Counting all the outrageous things that happened today, first, Shi Nian and Yu Chen hid a powerful and sick marshal in their home, and only told his parents when they saw that the marshal was almost dead. Then, Shi Yichu's house was inexplicably burned down by his own daughter, and the family of three was left on the streets during the New Year.

Shi Yiyu was exhausted. He sat on Shi Nian's small bench, took off his glasses, rubbed his brow, and said in a tired voice, "Can't you all just give me some peace of mind?"

Shi Nian stammered, "I'm sorry..."

Shi Yiyu pulled Shi Nian into his arms and buried his head in his thin shoulders. He smelled the child's Manta Rose pheromones, which eased his mood a little.

Shi Yiyu took out a pair of keys and threw them to Yu Luhan, "Please help me send Yichu and the others to the old house. We will stay here and wait for Yuan Yunqing, and then go directly to the old house."

Yu Luhan knew what Shi Yiyu meant and leaned over to kiss his forehead. "Okay, I'll come back to pick you up after I send them off."

Shi Nian waved to him, "Goodbye, father."

Yu Luhan rubbed his head and said, "Goodbye, little rose."

Yu Luhan walked forward, and Yu Chen came back behind him. He was shrouded in a gloomy aura and squatted in the corner, with the slap mark on his face clearly displayed in front of Shi Yiyu and Shi Nian.

Shi Nian was stunned, "Brother, your face..."

"It's okay, I did it myself." Yu Chen tilted his head, looked at Shi Yiyu in a flat tone and said with difficulty, "Dad..."

He just started to speak and couldn't continue. Yu Chen's clenched palms were about to be pierced by his nails.

Shi Yiyu combed Shi Nian's hair with her fingers. Her delicate features were mingled with an indistinct emotion. Without even looking up, she instructed Yu Chen, "Since you brought her back, you must be responsible to the end."

"I know Yuan Yunqing doesn't have many relatives. His condition keeps recurring and he needs help. Let him go back to the old house with us later, and you go prepare his room."

Yu Chen's eyes shone with joy. He stood up excitedly and hugged Shi Yiyu, choking with sobs, "Dad... thank you... thank you..."

As the child he had raised, Shi Yiyu roughly guessed what he was thinking. He patted his head as he did with Yu Chen when he was little, and said, "That's enough. Just know what's going on."

Shi Nian listened to her brother and father's words, leaning against Shi Yiyu's arms, her voice leaping with joy, "So, Brother Yuan, are you going to celebrate the New Year with us this year?"

Shi Yiyu tapped his little nose and said, "It depends on what your brother Yuan wants."

Shi Nian really wanted to celebrate the New Year with Yuan Yunqing and was looking forward to him waking up soon so that she could ask her handsome brother if he was willing to go home with them.

Shi Nian was worried and grabbed Shi Yiyu's sleeve, "What if he doesn't want to?"

Shi Yiyu turned her head to look at Yu Chen. Yu Chen raised the corners of his lips and assured Shi Nian, "He will agree."

Shi Nian had great confidence in Yu Chen, knowing that her handsome brother would definitely celebrate the New Year with them. She said with a smile, "This year's New Year will definitely be very lively."

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Yuan Yunqing's condition improved. Kuderian gave Yu Chen a bag of medicine and told him the precautions.

Yu Chen listened carefully and wrote it down on his smart computer to prevent any mistakes.

Shi Nian went to find Mr. Zhong and took him home to celebrate the New Year.

After Shi Nian became Mr. Zhong's student, the relationship between Mr. Zhong and Shi Yiyu eased a lot. Every year, Shi Yiyu would ask Mr. Zhong to go home with them, but Mr. Zhong refused every time.

This year, Old Master Zhong wanted to refuse again, but Shi Nian wouldn't give in and held onto his hand, acting like a spoiled child. "Grandpa, I want to celebrate the New Year with you. This year, everyone's going back to the old house for the New Year. My uncle and his family have already gone back. Wouldn't it be nice for us all to have a lively time together?"

Mr. Zhong has always loved Shi Nian, so facing his persistent coquettishness, he had no choice but to nod and agree.

The Shi family's old house is a large retro Chinese-style courtyard with pavilions, towers, small bridges and flowing water. It doesn't feel cold even with the floor heating, and all kinds of flowers in the garden are blooming warmly in the warmth.

