After measuring the approacher up and down, he then smiled, “So it’s Lil’ Xia; I haven’t seen you in a while, hahaha, you’ve changed so much that I almost couldn’t recognize you.”
“Yet you haven’t changed, still in shape.” Xia Jinyuan extended his hand; since he wasn’t wearing his military uniform and was meeting out of work, there was no need to salute; a handshake would do.
The instant the young and strong hand came shaking, a deep glow flashed underneath Chief of Staff Du’s eyes, as he smiled in a moment: “No way no way, I’m old, I’m old. I’m five years older than your father; I’m already an old man in my sixties; if I continue on, I will become an old geezer.”
Chief of Staff Du was sixty-four years old today; he had married young, his eldest son was nearly eight years older than Xia Jinyuan.
Supreme Commander Xia noticed him walking over; his eyebrows crumpled together, wasn’t he ordered to accompany Lil’ Ye back to the hospital? Why was he back again?
Glancing at his ex-wife, who was at odds with him, his crumpled brows knit tightly together, she had left without care all those years ago. Now she’s older and saw that everyone had children and grandchildren surrounding them; envy grew in her heart, so she came back to find Ah Six, Xiao Shuman, you’re really naive for your entire life.
Mrs. Xiao, who had been naive for her entire life, saw her dear son, who she hadn’t seen for so many years; she was so excited that tears started shimmering in her eyes.
Staring at her dear son, who had grown up big and tall in the blink of an eye, who needed her to raise her head to have an exact look at his face, Mrs. Xiao’s lips trembled as she spoke, “Ah Yuan, don’t you recognize me?”
“Although you had never raised me, you’re still the one who had given birth to me after all; how could I not recognize you.” Under the hazy light, Xia Jinyuan, who was done catching up to Chief of Staff Du, lowered his eyelids slightly. With an emotionless face, he looked at Mrs. Xiao, who was busy searching for herself; he smiled lightly: “Please don’t overthink things.”
Despite talking politely with a smile on his face, the invisible barrier of alienation, he had erected made Mrs. Xiao unable to get close; In contrast, this discovery had caused Mrs. Xiao’s body trembled; her tears also flowed down her face.
“Ah, Yuan, do you hate Mom… you…”
Before she managed to say the words hanging on her tongue, Xia Jinyuan had already averted his gaze in a detached manner, forcing Mrs. Xiao to swallow her words and wipe her tears by herself.
When the tall and handsome Major stood in front of everybody, his innate aristocratic temperament made it so that even if he was standing in the presence of two high-ranking leaders of the military, he was still extraordinary, “The weather is cold today, dad, why don’t you and Chief of Staff Du go into our dining room to talk about our family affairs.”
“Mrs. Li should come as well; you’ve always been concerned about my family; with you there, I believe Mrs. Xiao would feel more at ease.”
Chief of Staff Du had yet to understand the deep meaning behind his words; Mrs. Li already had a chilled expression, she said aloofly: “Shu Man, your son is blaming me for having a loudmouth, I think that’s it, I’m just an outsider, so how can I meddle in the family affairs of the Supreme Commander, I’m just a busybody.”
“I’m the one being blamed, and it has nothing to do with you.” Mrs. Xiao raised her hand to wipe away the tears flowing down gently; she told Mrs. Li: “I’ll go
