After spending a few hours with Zhao Yu, Yu Xiaohan had become quite competitive with the Zhao family. He thought, his daughter had given birth to three grandsons and a granddaughter for the Zhao family. Zhao Qingshan would have four grandchildren to take care of him, while he would have none. This was a bit unfair.

Therefore, after Yu Xiaohan returned to Hong Kong Island, he spent two days dealing with the accumulated official business during this period. He told Qian Yuxin to keep an eye on the company, and he flew back to Kyoto with Lao Hu on the third day.

This time, Yu Xiaohan went to the Zhao family as a guest openly, saying that he was old and missed his grandchildren, so he came to see them.

For Yu Meiru's sake, Zhao Qingshan and Zhao Guohui couldn't kick Yu Xiaohan out, so they had to let him stay.

With Yu Xiaohan now settled in, the Zhao family has had a lot more to do. Yu Xiaohan is very good at managing things. Today he bought a lot of clothes, toys, and snacks for his four little grandchildren. Tomorrow he took them to the playground. The day after tomorrow he simply bought four houses, saying that they were one for each child.

Yu Meiru accepted the clothes and toys, but she firmly refused to accept the house. She knew the tempers of her husband, Zhao Guohui, and her father-in-law, Zhao Qingshan. The last time Yu Xiaohan secretly took Zhao Yu away, the family was terrified. For Yu Meiru's sake, the Zhao family didn't pursue the matter. It had only been a few days, and the Zhao family was still angry with Xiaohan. He didn't take good care of her in Hong Kong Island, and he was hanging around the Zhao family all the time, which really worried Yu Meiru.

Yu Meiru knew that Yu Xiaohan's purpose in coming to Kyoto was to get them to agree to give him a child. If it were anything else, no matter how valuable it was, Yu Meiru would have begged Zhao Qingshan and his son. This child wasn't a thing; it was her own flesh and blood. Even if Zhao Qingshan and his son agreed, Yu Meiru wouldn't let them leave her side. Besides, being a child of a wealthy family wasn't easy. The more you gain, the greater the corresponding responsibility. Even Yu Meiru herself was almost married off by her father as a bargaining chip to ensure a good match. She was terrified of the life of having money but no freedom, and naturally didn't want her child to suffer that hardship again.

Seeing Yu Xiaohan hanging around the Zhao family day after day, Yu Meiru was secretly worried. Neither Zhao family member was greedy for money. No matter how rich Yu Xiaohan was, they wouldn't have the slightest interest in him. If Yu Xiaohan ever lost his mind and brought up the matter of the child in front of her father-in-law, Zhao Qingshan, Yu Meiru thought Zhao Qingshan would just swat him out with a big broom. If that happened, she, as his daughter-in-law, would have no face left.

Yu Xiaohan's ideas differed from Yu Meiru's. In Yu Xiaohan's view, there was no one in the world who didn't love money. He wanted to let the Zhao family know that he had plenty of money. If he just let them go a little, their lives would improve significantly. Even if he took the child home to raise, he would still be a grandson of the Zhao family. He would give up his family name for tens of millions in wealth. Why not? It would be strange if the Zhao family would object to such a thing!

Zhao Yu's cuteness made Yu Xiaohan unable to let go. Yu Xiaohan came back this time, obviously with his own little calculations. Yu Xiaohan thought that even if Zhao Yu didn't give it to him, no matter which grandson was willing to go to Hong Kong Island with him, his trip would be worthwhile.

Yu Xiaohan's actions made Yu Meiru's nerves tense, fearing that if she neglected anything, one of her children would be abducted by this unruly grandfather, or that Yu Xiaohan would be beaten by her father-in-law. Although Zhao Qingshan was over sixty years old, if they really came to blows, the pampered Yu Xiaohan in his fifties would be no match for him.

The Zhao family father and son noticed Yu Meiru's anxiety. It was precisely because of their concern for Yu Meiru's feelings that Zhao Qingshan and Zhao Guohui tolerated Xiao Han's behavior.

Yu Xiaohan was affectionate with the children, and if he had no particular destination in mind, the Zhao family would have welcomed him. The problem was that after Yu Xiaohan had become familiar with his grandchildren, he would occasionally trick them into going to Hong Kong Island with him. This displeased the Zhao family, but for Yu Meiru's sake, they couldn't kick the shameless Yu Xiaohan out.

These days, Zhao Qingshan and Zhao Guohui were busy competing with Yu Xiaohan in wits and courage, and they really ignored Zhou Yuanyuan, the "good girl" who usually takes the least amount of worry.

After receiving Zhao Yunxiang's call, Zhao Qingshan broke out in a cold sweat. Although Zhao Qingshan knew that Zhou Yuanyuan was quite capable, she was only a teenager after all! After a week without going to school and not seeing the child come to his house for a visit, Zhao Qingshan couldn't help but feel extremely anxious.

Zhao Qingshan picked up the phone and called General Zhou's house. He wanted to ask General Zhou if he knew the whereabouts of Zhou Yuanyuan.

The person who answered the phone at General Zhou's house wasn't Zhou Xi, but a young soldier. The soldier said Zhou Xi wasn't home, having been on a mission for days and still hadn't returned. General Zhou was in a meeting today and wasn't home either. He told Zhao Qingshan to wait until General Zhou got home tonight and then call him back.

Zhao Qingshan did not give up and asked the young soldier if he had seen Zhou Yuanyuan in the past few days. The young soldier replied that he saw Zhou Yuanyuan once last Saturday when she returned to the old house, but he had not seen her since then.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Qingshan's hands were shaking, and he couldn't light the cigarette in his mouth even after striking several matches.

Zhao Qingshan doesn't smoke normally. He only smokes a cigarette to calm his mind when he is extremely flustered.

After striking several matches and failing to light his cigarette, Zhao Qingshan decided to give up smoking. He tossed the cigarette into the ashtray, grabbed his coat, and ran to school. Zhao Yunxiang had just mentioned that Yuanyuan's teacher, Teacher Wang, had gone to the principal to complain, saying that Yuanyuan was disrespectful and undisciplined, and demanded that the school expel her.

Zhou Zhixin was not at home, and Zhao Yunxiang was afraid that the school would not accept her statement as a woman, so she called her father to give her courage and went to the school to ask for an explanation.

How could Yuanyuan, who had always been a good child with excellent academic performance, be labeled a bad student by her teacher? Zhao Qingshan and Zhao Yunxiang couldn't believe it.

After Zhao Qingshan moved, he suggested that Zhou Yuanyuan and her siblings move into the Zhao family's courtyard house. Both children declined, arguing that the courtyard house was a bit far from Chaoyang Middle School, and the bus ride to and from school took over 40 minutes. The dormitory Zhao Qingshan had assigned to the hospital, on the other hand, was right near the school, making it only a few minutes' walk.

Zhao Qingshan agreed, thinking that the two children would have company and the dormitory building was close to where the children went to school.

Over the past few years, Zhou Yuanyuan and her siblings had been a relief. They spent their days in the dormitory except for going to and from school. During school holidays, they would obediently visit the Zhao family and Zhao Yunxiang's company. It was the first time Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't heard from them for seven days straight.