So he asked in a low voice, "Do you like Grandpa?"

Linlin neither nodded nor shook her head, her eyes fixed on her parents and brother.

He mumbled, "Grandpa, I don't know you yet."

There was a man from the capital in the carriage who always added the word "na" to his speech, and Xiao Linlin picked it up in no time.

She spoke sweetly, her voice soft and childlike, which made Su Bingcheng unconsciously soften his own voice as well, "Then how will you let Grandpa hold you?"

Little Linlin sighed, "Daddy has to carry so many things and hold me, he's tired!"

Su Bingcheng heard the answer he wanted to hear, but Xiao Linlin's words completely put him at ease.

The elderly see a lot and think a lot.

Whether it's a stepmother, stepfather, adoptive father, adoptive mother, or even one's own flesh and blood, the biggest fear in raising a child to adulthood is raising an ungrateful child.

Although this child is not Su Lang's biological child.

But she is sensible, well-behaved, and knows how to care for Su Lang, so there's nothing wrong with that.

If the child turns out to be ungrateful, it's because Su Lang and his wife didn't raise him well; they can't blame the child.

Small bungalow.

The small villa was not part of the government compound, but it was within the jurisdiction of the ministry. The elderly couple were both retired cadres, so they could take advantage of the ministry's status to have central heating installed in their house.

Su Bingcheng and Xu Yueyun had always refused to take advantage of public resources and relied on boilers for heating.

This year, my youngest son and daughter-in-law brought their child back home. We were worried that they wouldn't be able to adapt well from coming from the south, so we applied for centralized heating.

The cast iron radiator was placed in Su Lang's room.

The living room is also very warm.

Xu Yueyun sat on the sofa in the living room, constantly glancing outside. "Xiaoyu, what time is it? You said you were going to pick someone up, why aren't you back yet?"

Aunt Yu smiled and said, "We're almost there, don't worry."

As we were talking, the doorbell rang.

"Is it them coming back?" Xu Yueyun got up and hurriedly went to open the door.

The door opened, and outside stood Su Bingcheng holding Linlin.

Xu Yueyun was stunned for a moment.

Linlin clung to Su Bingcheng's shoulder, "Grandpa?"

Su Bingcheng glanced at his wife smugly, "Baby, call her Grandma!"

"Grandma~"

"Hey~" Xu Yueyun smiled and quickly stepped aside to let them in.

Xu Yueyun reached out to take the child, but Su Bingcheng didn't give it to her. He carried Linlin into the house.

The heating in the living room was on full blast.

Linlin had been stripped down to a tiny dumpling, her cotton-padded jacket, cotton-padded pants, and little boots all taken off, revealing the red sweater her mother had knitted underneath.

After taking off the wool hat, the two little tufts stick up, looking incredibly cute.

Aunt Yu's gaze fell on Linlin's face, and she couldn't help but praise, "This girl is so beautiful, just like a painting."

Xu Yueyun deeply agreed. She had seen Linlin's photos and knew that her granddaughter was beautiful, but seeing her in person, she realized that she was a hundred times more beautiful than in the photos.

She sat on the sofa, looking at her little granddaughter with shining eyes.

Not knowing what to say to her, I could only say, "Xiaoyu, go and make the child a cup of malted milk powder."

Aunt Yu responded and left.

Linlin stood beside her grandfather's legs, tilting her head to look at her.

The two stared at each other, wide-eyed.

Xu Yueyun: "..."

Suddenly, Linlin ran over on her short legs, jumped onto Xu Yueyun's lap, and exclaimed, "Grandma~ You're so beautiful!"

Xu Yueyun was taken aback.

Su Bingcheng laughed heartily on the side.

Xu Yueyun glared at him, then looked down at the little one lying on her lap, but couldn't help but smile slightly. "You call me 'Baby,' right? Why are you so sweet-talking?"

"It's not sweet," Linlin said coquettishly. "It only tastes sweet when you eat sugar. Malt extract tastes better with sugar."

Xu Yueyun: "..."

Does this mean they're going to add sugar to the malted milk powder?

Aunt Yu, who was holding a glass of malted milk powder, almost dropped it with a laugh when she heard this.

Xu Yueyun couldn't help but chuckle and said, "It's not good for children's teeth if they eat too much candy."

"How about you drink the malted milk powder first? Grandma will give you candy later."

The little girl nodded obediently.

Seeing that his granddaughter's attention was drawn to the chess pieces, Su Bingcheng couldn't help but cough twice. "Grandpa can buy candy too."

Linlin looked at him, "Grandpa, be good and listen to Grandma."

She said, word by word, "Adults shouldn't eat too much candy!"

"Ah—" she asked her grandfather to open his mouth.

Su Bingcheng came from a peasant background and had poor living habits.

However, Xu Yueyun loves cleanliness.

To accommodate his wife, he brushes his teeth twice a day and washes his feet before bed; these have become habits over the years.

The benefits are visible.

At least his granddaughter nodded in satisfaction when she checked his teeth.

"No bad teeth, Grandpa, you're amazing!"

This was the first time in Su Bingcheng's life that he had been praised so much for having good teeth.

I blushed for some reason.

Xu Yueyun and Aunt Yu, on the other hand, were laughing so hard they couldn't speak.

Xu Yueyun hugged her granddaughter affectionately and couldn't help but say, "My little darling, you're such a treasure."

The doorbell rang again, and Xu Yueyun hurriedly said, "Look at my memory! Xiaoyu, go see if Xiaolang and Zhilan are back?"

"Yes!" Aunt Yu replied and went to open the door.

But it wasn't Su Lang and Lin Zhilan outside the door.

It was Fan Biyun.

Aunt Yu's smile froze for a moment, then she put it back up and said into the house, "Comrade Xu, Comrade Fan is here."

Little Linlin craned her neck to look towards the door, but seeing that it wasn't her parents or brother, she disappointedly lay down on Xu Yueyun's lap.

Fan Biyun walked in, took off her scarf and hat, and said, "Oh, why is the house so warm today?"

Xu Yueyun lowered her head and played with her granddaughter, without answering.

Su Bingcheng acted swiftly towards his son, but was relatively polite to his daughter-in-law. Seeing that his wife did not respond, he simply said, "We have central heating at home this year."

Fan Biyun smiled broadly, "My parents are retired cadres, they should have had central heating a long time ago, why did it have to be delayed until now?"

You know what, central heating is really comfortable. Mingming and Leilei were doing their homework at home, and their fingers were so frozen they could barely hold their pens. Next time, I can invite them to my parents' house to do their homework.

Xu Yueyun then spoke, "You two are both employed, and the factory supplies enough coal every year to get through the winter. If you feel cold, just burn a few more coal briquettes."

"The child's fingers are cold, so go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy him a pair of gloves. It only costs a few yuan, which you two can afford."

Fan Biyun didn't expect her mother-in-law to be so direct.

She chuckled dryly twice. "I just thought you two were lonely at home, so I wanted the child to come and keep you company. Don't worry, Mom and Dad, Su Ding and I won't come and bother you."

What she said was quite annoying.

It was as if the couple were so sensible, and the old couple were so mean to them.

Xu Yueyun didn't even bother to look at her, and gently patted Linlin's back.

Fan Biyun then noticed that there was another little girl in the living room.

Linlin lay on her grandmother's lap, half of her face showing, her bright black eyes curiously observing her.

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