Chapter 12: You Stay Home

Outside the publishing house, Yang Xichen saw Haitang holding a stack of books and periodicals, and hurried out of the car, quickly came to her, and took the books and periodicals from her.

He asked, “How was your chat with your aunt?”

Haitang nodded happily, “The chat was very happy. Editor Yang had read the fairy tales I wrote a long time ago.

She also wrote me a letter, but unfortunately I had already returned to my hometown with my mother at that time, and missed her letter.”

“It seems that your aunt appreciates your talent very much.” As he spoke, the two came to the car.

Yang Xichen opened the car door of the passenger seat, protected the top of Haitang’s head, and closed the car door after she got in.

He also put the books and periodicals in his hand on the back seat.

After getting into the car, he suggested while fastening his seat belt, “Why don’t we go out for Western food tonight to celebrate your manuscript being accepted and getting the manuscript fee?”

Haitang shook her head, “Next time, you picked a lot of vegetables from Grandma Xu’s place this morning. If we don’t eat them today, they will spoil tomorrow, which is too wasteful.”

Yang Xichen didn’t insist after hearing this.

After returning home, Yang Xichen sent Haitang into the house and said to her, “You stay at home obediently, I have something to find Cheng Yiyang, I’ll be back before evening.”

Haitang nodded obediently, and locked the door under Yang Xichen’s insistence.

Because it was already three o’clock in the afternoon, past her usual nap time, she sat directly in front of the sewing machine and continued to make clothes.

Thinking of using the summer vacation to prepare all the autumn and winter clothes.

On the other side, Yang Xichen came to the research institute where Cheng Yiyang worked, and waited outside the research institute for more than ten minutes before finally waiting for Cheng Yiyang.

“What’s the matter with you coming to me at this time?” Cheng Yiyang got into the car and asked puzzledly.

“Help me design a self-defense tool that can protect the body but is inconspicuous, preferably with anesthetic flying needles that can instantly knock people down, and also have the function of a knife.”

Yang Xichen first stated his request, and then briefly mentioned to Cheng Yiyang about Haitang encountering human traffickers.

Knowing the whole process, Cheng Yiyang smiled and praised, “As expected of the girl you like, this method of dealing with human traffickers is very powerful!

Okay, leave the self-defense tool to me.”

After the business was over, Cheng Yiyang didn’t dawdle, got out of the car and went back to the research institute, he was at work at this time.

Yang Xichen went straight home. After arriving home, he washed the vegetables he picked in the morning, cut what should be cut, and did all the preparations. Haitang entered the kitchen to cook at the appointed time.

While eating, Yang Xichen mentioned another thing, “Grandma will arrive in Beidu tomorrow afternoon, can you go to the train station with me to pick her up?”

“Okay.” Haitang agreed readily, after all, she was an elder, and she should pick her up.

The next day, Li Chan came as scheduled with the contract.

After she read the ready-made clothes made by Haitang, she had the urge to do a big job, and took out the contract and handed it to Haitang to check.

After Haitang read the contract, she handed it to Yang Xichen to read it again.

After confirming that there was no problem, both parties signed, and Li Chan stamped the seal of Lin’s Enterprise.

Then she took her copy of the contract and the design drawings sorted out by Haitang, and left impatiently.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, Haitang followed Yang Xichen to the train station to pick up Grandma Xu, who had returned from visiting her comrades in another province.

The old lady’s surname was Xu, her name was Yanran, and she was an old revolutionary.

Her gray hair was meticulously tied into a bun at the back of her head.

A white shirt with black trousers, the whole person was thin, but energetic, with a straight back.

Xu Yanran, through her grandson’s introduction, knew Haitang’s identity, and took Haitang’s hand kindly and smiled, “When Xichen first entered the army, he would always mention you in his letters to me, mentioning your parents’ care for him.

Now that your parents are gone, just treat us as your relatives.”

Haitang smiled obediently and nodded gently, “I will.”

She didn’t just respond casually, but really thought so in her heart.

Xu Yanran was someone who had seen big storms after all, and she could tell at a glance that Haitang was a child with a clear mind. She liked such children, so she said those words.

After Yang Xichen moved the luggage into the trunk, he greeted his grandmother and Haitang to get into the car, and then drove all the way to his grandmother’s residence in the suburbs.

The place where Xu Yanran lived was in a bamboo forest, a pure Jiangnan courtyard house.

Outside the courtyard gate was Editor Yang, whom she had just met yesterday, and a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old.

Yang Lihua looked at Haitang getting out of the car, and was shocked and surprised. After greeting her old mother, she asked Haitang, “You and Xichen know each other, why didn’t I hear you mention it yesterday?”

Haitang smiled, “What I talked about with Editor Yang yesterday was business, how could I bring up personal matters.

When Brother Xichen first entered the army, he was a soldier in my father’s company. My father liked him very much and often took him home, so I became familiar with Brother Xichen.

Later, my father sacrificed, my mother passed away, and I lived in my uncle’s house…”

After listening to Haitang’s story about her uncle’s house, several people had entered the house and sat down.

Yang Lihua sighed softly, “So you didn’t write for these three years because of the environment, fortunately the wicked have their retribution, and now everything is getting better.”

After speaking, she patted the young man sitting next to her and said, “This is my son, Su Ye, he is eighteen years old this year, he should be the same age as you.”

“Hello.” Haitang took the initiative to greet Su Ye.

Then she found that Su Ye’s eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Yang Xichen’s, but his handsomeness was more gentle and kind.

He had a strong scholarly air, and even though he was wearing sportswear, he still gave people the feeling of an ancient aristocratic son.

Su Ye grinned and revealed a mouthful of white teeth, and smiled, “You have recognized your cousin as your brother, so we are also brothers and sisters, you can call me cousin in the future.”

Haitang smiled, didn’t answer this, but instead subconsciously looked at Yang Xichen.

“Xiao Ye is the same age as you, his birthday is in January, you are indeed younger than him, so call him cousin in the future.

Don’t always call your aunt Editor at home, you follow me and call her aunt together.”

Yang Xichen spoke, and Haitang obediently changed her words.

Then she got up and came to Xu Yanran, and handed the paper bag she was carrying to Xu Yanran and said, “Grandma Xu, this is the first time we meet, and I don’t know what you like.

Fortunately, I can still make clothes, so I made a set of clothes for you, I hope you like it.”

Xu Yanran took the paper bag in surprise, and took out a dark blue cheongsam from the bag.

The style of the cheongsam was relatively loose, different from the traditional cheongsam, but it was obviously suitable for her age.

Yang Lihua supported and said, “Mom, go back to the house and change it, and see if it fits.”

After speaking, she grabbed Haitang, “Tangtang, you also go and take a look together, if there is any place that doesn’t fit, it’s better to change it if you see it with your own eyes.”

So the three female comrades went to the bedroom talking and laughing.

In the living room of the main house, Su Ye approached Yang Xichen at this time and said in a low voice, “Cousin, I also want to transfer to Beidu No. 1 High School, I want to enter Beidu No. 1 High School’s Senior Two Class One, please help me.”