"Hey, that guy is Wang Yueyue's boyfriend, right?"

The male students behind them whispered among themselves.

"I think so. I heard from a girl that they're already engaged."

"Then there's no chance at all. Look at Wang Yueyue, she never smiles at any of the male classmates. She always has a straight face."

...

The boy in front of them felt increasingly uncomfortable as he listened.

Yes, we've been classmates for two years, and she's never smiled so brightly at any boy before.

Thinking of this, the boy lowered his head in disappointment, sighed softly, and then turned and walked towards their dormitory.

His classmates looked at each other and quickly followed him to offer a few words of comfort.

After packing Wang Yueyue's things, Li Chu and the others drove home.

Finally, Wenxuan went back to Wang Yueyue's house with her.

Wenhui went home with her parents.

It was getting late, so Wenhui went back to her own room to rest when she got home.

Seeing her daughter go back to her room, Ding Qiunan walked into the living room and asked, "What did you say to our daughter just now?"

"She wanted to see Chen Yi, and I agreed!"

"What did you say? You're letting the child go all that way alone?"

"Still calling her a child? She's already twenty!"

“Even if she’s thirty, she’s still a child to me! Ugh, is this what we’re talking about? I mean, I’m worried about her, a young woman, traveling so far alone. How come you, as her father, have become so understanding this time?”

"Of course I'm worried too, but I think it's normal for Shen Yi to come back to see her when he wasn't busy before, and now that she's on vacation, she's going to see her fiancé."

And I agree that she should go, but I want Wenxuan and Yueyue to go with her.

"Hmm? That's not a bad idea." Ding Qiunan considered her husband's suggestion and thought that having their son come along might be a good idea.

"When are you planning to go? The New Year is just ten days away."

"I'll find someone to buy them sleeper tickets tomorrow. Once they've got them, they can go and come back no later than New Year's Eve. Shen Yi should be able to come back by then too."

"Alright then, but make sure you make sure to give her all the necessary instructions!"

"Don't worry, honey, I'll definitely explain everything!"

The next morning, Li Chu went to the train station to find one of his former patients. In less than an hour, this person bought him three tickets for the next afternoon, in soft sleeper berths, so he only needed to sleep one night and arrive the next morning.

When Wang Jun got home from get off work in the afternoon, he first called Wenxuan and Yueyue back, and then threw the train tickets at the three of them. The three children were overjoyed, but Wang Jun was furious.

"Li Chu, what do you mean? I finally got a few days off and you send my daughter and son-in-law to such a faraway place."

"Hey, alright, do you even believe what you're saying? When you come back to see your wife, just say you're seeing your wife, not your daughter and son-in-law. I told them to leave, and that made room for you two."

"Qiu Nan, don't you control your man? Listen to what he's saying! The children are still here."

Li Chu's words made Li Qiaoyun blush deeply. Even if it was true, she shouldn't have said it like that.

The three children, holding their tickets, sat to one side and secretly laughed. Wenhui, on the other hand, didn't even listen to what they were saying; she was just staring at the tickets and grinning foolishly.

Suddenly, she realized something, looked up at Li Chu, and asked, "Dad, should I call Shen Yi and tell him?"

"Why not give him a surprise? The county government is easy to find, so there's no need to worry about him not being able to find it. Oh, right."

Li Chu stood up, walked to the living room door, and picked up the shoulder bag he usually carried.

He took an envelope out of his bag and handed it to Wenhui: "This is a letter of introduction. After you get there, go to the local armed forces department's guesthouse and book your accommodation."

At this point, he looked at Wenxuan and Wang Yueyue and said, "Yueyue, you and Wenhui will stay in the same house tonight."

"Understood, Father Chu."

"Qiu Nan, get some money for the children and those random tickets."

"good"

"Each of you three should put some money and tickets in a container, and make sure you keep them safe."

"Dad, I have money here, just give me some tickets," Wenhui quickly refused.

"Yes, that's right, Dad Chu, we have money here."

As college students, they receive an 18-yuan stipend each month, and Li Chu and Ding Qiunan also give them pocket money from time to time, so these three girls are not short of money at all.

"You can have what you want. You never know what uncontrollable things might happen when you're out and about. It'll put our minds at ease if you pack more." Li Chu waved his hand.

He then spent a long time instructing the three children on things to be careful about on the road.

Wang Jun and Li Qiaoyun remained silent, simply sitting and listening. Li Chu had specifically instructed them to have Wang Yueyue stay with Wen Hui that night, which was what pleased the couple the most.

After Li Chu finished speaking, Wang Jun also said a few words.

The children have never traveled far from home, so it's good to let them go out and explore. As the ancients said, "Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles."

The youngest, Wang Yueyue, is already eighteen; it's time to let them go out and see the world.

The following afternoon, half an hour before the train departed, Li Chu, Ding Qiunan, Wang Jun, and Li Qiaoyun saw the children off onto the train.

This is the starting station, so they have plenty of time and aren't in a hurry to get off.

These days, many people take the train, but fewer take the sleeper berth.

The main issue is that these tickets aren't something you can just buy with money. When government officials travel on business, only those at a certain level can buy sleeper tickets with a letter of introduction, and even then, they're mostly hard sleeper berths; soft sleeper berths are even rarer.

Another option is like Li Chu, who directly asks someone he knows at the station for a sleeper ticket. Of course, if the person you ask isn't particularly helpful, they might not be able to buy a sleeper ticket either.

I reminded the children a few more things to be careful about in the car, and when I saw that it was almost time, the four of them got off the car.

As they listened to the train's whistle and watched it slowly pull away from the platform, the two mothers, whose moods were already low, burst into tears.

Li Chu and Wang Jun exchanged a glance and shook their heads helplessly. Well, they'd better comfort their own wives.

After watching the train drive away, the two men each took the woman, whose eyes were red from crying, and led her out of the station.

In the car, Li Chu looked at his wife, who was still sniffling from time to time, and reached out to ruffle her hair.

"Don't cry, you'll be back in just a few days, it's not like you've been gone for a long time."

“I’m not crying because of this. It just suddenly occurred to me that after they all get married, it will just be the two of us in this family.”