When facing his parents, Wen Jingyao was quite good at playing the role of a well-behaved boy. He smiled and greeted them warmly and politely, "Hello, Grandma!"

Li Qingyi was actually still a little unaccustomed to being called her grandmother, but she was especially happy when Wen Jingyao called her those two words.

Although they didn't meet often before, Shen Jingshao would sometimes send Li Qingyi photos of Wen Jingyao.

From the age of five to now, ten years old, Li Qingyi has practically watched Wen Jingyao grow up.

Wen Jingyao has a sweet tongue and is indeed very popular with elders.

Now, Li Qingyi already regards Wen Jingyao as her own grandson.

Every year during the Spring Festival, even if Wen Jingyao doesn't come, Li Qingyi will still give him a big red envelope.

Fang Jingyao got along well with Shen Jingshao's mother. Li Qingyi was completely different from his grandmother Li Qingyun. More importantly, Fang Jingyao liked Li Qingyi's open-mindedness.

The two chatted for a few words at the door, and then Li Qingyi went into Shen Jingshao's office with Wen Jingyao.

Wen Jingyao has been coming to Shen Jingshao's company quite often lately, and he's become very familiar with the place. He even made Li Qingyi a cup of his homemade boba milk tea.

Li Qingyi sat in Shen Jingshao's office, watching Wen Jingyao's back and smiling, "Yaoyao is such a good child, he's nothing like you when you were little."

After saying this, the smile on Li Qingyi's face gradually faded.

When Shen Jingshao was six years old, he was kidnapped and sold to a very remote place because of some dirty tricks committed by the Shen family. He was not found by the Shen family until he was twenty years old.

Li Qingyi's physical and mental condition used to be very poor, but after Shen Jingshao returned, her mood improved and her health gradually recovered.

It's fair to say that things from the past are taboo in the Shen family.

Seeing the optimistic and generous Wen Jingyao now always reminds Li Qingyi of her son when he was a child. Shen Jingshao was just like that back then, very polite and cheerful.

She was absent from her son's life for many years, and seeing Wen Jingyao now, Li Qingyi couldn't help but think of her son's childhood.

If that incident hadn't happened, his son would likely have had a personality like Wen Jingyao's when he was young.

Shen Jingshao didn't care about the past as much as Li Qingyi did.

After all, he wasn't maliciously abandoned by his parents, and the bad guys from the past have all been brought to justice.

He could sense Li Qingyi's feelings for him, but since they hadn't spent much time together, Shen Jingshao couldn't be as close to Li Qingyi as a normal son would to his mother.

"Yes, Yao Yao is quite well-behaved, just like his mother." After saying that, Shen Jingshao looked up at Wen Jingyao, who was busy working over there.

At times, Wen Jingyao does indeed bear the shadow of his mother.

Now that Wen Jingyao has grown up, his features have become more rugged and he has a more masculine appearance.

"It seems you two are getting along quite well," Li Qingyi smiled. "Is Yixing currently abroad? When is she coming back?"

Upon hearing this question, Shen Jingshao lowered his eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "It will take some more time."

Li Qingyi smiled and said, "Okay, we even made plans to go to the beauty salon together before, but she hasn't returned to China yet. Tell her that I still remember this, and we'll go to the beauty salon together when she comes back."

Shen Jingshao looked up at Li Qingyi and replied, "Okay."

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After Li Qingyi and Wen Jingyao left, the work in Shen Jingshao's office remained oppressive. In the end, it was Assistant Wang who couldn't take it anymore and went directly to Wen Jingyao for help.

Wen Jingyao found the matter rather strange and amusing, and told Wen Yixing about it.

At this time, Wen Yixing was still feeding penguins in Antarctica, and the signal was not very good. She received the message ten hours late.

Wen Yixing returned to the cruise ship and quickly video-called Shen Jingshao.

They would video chat at a fixed time during the day. She originally thought that Shen Jingshao also had work during the day, so she tried not to disturb him.

I didn't expect Shen Jingshao to be so worried.

The video call connected, and it was already evening on Shen Jingshao's end.

The lights in his room were dim. Wen Yixing asked softly, "Ready to sleep?"

Shen Jingshao turned the lights up a bit: "Not yet."

The moment he saw her smile again, Shen Jingshao's gaze softened: "Was Antarctica fun?"

Wen Yixing laughed: "It's quite fun."

It was daytime here for Wen Yixing. She had just come back from outside and hadn't had time to change out of her gear. Shen Jingshao's gaze shifted downwards and he noticed her hands: "Your hands are all red from the cold."

She was out and about every day during this period, and although she didn't get a tan, she visibly lost a lot of weight.

The succulents that Shen Jingshao had just helped raise are all gone.

Shen Jingshao felt sorry for him.

However, Wen Yixing was quite happy during this time. She was reluctant to hang up the phone and chatted with Shen Jingshao for a long time, from the penguins in Antarctica to the gift she had prepared for him.

Wen Yixing opened her backpack to show Shen Jingshao the gifts she had prepared to take back.

There were seashells picked up on the beach, pretty little stones found near Antarctica, and sand from the Sahara Desert.

Almost every time they went somewhere, Wen Yixing would prepare a gift for him. The gifts weren't the most expensive, but they were the most meaningful.

The seashells on the beach were the ones Wen Yixing picked out after getting up very early and carefully selecting them for a long time.

The same goes for everything else. She didn't come with Shen Jingshao, but she missed him terribly wherever she went.

"I originally wanted to surprise you when I got back, but Yao Yao told me that you've been a little unhappy lately."

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