming, so I went straight inside the nursing home. Standing at the door,

I hesitated for a moment before gently knocking, then pushed the door open and went in...

The scene I saw was the old man sitting on the edge of the bed. His first reaction upon seeing me was as if he had been waiting for me. After I put the things on the ground, I asked, "How's your health?"

"Well, that's how it is when you get old. Why did you come today?"

"I came to see you when I had time." I stood across from the old man.

"Sit down, your father called me earlier and said you were coming."

I just said "Oh." His expression seemed quite normal. Compared to the last time I came, he no longer had that angry emotion.

I felt that the gap between us was no less than the relationship I had with Lin Hai before. Even finding something to talk about was difficult, so I simply sat down slowly and asked softly, "What would you like to eat? I'll buy it for you next time I come."

"No need to buy anything, I can't eat what your father buys."

"I bought you some nutritional supplements today. Eat them if you like, leave them if you don't." My tone was not forceful at all.

The old man kept looking at me, and suddenly asked sadly, "Lin Yang is dead, do you know?"

"Yes, I attended the funeral."

"What's wrong with our family? How could such a good child just disappear?"

Actually, I didn't want to pick up this topic. In his heart, Lin Yang was his life. Thinking about it would inevitably lead to sadness. I looked at the old man with tears in his eyes, and said in a comforting tone, "The dead cannot be brought back to life. Let's just think of him as having gone to another world. You must take care of your health."

"What's the point of me being alive?"

I kept observing the expression on his face, which looked extremely sad, so I was silent for a while and replied, "The Lin family still has me. I'm also your grandson. I will try my best to prop it up again."

"Your heart has never been with our family, you listen to your mother."

Having been drifting outside for so long, I was actually pleasing neither side. Now, even if I returned to the Lin family, the old man wouldn't have much expectation of me, which was the most tragic thing for me.

"I'm thirty years old, and I make my own decisions about many things. Whether it's my mother or my father, they are all my relatives. No matter how bad the relationship was before, the kinship can never be severed."

This was the first time since leaving home that I called Lin Hai my father. Perhaps in the passage of time, I had forgotten all kinds of things from the past, and especially in front of the old man, I would hardly deliberately recall some things that I used to care about.

"Lin Che, Grandpa is just living one day at a time. Lin Yang is dead, and your father will have no one to rely on in the future. I am very gratified that you can reconcile with your father. When he gets old in the future, you have to care about him a little."

"Yes, our relationship is getting better day by day, you don't have to worry about that, I will always be his son."

"Your father said that you are going to marry the Pei family's daughter."

"Marriage is a matter of time, but the date has not been set yet," I explained.

"I don't understand what young people are doing now. She was originally with Lin Yang..."

I immediately interrupted him, "There's no need to mention the past. Pei Shiyu is my girlfriend now. If you keep mentioning this, everyone will feel awkward. She is a very good woman, and I'm not good enough for her. In any case, it should be an honor for our Lin family to marry such a girl."

"Your father said that you are now working in their company."

I was quite surprised today that the old man would patiently talk to me about my affairs, so there was no doubt that Lin Hai often mentioned me in front of him and told him everything he knew.

Today, my mood also became extraordinarily calm. I basically answered every question. Obviously, I myself was slowly becoming mature after being with Pei Shiyu, and I had also shed the occasional manic side of the past.

"Yes, I haven't been there long, her father is very good to me," I replied patiently.

"While I'm still around, bring her back to see me when you have time."

"I'll tell her," I didn't agree directly, after all, the last time was very unpleasant.

So I immediately changed the subject and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"Yes, we eat early here."

Actually, I didn't even know how old the old man was this year. He looked alright and didn't seem like what Lin Hai said, and his complexion was quite rosy.

I thought for a while, and said softly, "I might be going abroad this year."

"Immigrating?" the old man asked quite clearly.

"No, Pei Shiyu wants me to study abroad. There are many things I can't do in the company now."

"How long will you be gone?"

"At least three years."

"What if I die?" The old man's answer surprised me.

"So you have to take good care of your health, living a few more years is not a problem."

"Finally, there is someone promising, when are you going?"

"I don't know yet, I will come to see you when it's confirmed."

Once I go abroad, I can't guarantee that I will be able to send him off when he passes away. In my heart, I feel that my future is more important.

In the conversation, time passed quickly. I looked at my watch, it was almost eight o'clock. According to his usual routine, he should need to rest at this time.

I slowly stood up and said, "I'll go back first, you should rest too."

"I'm resting all day long. When you get old, you rest except for three meals a day. It's rare for you to come..."

Before the old man could finish speaking, my stomach suddenly made a "gurgling" sound. I hadn't had dinner, and I was indeed a little hungry.

"You haven't had dinner yet, have you?" It seemed his hearing was pretty good.

"Yeah, I came straight here after getting off work."

"Then go back quickly, don't buy things next time you come."

"I know."

I opened the door and saw him slowly walking to the door, watching me leave. I stopped and signaled him to go inside, then quickly went downstairs.

Today, I came with the intention of repairing the relationship, but the old man's attitude really surprised me, and it was also thanks to Lin Hai's usual persuasion. Although I didn't want to strongly get his approval, it was better to let nature take its course than to force it. This has always been my attitude.