Since she had not met Guan Yan and her son again, Chu Xia temporarily put the matter behind her.

But after she returned home, she told Cen Huaian: "Qi Ming and his mother approached us with a purpose. You should be careful when you meet them in the future."

Cen Huaian helped Chu Xia arrange the roast duck she bought today and said "hmm".

He didn't like Qi Ming and would not have much contact with him in the future.

Shi Qin didn't tell anyone that she was pregnant, but she told others in the family hospital about Chu Xia's medical skills and praised her good medical skills.

Someone retorted: "She is a college student who just graduated. She has no experience.

How can she be as good as the old Chinese doctors?" Shi Qin argued with her loudly: "You have never seen Chu Xia for treatment. How do you know that her medical skills are not as good as those old Chinese doctors? I only said this after I went to see her."

The people in the family courtyard stopped paying attention to Chu Xia and immediately asked her why she wanted to see a doctor and what was wrong with her. Some were concerned and some were just gossiping.

Shi Qin didn't want to talk about her gynecological disease, but if you don't tell this group of people why you went to see a doctor, you don't know what disease you have.

Anyway, she has been pregnant for almost three months, so Shi Qin said directly: "She knew I was pregnant by taking my pulse, and she was very patient when she told me all kinds of precautions. The results of my urine test were exactly the same as she said."

"Are you pregnant?"

"How many months?"

"Is the reaction serious?"

These people didn't have any illnesses that needed to be treated, and they didn't care about Chu Xia's medical skills. They were more interested in Shi Qin's pregnancy.

Shi Qin knew that few people went to see Chu Xia for treatment, so she wanted to help promote her in the family compound. Unexpectedly, she ended up being exhausted by the questions.

She finally found an excuse to leave the enthusiastic family compound neighbors, and ran to Chu Xia's house to drink a glass of warm water first.

"What's wrong? It seems like there is a wolf chasing you from behind." Chu Xia looked at Shi Qin's slightly panting appearance and poured her another glass of water.

Shi Qin sat on the sofa, exhaled heavily and said: "Those gossipy women in our family compound are scarier than wolves. I can't stand their questions."

Chu Xia sat next to her, drank water and asked casually: "What did they ask you?"

Shi Qin told Chu Xia what she had just said to the neighbors in the family compound, and sighed: "I just want to help you get a few more patients, why do they only care about my pregnancy?"

Chu Xia looked at her with a bit of a smile: "Thank you for your publicity. Because you are in front of them, and pregnancy is something that everyone is more interested in, they don't need my medical skills for the time being, so they don't care. But your publicity should still be useful. Maybe one day when they need to see a doctor, they will think of me."

Shi Qin nodded and felt that Chu Xia was right.

"Can you help me check how the baby is doing now?"

It has been a while since the last visit, and Shi Qin's belly has not swelled up yet. After the morning sickness ended, she felt nothing, and always felt unreal.

"Okay."

Chu Xia asked her to stretch out her hand and took her pulse.

Putting down her hand, Chu Xia smiled and looked at Shi Qin: "Don't worry, your baby is healthy, you are doing very well."

Shi Qin breathed a sigh of relief. This was her first pregnancy, and she was always afraid that she did something wrong. She and Ye Xingxiu got married late, and the child came late, so they were both a little nervous.

Now Shi Qin likes to come to Chu Xia's house very much. Chu Xia is patient when she visits, and the content and tone of her words are very soothing. Every time she goes back from Chu Xia, she will feel much more relaxed.

Besides, everyone in the family compound knows that An An is well raised by Chu Xia. Although he doesn't talk much, he is polite, has good grades, and is sensible.

There are not many children in the family compound who can compare with An An. The children of other families either have only one or two advantages of An An, or they are just nagging for land.

After all, children of An An's age, eight, nine, or ten years old, are at the age when cats hate dogs and don't understand anything.

Every time Shi Qin saw An An, she thought that no matter whether she gave birth to a boy or a girl, as long as she was half as well-behaved and cute as him, she would be satisfied.

Therefore, she came to Chu Xia's house, and also wanted to see An An more. Maybe she could give birth to a child who looks like An An.

The weather was getting colder and colder. Chuxia couldn't help but sigh every night when she went to bed, hugging Cen Zhengnian's warm body, how nice it was to have someone warm the bed.

