Half an hour later, Xiaoyu returned to her father's home from the Civil Affairs Bureau.

The father was playing with his granddaughter in the living room, while the stepmother was picking vegetables in the kitchen. When she came back, the father asked with concern: "How is it? Is it done?"

"Done." Xiaoyu said with a smile as she took her daughter from her father's arms.

"Duoduo, did you listen to your grandparents today?" She kissed her daughter on the cheek.

"Duoduo, be obedient. Grandma is angry." The child pouted and said in a baby voice.

"Grandma is tired and naturally in a bad mood, so our daughter Duoduo should not throw her toys everywhere. Go play with grandpa, and mom will help grandma cook." As she said this, she handed her daughter to her father's arms and walked towards the kitchen.

After she left the house in the morning, her father told her stepmother about her plan to remarry her ex-husband. Seeing the smile on her face, her stepmother guessed that the matter might have been settled, and she felt relieved.

"Xiao Yu, I don't want to drive you away. You know the situation at home. If there are three bedrooms..." the stepmother explained with a smile.

"Auntie, I understand. Thank you for taking care of my dad over the past year. As long as you two are healthy and happy, that's all that's enough." Xiaoyu said while washing vegetables.

Her mother died of a sudden heart attack while Xiaoyu was in confinement after giving birth. Her father buried his wife without telling her, fearing that it would affect her health.

It was not until she finished her confinement that Xiaoyu learned that her mother had passed away. Now when she thinks of her mother, she still feels heartbroken. The pain of not being able to say goodbye to her mother may accompany her for the rest of her life.

Only half a year after my mother passed away, my father met my stepmother through an introduction. They soon got a marriage certificate, and my stepmother moved into my parents' home with her two children.

Xiaoyu and her sister Xiaojin could not accept their father's remarriage in such a short time, but they had no reason to stop him. They had both started their own families, and their father really needed someone to accompany him.

My stepmother's daughter, Xiaohan, is 23 years old and works as a clerk in a company. She has just worked there for a year. My son, Xiaochen, is still in college and usually lives in school. He also lives in his father's house during holidays.

My father's house is a two-bedroom commercial house, which the two sisters bought for their parents four years ago. The two elders live in the master bedroom, and the second bedroom has a bunk bed, which the two sisters used to live in when they went back to their parents' home. Now it has become the bedroom of the stepmother and her children.

My father is Xia Xinguo, 58 years old, tall and thin, not bad looking, an ordinary worker with a monthly salary of 5,000 to 6,000 yuan. My stepmother is Ye Meixia, 49 years old, from Northeast China. After her husband passed away five years ago, she came to Shenzhen to work as a nanny through a friend's introduction.

At first, Xiaoyu didn't understand why she was so anxious to marry her father, as the salary of a nanny was not lower than that of her father. Now she understands that she may not want to be separated from her two children for a long time. The housing prices in Shenzhen are too expensive, and she can't afford it at all. Her father just happens to have a house.

"We are all family, so don't be so polite. As long as I stay with your father, I will do my best to take care of him. Only when he is well can I live a good life. After all, children will have their own families." The stepmother said emotionally. It seemed that she really wanted to live a good life with her father.

"Listen to your aunt, don't ask for a divorce at every turn. It's not easy for a woman to raise a child. If you have anything in the future, you must go home and discuss it with your father. We are all a family, and we will never hurt you."

"Okay, I see." Xiaoyu looked up and met her stepmother's slightly red eyes. I really don't know if she was sad for Xiaoyu or for her own experience.

Xiaoyu brought the food to the table and fed Duoduo first before starting to eat.

"Xiao Yu, why don't you stay for two more days? The day after tomorrow is the weekend. Ask Zhai Jian to come over for lunch. Dad has something to say to him. Then ask him to pick you and your daughter up and take them home." Father Xia glanced at his granddaughter who was playing on the carpet and said to his daughter.

"Dad, I'll take Duoduo away after dinner. We don't have much stuff anyway, so we can just call a taxi and move it all in one go." Xiaoyu answered her father while eating.

"There's no need to be so anxious, right? Dad likes Duoduo very much..." Father Xia choked up a little.

After a silence of more than ten seconds, he continued, "Did Zhai Jian urge you to go back? Yes, he needs Sen to take care of him at home alone."

"Dad, don't mention the name Zhai Jian anymore. I will never have anything to do with him again." Xia Xiaoyu said while eating.

"What? You didn't remarry today?" The stepmother's face suddenly changed.

"I remarried, but not with him." Xiaoyu took out the marriage certificate from her bag and handed it to her father without even looking at her stepmother.

"Ke Yongxin? Who is he?" The father looked at the photo on the marriage certificate worriedly. He had never seen this man before.

"Dad, don't worry. He was my former client and we have known each other for five years. He has always had a crush on me and confessed to me two months ago. I said I would think about it. We agreed last night to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau today."

Xiaoyu told her father the story she had prepared on the way. She didn't want to tell them about her ex-husband. What Zhai Jian did was so hurtful and hurt her self-esteem.

Her father and stepmother still looked at her in confusion. They had never heard their daughter mention Ke Yongxin, but now she said they had obtained a marriage certificate. It was too hasty.

Thinking about the quarrel between the couple last night, and that his daughter must have heard it, Xia Xinguo's eyes suddenly turned red with pain, and he said to his daughter: "Xiaoyu, you really don't have to rush to remarry or move out. If you don't live well this time, how can I explain to your mother?"

Xiaoyu smiled and comforted her father: "Dad, don't let your imagination run wild. You and aunt are living well after remarrying. As long as everyone is sincere, understands each other, and helps each other, we can always get by."

"Ke Yongxin is really good to me. He was the one who asked me to move there with Duoduo as soon as possible. He wanted to send me back today, but his company was too busy. He said he would treat you and your aunt to dinner at the weekend." Xiaoyu continued to comfort her father.

The more she acted like this, the more upset Father Xia felt, and in the end he couldn't hold back his tears.

Xiaoyu hugged her father's shoulders and couldn't help shedding tears. After they calmed down, she promised her father: "Dad, I will bring Duoduo back to see you and Auntie often. The house he bought is in Longwan. There is a bus that goes directly to the door, and it only takes more than 20 minutes to get there."

"What does he do for a living? Who else is in his family?" Seeing that the matter was done, the father had no choice but to accept reality.

Xiaoyu actually didn't know Ke Yongxin very well, let alone his family situation. Fortunately, when he was waiting in line at the Civil Affairs Bureau, he took the initiative to report his family's situation to his wife.

"He is a department manager of Dingyuan Group Corporation. He has a younger brother who is five years younger than him and is a yoga instructor. His mother is a housewife and his father also works at Dingyuan Company." Xiaoyu told her father what she heard.

"Dingyuan works for a big company and is also a department manager, that's great. When I saw his photo just now, I felt that this kid has extraordinary potential. Is his brother married?" the stepmother asked immediately with a smile on her face.

"It seems that he is not married." Xiaoyu said.

"You were the one who sold his house to him, right? Do you know how much his down payment was?" asked the father.

"He bought his house in full." Xiaoyu replied.

"That's his pre-marital property. As a lesson from the past, Xiaoyu, can you ask him to add your name to the property certificate?"

The father thought that adding his daughter's name to the property certificate would at least provide some protection.

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