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"Hey," Yan Xiqing glared furiously at Liu Aimin, so angry that his white hair seed to stand on end.
Both old revolutionaries, even though their hair had turned white, they still maintained the habit of wearing it in a crew cut, short and thinning though it might be, they could never shed the old rules they carried with them.
Liu Aimin lifted his cloudy old eyes slightly, shrugged his shoulders, and expressed earnestly, "Elder Yan, this is simply the truth."
"..." Yan Jinsu wanted to facepalm – these two old gentlen, do they really have to compete over this?!
"The two Elders, Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi are really hungry, I’ll take them upstairs to feed them!"
For the first ti, Yan Jinsu felt a headache about the cries that seed like singing, hurriedly interrupted the conversation, signaling Sister Jiang to pick up the cradle and make a quick escape.
Xie Tiesheng saw the two old Military Governors quarreling like children, and his dignified face could scarcely remain composed.
Clearly, both commanders possessed an upright and honorable deanor, but after being with them for a while, he couldn’t help but feel that these two Elders were actually just old children? What was there to dispute... As for what the children would do in the future, as long as they liked it, that was good enough, could they honestly expect to be able to control them in the future...
If he had a hookah in his hand, Xie Tiesheng would have liked to take a strong puff!
Luckily, at this ti, the concerned Xie Jingchen finally took the opportunity to co ho to check in during the lunch break.
With Xie Jingchen present, Xie Tiesheng truly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took the chance to go upstairs to check on the al preparations, leaving Xie Jingchen to take over the situation.
Toward the Yan Family, Xie Jingchen was very courteous and politely expressed his ’respect’, but when facing his old superior, Old Chief Liu, Xie Jingchen showed great affection, his big hand tightly holding the old man’s chilly hand, much to Mr. Yan’s irritation – almost enough to make him bristle.
Unfortunately, the old gentleman really didn’t have a beard.
Old Chief Liu saw this and even ostentatiously shot a glance at Old Man Yan, savoring the feeling of satisfaction.
Only in Liu Aimin’s heart was there endless sorrow – he was old, did he really need to hurt such a sincerely filial child for the sake of Dongzhu?
Was progeny really that important? So important that he had to lose his honor, to beco a selfish old man?
Liu Aimin’s drooping eyelids veiled the moist heat in his eyes.
Thanks to Xie Jingchen’s caring actions, Liu Aimin’s mind kept turning – did he really want to damage this sincere and rare affection?
Yes, in the eyes of Liu Aimin, Xie Jingchen was already like his own grandson.
Liu Aimin’s conflicted thoughts were not fully perceived by Xie Jingchen. He was simply grateful for the old commander’s visit, and upon catching the hint of tearfulness in his eyes, Xie Jingchen simply thought the old man was feeling lonely.
However, a strange intuition began to arise in his heart... Xie Jingchen gripped the old wrinkled hand tighter, his face remained caring as he made conversation, but his heart was growing heavier—
He desperately hoped that his intuition at this mont was wrong.
By the ti Yan Jinsu finished feeding the baby and tidied herself up, the dishes downstairs were already being served one after another.
At the sa ti, Sister Jiang imdiately brought up her postpartum al. Hearing the n downstairs celebrating and joking loudly, Yan Jinsu lost the inclination to join them and dined alone upstairs.
She couldn’t help it; her postpartum al was sowhat special. Besides, the table downstairs was full of n, and it really wasn’t appropriate for her to join them.
Even her mother-in-law was shrinking back in the kitchen, hiding and eating with the children, Xiaojiu, and Sister Jiang.
After the al, both the Yan Family and Liu Aimin presented the full-month gifts they had prepared for the babies, which were pairs of silver jewelry.
The two elders each brought silver locks, Yan Dongsheng brought silver neck rings, and the three brothers from the Yan Family brought silver bracelets, so for the wrists and so for the ankles. It didn’t matter if there were duplicates; the gifts were just symbols of good fortune and safety.
It wasn’t easy to send off the Yan Family’s group. Liu Aimin also got up to leave soon after, only ntioning that after Yan Jinsu’s confinent period, they should arrange a al together, and then he left cleanly.
Xie Jingchen watched Old Chief Liu’s staggering steps with a strange intuition growing clearer in his heart.
He gazed at the slowly receding car silhouette, his brows tightly furrowed.
Along the way, if there was anything slightly unusual, it was that Wang Lixing turned red-faced and awkward whenever he saw Xie Jingzi, a clear sign that the young man was feeling embarrassed and smitten at a glance!
Xie Tiesheng had always felt a bit out of his league regarding Zhou Zhenghui, a young and promising talent. Now, seeing the guard by Old Chief Liu, a promising young man himself, with a look of obvious interest in his younger daughter, his heart began to stir.
Even Zhou Xiuhua couldn’t help but take several side glances.
This left Xie Jingzi with a face full of disbelief, glaring fiercely at Wang Lixing several tis—this Brother Rong Wei, Xie Jingzi had t him two or three tis before coming to the county town!
Back then, she was still a scruffy girl, and Wang Lixing had never shown any expression towards her!
Xie Jingzi knew what she looked like now; compared to her ti in her hotown, she had grown fair-skinned and beautiful. Brother Wei’s current ’blushing and heart-fluttering’ attitude was simply because he saw her attractiveness, superficial!
In any case, Xie Jingzi didn’t think highly of Wang Lixing at all!
Unfortunately, both Xie Tiesheng and Zhou Xiuhua saw Wang Lixing in the opposite light, both appearing very ’satisfied’ with him, which made Xie Jingzi lose her appetite during lunch.
Xie Jingzi shivered just thinking of Zhou Zhenghui—a mature man—finding out about her ’surprise’ blind date at ho and its outco.
Apart from a glance from Yan Jinsu, nobody else bothered to inquire about Xie Jingzi’s moodiness.
Although Xie Jingchen had co back and relieved Xie Tiesheng, the father, as a consequence, Zhou Xiuhua had to cook an extra big dish for her son’s enormous appetite—she knew all too well just how ’big’ it was. This inadvertently increased Zhou Xiuhua’s workload, and as soon as Xie Tiesheng ca upstairs, he was captured by Zhou Xiuhua to help.
Fortunately, Jiang Xiaoying was capable and hardworking. Seeing that the guests invited by the host were all very prestigious, she didn’t wait for Yan Jinsu’s orders and took the initiative to help out early, which gave Zhou Xiuhua a sigh of relief.
The lunch was indeed a bit too elaborate; even with the help of Jiang Xiaoying and Xie Jingzi, Zhou Xiuhua was exhausted from cooking the al.
After the guests left, there was still a family dinner in the evening. Since it wasn’t a weekend and Xie Jingyang had to work, the baby’s full-month al was arranged for the evening.
This al was purely a family gathering, firstly to celebrate the full month of the babies, and secondly to celebrate Xie Jingzi’s impressive university admission. Although her score was just over 300, at a ti when only five subjects were tested, this score was definitely top-notch!
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