The guard following this soldier looked at Fubao, Dundun, and Zhuangzhuang, who were quietly reading books, and shook his head, "Reporting to the leader, I don't recognize them. They might be children from Elder Xia's family; otherwise, Elder Xia's guard wouldn't be with them."

As soon as he finished speaking, this soldier saw Xia Shuhuai come in and quickly stepped forward to salute.

Xia Shuhuai recognized him as Lin Yifan, who had just been transferred from the Kunlun Military Region to the position of commander of a division, and returned the salute, "Good comrade, now that you're at the Shanghai Military Region, do as you should without any reservations."

"Yes, leader."

Seeing Xia Shuhuai walking towards those three children, Lin Yifan supported Xia Shuhuai's arm with his hand, "Leader, are they your children? They've been quietly reading for quite a while."

Xia Shuhuai laughed, "I'm not fortunate enough to have such good grandchildren."

During the time he was persecuted, although his descendants did not sever ties with Zhou Fengchun like Zhou Fengchun's adopted children, nor did they add insult to injury when Zhou was in trouble, they often blamed him in their hearts for not knowing better. After his rehabilitation, their relationship remained distant, never returning to the previous scene of fatherly kindness and filial piety.

Lin Yifan was taken aback, "I saw your guard taking care of them."

"Oh, wasn't there a riot last night? Many were injured, few doctors, so I temporarily drafted people, sending their mother over to save lives, and therefore called on the guard to watch them. There are five kids, but these are just three." Xia Shuhuai glanced around, not seeing Ye Yan and Lu Erxiong, and immediately asked Fubao, "Where have Ye Yan and Erxiong gone?"

Fubao quickly stood up, pulling up the brothers sitting on either side, "They went to play ball, my uncle is watching them!"

Xia Shuhuai was initially puzzled, then remembered that the uncle Fubao mentioned was one of the long-lost twin sons of Chief Rong, who seems to have always worked in Shanghai, "That's good, that's good. I was worried the guard had lost them; if that were the case, I wouldn't be able to explain it to your parents."

Fubao giggled, noticing Lin Yifan, curiously giving him a glance.

Lin Yifan was also looking at them. The girl was tall and graceful, unusually charming, while one boy was handsome and earnest, and the other delicate yet frail, possessing an extraordinary grace rarely seen in ordinary children, "Leader, aren't you going to introduce them? Whose children are they? So radiant and handsome."

Xia Shuhuai smiled tightly, "They are Commanding Officer Lu Jiang's children."

Lin Yifan was struck and blurted out, "Aren't they Sister Qingxue's children?"

"Yes, Lu Jiang and Qingxue are revolutionary comrades, so of course, the children are theirs." Xia Shuhuai gave him a curious look, "Why, do you only know Qingxue, and not their father? That's unlikely."

Lu Jiang is very famous, highly respected, and especially in recent years, has been remarkably outstanding.

It's safe to say that without him, the casualties in two earthquakes would have been massive.

Lin Yifan excitedly said, "Is Sister Qingxue in Shanghai? May I see her?"

"You want to see her? Why would you want to see her?" Xia Shuhuai was even more puzzled.

Lin Yifan said seriously, "Because Sister Qingxue is our lifesaver!"

"Lifesaver?" Not only Xia Shuhuai, but even Fubao couldn't help repeating this phrase and looked at Lin Yifan, not recognizing him—for there were no photos of him at home.