The Ning Tong in the photo was smiling brilliantly, as if telling Mu Chen that she saw it.

Crouching down, Mu Chen placed the photo on the bed and looked at the Ning Tong in the photo, then looked at the two identical toy dog s, his red eyes still glistening with tears.

Time seemed to have reverted back to the Twenty-Two in front of his eyes …

That winter, it was especially cold. Although the T City in the south rarely snowed, there would still be frost during the coldest times. There were places that could be as low as a few degrees below zero.

4 PM was the time when the first primary school in T City was dismissed.

The school's bell rang, and the previously quiet campus began to slowly boil up. Soon after, many students came out of their cla.s.srooms, lined up in front of the cla.s.srooms' corridors, or walked out onto the sports field to line up. The teacher saw that the students had lined up, and only then did he allow them to leave the campus.

The school gates that had been closed had been opened by the ringing of the bell.

There were a lot of people at the school gate. They were the parents who came to pick up the children.

Some parents walked, some parents pushed their bicycles, and many parents drove a car. In those days, the people driving cars were the rich people of the city.

Mu Family was a rich person in this city, their children were all sent to school with private drivers.

Mu Chen, who had already studied in the sixth grade, walked out of the school gate with his cla.s.smates.

"Mu Chen."

There was a boy who was waiting for Mu Chen at the school gate. When he saw Mu Chen, he smiled and called him "Mu Chen" before walking over. When Mu Chen saw that boy, he said to the other students, "Goodbye everyone."

Those students all smiled as they bid him farewell.

Mu Chen then went to welcome the boy. After the two of them met, Mu Chen held onto the boy's shoulders, this boy was two years younger than him, only being in the fourth grade. However, he was about the same height. Zhi Yuan, did you deliberately wait for me? "

This boy was the young master of the Ning Family, Ning Zhi Yuan.

Ning Zhi Yuan nodded his head as he said: "Mu Chen, I will go to your house to play ball in a while. I was afraid that you would not be home, so I decided to wait for you here so I could let you know." With the three brothers from Mu Family, together with the children from two neighbors, they could form a football team. Ning Zhi Yuan liked to hide inside the Mu Family.

Mu Chen laughed: "Alright, why don't you follow me home now?"

Ning Zhi Yuan shook his head, "I need to go home first. After Tong Tong comes back from the kindergarten, he would always wait for me at home to finish school. If I don't go home for a long time, she will cry."

Mu Chen giggled, "Your little sister is indeed like a piece of candy, she likes to stick to you."

Ning Zhi Yuan's expression softened, "My parents are busy with work. Other than nanny, only Tong Tong and I are here. If you had a little sister as cute as my little sister, you wouldn't be willing to part with her and cry. "

Mu Chen said regretfully: "It's a pity that my mother didn't give birth to such a cute little sister like Tong Tong. In the hearts of my big brother and second brother, they originally wanted me to be their little sister, but in the end, I was just a little brother. "Listen to my mother. They've been hating me for a long time."

"Third Young Master."

When the driver of the Mu Family saw Mu Chen, she immediately came over and respectfully called out to him. Then, he reached out to take Mu Chen's backpack off his back and called out to him once more, "Young Master Ning."

"Young Master."

Ning Family's driver also came over. Ning Family's car was parked not far away, and the drivers of the two families who took their young masters to school everyday also became familiar with them.

After the two families exchanged greetings, when the two young masters stopped hugging shoulders, the Ning Family driver walked towards Ning Zhi Yuan. Ning Zhi Yuan bid farewell to him and said, "I'll bring Tong Tong with me when I get home, then I'll go to your house. Mu Chen, remember to wait for me at home."

Mu Chen acknowledged, "I will wait for you. Since the weather is cold, you have to help Tong Tong put on a few thicker clothes."

"I know, I'm even more reluctant to leave my sister cold."

What Ning Zhi Yuan said was also true. Ning Family only had two children, and Ning Zhi Yuan was six years older than Ning Tong, so he loved his sister very much. It was just as Ning Zhi Yuan said, because his parents were busy, other than the nanny, they were the only two other siblings, so their relations.h.i.+p was very good.

Ning Zhi Yuan could be said to be a Big Brother who doted on his little sister. Mu Chen often saw Ning Zhi Yuan carrying his little sister or hugging her, but fortunately, the five-year-old Ning Tong was still young and wasn't too heavy to carry. When Mu Chen saw that beautiful little girl, he also liked to hug her. It was just that that child was not very bold and was a little weak.

If not for the fact that the Ning & Mu Families had a good relations.h.i.+p with him, and Ning Tong often came to the Mu Family to play with him, even Ning Tong wouldn't dare to get close to him now.

However, if Ning Tong got close to youhee would always get close to you. Every time he came to the Mu Family, she would call him sweetly. Hearing that kind of shout, Mu Chen felt that his heart had become as soft as water.

Oh, right, tomorrow is Ning Tong's fifth birthday. He will choose a birthday present for Ning Tong.

"Third Young Master, get on the carriage."

The driver gently called Mu Chen who was still watching Ning Zhi Yuan leave.

Mu Chen retracted his gaze, and got in the car. The driver closed the back door for him, then went back to the driver's seat and started the car.

"Uncle Liang, take a walk on the Walking Street first. It's Tong Tong's birthday tomorrow, I'll help her pick out a present."

The driver called Uncle Liang replied.

In that era, the Walking Street was the most bustling street in T City. There were a lot of shops there and all the goods were sold, but the things there were much more expensive than in other places.

When they reached Walking Street, Uncle Liang parked his car by the side of the road and asked Mu Chen: "Third Young Master, do you want me to accompany you?"

Mu Chen shook his head in refusal, "Uncle Liang, you can just wait here for me." He was already thirteen years old. If he didn't go to school a bit late, he would have already gone to junior high. Since long ago, he had the guts to go shopping alone. Sometimes, he would just ask his cla.s.smates to shop, and would often stroll around until the night before returning home. The nanny at home would be so anxious that whenever he returned home, the nanny would scold him.

The Uncle Liang said, telling him not to wander around for too long, because Ning Zhi Yuan was going to bring Tong Tong to find him to play ball later.

Mu Chen got off the carriage alone and walked into a street with many different shops. It was not a long street, but it was a long street. As a frequent customer of the pedestrian street, he knew where to go to buy gifts.