After many meetings and discussions, it was finally decided that the joint research center would be established in Xingguo. Like the United Nations headquarters in Country A, Xingguo has designated an area in the northeastern part of the country, close to the largest forest in the country, for the establishment of a research area. It has a beautiful environment and a vast area. It is not remote but can be isolated from the noise of the outside world.
With the concerted efforts of all countries, it only took about a month for the joint research area to be completed from its opening up. During this period, the entire Yangtze River project team could take a holiday, except for the researchers who took turns to stay on duty every day. Jiang Chen finally had a rare vacation.
Jiang Chen was a little dazed after not being home for more than half a year.
Laughter was heard from the garden. The girl's clear laughter and the child's sweet voice were getting closer and closer. After a while, two figures, one tall and one short, turned out from the sun room. The girl in pink home clothes was holding the little kid in a blue sailor suit. The girl walked slowly, with her head down, waiting for the little kid to catch up with her.
Still teaching her to speak: "Ranran, call me brother again."
The little kid, still holding the pacifier, called out incoherently, "Brother."
"Don't tell your sister." He Qianyu squatted down and supported the little kid: "When you see your brother later, call him Ranran again."
The little girl didn't know if she understood or not, she blinked and said, "Brother."
"It's the photo that Sister Qianyu just showed you. It's the most handsome one in our family. Do you remember it?"
The little girl's eyes lit up, she stretched out her chubby hands, and tried to run with her short legs: "Brother!"
"Yes!" He Qianyu held the little girl and said, "Remember, it's the best-looking and gentle one, our brother."
"Brother!" The little kid stretched his arms and stretched his head forward.
He Qianyu picked her up and kissed her: "Ranran is so smart, call her like this later." As she spoke, she turned around, and suddenly her eyes widened, her expression was dull for two seconds, then she screamed, and ran towards the young man at the door with the little baby in her arms.
"elder brother!"
“Brother! Brother!”
Jiang Chen paused, the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised, he took two steps at a time and rushed over to catch the running girl: "Slow down, don't fall."
"Brother..." He Qianyu hugged Jiang Chen tightly. Her eyes, which were full of smiles just now, turned red in an instant: "I miss you so much..."
"Brother misses you too."
"I ranked second in the exam last semester, and first in the midterm this semester... You said you would buy me a gift every time I made progress. You already owe me two gifts, but I don't want a gift. I just want my brother to accompany me. My second brother refused to go to the movies with me. I want you to go with me to a delicious restaurant. All my classmates have been there, but I haven't..."
Jiang Chen ruffled He Qianyu's hair, and when he heard her crying voice, he gently stroked her back: "I'm sorry that it took you so long to come back. I'll go to the movies with you tomorrow, and take you to the restaurant you want to go to, okay?"
"Hmm..." He Qianyu raised her head and said in a muffled voice, "Are my eyes red? Are they ugly?"
"It's red, but very cute." Jiang Chen scratched the tip of her nose, "My sister will always be the most beautiful girl."
He Qianyu burst into laughter, and then she remembered something and started to complain again: "Every time I cry, my second brother says I'm ugly, and when you're not around, he always bullies me. Brother, you must help me teach him a lesson later."
Jiang Chen chuckled and agreed, his eyes met with the little girl who was squeezed in the middle, with a strange and curious look on her face but not at all timid: "Ran Ran?"
The little kid held the pacifier in his mouth and blinked his eyes as he observed Jiang Chen.
"Do you remember your brother?"
Little Jiang Ran tilted his head, suddenly stretched out his hand, raised his little chin, and signaled Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen laughed and took He Qianyu from her arms, "Are mom and dad in there?"
"The dads are here." He Qianyu answered, squinting her eyes to remind little Jiang Ran, but the little boy was playing with his pacifier pendant and seemed to have forgotten about it. "Mom and the others went to the supermarket and haven't come back yet."
"Where's Qian Min?"
"He's playing games upstairs." He Qianyu couldn't help but complain when she mentioned He Qianmin: "My second brother relied on his early admission. Every time I asked him questions after the holidays, he would mock me for being stupid and said that I was the dumbest among the five of us. He was totally attacking me. Brother, you must talk to him about it later."
"I promise to help you scold him."
"Your loud voice can be heard upstairs." The boy on the second-floor terrace leaned out half of his body and said condescendingly: "Who are you going to tell - Brother!!!" With a mocking look on his face, the boy jumped onto the stone railing: "Brother, you're back!"
"Stand still." Jiang Chen subconsciously took a half step forward, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him standing firmly on the handrail: "Come down, take the stairs."
He Qianmin responded, turned around quickly and ran into the room, and ran out after a while. Jiang Zhuo and He Yanfeng also came out with him.
"Dad!" Jiang Chen walked quickly towards the two elders.
He Yanfeng and Jiang Zhuo stood side by side at the door, each of them raised a hand and placed it on Jiang Chen's shoulder, both with smiles on their faces.
"I'm glad you're back."
"Come in quickly."
Jiang Chen carried Jiang Ran inside. The house was no different from when he left, except that there were some children's toys in the corner of the living room.
"Are you tired?" Jiang Zhuo pointed to the toys in the corner: "Just put Ranran there. She doesn't like being held all the time. She can play by herself."
Jiang Chen was not tired, but he thought that Jiang Ran might not remember him anymore, and it might not be comfortable for her to be held by him all the time, so he thought it would be better to let her play by herself.
However, when Jiang Chen walked to the carpeted play area and squatted down to put the silent little Jiang Ran down, the little kid's soft hands around his neck refused to let go and held on to him tightly, almost hanging on his neck.
"Jiang Xiaoran," He Qianmin squatted beside Jiang Chen and made faces to scare her: "Let go."
Jiang Xiaoran rolled her eyes vividly and turned her head to bury it in Jiang Chen's neck.
He Qianyu smiled: "Jiang Xiaoran also dislikes you."
He Qianmin narrowed his eyes, put his index and middle fingers together, and gestured next to his neck.
"Brother!" He Qianyu immediately complained: "He Qianmin threatened me!"
Jiang Chen glanced at He Qianmin: "What?"
"Brother, don't side with her right after you come back. You don't know that her temper has changed drastically in the past six months. She is as fierce as a female demon. Jiang Xiaoran even rolled her eyes at her."
He Qianyu: "Jiang Xiaoran only rolls his eyes when he sees you. What does this mean? It means that you are so annoying that a one and a half year old child has learned to express dislike without any instruction.
"Brother, look at her."
"Brother, you said you would help me teach him a lesson!"
"My brother won't teach me a lesson."
"Brother has already promised me."
"It doesn't count even if you agree." He Qianmin hooked his arm around Jiang Chen's neck: "My brother and I are best friends, do you understand?"
"No, my brother likes me the most!"
"You're just kidding yourself."
"I didn't."
"Why don't you have it? Ask your brother if he has it."
He Qianyu turned around: "Brother, you say!"
He Qianmin snorted coldly and looked at Jiang Chen: "Brother, tell me."
Jiang Chen pulled down Jiang Xiaoran's hand that was pulling his hair, and rubbed his brother and sister's hair separately: "No one is allowed to quarrel."
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He Yanfeng raised his eyebrows and said, "These two are getting more and more disobedient as they grow older. Only I can control them."
Jiang Zhuo also shook his head: "Ran Ran is the same. Usually, she would twist or make a fuss if she is held for a long time, but today, she is fine in Chen Chen's arms."
The two fathers smiled at each other, their eyes focused in the same direction, and the chess pieces in their hands were slow to drop.
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