First, we visited the Zhang family to offer New Year's greetings; second, we ate at a restaurant; and third, we continued our New Year's greetings to the mainland.

After Cai Qingwen's family arrived in Beijing, Zhang Hong and Lu Baoguo came to their home for a meal to get acquainted. Therefore, it was not at all abrupt for Lao Feng and Cai Qingwen to visit them and wish them a Happy New Year.

It was already 2 PM when the group arrived at Lu's residence. They were surprised to find that there were quite a few people from Lu's family there.

The elders, including Su Huaiyuan and Qiao Jiuru, went in first, followed by Su Ze and Zhou Wanwan with the child, then Su Feng, and finally Su Huazhu and Ling Xiaohe.

When Ling Xiaohe and Su Huazhu entered the house, there were already many people inside, and the two of them were standing at the door.

Su Ze, along with Zhou Wanwan, Su Xingchen, Su Xinghai, and Feng Zilu, had already been wishing Lu Baoguo and his wife a Happy New Year. After receiving red envelopes and candies, they stepped aside, letting Su Feng, Cai Min, Su Huazhu, and Ling Xiaohe come forward to offer their New Year greetings.

Su Feng pulled his younger sister behind him, letting her and Cai Min go first, while he and Ling Xiaohe went behind, to offer New Year's greetings together.

"Okay, okay."

Lu Baoguo was very happy to see them come, as it was something they had agreed to do beforehand.

He immediately took out a red envelope and sent one to the recipient.

However, when he sent it to Ling Xiaohe, he looked at him carefully for several times, and the more he looked, the more familiar he seemed.

"Battalion Commander Ling, what are you doing here?!"

Lu Baoguo only felt that the face looked familiar, but his youngest son behind him recognized the character and looked surprised.

Ling Xiaohe looked at the person who recognized him. He didn't recognize this person; it was probably someone who had seen him before, but he hadn't seen the person before.

"Who are you……"

He looked at the other person with a hesitant expression before asking in confusion.

"Battalion Commander Ling definitely doesn't know me. I work in the military headquarters, not in combat units. I've seen you once from afar in the ranks before, and I've heard about your heroic deeds many times."

Lu Yong is Lu Baoguo's youngest son, and the only one of his children who works in the military. He came back to visit this year. His unit is in Guangxi Province, but it's quite far from the border, just south of the mountains and rivers.

So that's how it is.

Not only did Ling Xiaohe suddenly realize, but the others were also very surprised to run into someone they knew.

"Dad, Battalion Commander Ling is really amazing. He's the most famous soldier in our military region."

Lu Yong explained Ling Xiaohe's reputation to his father, his tone full of admiration. He was an office worker, a completely different type of job from Ling Xiaohe's.

After hearing that Ling Xiaohe was a very powerful soldier, Su Huazhu couldn't help but look at the man beside her. This man was really a surprise to her.

Ling Xiaohe felt her gaze, turned his head and gave her a fawning smile.

After getting to know her better, he felt that Su Huazhu was perfect for him. Her personality, temperament, clothing, demeanor, knowledge, and thoughts were all just right for him. The more he learned about her, the more he liked her.

Su Huazhu was momentarily stunned by his smile. At the same time, she realized that this man was quite honest, like herself, with certain ideas about relationships. He was relatively pure and clean, able to stay true to himself and resist temptations. In fact, her feelings for him were growing stronger.

*Smack*

"Is your father named Ling Jianchuan?! Is Commander Ling your father?!"

Lu Baoguo suddenly clapped his hands. He remembered something and excitedly asked Ling Xiaohe.

"Yes, my dad's name is Ling Jianchuan."

Ling Xiaohe already knew that Lu Baoguo was a soldier before he was transferred to a machinery factory as the factory director. He knew that he could not become a factory director without a certain rank, so he knew that his father was Lu Chang.

"So you're his son. No wonder."

Lu Baoguo sighed with emotion. When he was demobilized, he was already a brigade commander. At that time, Ling Jianchuan was a higher-ranking officer, a deputy division commander. A few years later, he became a division commander, and a couple of years ago, he heard that he had become an army commander.

What? !

Ling Xiaohe's father is a military commander?!

Qiao Jiuru, Su Huaiyuan, Su Ze, and Su Huazhu were all surprised to learn that Ling Xiaohe's family background was so powerful; Su Feng hadn't told them about it. However, their family didn't care, since they had different professions.

Immediately, apart from the Su family and Old Feng, everyone else looked at Ling Xiaohe differently.

"So Uncle Lu knows my dad?! I have to tell my dad when I get back."

Ling Xiaohe wasn't surprised that Lu Baoguo knew his father; unless you're at that level, you generally wouldn't recognize someone.

"Okay, it's been more than ten years since we last met."

Lu Baoguo recalled those years and couldn't help but sigh, knowing he would retire in a few more years.

After visiting the Lu family for the New Year, no one wanted to go anywhere else; they planned to go back and cook something delicious.

"Uncle and Aunt, Huazhu and I are going to buy roast duck."

Ling Xiaohe didn't want to go back so soon, because he hadn't spent enough time alone with Su Huazhu yet, so he came up with this idea.

It's not even 10 o'clock yet, isn't it a bit too early to buy roast duck?!

"Okay, don't buy too much, we still have plenty of vegetables at home."

They were all there, so how could they not know what this young man was thinking?! Qiao Jiuru agreed.