Jiang Xingye hurried back to see the kids, thinking they would be at home crying for daddy. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the yard, he heard his own daughter giggling. He paused in his steps, "Little heartless one!"

Xu Qinghuan couldn’t help but laugh, "Worried for nothing, right?"

These days, Jiang Xingye could neither eat nor sleep well, fearing not doing well on his tests and worrying about the kids crying at home.

As soon as the couple entered through the door, the two little ones didn’t react much at first, but upon seeing their mom and dad, their lips quivered and they burst into tears.

The son only sniffled softly, while the daughter cried bitterly, reaching out towards Jiang Xingye, "Daddy, Daddy!"

Jiang Xingye’s heart shattered, and he hurriedly embraced the two children, as if they had suffered great grievances at home.

The old lady felt a bit helpless, "You being away was fine, as soon as you’re back, they’re spoiled."

After holding them for a while, both the son and daughter wanted their mom. He handed his son to his wife and continued holding his daughter, "Did you miss Daddy?"

"I did!" She was terribly aggrieved.

Jiang Xingye pressed his face against his daughter’s, his eyes red, "Daddy missed you too, sweetheart!"

Apart from Xu Qinghuan, no one had ever seen Jiang Xingye like this, everyone adored him, and they all breathed a sigh of relief for him.

Over the years, everyone has seen him gradually come to life, especially after being with Xu Qinghuan, he seemed to be getting more lively every day.

Now, holding his daughter and nearly in tears, he seemed all the more like an ordinary person.

Jiang Baohua asked, "How come we only see you, Meizi?"

Xu Qinghuan replied, "Meizi was walking behind. That person can’t stop worrying about her precious daughter, wishes she could sprout wings and fly back."

"Hahaha, everyone says daughters are dads’ little jackets. Is there any dad who doesn’t adore his daughter? Sons are close to their moms, and when you guys are not home, he often peeks at the door calling for mom."

As soon as this was mentioned, Xu Qinghuan’s eyes also turned red, and she pressed her forehead against her son’s, looking at him face-to-face.

Jiang Baohua quickly asked again, "How did the tests go?"

"Not bad!" Jiang Xingye answered, carrying his daughter onto the kang to sit.

Jiang Xingmei burst in like a gust of wind, "Sister-in-law, quick, something happened at Kong Lijuan’s place again. Dad, brother, you should hurry too, it’s turned deadly!"

Kong Lijuan solemnly entrusted her son to Sun Zhigang because she thought Sun Zhigang could keep his mom in check and get his mom to pay more attention to her son.

Sun Zhigang had to go to work, so he couldn’t stay home to watch the child, leaving the caregiving to Qiu Linghua.

But, it is hard to say whether Sun Zhigang or Kong Lijuan, ultimately they overestimated Qiu Linghua.

In such cold weather, Qiu Linghua insisted on going out for a walk, cracking melon seeds, gossiping about everything with everyone, and she was everywhere.

As a result, when Sun Zhigang returned home from work, he heard his son crying, rushed in, and saw his son’s head bruised and bleeding, and burnt without a chunk of good skin on head, neck, and body.

The child wanted water, reached for the water on the table, causing the hot water bottle to fall and burn him, and when it rolled off, it battered the child writhing on the ground in pain.

Sun Zhigang was completely stunned at the moment, at a loss.

Just then, Qiu Linghua returned, shouting, "Why are you wailing, what are you raising, it only knows how to wail..."

Before she finished speaking, Sun Zhigang grabbed a shovel and swung it at his mother. Luckily, it’s winter, Qiu Linghua was heavily dressed, not injured by the shovel, but she was knocked backward, hit the well platform, and was also bleeding from the head, unconscious.

When Kong Lijuan returned, what she saw was such a tragic scene, disregarding others, seeing her son in such a state, she fainted on the spot.

The commotion here alarmed the neighbors, and the educated youths, without time to return home, all came over. Jiang Xingmei quickly returned to find someone.

