An Qingbai pulled his wife's hand and secretly kissed it before telling her.

"Last night I won a cleaning gift pack. We don't have to clean ourselves. Just put a machine in and it's done."

Zhuang Zhimeng was very happy.

"Then I'm relieved. We're now inclined to live in this courtyard house."

"Okay, let's come back and check out the room again tomorrow. If we're satisfied, we'll stay here."

"Okay, it's settled then."

Zhuang Zhimeng gave her lover directions, and the couple arrived at Lao Mo.

After sitting down, Zhuang Zhimeng ordered two identical steak and pasta set meals.

"Hold the knife in your right hand and the fork in your left. Don't make any noise when cutting the steak. Honey, you try it."

An Qingbai cut the steak according to his wife's demonstration.

After a few quick cuts, he got the hang of it and placed the cut steak in front of his wife.

"Honey, you eat first, then I'll continue cutting."

An Qingbai fed his wife a piece of chopped meat before continuing to cut.

Zhuang Zhimeng forked a piece of meat from the plate and fed it to her lover, whispering to him as they ate.

"The environment here is actually quite nice; no one speaks loudly, everyone speaks softly."

If we weren't driving, we could have some red wine.

"Honey, you seem to have some steak, right? Let's make it at home sometime, and then we can have some red wine with it."

"Yes, we can do it ourselves when we have time."

Just as the couple finished their steak, the pasta arrived.

An Qingbai felt that eating noodles with a fork was really tiring, and he secretly grumbled to his wife.

"It would be so much better to have chopsticks. Using a fork, you can only scoop up a small amount of noodles at a time, which is such a hassle."

Zhuang Zhimeng smiled.

"Don't make a fuss, or people will laugh at us."

You can roll up a lot, just eat it elegantly.

Is that so?

As An Qingbai spoke, he rolled up a lot of noodles and elegantly put them into his mouth.

Zhuang Zhimeng covered her mouth and chuckled to herself.

"Haha, that's it, you have to be elegant."

An Qingbai shook his head and smiled.

"I'm really not used to it."

"Next time, let's eat steak and pasta at home with chopsticks."

"Yeah, next time I'm going to eat as much as I want at home."

The couple leisurely finished their Western meal.

Driving to the municipal government office building, Shang Jingshu was reinstated and was still working there.

Zhuang Zhimeng and An Qingbai found Grandpa Shang's office and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

"Grandpa Shang, it's been a year since we last met. Do you miss me?"

Shang Jingshu looked up in surprise when he heard Zhuang Zhimeng's voice.

"You're finally back. I've been waiting for you to come back and complete the transfer procedures."

My unfilial sons have been eyeing that house of mine. I told them I gave it away, but they didn't believe me.

"Let's complete the transfer of ownership now and see what they can do about it."

Zhuang Zhimeng smiled.

"What a coincidence, we've come here today to ask you to help us with the transfer of ownership."

Abo's grandfather left us a house, but he has passed away.

We plan to move to the house that Grandpa left us first, mainly because it's close to the school.

We'll consider what we'll use the house you give us.

"Great job, you two! Now you have two houses."

Apply for both houses together.

The house I gave you is yours to use as you see fit; once it's given to you, it's yours.

An Qingbai took out the supporting documents.

Shang Jingshu signed his name.

"You can just take these two approval documents to the housing management office and process them directly."

"Thank you, Grandpa Shang."

By the way, what happened to your former deputy after you came back?

Shang Jingshu smiled sarcastically.

"I fully affirmed his work, and now I have sent him to Xinjiang to combat desertification."

Such outstanding people are bound to achieve great things.

It just means it won't be easy to come back later.

Zhuang Zhimeng gave a thumbs up.

"You're still the best."

Shang Jingshu smiled.

"As soon as I came back, my assistant was all over me, showering me with sweet talk. How could I fall for that?"

They could send him to Xinjiang to work on construction projects in no time.

Zhuang Zhimeng asked.

"Do your children want to acknowledge you back?"

"Zhimeng, you were right, she contacts me every day."

They knelt and cried for me, making me not want to go home.

"As soon as I get home, those three unfilial sons put on a show for me every other day."

"You've been living here all this time?"

"Yes, look at me, I have everything."

They can't get in here. I've already told them not to come in.

Zhuang Zhimeng suggested.

"Once we've settled in, you can come stay with us for a few days if you have time."

Aber and I will make you something delicious.

"Sure, it'll be lively staying at your place. Grandpa Shang will be waiting for you to come and pick me up."

"Don't worry, we still have some time before school starts."

We'll come pick you up once we've settled in, and Grandpa can come stay with us for a few days too.

"That's good, Lao Zhuang and I can play for a few days."

Shang Jingshu patted his forehead as he spoke.

"As you get older, you become more forgetful."

Your master said a couple of days ago that he missed you. Go see them after you finish the property transfer.

Zhuang Zhimeng and An Qingbai nodded.

"Okay, we'll head over as soon as we're done. Master and the others haven't changed their address, have they?"

Shang Jingshu shook his head.

"I'll write down the address for you."

They didn't want their former adopted son to find them, so they simply moved to a different place.

After receiving the address, Zhuang Zhimeng and her husband said goodbye to Grandpa Shang.

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