Chapter: 1633

He let out a bitter smile.

Shao Chunran still thought she had grown up in Jinling Orphanage from a young age.

She didn't know that in reality, she had grown up in Yanjing until she was 8 years old before leaving.

However, he was happy that Shao Chunran knew nothing about his past, so he just smiled and said: "I'll definitely make an effort to see more of it this time."

Shao Chunran smiled and said: "In the past, grandfather used to take me to Yanjing many times. He had a very deep affection for Yanjing, saying that our family ancestors had been serving as slaves for a large household in Yanjing for generations. That household treated us like mountains, but later on due to war, they released some of their slaves."

As she spoke, she added: "It's also because of the compensation we received when they dispersed their household that our family was able to achieve its current scale."

He smiled and asked: "Did grandfather ever say what that household's name was or what kind of background it had?"

"No." Shao Chunran shook her head and said seriously: "But grandfather used to sigh and lament, saying he didn't have the chance to repay the great kindness of this household. From my recollection, it's been almost 20 years now... but maybe in the past few years, he might have gotten over it and no longer talked about it."

As she spoke, Shao Chunran thought about something and suddenly said: "Hmm, now that I think about it, maybe it's after we got married that he never mentioned it again!"

Lei Chen listened to Shao Chunran's words, smiling silently.

He knew why Shao Old Man had stopped talking about this matter after they got married. It was because Shao Old Man felt that by marrying Shao Chunran and giving her a home, he had repaid the Li family's kindness.

But he wouldn't tell Shao Chunran this.

At this moment, Shao Chunran suddenly looked up at the sky, exclaiming happily: "Wow! It really is snowing!"

Lei Chen lifted his head, and a light flurry of snowflakes fell on his forehead, bringing with it a hint of coolness before instantly melting away.

Initially, only scattered snowflakes fell, but within ten minutes, the snowflakes began to fall thickly across the entire night sky.

For this city in southern China, such heavy snowfall is truly rare.

Shao Chunran was like a child, dancing and twirling happily in the snow.

Watching the snow fall more and more heavily, she pulled Lei Chen to come out into the yard, exclaiming: "If it's going down this much, we'll be able to build a snowman and have a snowball fight tomorrow!"

Lei Chen nodded slightly, sighing: "It's been many years since we last built a snowman."

The last time they did something like that was when they were at the orphanage, where Lei Chen and his childhood friend Zhao Hao would bring along Li Xiao Fen, the younger sister of their dorm mother, to build a giant snowman in the orphanage courtyard.

But before you knew it, nearly ten years had passed.

The heavy snowfall in Jinling continued to grow thicker, with almost all of his friends' posts on WeChat, microblogging and social media about this snowstorm, including Song Laozi's post featuring a photo taken from the balcony of his villa, captioned: "Swirling snow, auspicious signs for a prosperous year."

Song Wan Ting also posted a message without an image: "I wrote your name in the snow, but then I erased it again because I was afraid someone would see it"

Lei Chen guessed that she must be talking about him, but he didn't like or comment.

On this night, Lei Chen accompanied Shao Chunran to play in the snow for a long time, until they passed midnight before returning to their room to rest. JrNovels.com