My baby is two and a half years old. Daddy, hurry up and make some milk!

Lu Chenyue, who had finally managed to eat meat, was not satisfied with just one meal. He knew the difference between being full at one meal and being full at every meal.

The Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and most companies have already started their holidays and entered the final stage of their annual meetings.

Lu Chenyue is preparing for a big move, the success or failure of which will determine whether his future days will be a dull solo life or a harmonious family life.

Shen Wanning's birthday is a very special day; she was actually born at 11:58 PM on New Year's Eve. Just two minutes shy of the new year.

When she was born, her family said she couldn't wait for the New Year to arrive, arriving at the very last moment of the old year, which was also an auspicious day. Because New Year's Eve is a day of reunion, when family members gather together, it meant she was destined not to be alone in the future.

In her twenty-five years of life, she only had two real birthdays, which were the two years she was still living in the Shen family.

Later, she went to an orphanage, and the director treated the day she was found as her birthday. There were no cakes back then, so on each child's birthday, the director would boil two white eggs as a way of celebrating the child's birthday.

Back then, conditions at the orphanage were very poor; people rarely ate meat, let alone luxuries like birthday cakes.

This year, both families are getting together to prepare a special birthday celebration for her.

On New Year's Eve, the weather was unusually clear and sunny, without snow.

During the day, the entire Shen family manor is decorated in sky blue, which is Shen Wanning's favorite color.

Upon entering, you can see a vast expanse of blue flowers, which Lu Chenyue spent a fortune to have airlifted overnight from overseas.

Sky-blue gauze, sky-blue balloons, sky-blue tablecloths—everywhere you look is blue.

Not only the younger generation came that day, but also several elders from the family. Of course, this was all out of respect for the Lu family.

Although the Shen family is one of the top wealthy families in Hong Kong, they don't have many followers in City A. After all, even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake.

Feng's parents brought Feng Yan and Feng Lin; Xiao Nanfeng brought his parents; Yu Chengyan's father had also returned from abroad recently and brought his whole family today.

Gao Zhan returned to his unit, and the Gao family sent two people: Grandpa Gao and Gao Dongdong.

Lin Zhixia also came with her parents.

Given Lin Zhixia's family background, she probably wouldn't even have been able to get a foot in the door here, but she has a good friend who is ambitious and comes from a wealthy family.

Everyone who came was an acquaintance, so there was no awkwardness; everyone enjoyed themselves and ate as usual.

Le Bao and several other children, along with a dog, were running around in the yard, while several parents sat in the living room drinking tea and chatting.

Shen An, Lu Yifan, and Feng Lin went to the game room to play games.

Shen Wanning, Gu Nansheng, Lin Zhixia, and Wen Xian sat together, with Lu Chenyue, Feng Yan, Shen Xizhou, Shen Shilan, Xiao Nanfeng, and Yu Chengyan beside them. Lu Feng consciously tagged along with the elders, since he was now the mayor and these elders were all experienced people.

This scene is beautiful no matter how you look at it; the man is handsome, the woman is beautiful, and the child is adorable.

The servants from both the Lu and Shen families pitched in to prepare lunch.

"Ningning, how's your relationship with President Lu going? I saw it the other day."

Lin Zhixia teases Shen Wanning.

Speaking of that day, Shen Wanning blushed. She hadn't expected Lu Chenyue to suggest going to a hotel that day, nor had she expected that the scheming man had premeditatedly used the child as an excuse to trick her into going to a hotel.

She never expected her best friend to video call her while she was asleep, and the call would actually go through, showing her lying next to Lu Chenyue. Luckily, they were both dressed at the time, and Le Bao was there to block the view, otherwise she would have laughed herself to death.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Le Bao was sleepy after lunch that day, and we were worried she would catch a cold, so we took her to the hotel for a nap."

Shen Wanning blushed and explained what happened that day with a lack of confidence.

"I never said you were at the hotel. Besides, you took a nap all afternoon. I waited for you at the studio all afternoon, but you didn't come back."

