Gu Yi heard what Shao Tianze had said.

The corners of his mouth couldn’t help twitching. Then, as the blood in his whole body seemed to be warm again after being frozen, he answered, “Nothing.”

“Nothing?” Shao Tianze asked Gu Yi.

Gu Yi said with certainty, “We really didn’t talk about anything.”

Shao Tianze raised his brows, feeling his son was stubborn.

He walked up to approach Gu Yi.

The lights were dim.

Seeing Shao Tianze taking a step towards him, Gu Yi immediately took a step back nervously, as if seeing a ghost.

“Yi.” Shao Tianze called Gu Yi’s name.

Gu Yi took another step back. An indescribable terror rose in his heart.

Seeing his son step back again and again, Shao Tianze frowned slightly with the expression in his eyes becoming darker and darker, “Since you didn’t talk about anything, why did you go to Miaomiao’s room while everyone is sleeping?”

Gu Yi’s mind turned quickly. He compressed his lips, telling himself not to be afraid. He said, “Because… Because it suddenly occurred to me that I had something to give to Miaomiao.”

“Suddenly occurred?” Shao Tianze laughed. Obviously, he did not believe his son’s statement. He squinted.

Gu Yi drew himself up with firm and bright eyes, “I did think of it suddenly. Miaomiao will return to Yuncheng tomorrow. I have to give the present to her tonight. Otherwise, I cannot give it to her after she returns to Yuncheng.”

Hearing his son’s explanation, Shao Tianze became silent.

When he was considering whether to let his son go back to the room,

Miaomiao’s voice sounded, “Daddy?”

Hearing Miaomiao’s voice, Shao Tianze immediately looked in the direction of the voice.

He saw Miaomiao approaching with a flashlight.

“Go back to your room.”

Shao Tianze didn’t have time to care about what Gu Yi said to Miaomiao. He walked to Miaomiao and asked her, “Didn’t you sleep?”

“I am worried that my brother could not see clearly in the dark, so I want to use a flashlight to illuminate him.”

Miaomiao shined the flashlight at the door of Gu Yi’s room.

After seeing her brother safely returned to the room, she stretched out her hands towards Shao Tianze, “Daddy, hold me.”

Shao Tianze bent down to lift Miaomiao from the ground. He blamed, “You are not sleeping but coming out and walking around. Aren’t you afraid that the ghost will take you away?”

“Dad will protect me.”

As Miaomiao’s small hands held Shao Tianze’s neck, Shao Tianze kissed Miaomiao’s forehead, “Come on, I’ll take you back to your room.”

“OK.”

While Miaomiao was holding Shao Tianze, she still looked at her brother’s door.

Gu Yi stayed at the door for a while. He was relieved when he saw his father holding his sister and leaving.

Then, he turned around and entered the room.

After Shao Tianze sent Miaomiao back to the room, he asked her, “What did your brother give you?”

“A beautiful hair clip.”

As she was saying, she took the hair clip out from under the pillow and put it on her hair, “Dad, do you think it looks good?”

“Good.”

Then, Shao Tianze took the hair clip off, placed it in his palm, and observed it for a while.

The brilliant diamonds were inlaid on the small crown, gorgeous and lovely. It was suitable for Miaomiao.

Miaomiao stretched out her hand, “Dad, give it back to me.”

“I want to see it, too.”

“Brother said it was for girls. Dad, you are not as pretty as me while wearing it.”

Hearing his daughter’s naive words, Shao Tianze put the hair clip on her head again.

And he asked her, “Besides giving you the hairpin, did your brother say anything else to you?”

“Yes.”

Miaomiao’s words made Shao Tianze squint.

“What did he say?”

“He told stories, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘the Seven Dwarfs’.”

Dark thoughts in Shao Tianze’s mind dissipated after he heard his daughter’s words.

“He just told you stories?”

“He asked me to be a good girl and listen to you.” After Miaomiao finished speaking, she said sadly, “But I still want to stay with my brother.”

“Your brother cannot go back to Yuncheng with you now. When he grows up, he can return to Yuncheng.”

Miaomiao pouted, “That will take a long time. My waiting will be tiring.”

“Good girl. When you return to Yuncheng, I will accompany you. Time will pass quickly.”

Miaomiao sighed. She was not happy, but she understood that it was useless to beg her father to take her brother back. So, she gave up.

“Miaomiao, time for bed. We will return to Yuncheng tomorrow morning.” Shao Tianze urged Miaomiao to go to bed quickly.

Miaomiao pursed her lips and asked Shao Tianze, “Can I stay longer in Harbor City? Just one day. I didn’t have a lot of fun.”

“We can have fun next time we come here. Not this time. I have to go back to Yuncheng to deal with important things.”

Shao Tianze wanted to take his daughter away as soon as possible.

Hearing what her father had said, Miaomiao said, “You go back to Yuncheng, and I will stay in Harbor City. Let my brother play with me, okay?”