Shi Nian loves this old house with a quaint atmosphere, but seldom comes back except during the Chinese New Year because it is too big and feels too deserted with few people. It is not as cozy as the small villa where she lives now.

Yu Chen carried Yuan Yunqing out of the car and nodded to Zhong Lao embarrassedly, "Grandpa, I'm really sorry to send my teacher back to her room before I come to accompany you."

Elder Zhong held Shi Nian's hand, and his eyes could not help but fall on Yuan Yunqing, who was sleeping peacefully in Yu Chen's arms. He was stunned for a few seconds before he remembered to answer, "Okay, okay, you go first. Stay with me obediently. You should take care of your business first."

Yu Chen bent down, "Thank you, Grandpa."

Shi Nian looked at the two people leaving and sighed, "I don't know when Brother Yuan will wake up."

"Brother?" Elder Zhong was surprised by his address to Yuan Yunqing, his gray-brown eyes filled with confusion. "My dear, isn't that your brother's teacher? You should call him uncle."

Shi Yiyu took the luggage from the car and said casually as he passed by the grandfather and grandson, "Brother is very good. Being of the same generation can reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble and make it easier to change identities in the future."

Mr. Zhong: “…”

Shi Nian asked the question that was on Elder Zhong's mind, and his watery eyes flickered with innocence. "Dad, I don't understand."

"You'll understand after a while." Shi Yiyu deliberately kept it a secret. When Yu Luhan got out of the car with the remaining things, he walked side by side with him to put the things away. "Little Rose, take good care of Grandpa and take him to his room."

Mr. Zhong’s room was prepared several years ago, but it had never been occupied until it was put to use this year.

Shi Nian nodded and said "Okay", then helped the old man walk forward and chatted with him, "Grandpa, I chose this room. It's in a small courtyard with a small pond with koi and lotus flowers."

"Oh, by the way, I also raised a pair of white tits for Grandpa."

Shi Nian knew a long time ago that Mr. Zhong liked tits very much. Mr. Zhong often drew these clever and lively mountain elves in his work notes. He drew carefully and even outlined the small hairs on the feathers with a pen.

Old Zhong listened to Shi Nian's mumbling with a loving smile on his lips all the time, but when he heard about the pair of tits, his eyes dimmed and his wrinkled hands curled up slightly.

Shi Nian didn't notice Elder Zhong's abnormality. When he talked about the pair of white tits, his tone rose. "They are so well-behaved. They won't fly away even if you let them out of the cage. They are very friendly. They call out to people as soon as they see them, and they will jump up and down and crawl under your hands to let you touch their heads."

Elder Zhong sighed, patted Shi Nian's little head, and looked up at the vast sky. "That's a tamed titmouse, abandoning its freedom. A real titmouse wouldn't behave like that."

Shi Nian looked into Mr. Zhong's eyes and felt the deep sorrow and sadness from his words.

Shi Nian wrapped her small hand around the old man's big hand, her tone apologetic, her brows lowered, "Grandpa, are you sad? I'm sorry, I thought you liked them."

"I can let them go."

Elder Zhong stopped Shi Nian and smiled, shaking his head. "Grandpa isn't sad. Perhaps it's just that he's getting melancholic at age. Let's keep them. They won't survive in the wild."

Shi Nian glanced at the snow-covered corridor outside and thought, if the two little birds were released at this time, they would probably freeze to death outside, so he should wait until the weather warms up before making any plans.

Before I even walked into the yard, the little sparrow in the cage started chirping.

Shi Nian first helped Mr. Zhong back to the room, then took some grains out to feed the two little birds. Seeing them eating happily, she felt worried for them. "Eat more now, because next year you'll be going out into the wild, and there won't be anyone to feed you."

Inside the house, Old Zhong's voice was hoarse and old. "My dear, Grandpa is tired and is going to sleep first. You can go find your father and the others."

"Okay? Oh, Grandpa."

Shi Nian was worried that the tits would disturb Grandpa, so she picked up the cage and took them away with her.

He liked these cute little animals the most, especially these two round white balls. They were even more adorable when they opened their pure black round eyes.

Shi Nian lowered her head and was talking to Xiao Que'er, but suddenly a group of people came from behind her. They bypassed Shi Nian and ran straight into the hall, followed by a burst of noise.

