"I don't want to move." Jiang Anxia blinked her watery eyes, her voice sounding like she was pleading.

"Shall I feed you?" Gu Yanzhu chuckled, her expression gentle.

"No, I'm not a child anymore." Jiang Anxia reached out and hugged Gu Yanzhu's waist, burying her face in his stomach.

The hand behind my back gave me a mischievous squeeze.

Pretty tough, no wonder he's a man with six-pack abs.

However, this man belongs to her.

Jiang Anxia thought to herself quietly.

Gu Yanzhu didn't say anything, but just stroked the little girl's hair gently.

Jiang Anxia felt like a kitten as her head was being stroked and her fur was being soothed.

Huh? (?ˉ??ˉ??)

"Eat first, it'll get cold." Gu Yanzhu stopped what she was doing, her gentle eyes quietly fixed on the top of the little girl's head.

"Okay." Jiang Anxia released her hand, straightened up, and answered softly.

The two sat down and ate breakfast quietly, exchanging a few words occasionally, but soon fell silent.

......

As the morning sun rose, Jiang Anxia and Gu Yanzhu each rode a bicycle toward the Victory Brigade.

"Xiaxia, you're back!" Jiang Nanqiu saw the familiar figure approaching little by little from afar.

"Third Brother." Jiang Anxia stopped, her expression somewhat unreadable.

To be honest, she's not sure how to face the Jiang family right now.

"Hmm, when did you get back? Why didn't you write to tell me?" Jiang Nanqiu's slightly questioning gaze fell on Jiang Anxia.

“I came back yesterday. I wrote a letter…” Jiang Anxia pursed her lips, but didn’t say the rest.

She did write back, but after waiting a long time without receiving a reply, she gave up.

Because she knew that this time, just like before, she would not receive a reply.

"You wrote it?" Jiang Nanqiu frowned slightly, thinking to herself.

He understood in an instant.

He spent almost the entire month at the brigade headquarters and didn't go anywhere else.

Xiaxia always had Song Yan deliver her letters.

But every time she said no, they thought Xiaxia hadn't written it.

It now appears that Song Yan lied; she hid Xia Xia's letter.

"Yes." Jiang Anxia nodded affirmatively.

It seems that the letters she wrote have been hidden away.

“Xiaxia, we didn’t know. We all thought you were having a great time in Kyoto and forgot to write, so…” Jiang Nanqiu’s voice was filled with guilt.

Lately, things at home have been in complete chaos; every time he comes home, he locks himself in his room.

This made it easy for Song Yan to lie.

"Is that so?" Jiang Anxia lowered her head slightly.

No matter what Jiang Nanqiu said, even if he really didn't know, what about Jiang's mother?

It's impossible that Jiang's mother knew nothing.

"Come on, let's go back. I've saved something fun for you." Jiang Nanqiu quickly changed the subject when she sensed the atmosphere was getting a bit awkward.

"Okay!" Jiang Anxia smiled slightly, suppressing the bitterness in her heart.

If things don't go well this time, she might have to say goodbye to the Jiang family!

well!

Gu Yanzhu waited silently by their side the whole time they were talking.

Seeing that he had finished speaking, he pushed his bicycle to Jiang Nanqiu and handed it to him.

Gu Yanzhu turned around and stood in front of Jiang Anxia.

Jiang Anxia smiled and readily gave the bicycle to Gu Yanzhu to ride, while she sat on the back seat.

Jiang Nanqiu, who was slightly behind, watched this scene unfold.

His beloved little girl was kidnapped by someone else.

Looking at the gate of the Jiang family in front of her, Jiang Anxia's memory seemed to return to when she first came into this world.

At that time, the care and love that the Jiang family gave was genuine.

She didn't know why, but after such a short time, the warm and cozy scenes from the past seemed like a dream.

It was all a fleeting dream. Now the dream is over, and she needs to face reality.

"Xiaxia?" Jiang Nanqiu called out when he saw Jiang Anxia standing still.

"Hmm... um, what's wrong?" Jiang Anxia snapped out of her daze and looked at Jiang Nanqiu with a puzzled expression.

"Let's go inside. Mom and the others will be very happy to see you back." Jiang Nanqiu pursed her lips slightly.

Song Yan is at home now. He doesn't know if Jiang's mother will react when she sees Jiang Anxia, ​​but he is very happy that Jiang Anxia is back.

"Third Brother, you should go back first! I still need to go to Ayan's to get something." Jiang Anxia paused for a moment, then murmured.

"What do you need? I'll get it for you." Jiang Nanqiu's brow twitched.

"I can go by myself. Third Brother, you go back first!" Jiang Anxia forced a smile.

Their future relationship depends entirely on today.

"Xiaxia..." Jiang Nanqiu was interrupted by Jiang Anxia before she could finish speaking.

"Hey! You go back first! It's not far." Jiang Anxia walked behind Jiang Nanqiu and gently pushed him.

Jiang Nanqiu sighed and chose to compromise.

"Okay! Then come back soon."

"I understand." Jiang Anxia breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Jiang Nanqiu enter the courtyard.

"Silly." Gu Yanzhu said softly, walked behind the little girl, and reached out to touch the top of her head.

"You're the idiot," Jiang Anxia retorted softly.

She just didn't know how to face Mr. and Mrs. Jiang.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything." Gu Yanzhu understood the girl's concerns.

He felt sorry for this young girl; in his heart...

The little girl should be carefree; not as cautious as she is now.

Jiang Anxia didn't speak; she simply smiled gently at Gu Yanzhu.

She knew that Gu Yanzhu was always behind her.

"Let's go!" After a moment of silence, seeing that no one was around, Jiang Anxia took Gu Yanzhu's hand and gradually left the place.

Gu Yanzhu smiled gently, following the girl's lead.

"Hey! Xiaxia's back!" Lin Bai was lying on a chair, reading a book leisurely.

"Yeah! Why are you reading?" Jiang Anxia asked curiously.

Lin Bai doesn't like reading, so why is he actually starting to read on his own now?

"How boring!" Lin Bai sighed.

Since Gu Yanzhu ran to town two days ago, he felt like he was getting bored to death.

"Ignore him." Gu Yanzhu turned the little girl's head back and took her hand, leading her towards the room.

"Ayan, what's wrong with you? Aren't we still good brothers?" Lin Bai yelled, condemning Gu Yanzhu's retreating figure.

The response to Lin Bai was six dots, indicating that Gu Yanzhu did not want to pay attention to Lin Bai, who seemed to have mental problems.

"What?! Everyone has a boyfriend or girlfriend." Lin Bai muttered under his breath as he saw the two holding hands.

He wanted to go find his beloved Jiaojiao, but Jiaojiao said he wouldn't be allowed to go until he finished reading the book.

Oh my god! He's so pitiful!

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Jiang Anxia turned to look at Lin Bai.

Lin Bai's eyes were fixed on the book in his hand, but the expression on his face was very subtle.