Adopting/Raising The Male Lead and The Villain

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The car arrived quickly outside the Ding's mansion.

Zhong Yuhuan got out of the car and gave her grandfather a hug.

"Huanhuan has gotten taller," said Grandpa Ding as he rubbed her on her head.

Zhong Yuhuan smiled and said, "Yes, I have been much happier later and also ate more. So I had grown taller."

"How was school?" asked Grandpa Ding.

He had never cared about his daughter's schoolwork before, let alone his granddaughters. It was only recently that he has been learning to care about someone of the younger generation as someone senior to them.

"It is alright," said Zhong Yuhuan as she waved at Huo Chengming and Li Jinyuan.

The two boys immediately walked up to her.

With a majestic look, Grandpa Ding eyed the two boys up and down for a while before he said, "Good! Both of them are quite good! If Ruxue was still around, she would like them as her sons too...."

Zhong Yuhuan wrapped her arm around his and said in a low voice, "Let's go inside, grandpa. I am so hungry!"

Moments like these were a rare treat for Grandpa Ding. He picked up his pace with his cane and also awkwardly picked up his granddaughter hand and said softly, "Okay, okay, let's go have dinner."

Lang Jinzhi was the one walking in the far back.

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At the dinner table.

Zhong Yuhuan said, "Hang on."

After last time, grandpa already knew that this was when Zhong Yuhuan would give out her gifts.

So he waited anxiously.

What could it be?

Lang Jinzhi already knew what he would be getting, yet he still couldn't help but look over at Zhong Yuhuan.

Zhong Yuhuan opened up her bag and pulled out the tea set and the ink.

"Wait, there's more."

Having said that, she pulled out a rare collector's edition of Tea Classics along with a jade ornament that said on it "luck, wealth, and longevity".

"These are from Huo Chengming and Li Jinyuan," said Zhong Yuhuan as she pushed them toward grandpa.

This was their first meeting, of course she had to be as thorough as possible.

Grandpa Ding was already smiling when he saw the tea set. Now, he was nodding nonstop and said, "Good, good. Everything is wonderful.

The way Grandpa Ding looked at Huo Chengming and Li Jinyuan was even more tender during dinner.

As far as he was concerned, no matter how much money was spent, or whether it was the Zhong's money, it was the thought that counts. The thought was trumped everything else, and that was more than he could say about Zhong Chi.

Dinner lasted well over 2 hours.

After dinner, Grandpa Ding was already getting tired, so the maids helped him retired into his room.

Lang Jinzhi fished out his key and said, "I will drive you."

Zhong Yuhuan cocked her head and smiled, "Okay!"

On the other end, Xu Yunhui went with Zhong Chi on another one of his business trips.

Xu Yushan was the only one left in the mansion. She let out a sigh of relief. Looking back, she had run around all week long, avoiding to go home, worried that she'd run into Lang Jinzhi. At the end, she was just fooled by Zhong Yuhuan. Lang Jinzhi never showed up....

Xu Yushan was very annoyed. She felt that she was fooled by Zhong Yuhuan.

After Zhong Yuhuan went to dinner, she invited 2-3 friends to come over to the mansion.

"Can we spend the night over here?" Her friends were her former coworkers. They have never seen anything as grand as the Zhong's mansion, and they looked around full of envy.

Xu Yushan also wanted to show off to make herself feel better.

So she smiled and said, "Of course."

Right after she finished saying that, she could hear engine sounds coming from the yard.

Butler Lin went up to the front door.

Xu Yushan's friends also looked in that direction, ".... So handsome, Shanshan, who is that?"

Who's so handsome?

Xu Yushan turned her head and looked over just in time to see a tall man getting out of the car. The man walked over to the passenger side, opened the door, and out came Zhong Yuhuan.

Xu Yushan was so shocked that she almost lost her soul.

Lang Jinzhi!

Ugh, he.... He was here.