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Xie Jiangshan: "Zhaozhao has already returned to the Xie family, what are you still worried about? If you ask me, you're still too idle. After the New Year, when Xiaoyi and Yihuan get married, and you get a big, fat grandson, you'll feel at ease when you're busy."

"..." Bai Ruiying rolled her eyes speechlessly and ignored him.

Half an hour later, Xie's car stopped at the entrance of Duan Jialu's residential area.

Xie Zhaoyuan got out of the car, wrapping her scarf tightly around herself. Just as she reached the bottom of her apartment building, she ran into Shen Yanhui, who was also bundled up tightly.

Shen Yanhui was carrying two boxes of gifts and smiled as soon as she saw Xie Zhaoyuan.

"Why are you alone? Where's your sister-in-law?"

Xie Zhaoyuan pointed upstairs, hid her mouth in her scarf, and said in a muffled voice, "My sister-in-law has arrived and is upstairs bragging."

Shen Yan swung the gift box in her hand and slapped her on the bottom, urging her to walk forward: "Didn't she come with you today?"

Xie Zhaoyuan shook her head: "Her clothing store was complained about. The person who complained was causing trouble in the store early in the morning. She didn't even have time to eat breakfast before rushing over, so she didn't come with me."

Shen Yan replied, "Oh."

Duan Jialu's apartment building has one unit per floor, and you need a card to use the elevator. Xie Zhaoyuan took out the elevator card from her pocket, swiped it, and pulled Shen Yan back inside.

Shen Yan glanced at her twice, then suddenly frowned and clicked his tongue.

"What?" Xie Zhaoyuan glanced at her. "What do you find fault with me now?"

Shen Yanhui put down the gift box in her hand, turned to face her, and then directly ripped open the button on her hat: "How did Pei Xingzhi put this hat on you? The button is all crooked."

She blinked blankly, letting Shen Yanhui button her hat up again: "Pei Xingzhi left a long time ago, I buttoned it myself."

"..." Shen Yanhui pursed her lips, her expression a mixture of speechlessness and helplessness. "No wonder..."

"No wonder?" Xie Zhaoyuan retorted, "Is it normal for me to button my buttons crooked?"

Shen Yan raised an eyebrow: "You said that yourself, I didn't say that..."

Xie Zhaoyuan: "..."

"Alright." Shen Yanhui pulled her hat down a little and patted her fluffy head. "It's all right now."

Xie Zhaoyuan suddenly reached out her hand: "Give me one of your gifts."

"Why?" Shen Yan asked, her face full of reluctance.

Xie Zhaoyuan: "We're going to come in together later. You're carrying a gift in each hand, while I'm empty-handed. How embarrassing is that?"

"Hurry up and give me one of the gifts; I need to save face."

Shen Yan Hui: "..."

She stared at Xie Zhaoyuan expressionlessly, and although she was extremely unwilling, she still gave her a box of her gifts.

"Even with a big family and a wealthy business, they still fight over a gift..."

"Hehe..." Xie Zhaoyuan laughed shamelessly, "Oh, I'll pay you back later."

Shen Yan replied, "Ha... I must be out of my mind to believe you."

As they spoke, the two arrived at Duan Jialu's door. The door was ajar, and Shen Yan pushed it open.

The two of them were the last to arrive, and they were severely reprimanded by Duan Jialu as soon as they entered the door.

Xie Zhaoyuan apologized with a grin, then went to choose her own gift, leaving the wedding details to the people in the living room.

They chatted and gossiped while offering advice to Duan Jialu. But after planning for a long time, Duan Jialu's wedding details remained the same, and some details were even worse than the first version she had finalized herself.

She was furious when she saw the group of idiots on the sofa, so she simply kicked them out.

"Sister-in-law, do you want to come home with me?" Xie Zhaoyuan asked Song Yihuan, looking at her expectantly from the entrance of the residential area.

