Wife, please behave yourself.

Chapter 174 Is this what your dad taught you?
On the way back, I suddenly received a call from Chen Lan.

Liu Changcun turned on his hazard lights and temporarily pulled over to the side of the road.

I thought something had happened to the other person, but when the call connected, I heard Lin Wanran's voice on the other end of the line.

Time passes.

Liu Changcun no longer takes the initiative to contact his ex-wife, nor does he want to have any involvement with her.

At the beginning, Liu Changcun still had negative feelings towards his ex-wife Lin Wanran.

Now he no longer even has any negative emotions.

Liu Changcun is not someone who is bound by the past, nor will he be unable to extricate himself from the warmth of the past. In addition, there are not many scenes in his memory that can truly be called beautiful memories from the more than ten years he spent with Lin Wanran.

Therefore, to Liu Changcun now, Lin Wanran is just a stranger.

So when he received Lin Wanran's call, he didn't give the harsh reply he usually did; in fact, he communicated with her calmly.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Changcun prepared to drive away again.

Just as I was about to put my phone down, I received a new message shortly after the call ended.

Liu Changcun looked at the text message and, upon discovering it was from An Zhaoran, immediately opened it.

I ran into my parents! Come back soon!

The exclamation mark at the end was eye-catching, causing Liu Changcun, who saw the text message, to give a wry smile.

Although Liu Changcun didn't see An Zhaoran's expression when she sent the text message, he could imagine her huddled to the side, looking as nervous and apprehensive as a secret agent in a movie.

Liu Changcun didn't feel much emotional fluctuation about what happened.

When his past act of pretending to be An Zhaoran's boyfriend was exposed, An Junan's attitude changed drastically, even though he had once been very fond of him.

Although An Junan's attitude towards him improved somewhat after the airing of the show "Masked Singer".

Even though their attitudes have improved considerably, the situation is still far from optimistic.

After all, he has not only been through a marriage, but is also raising his two children alone after the divorce. Normal parents would not want their children's partner to be in such a situation.

Although Liu Changcun could understand, with his relationship with An Zhaoran now established, he had to find a way to get through this difficult time.

He had originally planned to prolong the process and wait for a better opportunity to introduce his children to An Junan and his wife, but unexpectedly, the day arrived earlier than he had imagined.

Now that things have already happened, Liu Changcun feels there is no need to continue hesitating.

Coming to his senses, he sent a text message to An Zhaoran asking for directions. After receiving the address, he put down his phone and drove away again.

Standing outside a clothing store.

An Zhaoran nervously gripped her phone, looking at the text message Liu Changcun had sent more than ten minutes ago: "I'm coming right now."

I knew that Liu Changcun would arrive here soon.

The anxiety that had been gripping me finally subsided, as if I had found my anchor.

He tilted his head back, took a deep breath, and then turned to look at the three people trying on clothes through the clear glass.

An Junan and Guo Yan stood to the side, while Liu Wanqiu, who had already removed her makeup, was wearing a bright smile and gesturing with her hands while pulling at her clothes in front of her.

Looking into the store through the glass, An Zhaoran's attention was entirely focused on her parents' faces.

As for her daughter An Zhaoran, she could barely understand, with her mother Guo Yan laughing heartily.

But when she saw her father, Anju Nan, also wearing a kind smile, she felt as if she had witnessed something impossible.

In her daughter An Zhaoran's memory, her father always gave her a very strict feeling from childhood to adulthood.

He was decisive and efficient at the TV station, and at home he was also stern and unsmiling. Over the years, An Zhaoran had rarely seen her father smile, let alone the way his face was now filled with wrinkles from smiling.

He observed An Junan and his father's unusual attitude toward Liu Wanqiu.

Although An Zhaoran didn't understand, she felt a little fortunate considering the current situation.

As long as her father has no objection to Liu Wanqiu, it means that she has a better chance of being with Liu Changcun.

Watching the three leave the clothing store, An Zhaoran hurriedly left the area where she had been peeping and quickly went to the exit to greet them.

An Zhaoran was surprised when she saw the three people leave the clothing store empty-handed.

He first glanced at his parents in front of him, then focused his gaze on Liu Wanqiu's face.

"Don't you have any clothes you like? Why didn't you buy anything?"

"Too expensive!"

An Junan and Guo Yan did not speak, but Liu Wanqiu, who had just reached the door, immediately responded.

It was like visiting a store for the first time. Although the clothes looked nice, Liu Wanqiu was almost scared to death when she saw the price tags on the clothes.

Liu Wanqiu, who had been saving money since before summer vacation, has accumulated a considerable amount of money after more than three months.

However, she had already planned how to use the money in the piggy bank, leaving her with only a little over a hundred yuan to spend freely.

Hearing Liu Wanqiu's response, An Zhaoran, who was already puzzled, looked even more confused.

He hurriedly looked at his parents, who were still smiling, his gaze sweeping over his father and finally settling on his mother, Guo Yan.

"Mom...didn't you bring any money with you when you went out today?"

After bumping into her parents at the TV station, An Junan and Guo Yan took Liu Wanqiu out shopping. Even this brand children's clothing store was suggested by the couple.

Since it was their first meeting, Guo Yan thought she should at least buy Liu Changcun's daughter some clothes.

After the suggestion was made, the husband agreed.

