In the evening, they had dinner in the hotel's restaurant.
Qi Shifeng and Xu Tingyu entered the private room together. Secretary Qian was obviously a bit surprised when he saw Qi Shifeng.
But he didn't say anything. He just nodded politely and reservedly as a greeting.
Qi Shifeng had someone prepare gifts for Secretary Qian, two watches that were very suitable for his and his wife's ages.
Apart from the gifts that filled the entire trunk, Xu Tingyu also gave a car separately.
Secretary Qian was reluctant to accept them because they were too precious.
Xu Tingyu smiled and was very sincere.
"Uncle Qian, please accept them."
"Emotionally speaking, you really helped us a lot when we were in the most difficult time. I'm really grateful."
"Logically speaking, you were already about to retire at that time. We should have prepared retirement gifts for you.
"These gifts are already many years late. If you don't accept them, I'll always feel bad about it."
Since he couldn't decline anymore, Secretary Qian had to accept them.
When he saw Youyou, his face was full of kindness, just like when he saw Xu Tingyu as a little girl.
"Hello, Grandpa. I'm Youyou."
Youyou greeted him very obediently.
He had never met his grandfather or grandfather on his mother's side, so he wasn't familiar with men of this age.
Secretary Qian nodded heavily with a bit of moisture in his eyes. He took out a red envelope from his pocket.
"This is Grandpa's meeting gift for Youyou. I hope you'll grow up healthily and happily."
In their Kyoto custom, when seeing one's daughter's child for the first time, one should give a big red envelope.
When Xu Tingyu gave birth, she was well - protected. Secretary Qian had never seen Youyou before.
And Xu Jianmin had already passed away, and Zhang Qiu didn't like this child, so Youyou never received this red envelope from his grandparents.
Now, after four years, Secretary Qian made up for this red envelope.
Youyou didn't take it immediately. Instead, he looked at Xu Tingyu.
After getting her permission, he reached out his little hands and took the red envelope with both hands. "Thank you, Grandpa."
"You're welcome. Youyou looks just like your mother when she was a little girl. You're both so cute."
Secretary Qian stroked Youyou's head.
Actually, before coming for dinner, he was a bit hesitant and didn't know how to face Youyou.
After all, Youyou had grown up with Qi Shifeng.
In his impression, Qi Shifeng was a very cold and taciturn person.
He was worried that Youyou would be like Qi Shifeng.
But the moment he saw Youyou, this worry disappeared.
Youyou was extremely cute. When he smiled at him, he looked so much like Xu Tingyu when she was a little girl.
After hearing that he looked like his mother when she was a little girl, Youyou's eyes lit up.
"Grandpa, have you seen Mom when she was a little girl?"
He had never met his grandparents, so he had never heard about his mother's childhood.
Secretary Qian nodded. "Grandpa can be said to have watched your mother grow up."
Youyou got even more excited and strongly demanded to have his child's chair placed next to Secretary Qian.
Xu Tingyu and Qi Shifeng always fulfilled his reasonable requests.
So they really let him sit next to Secretary Qian.
But Qi Shifeng still told him, "Don't keep pestering Grandpa to talk. Let Grandpa eat."
Youyou nodded obediently. "I know. I'll take good care of Grandpa."
Everyone laughed because of this sentence, and the slightly restrained atmosphere just now became lively.
During the meal, Youyou really "took care" of Secretary Qian. He would pick up dishes for him from time to time.
He would also ask Secretary Qian what his mother was like when she was a little girl.
Secretary Qian told a few things about Xu Tingyu's childhood.
One of them was that when Xu Tingyu was seven or eight years old, she climbed a tree in the community and then couldn't get down.
At that time, she had already shown her talent in dancing. In everyone's impression, she was a very well - behaved and elegant little girl.
So after climbing the tree and not being able to get down, she was too embarrassed to call for help. She just sat on the tree for an afternoon.
Her family was almost crazy with worry. They searched everywhere and finally found her in the most remote corner.
"Mom could even climb trees? That's so awesome."
In Youyou's heart, Xu Tingyu was good at everything.
Or rather, he was her "blind believer". Even if she stood up and overturned the table now, he would praise her for being so strong.
Xu Tingyu also remembered this incident and couldn't stop laughing.
"Actually, it wasn't that I was too embarrassed to call for help and sat there for an afternoon. I just made it up because I was afraid of being scolded."
"That day, a little boy told me there was a bird's nest in the tree with newly - born little birds in it."
"With his help, I climbed up the tree. There were really two little baby birds in it. I was so fascinated that I even forgot to go home."
She was actually quite naughty when she was a little girl. Otherwise, she wouldn't have always quarreled with Chen Yan and the others and played crazily in the community all day.
But as she grew older, Zhang Qiu was very strict with her and wanted to raise her as a lady. She wasn't allowed to be like this anymore, so she gradually became quiet.
"But I was really a bit scared when I was getting down from the tree. I didn't feel it when I climbed up, but when I was getting down, I realized it was quite high."
"Fortunately, that little boy was very loyal. He waited for me all the time. Finally, he caught me under the tree."
Xu Tingyu had a good relationship with the kids in the community when she was a little girl, but that little boy wasn't from their community.
She never saw him again later.
"Later, one of those two little birds accidentally fell out of the tree. It was Uncle Chen who put it back."
"Uncle Chen's tree - climbing skills were not as good as mine. He scratched a long tear in his newly - bought coat and even extorted a semester's worth of sodas from me."
When talking about this incident, Xu Tingyu thought it was even funnier.
At that time, she always ran to that tree, but no one would help her climb up, so she just stood under the tree and watched.
Later, Chen Yan found out and went with her.
But he refused to help her climb the tree, saying it was too dangerous and she would get hurt if she fell.
So when they later found that little bird had fallen out, it was Chen Yan who climbed up the tree.
But he, the young master of the Chen family, although naughty, was very delicate since childhood. How could he know how to climb a tree?
With great difficulty, he climbed up, put the little bird back into the nest, but then slipped and almost fell.
Fortunately, he managed to grab a branch in time and didn't cause any trouble.
But his newly - bought coat was torn, and his hand was also scratched.
Finally, it was the bodyguard of the Chen family who "rescued" him.
Chen Yan used the excuse of "losing face completely in order to save the little bird" and forced Xu Tingyu to buy him a semester's worth of Coke.
The Chen family was afraid that their young master would climb the tree again, so they hired a special person to move the bird's nest to a safe place.
Moreover, they always hired someone to take care of it.
It wasn't until the little birds grew up and flew away and never came back that this matter was finally over.
Seeing the smile on Xu Tingyu's face when she mentioned Chen Yan, Qi Shifeng was jealous again.
"He really wasn't that good. When I helped you climb the tree back then, I never put you in danger."