“Look, these are photos of her when she was little.” As soon as Fang Zhiyong entered the main room, he flipped through the photo album and took out the few photos of Dongxiu when she was a child, showing them to Robert and his wife.

After Robert and his wife took the photo, they immediately knew the answer: Dongxiu was the child of this family, because the Dongxiu in the photo looked exactly like the Dongxiu they had first met.

“Mr. Fang, we brought Dongxiu here this time at her own suggestion. She wants to know what her biological parents look like,” Robert said after putting down the photo.

"Are you my biological father?" Dongxiu's voice rang out. She overcame her fear and asked Fang Zhiyong.

“Yes, that’s me.” Fang Zhiyong replied excitedly when he saw Dongxiu speaking to him.

"Where is my biological mother?" Dongxiu asked immediately afterward.

“She…she’s dead,” Fang Zhiyong blurted out.

Dongxiu was still young, and she didn't show any sadness at the moment; she just said "oh."

"Why did I get lost?" Dongxiu asked her next question.

This question left Fang Zhiyong speechless. It was true that they had stopped searching for Dongxiu because of their son, and now he was starting to despise himself.

"That was an accident." After thinking for a long time, Fang Zhiyong could only utter these three words.

"Oh," Dongxiu said again.

After looking around, Dongxiu turned to Robert and said, "Dad, I've finished looking. Can we go now?"

“Okay.” Robert’s gentle voice rang out, and then everyone stood up, ready to leave.

"You...you...you're leaving already?" Fang Zhiyong was stunned.

“Yes, Dongxiu has already seen it, so whatever she says goes,” Robert said indulgently.

"But you can't take her away, she's my child!" Fang Zhiyong roared.

“Mr. Fang, we are Dongxiu’s guardians now. I won’t stop you from contacting Dongxiu, but Dongxiu must grow up under our guardianship. Even if you want to take Dongxiu back, you have to wait until she comes of age and let her make her own choice.” Robert’s tone turned cold.

"I don't care about guardians or anything like that, I'm her father, I..." Fang Zhiyong blurted out, but before he could finish, he was stopped by Old Man Fang.

"Oh, sir... you've taken very good care of Dongxiu. Thank you for raising her all these years. We feel at ease with her in your home. Please bring her back for visits whenever you have time. We have no other requests, we just wish her happiness." Old Fang's voice was tinged with bitterness.

"Sir, rest assured, Dongxiu is our family's little princess. No one dares to contradict her." Elmo said with a smile.

“Yes, our whole family loves her very much. If she wants to come back in the future, we will all stay with her. If she doesn’t want to, we can’t force her,” Robert said.

"Goodbye, Grandpa," Dongxiu's childish voice rang out again.

Robert and his wife came in a hurry with Dongxiu, and left in a hurry as well.

Fang Zhiyong felt extremely sad as he watched Dongxiu leave. He said to Old Man Fang, "Father, why did you do that?"

Looking at his son and thinking about the state of their home, Old Fang said with a heavy heart, "What can we do if we leave her here? I'm already halfway to the grave. How can you, a grown man, take care of her? Since you've already wronged this girl in the first place, why ruin her happiness now?"

Old Man Fang's words silenced Fang Zhiyong.

Chen Niannian looked at Old Man Fang with some surprise. She hadn't expected that Old Man Fang was such a sensible person.

"Don't worry, Dongxiu is my cousin. I will always look after her and make sure she is not bullied," Chen Niannian said reassuringly.

"Oh, Niannian, thank you," Fang Zhiyong said.

"It's nothing. The grudges of the previous generation are the previous generation's. I won't bring them onto the child. Dongxiu and I are blood relatives," Chen Niannian said.

“Alright, we should head back now,” Chen Niannian added immediately.

"It's so late, why don't you leave tomorrow?" Old Fang said, trying to persuade him to stay.

"It's alright, I've had enough rest these past few days, it won't affect my driving," Yue Jiaoyang's driver said.

As she left, Chen Niannian took out all the money she had and gave it to Wan Qing. Wan Qing was very grateful for Chen Niannian's thoughtfulness. She didn't have much money on her, and seeing Old Man Fang's current state, she was worried that her little bit of money would be useless. Then her daughter...

Old Man Fang and Fang Zhiyong took the money, their eyes welling up with tears. Seeing their grateful expressions, Chen Niannian kept a straight face and said to Fang Zhiyong, "You don't need to go out and do those hard labor jobs anymore. Just follow Fang Yuan's family and grow strawberries. It's very profitable."

Fang Zhiyong could tell that his niece was very opinionated, and that listening to her was always the right thing to do. Fang Zhiyong nodded repeatedly and said yes.

And so, not long after Robert and his wife left, Chen Niannian and the others also departed.

On the way, Yue Jiaoyang called Elmo, who said that they wanted to continue exploring the area for a few more days and would not be traveling with Yue Jiaoyang and his group.

When Yue Jiaoyang asked about Dongxiu and Robert, Elmo smiled and said that they would respect Dongxiu's opinion and that this was just to fulfill Dongxiu's wish.

After hanging up the phone, Yue Jiaoyang said, "Dongxiu is really lucky."

“I’m lucky too,” Chen Niannian blurted out, making Yue Jiaoyang overjoyed.

Chen Niannian's phone rang. She glanced at it and saw that it was from Yue Jiaoyang. She opened it and saw a text message that read, "Niannian, let's get married in the summer after I graduate!"

Chen Niannian's face flushed red instantly. This guy is so irresponsible, and there are people all around. Chen Niannian turned her head to look out the window, pretending to admire the scenery.

On such a dark night, with nothing clearly visible outside, Chen Niannian's attempt to cover up her secret only made Yue Jiaoyang find her incredibly adorable.

Yue Jiaoyang then decided to tease her, sending her text messages one after another, but Chen Niannian wouldn't look at her phone.

"Niannian, your phone keeps ringing, is something wrong?" In the end, Wan Qing couldn't help but remind Chen Niannian to check her phone.

Helpless, Chen Niannian picked up her phone and sent a text message to Yue Jiaoyang.

"good"

Although it was only a single word, Yue Jiaoyang couldn't stop smiling.

The driver smiled and shook his head. He understood all of his children's little tricks perfectly well.

And so, the group returned to the capital the following morning.

After returning, Yue Jiaoyang threw himself back into his busy graduation project, and Chen Niannian resumed her previous life.