What?!

“You’re leaving tomorrow?!”

Zhang Hong knew this day would come, but he still couldn’t fully accept it.

“The train is at 8 AM tomorrow.”

Qiao Jiuru nodded, glancing at Zhang Hong’s house not far away.

“What about Da Bao and Xiao Bao…?”

Zhang Hong asked with difficulty.

He couldn’t bear to part with the two children, especially after spending the past few days with them.

He was reluctant to send them to such a place where they might suffer.

“Brother Zhang, Da Bao and Xiao Bao are on the list for relocation. This afternoon, the street office people even reminded the resettlement committee. We assured them that the children will be at the train station with us tomorrow morning.”

Su Huaiyuan sighed.

He knew that Zhang Hong and his wife didn’t want to part with the children either, especially after hearing the laughter from inside the house just now.

Zhang Hong wiped his face: “…”

“Brother Zhang, don’t worry. If we can’t ensure the children will be fine in that place, I had already planned to hand Da Bao and Xiao Bao over to you for fostering.”

Qiao Jiuru reassured him, as she felt that the children would be safer with their own family.

At this point, Zhang Hong couldn’t say anything more.

It had come to this, and there was nothing else to be done.

“I’ll go back and tell your wife. Before 8 AM tomorrow, we’ll take the children and their luggage to the train station.”

“Brother Zhang, thank you for everything these past days. We won’t go inside. We can’t let the children see us.”

“Alright, be careful on your way back. If you need anything, write to me and Lu Baoguo. We’ll send you money and supplies regularly.”

“By the way, Brother Zhang, here is 1,500 yuan and the address for the Zhou family’s relocation. Please send them money and medicine every few months, around two or three hundred each time.”

“Sigh, even with your own family in such a situation, you’re still thinking of the Zhou family.”

“Brother Zhang, we still have the means to do this. If we didn’t, we would only have good intentions without the ability.”

“I’ll take care of this for you.”

“Well, Brother Zhang, please prioritize your safety. If it’s not possible, don’t send anything.”

“Xiao Ru, Huaiyuan, don’t worry. I know what’s best.”

“Thank you, Brother Zhang. We’ll be heading back now.”

Having wrapped up what needed to be done and said, Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan quickly left.

Zhang Hong watched the couple leave before slowly heading home.

When he returned, Fang Xinyu was wiping Da Bao and Xiao Bao’s faces, preparing them to wash up and go to bed.

“Old Zhang, was it them?!”

Fang Xinyu knew that the people sneaking over at this time could only be those, but she didn’t want to say their names in front of the children, to avoid upsetting them and causing them to cry.

The two little ones were so well-behaved and sensible.

They didn’t cry or make a fuss; when they were sad, they just quietly shed tears, which made Fang Xinyu’s heart ache.

“Yes, Da Bao and Xiao Bao are going to sleep now. Tomorrow morning, we’ll have eggs, meat buns, and wontons for breakfast, okay?!”

Zhang Hong nodded, smiling as he spoke to Da Bao and Xiao Bao, trying to make breakfast sound fun.

“Yes, eggs, meat buns.”

“And wontons, sounds good!”

At such a young age, how could Da Bao and Xiao Bao understand the adults’ emotions? Sometimes they would think of their grandparents or parents, but at other times, they’d forget about it.

“Good, Da Bao and Xiao Bao, you both eat a lot, okay?”

Fang Xinyu felt a pang in her heart.

She was reluctant to part with the children.

She had spent a few days taking care of them, and they had gotten along so well.

Now it seemed that Qiao Jiuru and the others were going to take the children away tomorrow.

“Grandma, you eat too.”

“Grandpa eats too, lots.”

Da Bao and Xiao Bao giggled, their round eyes sparkling as they spoke in their baby voices, covering their mouths with their little hands.

“Okay, Grandpa and Grandma will eat too, just like Da Bao and Xiao Bao, lots and lots.”

Zhang Hong also felt deeply moved at this point.

He truly understood how his wife felt, and he too was reluctant to let the children go.

After a while, the two little ones had finished washing up and obediently lay down in bed.

Then, they listened to Grandma Fang telling them a story. It wasn’t long before they fell asleep.

Fang Xinyu gently patted the blankets covering them, gazing at their peaceful sleeping faces.

“Xiao Ru and Huaiyuan just said that the train is at 8 AM tomorrow. They want us to take the children to the station.”

Zhang Hong spoke after seeing that the children were asleep.

“Can Da Bao and Xiao Bao not go? We can take care of them.”

Fang Xinyu was deeply unwilling to let go of the children.

She promised she would give them the best care, the best life, and all her love.

“Can’t. The resettlement committee’s list has their names on it. Xiao Ru said that the street office came today and reported that the children were missing. Only after Xiao Ru promised that they’d be at the station tomorrow before the train left did they temporarily release Su’s family.”

“Old Fang, we’ll send the children things later—coats, sweets, biscuits, and milk powder. Fortunately, Xiao Ru and the others aren’t sent to the farm, so what we send will reach them.”

Zhang Hong had already confirmed the location where Qiao Jiuru and her family were being relocated, and he was relieved to know everything was proceeding smoothly.

After a while, Fang Xinyu remained silent. Finally, she wiped her face, got up, and began to pack Da Bao and Xiao Bao’s things.

In addition to their clothes and little quilts, she also packed some biscuits, sweets, and a few big white rabbit milk candies.

She even took out one of her own cotton coats to alter, planning to make little cotton vests for the children that night.

Zhang Hong quickly helped her, preparing a few empty infusion bottles and some children’s medicine—warm clothes for the cold, and medicine for when they got sick.