"Mom, can you take a look at my injury? Do I need to put on any medicine? I think I don't think so."
"No, that won't do. You got some anti-inflammatory medicine from the hospital. Take one, otherwise it will get inflamed in this hot weather," Xu Zhang said, taking the medicine and pouring her a cup of hot water.
Lin Wanwan took the water and thanked her, "Thank you, Mom."
"Why didn't you sleep well? Did something happen?"
Xu Zhang sighed, "Well, it's just something about my grandparents' house. It's nothing, you two siblings can chat first, I'll call my grandma to ask about it."
Seeing that there was gossip to listen to, Lin Xiaohai immediately sat down and said, "I'll listen too."
Gu Bei didn't hide anything and briefly recounted the events, leaving Lin Xiaohai speechless.
"You and my mother-in-law haven't fallen out even after all this, you and my mother-in-law are really nice people."
Lin Wanwan was amused by him, "Why are you making such a strange sound?"
"I was just expressing my surprise, and you didn't even get angry. Anyone who didn't know better would think your uncle saved your whole family's lives!!"
Xu Zhang didn't know how to feel when he heard her words. The call was repeatedly transferred before it was finally answered.
The group fell silent, listening to the commotion from Xu Zhang's side.
Before they could finish speaking, Xu Zhang started to cry. Lin Wanwan immediately sat down next to her and put her arm around her to comfort her.
Xu Zhang took the tissue she offered, calmed himself down, and continued his phone call.
"Mom, I only have one question: Did Xu Jinyang take out those letters himself, or did you find them?"
Seeing the silence on the other end of the phone, Xu Zhang's eyes were filled with disappointment. "Alright, I guessed it even if you didn't say it. I didn't want to press you for details before because I didn't want to put you and Dad in a difficult position. Our family has missed almost twenty years. I thought I would sacrifice myself to make the family reunion possible, but that selfish Xu Jinyang is now trying to harm Gu Bei."
The group watched Xu Zhang break down in silence, unsure how to comfort him.
Lin Wanwan sat beside her, comforting her softly. Xu Zhang wiped away his tears, patted her hand, and said, "Mom, I won't have a brother anymore. If you choose to forgive him, I have no right to stop you, but from now on, I will no longer have a mom, dad, or brother."
Xu Zhang hung up the phone after speaking, and sadly held his forehead.
"Mom, don't be sad. You still have us. We'll take good care of you from now on."
Xu Zhang looked up and reached out to touch Lin Wanwan's face. "It's good to have you. How can you be so thoughtful?"
"Life can't be perfect. You already have the most beautiful daughter and three sons who are said to be the best in the world. Naturally, some things are destined to be lost."
Lin Xiaohai chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, everyone says I look a lot like my sister. She's the most beautiful daughter in the world, and I'm the most handsome son in the world. We're enough."
Xu Zhang was amused by him, "Nonsense, you clearly look more like your dad, and Wanwan looks more like her mom."
"Hahahahahahaha, get lost, you shameless person."
Lin Wanwan laughed so hard, then leaned against Xu Zhang and said, "Mom, sometimes when you're too happy and have too much, even God gets jealous. So right now, it's just right. Having us is enough, isn't it?"
"Mom, we'll take care of you from now on. Just pretend that family doesn't exist. Don't be sad over people like that."
Xu Zhang sighed, "I know, I know, I saw it a long time ago. I was just thinking about fulfilling my parents' wishes and that Gu Bei could have a brother or sister to help him. I was too narrow-minded. I'm not as insightful as Wanwan."
"It's not that I'm wise, it's that you all love me too much. I'm unrestrained, and I don't care about other people's slander and misunderstandings."
Xu Zhang touched her little face. "You are as understanding and beautiful as your mother, only you are more mischievous."
"Now that you know you're scolding me for being naughty, it seems you're not sad anymore," Lin Wanwan said with a happy face. "Mom, I want to eat dumplings tonight, I want pork and cabbage dumplings."
Xu Zhang smiled and said, "Mom will make it for you tonight. Don't eat a little and then say you're full and need to lose weight."
"No, I'm really craving it. I just want to eat pork and cabbage filling."
“Mom, I want to be pickled cabbage,” Gu Bei chimed in, joining in the fun.
Xu Zhang glanced at him sideways and ignored him completely. "Lu Feng, what do you want to eat? You always say anything is fine, but this time you're allowed to order something."
"Mom, I want to eat braised beef," Lin Wanwan's eyes lit up when she heard the word "braised beef."
Xu Zhang found her little expression amusing. "It's Wanwan who wants to eat it, right? Don't spoil her too much."
"Mom, he's good to me, so why are you telling him not to spoil me? Lu Feng, don't listen to those bad reviews."
Everyone burst into laughter at her antics, even Xu Zhang laughed so hard he fell onto the sofa, saying, "Where did you learn those weird words?"
Lin Wanwan didn't answer her, and pulled Gu Bei out, "Brother, take me to work. Lu Feng has to take care of the child. Lu Feng, you take Mom to work later."
Lin Wanwan pulled Gu Bei out the door, and only after they had gone some distance did Gu Bei breathe a sigh of relief and say, "Thank goodness you were here, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do."
"That's the advantage of having many kids in the family. They're always bickering and making noise, so there's no time to think about anything else," Lin Wanwan said, shrugging.
"Mom will definitely be sad when she's alone. I've been leaving Tuanzi with her lately, so she doesn't have time to think about anything else. You can ask Mom to cook for you more often these days. When she's busy, she won't have time to worry about anything else."
Gu Bei smiled and nodded, "I know. You guys have been coming here to eat recently, but it will be hard on Mom."
"It's okay, I'll go back to help after get off work. Could you keep an eye on Xiaohai for me? He's incredibly mischievous, and I haven't had time to deal with him lately."
Gu Bei nodded to indicate that he understood, "I think Xiao Hai is quite well-behaved, why are you always so worried?"
"That's because you haven't seen how naughty he and I used to be. It's also because my mom has a good temper; if it were anyone else, they would have beaten them to a pulp."
"Is there anything else about you?" Gu Bei raised an eyebrow at her.
"Pretty much. Even dogs avoid me when they see me. I'm more annoying than dogs."
"Hahahaha, I've never seen it, that's a bit of a shame."
Lin Wanwan glared at him. "You'd better not see me. I'm afraid you might be scared to death if you have a heart condition, or that you might beat me to death."
Gu Bei rubbed her head and said, "You're so well-behaved. I wish I could grow up with you. Maybe you would be my wife."
"You want to fight Lu Feng?" Lin Wanwan almost screamed. What the hell? Don't say such scary things.
"A fight wouldn't be bad either," Gu Bei said, completely unconcerned.
"Are you trying to kill me? I just said that if people are too happy, even God will not stand by and watch. Am I already getting my comeuppance so soon?"
"Hahahaha, you will always be my favorite little sister."
"You'll always be my unreliable older brother, thank you."
Lin Wanwan waved to him and went straight into the office.
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