To Guo Yan's surprise, even though she and An Junan repeatedly assured Liu Wanqiu not to worry about the price and to boldly choose an outfit she liked, the usually money-loving Liu Wanqiu surprisingly refused.

Liu Wanqiu likes money.

But it's not just about liking money to spend it.

Perhaps because her family had experienced a period of financial hardship, Liu Wanqiu had unknowingly developed the habit of saving money. When she watched her piggy bank gradually accumulate savings, the feeling was far stronger than when she spent money.

When An Zhaoran first went to Liu Changcun's house, she also gave Liu Wanqiu two hundred yuan when they first met.

But Liu Wanqiu did not choose to accept it at that time.

After all, she wasn't very familiar with An Zhaoran back then, and only after they became close could she accept other people's kindness without reservation. An Junan and Guo Yan are in a similar situation now, since this is the first time the couple has met Liu Wanqiu.

Even if the couple had expressed their intentions beforehand, given Liu Wanqiu's personality, she would certainly not accept such an expensive gift with a clear conscience.

Faced with temptation, yet able to control desires.

Guo Yan marveled at Liu Changcun's parenting. She already had a good impression of Liu Wanqiu, and after what happened at the clothing store, her affection for the little girl beside her increased even more.

Therefore, upon hearing her daughter's question, she replied with a smile.

“Your father and I wanted to pay Wanqiu, but the child refused to accept it no matter what.”

As soon as Guo Yan finished speaking, Liu Wanqiu, who was standing to the side, looked away from An Zhaoran and turned to the couple to explain.

"My father taught me not to waste other people's money!"

Upon hearing this, Guo Yan's smile widened, and even An Junan, who had been silent to the side, nodded slightly in satisfaction.

After pausing for a few seconds, he lowered his voice and asked again.

What else did your father teach you?

"Hmm... Dad also taught me to respect the elderly and care for the young."

"That's right, this is a traditional Chinese virtue."

"Also, my dad taught me to be grateful and to be thankful to those who have helped me."

"That's right, people who don't know gratitude are commonly known as ingrates."

"My dad also taught me about the ways of the workplace!"

"Oh? Your dad even taught you this?"

An Junan, who had been asking questions, became increasingly satisfied with Liu Wanqiu in front of him.

Although Liu Changcun and his daughter had deceived him and concealed the fact that he was divorced and had a child, when An Junan saw Liu Wanqiu in front of him, the slight aversion he had felt disappeared without a trace.

Liu Wanqiu is cute and looks very well-behaved and sensible.

Remembering his parents' teachings and applying them to his life, An Junan realized that these were all taught to him by his father, Liu Changcun, and his opinion of Liu Changcun changed considerably.

He became immediately interested after hearing the phrase "workplace wisdom" from the child.

With a smile on his face, he looked at Liu Wanqiu, whose face was beaming.

Watching the other person confidently open their mouth and show off without any hesitation.

"Get along well with good colleagues, avoid bad colleagues as much as possible, and never let those who are all smiles to your face but stab you in the back suffer! You absolutely cannot suffer such a humiliating loss!"

Liu Wanqiu, who had been smiling, immediately became serious, raised her hand and put her fingers together, just like a sharp blade.

He stabbed it hard.

"Stab it back immediately!"

At the entrance of the clothing store, below the steps.

The harmonious atmosphere immediately changed after Liu Wanqiu finished speaking.

An Zhaoran suddenly felt dizzy and disoriented.

She had been observing her parents' attitude towards Liu Wanqiu, and seeing how satisfied the two elders were with Liu Changcun's daughter, she was even planning to open the champagne halfway through the event. She never expected that Liu Wanqiu would suddenly change the subject and say something like that.

Guo Yan felt the same way.

She genuinely believed that Liu Wanqiu was well-behaved and sensible, and that she had kept her father's teachings firmly in mind. She thought she had the victory in the bag, but she never expected that such a sentence would come out of the child's mouth.

The four people stared at each other.

Liu Wanqiu sheathed his sword, and his cool opponent blew a breath.

An Zhaoran nervously moved closer to her mother and tugged at her arm. When she saw Guo Yan looking at her, she raised her eyebrows and frantically signaled to her with her eyes.

The mother and daughter already shared a deep understanding.

When Guo Yan saw her daughter winking at her, she immediately realized what was going on.

He nodded heavily, then immediately raised his voice and changed the subject to An Junan, who was standing silently to the side.

"It's getting late, and the child must be hungry. Let's find a place to eat first."

"..."

An Junan did not respond to his wife's words.

His gaze remained fixed on Liu Wanqiu, until he saw the girl looking back at him with the same unchanging expression.

Then he grinned foolishly, showing his big teeth.

An Junan came to her senses and asked softly.

"Did your dad teach you this too?"

"Yes, she not only taught this, but also many profound life principles!"

In front of An Zhaoran, Liu Wanqiu gave a serious explanation.

"Like making friends, having a boyfriend... Dad said that when I grow up, I absolutely cannot date a boy with blond hair, especially the kind who looks like a thug!"

"He...he even told you this?"

"Yeah."

Nodding her head, Liu Wanqiu looked exceptionally serious.

She remembered all the words her father had said to her. As a daughter, Liu Wanqiu had an extraordinary admiration for her father.

Since my mother left, things at home have gotten better day by day.

In the eyes of young Liu Wanqiu, this was all thanks to her father.

It was Liu Changcun who... made this family lively again.

(End of this chapter)