CHAPTER 436: CHAPTER 438 GE LIANG REMEMBERS YOU AND GAO JIAXING

After dinner, Xia Xiao and her sisters kept chatting away endlessly. Over at the Gao family’s side, they also chatted while Mrs. Xia laughed happily all day, enjoying the lively scene.

As people age, they don’t like too much noise, but neither do they like it too quiet; this harmonious scene is what they liked best.

By evening, the elder aunt and other relatives had left one after another.

Xia Xiao’s family stayed behind since Xia Xiao would be leaving again in a few days, and it was a good chance to spend quality time with family.

That’s when Xia Xiao finally turned to Fang Yuan and Xia Lin, "When did you two get together, and haven’t come clean?"

Fang Yuan blushed, and Xia Lin chuckled, "Elder sister, second sister must have told you, you already know and still you ask."

Xia Xiao shook her head, "No, she didn’t."

Xia Jing also denied, "Yes, I haven’t had the chance to tell elder sister yet."

Xia Lin said, "There’s not much to say, we just got feelings for each other in the process."

Xia Xiao asked, "So, who pursued whom?"

"No one pursued anyone," Xia Lin shook her head, then added, "it was just the leader saying you two might as well be together, and then we were."

That left Xia Xiao and Xia Jing speechless, but they both laughed.

"Elder sister, second sister, don’t worry, I’ll take good care of Xiao Lin," Fang Yuan promptly corrected himself.

Xia Lin then said, "Mom, dad, grandparents, Fang Yuan and I want to pick a date to register our marriage."

"Have you met Fang Yuan’s parents yet?" Xia Xiao asked.

Xia Lin nodded, "I met them last year, and mom and dad know." What Xia Lin didn’t mention was that Fang Yuan’s family was urging for marriage and she was already twenty-four, not young anymore.

The Xia family had no objections, Xia Weiguo and Li Wenjuan had met Fang Yuan, and Li Wenjuan immediately said, "Xiao Fang, when do your parents have time? Let’s all meet up."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yuan immediately said, "My parents are retired, they are free anytime. I’ll go send a telegram now, and they can come up in a couple of days."

"That’s fine," Xia Weiguo nodded.

Then Fang Yuan and Xia Lin went to go out while Gao Jiaxing, Xia Xiao, Xia Jing and Yan Hao, even Xia Rong and Wu Manni, all siblings with their families went for a walk together.

After Fang Yuan sent the telegram, Gao Jiaxing thought, whether to ask his family to come meet them, mostly because he remembered Mr. Xue’s condition wasn’t great, and Gao Jiaxing didn’t want Mr. Xue to have any regrets.

So, Gao Jiaxing also sent a telegram home hoping his family could come gather. He hadn’t expected his dad to no longer be a team leader, just figured the team leader would have a few days off, and thought it would be good for his parents and elder brother to visit the city.

Moreover, Gao Jiazhi and Sun Yuhua had been married for many years, and Sun Yuhua had not taken Gao Jiazhi back to her parental home, so Gao Jiaxing was keen on getting Gao Jiazhi to come up.

And little Weilin, they were crying when they left, they would definitely be happy to come over.

Speaking of the Fang family, they immediately set out upon receiving the telegram while Gao Guoqiang, when he brought the telegram home, Zheng Xianghong said, "Go, why not go? You’ve been slaving away in the production team for so many years, it’s been decades since you’ve been out, what’s the harm in seeing the outside world now?"

Zheng Xianghong really wanted Gao Guoqiang to get out and about; having been a production team leader for so many years, it had become a habit for Gao Guoqiang, and though he had decided to step down, he still found himself performing actions out of habit, even starting to head towards the unit.

Watching Gao Guoqiang, Zheng Xianghong felt sad, so this telegram from Gao Jiaxing was really timely, totally aligning with Zheng Xianghong’s thoughts, hence she fully supported the family trip to the city.

Sun Yuhua was reluctant, but this time Gao Jiazhi didn’t listen to her, saying, "Let’s all go together."

Gao Jiazhi had also heard about Mr. Xue from Gao Jiaxing, and wanted to visit too, plus it was still August, and school hadn’t started; once September arrived, they wouldn’t be able to go anywhere.

So Gao Guoqiang and Zheng Xianghong, along with Gao Jiazhi, were all going, and little Weilin was excited about it too—Sun Yuhua couldn’t really object.

Thus, the family promptly obtained an introduction letter from the production team and set off for the city, Gao Guoqiang truly leaving work behind this time.

In the city, Gao Jiaxing, Xia Xiao, Xia Jing, Xia Lin, and others went to their grandmother’s house, where it was lively once more before they returned.

The Fang family arrived a day earlier than the Gao family; Fang Yuan and Xia Lin went to the station to pick them up. Fang Family’s elder brother hadn’t come, but Mr. Fang, Mrs. Fang, the sister-in-law, and Ge Liang all came.

Over the years, the relationship between Fang Family’s elder brother and the sister-in-law had been restored, yet they still had no children and continued to look after Ge Liang.

Seeing Ge Liang again, Xia Xiao mentally nodded, the Fang Family had taken good care of Ge Liang, her decision back then was right.

Now, Ge Liang was already an eleven-year-old boy and still looked so much like Ge Lai, so when Gao Jiaxing first saw Ge Liang, he was utterly shocked.

The Fang Family was inquiring about Ge Liang, and someone from the Fang Family turned to Gao Jiaxing and said, "Xiao Ming is adopted by us."

Xia Xiao couldn’t help but look at Ge Liang, who was now the Fang Family’s Fang Ming, though she hadn’t expected the Fang Family to not keep it from Ge Liang.

Still, Ge Liang was already five back then and would naturally have memories; they couldn’t keep it hidden.

"He looks a lot like a brother I once had, whose son would be about his age, but both father and son disappeared," Gao Jiaxing said, utterly astounded.

Ge Liang looked at Gao Jiaxing and Xia Xiao, his eyes slightly moved, yet he quickly controlled his expression.

"Oh," the Fang family, hearing this, somewhat relieved; they had raised him for years, and while Ge Liang was well-behaved and sensible, if his parents came to reclaim him, the Fang family would find it hard to let go.

And seeing how Ge Liang was doing well in the Fang family, Gao Jiaxing had nothing to worry about.

"Xiao Hua, go play with Xiao Ming," Xia Xiao turned to Xia Hua.

"Got it, elder sister," Xia Hua said to Ge Liang, "Let’s go over there."

Ge Liang glanced at Xia Xiao, who smiled gently at him and he smiled back before following Xia Hua to the yard to play.

The voice of Shitou rang in Xia Xiao’s ear, "Ge Liang recognizes you and Gao Jiaxing."

Xia Xiao said, "He was young at that time, right?"

"He is still young now, remembering past events isn’t strange."

Shitou’s words made Xia Xiao nod; it seemed Ge Liang still retained memories, perhaps all these years of eating the vegetables from space had helped him too.