20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 593 The love between children
As soon as the children returned home, they were called to the study by their father for questioning.

Jiang Ya had sharp eyes. As soon as she entered the door, she immediately noticed that her father was acting strange. She ran over and asked in surprise, "Dad, what's wrong with your ears?"

"It's cold, I'm going to freeze to death!" Jiang Lianheng joked.

Jiang Ya didn't quite believe it, but couldn't guess any other reason, so she blinked and asked, "Is it true? Does it hurt?"

Jiang Lianheng said seriously: "It's a good question. It doesn't hurt, but it feels good. Why don't you try it someday?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Chengye smiled secretly.

Seeing this, Jiang Lianheng snorted deliberately and asked, "You are such a bad boy, what are you laughing at?"

This was supposed to be a funny remark, but when Jiang Chengye heard it, he immediately put away his smile and seemed a little timid. He looked up at his sister, then at Hu Xiaoyan who was sitting at the table, and finally lowered his eyes, staring at his toes, and finally did not dare to say a word.

"Damn it!"

Jiang Lianheng was slightly dissatisfied, and immediately waved his hand, calling his two children to him, looked them up and down, and suddenly asked: "How are you? I haven't been home these few days. Did you miss me?"

He focused his gaze on his eldest son, his eyes full of expectation.

But Jiang Chengye just stared at his sister without saying a word, as if he couldn't make up his mind.

When Jiang Lianheng saw this, he gradually felt annoyed.

Just when he was about to lose his temper, Jiang Ya's eyes rolled around, and she suddenly ran over and threw herself into her father's arms.

"I miss you!" the girl shouted, as if she was afraid her father couldn't hear her. "I miss you so much, Dad. I dreamed about you the night before last!"

"Is it!"

Jiang Lianheng was delighted. He touched his daughter's head and said with great satisfaction: "It's still my eldest daughter. This little cotton-padded jacket is so thoughtful and knows how to care for people!"

Unexpectedly, just after the praise, Jiang Ya looked up, suddenly stretched out two hands, and said with a smile: "Dad, take it out!"

"What do you want to bring out?"

"Hey, you must have brought me something delicious, give it to me now!"

Jiang Lianheng raised his hand and pushed it away, curling his lips and saying, "What a tattered cotton jacket, it's filled with newspapers, it's leaking air! No, I didn't bring you anything!"

Jiang Ya didn't believe it, and shamelessly approached him, begging in a coquettish voice: "Dad, don't lie to me, what did you buy for me, where is it?"

Once a daughter acts like a spoiled child, all the father's love is for nothing.

Jiang Lianheng couldn't resist any more, so he raised his hand and pointed at the tea table, pushing and saying, "Those two red boxes are for you, go away, don't waste time here."

When Jiang Ya heard this, she immediately turned around and walked towards the tea table with joy.

Unexpectedly, after she took two steps, Hu Xiaoyan pulled her back and reprimanded her in a low voice: "We will have dinner soon, stop thinking about those snacks!"

"I won't eat. I'll just take a look and see what it is." Jiang Ya said confidently, and suddenly asked, "Mom, are you hungry? Why don't you eat something first?"

Hu Xiaoyan frowned after hearing this, and said angrily and amusedly, "Poor child, you are the only one who has many tricks. Stop it and talk after dinner!"

"I just want to take a look!" Jiang Ya raised her finger and begged again and again, "Just take a look, or I'll guess, and if I guess right, can you let me take a look?"

A tug-of-war ensued between the mother and daughter.

Jiang Lianheng ignored him and turned to look at his eldest son again. His expression unconsciously became serious, but he asked, "Chengye, do you want some snacks?"

Jiang Chengye came back to his senses, looked at his father timidly, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded heavily.

"What's wrong? You can't speak?" Jiang Lianheng became increasingly annoyed and raised his voice unconsciously, "Whether you want to or not, speak!"

Jiang Chengye shuddered all over, nodded quickly, and whispered: "I want to..."

Jiang Lianheng panted heavily and said impatiently, "Young man, you keep talking in your mouth, can you please speak louder?"

It would have been better if she hadn't scolded him. After being scolded, Jiang Chengye became even more timid. He stood there, not daring to say anything back, and just looked at Jiang Ya anxiously for help.

"Tsk, I'm asking you a question, why are you always looking at your sister?"

"He said he wanted to!" Jiang Ya suddenly shouted loudly, then turned to look at her brother, pointed at her ear and said, "My dad's ears are broken, you have to speak louder!"

Hu Xiaoyan immediately patted her daughter and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense, your dad's ears are not broken, he just lost a piece of flesh." Then, she waved at Jiang Chengye and smiled, "Come, Chengye, these two boxes are for you, come here!"

