He Jiayan sighed, "Ah...your father is really not good to you. Oh, by the way, I heard from your mother that your father went to Beijing again a few days ago."

"um, yes."

It's a good thing that he's in the capital. I won't be able to meet him if I go back.

"Have you met him?"

"No, I don't want to meet him. We'll just quarrel if we meet."

"Hey... let's not talk about him, Yanyan, can you stay a few more days this time when you come back?"

"We'll see then."

"Grandma... Grandma... I want to pee..." A baby voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Auntie, Xixi can talk!" Li Yanyan looked surprised.

My aunt has a son and a daughter. My cousin married in Inner Mongolia, so I rarely see her. I can only see her when she goes home during the Chinese New Year.

My cousin also got married two years ago and has a daughter named Xixi, who is one year and five months old and very cute.

During the Chinese New Year, she couldn't speak yet, but she kept asking her to hold her. She was so cute and kept sticking to her.

"Yes, Xixi has been able to speak for three months.

Oh, Xixi, you peed your pants! Why didn’t you tell me earlier that you needed to pee? Look, your pants are all wet!

Xixi said in a baby voice: "Grandma...change your pants..."

He Jiayan said, "Yanyan, I'm going to change Xixi's pants first. She wet her pants."

"Aunt, you go."

"Well, come back soon and stay a few more days. Auntie misses you too."

"I know, Auntie."

After hanging up the phone, Li Yanyan looked at Gu Yuanzhou.

Gu Yuanzhou said softly, "Yanyan, you haven't told me about your aunt yet. Can you tell me about it?"

Li Yanyan nodded and spoke slowly: "As far as I can remember, my uncle and aunt have been very good to me. My aunt would buy me clothes and give me New Year's money. If my father treated me badly, she would scold him and ask him to be nicer to me...

Seven years ago, our hometown was demolished. My father got more than 9 million yuan, and my aunt's family got more than 7 million yuan. As a result, my cousin was set up and owed more than 5 million yuan in foreign debt overnight.

My uncle beat my cousin severely, and my aunt was furious. Later, my uncle took out money and paid off my cousin's debt. Since then, my cousin seemed to have changed. He no longer made friends outside the family and worked hard. Now he is married, has children, and lives a good life.

I also have a cousin who married and moved to Inner Mongolia five years ago. I only come back to see her during the Chinese New Year.

I also have two aunts, and I seldom contact them either.”

After listening, Gu Yuanzhou hugged her tightly.

Li Yanyan continued, "After my uncle and aunt received the demolition compensation, they bought a piece of land and built a three-story building. Although it's in the countryside, the village has roads and buses, so it's very convenient to go out. I always stay at my aunt's house during the Chinese New Year. My aunt is very kind to me and even gave me lucky money during the Chinese New Year."

"Well, my aunt is so good to my wife. I must behave well when I go back this time." Gu Yuanzhou said with a smile.

"How do you behave?" The girl looked at him with her big eyes.

"Of course I will behave well. Honey, when are you going back? I will prepare something for my aunt."

"Three days later, on grandma's death anniversary."

Soon, it was the anniversary of grandma's death.

The trunk was filled with gifts prepared by Gu Yuanzhou, including cordyceps sinensis, expensive cigarettes and alcohol, high-end skin care products, children's clothes and toys... and so on.

We set off from the capital at seven in the morning.

The car was driven by driver Zhang.

Gu Yuanzhou and Li Yanyan sat in the back seat.

Li Yanyan sent a message to her aunt, informing her that she had set off and would be home in about three hours.

My aunt replied, telling them not to rush and to drive slowly.

The car drove onto the highway. Li Yanyan snuggled in the man's arms. He said gently, "Wife, the journey is still long. You can sleep in my arms for a while."

"Yeah." She responded softly and then closed her eyes.

After a while, Yanyan fell asleep. He hugged her while looking at the company's documents.

After an unknown amount of time, she slowly woke up and found herself still on the highway.

Li Yanyan looked up and saw that the man had his eyes closed and seemed to be asleep.

