Rebirth in 1986: Unforgettable Regrets-Chapter 1193: Yan Wei (Twentieth Update)

"Mom, how can you think of me like this? I’m really just here to take care of you."

Tang Zhenghong looked at Granny Tang with a runny nose and tears, clutching her hand as she wiped her tears and said, "Mom, you are my real mom, and I’m your real daughter. No matter whose plans I mess with, I can’t mess with yours."

Tang Zhenghong looked genuinely sad and sorrowful.

Granny Tang looked at her doubtfully and asked, "What about Chen Gang and Chen Lie?"

"Both of them are at home, not going to Sea City." Mentioning those two brats always made Tang Zhenghong’s heart ache with anger. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

At first, she was so proud to have given birth to two sons. But now, seeing Tang Zhengyue’s two well-behaved and sensible daughters, along with Tang Yue and Zhang Min, Tang Zhenghong thought that sons and daughters aren’t necessarily better than each other.

As long as daughters are raised well, they can also achieve great things.

"That’s good." Granny Tang wasn’t against her grandsons, but Chen Gang and Chen Lie were just...

Granny Tang couldn’t even be bothered to mention their names. She had so many obedient sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, and even great-grandsons and great-granddaughters. She wanted to enjoy a few more years of happiness and didn’t want to be angered to death by her two grandsons, Chen Gang and Chen Lie.

"Mom, let me take care of you. I won’t say anything else; I can still do laundry and cook."

Tang Zhenghong lowered her posture and spoke in a pleasing manner.

Granny Tang pursed her lips and said, "What good does it do to ask me? Ask your brother and sister-in-law."

Granny Tang’s words were essentially an agreement.

Tang Zhenghong looked eagerly and hopefully towards Tang Zhengde and Zhang Hualian, and Zhang Hualian said, "Zhenghong, if you can help take care of mom, we’ll be more than happy."

No matter what Tang Zhenghong was like, she was still Granny Tang’s real daughter.

With Zhang Hualian’s words, Tang Zhenghong happily said, "Sister-in-law is so nice."

"All the luggage is brought; who can still send us away?"

Liu Cuixong muttered under her breath.

Zhang Min quickly pulled Liu Cuixong aside, giving her a look, and said, "Mom, please hold Haoran. I’m tired of holding him."

"Let me hold him; you might drop him."

Liu Cuixong was still very fond of this grandson. Holding Haoran, her face lit up with a radiant smile, not bothering with Tang Zhenghong.

Back then, Tang Zhenghong didn’t look at Zhang Hualian in a friendly manner, but now, her one-good-sister-in-law attitude was so ingratiating that Liu Cuixong looked down on her.

But Liu Cuixong didn’t consider that she used to treat Zhang Hualian the same way as Tang Zhenghong did.

The group headed straight to Wangjiang City, chartering a bus to the Jiang City Railway Station.

At the railway station, Lian Qingyang had already bought tickets, but with an extra ticket needed for Tang Zhenghong, she couldn’t get a sleeper berth.

Zhang Qiang said, "Aunt, you sit in the sleeper. I’ll take the hard seat."

"Qiangzi." Liu Cuixong was concerned for her son.

Zhang Qiang said, "Mom, I’m a man. Even if there were no seats, I could stand, but Aunt is older, and she should stay here to accompany Granny Tang."

Zhang Qiang’s understanding nature earned Granny Tang’s praise. Tang Zhengde wanted to offer a seat swap, but Zhang Qiang said, "Uncle, you should stay with Aunt. In case she gets motion sickness, you can look after her."

Zhang Qiang took Tang Zhenghong’s ticket and went to the hard-seat carriage.

It wasn’t the first time Granny Tang and Elder Mrs. Zhang traveled by train. Sitting in the sleeper berth, in a room full of family, with the train clattering along, they felt quite happy.

The two elderly women chatted excitedly throughout the journey, fully adapted to the situation.

On the other hand, Zhang Hualian, despite lying in the sleeper berth, felt uncomfortable. She lay on her side, listening to the clatter of the train, half-awake, without any urge to vomit, just feeling rather sick.

"Hualian, are you okay? Would you like some water?" Tang Zhengde asked with concern, worried about her discomfort.

"No, I’ll just sleep for a while."

Zhang Hualian lay on her side, half-listening to the rhythmic train sounds, not feeling too uncomfortable.

Zhang Min felt quite relaxed with her son. The child was curious, showing no signs of discomfort. Besides, with so many people around, not only did Liu Cuixong help Zhang Min with the child, but even Tang Zhenghong, feeling delighted, would try to entertain the kid.

In the hard-seat carriage.

Zhang Qiang found his seat and sat down. The train wasn’t crowded, with no standing tickets at least.

It wasn’t yet May Day and not a holiday season.

The train clattered on towards Sea City, taking over twelve hours from Jiang City to Sea City, excluding any delays, with their departure in the afternoon aiming for an early morning arrival around six at Sea City, barring any delays which might extend it to seven or eight.

With nothing else to do, Zhang Qiang closed his eyes to rest.

At six in the evening, Liu Cuixong purposefully brought a bunch of food to find Zhang Qiang, worried he would go hungry without anything to eat.

"Xiao Yue’s aunt sure is something, not coming here herself, leaving you to bear the burden here." Liu Cuixong felt for her son and took a disliking to Tang Zhenghong, getting more discontented with her.

If Tang Zhenghong didn’t want to inconvenience others, she should have volunteered to sit in the hard-seat carriage.

But Tang Zhenghong never said anything like that, which was truly infuriating.

"Mom, I’m not having a hard time. You should head back." Zhang Qiang got up to escort Liu Cuixong back to the sleeper carriage. Although the train seemed safe, Zhang Qiang was still concerned, ensuring he brought Liu Cuixong back before returning to his seat.

His luggage was left in the sleeper carriage, carrying only the food and water Liu Cuixong gave him—biscuits, cakes, instant noodles, and sausages.

Suddenly, a commotion rose in the front carriages as if something had happened.

Zhang Qiang got on his feet and headed over, discovering that a thief had been caught.

Even now, there were still many thieves on trains. Caught in the act, the thief, in a fit of desperation, wielded a knife and took a girl hostage. At this moment, no one dared to approach, not even the train officers, fearing that the thief might injure or kill the girl, an outcome they couldn’t bear the responsibility for.

The train continued onwards, and the curiosity-drawn crowd in the carriage thickened, the atmosphere tense, accompanied by crying children, turning the carriage into chaos.

Zhang Qiang slowly pushed his way to the front, leaving his food beside a seat, and moved cautiously with the crowd, drawing little attention.

Surveying the thief, Zhang Qiang noticed a slender man in his forties, seemingly shrewd, standing on a seat, back against the window. A semicircle formed around him as no one dared approach, and the knife in his hand appeared quite sharp.

There were quite a few men present, and many were eager to help, but no one wanted to risk being stabbed in the process.

Suddenly, upon seeing the hostage, Zhang Qiang couldn’t help but feel a sense of serendipity; he seemed to have quite a connection with the young lady before him.