Jiang Chengye didn't dare to move. He just stood there blankly, looking at his father, behaved very well, as if waiting for some kind of permission.

But what Jiang Lianheng disliked was precisely his eldest son's honest appearance. Seeing him like this, he became extremely angry and the more he looked at him, the more he disliked him.

"Hiss, no, why are you staring at me? Is there a snack on my face? When people see good things, they rush forward to get closer, but you're shrinking back!"

"Don't scare him all the time!" Hu Xiaoyan said, and then waved her hand, "Come here, Chengye, come and take it!"

Jiang Chengye still didn't dare to move until Jiang Ya ran over and grabbed his hand, then he followed his sister.

Jiang Lianheng squinted his eyes and muttered coldly: "Look at that cowardly look, what kind of thing is that!"

Hu Xiaoyan stuffed the gift box into Jiang Chengye's hands, touched his head, and said with a smile: "Take it, go, go downstairs and play with your sister!"

"Mom, I'll hold it for him!" Jiang Ya volunteered.

Hu Xiaoyan patted her daughter's hand and gently scolded her, "No need, you are everywhere!"

Jiang Chengye held the gift box in both hands, looking at the exquisite packaging, his eyes gradually brightened up, full of joy. When he turned around and was about to leave, he was stopped by his father in a stern voice.

"Stand there! Did I let you go? I still have something to ask you!"

Jiang Lianheng shouted and Jiang Chengye immediately stopped properly.

He was too young to understand his father's temper.

Little did he know that if he raised his head, made a face, and rushed out regardless of anything, Jiang Lianheng would at most just scold him a few words, and might even secretly sigh: This little bastard has the energy I had when I was a child, he is my son!

But Jiang Chengye didn't dare. He just stood there obediently and waited for his fate to be decided.

Jiang Lianheng became more and more angry the more he watched.

Just at this moment, there was a noise suddenly heard in the house.

Judging from the servants' conversation, it seemed that Manager Xue had arrived.

Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, the footsteps outside the door were getting closer and closer.

Xue Yingqing pushed open the door, glanced at the situation in the room, swayed over, and asked with a smile: "What are you doing? Why are you so serious?"

"Godmother!" Jiang Ya screamed and rushed over immediately.

Xue Yingqing picked up Jiang Ya, who was a little heavy. He then looked at Jiang Lianheng and asked, "Why are you so upset when you just got home? Who pissed you off?"

"Poor kid, useless!"

"Nonsense, how old are they? What else do they need to be useful?"

Jiang Lianheng waved his hand and said, "Well, you won't understand even if I tell you, so stop getting involved!"

Xue Yingqing gave him a blank look and said, "If you want to scold the child, you can do it any other day. Why do you have to do it today when everything is going on? It's really a bummer!"

Having said that, he put Jiang Ya down and pushed the two children to the door.

"Come on, go on. I bought some good things for you two. Go and have a look. I'll talk to your dad for a while."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ya was overjoyed and immediately ran towards the stairs.

Jiang Chengye hesitated at the door until Jiang Lianheng waved at him, and then he left without any worries. However, he did not plan to go downstairs, but turned around and went to the opposite side. After closing the door, Xue Yingqing turned around, still elegant and not like a mediocre woman.

Seeing the table full of gift boxes, he smiled and joked, "Oh, these are all brought back from Shanghai. Is there any for me?"

Hu Xiaoyan quickly sorted out a few items.

Jiang Lianheng curled his lips and said, "What a question! I asked you to come over for dinner, how could I not bring you a portion?"

"Look, my nephew is quite filial!"

There were family members everywhere in the room, so Xue Yingqing used his seniority to put pressure on others and joked with Hu Xiaoyan for a while.

After laughing, he suddenly changed the subject and asked Jiang Lianheng, "Tell me, how was your trip to Shanghai?"

Jiang Lianheng sighed, shook his head and said, "Alas, it's hard to put it into words!"

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On the other side, after Jiang Chengye left the study, he did not go downstairs, but quietly went to his biological mother's room.

Sister Hua was sitting in the room, flipping through a magazine, when she heard a noise. She turned around and saw her son happily walking in with a gift box in his hands. She suddenly asked in a serious tone, "Is this for your sister?"

"This was bought for me by my dad!" Jiang Chengye argued.

"Really?"

"Really? My sister still has some!"

Hearing this, Sister Hua finally felt a little relieved. She waved her hand and said, "That's fine. Leave it here on the table. We'll have dinner later. Don't eat it yet."

Jiang Chengye nodded and stacked the two gift boxes on the table.

Sister Hua closed the magazine, put her arms around her son, and began to give him instructions again without getting tired of it.

"Chengye, remember this. No matter what your father gives you, you can't pick it, you can't fight for it, you can't snatch it, and you can't ask for it. Also, you are not allowed to snatch your sister's things. If I find out, I will slap you!"

