Chapter 130: Grand Finale

The expert looked at Shen Zhongchen and asked in surprise, “Secretary Shen, why do you look so excited?”

Shen Zhongchen smiled faintly. “Because I suddenly figured something out.”

“Oh? Can you tell us what it is?” the expert asked, still surprised.

Shen Zhongchen laughed. “You will all know very soon.”

The next day, Shen Zhongchen arrived at Beiming Qianye’s office with a resignation letter in hand.

Beiming Qianye was a little surprised. “Secretary Shen, this is…”

“Chief, I’m sorry, but I’m resigning.” Although he was quitting, Shen Zhongchen wore a relaxed smile. He had never felt so at ease in his entire life. “I’ve figured it out. I’m going to pursue my true passion. Chief, your health has recovered, and the country’s economy is thriving. It’s time I realized my dream of becoming a painter. I’ve loved painting since I was a child, but I never had the courage to leave everything behind to do it. Now, I’ve decided to chase what I truly love.”

Shen Zhongchen finally understood why he had always carried a sense of regret in his heart all these years. It was because he had never given his all to pursue his true passion. Now, nearing retirement age, he didn’t want to leave any regrets behind. This time, he was going to be brave and set out for his dream!

Hearing Shen Zhongchen’s words, Beiming Qianye smiled faintly. He picked up a pen and signed his name on the resignation letter with a bold, sweeping flourish.

Three years later.

A handsomely dressed Beiming Xiaobao led a little girl, who looked like a tiny princess, into Chen Momo’s room.

Chen Momo was busy packing their luggage.

“Mommy, where are you and Daddy taking my sister and me for our trip?”

Chen Momo smiled faintly. “To Disneyland.”

Hearing this, Xiao Bao clapped his hands in delight. “Yay, yay! Mommy and Daddy are taking my sister and me to Disneyland!”

The little girl beside Xiao Bao was his younger sister. Although she couldn’t completely understand her brother and mommy’s conversation yet, she was still thrilled and happily clapped her chubby little hands along with him.

Chen Momo stopped packing, her thoughts drifting back to the time before the apocalypse. She had taken Xiao Bao to Disneyland then. She had just gotten divorced, and her mood was at rock bottom. Seeing the other parents happily walking around with their kids as a whole family while she could only take Xiao Bao alone had become a deep regret in her heart.

Today, she was going with Beiming Qianye to take Xiao Bao and his sister to Disneyland again. They were going to make up for the regret from a few years ago and give Xiao Bao a complete childhood memory.

On Beiming Qianye’s private jet, Xiao Bao and his sister sat in their seats, eating snacks and reading comic books.

Beiming Qianye turned his head, smiled faintly, and handed a magazine to Momo. “The latest issue of TIME magazine. Guess who I saw in it?”

Momo asked curiously, “Who?”

She took the magazine from Beiming Qianye, looked at the featured interview, and couldn’t help but laugh. The person interviewed in this issue of TIME was none other than Shen Zhongchen!

After resigning, Shen Zhongchen had pursued his lifelong passion for painting. After three years of seclusion, he had actually become a renowned artist, and his work had just been auctioned off at an exhibition in Italy for an astronomical eight-figure sum!

In the interview article, Shen Zhongchen smiled and said, “It was passion that allowed me to find my own worth. I want to thank a friend of mine and his wife. If it weren’t for their personal experiences, I would never have known where I was, nor where I could find myself. I am very fortunate to have met him and his wife. They were the ones who made me realize that only passion can truly awaken a dormant soul.”

The reporter asked, “Would you mind telling us who your friend and his wife are?”

Shen Zhongchen smiled faintly. “I don’t need to say their names. I just want to use my friend’s experience to show that only love possesses endless power. Love can achieve greatness, conquer any distance, and transcend the cycle of life and death.”

Momo smiled faintly and handed the magazine back to Beiming Qianye.

“Qian Ye, thank you for waiting for me all this time.”

“No, the one who should be saying thank you is me. Thank you for being willing to return to my side, leading me through the layers of smog, and letting me see the sunlight again.”

“It was love that allowed us to recognize each other again.”

“It was love that gave me a second life.”

Chen Momo’s hand was tightly held by a pair of warm, strong hands. She felt an unprecedented sense of security.

[The End]