But she didn't dare let Cen Zhengnian know about this, otherwise he would use this as an excuse to make some requests that would make Chuxia blush in bed.

Chuxia knew that when Cen Zhengnian had those brochures in his room, he was not as serious as he looked.

But to be honest, Chuxia enjoyed it very much. The two of them had more and more tacit understanding and more and more compatible. It was an indescribable wonderful feeling when the soul and the body were perfectly embraced.

In mid-November, the registration for the Beijing City Junior High School Mathematics Competition began again, and Cen Huaian didn't want to register at first.

He had already obtained the ranking he wanted in the second year of junior high school, which also proved his ability. He would take the entrance examination in the next semester, and he wanted to study at school with peace of mind.

But Teacher Zhang picked and chose, and none of the new students in the Olympiad class this year could match Cen Huaian's ability. He talked to Cen Huaian many times, hoping that he could also win glory for the school in his last year at school.

Cen Huaian's review was not difficult, and even if he participated in the competition, it would not affect his grades.

But he still did not agree to Teacher Zhang right away, but went home to ask Chuxia and Cen Zhengnian for their opinions.

Chuxia touched his short hair. Now Cen Huaian's hair was still cut by her, and every time she cut his hair, it was a very short crew cut like this.

"Since you have gone home to ask me and your father, I will tell you what I think."

Cen Huaian looked at Chuxia with a serious look.

"If there is a conflict between my entrance examination and the competition, and if I participate in the competition, I will not be able to achieve the best results in my review, I will refuse the competition because my goal is to get into a good high school. If there is no conflict between the two, and my Olympiad teacher has been kind to me before, I will help the Olympiad teacher and participate in the competition. An An, you have to see what goals you want to achieve?"

Cen Zhengnian said directly: "I will balance my daily studies and competitions, and then participate in the competition. Your mother is right, you have to see what you want in your heart and your own principles in doing things."

In fact, Chu Xia knew that when Cen Huaian asked the two of them this question, he was already inclined to want to compete in his heart, otherwise, with his personality, he would have refused directly.

It's just that he is young and can't be completely confident in himself.

Chu Xia saw that he was lost in thought, and touched his head and said, "If you want to go, go. If you don't want to go, don't go. Your father and I will not put pressure on you for the high school entrance examination, and you should not put too much pressure on yourself. If you fail, you can just try again next year."

"Mom, I will not fail to get into high school." Cen Huaian looked at Chu Xia and said. He still had this confidence, but whether he could get into some of the more famous high schools in Beijing would depend on his grades.

Chu Xia: "I also believe that you will pass. In my heart, you are the best!"

Cen Huaian was so dizzy by Chu Xia's praise that he went back to his room.

Cen Zhengnian sat aside, looking at Chu Xia without saying a word.

Chu Xia waved her hand in front of his eyes: "Why are you looking at me all the time?"

"An An is the best in your heart, what about me?"

Chu Xia actually heard a hint of grievance in Cen Zhengnian's tone. She raised her hand and patted him on the head with a smile: "You are as good as An An!"

Cen Zhengnian knew that Chu Xia was coaxing him like coaxing a child, but he couldn't help feeling happy when he heard it.

Cen Huaian finally decided to participate in the competition. To participate in the competition, he needs to take time out to do the competition questions. He will not be as free as just reviewing in school, and he will also have to do the test papers when he goes home.

But as Cen Zhengnian said, he decided to participate because he has the ability to balance study and competition, so whether it is reviewing or competing, he is moving forward steadily according to his own plan.

While Chuxia was in the hospital, some patients came to see her. But not many, most of them felt that there were too many patients at Dr. Yan's place, and they didn't want to wait in line for too long, so they came to Chuxia to try.

It turned out that Chuxia was a good doctor, with a gentle and patient attitude, which made the patients like her very much, so they would come to see her again.

In December, Cen Huaian went to participate in the city's junior high school mathematics competition. He met Zhang Lu and Tang Song at the No. 4 Middle School where the exam was held.

The friends he met in the summer camp before were not from Beijing.

When Liu Hongyu saw Cen Huaian, he couldn't help but become alert. Zhang Lu pulled him over to talk, and Liu Hongyu quietly moved to the side, hoping to be as far away from the two as possible.

When Zhang Lu was participating in the competition this time, when she was practicing Olympiad math problems, Tang Song would explain to her the ones she didn't know.

