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Chapter 725: The Suddenly Appearing Niece

After lunch, Huang Xiaochuan asked Yu Xiang, "Is the old man's place ready?"

While arranging for her two children to take a nap, Yu Xiang replied to Huang Xiaochuan, "Everything's ready, we're just waiting for him to arrive!"

"If you have time, come with me to pick up Grandpa." This was something Huang Xiaochuan had finally managed to agree to with Wang Deyi. Grandpa was quite stubborn, no less so than Huang Xiaochuan, who was like a stubborn ox.

"Okay, I'll go with you!" Yu Xiang agreed without even thinking.

In the afternoon, the couple took a car to pick up Wang Deyi. When they arrived near the old man's house, Huang Xiaochuan saw Hong Yongze standing at the entrance of the building. He found it strange. It was obvious that he had also come to see the old man, but why didn't he go in? What was the meaning of standing outside the door and being exposed to the cold?

"Senior brother!" Huang Xiaochuan greeted Hong Yongze as soon as he got out of the car.

When Hong Yongze saw Huang Xiaochuan, he quickly came up to him and said, "You've finally arrived!" He then pulled Huang Xiaochuan aside as he spoke.

"Senior brother, what's going on?" Huang Xiaochuan was a little confused about what Hong Yongze was trying to do!

"Let me ask you, do you know that the teacher has a niece?" Hong Yongze suddenly asked a question.

Huang Xiaochuan genuinely didn't know about this, and he immediately retorted, "Hey! You're the senior disciple, you entered the sect before me, okay? If you don't know, how would I know?"

As soon as he said this, Huang Xiaochuan seemed to understand something and quickly asked, "Has someone come looking for the teacher?"

Hong Yongze nodded: "I came to see the teacher this afternoon and brought him some nutritional supplements. I had only sat down for less than three minutes when several people arrived, one of whom claimed to be the teacher's niece."

Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaochuan's first reaction was to suspect that it was a scam.

"Could it be a scam? Why aren't you inside? What are you doing out here? What if the teacher gets scammed?"

Hong Yongze quickly waved his hand: "It shouldn't be. That woman even took out a photo of the teacher and her father when they were young. The woman burst into tears when she saw the teacher. When I saw the situation, I knew it wasn't convenient for me to stay inside. Knowing that you were coming, I came outside to wait for you."

"Huh?" Huang Xiaochuan was completely bewildered, thinking to himself, "Is the old man really that tight-lipped? I've never heard him mention such a big niece before."

Yu Xiang also looked puzzled and curious.

"How old is the teacher's niece?" Huang Xiaochuan quickly asked Hong Yongze to find out more.

Hong Yongze described in detail what he had just seen: "She looked quite old, at least fifty or sixty! By the way, it seemed like she came with her whole family, her husband and two daughters, and two other people accompanying her, who said they were from the Municipal Taiwan Affairs Office."

Huang Xiaochuan felt that instead of speculating outside, it would be better to go in and see for himself. He said, "Then I'll go in and take a look!"

"I'll go with you!" Hong Yongze said, seeing that Huang Xiaochuan was about to go in, and the three of them went into Wang Deyi's house.

As soon as Huang Xiaochuan entered the house, he saw Wang Deyi looking on with a sigh. A woman in her fifties was showing him a photo album, and another man in his fifties was sitting on the sofa with two women in their twenties or thirties sitting next to him. Two other people were standing in front of the old man's bookshelf, pointing and gesturing.

Upon seeing someone enter, everyone in the room turned their gaze to Huang Xiaochuan, Yu Xiang, and Hong Yongze.

"Xiao Chuan, Yu Xiang, Yong Ze, come in quickly, come in quickly!" Wang Deyi quickly reached out his hand to greet the three of them.

Huang Xiaochuan quickly stepped forward, took the old man's hand, and asked first, "Teacher, who are these people?"

"Hehe!" The old man seemed to be in a good mood. He introduced Huang Xiaochuan, "It's a good opportunity for you two to get to know each other. This is my eldest brother's daughter, Wang Lan, and that's her husband." At this point, the old man suddenly stopped talking.

The old man's niece, Wang Lan, quickly introduced them, saying, "That's my husband, Yu Qiliang!" Then she pointed to the two young women who had stood up and said, "Those are my eldest daughter, Yu Qiaozhi, and my youngest daughter, Yu Yazhi."

The two sisters smiled and nodded slightly, their manners very proper.

Huang Xiaochuan also introduced his group: "Hello! This is my senior brother Hong Yongze, my name is Huang Xiaochuan, and that is my wife Yu Xiang. Senior brother Hong and I are both students of our teacher."

At this point, Wang Deyi added, "Those two comrades from the city came with Lanlan. If it weren't for them, Lanlan wouldn't have been able to find my way here! Xiaochuan, please thank them properly for me later!"

One of the staff members said with a smile, "Mr. Wang, you're too kind. This is what we should do!"

When Yu Qiliang saw Huang Xiaochuan, he felt that Huang looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place him.

After everyone got to know each other, they sat down together to talk. Fortunately, the living room of the house was big enough that it didn't feel crowded even with so many people.

Soon Huang Xiaochuan and his group learned the general outline of the matter, which was a problem left over from history.

The old man and his brother came from a landlord family before the liberation. Because their family was relatively wealthy, the two brothers had the opportunity to go to school. However, his elder brother, Wang Dezheng, graduated from Whampoa Military Academy and later followed the defeated army to Taiwan, losing contact with them for decades.

Wang Dezheng has passed away, but before his death, he left a will asking his daughter to go to the mainland to find his younger brother Wang Deyi, hoping that one day he could return to his roots. That's why this scene of uncle and nephew meeting came about.

However, this meant that the plan to take the old man home for the New Year would have to be adjusted. Huang Xiaochuan was about to call Gao Song, but he quickly realized that Gao Song had already been given a holiday and sent home.

He whispered a few words in Hong Yongze's ear, and Hong Yongze nodded.

Hong Yongze stood up and said to the old man, "Teacher, since your niece has come, and it just so happens to be the Spring Festival, how about we help you make some arrangements so that your family can have a happy reunion for the New Year?"

The old man supported the suggestion: "Yongze! Then I'll have to trouble you."

Hong Yongze laughed and said, "Teacher, why are you being so formal with me? This is just my duty."

He then said to Wang Lan and Yu Qiliang, "Please sit here for a while, we'll go and make some arrangements."

Wang Lan and Yu Qiliang stood up and politely asked, "Won't this be too much trouble for you?"

"No, no, it's not troublesome at all. This is a joyous occasion, and we are all very happy!" After saying that, Hong Yongze prepared to leave.

Huang Xiaochuan also told the old man, and then left the old man's house with Yu Xiang and Hong Yongze.

Once outside, Huang Xiaochuan discussed with Hong Yongze, "I reckon the city should have arranged a place for their family of four to stay, so we won't worry about that. I'll borrow two chefs from my brother-in-law's restaurant to cook a New Year's Eve dinner for the old man, so that his family can all get together and have a New Year's Eve dinner."

Hong Yongze nodded: "I'll have the school arrange a car later so I can take the teacher and his niece's family to Shanghai for a good time during the Spring Festival. If there are any other requests, we can discuss them later."

After pondering for a moment, Huang Xiaochuan said, "Forget it, I'll arrange the car! After all, it's more convenient for me than for you!"

Hong Yongze did not object and nodded in agreement.

After all, it would be much more convenient for Huang Xiaochuan to arrange these things than for him to do it.