"Da Nian, hurry back to bed and go to sleep." Lu Chen saw this and quickly reminded Da Nian, then said to his father, "Dad, I'll bring the hot water to the washroom for you. You should take a shower and rest."

"No need to carry it, I can do it myself. I can still carry some hot water. You should rest first." Jiang Mingjing wasn't old enough to have his son serve him, so he refused Lu Chen's help.

Seeing this, Lu Chen did not insist any further.

"Oh, right, Uncle Xu came by earlier, but he went back when he saw you weren't there. Aunt Yu and Uncle Xu are here too. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so everyone will get together for New Year's Eve dinner," Lu Chen said to Jiang Mingjing.

"I understand." Jiang Mingjing nodded.

Lu Chen then said, "Dad, get some rest. I'm going to rest now."

"Mmm." Jiang Mingjing actually wanted to say goodnight, but he felt awkward and couldn't say it, for some reason.

He looked at Danian and said, "Danian, say goodnight to your dad?"

Da Nian glanced at his grandfather, then looked at his father and said, "Goodnight, Dad."

Lu Chen was secretly amused. It was clearly his idea to say it, but he insisted on letting Da Nian say it.

"Good night," Lu Chen replied, then turned and went into his room.

After watching the door close, Jiang Mingjing carried Danian back to the room, took off Danian's clothes, and said, "Go to sleep quickly. Grandpa will be back after taking a bath. Be a good boy and go to sleep, okay?"

"Big baby will definitely sleep well, Grandpa, please come back soon." Da Nian lay on the bed and said to Jiang Mingjing very seriously.

Jiang Mingjing nodded, found his clothes, and went out to take a shower.

When Lu Chen returned to the room, he saw that his wife was already asleep, holding their daughter. He lay down beside her, turned off the light, and fell asleep with his wife and daughter in his arms.

Lu Chen took a deep breath, then remembered that he hadn't kissed Shen Qiaoyue, so he got up and kissed the sleeping Shen Qiaoyue on the forehead.

Waking up is another beautiful day.

In Beijing, after seeing his elders off at the train station, Xu Feiming picked up Lu He and took her to the military guesthouse to stay.

After packing her things at the guesthouse, Lu He went to the bathhouse to take a shower and then lay down on the bed. The bed had Xu Feiming's blanket. He said the guesthouse's blankets were not good, so he brought his own sheets from home and his own blanket from the army for her to use.

Lu He, lying on the bed, smelled the scent of soap on the blanket.

Didn't we agree that you'd come over to talk to me tonight?

Unable to fall asleep, Lu He muttered to herself that Xu Feiming must have forgotten about it.