CHAPTER 640: CHAPTER 640: EYES FULL OF CONTEMPT

Yue Yiming crouched down to pick up oranges, saying, "If we can’t be in-laws, then Yanyan will have to be my young lady. After all, we’re such good brothers who’ve shared everything; naturally, your daughter is my daughter."

Han Jingchen rolled his eyes at Yue Yiming: "You wish. Go home and sleep; you can dream about anything there."

Yue Yiming was really taken with the idea; he genuinely liked the girl Xinyan: "Wouldn’t it be nice for her to have more godparents to dote on her, and three more godbrothers to protect her?"

Han Jingchen picked up the bag: "Stop scheming about my young lady, hurry up and leave."

As he spoke, he shoved a few oranges into Yue Yiming’s hand, intending to push him out.

But Yue Yiming’s keen eye noticed there were two paper packages in the bag and sneakily sniffed them: "Hey, that’s not right; you’re being stingy."

He put the oranges in his pocket and reached into the bag to take out one paper package: "This tea hasn’t even been brewed, but the fragrance is already strong. You can’t be stingy; those who see have a share."

Han Jingchen knew this guy loved tea like it was his life: "You really do have a dog’s nose."

Yue Yiming looked smug: "I might not be able to smell anything else, but I have a special love for this tea fragrance."

Han Jingchen saw his attitude of not leaving without splitting the tea and thought he better move on; he still had to find his daughter.

Yue Yiming got the tea leaves and left gleefully, but before he did, he reminded: "Mention what I said to our young lady. If she agrees, I’ll bring your sister-in-law and those three rascals over to discuss it."

With that, he dashed away with half of the tea leaves, incredibly pleased.

Han Jingchen quickly wrapped up his tasks, stored away the remaining tea leaves and oranges, dressed properly, and put on the scarf knitted by his daughter before leaving the office.

Seeing his daughter wasn’t upstairs, he went downstairs to look for her.

Meanwhile, Xinyan was there watching a drama unfold.

In the snowy field, a crowd gathered around, only to hear the crying woman questioning the man facing her: "Zhiguo, are you abandoning us, mother and children?"

The man called Zhiguo looked extremely unhappy: "You should leave now. We can talk about this after I get off work."

He just wanted to coax her to leave; if she continued to make a scene, the job he had finally gotten might be lost. Seeing more and more people gathering, he was so scared that he broke out in a sweat despite the cold.

Xinyan arrived when the chaos was already happening and, after asking an aunt nearby, learned that the man was a returned educated youth. It was said that he spent a lot of money to return to the city, all of which came from the Yue Family in the countryside.

After returning to the city, other than initially writing letters to ask for money a few times, he had ceased all communication.

His wife and children, unable to wait for news, came looking for him accompanied by family.

But after finally finding him, his other in-laws didn’t acknowledge them at all—neither the daughter-in-law nor the grandchildren.

Fortunately, they met a fellow villager who helped them find out the man’s workplace, so the woman brought the children to confront him.

Xinyan looked at the man standing there with a sweaty forehead, full of disdain.

Just then, Han Jingchen arrived at her side: "Yanyan."

Xinyan heard the call and whispered: "Dad, are you done with work?"

Han Jingchen nodded: "Yes."

Xinyan looked up and whispered: "Dad, does your bureau hire people without considering their character? They even recruit someone with such bad conduct?"