Lin Zhixia bumped Shen Wanning with her shoulder, her face full of mockery that betrayed her.

Gu Nansheng and Wen Xian watched their playful bickering friends with smiles.

"Wan Ning, honestly, if Shen Yue proposed to you, would you say yes?"

Wen Xian came here today with a mission. As the vanguard, she needs to find out the attitude of the parties involved.

After a few seconds of silence, Shen Wanning nodded.

"I think I'll say yes. Besides him, I don't think there's anyone else I want to get to know. He's a good person, the Lu family is a good family, and I think this is the kind of family I want."

Whether it was Lu Chenyue or the Lu family, they were all very kind to her, to Le Bao, and to the Shen family.

Having witnessed so many selfish and calculating families and friends, I have to say that Lu Chenyue's family and friends are all exceptionally good people.

"Wanning, we all hope this day will come soon."

Wen Xian looked at Shen Wanning sincerely. Her whole family was waiting for the day when she and Le Bao would truly return home.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Shen Wanning looked at Wen Xian with emotion. People say that the relationship between sisters-in-law is the most difficult to get along with, except for the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but between Wen Xian and Shen Wanning, there is only the friendliness and tolerance between relatives.

Such a family atmosphere is something many people yearn for but cannot have.

Relieved to receive Shen Wanning's affirmative reply, Wen Xian took a breath. Then, taking advantage of a gap in their conversation, she took out her phone and quietly sent a message.

Beside him, Lu Chenyue took out his phone, which had vibrated slightly, from his pocket, opened the message, and couldn't help but smile.

"What are you looking at so excitedly?"

Xiao Nanfeng craned his neck to look at the contents of his phone, but Lu Chenyue turned off the screen and put the phone in his pocket.

"It's nothing."

Feng Yan and Yu Chengyan, who were standing to the side, seemed to have guessed what was going on. They smiled knowingly and remained silent.

"Hey, you're getting all mysterious now."

Lu Chenyue didn't trust Xiao Nanfeng, that big mouth, to tell him anything, otherwise the whole world would know in no time.

After lunch, it was already past 2 p.m. Everyone ate, drank, and chatted, creating a lively atmosphere.

The elders all left to say goodbye, as they had to go back to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner and stay up late, so they didn't stay any longer.

The younger generation hasn't left yet; they're still here, waiting to cut Shen Wanning's birthday cake before leaving tonight.

However, when Lin Zhixia's parents arrived, she quietly pulled Shen Wanning aside:

"Wanning, Auntie has a favor to ask."

Lin's mother was still a little embarrassed to speak.

"Auntie, please feel free to speak."

Because Lin's parents often invited Shen Wanning to their home for meals when she was going through a difficult time, and also frequently had Lin Zhixia bring her food, she wouldn't refuse such kindness as long as it was within her means.

"Here's the thing, look, Xiaxia is two months older than you, and she still doesn't have a boyfriend. I think the young people who came today all seem pretty good. Do you know anyone suitable to help Xiaxia find a match?"

Mr. Lin only knew that his daughter had dated a few years ago, but they had never met the man and didn't know why they broke up. Anyway, they could clearly sense that their daughter wasn't in a good mood during that time, but they didn't ask her too many questions.

"Okay, Auntie, I'll keep an eye on Xiaxia. If there's a suitable match, I'll try to set them up."

"Okay, okay, okay, thank you in advance, Auntie."

Lin's parents left satisfied.

Lin Zhixia walked over:

"Did my mom ask you to introduce me to someone again?"

It's obvious without even asking what else her parents and Shen Wanning could possibly have said to each other.

"Auntie is worried about you too. Xiaxia, although I support your freedom to love yourself, if there is someone suitable, I hope you can try to get to know them, after all, not everyone is the right person."

Lin Zhixia's mood clearly dropped, and Shen Wanning held her hand, gently comforting her.

Not far away, Xiao Nanfeng withdrew his gaze, turned around, and went into the house.