"Yes, your sister will be living with your Aunt Yu. It's the courtyard that you and your Grandpa Li used to go to every week; that will be their home from now on."
"Oh, can I go play with my little sister later?"
"Of course you can."
Looking at Liu Jingsong's innocent smile, Zhang Hongmei felt it was particularly genuine and pure.
After Aunt Li finished feeding Niu Niu, the little girl smiled shyly at her.
She's a pretty little girl. Yu Hongxia is just average-looking; I guess Niu Niu's father must be quite good-looking.
Aunt Li knew it was Zhang Hongmei's big day, but she didn't know what to say and was afraid of doing something wrong with her good intentions. So she decided to let the two children accompany her and pretend she didn't know anything about it.
"Hongmei, are you going to rest, or do you want to play with the two children for a while?"
"You go and rest, I can watch over the two of them."
"Okay, I'll go get ready and come over in a bit."
In fact, Zhang Hongmei was very nervous and didn't know how to calm down. She kept talking all morning and didn't want to be alone, so her two children were with her.
She picked up the little girl. "Niu Niu, call me Auntie!"
"Aunt!"
"Wow, Niu Niu's voice is so beautiful. Niu Niu, can you tell Auntie what your name is?"
"Yu Xi!"
"Yu Xi, what a lovely name! Did your mother name you that?"
"Mmm." The little girl lowered her head shyly.
Liu Jingsong also came over. The little girl was a little scared, but she still smiled at him.
Meanwhile, Zeng Zhongkang and Wang Ying, who had driven away, were catching up on some things about the Zeng family.
"Wang Ying, my dad is a division commander, directly under a top leader. But now he's working under that leader."
My mother passed away when I was six years old. It was because my current stepmother pursued my father. And my father didn't refuse; she confronted my mother while she was heavily pregnant.
My mother was constantly bothered by her, which made her mentally unstable. She accidentally fell from the building, hit her head, and died.
I joined the army when I was twelve, and I never lived in that so-called home.
They are the family of three here. I feel like an outsider.
So when I was little, I swore that I would never become an irresponsible man like my father, one who had no sense of duty towards his family, wife, and children.
"Okay, I understand. I'll treat them the same way I would treat ordinary people from now on."
"Well, so I wanted to tell you not to care about them."
"Okay, I understand. From now on, you'll have me; we're family."
"Yes, Wang Ying, I solemnly tell you that although I have someone I love in my heart, you have become my wife, and I have absolute respect for you. Moreover, I swear that I will never do anything to betray you."
"Okay, I believe you. Let's work hard together for a happy life together in the future."
Zeng Zhongkang drove to the gate of the compound. The guards were startled when they saw the license plate; it was their old commander's car. One of them went inside to make a phone call, while the rest of them stood at attention and saluted.
Zeng Zhongkang rolled down the window. "I'm looking for Commander Zeng."
The guards recognized Zeng Zhongkang. They were all relieved; it was good that it wasn't their old commander.
Realizing he had made a mistake, he quickly went inside to make a phone call.
Zeng Zhongkang drove directly to the office door, and the two got out of the car.
Wang Ying now knew what kind of person her father-in-law was. Her initial unease disappeared; she simply felt like she was meeting a relative. Therefore, she wasn't nervous and followed Zeng Zhongkang with a natural and poised demeanor.
"Don't you know that using a leader's car for personal business is a mistake?" Zeng Zhaoqing launched into a tirade.
After he finished scolding her, he noticed the little girl behind his son. With his sharp eyesight, he could tell at a glance that she was a trained fighter.
Zeng Zhongkang was already used to it, and pulled Wang Ying's hand to sit on a chair to the side.
"Dad, this is my wife, Wang Ying. We got our marriage certificate today."
"You, you! I'm your father! You only came to see me after you got married. Do you really not respect me at all?"
"I'm here to inform you, aren't I?"
Wang Ying, this is my dad.
Wang Ying stood up and exclaimed, "Dad!"
"I dare not accept such praise."
"Alright, we have things to do this afternoon, so we'll head back now."
"Zeng Zhongkang, stop right there. What kind of attitude is this? Since ancient times, marriages have always been arranged by parents and matchmakers. I don't accept that." Actually, Zeng Zhaoqing didn't dislike Wang Ying. It's just that he was angry right now, and his son was going against him like this. With both factors combined, he spoke without thinking.
Wang Ying moved her arm, and Zeng Zhongkang readily let go of her.
"You don't admit it? That's your business. I'm just here to inform you, not to seek your approval. In that case, there's no need for us to meet again."
Zeng Zhaoqing's chest heaved with anger. "I'm your father."
"Yes, I really don't want to admit it, but that's the truth. I just feel ashamed, but it won't change anything."
"you!"
“Father, you don’t have to do this. You can pretend I never existed as your son. But I still want to tell you that when you get old, can’t move, and have no one to take care of you, I will do what a son should do.”
As for the time while you're still healthy, let's try to avoid seeing each other.
"Are you rebelling against me? Is it because you don't approve of the girl your mother introduced you to, so you're deliberately hiring someone to make me angry?"
My mother died a long time ago.
"Zhongkang, do you still hate me like this?"
"Without hatred, without love, where does hatred come from?"
"Fine, even if you hate me, think about it, how could I possibly harm you? I've met that girl; she's a kind and gentle person."
"Heh. Your judgment? I'm afraid of their family background. Her aunt can chase after married men, shamelessly destroying other people's families and getting pregnant out of wedlock. I'm afraid I'll end up wearing a green hat in the future."
"Zeng Zhongkang, you!"
"What? Did I say something wrong?"
Zeng Zhaoqing's shoulders looked slumped and worn. He aged considerably in an instant. His son had brought up the stain on his life with such a question.
"Commander Zeng, so you look down on me? Well, whether you look down on me or not is none of my business. I married Zeng Zhongkang."
Let me introduce myself. I was an abandoned baby, picked up by an old leader, and raised as a bodyguard. I used to be the leader's wife's bodyguard.
Do you look down on my identity even more?
It doesn't matter. As long as Zeng Zhongkang doesn't care, that's fine.
Zeng Zhaoqing waved his hand and took a file folder out of the drawer.
"This is the house prepared for you. You two can go back now!"
"Hehe, really, I don't need it. The old commander has already prepared it for Wang Ying, I don't need it." Zeng Zhongkang finished speaking, pulled Wang Ying up, and the two left.
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