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"Daddy …" This was the first time Nannan heard the words "Daddy" when she was two years old. At that time, Xia Mu had even brought his child to live with his grandmother, and the child next door was one year older than Nannan.

Children always liked to play with children older than them. At that time, Nannan chased after the big sister of the house next door, and she was always shorter than the big sister.

She remembered that it was a sunny afternoon and as usual she went to the little sister's house next door. Just as she stood at the door she heard a voice say: "Don't play with Xia Nannan in the future!"

"Why? I quite like Xia Nannan. " This is little big sister's voice.

"That's a fatherless child, you're not allowed to play with her!"

"What do you mean a fatherless child?"

"Oh, a wild child! "Alright, she should hurry back to her room!"

At the age of two, Xia Nannan was still unable to understand the meaning of the word "father." When they entered kindergarten, the teacher told everyone about "my family" class. Only then did Xia Nannan know that she and the baby were different from the other children.

The first time she was hugged by her uncle, her heart was beating fast. She was thinking, such a hard embrace, such a warm feeling, such a big hand, it was completely different from her mother's. If she could have such a person as her and her baby's father, it would be a very special matter.

But this Zhang Dazhi who was sitting at his house eating was the person Grandma Zhang Xiulan said he would be their father in the future. Xia Nannan did not like this person as he was not even as tall as Uncle Mu nor as good-looking as Uncle Mu and she did not like him at all as she liked Uncle Mu.

This dinner was finally over. This was the first time that Nannan did not finish her bowl of rice. Seeing this, Xia Mu asked: "Are you not feeling well?"

"No, I ate too much in the afternoon." Nannan replied.

"Forget it if you can't finish." Xia Mu thought that perhaps it was because he had eaten too much in the afternoon, so it wouldn't be a big deal to eat less in the evening.

After the meal, Zhang Dali insisted on helping Xia Mu clean up. Actually, there was nothing much to clean up, Zhang Dali just wanted to make use of this to pack up his stuff and stay alone with Xia Mu for a while.

Seeing the two adults leave the house, Nannan opened the drawer and took out her own small box.

"Elder sister, what are you going to do?" the baby asked, blinking.

Nannan took out a few coins from the small box and softly said: "I will go find uncle, you stay at home and help me protect me." That's what we said before we ate.

"Can I come with you?" the baby pleaded again.

"No way!" Nannan flatly refused her brother's request, "Two people are too big, I alone will be enough. Little brother, just wait for my good news!" After she finished speaking, Nannan carried on her back her small bag, in her pocket was the piece of paper with Mu East's phone number written on it.

"Elder sister, come back early." The baby waved at Nannan and whispered.

"Yes." Nannan nodded to her brother and opened the door to see what was going on in the kitchen as she quickly ran towards the courtyard door.

In the kitchen, Xia Mu placed the bowl and chopsticks into the bowl and said to Zhang Dali, who had followed in, "Go back and busy yourself. There's no need to stay here."

Zhang Dali smiled and said, "Let me help you."

Xia Mu only cared about talking to Zhang Dazhi, but didn't notice the kid in the west room. He had already snuck out long ago. And Baby always felt that she should go with her sister, but didn't dare to disobey her sister's orders. In her hand was a comic book, but she couldn't read it at all.

Elder sister, remember to bring uncle back early!

The baby absent-mindedly looked at the comic book as he thought to himself.

In the kitchen, Xia Mu quickly cleaned up, and Zhang Dali stood there, not doing much to help.

"Xia Mu, if you have nothing else to do later, let's go to my aunt's house together, okay?" Zhang Dali scratched his head and said.

Xia Mu hesitated for a moment before nodding his head. Upon receiving permission, Zhang Dali happily grinned.

In the west room, the baby absent-mindedly flipped through the comic books, but his eyes were focused on the door. When he saw Xia Mu's figure appear in front of him, he lowered his head in panic and pretended to be very focused on the comic books.

"Baby, where is Nannan?" When Xia Mu pushed the curtain aside and entered the room, he found that his daughter was nowhere to be seen. Baby was the only one in the room who was sitting on a small stool, reading a book. He couldn't help but find it strange. She knew that the little girl's heart wasn't feeling well tonight. Normally, she doted on her two children, but it wasn't a simple act of spoiling them. When the child did something wrong, Xia Mu would mercilessly criticize them.

Being called out by her mother, the baby rolled her eyes but didn't leave the book. She answered softly, "Big sister went to the toilet."

Hearing his son's words, Xia Mu did not pay much attention to it as the two children normally only played at home, not to mention that the toilet was in the yard and Xia Mu never thought that Nannan would run out on her own.

"Baby, I'm going to Grandma Zhang's house. Do you want to come with me?" Xia Mu asked.

The baby raised his head from the comic book, looked at Xia Mu, and gently shook his head: "I'm not going, I'm staying at home." The baby was still waiting at home for Nannan to come back. Moreover, he promised to help cover for his sister.

Xia Mu caressed his son's face and said with a smile, "Mom will be going for a while, I'll be home soon. You stay at home obediently."

