"Zhou Yan?" Grandpa Zhou turned to leave, but saw Zhou Yan standing there motionless, and suddenly became nervous. Did his grandson not want to go into the house with him?
Zhou Yan was woken up and looked at Xiao Yu with a sense of loss before heading towards the small building.
Xiao Yu was baffled by his 'resentful' and 'unsatisfied' gaze. Seeing him heading towards the small building, he quickly followed, carrying his equally waking daughter. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that winters in the past were much colder than modern times.
"Ba ba..." The little girl was wrapped too tightly, making it difficult for her to move, but that didn't stop her from expressing to her father that she was hungry and needed to eat some beef.
"Can he talk already?" Grandpa Zhou, who was walking in the middle, heard two "beeps" and turned curiously to look at the little baby in Xiao Yu's arms. He was captured by the other's lively little expression at first sight.
Xiao Yu was embarrassed. When he heard it for the first time, he thought someone was calling him. But it turned out that he was just being sentimental. The other person was just hungry and wanted to drink milk.
When Zhou Yan heard Mr. Zhou's question, he stopped and said, "Xiaoyu can't speak. If you have anything, you can ask me."
Mr. Zhou: ...
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Mr. Zhou hesitated for a moment. His work made many people instinctively resist and wary of him. He sometimes let his work slip into his personal life. His son's marriage was arranged without prior consent, and he had only met his daughter-in-law twice. Unexpectedly, his first meeting with his grandson's wife had already caused misunderstandings.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything else."
Zhou Yan thought about what Lei Xiangqian had 'kindly' told him about Mr. Zhou's identity and work, and finally suppressed his inner rejection: "...Is there hot water at home?"
“Yes, yes, yes.”
"Excuse me, the child may be hungry."
"Ah, I'm hungry." Old Zhou said as he walked quickly towards the small building. When he reached the door, he called into the house, "Sister Lin, Sister Lin, quickly bring the thermos over. My great-granddaughter wants to drink milk."
An elderly female voice in the room responded: "Coming, coming."
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Xiao Yu followed Zhou Yan into the house and saw a woman in her fifties, dressed simply and with her hair combed meticulously, coming out of the house holding the bamboo shell of a kettle in her hands.
Seeing Zhou Yan and Xiao Yu holding their children, the woman's eyes were scrutinizing for a moment. After touching the children in their arms, her expression became a little unnatural. It took several seconds before she managed a cold and distant smile.
Who is this? Comrade Zhou's remarriage partner? Xiao Yu was puzzled. Could this woman be Zhou Yan's step-grandmother?
Zhou Yan also sensed the alienation that the woman had just emanated.
He had seen this kind of alienation in the teacher's wife. The teacher was very nice to them, a group of boy soldiers, but his second wife did not like them, and she didn't like them going to his house to see the teacher.
In fact, Gangzi and the others were originally registered under the name of the teacher. Later, someone introduced the teacher to his second wife. After a few times, they stopped looking for the teacher. Even the children who originally lived in the teacher's house moved out voluntarily.
The teacher, who was often at the front, was unaware of this. The second-married wife also managed to maintain a semblance of peace.
"Come, sit down." Grandpa Zhou invited his grandson with a smile.
However, Zhou Yan did not sit down immediately. If this woman was really his cheap grandfather's second wife, then perhaps he really shouldn't come back.
He looked at the smiling Mr. Zhou and asked, "Who is this?"
"This is Comrade Lin. She used to be a medical officer in the army. After retiring, she worked as a nurse at the Capital Hospital. Currently, she's been assigned by higher-ups to come here to help with my daily life. You can call her Grandma Lin. She usually comes in at 7 a.m. and leaves at 5 p.m., and occasionally helps with dinner."
Zhou Yan listened to Mr. Zhou's introduction and saw his businesslike expression, and he almost understood that Mr. Zhou and this woman had nothing to do with each other. It was just that Comrade Lao Lin's expression was a little off.
Zhou Yan could see the problem with Comrade Lao Lin's expression, so how could Mr. Zhou, as the head of a certain department, not notice it? He lowered his eyelids calmly, then smiled and said, "Come, sit down, Xiao Yu!"
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Xiao Yu nodded when his name was called, and sat down on the double wooden chair in the living room. The wooden chair was padded with a worn cushion, and it was obvious that it had been used for many years.
After his grandson sat down, Grandpa Zhou reached out and took the kettle from Lao Lin's hand and said, "Comrade Lao Lin, go to the cafeteria and see what breakfast is available today. Buy some. Don't buy too much. We'll have lunch at the restaurant at noon."
"Uh, okay." Comrade Lao Lin nodded, immediately untied the cloth and hurried to the door.
Seeing her flustered look, Mr. Zhou frowned but said nothing.
When Zhou Yan saw the nanny go out, he took out four bottles from his bag, then reached out to take the thermos from the old man's hand and started to heat the bottles.
After all four bottles were scalded, he poured almost boiling water into them, waited for the water temperature to drop, and then made the milk.
Mr. Zhou was very curious why there were four bottles.
As the head of a country's intelligence agency, he naturally knew about the rumors that his grandson had quadruplets. The person who wanted to impersonate his grandson went to Huaguo Town to look for his grandson's lost quadruplets.
But seeing that his grandson only had two of them today, he didn't dare to ask too much. This little guy looked like an ordinary retired soldier, but since he was sent back from Jin Province by the Supernatural Bureau, it was clear that this couple must have some skills.
"Ah!" The eldest daughter came into the house and her father finally freed her little hands. She expressed her curiosity about the older person sitting opposite her, who looked a bit like her father.
Old Master Zhou was amused by her lively appearance: "This is..."
"My eldest daughter." Zhou Yan said.
Mr. Zhou paused for a moment. "Eldest daughter? Her nickname?"
Zhou Yan: ...
Zhou Yan subconsciously looked at Xiao Yu. What was his eldest daughter's name? Sanbao, Sibao, Wubao, Liubao, those weren't names, were they?
Xiao Yu also realized this problem belatedly, and quickly pretended to know nothing, lowering his head to untie the "shackles" on the little girl.
Old Master Zhou is an old fox. This brief scene happened right under his nose, so how could he not see it?
"You two, haven't you named your child yet?"
Zhou Yan’s eyes twitched: …He was only recently confirmed that the child was his.
Xiao Yu←_←: Mr. Zhou, it’s none of my business. I worked so hard to give birth to the baby!
"Pfft, really, I've never seen parents as confused as you."
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