While crying, Chen Yunqi subconsciously tried to pull her away.

It would have been better if he hadn't reached out; once he did, Jiang Nan saw something even more interesting and grabbed one of his outstretched fingers.

Liang Zhirou was completely stunned. She felt that she didn't know whether to pull or not, so she just stood there, too frozen to move.

She could only quickly comfort him in a soft voice, "Yunqi, be good, don't cry, don't cry..."

A child's finger is so small, I always feel like pulling it might cause a problem.

Seeing Chen Yunqi crying, Jiang Nan, who had been expressionless the whole time, started giggling, revealing her clean and cute baby teeth.

Liang Zhirou and Liu Yan, the two girls, had never seen such a scene before. The one-year-old child actually had some strength, and they were both extremely anxious.

What should I do...?

Liang Zhirou pursed her lips, instinctively wanting to call out to her husband.

Turning my head, I saw Chen Lu standing next to me, taking pictures with his phone.

The father showed no sign of anxiety whatsoever; instead, he was laughing so hard he was doubled over.

"Hahaha, did you record it?" Chen Lu laughed and nudged Jiang Chao's shoulder.

"It's recorded! It's recorded!"

Jiang Chao was so happy that he could barely hold his phone steady. He could only try to keep the screen as smooth as possible and went to the side to find another angle. "Jiang Nan, don't use too much force, or you'll definitely get a beating when you get home!"

"The phone camera isn't clear enough," Chen Lu slapped his thigh. "Wait, I'll go get the DSLR..."

Lin Miaomiao, who was gritting her teeth and trying not to laugh the whole time, used the teddy bear next to her to attract Jiang Nan's attention, and then quickly picked her up and moved her aside.

Although she wanted to watch for a while longer, she was, after all, Chen Yunqi's godmother and couldn't just keep watching the little guy cry.

Liang Zhirou breathed a sigh of relief, stared blankly at Liu Yan for a moment, and then turned to look at Chen Lu again.

At that time, Chen Lu had just returned with his DSLR camera. Seeing that the two children had already separated, he seemed to feel quite regretful.

She quickly took several deep breaths.

There are strangers here, you can't bump into him, you can't bump into him...

You have to save face for your husband.

Liu Yan couldn't hold back any longer and grabbed Jiang Chao by the ear, dragging him out.

The two girls reached a consensus in just a fleeting moment when they looked at each other—

I will never let my husband take care of the children again.

We absolutely cannot let those two take any of the children out to play!

......

The two grown men were both ushered into the living room.

As Lin Miaomiao closed the door, she deliberately waved at them with a mischievous smile.

After the initial joy subsided, Chen Lu suddenly felt a bit worried.

Although it is said that boys' personalities are like their mothers'.

But this brat gets his cheeks pinched by his younger sister every day at home, and by his older sister when he goes out... something just feels off.

Is fortune telling good or bad?

Jiang Chao didn't feel any of that melancholy.

If Chen Yunqi doesn't pick anything properly during the baby's first birthday celebration and instead picks his daughter, he might get so angry that he'd fight Chen Lu to the death.

But now it's her daughter who's arresting Chen Yunqi, and it's Chen Yunqi who's crying.

He just pretended that Jiang Nan was bullying a child, and the thought of it made him laugh uncontrollably.

Humans are such hypocrites.

"Has Li Sinian contacted you recently?" Jiang Chao asked suddenly, rubbing his reddened ears.

He couldn't participate in the baby's first birthday celebration, so he decided to chat to ease the awkwardness.

"No."

Chen Lu shook his head. He had only seen the photo of that guy posting his marriage certificate once before, and then he went back to living a quiet life. "It's enough to know that we're both doing well. Everyone has to be busy with their lives, there's not much to say."

"That Sun guy, what was it again? Anyway, that girl's mom, she caused a scene at the police station again a while ago."

Chen Lu discovered the blind spot, "Again?"

"The two had a fight right after they eloped. Then the police here contacted people in other provinces. They saw that the young couple was doing well and there was no involvement of minors or human trafficking, so nothing came of it."

Jiang Chao lazily sat down on the sofa and continued:

"Li Sinian is quite shrewd. The two of them send money to her mother every month, so her mother can't sue that girl for not supporting her parents. As for whether she goes home or not... even an upright official can't settle family disputes. A normal person wouldn't want to get involved in this, nor could they."

After he finished speaking, he squinted and looked out the window again.

It was midday, and sunlight streamed through the French windows, finally warming them up a bit. The sky outside was a clear blue, with only a few scattered clouds drifting far apart, like lone boats adrift at sea.

"I wonder when he plans to come back," Jiang Chao sighed.

"Maybe in a few years, when Sun Ruoxi's mother really realizes she was wrong, this guy will go back to Hangzhou."

Although Chen Lu said this, she still felt that it was impossible for a middle-aged woman to change her deeply ingrained mindset within a few years. Even if she accepted the marriage, it would only mean that she found she couldn't control the situation and had to accept her fate.

It can only be said that Li Sinian was really unlucky.

But at least he met someone willing to give up everything and run away with him.

"I don't know what Zheng Haoyu has been busy with since he went back to his hometown. We haven't been in touch much lately."

"Since graduating from university, out of the four of us in our dorm, only the two of us still see each other regularly," Chen Lu couldn't help but sigh.

"I thought about this day when I graduated, didn't I?" Jiang Chao said calmly. If he could figure it out, Chen Lu couldn't possibly not understand.

"yes."

Chen Lu didn't say anything more.

People and events from the past, whether pleasant or unpleasant, will eventually fade into oblivion with the past, lost to the passage of time.

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