"I'll buy you a car," Mo Yan suddenly suggested.

"No need. First, I don't know how to drive." She used to know how, but even Yan Yan doesn't. "Second, let's wait a few years. It's too conspicuous now. Investing 100,000 yuan at once is already too conspicuous. I'm afraid someone will kidnap us."

"I'm looking for suitable bodyguards. I've already heard from a couple who are both very skilled. Once we've finalized the deal, we'll have them move to live near our house."

"I've already bought the yard next to ours. It's big enough for them to live in. Let them come over." Lian Yanyan hadn't told him about buying the yard.

"The Li family on the left?"

"Yes, their work unit allocated them apartments, so they sold the courtyard."

"They've already started planning to open up new residential housing projects back home, so let's buy a lot then." Mo Yan has been keeping a close eye on the development of his hometown.

"You invested?"

"How could I not tell you I invested? What are you thinking?" Mo Yan patted her forehead and said reproachfully.

The two children were eating snacks on the side, secretly smiling as they watched the two adults.

Mo Yan didn't take it to heart, leaning against the desk as he continued, "When it was planning, I didn't have enough funds, so I didn't participate. But if there's an opportunity in the next development, I should participate, since that's my most important second hometown."

Lian Yanyan raised an eyebrow, thinking, "Is he about to reveal the truth?" She knew from the plot that Mo Yan had overseas connections, and now it seemed that he knew it himself.

Mo Yan gestured to the two children's positions: "I'll talk to you tonight."

At dinner time, several of Mo Yan's comrades-in-arms came to eat with them. They had never met Lian Yanyan before, so they came to say hello to their comrade's wife and also to see Liang Laidi. This girl was someone they had brought from their hometown and sent to the north, so they naturally missed her dearly.

"Come on, say hello to the uncles." Lian Yanyan smiled at the girl.

The girls today have a well-proportioned figure, rosy cheeks, and wear low ponytails with glossy black hair, but they also have smiles on their faces and are dressed appropriately and neatly.

"Hello uncles, thank you for bringing me out."

"Come on, how's the school over there?" one of the middle-aged men, dressed casually but with a refined air, asked kindly.

This is the highest-ranking comrade-in-arms who came today, Lu An, the deputy head of the development zone.

"Okay, my teachers and classmates take good care of me. I get good grades, always in the top five. My aunt always gives me a reward." The girl said proudly. The previous nine years seemed like a dream. Her aunt said that girls are wonderful creatures and should believe in themselves and like themselves.

"That's good, that's good." The comrades nodded with great relief, and their attitude towards Lian Yanyan improved even more. What used to be respect for their comrade's wife now carried a touch of reverence.

In just a few years, they raised a shy, sensitive, and hunchbacked girl from the mountains to a confident and poised woman, whose eyes are full of self-acceptance and self-belief. This is definitely something they put a lot of effort into. Raising a child who is not related to them so well is not something that can be done with money alone. I ask you, back then, even any family among them might not have been able to do it.

A comrade's wife teased the girl: "Come on, little brother, Mo's sister-in-law treats you so well, why don't you call her 'Mom'?"

The atmosphere at the dinner table froze for a moment. The comrade glared at his wife and apologized, "Everyone, please ignore her. She's ignorant and doesn't know how to speak properly."

Lian Yanyan calmly looked at the girl. Liang Laidi swallowed the food in his mouth and said in a moderate voice, "My aunt said that everyone has their own background. No matter how bad that background is, it cannot define my future. The road is one that I walk myself. Therefore, I do not deny my background and my parents. Whether I call them Mom or Aunt, it cannot change our relationship. Does it matter what I call them?"

The comrade's wife awkwardly asked, "What are you saying? I don't understand. How can a child as young as you understand?"

"I read a lot of books, of course I understand."

Lian Yanyan added, "Lai Lai is very smart. She's very likely to become a scientist in the future because she has a strong sense of focus and likes to study things."

Lu An laughed cheerfully, "Really? Then Uncle will be waiting for the day when we become scientists. Sister-in-law, let me toast you for raising such a wonderful child."

After saying that, he raised his glass and clinked it with Lian Yanyan's.

Mo Yan stood up straight, his pride evident in his expression.

His expression provoked his comrades, who made him drink several glasses of wine.

That evening, Mo Yan, who was supposed to tell his story, was too busy with his wedding to do so. It wasn't until the next afternoon, when he left work early, that he handed the two children over to Lian Jianhua and went home to tell his wife.

......

"So, you have relatives overseas?"

"They should still be there. Even if there's no one left in my branch, my eldest uncle and third uncle's family who left early should still be around."

"Are you looking for them?"

"I won't look for someone. It's all up to fate. They might not even want to acknowledge me. Honey, I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth when we got married." Mo Yan kissed her cheek.

"It's alright. The situation was special. At that time, the fewer people who knew, the better." Lian Yanyan expressed her understanding. She didn't really want to know other people's well-kept secrets, as it would put her under psychological pressure.

"How did I end up marrying such a wonderful wife?" Mo Yan said as he lifted his clothes.

"What are you doing? In broad daylight."

"There's no one else at home, so who cares if it's day or night, honey~"

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and even Yan Yan reluctantly went along with him.

"Feel my waist, isn't it still slim? You don't know, I know you like my waist, so I don't dare to eat too much." Mo Yan said, trying to show off.

"Okay, okay, you're a good girl." Lian Yanyan said perfunctorily while enjoying the meal.

After the summer vacation ended, Lian Yanyan took her two children home amidst Mo Yanyi's reluctant gaze.

In the years that followed, Mo Yan continued to invest in his hometown every year, mainly in schools. In return, during the winter and summer vacations each year, the leaders of the Education Bureau urged Lian Yanyan, who had become the deputy director, to hurry up and reunite with her family.

Lin Feng's business never really took off, and he always suspected that someone was secretly suppressing him, but he had no evidence. He worked hard all his life and died in his fifties. Wu Qingya, on the other hand, lived a long life, outliving her eldest son by a year, and died in a nursing home.

Lian Yanyan lived to be seventy years old, arranged the lives of her children, and peacefully closed her eyes amidst the tearful, reluctant eyes of the elderly Mo Yan.

......

"Employee Chu Lanyu has successfully completed the first world mission, earning 10 points as normal, plus an extra 2 points from the client, for a total of 12 points. Once she reaches 100 points, she can choose a world to execute a mission."

Chu Lanyu had not yet calmed down.

"Eliminate all emotions generated by employees within the task world."

A few seconds later, Chu Lanyu's expression became very strange. This emotion clearing was really magical. In just a few seconds, even Yan Yan's life was like watching a very realistic movie from an outsider's perspective in her mind. Even her emotions returned to the indignation she felt when she first became an employee of the Time and Space Administration.

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