Now Feng Zeyu was holding Shu Yan and Tianbao in his arms and Shu Yan was holding JingJing in hers. Tianbao looked over at Feng Zeyu then at Shu Yan and said, out of the blue, “Now the four of us are all holding each other.”

JingJing turned and looked. He was right. But she did not struggle free. Uncle Fang had been taking care of her and brother the last two days on the train. He helped them washed their faces and hands, made them yummy food, and protected them. That was first time that JingJing had experienced what it was like to be protected by a father. She glanced over at Feng Zeyu carefully. She needed more time to observe though, if he wanted to be her dad. Xiaoxiao told her that her new father was very nice to her at the beginning but not any more after he married her mother.

They finally arrived at their destination a little after 11. After getting off the train, Feng Zeyu looked around and located the person who was there to pick them up. The two hugged each other and patted the other on their backs emotionally.

“Say, Lao Fang, had it been 10 years since we last saw each other? I haven’t even been sleeping well since you told me that you are coming.” He turned to look at Shu Yan. “This is sister-in-law?” Then he spotted the children next to him. He eyes widened. “Your kids are that old already? Hey, that wasn’t cool. I am okay with you not telling me that you are getting married but you have kids that age already. Are we bros or not?”

Transportation to the grassland was very cumbersome. As such, Feng Zeyu did not have a lot of contact with them and his friend had no idea about him being in prison before.

After Feng Zeyu had put away the luggage, he noticed that all three of the mother and children were already asleep. His lips curved upward and he brought the thermos with him to get hot water. It would be difficult to get hot water when it was very crowded in the morning.

Feng Zeyu worried with just the three of them left in their cabin so he hurried back after he got two thermoses of hot water.

He climbed lightly into his bunk and laid on his side as he looked at the sleeping Shu Yan. From time to time, he would also look at the two children sleeping on the bottom and he felt a sense of warmth in his heart.

It was already 7 AM when Shu Yan woke up. Squinted a little, she turned and noticed that the bed next to him was already empty. The blanket was folded up neatly and there was nobody on the bottom bunks either. She had no idea where they went.

They had bought full ticket for the two children as well so they have 4 beds among the 4 of them. Meaning that they had the entire room to themselves.

“That’s pretty expensive, right?” Soft sleeper didn’t come by easily at this day and age.

“They are not expensive,” said Feng Zeyu with a smile.

There was no direct train line that would take them from City Nan to the grassland; they would need to transfer at capital city, then another 10 plus hour of ride, followed by 2 hours of car ride. And, to get to where Feng Zeyu used to say, an extra 1-2 hours by horse.

“Are there no residences where you used to say?” That sounded so remote.