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

Upon hearing the title of Lan Yujuan's novel, Chen Mo's sister suppressed a laugh while frantically searching for her phone.

Until a hand reached out from the side and quietly handed over the phone.

The older sister naturally took the phone, then suppressed a laugh and said:

"I need to read this novel carefully; the title alone sounds intriguing!"

As soon as her sister opened the QR code, Lan Yujuan added the contact while holding her phone, grinning happily the whole time.

She could almost see her dream of adapting her novel into a short drama coming true!

At this moment, in her eyes, Chen Mo's sister truly deserved to be called as beautiful as Guanyin!

This trip was definitely worthwhile!

"Hmph, so petty and pathetic!" The old lady next to her, seeing that no one was paying attention to her, became even more unrestrained in her criticism.

The more the old lady lost her temper, the more Lan Yujuan felt that Sister Chen Mo in front of her was kind and lovely, just like a fairy!

"My name is Chen Feifei. You can call me sister, or Feifei-jie, it's fine either way," Chen Mo's sister said with a smile as she accepted the friend request.

Lan Yujuan immediately changed her tune, "Okay, Sister Feifei!"

She smiled so brightly and obsequiously that even Chen Mo, sitting next to her, couldn't stand it anymore.

Chen Mo cleared his throat and said, "Ahem, ahem!"

"Actually, our company is also quite interested in the short drama industry."

Lan Yujuan immediately turned her head, her eyes shining, and said:

"real?"

"You know about short dramas too?"

Chen Mo pretended to be deep in thought and raised his hand to touch his nose.

But the older sister next to him immediately contradicted him:

"Yujuan, don't believe him! He's just making empty promises!"

"Hmph, same old story!"

Hearing this, Lan Yujuan felt a little strange.

Are they exactly the same? Who's the same to whom?

She subconsciously looked up and gazed at the middle-aged man brewing tea diagonally across from her.

The other person had just put down their purple clay teacup and stood up awkwardly, saying:

"I'll go check on the fish in the kitchen; it should be almost done steaming."

Chen Feifei was about to continue chatting when Lan Yujuan's phone suddenly rang.

"Excuse me, I need to take this call."

Lan Yujuan took her phone and went straight to the balcony.

Chen Mo's sister's balcony is very spacious, and it has been enclosed by glass to form a greenhouse, which is filled with all kinds of flowers.

Pink bougainvillea cascades down like waterfalls, and swathes of hydrangeas bloom in profusion.

Lan Yujuan walked to an open space, glanced at the unfamiliar number from Beijing, hesitated for a moment, and then answered the call.

"Feed?"

She waited for several seconds, but there was no sound from the other end.

Just as she was losing patience and preparing to hang up, the person on the other end suddenly said:

"it's me."

"How have you and your child been lately?"

Lan Yujuan's breath hitched, and she said coldly:

"What's up?"

"I'm hanging up now, that's all."

The moment the call connected, she had a premonition that it was probably her ex-husband, Liu Zhiyuan, calling.

She clung to a sliver of hope, thinking that since they had completely severed ties and he had found someone new, he wouldn't be so free as to call her from a different phone number.

Her editors and the headquarters of her novel platform are both in Beijing, so she's afraid of missing work-related calls.

Seeing that she was about to hang up, Liu Zhiyuan quickly said:

"Wait a moment!"

"It's Saturday today, what are you and Xiaoman doing at home?"

"I miss Xiaoman and want to video call her."

"I'm Xiaoman's biological father. This small request shouldn't be too much to ask, right?"

Lan Yujuan took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and said calmly:

"Liu Zhiyuan, are you very free?"

"If you really like children that much, then I wish you and Li Jiaojiao a speedy birth of a baby and a quick marriage!"

"I'm warning you: the child is mine, and has nothing to do with you."

"Stop calling me!"

Just as Lan Yujuan was about to hang up, Liu Zhiyuan on the other end of the line suddenly became anxious:

"Lan Yujuan, aren't you home?"

"Instead of staying home with the kids on the weekend, who are you out fooling around with?"

"I felt restless first thing this morning, is it because...?"

Before the other person could finish speaking, Lan Yujuan hung up the phone.

Liu Zhiyuan called again immediately, but she rejected the call and blocked the number.

Lan Yujuan paused for a moment before turning around to go inside.

When I turned around, I was shocked!

Chen Mo found himself standing on the edge of the balcony without anyone noticing.

"When did you get here?" Lan Yujuan asked, clutching her phone and covering her chest.

Chen Mo's gaze was somewhat complicated; she didn't quite understand it.

"Just arrived."

"The food is ready, it's time to eat."

Lan Yujuan nodded. "Okay, let's go!"

I'm still feeling a bit uneasy because of that phone call.

She followed Chen Mo to the restaurant, where five chairs were arranged around a round table, and six dishes and a soup were already laid out on the table.

The elderly woman sat demurely at the head of the table, her posture dignified. The middle-aged man was in the kitchen, serving rice and carrying it out.

Chen Feifei leaned leisurely against the back of the chair, smiling as she introduced:

"Yujuan, today we're just having a simple home-cooked meal."

"The pot in the middle is matsutake chicken soup. It's made with free-range chickens raised in the mountains of the countryside. The meat is tender and the skin is crispy, and the chicken soup is especially delicious! You can try it before you eat."

"That steamed fish was caught fresh from the reservoir this morning."

"The other dishes—stewed beef brisket with tomatoes, braised pork belly, Mapo tofu, cold pig's ear salad, and stir-fried seasonal vegetables—are all his specialties, and they tasted alright!"

Before the meal began, Chen Feifei introduced each dish on the table one by one.

Lan Yujuan felt a warmth in her heart as she listened.

She could sense that Chen Feifei truly cared about her younger brother, Chen Mo.

With the Chen family's means, ordering a feast of delicacies from outside would be simple and convenient.

But they insisted on inviting her to their home, and personally cooked every single dish.

Although they are all common dishes, they taste more like home!

"Mo Mo, try this fish and see if it's fresh?"

The old lady started eating first, smiling as she picked up a piece of fish and was about to put it in Chen Mo's bowl.

Chen Mo remained calm and simply moved the bowl away.

The old lady, holding her chopsticks, froze awkwardly in mid-air.

The middle-aged man on the other side glanced at Chen Mo, picked up the bowl, and took it.

"I'll try it."

The old lady was dissatisfied and began to vent her anger, glaring at the middle-aged man.

"Don't I have a mouth? Can't I eat by myself?"

After the old lady finished speaking, she sourly picked the fish back into her own bowl.

Chen Feifei, sitting next to him, suddenly felt much better when she saw the middle-aged man being scolded.

When she lowered her head to drink the chicken soup, she couldn't suppress the smile on her face.

In contrast, Chen Mo, the instigator of the whole affair, pretended not to see it at all.

Instead, he turned to the side and first put a piece of fish on Lan Yujuan's plate, as if afraid of upsetting the old lady.

"This fish is fresh, but be careful of the bones. Eat slowly."

Lan Yujuan didn't dare to laugh, and only nodded silently in agreement, "Yes, thank you!"

Every family has its own troubles; just turn to whichever page you're on and deal with it!

She had only eaten half of her meal when the old lady couldn't hold back any longer. She put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth, and said with a serious expression:

"MoMo is thirty this year, and it's definitely time for her to settle down, start a family, and build a career!"

"Those small stalls outside should be packed up or left open as appropriate."

"While we are still capable and hardworking, returning to the system is the right thing to do."

"Qin Su, Fei Fei, what do you think?"