Tang Song was not good at Chinese, so Zhang Lu tutored him in Chinese. Although she didn't become a gentle beauty who was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting as her mother had imagined, she was influenced by the literature at home since she was a child, so her literary accomplishment was still good.

Tang Song was a typical student who was good at some subjects but not others. He was very good at science, but not so good at liberal arts. He was just average in the class, otherwise he would definitely be the first in the class.

Before Cen Huaian came over, Zhang Lu had been talking to Tang Song, discussing a test paper she had done yesterday. As soon as Cen

Huaian came over, Zhang Lu pulled him over to discuss. Tang Song looked at Cen Huaian, paused for a while, and then continued.

Cen Huaian and they had different solutions. The three of them were still arguing about which solution was the best solution before entering the examination room.

The process of this exam was no different from last year's city competition, except that the examination room was different.

Cen Huaian had been preparing for the competition since he registered, so although the question types had changed this time, many new question types had been added, and the difficulty had also increased, but the questions were all variations of what he had done before, so Cen Huaian did it relatively smoothly.

It was the last additional question. He missed a condition at the beginning, and the result he calculated was incorrect when he verified it, so he recalculated it, which took him some extra time.

Cen Huaian used to hand in his papers early, but since he knew that handing in his papers put too much psychological pressure on others, he pushed back the time to hand in his papers, checked them a few more times before handing them in, so that there was not much time left, and it was not so stressful for other students.

He would not completely accommodating others not to hand in their papers early, and he needed to work on his mentality.

Cen Huaian's competition results were not out yet, but he got the news that Cen Zhengnian was going on a business trip.

When he went home and told Chuxia and Cen Huaian about this, he was filled with guilt.

"R&D has reached the final stage. Only I and my colleagues who are working on the project know the mission best, so we have to go and see if it can succeed."

Yan Hemin is too old to travel long distances. Cen Huaian is the most important researcher besides Yan Hemin and has participated in all the research and design work, so he has to go.

"Where are you going?"

Cen Zhengnian had been on a business trip before, but he came back soon. Chuxia is used to it.

But this mission was obviously different from the previous ones. Cen Zhengnian shook his head and did not answer her question: "I can't say that."

This mission was very confidential. Chu Xia didn't let Cen Zhengnian say more and asked him: "When are you leaving and how long will you be gone?"

"I have to leave tomorrow. It may take longer this time. If all goes well, I can be back during the Chinese New Year."

Chu Xia reached out and hugged him. Only then did she show reluctance in her eyes: "Then I wish you all the best."

She wanted Cen Zhengnian to come back earlier. She was used to being with Cen Zhengnian every Chinese New Year and seeing him every day.

Chuxia let go of Cen Zhengnian, who went to hug Cen Huaian: "Be good at home and accompany your mother well. Dad will be back soon."

"Yeah." Cen Huaian pursed his lips, was silent for a while, and then said: "Dad, everything went well."

The next morning, before dawn, Cen Zhengnian got up and set off with his colleagues.

Chuxia prepared a lot of things in Cen Zhengnian's luggage. Although she didn't know the specific place, she asked him whether the temperature was high or low where he was going, and helped him find the thickest clothes.

In addition to clothes, there were various foods, snacks, and water bottles. In addition, Chuxia also cut a branch of roses from the backyard and removed the thorns.

"Take it with you, and you will think of me and An'an when you see it." Chuxia said as she put the small branch in Cen Zhengnian's pocket.

Cen Zhengnian slowly stroked the branch that was not even as long as his palm, and hummed, with deep reluctance in his eyes.

"Don't just focus on work when we get there. I worked so hard to take care of your stomach so that it doesn't hurt anymore. If I see you sick when you come back, I'll be angry."

"I know." Cen Zhengnian gently tidied up Chuxia's hair, tucked it behind her ears, and whispered, "Remember what my wife told you."

Chuxia's nose was sore and tears almost burst out.

She and Cen Huaian watched Cen Zhengnian get on the long-distance car, and tears only fell at this time.

Cen Huaian tugged at Chuxia's sleeve, lifted her feet, and clumsily wiped her tears with his hands: "Mom, don't cry, I'm here."

Chuxia knew that she shouldn't cry anymore, and she wanted to hold back, but the more Cen Huaian comforted her, the more she couldn't control her emotions, and in the end, her tears kept flowing.

