Chapter 189 My Heart Recognized You Before I Did

Chapter 189 My Heart Recognized You Before I Did

"Mom, do you know that uncle from yesterday?"

The glass dome of the aquarium let in soft sunlight, and the dampness from the typhoon had just dissipated, mixed with a faint salty smell of seawater.

Si Yuan held Si Xingzhou's little hand and watched him stand on tiptoe, staring at the huge whale shark tank.

Her fingers tightened at the child's sudden remark.

"Why are you suddenly asking about this?" She crouched down, trying to keep her voice calm.

Si Xingzhou tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said in a serious tone, "The way that uncle looked at Mom... was really strange."

Si Yuan paused, lowered her eyes, and vaguely replied, "Really?"

She didn't notice because she didn't dare look him in the eye at the time.

I actually owe him something.

She was the one who ran away first back then.

But she had liked him too, otherwise why would she have run away?

Otherwise... why would I feel waves of pain in my heart when he is so aloof?

Si Yuan always thought she would forget about it soon.

But only now did she realize that people who need time to forget are the least able to withstand the thrill of a reunion.

In the elevator, which gleamed with a cool silver hue, those cold, deep eyes still held that familiar sharpness and languor, still enough to make her heart clench.

He's lost weight.

This was the first thought that popped into Si Yuan's mind when she saw Jiang Wang again.

His jawline is sharper, his eye sockets are deeper, and he seems to have been polished by time, shedding his youthful arrogance and gaining a touch of coldness and restraint.

However, she seemed quite calm about it.

If what Si Xingzhou said is true, his eyes looked strange... probably hatred?

I hate myself for disappearing so suddenly.

...

Si Yuan snapped out of her reverie, patted her son's head, and said, "Mom borrowed something from that uncle a while ago and forgot to return it. I lost it all these years ago, and that uncle is very unhappy. From now on, you must stay far away from him when you see him, otherwise he can get really angry, understand?"

Si Xingzhou nodded as if he understood, and whispered, "Then I'll stay far away from him."

What a pity, that uncle was so handsome.

What does his mother owe him?

I don't know if all my pocket money is enough to make up for it.

—Not far away, Jiang Wang stood in front of the blue glass curtain wall, one hand in his pocket, looking down at Zheng Yiyi in his arms.

The little girl excitedly pointed at the dolphins tumbling in the tank, repeatedly shouting "Wow!"

"Uncle, look! The dolphin is jumping!" Zheng Yiyi tugged at his hand.

Jiang Wang withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyes, and gently ruffled the top of her head, saying in a calm voice, "Yes, I saw it."

Spending time with Zheng Yiyi was the most patient thing Jiang Wang had done in the past five years.

He had absolutely no interest in dolphin or fairy performances.

I'm almost thirty years old. I've spent the first half of my life navigating the ruthless business world. Who would have thought I'd end up here visiting an aquarium?

But his niece, although she was the only junior in the Jiang family, always seemed to have never seen the world.

Because Jiang Shu never had time to spend with her, Jiang Wang couldn't help but become more patient.

Then Zheng Yiyi complained to him again: "Uncle, can you please stop wearing glasses indoors to look cool?"

Jiang Wang calmly took off his glasses and retorted, "Your uncle's coolness doesn't need to be faked."

Now it was Zheng Yiyi's turn to be speechless.

A moment later, she looked into the distance and was instantly drawn to something else.

The dome of the sea turtle pavilion was bathed in a warm amber light, and there was a long queue at the entrance, along with various colorful masks.

"Today is a special 520 event, couples or families can participate, and you can adopt a little turtle for free by completing the tasks!"

Before Jiang Wang could react, Zheng Yiyi grabbed his mask and shoved it onto his face. "Uncle, we're a parent-child team! You have to win me a little turtle today!"

"Is it necessary?" Jiang Wang tried to take off his mask, but Zheng Yiyi stopped him sharply, saying, "Any one you could pick from your grandfather's pond would be worth more than this aquarium."

"You don't understand!" Zheng Yiyi tilted her little face up, looking very serious. "Adopting a little turtle like this is all about fate; it's meaningful!"

Jiang Wang didn't argue anymore and could only let her make a fuss.

I'll go back and get it back from Jiang Shu and her husband.

Zheng Yiyi pulled Jiang Wang around the museum looking for photo spots.

Before I could even adjust to the lighting inside the museum, I was suddenly separated by a crowd of people.

Jiang Wang subconsciously reached out to take his hand, but missed.

"Zheng Yiyi?"

Looking around, I saw people wearing masks everywhere, their colorful smiling faces swaying under the lights, but I couldn't find that familiar little face.

"Zheng Yiyi!"

He shouted several times, but his voice was swallowed up in the noisy space.

Jiang Wang's brows gradually furrowed, and the languid look in his eyes disappeared, replaced by a slightly cold anxiety.

——

On the other side, Si Xingzhou, wearing a mask, moved through the crowd like a little elf.

"Mom, shall we adopt a little turtle too?"

Looking into her son's bright eyes, Si Yuan nodded helplessly: "Okay, then be careful not to get lost."

The two received task cards and needed to find three different turtle photo spots inside the museum and complete interactive challenges to collect all the stamps.

They were squatting at the second checkpoint, carefully putting together a sea turtle puzzle.

"Mom, is this the right spot?" Si Xingzhou held up a puzzle piece and carefully compared it to the empty space.

Si Yuan nodded, and was about to remind him to be careful not to drop it, when she suddenly heard a faint crying sound coming from not far away.

Si Xingzhou immediately raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound.

Through a gap in the crowd, a little girl was hugging a rabbit doll, sobbing uncontrollably.

Her mask was askew, revealing a small, rosy face.

Si Xingzhou immediately put down the puzzle and ran over, pulling her to a safer spot: "Little sister, what's wrong?"

Zheng Yiyi raised her head, her eyes red as if they had just been soaked in water, and sobbed, "I...I got separated from my uncle."

Si Yuan followed closely behind, squatted down, and asked gently, "Your uncle? Is he also at the turtle pavilion?"

Zheng Yiyi nodded, tears still clinging to her eyelashes like tiny, sparkling diamonds.

Si Yuan's heart tightened slightly.

The turtle enclosure is so big and crowded; it's too dangerous for a child to be alone.

She looked around and decided that the best course of action was to ask a staff member for help.

"I'll take you to find..."

Fortunately, the turtle enclosure wasn't too big, and Jiang Wang happened to find it after we turned a corner.

Zheng Yiyi's bunny outfit was very obvious, and he saw her from afar. His heart suddenly relaxed, and he quickened his pace.

He reached out and grabbed the rabbit's ears in her arms, about to scold it, but his gaze first met that of the woman in front of her.

Through the colorful mask, the light cast a soft glow around those eyes.

Those were the eyes he had tossed and turned in countless nights, trying to forget them but never succeeding.

—The heartbeat always recognizes the other person before the heartbeat does.