Before Wen Yiran came in, Cao Yunfei was holding a "cannon" in his hand and was about to take back his move!
Cao Yunfei had a good impression of his relative, Wen Yiran. When Cao Aimei was still alive, she would often speak well of Wen Yiran when she visited her parents' home. She said Wen Yiran was a rare and understanding person in the Wen family.
"Old man Wen, tell me, why are you here today?" General Zhou asked arrogantly after Wen Ziqing's figure disappeared on the stairs.
General Zhou was quite angry. His son, Ziqing, was such a wonderful young man! No matter whose family he was, they would have wanted to hold him in the palm of their hands! But the Wen family was so strange, just giving birth to a child and then leaving him alone?
When he was a child, he was thrown into a mountain valley to suffer (referring to the time when he went to Zhaojiagou to learn martial arts with Zhao Qingshan). When he grew up, his family members plotted against him (Wen Ziyun and He Jingjing teamed up to plot against Wen Ziqing, and Wen Yulong tricked Wen Ziqing). Wen Ziqing didn't say anything himself, but General Zhou couldn't stand it.
"General, I'm here to ask you to agree to let Yuanyuan marry into the Wen family. Our family will treat Ziqing and Yuanyuan well, I promise." Wen Yiran took a deep breath and finally expressed his wishes.
A smile appeared on General Zhou's face, but he immediately restrained it.
"Okay, since you promised it yourself, your Wen family should handle this matter according to the rules of marrying a daughter-in-law!" General Zhou waved his hand and made the final decision.
"Ah?" Wen Yiran had prepared a lot of words to persuade General Zhou!
Happiness came too suddenly, and Wen Yiran could hardly believe it.
"Old Wen, Old Wen, you should have come a long time ago. Ziqing is a human being. No matter how powerful he is, he still needs the care of his family!" General Zhou scolded Wen Yiran.
Wen Ziqing had lived in the Wen family for very little time by the time he was 25. Why was Wen Ziqing reluctant to go home? Wasn't it because he didn't feel the warmth and care of home in the Wen family?
No matter how busy Wen Yiran was at work, was he completely unaware of Wen Ziqing's situation at home? General Zhou didn't think so.
No matter how bad Wen Yulong was, he was still Wen Yiran's son, his biological child. He was a man of his own flesh and blood. Depriving Wen Yulong of his inheritance as head of the family was, in Wen Yiran's view, the harshest punishment. He certainly couldn't give up his eldest son for his grandson.
To put it bluntly, Wen Ziqing's self-exile over the years is simply because he doesn't want to make things difficult for Wen Yiran.
General Zhou himself is a "lonely" person. Before recognizing Zhou Zhixin, General Zhou had been lonely for decades. Because of this, General Zhou empathized with Wen Ziqing's desire for family affection.
In fact, it was General Zhou who had spread the news that Wen Ziqing was going to marry into the Zhou family a few years ago. General Zhou had originally thought that Wen Yiran would come to him immediately after hearing the news, but in the end, he waited for several years, and only now, when there was no more time to delay, did Wen Yiran come to him.
However, General Zhou was still very happy that Wen Yiran could come. This meant that Wen Ziqing's care for the Wen family over the years had not been in vain. In the Wen family, there were still people who were truly kind to Wen Ziqing.
"Yes, I was negligent before, and I will definitely not do it again in the future." Wen Yiran said in amazement.
Wen Yiran didn't dare to explain anything to General Zhou and could only bow his head and accept his instruction.
No matter what family it is, the sensible and well-behaved always suffer. As the head of the family, Wen Yiran, for the sake of family harmony, would certainly pay more attention to the trouble-making children. As a result, Wen Ziqing, who has always been a "good kid," would undoubtedly receive less care.
"No, old man Wen, don't go too far. From now on, Ziqing and his wife will not live with your big family. My daughter Yunxiang has already prepared several houses for Yuanyuan as a dowry. You can't interfere with where the young couple wants to live in the future." After teaching Wen Yi a lesson, General Zhou immediately fought for benefits for Zhou Yuanyuan and his wife.
After Wen Yiran retired, his unit repossessed his government compound and bought a house in Chaoyang District, about half an hour's walk from General Zhou's military compound.
After Wen Yuxiang and his family were transferred back to Jingdu, they lived with Wen Yiran. Wen Yulong, a bachelor with nowhere to go, took the opportunity to move back after Feng Xueying's funeral.
After Feng Xueying died, Wen Yulun was afraid that his father would be lonely, so he persuaded his wife and daughter to move back.
Now, the three sons and three granddaughters of the Wen family all live with Wen Yiran.
Zhou Yuanyuan is very busy every day and even has to squeeze out time for cultivation. If she lives in the Wen family, the people in the Wen family will represent a lot of troubles, so General Zhou is reluctant to let Zhou Yuanyuan worry about it.
Wen Yiran was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded and agreed: "No problem, it's fine if Ziqing and his wife don't want to live at home. As long as they are well, that's more important than anything else."
Seeing that Wen Yiran was so sensible, General Zhou was finally satisfied.
In the rooftop garden, Zhou Yuanyuan sat on a rattan chair, basking in the sun while listening to General Zhou lecturing Wen Yiran downstairs. When she heard something funny, Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't help but giggle.
Wen Ziqing sat next to Zhou Yuanyuan, peeling the melon seeds in his hand with a serious look on his face, and occasionally raised his head to glance at Zhou Yuanyuan.
Whenever Wen Ziqing saw Zhou Yuanyuan swallow the food in her mouth, he would peel a handful of melon seeds and quickly feed them into Zhou Yuanyuan's mouth.
Zhou Yuanyuan ate with a look of satisfaction. She loved eating melon seeds, but hated peeling them. Luckily, Wen Ziqing was there! The days of you peeling the seeds and me eating the meat were perfect.
Seeing Zhou Yuanyuan's smiling eyes, Wen Ziqing quickened his movements.
Compared to Wen Ziqing's fingers, the melon seeds were small and fragile. Wen Ziqing had to control the strength of his hands to avoid crushing the kernels.
Of course, if Wen Ziqing used his magic, the small basket of melon seeds on the table would probably turn into melon kernels very quickly. However, it was obvious that Wen Ziqing did not want to do that.
It's a rare opportunity to spend time with Zhou Yuanyuan. Even if Wen Ziqing does something as simple as peeling melon seeds for Zhou Yuanyuan, he feels filled with joy.
"Brother Ziqing, what should I do? I don't want to get married anymore." Zhou Yuanyuan swallowed the melon seeds in her mouth and suddenly said this before Wen Ziqing reached out to feed her.
"Yuanyuan, what's wrong?" Wen Ziqing stopped peeling the shells.
Not marrying? How could that be? These past few nights, Wen Ziqing's nose had been bleeding frequently whenever he thought about how he and Zhou Yuanyuan would soon become a real couple.
"My mother said that before marriage, men are obedient to women and will do whatever they are asked to do. After marriage, if a woman wants a man to do something, the man will definitely come up with a lot of excuses." Zhou Yuanyuan frowned and said this.
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