Cen Huaian was at a loss, and he couldn't even remember how reluctant he was to see his father leave. He only thought about how to comfort his mother.

"An'an, you...you don't have to worry about me, let me be alone for a while."

Cen Huaian would never listen to her and leave, and stayed with Chuxia until her emotions slowly calmed down.

Chuxia wiped away her tears, feeling a little embarrassed, she really didn't want to cry.

Cen Zhengnian was sitting on a train to the northwest. This was a train specially used to transport materials from the research institute. There was no one else except the train conductor and the people from the research institute.

Cen Zhengnian and most of the researchers in the laboratory are here. They are going to the Ganzhou Launch Center in the northwest, including Ye Xingxiu.

Cen Zhengnian's hand touched the rose branch in his pocket again and again, looking at the still dark scenery outside the window, and a low and depressed aura emanated from his body.

Ye Xingxiu sat next to him, and his brows never relaxed. He has always been cheerful, but at this moment he had no intention of livening up the atmosphere.

"You said my wife is pregnant. When I leave, there will be no one to help her cook. Can she take care of herself?"

Ye Xingxiu nudged Cen Zhengnian with his elbow. He was really worried.

Shi Qin is now pregnant. They don't know when they will be back from the northwest. Shi Qin's pregnancy is getting longer and longer. The more Ye Xingxiu thought about it, the more worried he became.

Cen Zhengnian looked back from the window and said, "When we are on a business trip, someone will take care of our family."

"That's just to prevent anything major from happening. You still have to do the small things in life yourself."

Cen Zhengnian glanced at Ye Xingxiu and said, "You can hire a nanny."

His words seemed to provide Ye Xingxiu with a solution. He clapped his hands and said, "It's not easy to hire a reliable nanny, but my mother is retired now, so I can ask my mother to help."

Cen Zhengnian did not express his opinion. He did not have a deep understanding of the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. After all, Chuxia and his mother got along very well.

He continued to look out the window, as if he could see Chuxia and Cen Huaian who saw him off through the dark sky outside.

After Cen Zhengnian left, Chuxia was not used to it at first.

It was very cold after getting into the bed. Even with an IV bottle inside, it didn't feel as comfortable as when Cen Zhengnian was holding her. It would warm her up faster.

When someone was needed to do heavy work at home, Chuxia would subconsciously look for Cen Zhengnian, and it would take her a while to realize that he was not at home.

But it was only the first few days, and Chuxia slowly returned to her normal life.

Cen Huaian finally stopped worrying about his mother. He told Chuxia about his results in the city competition. Just like last time, he won first place and first prize.

Chuxia looked at the certificate, and the joy finally diluted the depression that Cen Zhengnian's departure brought her.

And at this time, the Chinese New Year was getting closer and closer.

"An'an, your father is not at home, why don't we go to the northwest to visit your grandparents for the New Year? We haven't seen each other for two years."

Chuxia and Cen Huaian discussed the New Year. It was too lonely for the two of them to spend the New Year alone. The only time they could go to Grandpa Jiang's house was on New Year's Eve to eat the New Year's Eve dinner. After a night of excitement, the silence of being alone at home was even more uncomfortable.

Of course, this was not the main reason. The main reason was that they hadn't seen Jiang Shengnan and Cen's father for a long time. Chuxia should also take An'an to see them.

Cen Huaian nodded without hesitation: "Okay."

He also missed his grandparents.

The plan to go to the northwest was set.

The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine was not as busy as other departments. Chuxia took all the classes she could take in advance, and the classes she didn't take were transferred to after the New Year. She successfully asked for a 20-day holiday including the New Year.

Because they were going to the northwest, Chuxia took An'an to pay New Year's greetings to Grandpa Jiang before leaving, and had a reunion dinner with Jiang's family in advance.

Jiang Zhida used tea instead of wine to toast Chuxia and Cen Huaian and said, "It's just right for you to come back after the New Year. The entertainment venue in Xidan will also be open. You can have fun when you come back."

Jiang Zhida's entertainment venue has now been built and decorated, and it is ready to open during the New Year. At this time, everyone has money and free time, which is the best time to open.

But Chuxia and An'an couldn't make it, and both of them felt a little regretful.

Zhang Lu said, "Uncle, can you open the casino a few days earlier? That way An An can see the opening."

