Chapter 7: At the End of the Universe is a Civil Servant

After Li Zhenguan entered the neighborhood, Wang Zhao sat in the car for a long time. She looked at the deep night outside the windshield, as if she was thinking about nothing, yet as if she had thought about a lot.

Rubbing her brow, she lowered her eyes and saw the phone screen in the storage box light up. She glanced at it, it was a message from Li Zhenguan.

A second later, another text message came: [Let me know when you get home.]

Wang Zhao turned off the screen without replying, and started the car.

It was half an hour later when she got home. The lights in the living room were still on, Wang Xuechun and Zhang Ke hadn’t slept yet, the two of them were sitting on the sofa seemingly waiting for her.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, they looked towards the entrance.

Wang Zhao’s movements stagnated for a moment. After changing her shoes, she sat on the single sofa. Wang Xuechun’s appearance looked like she was about to lecture her.

“Did you send Zhenguan back?” Mother Wang asked.

Wang Zhao hmmed and said, “I didn’t leave until he sent a message after getting home.”

Mother Wang glanced at her and hummed, “At least you’re thorough.”

As soon as her words fell, in the silence, she looked at Wang Zhao and spoke, “Your father and I won’t ask too much about your previous matters with Zhenguan, you young people handle your own private affairs. But now that it’s blown up, with him carrying your child, it’s not just a matter between you two, it’s a matter for both families.”

“This week, your father and I will take time to meet with Zhenguan’s parents. By then, Li’s parents will definitely have opinions about you because of Zhenguan’s situation. You handle it yourself, even if his parents want to hit or scold you, you have to bear it.”

Wang Zhao responded.

But Wang Xuechun, looking at her daughter’s silent face, sighed.

From childhood to adulthood, this child had always been cold and quiet. When other children were still making a fuss about going to amusement parks and buying toys, this child could obediently sit alone at the desk writing homework and reading extracurricular books, never making her parents worry.

Others envied that their child was precocious and sensible. They used to be happy about it too, but as time went by, they knew that this child had a cold heart and was silent, had her own opinions on everything, and never made them worry.

“As long as you know what you’re doing with Zhenguan’s matter, that’s fine. No matter what, the fault lies on our side. Before, your father and I didn’t care how you treated Zhenguan. But after getting married, it’s all one family. Husband and wife are one body, you absolutely can’t maintain this kind of personality and attitude.”

Wang Xuechun said with deep feeling in the end.

She was afraid that this child had resentment in her heart. From a young age, Wang Zhao kept things hidden deep inside. The mother and father couldn’t see through her thoughts, and were worried that after marriage, she would be cold to Zhenguan and they would become a resentful couple.

Wang Zhao nodded calmly, “Mom, I know what I’m doing.” Seeing the tired look on Father Wang’s face, she paused her words, “It’s late, you and dad should go rest first. I’ll discuss the rest with Zhenguan.”

Wang Xuechun finally nodded, but her brows were still furrowed, clearly unable to put her heart at ease regarding Wang Zhao’s matter. But she had said all that needed to be said, the rest she couldn’t make decisions on, and could only try to relax.

Having said what needed to be said, she returned to her room first. Father Wang walked behind, seeing the fatigue on his daughter’s face, he couldn’t help but feel distressed. He said softly, “You’re tired too, rest early. The rest can wait until tomorrow.”

Since returning home from the hospital, Wang Zhao had been leaving the house at seven in the morning every day and not returning until six in the evening, not missing a single day, despite not even having recuperated for a week.

He had seen it and felt heartache. He advised Wang Zhao a few times but couldn’t stop her. This child insisted that studying at the library was efficient. With today’s incident, her face had paled. She had just recovered from a serious illness and was still so tired.

Although Wang Zhao had made such a big mistake this time, she was still his daughter after all. No matter how angry he was, with blood ties and kinship, how could he not be worried and distressed over his own flesh and blood.

Wang Zhao smiled and nodded, gently reassuring Father Wang and Mother Wang to go rest.

After her parents entered their room, Wang Zhao sat on the sofa in a daze for a while longer before remembering to send Li Zhenguan a safety message. Without waiting for a reply, she turned off the living room lights and entered her own room.

Lying in bed at night, she stared at the dark ceiling and thought a lot.

The matter with Zhenguan, the matter of the child, and the matter of meeting Li’s parents in a few days – these were all short-term troubles that needed to be resolved. Wang Zhao actually didn’t take them too much to heart.

In her view, the matter with Zhenguan was very simple. It was a problem left over from the original’s history. The solution was nothing more than marriage and having children. If the two parties were not happy living together in the future, then divorce would do.

In her opinion, the most important thing at present was the direction of her future career planning. The original’s decision to take the civil service exam for the procuratorate was not a bad direction for her.

She recently discovered that there seemed to be memories from her previous life still vaguely in her mind, but they had all become a bit blurry and she couldn’t remember clearly. Instead, from time to time, another segment of clear fragments would surge in her mind. They should be the original’s memories, unfamiliar yet familiar.

Previously, when she picked up those law books on the bookshelf in the room, she seemed to be very familiar with the contents inside. With some of the text, she could even recite the second half just by looking at it.

This showed that the original’s professional competence should be quite good. The habitual memory of the body was still there. And recently, she would often recall some things that were unfamiliar yet familiar. This made her let out a sigh of relief.

Thinking about it this way, taking the civil service exam for the procuratorate was an even better employment decision. With an idea in mind, she relaxed a lot. Her whole person was no longer like a tightly pulled rope, and could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Once a person has a direction to strive and work hard towards, they will be much more at ease.

With her whole body relaxed, Wang Zhao sorted through the things she needed to do recently in her mind once more before slowly falling asleep.