Deliberately Approaching
Chapter 235 I seem to have been here before

Chapter 235: Chapter 235 I seem to have been here before

Tang Mei returned to the master bedroom on the second floor and immediately stuffed a small pill into Tang Xiaowan’s mouth, her profound eyes filled with tenderness and a sense of indebtedness.

If it weren’t for the fear of Tang Xiaowan eavesdropping by trailing behind her, she wouldn’t have had to resort to using Chinese medicine pills.

One pill to induce sleep, one to clear it away.

As a child, Tang Xiaowan was very clingy, especially insecure. Every time Tang Mei had to go out for work, she had to play a game of hide-and-seek with her first, and Tang Mei had to role-play as her mother during the game; otherwise, she couldn’t leave the house at all.

One time, when they didn’t play, Tang Xiaowan stubbornly followed the car, running far away, stubbornly refusing to go back.

From then on, whenever Leng Lingxiao visited Mei Garden, he would play hide-and-seek with Tang Xiaowan, pinch her nose, dress up as a girl, pretend to be her mother, tirelessly and happily.

After a month had passed, Tang Xiaowan finally adjusted and stopped following Tang Mei when she went out.

Time flies, and the past is vivid in my mind.

"Tangtang, your Huahua is indeed a person you can entrust your life to. You two must cherish each other. Grandma is waiting to hold her great-grandchild!"

The night was deep, and the bedside lamp was turned off.

Tang Mei lay down close to Tang Xiaowan, her expression relaxed, in such high spirits that she couldn’t help but reminisce about her own youth.

Two black braids, plain clothes, shoes always polished until they shone.

...

At six in the morning, Tang Xiaowan awoke.

Perhaps scared by the feeling of being abandoned, she suddenly sat up, beads of sweat forming immediately, only relaxing after seeing Tang Mei on the single-seater sofa.

"Little lazybones, awake?" Tang Mei put down her book and walked to the bed.

"Grandma, I’m hungry."

Her voice was sweet, with a touch of whining.

"Alright, then get up quickly."

"Grandma, you must have been a stunning beauty when you were young, adored by everyone, with flowers blooming wherever you went. You have such a great demeanor."

Tang Mei shook her head with a smile, pulled Tang Xiaowan to her feet, and headed towards the walk-in closet.

"What’s wrong, was what I said incorrect?"

"Yes, right, smooth talker!"

After speaking, Tang Mei began to take out various dresses and compare them against Tang Xiaowan, each one different in style and rich in colors.

While doing so, she kept mumbling to herself that this one wasn’t bad, that one worked too, and actually, the other one was quite nice as well.

Tang Xiaowan grinned throughout.

Right now, she couldn’t care less about which dress looked good; as long as she was with her grandma, nothing else mattered.

"Let’s go with this one. Hurry up and wash up, then try it on."

"Grandma, come with me."

Whining, acting cute, the scene played out once again.

Thus, Tang Mei was pulled by Tang Xiaowan to the bathroom, and by the time they returned to the walk-in closet, fifteen minutes had passed.

"Hurry up and get dressed; it’s getting late."

"By the way, Grandma, where is this place? Is it far from Qingcheng?" Tang Xiaowan asked with a giggle, taking the dress.

"Chicheng, Lingxiao Manor. If Cheng Shi is driving, it might take about seven hours. Did you make a bet with Leng Lingxiao again?"

"Yeah, that’s right. He’s such a person, always acting mysterious when he’s got nothing better to do. He’s asked several times but wouldn’t say, insisting on making others guess. You have no idea how annoying that is."

"Are you an unevolved stone monkey?"

Tang Xiaowan stuck out her tongue wildly, then argued, "I am clearly a Golden Monkey, and it’s Huahua who’s the stone monkey!"

Faced with such a playful Tang Xiaowan, as her grandmother, Tang Mei suddenly understood how hard Leng Lingxiao had loved over the years – feeling anxious about dropping her if she was in his hands and melting her if she was in his mouth.

But then again, isn’t loving someone wholeheartedly supposed to be like this?

Leng Lingxiao was ten years older than Tang Xiaowan, sometimes acting like a brother, other times like a lover, plus he had watched Tang Xiaowan grow up; naturally, he would be more giving.

"Go change," said Tang Mei, smiling.

"Then you can’t run away, huh? Just wait here, or else I’ll feel terrible if no one is here to praise me when I come out!"

"Hurry up, blabbermouth."

"Oh, I’ll just stay here, then!"

Tang Mei pushed Tang Xiaowan towards the fitting room: "All right, all right, I get it. Hurry up and go in."

"I’ll be quick, done in a moment."

"Okay, good, close the door."

Although Tang Mei was right there, almost next to her, Tang Xiaowan still feared her grandmother would leave without saying goodbye. She didn’t dare to close the fitting room door entirely, leaving a small gap, and kept asking questions and rambling about this and that.

Once bitten by a snake, one is scared of a rope for ten years.

Tang Xiaowan’s behavior was both amusing and heart-wrenching for Tang Mei.

While feeling guilty, the door to the fitting room opened.

"Grandma, how do I look? Pretty, right?"

Tang Mei looked left and right, nodding repeatedly: "Hmm, not bad. You really are a pretty little stone monkey, haha."

"What the heck, Grandma, you’re so annoying!"

"If Leng Lingxiao said that, what would you do, huh? You’d probably chase him all over the yard – quite likely, I might add."

"Psh, I’d beat him till his teeth fell out!"

No sooner had these words fallen than Tang Xiaowan’s mind flashed with a series of vague images.

Both familiar and foreign.

A girl pointed to the garden, seemingly saying something, and beside her, a man held a drawing board, painting and writing attentively.

As the distance closed, laughter rang out; they were happy, running, playing and frolicking about, and then a vast parking area appeared, along with an art gallery rockery, swimming pool, and fountain.

Dozens of koi carp frolicked joyously; lotus flowers bloomed fragrantly at their best.

"Grandma, I feel like I’ve been here before..."

"What is it, Tiantian?"

"Have I been here before?"

Tang Mei’s heart clenched at Tang Xiaowan’s sudden question.

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