Five years after my wife's death, she came back!

In the afternoon, Shang Shijin returned home and found the house very quiet, but the shoes that Yuan Song had worn when he left in the morning were placed in the entryway.

"husband?"

Shang Shijin entered the bedroom and heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom. She murmured, "Taking a shower at this hour?"

Without thinking much of it, she changed into her pajamas and was about to go out when she heard Yuan Song's phone, which was on the bed, ring several times in a row.

Yuan Song has always been completely open with her, and she can look at his phone freely. However, Shang Shijin only looked at his phone during the first few years of their relationship. His social life is very simple; besides work and studies, he only has a few friends she knows.

In addition, Yuan Song was very honest and did not have the bad habits of those playboys in the circle. Over time, Shang Shijin rarely looked at his phone anymore.

While I was lost in thought for a moment, my phone rang several more times.

The constant notification sounds were jarring in the quiet bedroom, and you could tell the person on the other end was very anxious.

Shang Shijin opened his phone.

More than ten text messages were sent from the same number, without any name or contact information, but the tone was very rude.

I'm being monitored now; someone is investigating things from twenty years ago.

Give me a straight answer, what should I do?

[We worked on this together back then. You were the one who said that the land was just an abandoned factory and no one would find it.]

[Yuan Song, speak!]

If I get caught, you won't escape either!

The further they went, the more anxious the person on the other end became. Shang Shijin frowned. Who was this person?

This happened more than twenty years ago? An abandoned factory?

Shang Shijin suddenly remembered that the land in the south of the city used to be an abandoned factory. Decades ago, when industry was booming, it was the largest factory base in Jiangcheng. Later, as Jiangcheng developed and reformed, the factories were moved to various cities in the area for environmental protection. Over time, the once-prosperous factories gradually faded away.

Because dealing with the large, stranded machinery was very expensive and labor-intensive, the land remained vacant until two years ago when the government began reconstruction efforts and put out tenders to find a partner company to work together on the project.

Shang Shijin's mind was in complete turmoil. What did this have to do with Yuan Song?

He was still in college more than 20 years ago.

Just as she was thinking, the bathroom door was pushed open, bringing in a burst of hot steam.

Yuan Song walked out, drying his hair. When he saw her holding his phone, a flash of panic crossed his eyes.

"Why are you back?" Yuan Song walked over quickly. "Didn't you say you were playing tennis with Mrs. Wang today? I was thinking of picking you up later."

"Mrs. Wang had some family matters to attend to, so I couldn't go and came back first."

Yuan Song calmly tried to retrieve his phone, but Shang Shijin looked at him and asked, "This person just sent you a lot of messages, who is it?"

Yuan Song quickly scanned the information, his smile unchanged: "An old friend of mine, who's a bit of a troublemaker, was caught accepting bribes at work and is under investigation. He's trying to drag me down with him."

Shang Shijin was skeptical: "What was he talking about, the thing you two did together twenty years ago? Was it related to that piece of land in the south of the city?"

Yuan Song turned off his phone and said calmly, "Twenty years ago, not long after I graduated, I was bewitched by him. He said that giving gifts to the leaders could lead to a promotion. At the time, he said we should find a secluded place, so we went to that abandoned factory."

Yuan Song forced a smile: "When I was young, I was ignorant and did wrong things, but so many years have passed and he still brings it up. It seems that he has caused too much trouble recently and is now desperate."

Shang Shijin said disdainfully, "What kind of friends do you keep? Don't associate with people like that."

"Yes, you're right." Yuan Song walked over and hugged her. "I haven't contacted him for over ten years. Now he wants me to use my connections with businesses to smooth things over. I refused, and he got angry and tried to threaten me."

Seeing that the suspicion on Shang Shijin's face had disappeared, Yuan Song quickly changed the subject: "By the way, wife, I don't have anything to do after this, let's go on vacation tomorrow."

"Vacation?"

"Yes, you're going to an island, right? I've already made the arrangements, and we can go tomorrow."

Shang Shijin leaned against him, relaxing: "Sure, Shang Yu just graduated too, let's all go together..."

Yuan Song interrupted him: "That kid wants to go out with his friends. Besides, why would we bring a third wheel?"

Shang Shijin laughed and nudged him: "How can you talk about your son like that?"

Yuan Song smiled without saying a word, and gently kissed her hand.

*

Hillside villa.

Shang Nian's treatment has come to an end, and she has been staying at home recently.

Shi Ying was watching cartoons with her. The two sat on the carpet, and Shang Nian leaned against her, eating grapes and laughing at the TV.

When Shang Chenyan came downstairs, he saw this scene, which was warm but also a little jarring.

He narrowed his eyes, especially when he saw where Shang Nian's head was resting.

Hearing footsteps, Shi Ying looked up at him and asked, "Are you done with your work?"

"Hmm." Shang Chenyan walked over and naturally lifted Shang Nian from her arms, then sat down next to her and put his arm around her shoulder.

Shang Nian defiantly broke free and rushed into Shi Ying's arms to hug her.

Shi Ying could only coax one of them at a time: "Stop fooling around, or you'll both have to sit down properly."

The two then ceased fighting.

After watching some boring cartoons for a while, Shang Chenyan suddenly spoke up: "Summer vacation is almost here, isn't it?"

"Yes, it's already June, and the kids will be on holiday in a few days." Shi Ying asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing. I was just thinking that Niannian can go to school in September, just in time for the start of the new school year."

Mentioning this, Shi Ying perked up: "Niannian is almost six years old this year, isn't it a bit inappropriate for her to go to kindergarten now?"

Shang Chenyan nodded: "Ji Huanzhou said that Niannian is very smart, and I plan to let her go to first grade when school starts."

Shi Ying, holding Shang Nian, asked, "Does Nian Nian want to go to elementary school?"

Shang Nian nodded: "I want to."

"Why?" Shi Ying didn't understand why the child was so eager to go to school. It must be because he hadn't experienced the beatings at school yet.

Shang Nian said in a serious tone, "Because the kindergarten curriculum is too stupid."

Shi Ying: "..." She really does take after her father.

Shang Chenyan smiled silently: "Niannian is very smart, you don't need to worry about her. I will carefully select the school this time. I will show it to you after Jiang Wen has organized all the information."

Shi Ying hummed in agreement.

Just after they finished discussing this matter, Shang Chenyan's phone rang.

It's Jiang Wen.

He answered the phone, and Jiang Wen said on the other end, "President Shang, there's been an accident at the factory we invested in in Linxian County. You might need to go to the site in person to take a look."

On business trip?

Shang Chenyan refused.

Jiang Wen continued, "The torrential rain in Linxian County and the mismanagement at the factory have led to someone going missing, and it's causing quite a stir now..."

Shang Chenyan's expression grew increasingly grim as he listened. He said, "I understand. Go and make the arrangements. Go there immediately."

Shi Ying only asked after he put his phone down, "What's wrong?"

"Yingying, I have to go on a business trip tomorrow."

As soon as he uttered those two words, Shang Chenyan felt like he couldn't breathe.