Before he died, my grandfather forced me to marry the richest man in the capital.

Tang Junyao and Su Xue chatted for a while, reminiscing about their journey from entering the Blue City training base to becoming mothers.

More than two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Thanks to the Lan family's influence, no one outside knew that Su Xue had given birth.

All I know is that she got fatter and fatter every day until she couldn't even walk. She took a two-month leave of absence and came back as a stunning beauty. During that time, many people asked Su Xue why she was as fat as an inflatable doll before and what disease she had. Su Xue smiled and said she had liposuction.

Actually, Lan Yunchen asked a friend to make a prosthetic body for Su Xue. It was almost like a body swap. She wore the fake flesh to the training base every day. The skin felt exactly like real skin, giving people the illusion that she was fat, thus concealing her pregnancy.

Tang Junyao was genuinely pregnant in front of them, so when they later said it was twins, everyone believed it.

Furthermore, the delivery was made by members of the Lan family.

Lan Yunchen also changed the birth dates of the two little ones. Their actual birth date was August 28, but the information on the records changed it to September 20, almost a month later.

It was also because of the Lan family's influence that no outsiders had bothered them for the past two years. Only Su Yu had come several times. Without Tang Junyao's consent, the Lan family wouldn't let even a fly in.

In retrospect.

Tang Junyao heard the sound of a door opening and people chatting downstairs. She guessed that her aunt and uncle had returned. It was already past 9 o'clock, and they had been shopping for quite a while.

Su Xue and Tang Junyao put on a coat and went downstairs.

Reaching the top of the stairs, Tang Junyao looked at the spoils on the floor and was a little amazed. This was the first time she had ever seen her aunt and uncle buy so many things. "Uncle is back. Aunt, what did you buy? So much stuff."

Lan Chumu looked towards the stairs, her eyes filled with affection as she smiled. "These on the ground are all gifts and local specialties that your aunt and brother prepared for you, as well as clothes for the little ones. If Xixi hadn't stopped them, they wouldn't have felt it was enough."

Tang Junyao never imagined that all the spoils of their shopping trip were for them, and that they had stayed up so late to buy things for her. She felt warm and touched, and instinctively felt like she was being pampered.

The love that had been missing for so many years was made up for in just two years, it was almost overflowing.

Even though Su Xue loves shopping, she was amazed and moved by all the things on the ground. In the past few years, the Lan family had known that Xiao Caomei was not Yao Yao's child, but Xiao Caomei was always included in everything Xiao Youzi had.

The two looked at the things scattered on the ground, unsure of what to do. They looked at each other, and finally Lan Yunxi pulled them back to their senses. "Don't just stand there like idiots. Take a look and see if you like them. Let me tell you, Mom and I picked out all these clothes. I can't even look at my brother and dad's taste. They're so tacky."

Listening to Lan Yunxi's mutterings to herself, Tang Junyao couldn't help but tear up. She realized how truly blessed it was to have family who loved her. After her grandfather passed away, no one had been so thoughtful and considerate towards her anymore.

When Lan Chumu saw the two crying, he and Lan Yunchen became anxious and scolded Lan Yunxi, "Take a break, this little mouth of yours keeps chattering, look, you've made your sister and the others cry."

Lan Yunxi stopped, a little confused. She hadn't said anything; she had just introduced the items and complained about her brother and father.

Standing to the side, she said anxiously, "Sister, Sister Su Xue, I... I didn't mean to."

Su Xue wiped away her tears, straightened up, took a few steps back, and bowed deeply to the elders in front of her. "Thank you."

Shen Muyun understood, and walked over with a gentle smile, hugging Su Xue. "You silly girl, you're usually so carefree, how come you've started thinking so much like Yao Yao? Auntie has told you so many times, the Lan family is your second home, we are all one family. I raised Little Strawberry with me, so of course she's also our Lan family's treasure. If anyone bullies her when she grows up, our Lan family will not stand for it."

Lan Yunxi nodded in agreement; he was as cute as could be.

Tang Junyao laughed after wiping away her tears, and hugged Lan Yunxi's shoulder, saying, "I won't say thank you, I'm afraid my uncle will scold me."

One sentence made the whole living room burst into laughter, "Hahahahahaha."

Lan Yunchen joked, "Yaoyao has finally come to her senses; it's not too late."

Tang Junyao thought to herself: If I dare to say thank you tonight, I'll probably get a series of lectures on ideology.

Shen Muyun bought them two of everything, and after allocating the items, she personally helped them pack them into their suitcases.

There were six large boxes in total. Tang Junyao's brow twitched, but she dared not say too much.

Lan Yunchen said, "I'll take you to the capital tomorrow by private jet, so don't worry about having too much stuff."

He could always clearly see Tang Junyao's embarrassment and thoughts, and he could always rescue her in time.

At 10:30 p.m., Tang Junyao lay in bed. Her aunt and uncle had taken Little Strawberry and Little Pomelo to bed. After taking care of them for more than a year, her aunt was probably the one who was most reluctant to part with them.

There was a knock on the door, and she got up to open it. She also had some trouble sleeping that night.

Standing outside the door was Lan Yunxi, dressed in cute cartoon-style pajamas, hugging a pillow and looking quite pitiful. "Sis, I want to sleep with you tonight, is that okay?"

Tang Junyao opened the door a little wider, put her arm around her shoulder and led her in, "Of course you're welcome, come in."

He glanced at his dejected sister, pulled her to the bedside, and pulled back the covers for her. "You really want to go to the capital? How about I talk to Uncle and ask him to let you come with me for a few days?"

Lan Yunxi burrowed under the covers, straightened her blankets, leaned against the headboard, and grabbed a small pomelo plush toy to hug to her chest. "Dad told me to get my graduation certificate first, but I've already told him that I'm in my second semester of senior year, and besides, I haven't failed any courses, and I'm the top student in the school, okay?"

Tang Junyao acknowledged this point. Lan Yunxi's academic performance had always been excellent. She was now a top student at the Computer Science University in Lancheng and was about to graduate with a professional master's degree this year. However, her uncle hoped that she would continue her studies and pursue a master's and doctoral degree for several more years, feeling that she was still too young to enter the workforce so early. Lan Yunxi also genuinely loved computers and had planned to continue learning as well.

Tang Junyao tried to dissuade her, "You've never left Lancheng since you were little. Your uncle and brother have protected you very well. No one knows you're a daughter of the Lan family. If you come to the capital with me alone, they'll worry themselves sick. How about you come with your uncle and the others during summer vacation?"

Lan Yunxi pouted, rested her chin on her hand on the doll, and said sullenly, "You're all leaving, and Guoguo said she's planning to go back to the capital. Now I'm really all alone."

Lan Yunxi's family was very protective of her, so much so that she didn't have many friends. After so many years of lively family life, they all left at once, which inevitably made her feel uneasy.

Tang Junyao thought for a moment, "You mean that pediatrician at Blue City Hospital? Is she also going back to the capital?"

Lan Yunxi nodded, her eyes filled with tears.

Tang Junyao gently rubbed the little girl's head; her hair was very fine, black and soft, and she soothed her gently.

Tang Junyao couldn't bear to see Lan Yunxi suffer, but she couldn't guarantee that there wouldn't be any accidents when she took Lan Yunxi to the capital. She couldn't make a 100% guarantee, so she couldn't take the risk. Lan City was the safest place, with bodyguards secretly following her.

All good things must come to an end; no matter how reluctant we are, we must eventually leave.