The next morning, Lü Yazhi got up early and urged Wen Qiao to get up and dress up properly.

Watching Wen Qiao braid her hair.

Lu Yazhi said, "I always thought you were still a child. I didn't expect you to have grown into a young lady. Over the years, I have never bought you a dress. I saw many young women wearing dresses on the street yesterday."

"Mom will buy you one later too."

Wen Qiao said nonchalantly, "No need, I'm fine wearing pants. It's very convenient for work."

After quickly tidying up, Wen Qiao and Lü Yazhi went out, just as Li Qiang also came out.

"Comrade Wen, give me the room key, I'll go check out."

“Okay.” Wen Qiao quickly handed the key to Li Qiang.

Looking up, I saw Shen Jichuan coming down from the second floor.

Shen Jichuan looked up at Wen Qiao and casually glanced at his watch.

"It's still early, so let's have breakfast in the hotel cafeteria and then drive straight back to Beicheng."

"I only took two days off, and I have to go back to the unit for a meeting tonight."

Wen Qiao naturally dared not delay Shen Jichuan's time.

Lu Yazhi urged, "If you can't eat breakfast, then don't."

Shen Jichuan laughed and said, "How can that be?"

Young comrade, you can't stay awake if you don't eat breakfast.

Wen Qiao knew that Shen Jichuan was talking about her.

Breakfast was simple. Li Qiang went to check out, while Shen Jichuan, Wen Qiao, and Lü Yazhi went to the hotel cafeteria. Breakfast included steamed buns, dumplings, rolls, eight-treasure porridge, eight-treasure pickles, and tea eggs.

Simple yet nutritious.

They were halfway through their meal when Li Qiang arrived.

After having dinner and getting into the car, they drove back to Beicheng. On the way back, Wen Qiao was worried about what would happen if Wang Dayong wasn't in Beicheng.

Shen Jichuan told her not to worry.

He didn't say the rest, but Wen Qiao felt that Shen Jichuan's words were very believable.

The journey took more than ten hours, with Shen Jichuan and Li Qiang taking turns driving.

By the time they reached the northern part of the city, it was already dark.

Just as the car entered the city and was heading towards the Shen family's house, Lü Yazhi suddenly said, "Let's find a hotel outside. She and Wen Qiao will stay at a hotel outside."

Wen Qiao then noticed that her mother's expression was a little off.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"Xiao Qiao, you haven't married Haiyang yet, so it's inappropriate for you to move into the Shen family's house so suddenly."

"Let's stay in the hotel first, and talk about it later."

Wen Qiao felt that her mother was acting very strangely.

Shen Jichuan got off the car first.

"May I say something to Wen Qiao?"

Lu Yazhi glanced at the gentle and refined Shen Jichuan. She never expected that Shen Jichuan... could be interested in Wen Qiao.

Wen Qiao had a gut feeling that something was wrong.

She opened the car door and went to find Shen Jichuan.

Before she could ask, Shen Jichuan lit a cigarette.

"I'm sorry, I wanted to tell your mother about us. I said I love you and I want to marry you."

Wen Qiao sighed softly.

"No wonder she suddenly changed her expression. It's my fault too; I was just sleeping the whole way and didn't notice her face."

"By the way, when did you tell my mom? I didn't even notice."

"On the way, your mom got carsick, so I gave her some water and we chatted briefly."

At the time, Lu Yazhi kept telling him that Wen Qiao and Haiyang would take care of him in the future, and that Wen Qiao should treat him like her own father.

He then spoke his mind directly.

Wen Qiao was unusually quiet.

“I will make things clear to you. Sir, Haiyang is indeed your adopted son, but it is true that he is harsh on me. I would never say a good word about him in front of my mother.”

Shen Jichuan: "I can understand."

That's the truth. Shen Haiyang wasn't good to Wen Qiao to begin with, so there was no need for Wen Qiao to tell Lü Yazhi all the good things about Shen Haiyang.

"I'll have Li Qiang take you to the military family guesthouse. Don't worry, you can stay as long as you want."

"Talk to your mother nicely, don't rush, and don't argue."

Wen Qiao nodded. "Okay, I understand."

"Then I'll go with my mom first."