Chapter 371
“How great…”
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Zhang Manhua cupped her mouth with a hand as she softly muttered while staring at the villa .
Pei Ge’s nose started to tingle again as she looked at her mother .
This is the house we used to live with dad, but we were unable to protect it .
Now, it is probably… impossible to buy back this garden villa .
“It’s short of one item,” Zhang Manhua, who had been silently staring at their old house all this while, suddenly spoke .
“Hm? What?” She looked at her mother in confusion and lightly asked .
“There . ” Her mother pointed at a corner of the garden and then smiled . “There used to be a swing there . It’s the swing your father built for you . ”
She followed the direction her mother was pointing with her gaze .
“Mhm, true . It’s short of the swing dad built for me . ”
Her eyes glazed over a little . She stared at the abundant flora and felt that it was pity that the swing amid the flower bed was gone .
This was no longer her home… Even if they were to buy the same things they used to have, it was still not the house she had grown up in .
‘Ha ha! Dad, higher! Higher!’
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‘No, you can’t go any higher! What if you fall later?’
‘Ha ha! Mom, it’s fine . Dad will definitely catch me! Right, Dad?’
‘That’s right! Ha ha!’
‘Ha ha!’
Memories of her younger self playing with the swing flooded her mind .
On a summer night, their family of three sat down in their garden to enjoy the breeze .
She loved letting her father push her on the swing .
Happily swinging on her swing, her nostrils were filled with the floral fragrance as she enjoyed the gentle, cold breeze… That was her favorite thing to do every summer .
“Excuse me . May I ask why you guys are staring at our house?”
The mother-daughter pair’s reminiscing while gazing at the garden villa was interrupted by a gentle female voice .
The foreign voice jolted them out of their warm and beautiful memories and into reality .
“Er…” When they saw a woman in a black overcoat standing in front of them, they blushed from total embarrassment .
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“Er…” Pei Ge could only blink her eyes at the gentle woman’s curious gaze on them, at a loss on how to respond .
Her thin-skinned mother was also at a loss on what to say .
The woman in the overcoat noticed their awkward expression but only lightly laughed . “Are you guys here to look at the house?”
“Huh? Look at the house?” they asked in shock .
“Er… Are you guys not here for house viewing?” The woman was also surprised at their reaction .
“Then, can we have a look inside?” Pei Ge pursed her lips and decided to test her luck with this woman .
The woman noted their expectant look and nodded her head with a smile . “Of course . ”
When the mother-daughter pair heard this, their eyes immediately lit up .
“Thank you! Thank you so much!” the two thanked the woman profusely .
The woman shook her head in amusement and wordlessly opened the gates for them .
“My surname is Su . You can call me Miss Su . ” Reaching the door grill of the garden villa and opening it for them as well, the woman in a black overcoat amiably introduced herself .
Zhang Manhua nodded with a smile . “My surname is Zhang . If you don’t mind it, you can call me Sister Zhang . This is my daughter, Ge Ge . ”
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Su Shan looked at Zhang Manhua and then at Pei Ge before she nodded her head . At the entrance to the foyer, she retrieved two pairs of disposable slippers and passed them over to the two .
“Miss Su, thank you for letting us view your house,” Zhang Manhua expressed her gratitude while changing into the slippers .
“He he, it’s nothing . My husband and I don’t stay here, anyway . Plus, a real estate agent will be bringing people over to look at the house, and that is the reason why I’m here . ” Su Shan waved her hand nonchalantly .
This time, the two were very certain that this house that had once belonged to them was currently in the process of being sold again .
“That… Miss Su, do you mind me asking why you’re selling this house? The house still looks good,” Zhang Manhua asked solemnly after changing into the slippers .
“Oh, my husband and I are going to live overseas . It will be wasteful to keep this house, so we decided to sell it . ” Su Shan smiled .
Hearing this, the mother-daughter pair fell silent .
“Come on in . Didn’t you guys want to take a tour around the house?” Su Shan smiled lightly and invited them .
Nodding their heads, the two once again stepped into this house that used to belong to them .
Every corner of the villa sparked a nostalgic, light smile on their faces .
Although the furnishings were different and did not bear a semblance to the ones in their memories, both felt that this place was so familiar and… filled with so much bliss .
They could even somehow see the man they both cared about the most .
When they walked from the foyer and into the living room, they could almost hear the man speaking to them .
‘Dear, you’re back? I made your favorite seafood noodles . ’
‘My dear daughter, is school over? Come and give your daddy a hug! Dad missed my daughter so much today!’
‘Dear, I bought some fruit and put them in the fridge . I’ll wash some for you now…’
‘Precious daughter, you must’ve been drained today . After lunch, this dad of yours will help you push the swing!’
“What’s wrong?” Su Shan eventually realized that the two had stopped speaking at some point . When she turned around, she promptly noticed the two’s watery eyes despite the smile on their faces .
“You two…” She had already thought that the two were slightly strange when she first saw them outside .
Still, she could tell that they were not bad people and even felt that they were fated to meet, so she allowed them into the villa .
“It’s nothing . We just thought that your house is really beautiful…” Zhang Manhua smiled blissfully at her .
“Is that right?” Su Shan took in the smile on her face . Although she knew that she was being lied to, she did not bother pursuing the matter .
It had nothing to do with her, anyway . She only let the two in and have a tour of the house on a whim .
Incidentally, she could also kill some time while waiting for the real estate agent to bring over a few potential buyers to check the house .