He didn't recognize any of these people and wondered why there were strangers in his house. He walked to the door of the hall curiously and looked inside.

Morpheus was surrounded by this group of people, while Nobby and Shi Yichu were sitting leisurely on the armchair drinking tea, not even glancing at this group of people.

When Nobby saw Shi Nian, he waved to him happily.

Shi Nian slipped in through the doorway carrying the birdcage, tiptoed to sit on the chair next to Nuobi, and looked at the group of strangers. "Who are they?"

"Those side branches of our family." Nobby stared at the group with great interest, as if he were watching some ridiculous monkey show. "Most likely they heard the news that the manor was burned down, and they rushed back to see if Morpheus was still alive."

Shi Nian remembered what her uncle and father had said, and asked in confusion, "Why would you burn down your own house for no reason? It's such a beautiful manor, what a waste."

Nobby leaned closer to Shi Nian mysteriously, his eyes curved. "Because, there's something dirty."

Shi Nian: “……?”

What dirty stuff?

Nobby jumped off the chair, took off the little strawberry headband, tidied his long blond hair, took the hair tie from Shi Yichu's wrist, and then tied a loose ponytail.

Shi Yichu looked at Nuobi, who had missed a strand of hair and didn't tie it up. "Wait, wait, I'll tie your hair up again."

"Wait a moment."

Nobby looked at this group of so-called relatives, picked up the empty teacup, tossed it in his hand, walked to the side of the group, and threw the teacup heavily to the ground.

The sound of porcelain breaking was loud, and fragments flew everywhere.

"ah--!"

The collaterals all turned around in fear, staring at Nobby in horror. One of the heavily made-up Omegas pointed at Nobby and, suppressing his timidity, scolded him, "Nobby Merovingian, what the hell do you want to do? We are all your elders!"

"Nothing." Nobby walked over to Morpheus as if nothing had happened, and glanced at the people with his blue eyes. "Morpheus is my Vati (father). Even if he was burned to death, I would be the one to mourn him. Why are you rushing here? Are you trying to steal my job?"

The faces of the collateral relatives turned pale and then dark.

"We're just worried about the head of the family." An elderly man with a harmless smile stepped forward. "We're all family, so don't be so distant when talking to each other..."

"I burned the manor down." Nobby dismissed the family ties with one sentence. His still young face was filled with a smile, appearing innocent and harmless. "There should be an Omega's body inside. According to this uncle, she's pregnant with my child, Vati."

"That is to say, my stepfather and my little brother must have been burned to death by this fire."

Nobby spoke slowly, but the side branches felt as if they were falling into an icy cave. Some of them couldn't control their facial emotions. They looked at the little guy as if they were looking at a devil, and their bodies couldn't stop shaking.

Morpheus' heart skipped a beat. He subconsciously looked at Shi Yichu and hurriedly explained, "Yichu, it has nothing to do with me. I don't even know the name of that Omega, let alone him having my child!"

Shi Yichu didn't say anything, just stared at Nobby. He seemed to know why Nobby suddenly set the fire.

"Vati, don't be nervous. I don't care whether it's your child or not."

"Anyway, it's just a lowly thing. It doesn't threaten my position. Whether it's true or not doesn't matter that much, right? It's just... they really annoy me."

Nobby changed the subject, "So I killed them. As compensation, I gave him the manor worth over a billion as a burial companion. Wasn't that man always dreaming of living there? I made sure he got what he wanted."

"Tell me, am I okay?"

Nobi chuckled softly, her eyes dim and unclear as she swept her gaze over every branch of the family present. Everyone who met her gaze avoided her gaze.

The whole place was terribly silent, but the titmouse in Shi Nian's hand was restless. It chirped and sang, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Shi Nian hugged the birdcage awkwardly, opened the cage without thinking, reached out and pinched the little tit's small pointed beak. The other partner saw his mouth covered, shook his body, hid beside the birdcage, and shut up obediently.

These two little tits that Shi Nian saw seemed to be a way for the collateral relatives to ease their embarrassment, and they all praised them highly.

"Look at these two little birds. Their feathers are full and their calls are powerful. You can tell they are rare species."

"That's right, next time we design a brand mascot, we can use this little guy.

