Accidentally entered a high gate

Ma Lifeng pinched Yan Min's cheek. "You brat, of course Dad knows there's such a thing as a telephone. Dad told you two brothers just to let you know that such a thing exists. Dad has no intention of returning you to your biological parents."

Yan Min: "..." Who would say something like this so easily? "Mom, give me some money. I need to call my grandpa, my eldest uncle, and my second uncle."

Yan Bang: "..." His father really became a wild horse as soon as he left the capital. "Dad, my grandfather, my eldest uncle, and my second uncle can't come and beat you up in person, but they can send people to beat you up."

Ma Lifeng: "..." He's telling the truth, okay? "Wife, daughter, you tell them. I'll say it again, I have no intention of returning Yan Min to his biological parents. Even if his biological parents come to me for him, I won't return him."

Zheng Chunfang and Wanwan brought the food to the table.

Zheng Chunfang glared at Ma Lifeng. The implication was: Couldn't you wait until the child finished eating?

After glaring at Ma Lifeng, Zheng Chunfang hugged Yan Min. "Your father wasn't joking; what he said is true. The little girl you met today should be your biological parents' adopted daughter. Back then..."

Zheng Chunfang recounted the whole story. "Your biological parents were forced into this situation back then. That little girl thought you looked familiar because you resemble her older brothers."

Yan Min: "..."

Yan Min was stunned!

Seeing his bewildered expression, Ma Lifeng pinched his cheek again. "What are you thinking about? I'm telling you two brothers this so you know this is true. I raised you with all my might, and if you dare go back to your birth parents, I'll throw you into an orphanage so you can experience how tiring it is to raise a child. Eat your food. After you finish eating, go to school obediently."

Yan Min: "..." Was he raised by his father with painstaking care of every little thing? How come he remembered that Yan Chuan's diapers were always washed by his grandmother and mother? "Mother, did my father wash my diapers?"

"No. Your father only washed your eldest sister."

Sure enough. "Dad, lying isn't the mark of a good dad."

"I don't care. If you dare go back to your biological parents, I'll throw you into an orphanage so you can experience firsthand how tiring it is to raise a child! Time to eat!"

Wanwan handed Yanmin a bowl. "Dad really would throw you into an orphanage. Dad is so petty."

Ma Lifeng: "Yes! Your dad is petty."

Yan Bang handed Yan Min a pair of chopsticks. "Big brother is petty too."

Zheng Chunfang ruffled Yan Min's hair. "Your mother isn't very forgiving."

Wanwan: "My older sister isn't very kind-hearted either."

Ma Lifeng: "Eat, eat. After you finish eating, go do what you were supposed to do. Ma Yanbang, Ma Yanmin, you two know how to get along with that girl, right?"

Yan Bang: "I know."

Yan Min: "Let's just treat each other as ordinary classmates."

"Yes. Let's eat."

After dinner, Yan Bang said to Wanwan, "Sis, can you wash the dishes for me?" and then pulled Yan Min back to their room. It was Yan Bang's turn to wash the dishes today.

As soon as they returned to the room, Yan Bang looked at Yan Min and asked, "Do you have any other ideas?"

"Of course not. I would never have believed it if my mother hadn't told me."

"I know, brother. The 'other idea' you were referring to isn't this."

Not this one? "Brother, you're not trying to get me to use this to ask Dad for something, are you?"

"Don't you think Comrade Ma Lifeng is having an easy time being a father?"

indeed.

The two brothers whispered and discussed it for a while.

Meanwhile, as soon as Chu Hong'an got home, she told Chu Shiqin and Xu Jingxian about two new students who had transferred to their class. "They're twins, but they don't look alike at all."

Hsu Ching-Hsien: "Not all twins look alike."

Chu Shiqin: "Yes. Where did they transfer from?"

"Beijing. They often went to the Children's Palace when they were in Beijing. I think I saw them there. But I only remember Ma Yanmin, not Ma Yanbang."

Ma Yanmin?! Ma Yanbang?!

The couple's expressions froze instantly. There weren't many people named Ma Yanmin to begin with, and then there was Ma Yanbang...

Xu Jingxian took a deep breath. "Their names are Ma Yanbang and Ma Yanmin, right?"

"Um."

Chu Shiqin squeezed Xu Jingxian's hand. "Why did those two brothers transfer from Beijing to here?"

"His parents were assigned here after graduation."

She had just finished speaking when Chu Yanmei and Chu Yanbai returned.

Chu Yanmei is the eldest daughter of Chu Shiqin and Xu Jingxian. Chu Yanmei is currently in high school.

Chu Yanbo is their second son. Chu Yanbo is currently in junior high school.

They also have an eldest son named Chu Yansong. Chu Yansong is studying at a university in Beijing.

When Chu Hong'an saw them return, she ran over and hugged their arms. "Big sister, second brother, you're back."

They went hungry together, lived in cowsheds together, and fought with the bad kids in the village together.

They have a very good relationship.

Chu Yanbo: "Mm."

Chu Yanmei: "Are you very happy today?"

"Hmm. Two new students have joined our class...blah blah blah...blah blah blah..."

When Yan Min was born, Chu Yanmei and Chu Yanbai were already old enough to remember things.

After the Chu family was exonerated, they told Old Master Chu and Chu Shiqin to bring Yan Min back.

As Chu Hong'an was speaking, she suddenly noticed that her older sister and brother's expressions seemed a little off. "Big sister, second brother, what's wrong?"

Chu Yanmei: "It's nothing. Big sister is just hungry."

Chu Yanbo: "Second brother is hungry too. You must be hungry too, right?"

So you were hungry. "Okay. Let's eat then."

After finishing their meal, Chu Shiqin and Xu Jingxian went back to their room.

A moment later, Chu Yanmei and Chu Yanbai arrived.

Chu Yanmei: "Dad, Mom, can I go see my little brother? Just a quick look."

Chu Yanbo: "I'd like to go take a look too."

Chu Shiqin also wanted to go. However, if he were Ma Lifeng, he definitely wouldn't want them to go. "No! Have you forgotten the days in the countryside? Xiao Si has such an opportunity; we can't hold him back. Although we were forced to do it for Xiao Si's own good, we did abandon him. We've already wronged him; we can't wrong him again."

Xu Jingxian: Yes. As long as we know he's doing well, that's enough.

Chu Yanmei: "He was in the same class as Hong An."

Chu Yanbo: "You didn't go to their parent-teacher conferences either?"

"I'm not going!"

Chu Yanmei and Chu Yanbai: "..."

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

After dinner, Ma Lifeng was about to review the day's events when Yan Min came over. "Dad, I want an electric police car."

"Don't you already have one?"

"The department store has released a new one."

"One is enough."

"Dad, I was abandoned at birth, you have to love me more."

"Pfft!" Ma Lifeng laughed upon hearing this. "How much more pampering do you want me to?"

"Yeah. I'm so pathetic."

"Okay! Homework doubled, training doubled, housework doubled."

Yan Min: "..."

"Ma Yanbang, you double your bet too."

Yan Bang: "..."