Xiang Zhilan and Shen Muzhi got into the car to go back together. After settling Shen Muzhi down in the bedroom, she prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Shen Muzhi held her hand tightly, as if hoping she would stay. She steeled herself and broke free. She had already told her parents that she would go home for lunch, and they would definitely prepare a lot of dishes.

As she stepped out of the main house of the villa, Butler Chen suddenly chased after her carrying a bag, shoved it into her hands, and said, "The master said he wishes you a Happy New Year, Madam. This is a New Year's gift."

Xiang Zhilan took the bag and found it rather heavy. She looked down, opened the bag, and saw that it contained a pile of books.

Her face flushed red. It was a stack of frivolous comics. She quickly resealed the bag and got into Ah Chao's car.

She first went back to her apartment and tidied up her messy bedroom, where she inexplicably felt a chill.

Although she wasn't superstitious, it was normal to feel uneasy because someone had died in that bedroom.

So she packed some clothes, took the New Year's goods she had bought, and some gifts and went downstairs.

He got back into the car and had Ah Chao drive to the Shen family's house.

Upon arriving at the Shen family home, Xiang Zhilan handed two boxes of gifts to Shen Guoliang and Bo Qingyun, intending to leave with Hengheng and Xiao Kui.

The two were very understanding. Knowing that she and Shen Muzhi had divorced, they did not insist that she stay at the Shen family home for the New Year. They simply told her to come and visit during the Spring Festival.

Xiang Zhilan was very grateful to them. She didn't know how they had coaxed Hengheng and Xiao Kui, but they were just like Shen Muzhi when he was a child, even asking her when they would play the robbery game again.

She could only sigh at how terrifying genes are, and then got into the car with Hengheng and Xiaokui.

Before driving home, she called her parents, who came down to pick up the two children and help Xiang Zhilan carry her things.

“Madam, you’ve missed this.” Ah Chao picked it out for Xiang Zhilan.

Xiang Zhilan looked at the bag and was mortified. How could she have forgotten to take it upstairs and leave it there when she went back to her apartment? Now she was going back to her parents' house carrying a bag full of adult content...

"Thank you." Xiang Zhilan took it, then suddenly remembered something, took out a red envelope from her bag and handed it to A-Chao, smiling, "Happy New Year."

"Thank you, ma'am, Happy New Year." Ah Chao took the money, got into the car, and drove away.

Xiang Zhilan strode into the building and took the elevator.

"Your mom has been busy since early this morning. She made a table full of your favorite dishes, and she was worried that the child's tastes might not be the same as yours, so she prepared a lot of other ingredients." Xiang's father came into the house, put Hengheng down, and said to her while changing his slippers.

"It's all food we like. Actually, it's just the few of us, so there's no need to go to all that trouble." Xiang Zhilan smiled. It had been two years since she had spent time with her parents. In fact, as long as the family could be together like this, what they ate wasn't the most important thing.

"She's not in trouble at all; she's happy. The busier she is, the happier she is. She's been waking up laughing these past few nights." Mr. Xiang himself was also very happy, his face beaming as he spoke.

"You're so good at talking, aren't you the same? You're always showing off your grandchildren to your chess friends with those short videos on your phone." Xiang's mother also brought up Xiang's father's shortcomings.

Then the whole family burst into laughter, and the two younger children laughed along with them.

After Xiang Zhilan took her things into her room, she took off her coat and went out into the kitchen to help her mother. Her father was playing with toy cars with the two younger children in the living room.

The family was filled with laughter and joy, creating a strong New Year's atmosphere.