Song Yihuan tied her scarf tightly and said with a headache, "The customer complaint hasn't been resolved yet, I have to go back to the store again. You go back first, I'll bring you something delicious when I go home later."

"Okay." Xie Zhaoyuan waved to her, turned around and got into the car. "Bye-bye, sister-in-law."

Song Yihuan: "Bye-bye."

It was almost evening when they returned, and sanitation workers had cleared most of the snow from the road. But the driver still didn't dare to drive too fast, fearing that the wheels might slip and injure Xie Zhaoyuan in the back seat.

Xie Zhaoyuan was chatting with Pei Xingzhi on WeChat, blushing as they talked, when she suddenly heard a muffled "thud" from under the car.

The driver then slammed on the brakes and cried out in alarm, "Oh no! The tire's punctured!"

"A flat tire?" Xie Zhaoyuan put her phone in her pocket and rolled down the car window.

The driver unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car, bending over to inspect the area. Unsurprisingly, he found two sharp nails on the rear tire.

"Who was this idiot who did this? They actually buried two such big nails in the snow!" The driver cursed as he took out his phone to send a WeChat message in the work group.

Xie Zhaoyuan pushed open the car door and got out, following behind the uncle and bending down to look at the flat tire: "My God, this nail is huge!"

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth in anger: "This is pure revenge against society! If I catch that bastard who planted the nails, I'll beat his face until it's swollen with my leather shoes!"

Xie Zhaoyuan was amused by the uncle's words, and her anger instantly subsided a lot: "Uncle Yang, what do we do now? Are we just going to wait here for someone to come and fix the car?"

Uncle Yang turned his head and gave her a forced smile: "I've already notified Lao Li to come pick you up right away. Just wait in the car for a while. Leave the car repairs to me, don't worry about it."

"Oh." Xie Zhaoyuan nodded.

Uncle Yang: "It's cold outside, you should go back to the car and sit down, so you don't catch a cold."

"Okay." A gust of cold wind blew by, Xie Zhaoyuan shrank her neck, turned around and walked back.

Just then, a faint meow suddenly came from the alley to her right.

"Meow……"

"Meow……"

"Meow..."

"A cat?!" Xie Zhaoyuan's eyes lit up, and she unconsciously took a few steps into the alley.

"Meow……"

"Meow……"

The sound grew clearer with each passing sound. Xie Zhaoyuan listened intently and concluded that it must be a kitten that was only two or three months old.

"It's freezing cold, there's no way such a small kitten can survive." She frowned and hesitated for a few seconds, but in the end, she couldn't bear to leave it alone.

By this time, it was already quite dark. The streetlights in the alley were dim, and Xie Zhaoyuan, standing at the alley entrance, couldn't see where the cat was at all.

So she took out her phone, turned on the flashlight, and while calling out softly, she carefully walked into the alley.

"Mimi, Mimi, where are you? Come out and I'll take you home, okay?"

"Mimi?"

"Meow!"

Her response was an even clearer meow.

She was delighted and took slightly larger steps.

"Xiao Yuan, where are you going?" Uncle Yang asked, standing at the alley entrance, holding up his phone.

Xie Zhaoyuan: "There's a kitten in here, I want to take it home and raise it!"

Uncle Yang: "Then wait for me to make a call, and I'll come help you after I finish the call!"

Xie Zhaoyuan: "Okay!"

The alley wasn't wide, just enough for three people to walk side by side.

Xie Zhaoyuan shone her flashlight ahead and spotted a shivering tabby cat on a snowdrift not far away.

"Mimi!" She took small, quick steps forward and knelt down in front of the little tabby cat.

"Mimi, you're so cute, will you come home with me?"

"..."

The little tabby didn't answer, but instead stared warily at Xie Zhaoyuan's back with wide eyes.

"Mimi?" Xie Zhaoyuan didn't know what it was looking at. Just as she was about to reach out and tentatively touch its head, it meowed and ran away.

Immediately afterwards, a dark shadow was cast by the streetlight at Xie Zhaoyuan's feet.