Xu Qinghuan handed her children to Jiang Xingye and hurried over. She ignored Qiu Linghua by the well platform and went straight to check on the child, a three-year-old child just grown some flesh, burnt beyond recognition.

Even if it was the future, doing grafting surgery wouldn’t restore him to his former self.

This child, Xu Qinghuan had taken care of for nearly a year.

Every time Kong Lijuan went over to study with her, she brought the child over, leaving him there, focusing on learning as if no one else mattered. The child would go to her for eating, drinking, or anything else, calling her "Auntie", and sometimes preferring Xu Qinghuan over Kong Lijuan.

Though Kong Lijuan loved her son, she didn’t have as much patience as Xu Qinghuan.

Seeing the child in this condition, Xu Qinghuan felt extremely upset.

Without a word, she carved a quarter of a rare elixir, and stuffed it into the child’s mouth.

The child’s mouth was burnt, Xu Qinghuan’s fingertip touched it, he shuddered in pain, opened his eyes to see Xu Qinghuan, and softly called "Auntie", his eyes brightened.

Xu Qinghuan responded, "Ah, eating it won’t hurt anymore!"

The child, very obediently, struggled to open his mouth.

After the pill was fed, there seemed to be a force driving all the pain away.

He had been drenched by a bottle of hot water, clothes all wet, while the adults fought, no one cared for him, he had rolled on the ground for a long time, fainting from the pain.

Xu Qinghuan picked the child up, intending to take him back to treat his wounds.

Kong Lijuan staggered over, wrestling with her for the child, "No, this is my child, this is my child!"

She wasn’t in a good state.

The child was frightened, hugging Xu Qinghuan tightly, sobbing.

Xu Qinghuan, a bit irritated, pressed a point on Kong Lijuan, and she collapsed.

"You watch her!"

Only then did Sun Zhigang gather some spirit, pointed outside to his mother, "Xu Educated Youth, my mother she..."

As Xu Qinghuan left, she checked under Qiu Linghua’s nostrils, the person was still alive, she staunched her blood simply, "Let’s move her in first, don’t let her freeze to death."

When Xu Qinghuan brought the child back, Jiang Xingye had just brought their own children back home. Seeing this, he was taken aback, "How did he end up like this?"

"Pitiful, scalded by boiling water."

Xu Qinghuan asked Jiang Xingye to prepare the bath barrel, she brought out spirit water from her magical space, stripped the child’s clothes off, and placed him into the bath barrel.

The child just had the elixir, and with the wounds soaked in spirit water, the pain disappeared. He still didn’t know how dreadful his appearance was, smiled happily.

Watching him, Xu Qinghuan felt like crying, she said to Jiang Xingye, "I always feel this child is unlike either Sun Zhigang or Kong Lijuan."

Jiang Xingye said, "Character is one thing, growth environment is also very important."

Jiang Xingye no one understands this better than him.

This time, Qiu Linghua was severely hurt, she lay on the kang wailing, but neither her son nor daughter-in-law paid her any attention.

She had three sons and two daughters, after the first four married and established their careers, old man Sun finally died of exhaustion, she and the youngest son were driven out by the two elder sons and daughters-in-law to live separately.

"Goudan, you heartless one, you wish for me to die, if I die, you’ll have to eat lotus pods, call Xu Educated Youth to treat me!"

Sun Zhigang felt extremely agitated, "Kong Lijuan, I promised you I’d look after our son. Seeing him injured like this, do you think I’m comfortable?"

Kong Lijuan recovered, relentlessly.

"You’re uncomfortable, you’re momentarily uncomfortable, but he will be uncomfortable all his life, forever, how will he live in the future?" Kong Lijuan cried, "Sun Zhigang, I can’t live in a family like yours, let’s get divorced!"

When Sun Zhigang started working at the factory, he asked Jiang Xingye to help him get the name Sun Zhigang.