G City, Qin Family Residence.
Qin Xiaowen put down the phone, then the Old Woman who sat next to him immediately asked, "What happened? Is it my grandson?"
Qin Xiaowen looked at the Old Woman, hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Mom, are your legs getting better? I saw you walking fast outside just now."
"No more numbness." The Old Woman tapped her legs and looked at him, "Don't change the topic. Will Gengxin be back?"
"Yes." Qin Xiaowen smiled, but he still looked hesitant.
"What's the matter?" The Old Woman noticed the abnormality in his attitude and asked directly, "How many years has it been since Gengxin returned to G City? No matter what, he is Chinese and not a foreigner. When he comes back, I have to talk to him properly and ask him to move the company back here."
"Mom." Qin Xiaowen smiled, "Since you don't know much about the company, there are many benefits of it being in America. But now that something happened at the company, Gengxin finally has time to come back this time, so let's not add more to his problem."
The Old Woman nodded. "That's true; this child's life is not easy. His good company has become like this. When he comes back, I'll tell him, money can be earned later, but if he's gone…"
The Old Woman sighed, as if she remembered something from the past. Her hazy eyes became misty.
Seeing that the Old Woman started thinking of other things as soon as she sank into her memory, Qin Xiaowen looked at her for a moment, then stood up and walked out.
When Mrs. Qin came back from the outside, she had the scent of burning incense over her body. Qin Xiaowen frowned, "You went to worship Buddha with Old Li's wife again?"
Mrs. Qin looked at him. "That's right, what's wrong? Now that something has happened in Gengxin's company and we are not allowed to interfere, as a mother, I couldn't help from feeling uncomfortable. I'm just going to ask for more good luck for my son."
"You." Qin Xiaowen's sighed. "Gengxin will be back soon. He will take Guiying back to H City to visit the Xian Family first. After that, the family of three will come here together."
The faint smile on Mrs. Qin's face immediately turned to surprise. "He brought Guiying?"
"Keep your voice down, don't let your mom hear it."
Mrs. Qin frowned. "I'm not sure if these two children are divorced or not, but they shouldn't be able to be together anymore. That Xian Guiying and that Wei guy are together, giving our son a green hat. How can our son -"
"Cut the crap. You and the Old Woman don't think much of her since the very beginning. I know that. After all, there are still grudges between your family and the Xian Family. However, she is your granddaughter's mother. Since Gengxin is bringing them back now, your attitude with her shouldn't be that bad."
Mrs. Qin was silent for a moment before turning and sitting in a chair in the front yard. She placed the bag and package of incense on the table next to her and sighed faintly. "In the end, it's still fate. Back then, when they were going to get married, I told Gengxin-"
"Our son has already done well enough. None of us know what happened, but last time you said that Qianqian was critically ill, it made us, her grandparents feel too guilty for not knowing about it. In fact, those are matters of the older generation, there's no need to harm our son and Xian Guiying because of past grudges, and there's no need to harm Qianqian because of this."
"Who wants to hurt them?" Mrs. Qin suffered a headache. She raised her hand to rub her forehead. "After all, I am Gengxin's mother. I love my son, but I love my father too. If not for the child in her womb, how could I have agreed to-
Qin Xiaowen immediately said, "Xian Tingfeng has fallen sick and is lying paralyzed on the sickbed. He can't even speak clearly. I don't know if he can get up again. Are we going to bury this hatred with him?"
Mrs. Qin sighed. "Let's just wait and see what happens next."
After saying that, she stood up. "Gengxin's return this time coincidentally coincides with my father's birthday celebration next week. As his grandson, it's time for him to go see him."
In fact, compared to the Old Woman, Qin Xiaowen and Mrs. Qin were still tolerant. It's just…They were afraid that the Old Woman would be unable to accept some things and would be angered to the point of losing her health, but Qin Gengxin was still their own child. It was too difficult for the two of them to stand in the middle.
• • • •
After getting off the plane, Xian Guiying received a call from Xian Zihao. Hearing that he had told her where his car was parked, she walked forward with her luggage and turned to see Qin Gengxin, who was carrying Qin Wenqian. She couldn't help but smile and said, "Why does this girl always like to sleep when she's in your arms?"
"Daddy's shoulders are more secure than her mommy's." He laughed.
Xian Guiying snorted. "I thought my brother was here by himself, but he said my sister-in-law came as well."
When Qin Gengxin heard that Jiang Ruolan was also coming, he raised his eyebrow and said, "If she's here, then let her be. Why did you tell me about that?"
"Isn't she the little red face you love the most?" Xian Guiying had a teasing smile on her face.
Qin Gengxin sneered. "I really don't know how I offended you in my previous life. I've offended both of you in this life. One is the married childhood sweetheart I wanted to take away, while the other hates me to death."
Seeing that he was not affected by Jiang Ruolan's presence, Xian Guiying smiled. She was, after all, a woman. She also had a sixth sense in such small matters. Just from this casual chat, she could tell that Qin Gengxin had already let go of Jiang Ruolan.
It was just a wish from his childhood, a wish to protect a little girl who was bullied all day. That desire to protect, that love and cherish for a girl.
Perhaps it was really love, or perhaps it wasn't really love.
However, at least, at this moment, when they were together, he was using all his strength to love her, and the so-called past was only the past.
Walking out of the airport's long passageway, Qin Gengxin directly put the sunglasses on Qin Wenqian to prevent the child from feeling the pain of the hot sun.
Seeing the SUV in front of her, Xian Guiying couldn't help but laugh as she pushed the luggage trolley. Jiang Ruolan had already stepped out of the car and hugged her. "Your back ~"
Xian Guiying hugged her with a smile. She then looked at Xian Zihao, who had rolled the window down, and asked, "Brother, since when did you change your car?"
"A few days ago, I sent my Land Rover to do some maintenance and took my kids for a walk. We passed a car shop. They said this car was beautiful, and I never actually considered changing cars all this time." Xian Zihao smiled as he opened the door and got out of the car. He looked at Qin Gengxin, who was patting his daughter's back in fear of waking her, and said, "You finally know how to be a father."
Xian Guiying smiled and looked at Jiang Ruolan, only to see her glare at Qin Gengxin. With an annoyed face, she said, "It's good that this bastard changed his behavior in time; otherwise, a child of Qianqian's age wouldn't have been able to withstand so many attacks caused by her parents. Thinking back to what he did and thinking about how I divorced Zihao, I feel like compared to my sin, he is worse than me."
"Why are you all looking at me?" Qin Gengxin glanced at them as he stroked his daughter's head. "How about you let us get in the car so as not to let my daughter bask in the sun?"
Seeing his serious expression, Jiang Ruolan rolled her eyes at him and leaned over to whisper into Xian Zihao's ear. "I don't think this brat has changed much. You actually said that he has changed a lot."
Xian Zihao chuckled as he glanced at her, then looked at Xian Guiying again before he went to pick up their luggage and bags.
"Sister-in-law, why didn't the children come along?" Xian Guiying asked as she got into the car.
Jiang Ruolan passed two bottles of mineral water to them. "They are at the Xian Residence. The airport is too far. I didn't want them to come with me."
"I don't think I've seen those kids before." Qin Gengxin interrupted.
"Who are you? Who said my children must see you?" Jiang Ruolan glanced at him.
Qin Gengxin immediately laughed. "At least I'm their uncle."
