Reaching the stairwell, she picked up Xiao Nian, took Da Nian's hand, and said, "Yuan Yuan, hold your brother's hand and walk together."

"Grandpa, I can walk by myself. You just need to hold my little brother's hand." Yuanyuan is four years old and walks very steadily. She won't fall down.

Fu Qingqing picked up Xiangxiang and put her down on the first floor.

"Grandma!" Xiangxiang's childish voice rang out. Li Xiaoxiao was helped out of the car by Shen Yuanyi. Upon hearing Xiangxiang's voice, Shen Yuanyi first showed a happy expression and called out, "Xiangxiang?"

Xiangxiang ran straight to her grandmother, ignoring Shen Yuanyi as she approached her.

"Grandma!" All I wanted was a hug.

Shen Yuanyi looked at his granddaughter, who hadn't seen him for a year and didn't recognize him anymore, and his face was full of sadness.

Li Xiaoxiao squatted down, hugged Xiangxiang, kissed her, and said, "Xiangxiang, do you miss Grandma?"

"Mmm, I miss Grandma." Xiangxiang was sent to Great-Grandma's place early in the morning by Grandma, and she keeps asking Great-Grandma when Grandma will come back.

"Think about it, I'm your grandpa!" Shen Yuanyi looked at Xiangxiang, the child he hadn't seen for a year, and she had grown so plump. "Xiangxiang, a year has passed, and you've grown so much?"

Hearing the familiar voice, he hesitated for a moment, then looked at his grandmother.

"Think about it, this is Grandpa, quickly call him Grandpa?" Li Xiaoxiao said to her from the side.

After receiving an affirmative answer from her grandmother, she said, "Grandpa~"

The sound made Shen Yuanyi so happy that he picked up Xiangxiang and kissed her repeatedly.

"For Xiangxiang's sake, Grandpa hasn't smoked for more than two months and hasn't drunk alcohol for a long time, just because I'm afraid Xiangxiang will dislike Grandpa."

When Shen Yuanyi saw his friend holding his grandson and smelled the cigarette on his friend, he suddenly didn't want his friend to hold him anymore.

Upon witnessing this scene, Shen Yuanyi decided to quit smoking.

Thinking about how her grandfather kissed her, she shyly shrank her neck.

Hearing what Sheng Yuanyi said, Li Xiaoxiao glared at him and said, "How dare you say that? You're so old, it's only right that you quit smoking."

Shen Yuanyi was speechless after his wife said that to him.

"Big New Year, Little New Year?" Jiang Mingjing looked at Shen Yuanyi holding his granddaughter, and he was also very envious.

Suddenly looking ahead, I saw my father-in-law bringing his grandson down with him.

Da Nian happily jogged over, but he suddenly stopped halfway there.

It's like my brain has crashed.

Looking back at my grandfather, and then back at this familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar figure.

“I’m your grandfather. Don’t you remember your grandfather?” Jiang Mingjing walked up to Da Nian, squatted down and said to Da Nian.

When Da Nian timidly called out "Grandpa," he kept observing Jiang Mingjing's expression.

"Grandpa?" After being put down by his maternal grandfather, Xiao Nian happily walked over and reached out to ask his grandfather for a hug.

"Little Nian, you're such a good girl!" Jiang Mingjing said with a kind smile as he held Little Nian in his arms.

This is really great. I thought the two children wouldn't recognize her, but now it's great that Xiao Nian was the first to recognize him as her grandfather.

"Grandpa, Mom said you were coming back today, and I knew it was Grandpa," Xiao Nian said happily.

When Da Nian saw that it was his grandfather whom he had been thinking about day and night, he suddenly became shy.

Jiang Mingjing looked at the child, Xiao Nian's chubby face, and said happily, "Xiao Nian, Grandpa missed you all, so Grandpa came today. Are you happy?"

"Grandpa is so happy, so incredibly happy!" Xiao Nian said happily to Jiang Ming.

Hearing the children happy made Jiang Mingjing very happy as well.

Looking down at Da Nian, Jiang Mingjing put down Xiao Nian, hugged Da Nian, took a deep breath, and said with emotion, "Da Nian, you're going to grow into a man. Grandpa can't carry you anymore!"

Da Nian thought that his grandfather would never hold him, but every time his grandfather picked him up, his face was full of happiness, and when he smiled, he showed his little tiger teeth.

"Brother, when did you get back?" Shen Yuanyi looked at his elder brother. It had been many years since they last met. Seeing his brother's appearance, he said, "Brother, you've gotten old!"

"I'm almost seventy, how can I not be old!" Shen Yuanfan joked. "When I left, my children were still young, and now even my youngest child is a mother. Time really flies!"

“Yes, brother-in-law, we’re all getting old,” Jiang Mingjing said, looking at Shen Yuanfan.

The two exchanged a glance, and Shen Yuanfan said, "I really didn't expect that my daughter would marry your son. It's truly fate!"

Shen Yuanfan chuckled, took a deep breath, and said, "Yes, I never expected it; it's all fate."

Shen Yuanfan and Lu Chen's mother had a connection, but later, Hai Lanjuan returned to China, and their contact was cut off.

Later, Shen Yuanfan met Chu Wanfang, who was studying abroad, and they quickly fell in love and became partners.

“I’ve known Ms. Hai Lanjuan for many years. We met through our mentor’s introduction.” Shen Yuanfan said with a smile, “You’ve been quite angry about this. The first time you met me, your eyes could have killed me.”

"Hehe, it was all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding." Jiang Mingjing felt extremely embarrassed when he thought about what happened back then.

"I don't know either," Jiang Mingjing said with an awkward smile.

Li Xiaoxiao sensed something she didn't quite understand from their tone.

"Did Mingjing know your older brother before?" Li Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

Shen Yuanfan looked at Li Xiaoxiao.

My younger brother told me that Li Xiaoxiao has a scar on her face, but you can't see it unless you look closely.

"Brother, this is my wife, Li Xiaoxiao." Shen Yuanyi hurriedly introduced Li Xiaoxiao to Shen Yuanfan.

“I heard Yuan Yi mention you two on the phone before. It’s really not easy for lovers to finally get married!” Shen Yuan Fan was truly impressed by her brother’s love. “Your sister-in-law has an extraordinary temperament. No wonder Yuan Yi can’t forget you.”

Even though Li Xiaoxiao is middle-aged and her face bears the marks of time, the heroic spirit between her brows is completely different.

"Not at all!" Li Xiaoxiao felt shy after her older brother said that, even though she was older, and glanced at Shen Yuanyi.

"As you just asked, I have indeed known Jiang Mingjing for a long time, and we became acquainted through Ms. Hai Lanjuan." Shen Yuanfan sighed softly and said, "I knew Hai Lanjuan when we were abroad, and we worked together for a long time. I've known her for longer than I've known Xiaoyue's mother."

Li Xiaoxiao sensed a hint of gossip and then glanced at Shen Yuanyi with great curiosity.

Shen Yuanfan added, “Hai Lanjuan is ten years younger than me. At that time, we met through our mentors. I was a professor at a university, and she entered that school through my mentor’s introduction. I was her teaching teacher. At that time, she had already joined the revolution. We worked together for nearly four years. Later, she received an order from the organization to return to China, and then we lost contact.”