One day at the end of the year, Shen Xiaobei returned to the courtyard from outside and suddenly saw Duan Xichuan at home.

Suddenly, he asked in shock, "Why did you come back so suddenly? Didn't you say you might not be able to come back for the New Year this year?"

"Of course it's to give you and the kids a surprise! Why, aren't you happy to see your husband back?"

"I'm happy, but I feel like something's a little weird. Are you hiding something from me?"

"My wife is truly a writer; her sixth sense is so strong!"

"Okay, stop keeping me in suspense and tell me what you're hiding from me. Why didn't you come back before saying hello this time?"

"Okay, I won't hide it from you! Honey, I've been transferred to Beijing!"

Duan Xichuan put his hands on Shen Xiaobei's shoulders, looked at her tenderly, and replied with a smile.

"Huh? Transferred to Jing City? To which unit?"

"I'm not being transferred to any particular unit, but rather to a military academy in Jing City. From now on, I'll be able to spend more time with you and the children."

"Really? Does that mean you'll be both a soldier and a college teacher in the future?"

"Well, you could say that."

"Xichuan, that's great! It turns out there's a way to have the best of both worlds! I've been prepared for this. We'll be living apart until you retire from the army."

Hearing Duan Xichuan’s words, Shen Xiaobei said with surprise on his face.

"I've already made this preparation. However, when Grandpa passed away, I wasn't able to go back to see him off, and I've always felt really guilty. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back when Mom and Dad pass away..."

"So at that time, you were thinking about transfer again?"

"Yes. But it's not just because of them, but also because of you and the children."

"We've been separated for fourteen years. Although you never complained in front of me, I know that raising a child and building a career alone is always difficult."

"Mu En and Shui En will take the college entrance exam in a little over a year, and Tian En and Yue En will also start middle school next year. In a few years, they will all be grown up and have their own worlds."

"I don't want to be absent as a father until they grow up."

"I thought, since they still have a few years to grow up, why not get involved in their lives and experience firsthand what it means to be a good father?"

"Also, how to be a good husband?"

"Xichuan..."

Duan Xichuan’s sincere and considerate words moved Shen Xiaobei so much that she hugged him.

After calling his name, I became choked with sobs and couldn't speak, my eyes were wet.

Over the years, Duan Xichuan had expressed several times that he wanted to be transferred.

She had never agreed because she was afraid that he would be dissatisfied with the transfer and would just settle for it.

She was reluctant to let him sacrifice the rest of his career for her.

That was not the outcome she wanted to see, nor did she think it was a beneficial decision for their relationship in the long run.

She understands him, feels sorry for him, and cherishes the relationship between them.

And he knew it all.

So this time, he simply acted first and reported to her later, quietly arranging everything himself and making sure the transfer was thoroughly implemented. He was quite satisfied with the transfer, and only then did he tell her about it.

So that she no longer has any psychological burden and feels that he is compromising his work for her.

"Girl, from now on, we won't be separated from each other anymore. Aren't you happy?"

"Yeah, I'm happy, so happy! I'm so happy that I want to cry, wuwuwu..."

"Silly girl, you cry even when you're happy!"

"I just want to cry, wuwuwu..."

"Okay, okay, then just cry as much as you want in your husband's arms. Your husband knows that for the past fourteen years, you've only been pretending to be a strong woman. In reality, you're still a little girl who needs your husband's protection!"

"Huh, you just realized it now?"

"Alright, I owe you these fourteen years. I'll use the next forty years to make it up to you, my beloved little girl. Is that all right?"

"Forty years of compensation is not enough! I need to live to be a hundred, so you have to compensate me for at least sixty years!"

"Okay, sixty years is sixty years. During these sixty years, you will always be my little girl, and I will always protect you."

"Humph, that's more like it!"

Shen Xiaobei said coquettishly with a smile through her tears.

She is a strong woman in the business world, and is known as President Shen by thousands of employees, but in front of her husband, she can still be a willful and spoiled little girl.

This feeling made her feel so happy that she almost lost her mind.

With a husband like this, what else could a woman ask for?

At this moment, she really felt that she had nothing to ask for in her life!

When the children learned that their father would be working in Beijing starting next year, they were all very happy, even happier than if they had gotten the first place in the school exam.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, their family of six, Gao Hongmian and Duan Donglin's family of four, were finally able to get together and take a bus back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year.

Duan Jiaxing and Wang Zhaodi were also extremely pleased to learn about Duan Xichuan's job transfer.

Although Duan Beihai did not return home from the army this year, the whole family still had a lively and happy Spring Festival.

Shen Xiaobei invested in a socks factory in the village. His brother-in-law Tao Wenlin ran it quite well and everything was on track.

Moreover, many relatives were arranged to find jobs there.

This made the two elders, Duan Jiaxing and Wang Zhaodi, feel very proud in the entire family.

Highly respected.

Her sister-in-law Wei Feng'e, who used to be hostile to her and spoke in a sarcastic tone, is now much kinder to her because she also has a daughter-in-law and grandson's wife working in the sock factory.

He always smiles when they meet, and from time to time he sends her some vegetables grown at home.

When she saw Shen Xiaobei, the niece-in-law who had been troubled by her before, she smiled brightly and flatteringly, and took the initiative to get close to her.

Shen Xiaobei knew that such a person was a typical villain.

There have been many mean people like her and worldly relatives like her since ancient times, who are afraid that you have something and laugh at you for not having anything, and are afraid that your family will live better than hers.

The most effective way to deal with such a relative is to work hard silently and leave her far behind.

Let her only be able to look up at you with her head held high.

Then she won't be jealous of you anymore.

Because she knows that she can never catch up with you or surpass you, so she can only admire and respect you.

At least, they will respect you on the surface.

This is enough for Shen Xiaobei, and he doesn't ask for more.

The hotel she and Fan Huifang jointly owned in Shuanghe County was basically renovated a few years ago.

We are currently recruiting employees. Once the recruitment is almost complete, we will provide formal training to all employees for a period of time, and then choose an auspicious day for the opening of the business.

By then, Shen Xiaobei plans to transfer two backbones from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to serve as trainers for a period of time.

This would also give Fan Huifang an opportunity to learn from them how to manage employees and coordinate the operations of various departments in the hotel.

Whatever you do, you must do your best to do it well. This is Shen Xiaobei's usual principle of doing things.