"Awake?" The man suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her.

"You didn't sleep?"

"Yeah, I just closed my eyes for a while."

Li Yanyan sat up straight and stretched. "How long will it take to get there?"

Gu Yuanzhou looked at his watch and said, "It's almost time, probably about another hour."

"Honey, I need to go to the bathroom."

"Okay." Then he said to the driver Zhang in front, "Old Zhang, stop at the next service area."

Driver Zhang glanced at the road sign and said, "Yes, Mr. Gu."

About twenty minutes later, they arrived at the service area and Gu Yuanzhou took Li Yanyan to the bathroom.

Driver Zhang also went to the restroom and took a few puffs of his e-cigarette when he returned.

After Li Yanyan went to the bathroom, she washed her hands in the sink.

Suddenly, a girl came in, looked at her for three seconds, and then greeted her, "Li Yanyan, are you Li Yanyan?"

Li Yanyan also looked at her and felt that this girl was somewhat familiar.

Her name seems to be Guo Xiaomin, a junior high school classmate whom I haven’t seen for many years.

"Are you Guo Xiaomin?" Li Yanyan asked tentatively.

"Yes, I am. Oh my God, Li Yanyan, how come you look so beautiful after so many years?" Guo Xiaomin stared at her and exclaimed.

"It's okay, you are very beautiful too." Li Yanyan looked at her and said.

Guo Xiaomin wore a tube top dress, revealing her white legs, high heels on her feet, delicate makeup, and held an LV bag in her hand.

"I'm just average, you're the real beauty. Are you going back to North City?"

"Ah."

"I heard that you and Jiang Qing both got into Tsinghua University. That's amazing. You've graduated from university, right? What jobs are you doing now?"

“I do voiceovers.”

"Wow, that's great. How much is the monthly salary?"

"It's okay, enough to live on."

"Ah? After graduating from Tsinghua University, you just have to find a job to make a living. I have a good job now. Li Yanyan, let's add WeChat. If there are any good jobs, I can introduce them to you."

Guo Xiaomin directly opened her QR code business card. Li Yanyan thought about it and scanned the business card and added her as a friend.

"You are so beautiful now. By the way, are you and Tang Chu Nan together?" Guo Xiaomin asked.

Li Yanyan was stunned for a moment and shook her head, "No."

"What a shame, you and him aren't together... Li Yanyan, I need to go to the bathroom urgently, so I'll go first. We can contact each other via WeChat if you have anything. I'll treat you to dinner when we get back to North City."

"Yeah." Li Yanyan nodded and left the bathroom.

Gu Yuanzhou was waiting at the door at this time. When he saw her come out, he immediately took her hand.

"Honey, there's a lot of food in the lobby up front. How about grabbing something? We still have an hour until we get home."

"Well, I'll get some fried potatoes. I just saw them and I'm craving them."

"it is good."

Gu Yuanzhou bought a portion of fried potatoes. Li Yanyan thought of Driver Zhang and said, "Why don't we buy one for Driver Zhang as well? He's worked hard driving."

"Alright."

Gu Yuanzhou bought another one and gave it to driver Zhang.

Driver Zhang took it and was flattered. In all the years he had been driving with Mr. Gu, Mr. Gu had never bought him anything on his own initiative.

After eating potatoes, we set off again.

In the back seat of the car, the two of them were being affectionate. Driver Zhang couldn't bear to watch and simply raised the partition.

Time passed quickly, and finally, the car got off the highway.

After about twenty minutes, Li Yanyan saw her aunt's house.

"Yuanzhou, look, that's my aunt's house." Li Yanyan pointed to the man.

"Well, we're finally here. Honey, are you tired from the long car ride?"

"Not tired. I think Driver Zhang is the most tired. He has been driving the whole time."

"Yes, indeed. When we get back, I'll give Driver Zhang a big red envelope."

Driver Zhang in front was in tears of gratitude, and his wife spoke for him. It was so touching.

He cleared his throat and said, "Ma'am, I'm not tired. It's only been over three hours. The longest I've ever driven was over 20 hours."

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