Chi Jianjun sighed, "Back then, you left me because of a misunderstanding, and you were pregnant. | My father kicked me out of the house over this. I sent people everywhere looking for news of you, and that search lasted thirteen years. When I found out you were in Xiaoyang Village, I drove there overnight. When I saw you and your son, I thought our family could finally be reunited."
At this point, he couldn't help but laugh. "Do you still remember what Yang Luo said the first time he saw us when he came back?"
Yang Yaxin giggled, 'That kid is a little rascal. There's nothing he can't do, and nothing he dares not do.'
At that moment, a woman in her thirties, wearing a colonel's uniform, asked with a smile, 'Sister-in-law, tell us, what did that kid say back then? It must have been really interesting.' Yang Yaxin looked at her sister-in-law Chi Kexin and shook her head helplessly.
Chi Jianjun said with a grin, 'That kid was only 13 at the time. The moment he walked in and saw me hugging your sister-in-law, he circled us a few times, clicking his tongue and saying, “Not bad! Not bad! Mom has good taste.” Then, with a cheeky grin, he asked me, “Hey, buddy, tell me—how did you and my mom hook up?”'
'Pfft!'
'Haha...'
The old woman had just taken a sip of tea and spat it all out, and then everyone burst into laughter.
The old woman said, 'After he came, he was quite affectionate with me, always calling me Grandma. But I just can't figure out why he never calls your dad Grandpa. He always calls him Old Man, and your dad has never let this go.' No one knew the answer, and everyone present was puzzled. Some had asked him, but that kid just wouldn't say.
Chi Kexin said, 'The moment he came to our family, the generational hierarchy went out the window. He's never called me Aunt; he always calls me Sister, and Yuexin, Second Sister.' Then, looking at Chi Jianjun, she added, 'And hasn't he never called you Dad? He always calls you Buddy.'
Yang Luo's second uncle, Chi Jianguo, said, 'Looks like I'm pretty lucky. He's always called me Second Uncle.'
'Hmph! You are lucky—how many times have you had to clean up his messes?' Chi Kexin said.
'Third Sister, do you remember when we asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up?' Chi Yuexin, the youngest of the Chi family, said with a smile.
Chi Kexin nodded vigorously: "I remember, I remember! I asked him that back then because this kid is just too amazing—not only is he incredible at studying, you all know how tough my brother's guards are, right? But seven or eight of them couldn't take him on."
Chi Jianjun was taken aback, "No wonder for a while Xiao Wang and the others had faces covered in bruises. When I asked them what happened, those kids hemmed and hawed, saying it was from training."
Chi Yuexin said helplessly, "Brother! You really are clueless. When he was a grassroots soldier, which year wasn't he the champion at the military district competition? Later, when he went there, which mission didn't he complete perfectly? And when there were major meetings and events in the central government, which time didn't the Chairman and Premier personally assign him to lead security?"
Chi Jianjun said, "I thought that was just the result of his hard training in the military." As soon as Yang Luo's time in the military was mentioned, the atmosphere suddenly turned a bit heavy.
Chi Jianguo said, "Shi Qi's death hit this kid hard. I think that's why he chose to retire from the military and go abroad to study."
Chi Kexin sighed, "I watched Shi Qi grow up. No matter who it was, seeing their own girlfriend killed by a criminal would be unbearable."
Chi Yuexin said, "With Xiao Luo's skills, how did that criminal even get a chance to fire a gun?"