Seeing her cry, snot and tears everywhere, she clung to Zhan Bei Jue, unable to control herself for a long time.
Jiang Nan Fang went to ease the atmosphere.
"Alright, look at you being wronged. Have I been mistreating you during your second brother's absence?"
"No mistreatment, but you are my sister-in-law after all, and you're different from my second brother. With him here, I feel at ease."
"Do you understand security? Only my second brother can give me that sense of security."
After saying that, she buried her head in Zhan Bei Jue's arms again and cried.
"I'm tired of taking care of your children every day and watching you two show off your affection."
"I don't care, I'm not being the driver today. Let my sister-in-law drive, I want to hold you, to hold you all the time."
"You don't have a man, so it's good to cry in someone else's arms. You're not allowed to refuse me!"
With such a large group of people crying and laughing here, if they didn't leave, it would attract attention.
Jiang Nan Fang reached into her pocket for the keys.
"Alright, alright, I'll lend you my man's arms to lean on. If you want to cry, cry in the car, don't embarrass yourself here."
Zhou Jin Bei kept her word, sticking to Zhan Bei Jue, and actually sat in the back seat with him.
Don't know what she was upset about, tears kept falling.
Zhan Bei Jue patiently patted her a few times, and Jiang Nan Fang suddenly handed him her phone.
"I forgot to tell Ah Zhong. He was also worried when you first went missing and even came back from abroad."
"After so long without contact, he must be very worried. Hurry up and call him to let him know."
Ah Zhong was around the same age as Zhan Bei Jue.
Having worked together for so many years, although they were in a superior-subordinate relationship, they had already developed deep feelings.
To be honest, Zhan Bei Jue also missed Ah Zhong a lot.
Soon, Zhou Jin Bei heard a familiar voice on Zhan Bei Jue's shoulder.
"Hello, Sister Nan Fang."
"Ah Zhong. It's me."
The call immediately went silent again, and Ah Zhong was stunned for a moment on the other end.
"Hello, I didn't hear clearly just now. Please say it again, who are you?"
"You heard correctly, Ah Zhong, it's Zhan Bei Jue. I'm fine, I'm back now."
"President Zhan? It really is you, President Zhan! You're okay, you're back? That's great!"
Ah Zhong couldn't hide his excitement and shouted into the phone.
"It's been so long. Sister Nan Fang has been frantically looking for you in Switzerland, and we thought... That's great, she'll be relieved now that you're back!"
"What exactly happened in Switzerland at that time?"
"We'll talk about that later. Anyway, I'm fine now, don't worry."
"Okay, okay, I understand. I'll sort out my current work and come back to see you in two days!"
"It's been a long time since I've seen you and Sister Nan Fang, I miss you all, and I miss the children too."
"President Zhan, I told Sister Nan Fang about the children's whereabouts. You won't be angry with me, will you?"
Zhan Bei Jue had already planned to confess to Jiang Nan Fang.
"How could I be? If I didn't trust you enough, I wouldn't have entrusted them to you. We don't need to say such things between us."
"Focus on your work first. We'll have plenty of time to meet later, no need to rush back."
The two hung up the phone in mutual excitement.
Zhou Jin Bei felt a sense of loss listening to them.
Ah Zhong said he missed his second brother, Jiang Nan Fang, and the children, but not her...
She looked at Jiang Nan Fang and then at herself.
Zhou Jin Bei, Zhou Jin Bei, you're a person too, yet you're so pathetic.
The more she thought about it, the sadder she felt, and tears welled up again.
Zhan Bei Jue's clothes were soaked with her tears, and he finally couldn't help but show his displeasure.
"Why are you crying non-stop like a flooded mountain? Alright, I know you're wronged, stop crying."
"After I pay my respects to the old man when I get back, I'll arrange a gathering tonight for everyone to have a few drinks."
"At least wait until after the drinks to cry. It's broad daylight, aren't you ashamed?"
This suggestion was exactly what Zhou Jin Bei wanted.
She choked back her sobs, wiped away her tears, and looked up.
"Indeed, we should arrange a gathering for everyone to have a few drinks."
"You don't know, because of your incident, everyone hasn't gathered for a long time. No one was in the mood. Everyone was worried sick."
"Especially Lu Ming Zhe. He went to Switzerland to find you right after the incident, and he went to Switzerland again a few days ago to negotiate program copyrights for you. He thinks about seeing you every day."
"He's worried himself sick over you. If you don't punish yourself with three bottles, you'll be letting him down."
Lu Ming Zhe.
Returning to a familiar place and hearing a familiar name felt so good.
With so many people genuinely thinking of him, Zhan Bei Jue suddenly thought of two very cliché words.
Happiness.
"You organize the gathering tonight, just say you want to invite him to dinner. I'll go later and surprise him."
"Okay."
Thinking of Lu Ming Zhe's reaction made Zhou Jin Bei excited, and she finally stopped crying.
"I'm sure he'll cry with excitement when he sees you, just like I did. I need to get my phone ready to capture your embarrassing moments."
Since Zhan Bei Jue's accident, the old man's health had been deteriorating.
He had been living in a nursing home for a while and only moved back to the Zhan family residence when the weather turned warmer.
Jiang Nan Fang drove the car directly to the old man's small courtyard.
As soon as the car stopped, a few little ones excitedly rushed towards the living room.
"Great-grandpa, Great-grandpa! Where are you? We're back!"
The old man had no particular hobbies in life. When he was idle, he liked to set up brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones in the living room and practice calligraphy.
After not seeing the children for several days, he heard their voices and quickly put down his brush to welcome them.
They all rushed forward to hug his legs and vied to announce the good news.
"Great-grandpa, we've come to tell you some good news!"
"Today, not only have we returned, but a very, very important person is here too! Guess who?"
The old man looked at them with affection.
"You little rascals have grown up and are now playing coy with your Great-grandpa? A very, very important person? Do you know who is very, very important to your Great-grandpa?"
"Of course we know! Great-grandpa, guess quickly!"
The old man really wanted to guess Zhan Bei Jue, but he dared not.
Even though so much time had passed, he had almost accepted the fact that Zhan Bei Jue was gone.
But he couldn't pass on this emotion to the children, otherwise, they would be too pitiful.
"Is it your Mommy? Little Nan Fang, right? She's very important to me."
"No. Mommy is important, but someone else is also important, Great-grandpa, keep guessing!"
"There's another one? Is it your aunt, Little Jin Bei?"
"Now Great-grandpa is going to guess our uncle, Hu Jia Sheng? It seems like Daddy isn't important to you at all, you didn't even guess him!"
"Let me tell you the truth, Great-grandpa, it's our Daddy who's back. My Daddy, Zhan Bei Jue!"
"What? Your Daddy is back?"
Zhan Bei Jue, holding Jiang Nan Fang in one hand and Zhou Jin Bei in the other, walked in slowly.
The old man was surrounded by four little ones.
It was the first time he had ever seen his grandfather enjoy such family bliss.
His eyes welled up, and he suddenly felt how much he had wronged him.
He stopped in his tracks, his voice choked with emotion.
"Grandpa..."