Not long after, the Zhen family's doorbell rang again.
"I'll go drive it! I'll go drive it!" Zhen Tian skipped over, "Happy New Year!"
When the door opened, Lu Lin, with a smile on his face, and Yuan Yuan, whose face clearly showed her unease, appeared in front of Zhen Tian.
"You're finally here! Come in quickly!" Zhen Tian happily hugged Yuan Yuan, then took her hand and walked into the house, shouting, "Dad, Mom, look who's here!"
They completely forgot about Lu Lin, who was carrying two suitcases behind them.
"Daddy, Mommy, come out quickly..."
"Who is it? Is it your delivery guy? Tell him to wash his hands and get to work..."
With her hands covered in flour, Lu Ti had to open the sliding door to the kitchen with the help of others to come out.
"Take the items on the cabinet..."
Lu Ti's words caught in her throat.
Their eyes met, and Yuan Yuan nervously clenched her fists. She could appear calmly with Tian Tian, Qing Yan, Brother Yang, and Jun Li, but she couldn't quite manage to face Tian Tian's parents.
Yuan Yuan opened her mouth several times, but finally whispered, "Aunt Lu."
"You...you...you child." Lu Ti's fingers trembled, and her breathing became rapid: "You..."
You've been arguing for a long time, but you can't find the right words—to blame or to feel sorry for someone.
"I'm sorry, Aunt Lu." Yuan Yuan gritted her teeth. Because she was friends with Tian Tian, she accepted Tian Tian's kindness without feeling guilty, since she had given to her in the past.
But for Tian Tian's parents, these two were the ones who treated her with genuine affection without any reason. Even if it was just Tian Tian's parents extending their love to her, it was still unconditional and without expecting anything in return.
"Come here quickly." Lu Ti didn't say anything in the end, but took two steps forward and carefully looked at Yuan Yuan.
As someone who's been through it all, she couldn't miss the changes in her child's eyes: "Good child, you've suffered outside."
"Why haven't they come in yet?"
“Father Zhen.” Yuan Yuan’s eyes reddened at Lu Ti’s words, and tears streamed down her face when she saw Zhen Lei.
"Yuan Yuan?" Zhen Lei was also extremely shocked. To be honest, he hadn't expected to see the child again.
"It's me."
"You're back? It's good to see you back." Zhen Lei breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward, and patted her head. "It's good to see you back."
When she left, Zhen Lei only thought that it was good enough that she was alive. He and his wife were afraid that she might do something rash and die in a foreign land.
Lu Lin stood behind the group, watching with a smile on his lips.
"Hey, what kind of look is that?" Zhen Yan grinned mischievously and nudged Lu Lin in the waist.
"It's nothing." Lu Lin looked away.
"Tch, you still want to hide it from me." Zhen Yan looked at Lu Lin with confidence and a provocative expression: "What, are you jealous? Feeling like you're not being valued since you came back? Hahaha, little brat."
Lu Lin raised an eyebrow. Forget it, why bother arguing with a single dog?
"You don't know anything." Lu Lin retorted before walking over to the group and standing beside Yuan Yuan, stroking her hair: "Why are you crying during the New Year?"
"What's wrong? Yuan Yuan can cry if she wants to. Why are you making such a fuss over nothing?" Lu Ti glared back immediately.
Lu Lin was both amused and exasperated. Were they already protecting Yuan Yuan so quickly? Did he, as her nephew, have no status at all?
Probably only Zhen Tian knew why the guy stood over there; she was practically bursting with pent-up frustration, wondering when the two of them would finally be honest with each other.
“Alright, Lu Lin is right, let’s all be happy during the New Year.” Zhen Lei put his arm around his wife’s shoulder: “Let’s go back to the kitchen and leave the outside to the young people. Yuanyuan is still your home.”
"Um."
Yuan Yuan nodded vigorously, her tears turning into a smile.
"What's going on?" Yang Tao was unaware of the inside story and was a little confused by the scene that seemed to be filled with the joy of a reunion after a life-or-death separation.
"There's a past." Ye Qingyan didn't want to bring up Yuan Yuan's wounds as a topic of conversation.
Fortunately, Yang Tao was a sensible person and didn't ask any further questions after hearing that.
Several people who knew how to cook gathered in the Zhen family's kitchen, leaving only Zhen Tian and her friends outside, along with Zhen Hong, who had left home at a young age and never had the chance to learn to cook, Lu Yiran, who was always focused on his studies, and Lu Lin, who had always been a mischievous child.
Zhen Yan and Lu Yinuo stayed outside because there wasn't enough room for so many people inside.
Having not seen Lu Lin for a long time, the three of them got together and started discussing game development.
Yang Tao is also very outgoing and communicates better with her peers.
It didn't take long for him to become familiar with Zhen Hong.
"I've watched all the videos of your matches. You're incredibly cool."
Yang Tao was not exaggerating at all. After meeting Zhen Hong today, there was one man she didn't dare to recognize because he was much more handsome than he appeared on TV.
"Really?" Zhen Hong smiled, revealing a set of bright white teeth.
"Of course it's true. My dream is to become a journalist, so I know a lot about many up-and-coming talents. I'm thinking that if I ever have the chance to interview one of them, I'll be in luck."
"You want to be a reporter?" Zhen Hong shifted her position on the sofa.
"yes."
"That's a great dream. Then I'll wait until you interview me sometime!"
"You'd like me to interview you?"
"Of course. I admire anyone who strives for their dreams." Zhen Hong smiled and put her arm around Zhen Tian, who was chatting with Ye Qingyan. "Isn't that right, little sister!"
"ah?"
Zhen Tian didn't hear it and looked completely bewildered.
"It's okay. Do you want an orange? I'll peel one for you..."
"Okay, two I'll take."
"Can."
Zhen Hong turned around and started peeling an orange for Zhen Tian, but Yang Tao's girlish heart was completely disturbed by Zhen Hong.
She bit her lip, glanced at Zhen Hong who was carefully peeling an orange, and secretly made up her mind.
She will definitely interview him in person one day.
"I hope the day I interview you will be the day you win the world championship," Yang Tao suddenly said.
Zhen Hong paused for a moment, then laughed heartily: "Okay."
"Ding-dong ding-dong..."
The door of the Zhen family rang again.
"I'll go." Zhen Hong got up and handed the peeled orange to her younger sister. This girl in the family doesn't like to eat cut oranges; she only likes to hold a whole orange and eat it.
It was probably one of her aunts or maternal aunts who had come, so Zhen Tian didn't compete with Zhen Hong and continued to sit and chat with her friends.
"Hey, Uncle and Auntie."
"It's Zhen Hong, the Asian Games champion this year is amazing."
"We watched the competition, it was great. We'll also try our luck in the Olympics."
The two people who arrived chatted and laughed with Zhen Hong as they entered.
"Sweetie, look who's here."
It was obvious that the visitor, Zhen Hong, and the Zhen family were all familiar with him.
Zhen Tian turned her head with a smile, her lips still smeared with orange juice.
When he saw Liu Ye and Ji Quanzhou, his smile widened: "Dad, Mom."
"Hey, my darling. Come here and give me a hug." Liu Ye opened her arms, and Zhen Tian rushed over.
Ye Qingyan, Yuan Yuan, and Yang Tao were left completely bewildered.
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