"I didn't steal it. Those things were given to me by my sister."

Sister Hua nodded and said, "I know you didn't rob it. I'm just reminding you."

Jiang Chengye pouted and muttered softly: "I know, you've said it several times."

"I've said it several times so that you can remember it!" Sister Hua gently stroked her son and asked, "What did Mom tell you before?"

Jiang Chengye was a little impatient, but he had to repeat: "You said you were poor when you were a child and almost starved to death. It was because your aunt gave you food that you survived."

"Right, so you shouldn't fight for it. If I didn't tell you it's given to you, you can't rush to ask for it!"

"know."

Jiang Chengye replied sullenly, but then his eyes were attracted by the gift box on the table. After all, he was a child.

Sister Hua saw what her son was thinking, thought for a moment, and asked, "What's in here?"

"I don't know either." Jiang Chengye looked at it anxiously, then suddenly laughed and asked, "Mom, let me take a look!"

After hesitating for a moment, Sister Hua opened the gift box and saw that it was a box of almond cookies. She didn't know what size it was, but it looked quite exquisite.

"Okay, now that you've finished reading, put it away!"

Sister Hua deliberately moved the gift box away, looked at her son's pitiful eyes, and said with a smile: "Forget it, I'll let you have one piece, just one piece!"

Jiang Chengye nodded quickly, picked up a piece carefully, took a bite, and showed a satisfied expression.

When he was about to take another bite, he suddenly stopped, handed it over, and said, "Mom, have a try."

"I won't eat it."

"Try it, it's sweet."

Sister Hua couldn't resist, so she took it and ate it. After savoring it for a while, she found it tasted really good, so she took out another piece from the gift box, handed it to her son, and said, "Then I'll give you another piece as compensation!"

Jiang Chengye was naturally happy and quickly took it and ate it.

"tasty?"

"Really delicious."

In the small room, the mother and son ate almond cookies, looked at each other and smiled foolishly.

Soon, the mansion became lively.

Listening to the sounds downstairs, it seemed that the south wind and the west wind had returned one after another, followed by Zhao Guoyan.

The first thing everyone did when they got home was to go to the study across the street to greet their eldest sister-in-law, give her gifts, and discuss business matters.

I heard that they went to Shanghai recently, and I wonder how much trouble they caused.

But those rumors of disputes in the underworld seem to be far away from Sister Hua's life.

She had no intention of asking more questions, nor did she intend to get involved, especially not wanting her son to be involved.

Jiang Chengye heard the noise and suddenly remembered something, so he said, "Mom, my dad's ears are broken. He said they were frozen. Where is Shanghai? Is it colder than Fengtian?"

"I don't know. Don't worry about it. It has nothing to do with you." Sister Hua smoothed her son's hair and gently reminded him, "Don't make trouble. Save trouble for the family and be obedient."

Jiang Chengye nodded heavily.

Soon, the aroma of food gradually wafted through the house.

Footsteps were heard in the corridor. They first knocked on the study, then on Xu Ruqing's room on the other side, and finally it was the turn of the mother and daughter in the room.

"Second Madam, it's time for dinner." Yingzi poked her head in and greeted her.

Sister Hua responded, then led her son out of the bedroom and went to the restaurant downstairs.

Even before we arrived, there was already a lot of lively conversation.

When we walked into the restaurant, the tables were already full of people.

Jiang Lianheng, Hu Xiaoyan, Xu Ruqing, Xue Yingqing, Zhao Guoyan, Zhang Zhengdong, Wang Zhengnan, Li Zhengxi, Xiaobei is not here, haven't seen him for several days.

When everyone saw her coming, they naturally chatted and laughed and invited her to take a seat.

Wang Zhengnan brought his wife with him, and he joked frequently, calling her "Second Madam" all the time; Li Zhengxi came alone again, and except during festivals, he hardly ever saw Grain Rain.

Sister Hua grinned, which was considered a smile, and then led Jiang Chengye to sit in the corner of the table.

At this time, Jiang Lianheng, who was sitting in the main seat, suddenly waved his hand and said loudly, "Son, what are you doing hiding in a corner? Come here and sit next to me!"

Jiang Chengye didn't dare to move and looked up at his biological mother.

"This kid is sick again. I asked you to come over here. What are you looking at your mother doing?"

Jiang Lianheng shouted and urged, looking very impatient.

Sister Hua straightened her son's clothes, pushed him over, and whispered in his ear, "Go, don't talk nonsense, behave yourself."

Jiang Chengye was a little hesitant.

Seeing this, Jiang Lianheng frowned and waved his hands, saying, "This is too much trouble, forget it, just sit there!"

(End of this chapter)