Liu Jin and Fu Bao also joined Bei Nan's group, teasing the two children. Before long, the two little ones forgot about being bullied by Bei Nan and followed him around.
So, the adults ran, the children laughed, the puppy barked, and even Lulu came out of the house, running after them, not knowing who she was following.
Attracted by the lively sounds from the central courtyard, Ye Ren couldn't help but run out. Seeing the chaos in the courtyard and the happy faces of Yan's wife and his own Fu Qingping, he smiled with satisfaction.
He beckoned to Bei Nan, wanting to ask about the chain hotel. Through Nan Nan's kidnapping, Ye Ren valued Bei Nan highly. Although he was uneducated and a roughneck, he was loyal and courageous, and also had a business mind.
As reform and opening up deepens, there will definitely be more and more competitors in the South. There will be a day when I have to leave. With this third brother to help me in the future, my path will be much smoother.
"Hello Grandpa Ye, I'm here today to invite you to visit my hotel and have a meal together."
Ye Ren nodded. This hotel was the first hotel Bei Nan invested in after returning to China, so the Ye family had to give Bei Nan face.
Not long after, several cars drove out of the courtyard house and went directly to a five-story hotel in the south of the city.
Looking at the tall and magnificent building, Grandma Yan smiled excitedly. Her grandson built such a tall building. Bei Nan was embarrassed by the comment. Grandma misunderstood. It wasn't me who built it, but the hotel is ours.
Liu Jin led Fu Bao from the first floor to the fifth floor, running from one end of the corridor to the other. They opened the door to look at the rooms, comparing which was nicer, their uncle's hotel or their aunt's club. The two siblings had a great time.
Yan Xiaonan looked around. Southwest and Duoduo weren't there, and even Wujinban was nowhere to be seen: "Third Brother, where are Second Brother and Duoduo?"
Bei Nan shrugged: "I heard that Wu Jin Ban has been having a rough time lately, always getting reported by the teacher. I doubt Southwest can handle it."
Yan Xiaonan frowned. Ever since Wu Jinban started staying at the dormitory, she would always go to the staff dormitory on weekends. She hadn't seen Wu Jinban and Duoduo for a long time.
Ye Chenming rolled his eyes elegantly. Nan Nan was the best to Xin Nan, but Xin Nan was the worst off. Now he couldn't even handle two children. He had no idea what Xin Nan was doing.
Yan Xiaoqiang was also unhappy. Today, Bei Nan was treating everyone to a meal, and Shen Shaohua had already gone to the furniture factory to invite Xinan and Liu Lili. They said they would definitely come, but now that it was almost time to eat, they didn't know where they were.
As if on cue, Nan Nan heard Wu Jinban's voice: "Auntie, Grandma, Grandpa, I'm here."
Yan Xiaonan turned around and saw Wu Jinban pulling Duoduo and running towards her. She quickly waved her hand to stop him, saying, "Wu Jinban, slow down, Duoduo can't outrun you."
Wu Jinban turned around and, feeling embarrassed, slowed down, saying, "Duoduo, I'm sorry, please slow down."
Duo Duo grinned, but her front tooth had fallen out at some point, making her look like something was missing.
Yan Xiaonan walked over and patted the two children on the head, then took out two pieces of chocolate from her pocket and handed them over: "Here, have some to tide you over, then you can eat dinner later."
Wu Jin and Duo Duo quickly took it, exclaiming, "Chocolate! It's been so long since we've had any!"
Southwest and Liu Lili walked in. Southwest greeted Bei Nan apologetically. It turned out that when she went out, Southwest realized that Wu Jinban's pants were too short, so she took the two children to the department store first to buy them new clothes, which is why she was late.
Cuihua found it strange. Wujinban had entered junior high school a year earlier because of his good grades. Since the junior high school was a bit far away, he chose to board at school. Cuihua had bought a lot of clothes for this child, so how could his pants be too short?
But looking at the clothes Wu Jinban was wearing, they were indeed newly bought. So she pulled Wu Jinban aside and asked in a low voice, "Wu Jinban, are the pants Grandma bought you too short? Then Grandma will take you to buy some more later."
Wu Jinban shook his head, leaned close to Cuihua's ear and said, "Grandma, I deliberately swapped pants with my classmate. I wanted to let Dad know that he not only has a wife, but also two sons."
"You silly child, today is your Uncle Bei Nan's treat, and you're still causing trouble. What you're doing is wrong," Cuihua said unhappily.
"Grandma, I'm sorry, but I swap pants with my classmate every weekend and deliberately go to the staff dormitory to see Dad. Dad just can't see me. He only found out today because Uncle Bei Nan treated us to dinner." Wu Jinban said, sounding a little aggrieved.
Ye Chenming and Yan Xiaonan heard everything clearly from the side. They felt sorry for Wu Jinban. It was too difficult for a child who wanted a father's love. However, Xinan was still newly married, and Wu Jinban would only suffer more if he went to him.
How should she communicate with this child? Yan Xiaonan had a headache. She didn't like dealing with these kinds of problems because there was never a right answer.
But she couldn't just stand by and watch Wu Jinban push Southwest further away using the wrong method, so she could only tentatively ask:
"Five and a half pounds. Your aunt is asking you, what do you want your father to do to be satisfied?"
Wu Jin was stunned. He remembered when he first came to the capital as a child. He was very attached to Liu Jin, but Liu Jin was attached to his aunt. He could only feel sad and envious in secret.
Then Dad hugged me, smiled gently at me, and encouraged me to talk to my aunt boldly. So I mustered up the courage to talk to my aunt, and that day my aunt gave me lots of delicious food.
From then on, he was no longer afraid to talk to his aunt. Later, he gradually discovered that his aunt treated Liu Jin and him equally well. She would criticize him for making mistakes and reward him for making progress.
Thinking of this, Wu Jinban suddenly felt guilty. His father hadn't changed; it was just that he hadn't wanted to be close to him. Now that his father had a new wife, he was jealous, so he did a lot of little things to make things difficult for his father.
"Auntie, I was wrong. I'm all grown up now and can't be so petty. Can I go back to the courtyard house on weekends from now on?"
Yan Xiaonan smiled and nodded: "Of course you can. You can come to your aunt's place if you like, or you can go to your dad's place if you prefer. It's up to you."
Wu Jinban laughed. He decided to visit the courtyard house once a month and go to the furniture factory the rest of the time because he liked to work with the wood and his grandfather would teach him.
With his worries gone, Wu Jinban became cheerful and started playing with Liu Jin and Fu Bao. He especially liked Tian Ru and Yu Shu, particularly Yu Shu, who was delicate and beautiful with eyes like stars in the sky, blinking brightly.
Southwest walked over, embarrassed to thank Yan Xiaonan: "Nannan, I feel so incompetent right now. I can't even teach a child properly. I feel so frustrated."
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