No sooner had Lin Zhilan left than someone came to the gatehouse, saying it was a call from Su Lang's hometown.

Jiang Chengzhou knew it must be his grandmother calling, so he took his sister's hand and went to answer the phone.

Just as I arrived at the reception room, the phone rang.

Jiang Chengzhou answered the phone, "Is that Grandma?"

Upon hearing her grandson's voice, Xu Yueyun opened her mouth and smiled, "It's Grandma! Little Chengzhou, has Uncle gone on another mission?"

Xu Yueyun hadn't seen her grandson for two or three years. In her heart, Jiang Chengzhou was still that four or five-year-old child.

"Um."

"Aren't you scared being home alone? How about we have your uncle bring you to the capital for the New Year?"

Jiang Chengzhou pouted, "No, I want to stay with my aunt and sister."

With a loud crash, Xu Yueyun knocked over a water glass on the table. Without even cleaning up, she immediately asked, "Chengzhou, who are your aunt and sister?"

Xu Yueyun was in poor health, and Su Lang's father, fearing that his wife would be upset, ordered his youngest son not to tell his wife that he had married a divorced woman.

Su Lang had a big argument with her father about this and never contacted him again afterward.

If Jiang Chengzhou hadn't revealed the truth this time, Xu Yueyun would still be in the dark.

"Auntie is auntie," Jiang Chengzhou scratched his face, unsure how to explain. He simply handed the microphone to Linlin, "Little sister, call her Grandma."

Linlin looked at the talking thing with curiosity and called out into the microphone, "Grandma~"

Hearing the baby voice from the other end, Xu Yueyun unconsciously responded with an "Sigh," then realized, "You have to call me Grandma."

Little Linlin shook her head and held her brother's hand.

Jiang Chengzhou grinned, "Grandma, my little sister has to call me that too."

The child was too young to understand, so Xu Yueyun asked the most important question, "Chengzhou, how old is your little sister?"

"She'll be three years old in twelve days."

At three years old, Xu Yueyun thought to herself, "Then it definitely isn't Su Lang's."

"Is your aunt good to you?"

"OK."

Xu Yueyun had just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Jiang Chengzhou say on the other end of the phone, "My aunt hit me again today."

As he said this, he had a happy yet somewhat shy smile on his face, as if getting a beating was something good.

But Xu Yueyun couldn't see his expression, and upon hearing this, she hurriedly stood up from the sofa.

"Did your aunt hit you?"

"I did," Jiang Chengzhou said shyly.

Why did I hit you?

Linlin, clutching the microphone, exclaimed, "Mommy's angry!"

Good heavens! Xu Yueyun was so dizzy that she could hardly stand. What kind of wife did her youngest son find?

Do you hit your child when you're angry?

"Chengzhou, when is your uncle coming back?"

Jiang Chengzhou: "I don't know."

"How about Grandma asks your eldest uncle to come pick you up?"

"No!" Jiang Chengzhou said angrily, "I'm not going to the capital. I don't like Grandma anymore."

He hung up the phone in anger and took his sister's hand to go back.

Xu Yueyun gasped for breath, feeling anxious and resentful that Su Lang had kept this a secret. She clutched her chest and cried out in pain.

Fortunately, the family's nanny noticed in time and gave her some medicine, which made her feel better.

Su Bingcheng was still at work when he heard that his wife had fallen ill, so he immediately rushed home.

When Xu Yueyun saw him come in, she took a deep breath and said, "Old Su, did you know your youngest son got married?"

Su Bingcheng's eyes darted around for a moment, but Xu Yueyun noticed it immediately.

"Well, you two, father and son, are both so smug! Neither of you respects me. Such a big thing as your wedding, and neither the son nor the father told me!"

"Don't be angry, don't be angry," Su Bingcheng quickly comforted his wife. "I was just afraid of making you angry, that's why I didn't dare to tell you."

Xu Yueyun pressed her hand to her chest and said impatiently, "Now you tell me, explain everything clearly from beginning to end."

Su Bingcheng relayed what Su Lang had told him.

Xu Yueyun looked at him incredulously, "You didn't let our son tell me because you thought I'd be angry that your daughter-in-law is a divorcee?"

"Aren't you angry?" Su Bingcheng was unhappy.

The eldest son was in poor health and could not join the army, so he worked as the head of the finance department in the factory.

The second son was a good student, but the government recruited him somewhere, and we haven't heard from him for years.

Only his youngest son followed in his footsteps, and at a young age, he became a regimental commander through his own military achievements.

With such an outstanding son, who wouldn't be good enough for him?

Why does he have to marry someone who's been divorced and has a child?

He made no attempt to hide anything from his wife, saying whatever came to mind.

Xu Yueyun was so angry that she threw a cup at him. "Is this all you're doing? You're supposed to be a cadre, and this is all the awareness you have! Do you believe me, if you had died while I was pregnant with Xiaolang, I would have immediately taken my four children and found someone better than you?"

"I believe you, I believe you." The men in the Su family are all henpecked, so Su Bingcheng didn't dare to refute anything.

Xu Yueyun calmed herself down before slowly saying, "You mean your son likes her a lot?"

Su Bingcheng said, "Don't you understand your youngest son? If you don't like him, why did you marry him?"

Xu Yueyun thought so too, but...

But she hits the child.

Chengzhou was bullied by his biological father and stepmother back then, which is why Su Lang took him to the island.

Now I've run into an aunt who's always hitting people. How did my Chengzhou end up so miserable?

Xu Yueyun's tears fell down her cheeks.

"Old Su, why don't we bring Chengzhou back and have him live with me?"

"Su Lang disagrees, and Cheng Zhou is unwilling. How are you going to handle this?"

"Then...then I'll send her more money." Xu Yueyun took out a notebook from the bedside table. Inside was a passbook with a series of deposit slips.

Xu Yueyun pulled out a sheet from the middle and handed it to Su Bingcheng, "Go down to the post office and send a registered letter, along with the seal, to this Xiao Lin."

Su Bingcheng glanced at the amount on the table and sighed, "Too much!"

Two thousand yuan!

Who gives their daughter-in-law so much money?

Xu Yueyun said, "This was originally saved for Xiaolang to get married, so it's only right to give it to him now."

Su Bingcheng pointed outside and asked, "Aren't you afraid the eldest son's family and the second son's family will have objections?"

"What's your opinion?" Xu Yueyun's tone was a bit sharp. "I've subsidized both families quite a bit over the years, but Xiao Lang hasn't taken a single penny from the family all these years. He's even been supporting Chengzhou for us!"

Did Jiajia only take care of her younger brother Xiaolang when they were little? Did her older siblings ever care about their nephew?

When talking about her eldest daughter who died young, Xu Yueyun's eyes reddened again.

"Okay, okay, I'll go mail it. I'll mail it in a bit."

"The post office will be closing soon, you should go now."

"OK!"

-

On the way home, Lin Zhilan asked about shredding oysters, "Do you go beachcombing every day at low tide?"

Yan Yuan nodded. "Mm."

Fishermen's children are all like that, and Lin Zhilan couldn't persuade him not to go anymore. She could only say, "Be careful, stay with adults, and don't go to deep water."

Yan Yuan felt a warmth in his heart and obediently agreed.

After delivering him to his doorstep, Yan Yuan said to Lin Zhilan, "Auntie, please wait here for me. I need your help with something."

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