He Jian Country looked a bit dejected. "Have you forgotten what Third Sister-in-law said before? We haven’t even paid back the previous money yet. If we open our mouths again, we’ll just be asking to be humiliated."

Gao Yumei disagreed. "Didn’t you hear? The two of them now each have their own businesses, they don’t care about that little bit of money we borrowed from them at all.

You and Third are real brothers. We can’t just watch them eat meat while we can’t even drink the soup, right?"

He Jian Country’s gaze was full of gloom. He knew he shouldn’t be greedy, but whenever he thought of his brothers, he was the one doing the worst. Then, hearing what Gao Yumei said, he couldn’t help feeling off-balance inside. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

The two kids could probably also sense that their parents were in a bad mood, so after coming back they curled up in the small room that had been partitioned off for them.

Only, He Jia Ming was still young. When no one was paying attention, he knocked a toy off the bed onto the floor, making a loud "bang."

Gao Yumei had originally wanted to scold him, but for some reason she suddenly thought of something and forcibly hit the brakes. "Jian Country, should we let Jiahui go over and try?"

He Jian Country lifted his head. "What do you mean by that?"

Gao Yumei leaned in to his ear. "Third Sister-in-law has always been really good to all the kids in the family. I was thinking, if Jiahui ’accidentally’ lets slip our situation at home to the two of them, do you think they might, for the child’s sake, give us a hand?"

He Jian Country didn’t agree outright. "Let me think about it some more."

On the other side, Xinyan and He Jinxuan didn’t drive after going out, but strolled along the street instead.

Xinyan felt something cold fall on her face, so she tipped her head back and looked up at the sky. "Jinxuan, it’s snowing."

He Jinxuan also looked up. "Yeah, good thing we came back a day early."

After he spoke, he reached out to pull her scarf up a bit. "Are you cold? If I’d known, I would’ve driven over."

Xinyan suddenly laughed. "Didn’t you just say it only takes ten minutes to walk? Don’t be such a delicate flower."

Ever since the two of them met, they’d always been busy, and really hadn’t had many moments like this to just leisurely enjoy themselves. "With you walking with me, it’s pretty nice."

Since Xinyan liked it, he didn’t think too much more about it. He took her small hand, held it tight, and tucked it straight into his coat pocket.

They hadn’t gone far before the snow got heavier. Watching the snowflakes swirling all over the sky, she said, "With this kind of weather, it’d be perfect if we could have hotpot."

He Jinxuan took her words to heart. "Okay, then let’s have hotpot tonight."

Xinyan turned to look at him. "I was just saying. Don’t go to all that trouble."

This wasn’t Beijing; back there, if they wanted hotpot they could just head to Donglaishun. She wasn’t familiar with this place, didn’t know if there were any hotpot restaurants, and it was already the end of the year— even if there were, who knew if they’d still be open.

Seeing that He Jinxuan was taking it seriously, she felt a bit regretful for what she’d said just now.

Of course He Jinxuan could see what she was thinking. "It’s fine. Haibo knows this place better than we do. Just leave it to me."

While they were talking, they had already reached the hotel.

As soon as the two of them walked into the lobby on the first floor, Ye Silai and Ye Siyan rushed down. "Auntie, we’ve been waiting for you forever."

Xinyan caught the two little ones. "How did you get downstairs so fast?"

Ye Siyan抢答道:"We’ve been sprawled at the window watching down below the whole time."

Chatting as they went, they headed up to the third floor.

Mr. Ye was already waiting. Xinyan walked over with a gentle smile. "How is it, have you gotten used to it?"

Mr. Ye laughed. "As long as I’ve got my sons and grandsons with me, it’s all the same wherever I am."

After a few words of small talk, Xinyan spoke up. "Let’s get ready. Today’s acupuncture will take a bit longer."

Mr. Ye naturally had no objection.

Seeing that Xinyan was about to get busy, He Jinxuan stood up. "Yanyan, you go ahead. I’ll go downstairs and make a phone call."

Xinyan nodded at him. "Okay."

He Jinxuan hadn’t been gone long before he came back up. "Haibo says there really is a place. He said it tastes pretty good, just opened not long ago."

Ye Liyan walked over. "What are you talking about?"

He Jinxuan looked at Xinyan. "Your sister-in-law wants hotpot. I haven’t been back in a long time, so I asked a friend."

At this moment, Ye Liyan gave a look to the person standing at the door, and that person slipped out.

After Xinyan finished inserting the needles, she heard Ye Liyan say, "It’s really coming down out there. Let’s not go out. I’ll have someone send it over here in a bit."

Xinyan lowered her head to look at Mr. Ye. Something occurred to her, and she suddenly laughed. "What, are we going to sit here eating and make the old gentleman just watch?"