After Rebirth, the Celebrity Daughter is the Medical Expert!-Chapter 489 - 383: In Such Springtime, Fortunate to Have Met You

Chapter 489: Chapter 383: In Such Springtime, Fortunate to Have Met You

This piece of music awakened the memories of the past for both of them.

"Dad really liked the little stars we folded in kindergarten." Shi Wangyue’s voice was gentle, but there was regret in her tone, "Later, those little stars were all gone."

"It’s enough to let the stars live in your heart." Ning Youguang said softly, "People who have little stars in their hearts will sparkle."

"I still remember what you said to me." Shi Wangyue stopped walking, her gaze like water falling on her face, "Wishing I could be a little star, with edges and angles, still shining."

"After all these years, you still remember." Ning Youguang laughed.

"My memory isn’t particularly good, but I remember everything about you." Shi Wangyue curled her lips, "Even though we’re still young, I often feel like I’ve already spent a lifetime with you." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

From someone’s garden, pear blossoms extended over the wall, and a gust of wind blew them down like snow onto the two of them.

Ning Youguang looked at Shi Wangyue’s picturesque brows and eyes, feeling momentarily dazzled and entranced.

After a while, she gently brushed the fallen flowers off Shi Wangyue’s shoulder—

"The spring scenery is beautiful, glad to know you."

...

The Qingming holiday was originally not long.

But Ning Youguang still stayed an extra day in Jincheng to take Shi Wangyue to visit Grandma Xie.

Grandma Xie, wearing presbyopic glasses, was sitting on the sofa swiping her phone. When she saw Ning Youguang leading a very handsome young man in, her mouth dropped open in surprise.

After quite a while, she came back to her senses and started talking nonstop to Shi Wangyue, her eyes squinted from smiling.

The phone she was so absorbed in was tossed aside, ignored.

Ning Youguang carefully inquired about Grandma Xie’s daily life and health in recent days, then left Shi Wangyue to accompany her in conversation.

She chatted with her mom.

Xia Youqing, who was nearly forty or fifty, maintained herself very well. Wearing soft, well-tailored home clothes, she lazily leaned on the sofa, looking just over thirty. Her facial features were delicate, her skin was fair and fine, without a trace of wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

Yet, such a beautiful woman, at this moment, her eyes were filled with anxiety and melancholy, which she couldn’t hide even if she tried her best to restrain it.

"Seems like you’re not in a good mood, is there something you can’t figure out?" Ning Youguang sat beside her, eating a plate of cherries just brought up by the workers.

This plate of cherries came from the tree in the Xie family’s backyard, small and cleanly washed, placed in a white porcelain plate, looking exquisite like gems, and especially sweet.

"Sigh..." Xia Youqing sighed, leaning back on the sofa.

"Don’t want to talk about it?" Ning Youguang raised an eyebrow, "If you don’t talk, you’ll miss out on a free counseling session from Teacher Ning."

Xia Youqing was amused, "It’s not that I don’t want to talk, I just don’t know how to say it."

Ning Youguang happily munched on a cherry, "I don’t like listening to nonsense, think carefully, and pick the thing that bothers you the most to talk about."

Xia Youqing was silent for a while, then asked, "Sweetie, how do you think your mom’s doing now?"

"Great." Ning Youguang scanned her up and down with an appreciative gaze.

"Be more specific." Xia Youqing sat up slightly.

"How specific?" Ning Youguang asked.

"Do you think your mom is beautiful?" Xia Youqing asked, "Compared to young girls, do I measure up?"

"Beautiful." Ning Youguang nodded without hesitation, "An absolutely mesmerizing beauty, a stunning presence."

Xia Youqing chuckled at the compliment, then quickly restrained her smile after glancing at Shi Wangyue across.

In front of her future son-in-law, she had to keep her narcissism in check to some extent.

She shifted her facial features slightly, making her expression a little more melancholic, "You haven’t answered the last question."

"How can you compare?" Ning Youguang said, "You’ve maintained yourself very young, but the aura time has given is right there, completely different from young girls."

Xia Youqing’s eyelids drooped, "You mean a middle-aged woman like me can’t compare to young girls?"

"Hey, I didn’t say that." Ning Youguang quickly clarified her stance.

Xia Youqing’s expression visibly turned melancholy.

Ning Youguang glanced at her and tentatively asked, "Did someone call you a middle-aged woman?"

Xia Youqing let out a long sigh, "Even worse than that."

A look of terror appeared on her pretty face, as if she’d seen a ghost.

"How’s it worse?"

"Someone recently asked me to play Gu Heng’s mom!" Xia Youqing’s face was filled with despair, "Do I look that old? How do I look like Gu Heng’s mom?! I’m only a little over ten years older than him, okay? I’m not even sure if I’d play his sister, okay?!"

Gu Heng, Ning Youguang knew, was a very popular young star in the entertainment circle in recent years.

"A supporting role, and it’s Gu Heng’s mom, what kind of vision do people in the industry have these days?" Xia Youqing looked quite upset.

After she finished speaking, Ning Youguang lazily said, "Gu Heng is very popular, isn’t the script based on a fanbase-heavy IP?"

"The script is good, but I refused." Xia Youqing was left with lingering fears, "What a mess this is!"

"That’s got you in a bad mood?" Ning Youguang asked.

"No." Xia Youqing’s tone grew a little heavier, "This mess has made me not want to take on any more roles in the future, it’s too scary."

"If you don’t act anymore, can you stand being idle at home?" Ning Youguang asked with a smile.

Xia Youqing paused, her face filled with conflict and struggle, "I don’t know."

She shook her head, "But I have been contemplating life recently. I wonder how the earlier part of my life would view me now? In the past, I was busy filming and working every day, 360 days a year with 300 not at home... My daily life was all about work, everything was for work. I believed that hard work would pay off, that acting was beautiful, and enjoyed the meaning of infusing acting into my life. Looking back, I deserve to applaud myself, the achievements are not bad."

She said, "But now? Especially since Yiyi left home to become a trainee, reviewing my life, I find that except for doing justice to my work, I have let down many aspects."

Her tone was full of sentiment and regret, "I’ve let you down the most, and Yiyi, your Uncle Xie, your dad... I didn’t spend quality time with you all while you were growing up, didn’t care enough about them. I suddenly realized that while I gained honors, money, fame, applause, and flowers, I lost many precious things too, like your and Yiyi’s growth, the time spent with family... When I think about these things, I’m less eager to act now."

She said, "Recently, I’ve been waking up naturally every day at home, spending days and nights with your Uncle Xie, and suddenly find many areas require adapting and adjusting."