Chapter 109: 108. Preparing to Visit the In-laws (Seeking collections, seeking recommendation votes!)

After resolving the matter of He Qing, Zhang Ran returned once again to a peaceful life.

In fact, the reason Zhang Ran let He Yong do this in the end was also because he had his own objectives.

From the moment he heard the name Yuan Debiao, a series of plans had flashed through Zhang Ran's mind.

The main reason he had to call Yuan Debiao was to put on a show for Ning Qing and the others; he needed Ning Qing and the others to be able to pull together as one, so that they could help Zhang Sicheng during the startup phase of his career.

Looking at it now, the effect seems quite good.

Time passed just like that, and the New Year's Eve parties of the two little ones did not trouble Zhang Ran for too long, because Susu's New Year's Eve party was in the afternoon, while Taotao's was in the evening.

This way, they were perfectly staggered, and Zhang Ran had time to attend both.

However, what left Zhang Ran somewhat unable to laugh or cry was that Taotao's program at the New Year's Eve party was telling a story, and the name of the story was "Calabash Brothers".

This was because the two little ones had pestered Zhang Ran to tell them stories when they were going to sleep, and that was when Zhang Ran told it to them.

And the story of the Calabash Brothers was quite popular among the children, plus the way little Taotao vividly said "Grandpa, Grandpa" made quite a few people laugh.

After the New Year's Eve party ended, the two little ones also quickly welcomed their winter break.

Once winter break arrived, they were even happier, because every day Grandpa would take them out to play, and they spent every day very happily.

It was not just the two little ones who were living happily; Zhang Sicheng and those people were also busy and fulfilled.

After a month of development, Zhang Sicheng's Biaoxue Company had already finished the game; both the PC version and the mobile version were completed, and because there was a clear project plan, they only needed to follow the map to find the horse.

Moreover, a lot of their company's previous game data and some original artwork could be reused, which greatly saved a lot of time and costs.

Because Liu Lu had been with Ning Qing often during this period, she also began to slowly learn how to dress up and apply makeup.

Added to the fact that there was no shortage of money at home now, her entire temperament had undergone some changes.

She was no longer so cautious in her conduct, and she appeared increasingly generous and dignified.

However, she still hadn't changed the habit of being a bit stingy; it shouldn't be called stingy, but rather that she absolutely would not spend money that shouldn't be spent.

Like some luxury goods, except for the ones Zhang Ran bought for her at the beginning, she rarely bought them herself.

Don't look at how much money she had in her hands; over this month, her expenses, or rather the expenses of the entire household, were not much more than before.

It was just that some expenses had increased in terms of diet.

The careers of Zhang Siyan and Qian Li also showed quite a bit of improvement; although they encountered some trouble, because of the full support of Kangshilan Company, they developed very quickly.

Zhang Siyan quickly transformed from a housewife into a strong woman in the workplace.

The reason she could transform so quickly, besides Zhang Ran's support, was also her own change in mindset.

Now Zhang Siyan had no other thoughts; she was single-mindedly focused on making money, and she also wanted to live out a different version of herself.

Although Zhang Ran's appearance had changed Zhang Siyan's life too much all at once, she still did not feel completely at ease in her heart.

Her previous marriage made her understand that only by relying on herself could she truly not fear any setbacks.

"How is the situation with the house?" Zhang Ran asked casually.

For the past few days, Liu Lu had been running over to the new house, and Zhang Ran also wanted to ask about the situation.

"It has been ventilated for a month now, it should be about ready," Liu Lu said, a smile appearing on her face.

Ning Qing was indeed very capable; she hadn't been the least bit careless in decorating the house, and it was finished in just a month, with even the home appliances and such all prepared.

Everything used was the best environmentally friendly material, and it could be officially moved into after one month of ventilation.

Zhang Ran nodded; he didn't have much on his mind regarding the house, but it was good to be able to move into a new house; at the very least, they wouldn't have to be squeezed into such a small house, which was very inconvenient.

"Do you have time recently?" Zhang Sicheng suddenly asked.

Zhang Ran said, "I don't have anything going on, I have time whenever; what's wrong?"

"It's like this, I want to go to Lulu's family in two days to pay a New Year's visit; if you have time, you can go with us," Zhang Sicheng said.

It was already February 5th, and the 15th was New Year's Eve.

There was actually another purpose for Zhang Sicheng wanting Zhang Ran to go along, and that was to have the parents of both sides meet once; since Zhang Ran had already returned, they needed to meet once.

And this time, he wanted to truly gain the approval of Liu Lu's family.

Back then, his marriage to Liu Lu hadn't received the consent of her family at all; everything was a decision made privately by the two of them.

And at the time, Zhang Sicheng didn't have any elders.

Although over these many years, Liu Lu's family had resigned themselves to fate, and while they hadn't given Zhang Sicheng and the others any good looks, they hadn't been mocking or sarcastic either.

In the past, Zhang Sicheng hadn't thought about these things; after all, their lives weren't going well, and Liu Lu hadn't mentioned it.

But now that their family's life had gotten better, he thought of this, and his father had also returned, so he wanted to make it up to Liu Lu.

Zhang Ran had no objections to this; meeting these in-laws was fine, after all, his own son had married their daughter, and Zhang Ran also highly approved of this daughter-in-law, Liu Lu.

"By the way, Siyan, have you ever been to your sister-in-law's house?" Zhang Ran asked.

Zhang Siyan shook her head; back then, Liu Lu could be considered to have eloped with Zhang Sicheng, so how could she go?

"Take this opportunity to go together this time; it can be considered our whole family going to pay a visit together. You should also take the opportunity to rest for a few days; don't be so tired every day, it's not worth it to ruin your health," Zhang Ran said with some heartache.

Zhang Ran had seen Zhang Siyan's desperate work for such a long time.

Zhang Siyan had originally wanted to refuse, as it was currently the end of the year and there were many things to do, but seeing Zhang Ran's pained expression, the words on the tip of her tongue were swallowed back.

"Okay," Zhang Siyan said in a low voice.

Zhang Sicheng and Liu Lu were both feeling quite excited at this moment, especially Zhang Sicheng; he now had quite the feeling of being about to return home in glory.

Having been looked down upon by his in-laws for so many years, now that he had turned his life around, he naturally wanted to go and fight for some face.

This wasn't getting carried away by success, but rather human nature.

Just as that saying goes, to be wealthy and not return home is like wearing fine silk and walking in the dark.

Liu Lu actually had this mindset as well.

In the past, they always went back on the 27th, stayed for one day, and came back the next day.

Going back so early this year, perhaps there was a component of being homesick, but more of it was wanting to vent some frustration.

It wasn't the kind of venting that involved hitting people, but rather Liu Lu wanted people to know that she hadn't chosen the wrong person back then; she had both married for love and obtained a comfortable living condition.

Although these were not the result of Sicheng's own efforts, so what?