To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

"Liu Yan!" Yun Yan said angrily, "Don't go too far! You know perfectly well that Yun Qi has feelings for Lin Qingyun, can't you put down your princess attitude?"

"I don't know!" Liu Yan was on the verge of collapse upon hearing this. "All I know is that I'll go crazy if I have to be sisters-in-law with that country girl and eat at the same table with those country folk! I don't care who Yunqi is with, but I won't allow him to be with that country girl!"

After Liu Yan finished speaking, she picked up the pastries her second sister had bought, opened the door, and threw them outside.

Yun Yan's angry rebuke rang out behind them, "Who Yun Qi wants to be with is none of your business... What right do you have to disagree?"

However, Yun Yan didn't finish his sentence.

Because, standing outside the open door were Lin Qingyun and Zhiyuan.

The bag of pastries that Liu Yan threw out landed right on Lin Qingyun and fell to the ground.

Liu Yan was stunned.

Yun Yan was also stunned.

Lin Qingyun smiled slightly and said, "I forgot something, so I came back to get it."

Inside the open doorway, you could see a bucket of water next to the sofa and a rag lying on the floor, presumably used to wipe the area where they had just sat.

She stopped herself from going in and also stopped Zhiyuan, who was about to enter.

Zhiyuan seemed to understand something. He looked down at his shoes and said to Yun Yan behind Liu Yan, "Brother Yun, I forgot my schoolbag. Could you please get it for me?"

"Okay." Yun Yan replied to Zhiyuan with a smile, but when he turned around, his face was extremely ugly.

Finally, it was Grandpa Yun who took the schoolbag out for him, smiling kindly and patting Zhiyuan's head, "Next time, Grandpa will come to play with you again."

"Okay." Zhiyuan took the schoolbag, said goodbye to Grandpa Yun and Yun Yan very politely, then took Lin Qingyun's hand and turned to leave.

As Lin Qingyun passed by the bag of pastries that had been thrown out, he bent down, picked it up, and carried it away.

Yun Yan and Old Master Yun watched this scene in silence.

The Yun family's gate closed once again.

After a moment of silence, Yun Yan asked Liu Yan to come upstairs with him. He had something serious to say to Liu Yan, and they needed to avoid his son and grandfather.

However, the old man called them back.

"Yun Yan," he called to his grandson.

“Grandpa.” Yun Yan turned around.

“Sit down and let’s talk,” the old man said.

Yun Yan glanced at Liu Yan, who lowered her head and went upstairs. Yun Yan then sat facing the old man.

"Yun Yan," said Old Master Yun, "I have an idea, but don't rush to tell me."

Yun Yan already knew it must be related to today's events, and his expression turned serious. "Grandpa, please tell me."

Grandpa Yun then said, "Yun Yan, actually, I've had this idea for a long time. Don't we still have our old house in the suburbs where your grandmother and I live? I'd like to move to the suburbs..."

Yun Yan was about to object when he heard this, but Grandpa Yun stopped him. “Listen to me. I know you are all filial children. It’s just that I’m getting old and nostalgic. Your parents are both living in other places. It would be good for me to live with you, but I’ve been in the countryside for so many years. I’m used to tending to my vegetable garden and raising chickens and ducks. It’s a pleasure. It’s not convenient here. Besides, there are memories of my life with your grandmother there, and there are a few other old folks like me as neighbors.”

“But how can we feel at ease if you go alone?” Yun Yan firmly disagreed. “You said yourself that you are getting old. If you bump into something or get hurt, we won’t even know.”

"Don't worry! I'm very agile. There are neighbors around, so even if I fall, someone will notice."

The old man gave many reasons to try and persuade Yun Yan, but Yun Yan did not budge. In the end, he only said, "Let us think about it carefully."

The old man sighed, and Zhiyuan's words echoed in his ears: Aren't you lonely?

Lin Qingyun led Zhiyuan outside the courtyard, where Yunqi, Wu Axiu, and Lin Jiagui were waiting for her.

"We're heading back now," Lin Qingyun said with a slight smile to Yunqi. "Thank you. You don't need to see us off. You should go back too."

Yunqi was stunned. Why didn't they want him to take them anymore? They were just agreeing on that a moment ago!

Lin Qingyun smiled calmly, "I suddenly remembered that I want to take my mother and brother somewhere. It's inconvenient for you to come along, I'm sorry."

That was actually a bit impolite, and a hint of embarrassment flashed across Yunqi's face. "Alright, then I'll see you off here. Take care on your journey."

"Yes, thank you." Lin Qingyun was suddenly unusually polite, so much so that Yun Qi was not used to it, and even felt a little disappointed.

They walked toward the bus stop.

"Where are we going, Auntie?" Zhiyuan asked. Zhiyuan's generational hierarchy in the Yun family is quite complicated. He calls Lin Qingyun Auntie, but also calls Grandpa Yun, and is of the same generation as Yun Yan and Yun Qi.

Grandpa Yun never corrected it; let it be chaotic, everyone can do their own thing!

Lin Qingyun said, "Let's go to school."

Zhiyuan asked curiously, "Then why didn't you let Brother Yunqi deliver it? Brother Yunqi looked so sad just now."