"Let's go back," Grandpa Du waved his hand.
Zhao Yu, holding the candies, hopped and skipped back to the room.
After Zhao Yu left, Grandpa Du solemnly placed the painting into a delicate long box and then into a locked cabinet.
After spending two days at the Du residence, the three of them set off to return home.
Grandpa Du drove them to the airport.
Mo Qishen invited Grandpa Du to visit Beijing.
Grandpa Du smiled and declined.
On the eighth day of the lunar new year, Shangguan Xi and Wu Chenjun came back to pay a New Year's visit, coinciding with Ni Yang and Zhao Yu's return from Shanghai.
Shangguan Xi seemed to be in good spirits, so Old Lady Shangguan asked the same question, "Xiaoxi, it's been such a long time, are you pregnant yet?"
Shangguan Xi shook her head.
Old Lady Shangguan, somewhat anxious, said, "Didn't the check-up show that there are no problems? Why haven't you gotten pregnant yet?"
In the blink of an eye, Shangguan Xi was already twenty-seven!