When Ruan Ruan woke up, it was already past 9 o'clock. She was woken up by hunger. After eating, she took a recliner, placed it under the eaves, sat on it, and continued to rest with her eyes closed.

After Huo Haocheng and the others finished eating, the children came running over. Just then, his third aunt had asked him to water the vegetables in the field, as he was worried that the two children would be left unattended. Xiao Mingxuan and the others arrived at just the right time.

"Uncle, Dad said you're back, so I came to see you right away. You haven't seen me in so long. Aren't you happy?" Xiao Mingxuan had just finished breakfast and was about to go out to play with his friends in the yard when he heard his father say that his beloved uncle had come, so he ran over immediately.

"Uncle is overjoyed to see Mingxuan!" It's like a godsend!

After that, Huo Haocheng put the two children in the stroller, took the water bucket, and with the three little tails following behind, went to work in the fields.

"Mingxuan, you two stay here and help your uncle watch over your younger brother and sister. Remember, don't let them out, and you can't leave either, understand? Your uncle is going to fetch water and will be right back. Promise your uncle you won't run around, can you do that?" Huo Haocheng said to the three children as if assigning a task.

"Yes..." The three children were overjoyed to hear that Huo Haocheng had given them a task, and they patted their chests and promised, "Uncle, don't worry, we will definitely protect our younger brother and sister."

Seeing how serious they were, Huo Haocheng kept turning back to look at them. Seeing them gathered around the stroller, playing with the two children, Huo Haocheng felt a little relieved. To be honest, at this moment he really felt that he had been bewitched, actually letting three half-grown children help him take care of the children. They themselves were still children. If anything happened, Ruan Ruan wouldn't say anything, and he would hate himself to death.

So, seeing that the children were waiting for him, he quickened his pace, hurriedly fetched water from the river, and headed back.

Fortunately, the ground in their residential compound was very flat, so even if he walked far away, he could still see the children passing by, which made him feel a little more at ease.

He made several trips back and forth as quickly as possible before he could water all the vegetables in their field.

After they finished, the children stayed where they were, playing with the other children. Mingxuan and Xiaoxing patiently taught the children to call them "brother" and "sister".

"Alright, let's go back to play now. You all behaved very well today. Come on, your uncle will buy you some ice cream."

It was still early and the sun wasn't too strong, so Huo Haocheng left the bucket in the duty room and took the children to the supermarket to buy a freezer.

When they arrived, my aunt had just finished buying groceries for the day and was about to go home when she saw them. She asked them a few questions, then left them alone and went home with the groceries.

Wang Qun hadn't seen Huo Haocheng leading a group of children around like this for a long time. On the way back, he thought about it and realized that twenty years had passed in the blink of an eye.

She thought that Huo Haoshen's child would be born, and she would take care of him for another year before going home. She also missed her own family, Huo Songhuai.

Such days are both ordinary and warm.

The Zheng brothers departed for Haicheng three days later. Before leaving, they asked Lan Chaoyang to temporarily take over their work. Ruan Ruan prepared some things for Haicheng, and Huo Haocheng wrote two letters for them to deliver to Director Zhang and Ruan Shaokun when they arrived in Haicheng. Su Yanqiu also prepared some things for his second uncle, asking them to take them with him.

Zheng Xuyang knew that they were helping them in a roundabout way. They did not refuse to take care of each other as brothers, and they went to the supermarket to buy a lot of Yuncheng specialties to bring to them.

Just as Huo Haocheng had said before, the two brothers had just arrived in Haicheng and checked into their guesthouse. They then took their belongings and went straight to see Mayor Su, since he was their elder and they thought it would be better to find out more about the situation first.

When they arrived at the government building, Mayor Su had just finished a meeting. During this period, as more and more officials were brought down, their workload also increased. In addition, after Commander Gu called him to say that Zheng Xuyang had donated all of the Zheng family's assets to the country, he sent his secretary, Shen Yan, to settle the Zheng family's financial situation, making Mayor Su even busier.

Seeing the Zheng brothers arrive, he thought about what he had learned before. They had good relationships with the Ruan and Gu families. He had also heard that his nephew had a good relationship with the two of them. Now that he saw them, he couldn't help but sigh. The Zheng family had really let wolves into the house. If the Zheng family had been handed over to these two brothers, would the family not have prospered?

"Mayor Su, this was specially prepared for you by Comrade Su Yanqiu when he knew we were coming. They are all specialties from Yuncheng." As he spoke, Zheng Xuyang showed the contents of the bag one by one. They had brought such a big bag in, which had been seen by many people. So by saying this and taking out the contents for everyone to see, no one would bring it up again.

Mayor Su understood the reason behind their actions. In just a few minutes, he had gained a new understanding of Zheng Xuyang's abilities. No wonder Ruan Ruan had defied public opinion to appoint Zheng Xuyang, an unknown person who was involved in the black market, as the deputy director of the pharmaceutical factory. He had also heard that Ruan Ruan valued him highly.

Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that he was one of their own, he would have really tried to steal her away from Ruan Ruan.

"Please sit down quickly. I have another meeting in a bit. Let me tell you about the Zheng family's situation first, and then tell me your thoughts. I'll try my best to cooperate if I can." Mayor Su felt a headache coming on just thinking about the meeting that was coming up.

"Okay, that would be great, thank you so much, Mayor Su." After exchanging a few polite words, Zheng Xuyang shared his thoughts with Mayor Su.

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