Shao Tianze knew that her daughter tried her best not to return to Yuncheng. He raised his hand and gently squeezed his daughter’s nose, “No. You need to be taken care of. You’d better stay by my side. Your brother has his own business to do. He has no time to take care of you.”

“I don’t need someone to take care of me. I can take care of myself.”

Miaomiao still did not want to leave Harbor City.

Shao Tianze put on a serious face, “Miaomiao, don’t be naughty.”

Seeing her father’s expression become serious, Miaomiao pouted.

Seeing her daughter’s grievances, Shao Tianze covered her with a quilt and touched her forehead, “Well, be good. Go to sleep.”

“Dad, would you agree to let me stay in Harbor City?”

“It’s impossible.”

Shao Tianze immediately rejected his daughter’s request.

Miaomiao pursed her lips, feeling upset.

“If you stay in Harbor City, you will hinder your brother’s study. If your brother cannot complete his studies, I will send him abroad. Do you want your brother to stay at home or go abroad?”

Miaomiao’s expression changed after hearing Shao Tianze’s words.

Then, she frustratedly said, “I want my brother to stay at home.”

If her brother stayed here, they could see each other often because Yuncheng and Harbor City were very close.

If her brother went abroad, they would not be able to see each other often.

She still wanted to beg her father to let her stay in Harbor City. However, hearing her father’s words, she believed that if she continued to beg, her father would send her brother farther away.

She felt scared and stopped talking.

Seeing her daughter become quiet, Shao Tianze covered her with a quilt and lulled her, “Well, stop overthinking. Sleep early. We’ll go home tomorrow.”

Miaomiao didn’t speak but closed her eyes and tried to sleep.

She didn’t want to go back to Yuncheng at all. In her heart, wherever her brother was was her home.

Her brother was not in Yuncheng. She didn’t want to go back to Yuncheng.

Seeing that her daughter closed her eyes obediently, Shao Tianze sat by the bed, waiting for her to fall asleep.

About an hour later, Shao Tianze saw that Miaomiao was asleep and left her room.

When he passed Gu Yi’s room, he raised his hand, trying to knock on the door.

However, he seemed to think of something and withdrew his fingers that were about to knock on the door.

Then, he turned and left from the door.

Gu Yi didn’t sleep well in the room. In the middle of the night, he was startled from sleep. However, he wiped the thin sweat on his forehead and fell asleep again.

He had poor sleep this night.

Therefore, the next morning, when Miaomiao and Shao Tianze had gone to the airport early, he had not yet woken up.

At about ten o’clock, when the sunlight came through the gaps between the curtains, he woke up suddenly.

He looked up at the clock on the wall and found it was already ten o’clock. He hurriedly put on his clothes and opened the door.

As soon as he went out, he saw the bodyguards and the nurse.

Gu Yi frowned and asked them, “Where are my father and sister?”

“Young master, Mr. Shao and Miss Miaomiao have returned to Yuncheng.”

He frowned, feeling a little displeased, “When did they leave?”

“Eight in the morning.”

“Why didn’t you wake me up?”

“Mr. Shao said no, so we didn’t.”

Gu Yi pursed his lips and wanted to lose his temper. However, seeing the indifferent nurse and bodyguards, he just waved his hand angrily and returned to the bedroom.

Then, he slammed the door.

He wanted to wake up early and send Miaomiao to the airport.

But after what happened last night, he slept so deeply that he couldn’t wake up. He even missed such an important thing.

On the plane, Miaomiao was upset because she did not see her brother before leaving.

When the plane was in the air, she looked out the window.

Seeing his daughter’s reaction, Shao Tianze comforted, “Your brother has heavy homework. It is reasonable that he cannot get up early in the morning.”

“But I wanted to see my brother before I go back. Why didn’t you let people wake up him?”

“Don’t you want your brother to have a good rest?”

Shao Tianze asked Miaomiao.

Miaomiao had nothing to say in reply and pursed her lips, “Yes, I do.”

“Good girl. Your brother is very tired. Let him continue to sleep. Anyway, you and I can come to Harbor City to meet your brother whenever we are free, right?”

Miaomiao pouted and nodded.

Seeing that his daughter had been persuaded, Shao Tianze raised his hand and gently touched his daughter’s hair.

Miaomiao still wore that cute little hair clip on her head. Shao Tianze was dissatisfied with this.

But it was a gift from Gu Yi, a gift from brother to sister.

Shao Tianze could not take this away from Miaomiao. He could only let Miaomiao keep the hair clip.

Gu Changle soon got the news that Shao Tianze and Miaomiao had returned to Yuncheng.

As soon as Gu Changle heard that they were back, she immediately called Shao Tianze.

She asked Shao Tianze, “You and Miaomiao have returned from Harbor City?”

“Yes. We came back this morning.”

“Let Miaomiao come over and stay with me.”

Hearing Gu Changle’s words, Shao Tianze tactfully refused, “Miaomiao just got off the plane, and she was a little tired. She can go another day.”