Jiang Zhiguan patted her and said, "Don't give me any random advice. The opening time is a lucky day that your uncle has specially calculated. It cannot be changed."

Zhang Lu pouted and said, "Feudal superstition."

Jiang Zhida laughed, "Lu Lu, I have the same opinion as you. But some people believe in these things. The casino is not mine alone. The opening time cannot be changed."

He rubbed Zhang Lu's head and felt regretful.

Because Chu Xia had put forward many suggestions for the casino, including design, specific projects, safety facilities, etc., without Chu Xia, there would be no perfect casino now. Jiang Zhida wanted to invite Chu Xia to be the ribbon cutter.

Chuxia was quite open-minded: "It's the busiest time when the business opens. You will definitely not be able to take care of us, Dazi. Why not wait for An'an and I to come back, and you and Lulu can accompany us to play around the casino."

Jiang Weixi also raised her hand: "I want to play too."

Zhang Lu pulled her hair and said: "Let's play together."

After the reunion dinner, Chuxia took Grandpa Jiang's pulse again.

Grandpa Jiang was old and had some underlying diseases. Chuxia would take his pulse every month to see if Grandpa Jiang was still healthy.

"Grandpa, you have to continue to control your intake of high-fat, high-salt, and high-sugar foods. Compared to the last time I checked your pulse, your underlying diseases have not been alleviated."

But fortunately, it did not get worse, which shows that Grandpa Jiang's diet is not strict enough.

Grandpa Jiang was unhappy when he heard this. His personality now was like that of an old child: "I can't eat anything at all. What's the point of living like this?"

Chuxia coaxed him with a lot of words, and Grandpa Jiang was coaxed. But he had no self-control, and Chuxia told Aunt Li again what Grandpa Jiang should avoid eating.

Luo Peng also asked Chuxia to help check her pulse to see how she was doing now.

Luo Peng was a little weak before she got pregnant, and she also had uterine cold. But she had recovered enough by then, otherwise she wouldn't have gotten pregnant.

But childbirth is physically demanding, and taking care of a child is mentally demanding, so Luo Peng continued to recover after giving birth.

At that time, Chu Xia had not graduated yet, and the doctor who treated Luo Peng was the same Chinese doctor that Jiang Zhishu had found for her.

Later, Luo Peng's health gradually improved, and she stopped looking for that Chinese doctor. Sometimes she would ask Chu Xia to help her check if there was anything wrong with her body.

"Cousin, you are fine." Chu Xia put down her hand and said, "You took good care of yourself when you gave birth to Xixi, and now you are healthier than before you gave birth."

Luo Peng's smile became softer, and he held Chu Xia's hand and said, "Thank you, Chu Xia."

The next day, Chu Xia and Cen Huaian set off for the airport.

There is no direct flight from Beijing to Ganzhou, but you can fly to Jiacheng, which is very close to Ganzhou, and it only takes ten minutes to get to Ganzhou by car from there.

When Chu Xia and An An get off the plane, they don't have to take a car anymore. Jiang Shengnan will pick them up directly at Jiacheng Airport.

It took a long time for her to take Cen Huaian on the train alone, and she had to be nervous all the time. It was more convenient than taking a plane a few years ago, so Chuxia chose the plane without thinking.

It was not the first time for Cen Huaian to take a plane, but when he got on the plane, he still had a desire to explore in his eyes.

But this time their seats were not so close, not by the window, and they could not lie on the window to look at the clouds outside .

The plane took off, and Cen Huaian held Chuxia's hand tightly. When the discomfort disappeared, he slowly relaxed.

"Mom, shall we play chess?"

From Cen Huaian's seat, he could only look diagonally opposite to see the scenery outside the window. He looked for a while and then retracted his gaze. He took out the Go board and wanted to play chess with Chuxia.

Chu Xia doesn't know how to play Go, and the two are preparing to play Gobang. Sitting on the other side of Cen Huaian is a young and well-mannered man. His eyes fell on the chess pieces and chessboard paper that Cen Huaian took out, and suddenly asked, "Are you going to play Go?"

The materials of the chess pieces and chessboard paper are not ordinary. If you are not really learning to play Go, you won't buy such professional things.

Cen Huaian shook his head: "I play Gobang with my mother."

The man looked at him in surprise and asked puzzledly: "But your chess pieces and chessboard are specially used for Go."

