After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

Lan Yujuan never expected that the other party was actually a fellow alumnus.

For a moment, she was stunned. When the other party said they would check the China Higher Education Student Information System (CHESICC) and send her screenshots as proof, she actually nodded and said, "Really? Let me see!"

Upon checking the screenshot on the learning website, it turned out that Xia Donghe was exactly one year ahead of him, and they were both in the School of Humanities, majoring in Chinese Language and Literature.

Xia Donghe was genuinely pleased. Not only did he change Lan Yujuan's nickname in front of her, but he also warmly invited her to join the alumni group, saying that he would treat the three of them to a meal another day.

Lan Yujuan directly refused the offer of a meal.

As for being invited to join the university alumni group, Lan Yujuan was initially reluctant to do so.

A series of unpleasant things happened in her high school alumni group, which still leaves her with psychological trauma.

She felt that joining such an alumni group was meaningless to her.

But Xia Donghe acted too quickly; he had barely finished speaking when he pulled her into the group chat.

"Don't worry, I'm one of the group's administrators. From now on, I'll look after you in the alumni group!"

Lan Yujuan looked at the newly joined group on her phone and forced a smile. "Okay, thank you, Senior Brother Xia!"

Just then, Chen Mo returned, leading the little one and followed by a waiter carrying a large platter of desserts and ice cream.

Xia Donghe was very tactful. As soon as he caught a glimpse of the father and daughter out of the corner of his eye, he subconsciously got up to say goodbye.

"Junior Sister Lan, it's a pleasure to meet you. Let's keep in touch when we have time!"

After exchanging a few brief pleasantries, he turned and left.

Chen Mo's expression was originally quite cool, but when he saw Xia Donghe being so sensible and greeting him as they passed by, he even nodded and gave a slight smile, which was quite rare for him.

"What were you talking about just now?"

"Even from quite a distance, I can see you two are having a great time chatting."

As Chen Mo got her some food, he asked her in a low voice.

Out of the corner of his eye, he would always glance, almost imperceptibly, in the direction where she had placed her phone.

Lan Yujuan glanced at him, taking in all his current emotions.

As she picked up the food and slowly savored it, she explained with a smile:

"It's nothing, just added a contact method."

"I didn't know until we talked; I never imagined we were actually alumni!"

"However, Director Xia is a year ahead of me and has a wider network of connections."

Upon hearing that the two were actually alumni, Chen Mo's brows furrowed instantly.

"You're alumni? Really?"

"That guy just now, he looks very cunning and shrewd. Don't be fooled by his acting skills."

As he spoke, he even scooped up a spoonful of ice cream and fed it to her.

Lan Yujuan took a sip and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, I'm not that easy to fool."

"We should be alumni, that's for sure. He just showed me a screenshot from the China Higher Education Student Information System (CHESICC) and even added me to the alumni group."

She originally thought that once she had explained things clearly, Chen Mo would be relieved.

But to his surprise, the more he explained, the more obvious the wrinkles became between Chen Mo's brows.

"He even specifically invited you to join the alumni group?"

"Is there a lot of people in your alumni group? Otherwise, you could add me too. Family members of alumni should be able to join as well, right?"

Lan Yujuan almost burst out laughing when she heard his words.

"It's just a regular alumni group, what are you going to do there?"

"If it weren't for the fact that the other person had just helped me and I had just added their contact information, I wouldn't have felt comfortable leaving the group in person."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't want to join high school or university alumni groups like these. Besides gossip and rumors, there's probably nothing else to them."

Chen Mo looked at her thoughtfully, and after a long while, he said in a low, muffled voice:

"So, you're not going to invite me to the group, right?"

Lan Yujuan choked for a moment, then said quietly, "If you're willing to come in, I would like to invite you."

"However, I'm not an administrator in the group, and I don't have the authority to invite you to the group."

Chen Mo looked up at her and raised an eyebrow.

Lan Yujuan couldn't quite figure out what that meant:

So, if you're not going to invite me in, then forget it?

Or are you saying that if you don't invite me in, I have my own ways...?

After finishing his work, Chen Mo treated the mother and daughter to a hearty meal.

Chen Mo had asked the waiter to bring out all the things he was curious about and wanted to eat, but was worried about taking too much and not being able to finish them.

He finished off all the leftovers by himself.

After eating and drinking their fill, the family of three left the event and returned to their guest room.

As they approached the room door, Lan Yujuan was about to ask him which room he would be sleeping in that night.

Unexpectedly, Chen Mo took out the newly replaced room card from his pocket and swiped it to open the door to the room where Lan Yujuan was staying.

Upon entering, the room was found to be as tidy as when I checked in, with a few more items added.

Lan Yujuan turned her head, surprised, and asked, "You moved all your stuff over? When did you move it?"

Chen Mo chuckled as he took off his tie:

"As soon as I left home in the evening, I asked my assistant to contact the front desk to cancel the reservation for the room across the street and move my things here."

"We're a married couple, we can't possibly sleep in separate rooms when we go out, can we?"

When I entered the room, wow!

Next to the king-size bed in the bedroom, a pretty pink princess bed has been added, complete with a pink semi-opaque mosquito net.

The little guy got excited the moment he saw the new crib, rushed over, took off his shoes, and was about to get on.

She didn't even have time to play on her tablet; she just wanted her mom to take her to wash up so she could go to bed early tonight.

Even during bath time, the little guy was still reminiscing about that pretty little bed:

"Mommy, that little bed is so pretty!"

"I won't want to close my eyes tonight."

The little guy's words made Lan Yujuan both laugh and cry.

The family of three slept soundly through the night.

The next morning, after the three of them finished breakfast, they tidied up briefly and prepared to go out.

"I'm going to visit the film set this morning, so I might be very busy. Are you sure you really want to come with me? It might be a bit boring for you..." Lan Yujuan continued to persuade him after they got in the car.

However, Chen Mo was determined to be with his family of three.

"It's okay, you go about your business, I'll take care of the child."

"With Xiaoman by my side, she's my best friend, I won't be bored."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and gently squeezed the meat bun, making the little guy giggle.