Chapter 294

"Do you want to take photos? There's a photo studio in this Haibin City. When we have time, our family can go together to take photos—called 'family portrait,' yes, family portrait."

"Alright, we'll call Master and the others to go together then."

"Meow—"

Master, don't forget me, don't forget me.

I know, I know. I could forget anyone, but I could never forget our family's Tangyuan!

After Jiang Ye admired his daughter's rolling performance for a while, he held the little one to his chest. Both father and daughter stared straight at his wife/mother, who was petting Tangyuan.

"Why are you all looking at me? Go to sleep quickly. I have to work a half-shift tomorrow to return a favor to a colleague."

Shen Man let go of Tangyuan, signaling for it to run away quickly, otherwise, it would be forcibly conscripted as a "nanny" to take care of the kids.

"Oh."

The man's unsatisfied gaze couldn't be hidden. Why couldn't he eat meat again tonight?

"Click."

Shen Man pulled the light switch, and the room instantly dimmed.

She didn't know why, but recently she felt she had no strength. Clearly, her eating, living, and traveling were the same as before, but she just had no strength, and as soon as it was night, she easily felt sleepy.

In the room, on the table under the window, a jade pendant emitted a faint, ghostly light.

Darkness had no effect on Tangyuan. Seeing the jade pendant, Tangyuan jumped onto the table and used its mouth to carry the jade pendant back to the cat tree in the corner of the living room, into its own cat bed.

Strange, this jade pendant was exactly the same as the one the ancestors left for the Lu family descendants. Why did the jade pendant have no reaction after the master's blood dripped onto it?

There wasn't even a ripple of spiritual energy. Could it really just be an ordinary jade pendant?

Then the question arose: the Lu family had a jade pendant that carried a space of blessed land because of their ancestor.

Who left this Shen family jade pendant?

Why was it exactly the same?

Filled with deep unease and confusion, Tangyuan fell into a dream.

Under its belly, that jade pendant still emitted a faint, ghostly light...

The Capital—

Railway Bureau Jiashuyuan.

Gu Tingchen finished his social engagements and drove home, feeling proud and satisfied.

As soon as he entered the house, he smelled the scent of hangover soup wafting from the kitchen.

In the living room, the live-in nanny wasn't asleep yet, dutifully tidying up the living room and folding the children's clothes.

Seeing him, she immediately called out respectfully:

"Sir is back. Madam instructed that after Sir returns home, you should drink a bowl of hangover soup first. The bathwater has already been boiled, and your change of clothes has been placed on the bathroom partition."

"Mm, thank you for your hard work."

Gu Tingchen smiled comfortably after hearing this. While changing his shoes, he asked with concern:

"Was Nannan noisy today?"

"Nannan was very good; she wasn't noisy at all today. Great-Aunt brought Bao'er over today to keep Madam company for a while..."

The two exchanged a few words in low voices. Gu Tingchen told the nanny to rest early, saying the work could be done tomorrow morning just the same. After drinking the hangover soup, he went to the bathroom to wash up.

In the mirror, the marks on his body had healed seven or eight-tenths, with only a few areas of severe bruising remaining.

Jiang Ye—this person was truly insidious. He didn't know what technique the other party used; at first, when he left the Sea Island and got on the train for the first three days, he didn't feel much of anything.

It wasn't until the fourth day that he suddenly developed a fever at night and felt sore all over.

The train doctor discovered he hadn't gone to eat and only then found him in a coma...

If it hadn't been for timely medical treatment, he probably would have met the King of Hell long ago!

What a "god knows, ghost doesn't know" attack—it was aimed at his life!

After returning to the Capital, his wife went into labor and safely gave birth to a daughter, named Gu Yun Lan, nickname Nannan.

This was his eldest daughter. Although it wasn't a son, he was currently in high spirits and satisfied, and in his heart, he still loved this daughter.

Recently, he had been having social engagements, and his wife was still in her postpartum month, so naturally, they couldn't share a bed.

So every night when he came home, he would drink a bowl of hangover soup that his wife had instructed the nanny to cook, then wash up, go to his wife's room, and visit his wife and child.

After that, he would return to the guest bedroom to rest.

"Splash."

Water hit his body, and his mind uncontrollably thought of a scene that had moved him.

"Bang."

His fist smashed into the tiled wall, and pain shot through his knuckles.

Damn it, she was originally his childhood betrothed; how did she end up benefiting someone else!

In the master bedroom, Ye Mei Qin was breastfeeding her daughter when she suddenly heard the commotion from the bathroom and was startled.

"Waa-waa."

The daughter in her arms cried along with her. She hurriedly suppressed her anger and coaxed the child:

"Nannan, don't cry, don't cry, don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Mommy is here, Mommy is here."

What was Gu Tingchen doing?

Didn't he know that Nannan was timid and most sensitive to sound at this time?

Damn it, dead man, he couldn't do anything right!

If it weren't for her, he would still be sitting on the bench at work!

After drinking a few glasses of wine, he didn't even know who he was!

"Waa-waa."

The baby's crying gradually weakened. The little one's face was covered in tears, looking miserable.

The anger in Ye Mei Qin's heart rose up, but she suppressed her rage and coaxed the child first...

It seemed Gu Tingchen's career had been too smooth recently; she should find him something to do so he wouldn't come home every night and disturb her daughter!

The next day, Gu Tingchen returned to his unit feeling refreshed, but soon, he received a mission that he didn't know whether to call a blessing or a curse!

"Tingchen, the higher-ups value this secret mission very much. Only by handing it to you can I feel at ease.

For these three months, you must not leave this person's side for a single step. Protect them personally; there must be no losses!"

Liu Bureau Chief held his teacup, handed a top-secret file to the other party, and signaled for him to read the precautions carefully...

"Received. I guarantee to complete the mission and not let down the trust of the Party and the leaders."

After reading the top-secret file, Gu Tingchen found it difficult to even breathe.

He, could he really come into contact with this person?

Supreme honor!

This was absolutely supreme honor!

Showing his face in front of this person—his future was secure!

"Work hard. In the future, I'm afraid even my position won't be worthy of you. You, perhaps you can use this opportunity to soar into the sky!"

Liu Bureau Chief exhorted him earnestly, with an attitude of "I think highly of you."

In reality, this task was not easy to do.

The higher-ups were picky and threw it into his hands.

It just so happened that his eldest niece wanted to send this ambitious husband away, so the two hit it off and finalized the matter.

Now, it was just a matter of notifying Gu Tingchen.

"Mm, thank you, Uncle Liu. In the future, I will use my actions to repay you."

Gu Tingchen was completely blinded by joy and enthusiastically accepted this top-secret mission, completely unaware that this was a hot potato...