Chapter 598: Leave It With Mom

The two children had been on the heated bed in their room.

They must have heard their mother’s voice, because they quickly scrambled off the bed and ran out.

And there she was—their mother was back.

They immediately threw themselves at Fu Mingxue. "Mom!"

Fu Mingxue was overjoyed.

She immediately swept the two children who’d run up to her into her arms, planting a kiss on each of their little cheeks.

"Mom missed you so much!"

"We missed you too, Mom!"

The two children were ecstatic.

"Mom, we got so much lucky money this year. We’ll give it all to you in a minute."

Qin Keke’s words made Fu Mingxue incredibly happy. "Okay, Mom will save it for you."

"I’ll give my lucky money to Mom too."

Fu Mingxue accepted it all without hesitation. "Alright, Mom will save it all for you."

Mrs. Fu: ...?

’Why are these two handing over their lucky money all of a sudden?’

’They wouldn’t let me touch it earlier.’

The twins dashed back into the house. When they emerged, each was holding a large red paper packet.

"Here, Mom."

The brother and sister each handed one over without the slightest bit of reluctance.

Fu Mingxue accepted them with a broad smile.

She gave them a squeeze. They were quite thick.

"This is a lot!"

The little girl immediately said, "Lots and lots."

She started counting on her fingers. "Great-Grandpa, Great-Grandma, Grandpa, Grandma, my other Grandma, and lots and lots of other people—"

Mrs. Fu chimed in, "The rest of the Qin family gave some, which Wenhao brought back. His older brother even gave ten yuan."

Of course, Qin Wenhao had also given ten yuan each to Qin Yue and Qin Ruqiao.

"—a hundred yuan in total!"

’I’d never seen kids get this much lucky money before.’

’When they gave it last year, I was completely shocked.’

’After all, back home, who gave more than five or ten cents?’

’The most anyone ever gave was fifty cents.’

’This Qin family really opened my eyes.’

So she wasn’t too surprised that the total was so high this year.

Fu Mingxue had already guessed as much when she squeezed the packets.

"I’ll save all this money for you to use for school and college later on."

Mrs. Fu: ...?

’You’ve got some nerve, saying that.’

’But an adult really should be the one to hold onto a child’s money.’

’Letting them keep fifty cents or a yuan would be more than enough.’

"How many days are you back for? Do you have to leave again soon?"

"Yeah, I’ll be here for three or four days before I head back."

"Not back to the family quarters?"

Fu Mingxue shook her head. "No. I’m still needed at the base. My work isn’t finished yet."

Knowing her daughter would only be staying for a few days, Mrs. Fu started planning to make some snacks for her to take on the road.

"You must be exhausted. Get some rest. You have to be up early tomorrow!"

Fu Mingxue shook her head. "It’s okay. I want to spend some time with the children."

Mrs. Fu figured the two children missed their mother, so it was fine to let the three of them spend some time together.

After all, in just a few days, their mother would have to leave them behind again.

And once she left, it would probably be a long time before they saw her again.

’After all, I’m planning to stay in Beijing City for now. I’ll figure out the rest later.’

Fu Mingxue spent about an hour with the children, telling them stories.

Then, once they started getting sleepy, she returned to her own room.

She didn’t go straight to sleep. Instead, she read and revised her blueprints—

「The next day」

Fu Mingxue heard her mom knocking on the door.

"Mingxue, it’s time to get up. We need to get to the Qin family’s place early."

Fu Mingxue pulled the light cord and glanced at her watch.

It was only five o’clock.

’Do funerals really start this early?’

’I didn’t even get to sleep until one-thirty this morning.’

’I had planned to go to bed early, but once I got caught up in the blueprints, I completely lost track of time.’

"—Okay, I know."