When they reached their own front gate, everyone else was overjoyed, but Zhao Yan felt a sudden wave of homesickness and anxiety. Counting the time spent on the journey there and back, it had been three full years since he last saw his parents and younger sister. Although they had exchanged numerous letters, none of them could compare to seeing them face-to-face.
While Zhao Yan was standing there in a daze, the two children had long since grown restless. Xiaotangyuan, in particular, became extremely excited when she looked at the two stone lions guarding the entrance. Zhao Yan felt as though he were holding a lively, wriggling fish in his arms—slippery and impossible to keep still.
This daughter of his was simply a little monkey.
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