"Miss Xie, thank you so much today. Please come to my house for dinner some other day."

In the past, Huang Zhiqiu would have warmly invited Xie Xia to his home for a visit, but today was a little unusual.

Xie Xia smiled and nodded, helped Yun Mo put the things in the trunk on the steps at the door, and left.

"Momo, I forgot to bring my key. Please open the door."

"good."

Yun Mo took out the key, opened the lock, pushed open the door, and was immediately stunned by the layout of the courtyard.

From the entrance all the way to the yard, a one-meter-wide flower path is arranged with red roses along the way, extending all the way to the yard.

The red roses had all their branches, leaves and roots cut off, leaving only the brightly coloured corollas, which looked as if they had grown out of the ground.

A long table covered with an off-white tablecloth had been set up in the yard. There were flowers, fruits, cakes on the table, and heart-shaped balloons floating around it.

"Momo, come in quickly, Xiao Ling has been preparing for a whole day."

Hearing the reminder behind her, Yun Mo subconsciously turned her head and met Huang Zhiqiu's smiling face full of smiles and blessings.

"You and Xiao Ling should spend the holiday at home today. I will go to the store and come back after dinner."

Huang Zhiqiu was about to leave when Yun Mo said, "Mom, be careful."

"knew."

With bodyguards around, Yun Mo wasn't too worried about Huang Zhiqiu's safety.

She closed the door, turned and walked to the center of the yard, casually took a red rose from the vase on the long table, put it to her nose and sniffed it gently.

"Wife, what do you think of this arrangement?"

Looking at the man's nervous and cautious face, Yun Mo tapped his forehead with the flower in her hand.

"Not bad. Whose idea was it?"

"Xie Xia and Zeng Fang helped me think of this."

No wonder she always felt that Xie Xia looked at her strangely today.

Yun Mo broke the rose, put it between her ears, and then reached out to the man.

"Where's the gift?"

Ling Chuan took out a ruby ​​ring from his pocket.

The ring band is made of pure gold, slender and plain, with a heart-shaped ruby ​​of about one carat inlaid on the ring face.

The combination of gold and ruby ​​is a bit tacky, but in this era, such a ruby ​​ring is dazzling enough to attract envious glances from most women.

Yun Mo returned the ring to Ling Chuan, and then, facing the other's puzzled look, she stretched out her left hand.

"Put it on for me."

"good."

Seeing the man trying to put the ring on her middle finger, Yun Mo quickly shook her ring finger and said, "Wear this one!"

"Oh, oh."

Seeing the man in such a hurry, Yun Mo couldn't help but tease him, "When you bought the ring, didn't the salesperson tell you which hand to wear it on?"

"I told you, I was too nervous and remembered it wrong."

"Why should you be so nervous? It's not like you're getting married."

After helping her put the ring on, Ling Chuan dared to speak, "I was afraid you wouldn't like it."

Yun Mo raised her left hand and looked around, a satisfied smile on her face, "I think it's pretty good, the style is simple and elegant, and the quality of the ruby ​​is also good. Did you pick it?"

"Um."

Seeing that she liked it, Lingchuan's eyes couldn't help but reveal tenderness and a smile.

After admiring the ring on her hand, Yun Mo turned her palm over and saw that it was also a men's ring.

The ring that Yun Mo bought was also made of pure gold. It was a loose bar ring with simple patterns carved on the ring face. It was both fashionable and elegant as well as very everyday.

In fact, Yun Mo originally prepared a platinum men's ring, but later she accidentally saw the invoice for a man buying a ruby ​​ring, so she went and bought a gold one.

Seeing the cold ring put on his ring finger with his own eyes, Ling Chuan was filled with surprise and joy.

"Wife, you bought me a ring too?"

Yun Mo helped him adjust the size of the ring and replied, "If others have it, you must have it too."

This simple sentence is like a seed taking root in the heart, sprouting, and growing into a towering tree that no one can shake.

Ling Chuan's chest felt full, and heat slowly rose to his eyes, but he forced it down.

Men have long fingers, so wearing bar rings doesn't make them look bulky at all, but rather shows their temperament.

"Just right, thank you, wife."

