Military husband hasn't returned home for two years? He reads his daughter's heartfelt wor

Chapter 138 Staying New Year’s Eve

Meng Renjie said he was helping out, but he really had no talent for cooking.

After helping out in the kitchen for a while, Li Wanqing tactfully persuaded him to leave.

"Uncle, please give Nuonuo a thorough check-up. You know she was premature, and I'm always worried about her."

Nono, who was handling potatoes, looked up at her mother blankly. "She's in pretty good health now, isn't she?"

Meng Renjie frowned slightly. "Alright, this concerns Nuonuo's entire life."

"Let me check it out first, and then I'll find an opportunity to meet with Lao Cao and discuss a safer recuperation prescription."

Upon hearing that she had to take medicine, Nuonuo's face turned green.

She suffered a lot in her past life and originally thought she was not afraid of hardship anymore.

At first, she was indeed not afraid of hardship, but after drinking bitter medicine for nearly two months, her tongue became numb.

Nuonuo tugged at Li Wanqing's trouser leg, shaking her little head like a rattle drum.

"I don't want to. I'll stay here with my mom."

Li Wanqing squatted down and took the things from Nuonuo's hands. "Nuonuo, be good and go keep your great-uncle company."

Nono: ...Did Mom suddenly hear what she was thinking?

Nono got anxious and shook her head at her mother, "Mommy~ no~"

Meng Renjie was very enthusiastic, but his hands were really clumsy whenever he touched anything in the kitchen.

"Come on, Nuonuo, your great-uncle will take you to play."

As he spoke, he carried Nuonuo out of the kitchen.

Li Wanqing smiled helplessly, "Daughter, in order for us to have New Year's Eve dinner, we have to sacrifice you."

Li Wanqing prepared more than usual, as she would be staying up all night to welcome the New Year, and she also made extra hot soup.

As she was nearing the end, Li Wanqing heard a commotion outside, so she wiped her hands and prepared to go out.

But before he could even step over the threshold, he heard two exclamations.

"Old Cao!"

"Lao Meng!"

Li Wanqing was a little surprised and quickly went outside. What she saw shocked her.

Cheng Baichuan didn't come back alone; he brought people with him.

Cao Xuefeng is one thing, but why did Chief Cheng come along too?

"Honey, they insisted on coming along, and I couldn't stop them," Cheng Baichuan said softly as he walked to his wife's side.

Li Wanqing glanced at him and said, "Hurry up and go to the kitchen to help me prepare a few more dishes."

Fortunately, the cellar was dug a while ago, and she stored a lot of vegetables there, otherwise she really wouldn't have been able to cope.

......

Meng Renjie and Cao Xuefeng were old acquaintances, but Meng Renjie did not know Cheng Chi.

"Old Cao, who is this?"

After Cao Xuefeng's introduction, Meng Renjie looked Cheng Chi up and down with his eyes.

"Don't you also think he and Cheng Baichuan look like father and son?" Cao Xuefeng asked.

Meng Renjie nodded. As a fellow doctor, he naturally shared Cao Xuefeng's suspicions.

If it weren't for the fact that he knew Cheng Baichuan's parents, he probably would have gone up to them and called them "in-laws" right away.

"The ways of fate in this world are truly wondrous," Meng Renjie remarked.

Cao Xuefeng looked puzzled. "How did you end up here?"

He knew that Meng Renjie knew Li Wanqing, but this was, after all, New Year's Eve, the day for New Year's Eve dinner.

Meng Renjie said with a smile, "Wanqing is my niece, of course I had to come."

Upon hearing Meng Renjie's words, Cao Xuefeng was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped.

Cheng Chi also looked puzzled. There was no such person during Li Wanqing's political review.

Meng Renjie didn't say much, but Cao Xuefeng knew a little bit.

They and Lao Zhang had all fought together on the battlefield, and they knew a little about Meng Renjie's affairs.

"How could it be such a coincidence?" Cao Xuefeng exclaimed, coming back to his senses.

Meng Renjie also found it quite a coincidence, saying, "It would be strange if you were here, given who I am!"

Before Cao Xuefeng could explain, Li Wanqing and Cheng Baichuan had already taken the food to the main room.

"Commander, Uncle, Old Cao, dinner's ready," Li Wanqing called out.

Cao Xuefeng patted Meng Renjie on the shoulder, "Let's go in and talk while we eat."

There was no television in Li Wanqing's house, so the men chatted and drank together.

"Today is Lunar New Year's Eve. Let's all have a drink together to celebrate the New Year," Meng Renjie said, raising his glass.

Originally, Cheng Chi held the highest status here, but now that his status is uncertain, Meng Renjie has naturally become the eldest elder in the family.

Everyone stood up, even the youngest, Nono, held up her glass and called out in her adorable voice, "Cheers!"

Everyone laughed at this sight.

Nono was too young to stay up all night, and even though she really wanted to get through the New Year's Eve vigil, her eyelids wouldn't allow it.

"Nono's sleepy, let her go to sleep first," Meng Renjie said softly.

Before Li Wanqing could speak, Nuonuo suddenly opened her eyes, shaking her head, "No!"

Its cute and cuddly appearance is just too adorable.

Li Wanqing gently pinched her cheek. "Go to sleep first. Xingguo will come to play with you again tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Nuonuo thought that going to sleep first was not a bad idea, so she tugged at Li Wanqing's clothes and took the initiative to walk towards her room.

After the mother and daughter left, Cheng Chi talked to Cheng Baichuan about some arrangements in the military.

Meng Renjie and Cao Xuefeng didn't understand, so they simply sat down in the courtyard to chat.

Firecrackers were going off outside, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder from the explosions.

Meng Renjie rarely gets to enjoy the festive atmosphere so quietly. "Time flies so fast. Decades have passed in the blink of an eye."

Cao Xuefeng nodded. "That's right. But you've gotten what you wanted, at least you've found your sister's daughter."

"And I..."

Cao Xuefeng fell silent for a moment, "I don't know if I'll ever find that person again in this lifetime."

Meng Renjie sighed softly, "Old Cao, sometimes you have to look forward. You're not like me."

He knew that Lao Cao had been single all these years because he was waiting for someone.

Even if that person were found, she would be married by then, so there's really no need for Lao Cao to persist like this.

Cao Xuefeng looked up at the dark sky. "It's easier said than done. You should understand that."

Meng Renjie was slightly taken aback, and then said nothing more to persuade him.

Cao Xuefeng took a sip of his drink. "Didn't you ask me before why I came here?"

Meng Renjie nodded. "I am indeed quite curious, as for the leader inside?"

"Instead of going home for the Lunar New Year, you're spending it at your subordinate's house?"

Cao Xuefeng laughed unkindly, "To be honest, we suspect that Cheng Baichuan is his son."

Meng Renjie asked with a serious expression, "Do you have any evidence?"

Cao Xuefeng shook his head. "We've investigated for a long time but haven't found any evidence. We've even investigated in Shou County."

“Then it might really be a misunderstanding?” Meng Renjie said.

Cao Xuefeng sighed slightly, "Perhaps. It was indeed unlikely that Shuzhen would have appeared in Hunan Province back then, and with Xiao Qiu also missing, this matter has truly reached a dead end."

“Xiao Qiu?” Meng Renjie frowned. “That name sounds familiar.”