Cen Huaian nodded: "You can also play Gobang."

The man opened his mouth, speechless, and stopped talking.

Chu Xia and Cen Huaian started playing chess. She has long been unable to beat An An in Gobang.

But An An will give her a break and will not win the game too quickly, otherwise playing chess will be boring.

Chu Xia is not a professional chess player, she can't tell which move Cen Huaian made, but she can feel that he was letting her win.

She didn't feel embarrassed, but had a lot of fun playing with An An, and even asked the stewardess for hot tea, An An drank hot milk.

The man sitting next to An An kept watching the two of them play Gobang, and his face seemed to be thinking about something.

After playing for less than an hour, Chuxia put down the chess pieces and said, "No more, I know you could have defeated me a long time ago. Mommy gives up."

Cen Huaian pursed his lips and said, "Mom, you can win. Let's go like this..."

Cen Huaian took Chuxia's chess pieces and soon connected five pieces. He looked at Chuxia, with the corners of his mouth curled up, "Mom, look, you beat me."

Chuxia couldn't help but burst out laughing, and the smile on her face couldn't be suppressed. She reached out and touched Cen Huaian's head, "An An, you're so good to Mommy."

Cen Huaian: "You're my mom."

So it's natural for him to be nice to his mommy. He and Daddy will pamper and protect his mommy.

The man next to him was looking at the chess board, and suddenly said to Cen Huaian, "You can play Go."

Cen Huaian looked at him, nodded, and put away the chess pieces and chessboard paper on the small table. Then he prepared to read a book.

The elegant man looked at his movements, with confusion in his eyes. He wanted to say something but opened his mouth but nothing came out.

Cen Huaian didn't care about a stranger's thoughts. After putting away the chess pieces and chessboard paper, he took out a foreign classic to read.

He learned English under the guidance of Chu Xia since he was a child. He can now understand some original English books with less complicated vocabulary.

The man looked at Cen Huaian's book, with surprise in his eyes. He wanted to say something, but seeing that An An was already reading the book seriously, the man did not disturb him.

Chu Xia leaned back and prepared to sleep. She said to Cen Huaian, "Remember to rest your eyes while reading. Don't read all the time."

After Cen Huaian agreed, she closed her eyes.

It took more than three hours to fly from Beijing to Jiacheng, which was more than ten times the time saved by taking the train.

When the plane was about to land, Chu Xia was woken up by Cen Huaian. She was still a little confused.

Cen Huaian held her hand tightly, so that Chu Xia did not feel nervous or afraid when landing. She felt warm and at ease in her heart.

As soon as Chu Xia and An An left the airport, they saw Jiang Shengnan and Xiao Zhu who were already waiting there.

Jiang Shengnan had an uncontrollable smile on his face. He waved his hand excitedly at them: "Chu Xia, An An! Here!"

He took Xiao Zhu and walked towards them quickly, taking the luggage from their hands.

"It's still faster to take a plane, and there's less suffering." Jiang Shengnan sighed. She said she would come today a few days ago, and she arrived in just a few hours.

"Next time you come to Ganzhou, you can still take a plane."

Chuxia nodded. She also planned to do so.

"By the way, we have to pick up another person, Xiaohe's uncle. He's also on today's plane."

Jiang Shengnan just finished speaking, looked up and saw the man coming out, immediately showed a relaxed smile and said, "He's out, it's him!"

She pointed to Chuxia and Cen Huaian, motioning them to look over.

Chuxia and Cen Huaian showed surprise in their eyes: Xiaohe's uncle was actually the gentle man who sat next to them on the plane just now.

The man came over and called Jiang Shengnan, "Aunt Jiang." Then he looked at Chuxia and An'an, with surprise and confusion in his eyes.

Jiang Shengnan introduced them to Xiaohe's uncle, Xu Lishu.

Chuxia and An'an greeted him, and then Jiang Shengnan noticed the difference between them and said with a smile, "You actually sat together on the plane? What a coincidence." It was

still very cold at this time, and Chuxia and Cen Huaian's faces were frozen red when they came out of the airport.

Jiang Shengnan asked them to get in the car quickly.

Jiang Shengnan hadn't seen Chuxia and Cen Huaian for a long time, and she had a lot to say to them.

She asked about Chuxia's graduation internship, An'an's schooling, and his math competition.

