Central Plains Provincial Capital Airport.

Zhong Ping arrived at the airport early to wait, squatting in a corner, craning his neck, and looking at the exit, like a "waiting-for-wife stone," appearing somewhat sad and miserable.

Looking back on the days he had spent living alone, he felt a pang of resentment. He was hungry, cold, and kept losing at cards. Yesterday, he even tripped and fell while walking in the rain. Life had been so hard.

Many things only become truly important after they are lost, like a wife.

When they're around, I always feel like they're dispensable, and I even wish they'd leave. But once they leave, I can't go on living like this.

Just then, Zhong Ping's eyes lit up. Seeing his wife and daughter emerge from the terminal, he rushed over. Zhong Rou dropped her suitcase, stretched out her arms, and ran after him, shouting, "Dad~~~"

Zhong Rou successfully missed her biological father. Seeing him walk past her and hug her mother tightly, she pouted, almost as if she were about to pick up a soy sauce bottle, and angrily said, "Zhong Ping!"

Gao Ruoyun listened to her husband's words, as he expressed his longing. She was somewhat surprised, but a beautiful smile appeared on her lips.

Zhong Ping complained for a while, then finally remembered his little daughter. He patted Zhong Rou on the shoulder with a smile and said, "My little darling."

"Hey, don't touch me." Zhong Rou crossed her arms, shook off her father's hand, and turned her back to him.

"Little girl..."

"I told you not to touch me, now watch out for my Zhong-style Eight Fists."

Zhong Ping picked up Zhong Rou, letting his little girl's fists land on his face, but he still had a smiling face. The family of three then walked out of the airport.

Back at the manor, Gao Ruoyun looked at the mess in the room and the fact that the noodles were all gone. She finally understood why her husband missed her so much. She glanced at Zhong Ping and said, "If only you had half of Xiao Chu's abilities."

"I am who I am, a unique spark."

“... ..."

Gao Ruoyun tidied up the house and then stewed a cured pig's trotter. The milky white soup was fragrant and delicious. Zhong Ping drank some wine and ate the pig's trotter, finally returning to normal life.

Meanwhile, Gao Ruoyun was chatting with her neighbor Dai Xiuhua, who looked at the photos Gao Ruoyun had taken and said enviously, "Wow, it really is a beautiful international metropolis."

"Xiuhua, do you know how much of a rip-off Shanghai is?" Gao Ruoyun complained. "A rotten cabbage stalk, smeared with a few drops of butter, and some garnish, and it sells for over a hundred yuan! Cabbage is free here. Those hotels are robbing people. It makes me so angry."

Dai Xiuhua said, "That's a five-star hotel, frequented by VIPs. They don't eat cabbage scraps, but rather they appreciate taste and status."

"Anyway, I didn't find it particularly good." Gao Ruoyun pouted. "Xiao Chu also said it wasn't interesting."

“You’re so lucky, you don’t even know it,” Dai Xiuhua said. “If my daughter could find a boyfriend who is half as capable as Xiao Chu, I’d be burning incense in gratitude.”

“... ..."

"Hey Rou Rou, tell us quickly, what's Shanghai really like?"

Are all the people you go to school with rich?

"Are there any rich kids in the school who like to form cliques and bully ordinary students?"

“... ..."

Back in her hometown, Zhong Rou played with her friends. Everyone asked her about Shanghai. Many of the students in the village had never left the province or even the city, and they were quite interested in that bustling metropolis.

Zhong Rou answered her friends' questions one by one when she suddenly glanced over and saw her enemy, Hou Cangwei. Hou Cangwei walked by and instantly blocked her way. Hou Cangwei was about to get angry, but when he saw it was Zhong Rou, he immediately tensed up and stammered, "Zhong... Zhong Rou, when... when did you come back?"

"Just got home." Zhong Rou put her hands on her hips. "Hou Cangwei, I'm officially informing you that I've put a bounty on your head in Shanghai. Your lifespan has officially begun its countdown."

Hou Cangwei's pupils dilated: "Murder is illegal."

Zhong Rou waved her hand: "It's okay. I put a bounty on your head on the dark web. Do you know the dark web? It's a very cruel place. The police can't find me. You've never been to Shanghai, so you don't know how cruel Shanghai is!"

Upon hearing this, Hou Cangwei, panting heavily and terrified of his impending death, immediately turned and ran home, shouting as he ran, "Mother, Zhong Rou has sent people to kill me, I'm going to die."

As soon as the figure disappeared from sight, Zhong Rou snorted coldly: "Idiot!"

... ...

As soon as I stepped out of the airport, a light rain began to fall. A moment later, the drizzle intensified, and a downpour began.

Chu Fang and Zhong Tingyue returned home, opened the window, and let the torrential rain fall. The little dog stood by the window, watching the storm outside, while the tabby cat sat on its lap, lost in thought.

Chu Fang did not understand.

You're just a cat, where did you get that deep expression from?

Has it really become sentient?

He gently patted Lily, who dodged the slap with lightning speed, and then reached out to grab Chu Fang with her palm, leaving several marks on the back of his hand.

Immediately, Chu Fang and the tabby cat started fighting again, and he was ultimately defeated.

He sighed sadly.

With her sister-in-law gone, she lost her support, and Lily lost her rival. Once again, she became the second-to-last person in the family.

The last place went to a stray yellow dog, but the little yellow dog was always cheerful and had no idea that it was the last place creature.

"You don't even care about your cat," Chu Fang said angrily.

Zhong Tingyue found a band-aid and gently put it on him, saying with a smile, "Lily is sitting perfectly fine, why did you go and bother her?"

"I'm its father, so you can't mess with it, right?"

"What if it doesn't even recognize you as its father?"

Zhong Tingyue smiled and suddenly stared at her boyfriend, who also smiled back. While Zhong Tingyue was bandaging his hand, Chu Fang's other hand quietly climbed up his leg to his stomach, preparing to climb upwards.

"Hmm?" Just as he was about to climb, Chu Fang tilted his head, stared at Zhong Tingyue with a hint of surprise in his eyes, and asked, "Why didn't you stop me?"

In the past, when Chu Fang made these kinds of underhanded moves, Zhong Tingyue would scratch him and then gently slap away his wicked hand, but today she didn't stop him at all.

That's a bit strange.

"What, you're not happy about it?" Zhong Tingyue rolled her eyes.

"That means you did it on purpose." As he spoke, Chu Fang's hand climbed a little higher, but nothing unexpected happened, and there was no attempt to stop him. Zhong Tingyue just stared at him, as if she had no intention of stopping him.

Chu Fang immediately pulled away that wicked hand: "No, no, you can't touch me anymore, I feel something's wrong."

"What's the problem?"

Why didn't you stop me?

"You're my boyfriend."

"Hmph..." Chu Fang had a sudden inspiration and looked at Zhong Tingyue with a smile. "Zhong Tingyue, I already know your plan. You want to not stop me, then call the police, accuse me of sexual harassment, put me in jail, and then inherit my assets."

"Zhong Tingyue, you are such a ruthless woman!"

Zhong Tingyue narrowed her eyes to slits and uttered two words: "Second-rate idiot!"