Su Meng was stunned by her mother's shocking words: "Mom, what are you talking about? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at? I have made up my mind that I don't want to get married in the future. I want to be an excellent female diplomat. If I get married, I will be tied down by my family and it will affect my pace of progress. You see, if I get married, I will definitely have a baby. If I have a baby, will I have to delay my work?"

Mother Su was shocked: "Mengmeng, where do you get this idea from? Girls should have a family, and you are the only child of your father and I. If you don't get married, and your parents are gone, you won't even have a family. How can your parents feel at ease?"

Su Meng looked at her mother in disbelief: "Mom, what are you thinking about? How can you have such a strange idea? This is a new era, and we should be new women of the new era. And you will definitely live a long life and stay with me forever."

Su's mother laughed: "You kid, you are talking nonsense. Mom and dad can't turn into old witches to accompany you."

Su Meng took her mother's arm and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go."

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When Sheng An Ning came back, it was already the end of October. When the children got home from school, they were surprised to see Sheng An Ning sitting in the living room.

An An screamed, threw away her schoolbag and rushed over to hug her mother: "Mom, Mom, when did you come back? Why didn't you tell me? I thought you would have to wait two days. Dad didn't tell us you were coming back."

Sheng An Ning hugged her daughter who rushed over and patted her back with a smile: "Isn't this just to give you a surprise? Are you happy?"

An An laughed: "Very happy."

The boys were also very happy, but they didn’t know how to express their emotions, so they just watched Sheng An Ning and smiled.

Zhou Hongyun kept thinking that Sheng An Ning had lost weight after her trip: "The food abroad is not delicious, you have lost a lot of weight. I will make chicken soup for you tomorrow to replenish your body."

Sheng An Ning waved her hand quickly: "I am now at the standard weight, I can't take any more supplements, it will not look good if I get fatter."

Zhou Hongyun didn't think so: "How can it be ugly? I just think being fatter looks better, and plump."

Sheng An Ning became happy and turned to look at Zhou Shixun: "Do you think it looks better to be fatter or thinner?"

Zhou Shixun didn't even think about it: "They all look good."

An An hugged Sheng An Ning and laughed: "Dad has a strong desire to survive, hahaha, he doesn't dare to hesitate for a second."

Sheng Anning smiled and said, "You are becoming more and more courageous."

Zhou Hongyun watched the mother and daughter quarreling with a smile, and still went to stew red dates and white fungus soup for Sheng An Ning.

It's November in Beijing now. The weather is getting colder day by day, and there are more and more fallen leaves in the yard.

Wen Zheng gets up very early every day, sweeps the fallen leaves in the yard, and then goes to buy fried dough sticks for Zhou Hongyun. Zhou Hongyun knows that Wen Zheng is diligent, and if he stops the child, the child will become even more uncomfortable.

While Zhou Hongyun was giving Wen Zheng money for breakfast, he reminded him, "It's been cold these past two days, so you should wear more clothes when you go out. Otherwise, you'll catch a cold easily. Don't think you're in good health and wear less clothes. It's very uncomfortable to catch a cold."

Wen Zheng nodded obediently: "Yes, auntie, I'm already wearing the sweater."

Zhou Hongyun was very happy: "You are still obedient. Look at Zhou Zhou, he refuses to wear long johns no matter what, even in the middle of winter. He will get cold legs when he gets old."

Wen Zheng listened to Zhou Hongyun's nagging before running to buy breakfast.

Sheng An Ning got up late in the morning. When she came to the restaurant, the children had already finished eating and left. Zhou Hongyun was cleaning the table and was a little surprised to see her: "Working the night shift today? No, why do you look so weird?"

Sheng An Ning touched his forehead and said, "Maybe I caught a cold after coming back from the night shift last night and was blown by the cold wind."

Zhou Hongyun exclaimed: "Then you must take cold medicine immediately. I'll get you two aspirin tablets."

Sheng Anning nodded: "Okay, I'll eat something later."

Originally thought to be a simple cold, Sheng An Ning took medicine for two days but it didn't get better. She even went to the hospital for a checkup and was still having a fever after receiving an IV.

The examination showed that it was a low immune system, so I had a low fever all the time.

Zhou Hongyun thought that Sheng An Ning had a low resistance because she was too thin, but then he thought that Sheng An Ning came back too late at night and encountered something unclean while walking along the road near the imperial city.

Hengheng was timid: "Don't talk nonsense, aunt, there are no ghosts in this world."

Tangtang looked at Hengheng in confusion and said, "You are actually afraid of ghosts. There are no ghosts in this world. Look at my mom. She sees many corpses every day. If there were ghosts, she would have told me a long time ago."

Hengheng shrank his neck and said, "Because my second aunt is so powerful, no ghost dares to look for her. Anyway, I'm afraid."

Zhou Hongyun laughed and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. You are so naughty that the little ghosts will run away when they see you."

Sheng An Ning held the hot water cup and looked at them with a smile. When she spoke, her voice became hoarse: "It's okay. It may be because of the bad weather recently that I caught a cold again and again."

Zhou Hongyun felt that the latter possibility was more likely: "The wall you passed by on your way back was where the palace maids and eunuchs who died were carried out from there and then transported out on horse-drawn carriages. There's a lot of yin energy in that area. It's always eerie passing by there in the middle of summer."

Sheng An Ning sighed twice: "Aunt, it's not that exaggerated. Besides, I'm a doctor. Many of the dead people I've seen were still fresh and warm. That's why ghosts are afraid of people like us. We all have smells they don't like."

Momo suddenly said, "There's no ghost. Mom must be in poor health. Have a good rest at home."

Sheng Anning also thought so: "Well, I'll rest at home this week, and I should be almost well."

Zhou Hongyun thought to herself that young people nowadays don't believe in these things, but she does. She still wants to go to the temple to pray and pray for Sheng An Ning's safety and happiness.

Sheng An Ning stayed at home for another two days, but her condition did not improve nor did it become more serious.

Zhou Shixun was worried: "Did the hospital make a mistake? Let's go to another hospital for a checkup."

Sheng An Ning smiled: "Our hospital is already the best in Beijing. If I don't believe in the level of our hospital, what should the patients do? I really don't have any big problems. Sometimes the immunity is too low, and the course of the disease will be longer."

Zhou Nanguang pondered: "Should we get some wild crucian carp to supplement our diet? I remember this is very nutritious."

Sheng Anning smiled: "Dad, it's so cold now, and crucian carp like to grow at the bottom of the water. Where can we get wild crucian carp?"

Zhou Nanguang pondered for a moment and said, "I'll think of a way to go."

The next morning, Wen Zheng, who got up every day to sweep up the fallen leaves and rushed to buy breakfast, was missing. Zhou Hongyun was quite puzzled: "Wen Zheng slept in today?"