Jin Qianqian feigned a look of lingering fear. "Let's forget about that, shall we? Your fair complexion is much more pleasing to the eye. If you really got a deep tan, I'd probably only see your eyes and teeth floating in the dark when I woke up at night. That would be genuinely terrifying."
Amused, Gu Wenheng reached out and stroked her cheek. "It's so wonderful. Our whole family is finally together again."
Standing to the side, Li Qiu lowered her head, trying to shrink her presence as much as possible.
"It really is," Jin Qianqian agreed with a soft smile. "Though, traveling in this day and age is pure torture. No matter how thoroughly we prepared beforehand, the journey was exhausting enough to take half my life. Your trip back then must have been even more grueling, right?"
"That's all in the past now," Gu Wenheng said gently. "Besides, it was only a temporary hardship. Everything will be better from now on.
