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

Lin Qingping put the disc into the VCD player, turned on the TV, and Zhiyuan's image appeared on the screen.

Zhiyuan stood on the lawn, with a brown-red house behind him.

"Mom!" Zhiyuan called out to her with a smile on the screen, "Happy birthday, Mom!"

Upon seeing this, Lin Qingping's lips unconsciously curled into a smile.

"Mom, how have you been lately?" Zhiyuan's voice suddenly softened. "You need to take good care of yourself, don't work too hard, and don't do all the housework by yourself. When Dad comes back, leave it to him..."

Gu Juncheng laughed from the side, "This brat, he's actually thinking about me."

“Mom, I’m doing great here, don’t worry about me. I’m adapting well. Look at me, I’ve even gained weight.” Zhiyuan leaned closer to the camera, pinching his chubby cheeks to show her. “My studies are going very well too. I can understand all the English lessons. Look, the building behind me is our library…”

Zhiyuan used his camera to show Lin Qingping around his school and life, talking on and on for almost ten minutes. "Mom, that's all for today's shoot! Happy birthday again! Wishing you good health! And to Dad, may you be full of energy! My darling, remember to be happy!"

Zhiyuan's smile was frozen on the television screen.

Lin Qingping wiped her eyes, and Gu Juncheng noticed. He reached out and pulled her into his arms. "Missing your son?"

Lin Qingping's eyes were wet. "He said everything was fine, but he just didn't want me to worry. How could everything be fine when someone just went out alone..."

“He’s already in his twenties!” Gu Juncheng let her lean on his shoulder and kissed the corner of her eye. “Think about you, when you were twenty you were already leading your family to the provincial capital to make money.”

“How can that be the same? I wasn’t really twenty years old then.” Lin Qingping sniffed. “I don’t know what he ate every day. He loves food so much, he can’t just eat hamburgers every day…”

Lin Qingping was thinking when she suddenly sat up.

"What's wrong?" Gu Juncheng asked, puzzled.

"Hurry up and transfer some more money to him." Lin Qingping said, standing up. "I'll go get the passbook."

"You..." Gu Juncheng was both amused and exasperated. "You just transferred money to him less than a week ago, and you're transferring money again? You're not even this generous to me!"

Lin Qingping glanced at him and said, "You don't have anything to spend money on."

After saying this, Lin Qingping laughed at herself. Indeed, after twenty years, Gu Juncheng's need to spend money was almost zero.

However, after his reminder, there's really no need to rush to wire the money today; it's fine to go tomorrow.

"What a coincidence?" She sat down again. "You predicted it so accurately? This disc arrived today?"

"It arrived a long time ago!" Gu Juncheng told her. "It's been in my office; I just brought it back last night."

Lin Qingping thought about it and agreed. However, Zhiyuan was a thoughtful child. "When Zhangzhu comes back, we'll show it to her. Her brother mentioned her."

Gu Juncheng chuckled, "There's no need to show it to her. Anyway, Zhiyuan just keeps repeating the same thing: 'Zhangzhu should be happy!'"

Lin Qingping laughed as well, "That's true, I've never said anything about Zhangzhu studying hard."

"Why do you think he didn't say anything?" Gu Juncheng asked her.

How could she know?

Gu Juncheng explained, "Your good son said that for Zhangzhu, happiness is the most important thing in life. What does it matter if she studies well or not? If she doesn't get into university, he'll support her for life! All she has to do is be happy!"

"This child..." Lin Qingping laughed out loud, "Fortunately, he hasn't spoiled his daughter!"

Zhangzhu's grades are among the best in the class.