In the past two years, Chuxia was busy with study and internship during the winter and summer vacations, and An'an had competitions and summer camps. They could only contact Jiang Shengnan and Cen's father through letters and phone calls.

Although all the important things in the family were told to Jiang Shengnan and Cen's father. But the letter paper was limited, and the phone calls had to be controlled at a certain time. Jiang Shengnan wanted to know more details, so she could only ask the two more questions at this time.

Chuxia slept all the way on the plane, so she was not tired at this time. She hugged An'an and talked about these things with Jiang Shengnan.

An An listened to the voices of her mother and grandmother, and fell asleep unknowingly as the car moved forward steadily.

Xu Lishu sat in the passenger seat. He didn't say much, and he didn't interrupt the conversation between Jiang Shengnan and Chu Xia. He knew his limits.

Jiang Shengnan asked him some questions, about his studies and this overseas exchange competition.

Xu Lishu answered them one by one. He didn't say much, but he made everything very clear.

Chu Xia looked at Xu Lishu and thought of Cen Zhengnian.

Cen Zhengnian also had a gentle temperament, but his gentleness was tough and distant, which was different from Xu Lishu's gentle and friendly temperament.

Xu Lishu looked harmless to everyone, but Cen Zhengnian was only approachable like him when facing Chu Xia and An An.

Chuxia still prefers Cen Zhengnian's personality, which can avoid many irrelevant people and things. If he is too gentle and polite, he will have some troubles when he meets someone who is persistent and difficult to pester, because he can't refuse him.

When they arrived at the family compound and saw Xiaohe coming to greet them, Chuxia and Cen Huaian knew why Xu Lishu reacted like that on the plane.

Xu Lishu studied Go, and Xiaohe learned Go from him. He came back this time just after a Go exchange competition abroad.

Xu Lishu looked at Cen Huaian and said with a smile: "The opponent that Xiaohe has been talking about is actually An'an."

Xiaohe said "hmm", and a rare disappointment appeared in his eyes: "Uncle, am I not talented in Go?"

Xu Lishu: "No, Xiaohe, you are more talented than uncle, but you are younger. When you grow up and your chess skills become more sophisticated, you will find that many people cannot beat you."

Xiaohe regained his confidence and looked at Cen Huaian and said: "An'an, I will go to play chess with you tomorrow."

"Okay!"

Xu Lishu and Xiaohe's family left, and Jiang Shengnan took Chuxia and An'an into their second-floor building.

The house was still furnished with familiar furnishings, and Jiang Shengnan did not move almost anything, except changing the black-and-white TV to a color TV.

"Mom, wasn't this the TV we had last time?"

"No." Jiang Shengnan said, "This TV was recently purchased."

And Jiang Shengnan bought it a few days ago so that Chuxia and An'an could watch TV more conveniently.

Chuxia and Cen Huaian went upstairs to put their luggage first. The bedrooms upstairs were also cleaned and tidied by Jiang Shengnan.

The bedding was all new quilts that had been washed and dried. No matter when Chuxia and An'an came, Jiang Shengnan prepared everything so thoughtfully and completely that they didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

Chuxia took out all the clothes in the suitcase and hung them up. An'an also packed her clothes. The two went downstairs together and saw Jiang Shengnan coming out of the study. The expression on her face was a mixture of joy and worry.

Chuxia walked up to her, looked at her and asked with concern: "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Jiang Shengnan looked at Chuxia, and the worry in her eyes became heavier. She licked her lips and said with a complicated expression: "This year your eldest brother's family is also going to come to the northwest to celebrate the New Year." Jiang Shengnan

: If you say you won't come, you won't come. If you say you will come, you will come together.

She knew that Xiwang and the two children of the old family had bad tempers. Living together during the New Year, she was really worried that Xiwang and Chuxia would get angry easily.

Chuxia was stunned when she heard Jiang Shengnan say this, but she quickly came back to her senses and said: "That's a good thing. Mom, you and Dad can spend a reunion with the family this year."

Jiang Shengnan could only smile and nod: "Yes."

She turned around and thought about how to arrange the eldest brother's family reasonably. They couldn't let them live on the same floor with Chuxia and An'an, and they had to separate the things they used, and buy doubles of things.

But overall, Jiang Shengnan was still happy. After all, except for Cen Zhengnian, all the members of the Cen family returned.