"I'll get one later, too, to liven up the house. Young Master, how many tens of thousands of dollars did you spend on it?"

Is Shi Nian not good? Yi explained: "I bought them at the flower and bird market, fifty yuan for two."

Relatives: “…”

It's even more embarrassing.

Unable to gain a foothold, the side branches all found excuses to leave, leaving in such a hurry that it seemed as if there was a ghost chasing them.

Shi Nian was amazed by what he saw. He stood up and walked to Nuobi. "So, the dirty thing you are talking about is..."

Nobby said casually, "My stepfather who died young, and my brother who died young like Schrödinger."

Shi Nian: "..."

Shi Yichu and Morpheus: "..."

Shi Nian didn't believe that his uncle-in-law would betray him. Considering Nuobi's attitude towards those relatives, he had a guess, "Did your side branch do it? Did they send that Omega as well?"

Nobby spread his hands. "Who else could it be? They don't like me, and they're afraid that the Merovingians will fall into my hands. Their good days will be over."

Shi Nian agreed deeply. Judging from the attitude that Nobi had used to intimidate that group of people just now, when Nobi became the head of the family, he might really kick them out.

So this is the fight between wealthy families?

It's so scary.

Shi Nian felt relieved. Fortunately, his family didn't have that much money for others to covet, and every relative was very nice.

After driving away the annoying side branches, Shi Yichu and his family of three settled down peacefully in the old house. The side branches' attempts to sow discord between them failed. Shi Yichu was still on good terms with Nobby, but Nobby still disliked Morpheus.

Veteran Zhong took Coles and Daniel away, but he didn't know what they were going to do with them.

Shi Nian harvested two little sparrows and hung them outside her room. The happiest person was Paiqi. The cat's eyes lit up when it saw the little sparrows, and it jumped up and down all day long to catch the birds.

The two little birds were so frightened that they started chirping. It was always lively here.

Nobby also often came to play with Shi Nian, but she had a bad taste. Not only did she not stop Paiqi from bullying the little bird, but she picked up the big bunch of cats and tiptoed to the cage.

As soon as Shi Nian heard the birds singing miserably, she knew that it was Nobby and Paige who were bullying them, so she had to drive them out and lock Paige in the room. She pushed Nobby and gave her a fishing rod, asking her to go to the pond to fish for koi.

Although Nobi was impatient, he was able to remain calm when fishing. In less than two days, all the koi in the pond were gone. When Shi Nian saw them on the dining table, he realized that they were actually edible red carp.

Yuan Yunqing also woke up on the third day after coming to the old house. Naturally, he didn't want to stay here and insisted on leaving.

No matter how Yu Chen tried to persuade him, it was of no use, so he had to call Shi Nian over, and the two brothers persuaded him together.

Shi Nian followed her brother's instructions and stood at the door, using her thin body to defend the last line of defense.

Seeing Yuan Yunqing easily pinning his brother to the ground, Yu Chen had no power to fight back. Shi Nian was anxious and panicked, and directly hugged Yuan Yunqing's slender legs, "Brother Yuan, don't go. Can't we celebrate the New Year together? Our family's New Year's dinner is delicious!"

Shi Nian was delicate and weak, not as tough as Yu Chen. Yuan Yunqing couldn't suppress him with force, so he frowned and reached out to pull him away, but Shi Nian hugged him even tighter, as if she was not going to let go no matter what.

Yuan Yunqing's dark green eyes were filled with helplessness. "New Year's Eve dinner is for families to gather together and eat together. I'm not from your family, so why are you stopping me?"

Shi Nian still didn't let go. Under Yu Chen's hopeful gaze, his mind raced. He tilted his head back and spoke in a firm and powerful voice, "Based on the relationship between Brother Yuan and my brother, we are family!"

When Yu Chen heard this, his face turned red, "Little Rose..."

How can you say such bold words in front of others? It's so... embarrassing.

Yuan Yunqing looked at him strangely, "What's the relationship between me and your brother?"

Shi Nian said as a matter of course, "Teacher taught us that once a teacher, always a father. Brother Yuan is my brother's father, so naturally he is one family with us."

Yuan Yunqing: “…”

Yu Chen was almost provoked by his words and pouted on the spot. He covered Shi Nian's mouth with his hand and said, "Ancestor, please stop talking. You are my brother, okay?"