A skimmer flew straight at Gao Zhonghua’s face.

Gao Zhonghua instinctively wanted to dodge, but knowing Jiang Cheng was behind him and holding gifts in his hands, he could only use his head to catch it.

Finally, a very comical scene appeared.

A man nearly two meters tall, with a dripping skimmer on his head, stood in the corridor holding gifts in both hands.

Jiang Cheng, not finding the spectacle bothersome, joked from behind, "This look is quite unique, too bad we’re out of film."

Gao Zhonghua turned around and sheepishly called out, "Sister-in-law!"

"Alright, alright, I know you like it, you can wear it a bit longer!"

Gao Zhonghua: You’re just as mean as Mr. Shen!

After having a good laugh, Jiang Cheng reached out, stood on tiptoe, and took the skimmer off Gao Zhonghua’s head.

She held up the skimmer and asked the crowd opposite, "Whose—"

"Gao Hanzi!"

"Liu Mu!"

From the opposite side approached a broad-faced man around 1.7 meters tall.

He came over and gave Gao Zhonghua a friendly punch on the chest.

"Why are you here, kid?"

"This is your———"

Lin Muxin was cut off by a kick from Gao Zhonghua.

Gao Zhonghua thought: Can’t let him speak carelessly, Mr. Shen will be fine soon, can’t beat him.

"This is the sister-in-law, Mr. Shen’s fiancée."

Originally smiling, Lin Muxin turned serious in the next second, as if he had become a different person.

"Hello sister-in-law, I’m Lin Muxin."

"Hello, my name is Jiang Cheng."

After getting to know each other, Lin Muxin invited them inside. It turned out that the one who threw the skimmer was Lin Muxin’s wife, a very pretty girl who was now blushing and apologizing profusely.

Gao Zhonghua replied nonchalantly, "It’s alright, no conflict, no friendship!"

Lin Muxin’s wife forced a smile, with tears not yet wiped from her eyes, showing clearly that they had a heated argument earlier.

However, the woman at this moment was gracious enough to stop arguing, giving Lin Muxin face.

Not only did she stop arguing, but she also helped serve tea, snacks, and cut fruits for the guests.

Seeing this, Jiang Cheng quickly pulled her aside, "Don’t busy yourself, we’ve already eaten, let’s sit and chat."

The woman, drawn to sit down by Jiang Cheng, looked absent-minded.

Lin Muxin felt somewhat awkward too but tried to perk up and chat with Gao Zhonghua.

After chatting for a while, a group of children noisily entered from the doorway.

"Mom—I’m hungry!"

"Mom, when’s dinner?"

The two kids in the front were the loudest, while the five behind them were silent but had their eyes fixed on the pot.

Looking at the string of seven kids, Gao Zhonghua frowned at Lin Muxin, "Where did you get so many kids?"

Jiang Cheng clearly felt Lin Muxin’s wife’s breath deepen upon hearing Gao Zhonghua’s question.

It seems the root of their argument was here.

Lin Muxin scratched his head, pointing to the five kids at the back, "These ones are kids I adopted; they used to be the children of our former comrades—I couldn’t just watch them starve."

Gao Zhonghua looked at those five kids, each with their heads down, fingers fidgeting with clothes, looking very embarrassed.

He felt sympathetic.

But relying solely on oneself for adoption is not a viable solution.

Yet, at the moment, Gao Zhonghua said nothing.

Lin Muxin’s wife suddenly stood up and said, "I’ll go make dinner."

With her head down, she resolutely wiped away her tears.

Seeing this, Lin Muxin felt miserable but was at a loss as to what to do.

He honestly didn’t know how to handle it.

The atmosphere inside the room froze momentarily, and Jiang Cheng took the snacks from the table, handed them to the leading child, saying, "A piece of snack each for you all."

The leading child instinctively looked at Lin Muxin. Upon seeing him nod, they cheered and went to share the snacks.

After the kids ran out, Gao Zhonghua directly said, "Liu Mu, you’re still as... kind-hearted."

Gao Zhonghua wanted to say overly kind-hearted but held back, since they were all comrades’ kids.

"What can I do? Honestly, I don’t know. You’re my brother, so I won’t hide it—because of this, my wife wants to... divorce me."

Lin Muxin finished speaking, sighed, held his head, and looked distressed.

Gao Zhonghua didn’t know how to help either, just feeling this wasn’t right. He turned his gaze to Jiang Cheng.

Seeing this, Jiang Cheng had to say something.

"Mr. Lin, we don’t know each other, so you don’t necessarily have to take my advice."

"Kindness is a precious quality. If you were single, you could act on your whims, but once you have a family, there’s an added level of responsibility towards them."

"If you haven’t fulfilled that responsibility yet and want to juggle other things too—"

"The outcome is usually that no side benefits."

"A person should manage according to their capabilities. Overstepping personal limits is not kindness but looking for trouble."

Finishing her line, Jiang Cheng nodded at Lin Muxin, choosing to remain silent afterward.

Did Lin Muxin not understand?

No, he understood.

"Sister-in-law, what should I do?"

Jiang Cheng sat upright and asked directly, "Do none of them have any immediate relatives?"

Lin Muxin thought for a moment and replied, "No, four of them do have immediate relatives."

Jiang Cheng laughed wordlessly.

"Since they have immediate relatives, why are you adopting them?"

"Their families treat them poorly."

Lin Muxin explained with effort. Jiang Cheng, speechless again, asked, "Poorly? How so? Did you believe it just because someone said it, or did you investigate?"

"Moreover, the government provides subsidies for kids like these, where did that money go?"

"Don’t tell me the subsidies were taken by their immediate family, and you’re the one raising the kids."

"Exactly!"

Lin Muxin’s wife, standing at the doorway, repeated aggrievedly, "Exactly—people left them at our door, and he just adopted them."

"Nonsense!"

Gao Zhonghua pointed at Lin Muxin’s head and cursed, "Liu Mu, has your brain rusted? Have you lost your senses—it’s absurd for a person to do that!"

"Just wait, I don’t even know what to call you—I’ll let Mr. Shen know when I get back and let his virulent mouth curse you!"

Jiang Cheng: Why involve personal attacks when you’re just talking?

Lin Muxin hung his head after being scolded by Gao Zhonghua. He just found it hard to refuse people.

Back then, Mr. Shen didn’t allow him to join the special operations team because of this trait.

Finally, under Gao Zhonghua’s scolding and nagging, Lin Muxin promised to send the kids with immediate family back to them.

Let them collect their subsidies, with the money being given directly to the kids, and he would go supervise occasionally.

As for the one without any relatives, his wife generously agreed to adopt, but that would be the only one.

After all, they still had two kids of their own to raise.

The matter was temporarily resolved, but no one was sure what would happen with Lin Muxin in the future.

Before leaving, Gao Zhonghua left Lin Muxin three hundred yuan.

Lin Muxin refused, but Gao Zhonghua insisted on giving it.

"For the kids, not for you!"

"But they’re also my comrades’ kids!"

With that, Lin Muxin had no reason to refuse.