Beloved One of the Prestigious Household-Chapter 46: Our Beloved Ann

Qin Sui’an held his grandfather’s hand and sweetly asked in a childish voice, "Grandfather, what would you like to eat? Ann will feed you!"

Qin Huo was momentarily taken aback, but then he smiled and replied, "Ann wants to feed me? All right, let me see..."

Qin Sui’an attentively listened to his grandfather’s words, and as soon as he mentioned the food he desired, she extended her little hand and diligently picked up the food, offering it to her grandfather, saying, "Grandfather, ah!"

Qin Huo was overjoyed, obediently opened his mouth, and ate the food personally fed to him by his granddaughter.

He felt as if he was regaining his youth, his emotions no longer under the control of reason.

When his granddaughter smiled, he smiled along, and when his granddaughter furrowed her little brows, he became anxious as well.

Yet, in this way, he found himself immersed in an indescribable sense of joy.

He was willing to let his world revolve around his granddaughter.

A warm and pleasant lunch came to an end in a cozy atmosphere.

Qin Haochen didn’t rush back to the Qin Corporation.

Instead, he accompanied the little family to the reading area on the second floor.

Qin Sui’an held a children’s picture book that was almost half her height, her small body seemingly boneless, lazily leaning against her daddy’s chest.

She blinked her round eyes, looking at the storybook in her hands, while listening to her daddy telling her the story.

The little family hadn’t started attending kindergarten yet, and she hadn’t learned many characters at the orphanage.

She carefully read each character, attentively listening to her daddy’s storytelling, her expression focused and serious.

Qin Haochen spoke slowly, his voice slightly deep, "Ann, the small sea anemone, and the hairy caterpillar, they gradually grew up..."

After finishing one short story, Qin Sui’an was still not satisfied.

She looked up with anticipation, her round eyes shining, and asked, "Daddy, can you tell this story again?"

Qin Haochen smiled gently and nodded, "Of course, Ann likes this story?"

"I like it!"

Qin Sui’an happily turned to the first page, obediently waiting for her daddy to tell the story again.

She whispered, "A family’s story! Ann likes it very much!"

"Ann likes it, and Daddy likes it too."

Qin Haochen doted on his little daughter, patiently retelling the story she wanted to hear.

Qin Huo kept an eye on the time.

When it was about time, he brought his phone to the study to find his granddaughter.

He stood outside the study, waiting for his youngest son to finish telling the story to his granddaughter, then "coincidentally" entered the room.

Qin Sui’an got up from the floor and sweetly called out, "Grandfather!"

"Ann, your grandmother should be awake by now. Would you like to make a phone call to her?"

Qin Huo walked over to his granddaughter and sat with her on the soft carpeted floor.

Qin Sui’an’s round eyes instantly brightened upon hearing this, and she nodded vigorously, saying, "Yes!"

"All right, then Grandfather will call your grandmother now."

Qin Huo gently rubbed her little head and made a video call to his wife in faraway F Country.

Qin Sui’an snuggled into her daddy’s embrace, her round eyes fixed on her grandfather’s phone without blinking.

Qin Haochen held his daughter tenderly, patting her small body, and reassured her, "Ann, your grandmother loves you very much, don’t be afraid."

"Ann isn’t afraid!"

Qin Sui’an shook her little head and softly said, "Daddy, Ann is just nervous."

Qin Haochen smiled, his lips curling up, as he held her small hand, providing her with a strong sense of security.

"Beep"—after a few brief rings, the call was answered on the other end.

A gentle, slightly hoarse female voice came through the phone, "Ah Huo, I just finished breakfast. Why are you calling?"

Qin Huo’s face lit up with a smile as he replied, "Little Jin, you woke up early today. It’s only six o’clock in F Country."

"Yes, I woke up around five." Lan Jin coughed lightly and immediately asked,

"Where’s our granddaughter? What is she doing now?"

Last night, Qin Huo had called her and mentioned their granddaughter, Ann. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Lan Jin couldn’t stop thinking about her granddaughter even in her dreams, so as soon as she woke up, she anxiously awaited Qin Huo’s call.

Qin Huo, with a gaze filled with benevolence, looked at his granddaughter beside him and replied, "Right here beside me. Are you available for a video call now?"

"Of course available!"

Lan Jin’s voice couldn’t hide her excitement.

Without waiting for his response, she promptly switched to the call mode and turned on the camera.

Suddenly remembering something, she quickly turned off the camera.

"No, wait for me, just five minutes, no, two minutes will do."

Before Qin Huo could react, the screen of his mobile phone displayed the words "Call ended".

Shaking his head with a smile, Qin Huo turned to his granddaughter and said, "Your grandmother must be changing clothes. Let’s wait a moment."

Qin Sui’an lowered her head to look at the little dress she was wearing, holding her grandfather’s hand, and asked in a childish voice, "Grandpa, does Ann need to change clothes too?"

Qin Haochen’s eyes filled with a smile.

"No need, Ann looks beautiful in this dress."

Qin Sui’an breathed a sigh of relief and then reached out her little hand, earnestly smoothing her skirt.

Not making them wait too long, Lan Jin soon called back, this time through video call.

Qin Huo immediately pressed the answer button.

The mobile phone screen flickered, and the next second, a kind and benevolent person appeared on the screen.

Lan Jin was born into a scholarly family and was once considered exceptionally beautiful in her youth.

Now, the passage of time had left its marks on her face, and the three years of her granddaughter’s disappearance had accelerated her aging process.

But at this moment, Lan Jin’s spirit was radiant, her eyes anxiously looking into the camera.

"Ah Huo, where is our granddaughter? Wasn’t she supposed to be with you?"

Her husband had no desire to see her, only wanting to see their granddaughter.

Qin Huo smiled helplessly.

He turned to his granddaughter, seeing no resistance in her expression, and handed her the phone, speaking softly, "Ann, this is your grandmother."

Qin Sui’an first looked at her grandfather, then extended her little hand to take the phone handed to her by her grandfather.

When Lan Jin saw Ann joy on the phone screen, her expression froze for a moment.

The last time she saw her granddaughter, she was just a few months old, chubby and adorable.

Her temperament was delightful, and even a slight tease from adults would make her burst into laughter, melting hearts with her cuteness.

At this moment, the image of her granddaughter from her memories slowly overlaps with Ann’s joy on the phone screen.

Her granddaughter had grown a lot.

Her eyes were still as bright and round as they were in her infancy, sparkling with liveliness.

That petite and lovely little nose, along with her rosy cherry-like lips, had hardly changed.

If there was one noticeable change, it was that she had become thinner, much thinner.

The once chubby cheeks now appeared to have lost much of their flesh, indicating the hardships she had endured over the past few years.

"Ann, it’smy Ann..."

Lan Jin’s hand trembled as she gently touched her granddaughter’s face through the phone screen, spanning a distance of nearly 30,000 kilometers.