Three hours later.

Chu Jiang also went out to greet the person.

"You guys play in the living room for a while. I'll go pick up Xi Ran first, and we'll have lunch together later. If you're tired, my sister can take you to the guest room to rest for a bit, or you can go to my room."

Everyone nodded.

Chu Jiang also left in a hurry.

Xiao Zhebin joked, "I've never seen him like this before."

Qiu Bojie retorted, "How could I not have seen that? He was like that when he was pursuing Sun Qing."

"That's different."

"What's different?"

The two began to clash again.

Wen Jincheng's temples throbbed. "You two, that's enough. This is the Chu family home, not a school dormitory. Behave yourselves."

The two of them turned their faces away in perfect unison, making humming noises, and ignored each other.

Wen Jincheng rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on. "Please, you two, be more mature. You're almost fifty years old combined. Stop doing such childish things. You're not kids anymore. You're not afraid of embarrassing yourselves, but I am. It's really embarrassing to come out with you two."

The two were a little embarrassed, so they sat obediently on the sofa eating snacks and drinking tea, not daring to argue anymore, lest they make a fool of themselves.

Wen Jincheng smiled with relief when he saw that the two had finally calmed down. He was relieved that he no longer had to reason with the two brutes.

As the three of them sat quietly on the sofa watching TV and having snacks, the door beeped open, indicating that someone had entered using facial recognition.

Everyone looked over, thinking that Chu Jiangyi and Xi Ran had returned, but they didn't expect to see a handsome middle-aged man.

At this moment, Xiao Zhebin, Wen Jincheng, and Qiu Bojie finally understood why Chu Jiangyi was so handsome and the campus heartthrob of G University; it turned out that he inherited his looks from Uncle Chu.

When Chu Jiangning saw Chu Wentao return, she ran straight over to him. Chu Wentao said affectionately, "Slow down, be careful not to fall."

Chu Jiangning stuck out her tongue and hugged Chu Wentao's arm, saying coquettishly, "No way, Daddy wouldn't let Ningning fall. I know you can catch me. You love me the most."

Chu Wentao gently tapped Chu Jiangning's forehead and scolded, "Your dad is getting old, with frail arms and legs. Isn't it a bit too much to test me like this?"

Chu Jiangning pouted, "No way, my dad will always be the most handsome man in the world. You're not old at all. If you stand next to my brother, people will definitely think you're his younger brother."

"Nonsense."

“I’m not talking nonsense; every word I said comes from the bottom of my heart.”

As Xiao Zhebin watched Chu Jiangning and her father interact, the image of his older sister working tirelessly since childhood flashed through his mind—doing all the laundry, cooking, and housework.

Sometimes he wanted to help his sister lighten her burden, but his parents always said that housework was a girl's job, that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen, and that a grown man should do great things.

He doesn't think he can do anything great right now. He's struggling to make ends meet and can't even find an internship. His sister is doing better working in a factory.

Graduation equals unemployment!

This is the thing I'm most worried about right now!

He couldn't bring himself to work day and night in a factory like his sister.

If going to university is just a means to get a job in a factory and screw things in, is it really necessary?

He is currently feeling lost about his future and doesn't know which way to go.

Seeing the Chu family living in such a magnificent villa, I couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion, realizing that people are different from one another.

Some people are born into privilege, while others are born into hardship, like his sister.

He was a little better off. His parents favored boys over girls, so he didn't have a bad childhood. It was just his older sister who suffered.

Is this what Chu Jiang also said to him? Is this how normal family relationships are?

It was so heartwarming, so very heartwarming. He was so envious and wanted to live like that too. He didn't want to follow in his parents' footsteps, because that would be so tragic.

Chu Wentao was holding his daughter, and the two were chatting happily when they turned around and found three unfamiliar faces in the house.

Who are you?

"Hello, Uncle. We are Chu Jiangyi's good friends and roommates."