"Yes." The baby nodded and continued to read.

After watching Xia Mu leave the room, the baby finally raised his head from his book and stood up. As he walked around the room, his face was full of anxiety as he thought to himself, "Big sister, why aren't you back yet?"

Outside the courtyard, a small figure emerged from the gate. Under the dim light of the street lamp, he could see that it was a three-year-old girl with two braids on her head and a schoolbag on her back. She was walking down the road with a calm expression.

Ding Mansion in the south of the city. This was one of the high-grade buildings in G City. Many tall buildings were standing in the night sky.

Mu Dongfang was washing his hands when Mu Zexi's call came in when he heard the phone ring. He pressed the speaker button.

"Are you satisfied?" The call connected and a man's voice came through.

"Not bad." Mu Dongdong washed his hands and replied.

"Since you asked for a house, I've already found one for you. Isn't it about time for you to get married?" Mu Zexi held the phone in one hand as she stood by the window and looked out at the night scene. Her lips were pursed into a smile as she asked.

Mu Dong raised his eyebrows as he asked, "What did you hear?"

The man's laughter came through the phone, "I didn't hear anything. I just heard from my uncle that you took a fancy to a girl. What? When can you bring her out for us to meet?"

Mu Dong subconsciously smirked. "When the time comes, I'll naturally see him."

"So, is that true?" Hearing that Mu Dong did not try to explain, Mu Zexi's curiosity was piqued.

Mu Xiangdong tightened his grip on his phone and walked into the living room. "Big brother, if you're really free, then I think this little uncle will be very uncomfortable."

"OK, pretend I didn't say anything."

After hanging up, Mu Dongfang threw his phone to the side and looked around. He thought to himself that he should buy some furniture to make this house more like a home.

The sky gradually darkened, and a small figure quickly walked on the dark street.

Nannan opened her eyes wide as she looked at the path beneath her. Her small hands were holding onto the straps of her schoolbag as she walked this path countless times during the day but this was the first time during the night so she was still afraid of it.

The street lamp made Nannan's shadow lengthen. She pursed her lips and tried her best to suppress the fear in her heart as she only wanted to hurry up and find her uncle.

In front of them was a small shop. Nannan quickly ran over.

"Grandma, do I need to make a call?" The little girl looked at the old man who was guarding the stall and said.

The long string of numbers were firmly etched into Nannan's heart but this time the call did not go through.

"Little girl, it's so late. Why are you out here alone?" The old man guarding the stall was very kind. It was strange to see such a young child running out in the middle of the night.

"Grandma, thank you. I couldn't get through. Sorry for troubling you." Nannan put down the phone in disappointment and forced a smile at the old man before politely saying.

"Little girl, hurry up and go home. Be careful!"

"Goodbye, Grandma." Nannan said her thanks before turning to leave the shop.

The old man looked at the tiny figure and said in a low voice, "I wonder which family's child it is. How can the people in the family not be anxious when they come out in the middle of the night?"

In the apartment, the old phone was lying alone on the floor, constantly ringing its monotonous ringtone. However, no matter how it yelled, its owner would not hear it.

At the elevator's entrance, a tall and handsome man was waiting for it. He was tall and straight, with a sharp and cold expression on his well-defined face. He was staring straight ahead.

With a "Ding" sound, the elevator door slowly opened and a man walked in.

There was no one else in the elevator. Through the glass in the elevator, Mu Dongdong saw his face, but suddenly, a small, delicate face appeared in his mind. That face had a pair of bright eyes; he had seen those eyes crying, and he had also seen those eyes smiling.

Xia Mu …

Unknowingly, a name was about to pop out from the man's lips.

"Ding!" The elevator arrived at the parking lot, pulling the man back from his thoughts of escape. He stepped out of the elevator and pulled his thoughts back onto the road.

After lunch, Mu Zexi called to say that the house was ready, and then he took the key to the Ding Mansion. It had to be said that Mu Zexi's eyes did not see anything, he chose the apartment on the 20th floor, which had 150 square meters, which was big enough, not to mention the master bedroom and guest room, and even the children's room, which was big enough for the children.

For Jiang Lanying, she hoped that her sons would be able to stay at the old residence of the Mu family even after they were married. It would make her feel good if there were more people around. In fact, Mu Zexi refused to get married, except once a week at the old house, and most of the time she lived in her own apartment. Since the death of her wife six years ago, Mu Dongfang had not mentioned anything about their relationship, and her youngest daughter, Mu Xiangxi, was about to graduate from graduate school. As time went by, there was only Mu Ru Yue and Mu Ru Guang, the two 'habitual residents' within the huge house. It was very lonely.

Mu Zexi had mentioned to Jiang Lanying that she didn't agree, but Mu Zexi had also said that it was a good thing that her brother was willing to buy a house. Furthermore, when they were married and had children in the future, if you really missed your grandchild, you could ask them to come home and live with you, and neither of them would waste time. Hearing her son's words, Jiang Lanying did not stop him.