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Song Lan received a call from Chen Dongxu and set off with Qin Yanzheng at 2 p.m., bringing Da Bao and Er Bao to the Chen family to pay New Year's greetings.
Without a doubt, apart from Zhang Hua, everyone else in the Chen family beamed with smiles upon seeing Da Bao and Er Bao, vying to hold the two little ones.
Zhang Hua was extremely uncomfortable seeing this, so he made up an excuse and left home.
Neither Grandpa Chen and his wife, nor her husband Chen Changqing, paid any attention to her actions.
As for Chen Changzheng and his wife, Chen Dongxu, and Song Lan and his wife, they wouldn't care at all.
"Lanlan, come on, go with your aunt to Grandma's room for a chat."
After chatting and laughing in the living room for about thirty or forty minutes, Old Mrs. Chen suddenly got up and invited Song Lan and her eldest daughter-in-law Yuan Ying to come with her to the bedroom to sit for a while.
Song Lan naturally had no objections.
The same applies to Yuan Ying.
The two helped Mrs. Chen leave the living room.
“One day before the New Year, Old Wang from this compound called your grandfather and said you were his eldest granddaughter-in-law. Do you know what happened?”
The three of them sat down in the bedroom, and Old Mrs. Chen immediately asked Song Lan, wanting to know what Old Master Wang's explanation was all about.
Upon hearing this, Song Lan paused for a moment, then said, "I only found out this afternoon."
With a smile playing on her lips, Song Lan's expression was calm: "However, I don't know which 'Old Man Wang' you're talking about, Grandma, but according to what my father-in-law said at home..."
Da Bao and Er Bao's great-grandfather's surname is indeed Wang, but he severed ties with my father many years ago. However, before the Lunar New Year, my father unexpectedly ran into him.
For some reason, the other party wanted to acknowledge my father-in-law as their father, but he directly refused, telling them that it was best for them to live their own lives peacefully.
After a slight pause, Song Lan continued, "Da Bao and Er Bao's great-grandfather was a son-in-law of the Qin family. I don't know anything else about him."
To be honest, Song Lan understood what Old Mrs. Chen wanted to know, but as a junior, even if Qin's father didn't want to acknowledge him as his father or have any connection with him, that person was still the great-grandfather of Da Bao and Er Bao.
Even disregarding the need to keep family scandals private, Song Lan felt it was best not to utter anything she shouldn't, since abandoning one's wife and children was certainly not a good thing.
If she were to speak out, and the news were to spread throughout the compound, the Qin family would lose face.
But then again, if she didn't say anything, she would feel a little frustrated.
Based on this, Song Lan hinted at the idea of "marrying into the family."
Right now, she's pretty sure that the old man Wang that Mrs. Chen was talking about is most likely the great-grandfather of Da Bao and Er Bao, that is, Qin Yanzheng's grandfather.
As her thoughts wandered, Song Lan finished speaking and smiled at Old Mrs. Chen and Yuan Ying.
He didn't say anything more.
"Mom, Uncle Wang was once married into the family. Have you heard about this before?"
Yuan Ying's eyes were full of curiosity.
Grandma Chen shook her head: "I only heard your father guess that Old Wang should have had two marriages. But your father didn't mention whether he had married into the family or not."
In response, Old Mrs. Chen shifted her gaze from Yuan Ying to Song Lan: "Your father-in-law really doesn't intend to acknowledge her?"
"Um."
Song Lan nodded, and then said, "My family doesn't think it's necessary."
Since we severed ties many years ago, our family is now living a harmonious and happy life.
This sudden appearance of someone wanting to claim kinship is really too abrupt.
The most crucial point is that the other party severed ties with our family first!
"I reckon Old Man Wang probably won't give up."
Grandma Chen said, "When people get old, they just like to have as many children and grandchildren as possible. If he hadn't met your father-in-law, Old Wang probably wouldn't have had any thoughts about it."
But the reality is that he already knows about your father-in-law's relationship with him, so he won't easily give up on this son's idea.
Song Lan said calmly, "As juniors, Qin Yanzheng and I will not offer our opinions; we will only listen to my father."
"That's true. Everything is decided by your father-in-law. After all, it was Old Man Wang who severed ties first. Your father-in-law has no reason to accommodate him and instead suffer injustice."
Hearing what Mrs. Chen said, Yuan Ying nodded in agreement.
In the living room, while chatting with Qin Yanzheng, Grandpa Chen casually brought up the same topic that Grandma Chen had asked Song Lan.
Perhaps it was a meeting of minds, but Qin Yanzheng's response was exactly the same as Song Lan's.
—He didn't say much, only mentioning that Old Master Wang had married into the Qin family.
Yes, Qin Yanzheng also learned about the connection between the Wang family and the Qin family in this compound from Old Master Chen's questions, namely that Old Master Wang was his grandfather whom he had never met.
"Would you like to meet that old man?"
Old Master Chen suddenly asked this question.
Upon hearing this, Qin Yanzheng shook his head: "I don't know him, and there's no need for me to."
Seeing that Qin Yanzheng wasn't lying, Old Master Chen didn't insist. He smiled and said, "That old guy is very skilled in warfare, but his character is a little lacking."
"His character is none of our Qin family's business."
Not to mention his father doesn't want to acknowledge his relatives, he doesn't even want to acknowledge any so-called grandfather.
Qin Yanzheng spoke indifferently, his expression revealing nothing unusual.
Chen Dongxu was having a great time playing with Da Bao and Er Bao, and the two children would laugh frequently.
This left Chen Changzheng and Chen Changqing speechless, feeling that Chen Dongxu was too immature and not even as old as Da Bao and Er Bao.
He was supposed to be playing with the two kids, but he was having more fun than the little ones!
He squatted in the living room, playing with a tin frog, and made two toddlers do his "labor," taking turns picking up the tin frog that jumped far away.
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Song Lan and Qin Yanzheng had dinner at the Chen family's house before taking Old Master Chen's car and carrying Da Bao and Er Bao back to the Qin family's house.
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