Chapter 1341: Chapter 1342: More Visitors for New Yearâs Greetings Chapter 1341: Chapter 1342: More Visitors for New Yearâs Greetings Chiang Xiao initially figured Meng Xinian would return after two months.
When he didnât make it back after two months, she mentally prepared herself for half a year.
She thought the half-year would fly by quickly, and once it was gone, Meng Xinian would return. But as half a year passed, her first senior semester had ended, she had created several new paintings, and she had organized a small-scale art exhibition with her teacher Liu Guoying. Both their reputations soared anew, and many of their paintings sold, but he still hadnât returned.
However, he did make one phone call saying that the conditions were tough at the border, and it was almost impossible to find a place to make calls. They took turns traveling to a distant town to buy food, and then theyâd use the townâs public phone to call home.
A single call could only last fifteen minutes at most.
Chiang Xiao could only share the important things with him.
âRumors in the Capital City have calmed down. Everyone knows youâre out on a mission. Even the Supervisory Guard Team couldnât come back, so itâs understandable that you canât come home,â she said.
âMhm.â
âAlso, Chen Yin originally wanted to take the Capital Cityâs agency rights for Youqingwei. I used to think I should just give it to him, but now that thereâs a shop over there, I want to manage it myself. Moreover, if you continue to have business dealings with him, it may affect the relationship between you brothers in the future.â
âOkay.â
âMeng Chaojunâs chemotherapy is going fairly well, and his condition is stable for now. He sent me Ten Thousand Yuan a few days ago, asking me to buy the medicine again, and I agreed. Itâs fair to exchange money for medicine, right?â
âYes.â
âGrandpa is doing okay. You donât need to worry.â
âIâm not worried. How about you?â
âIâve grown taller, and, whatâs more, everyone says Iâve become prettier,â Chiang Xiao said with a coy voice.
Meng Xinianâs smile deepened a little. âI guess so. Our Little must be the prettiest.â
Chiang Xiao bit her lip and said, âThere arenât any findings at the Bai Gu Mountain Ancient Tomb yet, but the mural that my teacher and I originally copied is now printed in many art books, and my name is signed on them.â
âOfficer, we should get going,â Zhao Xin, holding a pile of things, called out to him.
Chiang Xiao also heard his voice, pursed her lips, and said, âBrother Xinian, take care, all of you. Look after yourselves. And, Happy New Year.â
âHappy New Year, my Kitten.â
After hanging up the phone, Meng Xinian sighed.
He missed her, truly missed her.
But he was going to break his promise; he couldnât make it back to spend the New Year with her.
This Spring Festival, Chiang Xiao spent it with her maternal grandparents in City M.
However, this yearâs holiday turned out to have guests come over for New Yearâs visits.
The Xue Family came by with a whole pile of presents.
Then Kuang Yunxian paid a visit too.
At the same time Kuang Yunxian arrived, there was also a guest that surprised Chiang XiaoâOld Bai.
Old Baiâs spirit now was even better than last year, and his speech was clear and sharp, not at all like someone who had once been diagnosed with senile dementia.
âOld Bai, why did you come all the way out here?â Chiang Xiao was very surprised.
After all, it was the Spring Festival. He ought to be at home for the family reunion.
She helped Old Bai into the house and said to Kuang Yunxian, âBrother Kuang, come in, would you help me feed that lazy cat first?â
She asked Kuang Yunxian for help so casually, and he really didnât mind at allâeven though he, too, had come with big and small packages.
After putting down his stuff, he went to look for the lazy cat Chiang Xiao mentioned.
This lazy cat always took his New Yearâs money every day, and now it even expected him to feed it.