Xia Wensheng frowned upon hearing this. "Okay, I understand. I'll bring Xia Wenxi back tomorrow after Grandpa and Grandma leave."

Ke Shurong nodded, and didn't forget to tell her son, "Well, don't tell Xiaobao, so she won't overthink it."

"I know."

Just before going to bed, Xia Hengyuan had finished washing up and sat down when he was kicked hard. He hadn't even settled down properly when the kick almost knocked him over.

At this point, no one else could kick him in bed. Xia Hengyuan knew why his wife was angry. He turned around and was about to say something when a pillow was thrown at his face.

"You can sleep in the guest room tonight!"

Xia Hengyuan naturally refused to let her sleep in the guest room. "Shurong... the guest room hasn't been cleaned yet, how can I sleep there?"

Ke Shurong said with a forced smile, "Who said it wasn't cleaned? Didn't you have someone clean it this afternoon? What? Wasn't it prepared for you to live in after it was cleaned?"

Xia Hengyuan knew he was in the wrong and immediately lost the confidence to refute.

Ke Shurong ignored him and lay down to sleep with her back to him. Xia Hengyuan stood there for a while, then tiptoed back to bed with his pillow. Ke Shurong moved to the side with her eyes closed and didn't mention making him sleep in the guest room again.

Xia Hengyuan had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Ke Shurong say, "If your parents say anything bad about Xixi again, don't blame me for disrespecting my elders."

"No, no, Shurong, don't worry."

When Xia Hengyuan wanted to adopt Xia Wenxi, his parents disagreed. However, they didn't criticize their son but instead blamed Ke Shurong, saying that she didn't work and was just using Xia Hengyuan's money to pretend to be kind. It seemed as if they had completely forgotten that when Xia Hengyuan wanted to start his business, most of the money came from the Ke family.

Xia Hengyuan's parents had two sons and a daughter, but Xia Hengyuan and his sister didn't seem like they were biological children at all. It was as if their youngest son was their only biological child.

Despite the family being well-off, the younger sibling squandered all the family's money. The eldest daughter wanted to study abroad, but the younger sibling refused to contribute a single penny. Instead, the younger sibling spent millions to buy a car for his younger son.

After this incident, Xia Hengyuan's sister was completely heartbroken. She went abroad on her own, with the money she had borrowed from Xia Hengyuan. She worked and studied at the same time, and later simply settled abroad. She has not returned to China even once in all these years.

When Xia Hengyuan graduated from university and wanted to start his own business, only his sister sent him a sum of money, and Ke Shurong also provided support. Later, Hengyuan Group developed well, and Xia Hengyuan's parents wanted to arrange for their youngest son, who was neither good enough for high-level jobs nor good enough for low-level ones, to work there.

Not only that, they also demanded that Xia Hengyuan give his younger brother shares. When Ke Shurong refused, they wanted Xia Hengyuan and Ke Shurong to divorce, and they even spoke ill of their mother in front of their two children.

Xia Wensheng and Xia Wenxi were naturally unhappy when they heard their grandmother say bad things about their mother. Xia Wensheng, who was a little older, went directly to complain to Ke Shurong. Xia Wenxi was young and didn't understand, but she would scold whoever scolded her mother.

The two elders of the Xia family never liked this granddaughter who wasn't their biological child, and after this incident, they went even further, saying she wasn't their biological daughter and that they wanted to send her back to the orphanage.

After this incident, Xia Hengyuan was really angry. He had his parents and younger brother driven away and they didn't have any contact for a long time. Later, when Xia Hengyuan went home to visit his parents, he went alone. Ke Shurong and the two children never went back.

However, even if they don't go, the two elders of the Xia family will still come over, and every time they come, there will be unpleasantness. They are relatively good to their capable grandson Xia Wensheng, but they will say unpleasant things every time they see Xia Wenxi. Xia Hengyuan also rarely allows his parents to come to his house.

It has been four or five years since I last came here.

This time, they said they weren't feeling well and needed to come to the hospital here for a check-up, and also to see their son.

In recent years, the elderly couple probably knew that the younger son was unreliable and the older son was far away abroad, so they could only rely on their capable second son in the future. Therefore, they have been very attentive to their son's well-being.

However, Xia Wenxi knew nothing about any of these things.

Xia Wenxi has a problem: the earlier she has to get up the next day, the harder it is for her to fall asleep the night before. It's the same now. Because she's going to Jinghu Villa today, Xia Wenxi happened to find a particularly good novel last night and read it until after 3 a.m. before she finally couldn't stay awake and fell asleep.

This morning, while eating breakfast at the dining table, Xia Wenxi was so sleepy that her face almost buried in her bowl. After getting in the car, she fell asleep as soon as she got in. During the two-hour drive, Xia Wenxi didn't wake up and slept all the way to her destination. The quality of her sleep amazed Xia Wensheng.

Xia Wenxi was woken up by Xia Wensheng, and she was still confused when she woke up, "We're here so fast?"

Xia Wensheng teased, "Look at the time of day! Sleeping so much, aren't you afraid of being sold off?"

Xia Wenxi took out her phone from her pocket, turned on the front camera and used it as a mirror to fix her hair. "If you sell me, be careful your parents will beat you up."

Xia Wensheng rolled his eyes in a very un-domineering way. "Later, you come with me to say hello to President Lin and the others. After that, you're free to do whatever you want. Just keep your phone on."

Xia Wenxi gave an "OK" sign, "Received!"

After getting out of the car, Xia Wenxi discovered that Xia Wensheng's two assistants were already waiting. In addition to Feng Yue, whom she was quite familiar with, there was another one whom she had seen in her "dream" before, but not as many times as Feng Yue.

"Mr. Xia, Ms. Xia. Mr. Lin and the others just arrived. Are you going straight to the river?"

"Okay, let's go straight there."

——

From afar, Xia Wenxi saw a man dressed in all black fishing by the river, with a bucket next to him and an empty spot not far away, presumably prepared for Xia Wensheng.

When the group arrived, Lin Shen had just finished reeling in his line. Xia Wen said, "Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Lin. But you caught a fish so quickly. You must have had a good catch today."

Xia Wenxi saw the fish on Lin Shen's fishing rod and thought to herself that she was afraid it would get stuck in her teeth if she ate it...

Lin Shen glanced at Xia Wenxi behind Xia Wensheng and naturally saw the expression on her face.

Lin Shen gestured to the seat next to him and said to Xia Wensheng, "I just arrived too, would you like to give it a try, Ms. Xia?"

“Okay.” Xia Wensheng nodded, then remembered Xia Wenxi behind him. The two had met before, so there was no need for further introductions. “This is my sister Wenxi. She’s been cooped up at home all day, so I’m taking her out for a walk today.”

"Hello, Mr. Lin."

Xia Wenxi greeted them obediently, but in her heart she was thinking about where to go for fun later.

Lin Shen pointed to the spot where he had just been sitting and asked her, "Miss Xia, would you like to try it?"

Xia Wenxi paused for a moment, then looked at Xia Wensheng.

"It's worth a try. Come over here." Xia Wensheng beckoned to her.

One minute later—

Xia Wenxi felt the rod being pulled and exclaimed with delight, "There's a fish!"

The fish was quite big, and Xia Wensheng helped to pull it up. After removing the hook, Xia Wenxi first admired the first fish she had ever caught.

"I didn't know there were such big fish in the river!"