"I'm helping with flood control around here. I came over as soon as it's over there. Do you have anything to eat? I haven't eaten for four meals and haven't slept for two days." Jiang Huan's voice was a little hoarse.

"Yes, there is food." Before Tao Ying could speak, Zhou Daya spoke first.

"Chuntao, you stay home with me and cook some noodles for Comrade Jie, Fangjun," Zhou Daya said to Wang Chuntao.

"Thank you, Auntie," Jiang Huan quickly said.

"Tao Ying, you can drive my car. It's fine except for being a little muddy." Jiang Huan put the keys in Tao Ying's hand and went inside with Zhou Daya.

Zhou Daya took Jiang Huan to Wang Baomin's room and got him a set of Wang Baomin's clothes.

Wang Chuntao deftly boiled water and took out the hot water from the thermos.

"Uncle, please wash up." Wang Chuntao put down the thermos and went into the kitchen.

Jiang Huan didn't stand on ceremony. He brought the water into the room, washed off the mud on his body, and washed his hair.

The clothes Wang Baomin wore fit him quite well.

Tao Ying looked at the keys in her hand and said, "Dad, Yangyang, get in the car."

"Aunt Tao, I'll go with you." Xia Ke abandoned Xia Wenjing without any mercy.

"Tao Ying, what do you mean?" The veins on his forehead were throbbing.

“Jiang Jiang’s second brother is inside. You can ask him whatever you want. Otherwise, I can call Jiang Jiang and Tang Xiao for you. I can’t help answer your questions,” Tao Ying said in a deep voice.

After speaking, Tao Ying opened the car door and helped Grandpa Wang into the car, while Xia Ke carried Tao Chenyang in.

Xia Wenjing watched the car drive away, feeling extremely agitated.

He glanced one last time at the busy grandfather and grandson in the yard, his fists clenched tightly, and finally, unwilling to give up, got into the car and left the city.

Whatever Jiang Huan's purpose in coming here, he will never know what he wants to know.

After Jiang Huan changed his clothes, Wang Chuntao brought out the noodles.

I made a thick noodle soup with half a handful of dried noodles, two eggs, and a few stalks of spinach.

Jiang Huan, who hadn't eaten anything proper for a month, immediately felt hungry.

Without any hesitation, they started eating, even drinking the soup from the entire bowl of noodles.

Zhou Daya and Wang Chuntao stared wide-eyed at the sight.

"The noodles the child made are so delicious! I haven't had such good noodles in all these years," Jiang Huan praised sincerely.

After Jiang Huan finished eating, he tried to pick up the bowl and chopsticks, but Wang Chuntao snatched them away.

"You go and rest, Chun Tao and I are going to the shop in a bit," Zhou Daya said cheerfully.

Jiang Huan didn't stand on ceremony; he was genuinely exhausted, and fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow in his room.

Zhou Daya took Wang Chuntao to another store.

Around 3 p.m., Zhou Daya gave Wang Chuntao some money and said, "Chuntao, go and buy more meat, fish, and some good vegetables. They're coming to our house, so make some nice dishes."

Wang Chuntao didn't ask any questions, took the money and left.

On the other hand, Xia Ke was incredibly happy after working as a sales clerk for a day.

Back home, Wang Baomin and Wang Baoshan, exhausted after unloading the goods, returned home together.

"Who are you?" Wang Baomin asked in shock as soon as he opened the door and saw a middle-aged man sitting up inside, dressed in his clothes.

Wang Baoshan also rushed over, looking at Jiang Huan with a completely bewildered expression.

"You must be Baomin and Baoshan. Your grandma arranged for me to stay in this room." Jiang Huan glanced at his watch. It was already past three in the afternoon. He had slept for more than six hours and his body had almost recovered.

"My grandma?" Wang Baoshan looked at Jiang Huan with some suspicion.

“I am Jiang Jiang’s third brother. Have you heard of Jiang Jiang?” Jiang Huan got off the bed and asked softly.

"You should rest. We just got back too," Wang Baoshan quickly said.

Although he knew Jiang Jiang, he didn't know why her third brother had come to his house.

Wang Baoshan thought he would ask his mother when she came back.

The two remained wary of the strange man.

"Second Brother, Third Brother, you're back?" Wang Baomin and Wang Baoshan had just come out of their room when they saw Wang Chuntao carrying large and small bags.

"What's going on?" Wang Baomin hurriedly went up and took the things from him.

"Grandma asked me to buy it. You two rest first, I'll cook." Wang Chuntao said cheerfully.

"Kid, let me help you." Jiang Huan walked over with a smile.

"Uncle Jiang, you can rest, I can manage." Wang Chuntao quickly refused.

“Uncle Jiang, you are a guest, let me do it.” Wang Baomin looked at Jiang Huan with suspicion.

"That's fine too." Jiang Huan didn't insist and sat down to start washing his own clothes.

"Second brother, third brother, you should go and rest. You've worked so hard for so long." Wang Chuntao said, looking at her second and third brothers who looked like wild men.

"What's up with this guy?" Wang Baoshan asked in a low voice.

Wang Chuntao told the two of them what she knew.

After listening, the two remained silent for a long time.

"So what exactly does he do?" Wang Baoshan asked, puzzled.

Although he was his mother's dearest son, Wang Baoshan couldn't bring himself to say that both of them were pursuing his mother.

How could someone be so desperate?

However, even Jiang Jiang's third brother might not be able to say for sure.

After all, Jiang Jiang is so stupid it's like her brain was stolen; her third brother might end up just like her.

"I don't know either, but Grandma seems to know something. She even asked me to buy good food to entertain her." Wang Chuntao didn't know anything, she just did her best to cook.

Tao Ying returned and planned to ask Jiang Huan what was wrong with him this time.

When he got home, he found all three of his nemesis there.

Jiang Huan was washing his clothes and cleaning his shoes by himself.

"Why are you two back?" Tao Ying asked, frowning as she looked at Wang Baomin and Wang Baoshan.

“Mom, it’s because Baoshan is about to start school,” Wang Baomin replied.

"Mom, don't you miss me? Aren't I your good son anymore?" Wang Baoshan looked at Tao Ying with disbelief.

Tao Ying “…”

"Why are you home too?" Tao Ying asked Wang Chuntao again.

"My grandma asked me to cook some good dishes to entertain Uncle Jiang."

Tao Ying was speechless, wondering why this old lady was meddling in her affairs.

"When are you planning to leave?" Tao Ying asked Jiang Huan frankly, since there was nothing she was ashamed of.

"I just got here." Jiang Huan hadn't expected to be so unpopular.

“I was fighting the flood not far from here when my mom called and said Xia Wenjing came over. She said she was worried he would bother you, so she asked me to come over.” Jiang Huan quickly told the truth, but didn’t mention that the place that wasn’t far was actually more than 80 kilometers away.

"How did Auntie know?" Tao Ying couldn't understand. Could it be that this family was spying on Xia Wenjing?

“My mom overheard it while she was taking a walk. She just happened to hear Xia Wenjing insisting on bringing Xia Ke over,” Jiang Huan replied.

There was no mention of that the old lady would deliberately detour to the Xia family's house every day during her walk, just to provoke Madam Xia.