Yun Mo put their hands, both of which were wearing rings, together and compared them. Then she pretended to be fierce and "warned" them: "If you lose your ring, I won't buy you a new one."

Ling Chuan quickly said: "I won't lose it, I promise!"

"That's good."

Seeing her looking down at the ruby ​​ring on her hand, Ling Chuan suddenly said, "Wife, don't worry. If you lose your ring, I will buy you a new one."

Not only would he buy new ones for his wife, he would buy a lot so that she could change and wear them every day.

My wife's fingers are so beautiful, they look even better with rings on them.

Hearing the man's words, Yun Mo couldn't help but retort with hot ears: "Crow Mouth, can you say something auspicious? If I really lost it, it was because of you."

Ling Chuan looked at her lovingly and did not refute.

After exchanging gifts, it was time for dinner.

The dishes were very rich, combining Chinese and Western cuisines, including sweet and sour spare ribs, salt-roasted shrimps, fried steak and fruit salad, all of which were Yunmo's favorites.

After eating and drinking, Ling Chuan took out the borrowed instant camera and took many solo photos of his wife, as well as photos of the two of them.

For Yun Mo, her first wedding anniversary was a warm and fulfilling one.

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The next day, July 6, Yunmo got up early in the morning because she had to go to see the examination room.

Thousands of miles away at the Beijing airport, Shao Lin, who had been inspecting business abroad for more than a month, finally returned to Beijing on an international flight.

On the way back to the Shao family compound, Shao Lin asked about his son Shao Yian's recent situation.

After Liang Kuan gave a brief report, he immediately mentioned the phone call that Wei Fu had made earlier.

When Shao Lin heard that someone came to the Shao family to look for him, he didn't take it too seriously.

After returning to the Shao family and taking a short rest, Shao Lin went to Lanju with the gifts he brought back from abroad.

At Lan Ju, several simple and delicious home-cooked dishes have been laid out in the stone pavilion in the front yard.

Mrs. Shao stood in front of the railing of the stone pavilion, leaning on the railing to admire a two-meter-tall chrysanthemum-petal jasmine plant beside the pavilion.

The courtyard is quiet and filled with subtle fragrance.

"Mom is really good at growing flowers. Generally, a double-petaled jasmine reaches its peak when it grows to one meter, but this one mom grows bigger every year."

Hearing her son's familiar voice, Mrs. Shao turned around and said, "I calculated that you would come at about this time. The food has been served. Please take a seat."

"Home-cooked food still tastes better."

After tasting the shredded pork with soy sauce, Shao Lin couldn't help but sigh.

Mrs. Shao put a piece of crab roe tofu into his bowl and said, "If it suits your taste, eat a few more bites. You always come back thinner every time you go out. Since it's not good outside, go home earlier in the future."

Shao Lin smiled and nodded, "Mom is right."

Mrs. Shao glared at him and said, "You agreed quickly, but you kept it in mind."

"How dare I forget your words? Here, I personally went to the place of origin to buy the Ceylon black tea you mentioned before. If time permits, I will stay there to pick, dry, roll, and ferment the tea myself, and make two jars of the world's unique black tea for you to show my filial piety."

Mrs. Shao was amused by her son's words. "You are so poor, don't even mention making tea yourself. It would be nice if you could come back and have a meal with me more often when you have time."

"Two meals is not enough, we need several meals at least."

"Tsk, you just know how to talk, and every time you talk better than you sing."

The simple lunch ended happily with the mother and son joking with each other.

After accompanying Mrs. Shao to taste the black tea brought back from abroad, Shao Lin got up and returned to his own yard, and Mrs. Shao saw him out.

"By the way, someone handed you a letter last time. I put it in the study for you. You can read it when you have time."

"Okay, I understand."

Shao Lin had an appointment with an important client in the evening, and originally planned to go back to his yard to take a nap, adjust to the jet lag, and conserve his energy for the evening social event. However, after lying in bed, he could not fall asleep. He could not help thinking about the letter that Mrs. Shao mentioned.

"Uncle Fu!"

Wei Fu responded and came to his door, "Sir, you called me?"

"Please bring over the letter that Madam left in the study some time ago."

Second update~ 　　Father and daughter will meet tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)