Shocking! A three-year-old brings his aloof mother to their door.

The doorbell rang early the next morning.

Mo Ye opened the door, and Jiang Hui and Jiang Shuya stood at the door at the same time.

Mo Ye was stunned: "Mom, what brings you here?"

As Jiang Hui and Jiang Shuya changed their shoes, they said, "Isn't today Qingqing and Wanwan's first day of kindergarten? Let's go and see."

Tongtong ran down the stairs and saw the two elderly people. A sweet smile immediately spread across her little face: "Grandma, Grandma!"

Both of them exclaimed "Hey!" at the same time, their eyes curving into crescents.

Jiang Hui bent down and picked up Tongtong: "Tongtong has grown taller again."

Tongtong hugged her neck and said, "Grandma and Grandma are getting younger and younger."

Jiang Hui and Jiang Shuya laughed at the same time. Jiang Hui pinched her little face and said, "Tongtong has such a sweet mouth."

"Tongtong is telling the truth," Tongtong said.

The two girls were even happier and patted her little head. Although there were two younger ones, Tongtong was the one they loved the most.

The whole family arrived at the kindergarten gate in a large group.

The children were lining up to enter the park when they saw Tongtong get off the bus, and someone immediately called out, "Sister Tong!"

Tongtong nodded coolly, looking a bit like He Wanqing at work.

Mo Siwan and Mo Nianqing stood behind her, looking at their sister with such admiration that they could hardly move.

Standing behind, He Wanqing looked at her daughter's aloof demeanor and couldn't help but nudge Mo Ye's arm, lowering her voice to say, "Your daughter is like a gangster."

Mo Ye turned his head to look at Tongtong, then at He Wanqing, a slight smile on his lips, his voice even lower:

"She's not a member of the mafia, she's part of the legitimate world. She founded the Test Paper Gang, tutoring others every day and earning tens of thousands a month. She can also collaborate with other parents, and many parents are begging to let their children join the Test Paper Gang."

Looking at the little figure nodding to the child, He Wanqing suddenly felt that she didn't need to worry about anything in this family.

She narrowed her eyes and whispered, "Does our family have a business genius?"

Mo Ye turned his head to look at her: "Isn't this great?"

When Tongtong arrived at the classroom door of Class 1 in kindergarten, she saw a familiar figure standing at the classroom door: Lin Yu.

Lin Yu looks much more composed this year than she did a few years ago, and is looking down as she flips through the attendance list.

Tongtong waved: "Teacher Lin!"

Lin Yu looked up and saw her former nemesis standing in front of her. She was momentarily stunned, then smiled.

Of course she knew about this little girl's deeds, after all, they were in the same school, and Tongtong's "exam paper gang" had long been known throughout the school.

"Tongtong, what brings you here?" Tongtong turned to the side, revealing the two little dumplings peeking out from behind her:

"Please take good care of my younger brother and sister, Teacher Lin."

Lin Yu's heart skipped a beat. Her gaze fell on Mo Nianqing and Mo Siwan. After observing them carefully for a while, she noticed that one of them was looking down at the tips of her shoes, and the other was hiding behind her sister with only half of her face showing. Neither of them seemed like the type to cause a classroom upheaval.

She breathed a sigh of relief, her voice softening slightly: "Teacher Lin knows. What are your names?"

Mo Nianqing and Mo Siwan raised their heads and timidly said, "Hello, Teacher Lin, my name is Mo Nianqing."

"My name is Mo Siwan."

Lin Yu nodded: "It's a very nice name."

Tongtong bent down and whispered in their ears, "Be bold, Teacher Lin will protect you."

Lin Yu's temples throbbed twice. When did I say that?!

But when she met Tongtong's bright, sparkling eyes, she nodded and smiled, saying:

"Qingqing and Wanwan, your teacher will take care of you. If you have any questions, just come to your teacher."

Mo Nianqing and Mo Siwan relaxed a little, nodded, and obediently followed Lin Yu into the classroom.

Tongtong straightened up, turned around and waved to her parents, grandmother and maternal grandmother, then slung her little schoolbag over her shoulder and strode towards her school building.

Mo Ye and He Wanqing stood at the school gate, watching the three children's figures disappear one by one at the end of the corridor. Neither of them spoke; they simply stood shoulder to shoulder.

Another Spring Festival has arrived.

That year, Mo Ye's hometown received a rare snowfall, something that hadn't happened in over a decade.

A thin layer of white covered the rooftops and courtyard eaves, shimmering faintly in the morning sunlight, like a thin layer of icing sugar covering the entire village.

Mo Ye stood in the middle of the courtyard, holding a camera, and shouted to the large group of people inside:

"Come on, let's take a picture together!"

Everyone swarmed together, adults and children alike.

Tongtong stood at the very front, hands on her hips, like a commander-in-chief.

Mo Nianqing and Mo Siwan stood beside her, one on each side, like two little followers, imitating their older sister by putting their hands on their hips.

Tongtong looked down at them, grinned, put her two chubby little hands down, and made a "V" sign instead. The two little dumplings followed suit.

"Three—two—one—" Mo Ye's voice pierced through the morning light and echoed in the courtyard. "Cheese—" Everyone smiled brightly.

Tongtong laughed even harder, revealing her few teeth that had already grown in, and her eyes curved into crescents.

The camera clicked, capturing the moment.

After the shutter clicked, the courtyard became lively again. Tongtong was pulled by Mo Nianqing and Mo Siwan, and the three of them chased and played around in the courtyard.

In the distance, He Wanqing leaned on Mo Ye's shoulder, watching the three little figures running around, a smile playing on her lips.

Mo Ye held her hand, and the two stood together in the winter sun, looking at everything before them, feeling that nothing needed to be said...

In the courtyard late at night, fireworks rose one after another, exploding in the darkness.

Tongtong held a fairy wand in her left hand and directed the two little dumplings to stand in a safe place with her right hand.

Mo Nianqing and Mo Siwan each clutched a small sparkler, nervously huddled behind their older sister like two little mice venturing out of their burrow for the first time.

"What are you two afraid of? It's not like it's the first time we've released them. Didn't we release them last year too?" Tongtong glanced back at them.

Mo Siwan shrank back and whispered, "Last year's fireworks weren't as loud as this year's."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a meteor shot into the sky with a "whoosh" and exploded with a "pop," startling the two little dumplings so much that they covered their ears at the same time, their little faces scrunched up.

On the second-floor balcony, Mo Ye and He Wanqing stood side by side, their hands resting on the cold railing, looking down at the three small figures huddled together below.

He Wanqing turned her head to look at Mo Ye, then at Tongtong downstairs. Her voice, carried by the night wind, was soft and distant:

"It seems like when Tongtong set off fireworks for the first time, she was just as nervous."

Mo Ye nodded: "Yes, time flies."

He Wanqing rested her face on his arm: "I want to stay with you for another hundred years."

Mo Ye looked down at her, a smile playing on his lips: "Then let's live to be 140. And in the next life, let's be together too."