Jiang Ning smiled and said excitedly to Su Meng,
"Wife, let's talk about that later.
Come on, let's keep climbing. Look at this place—the scenery is gorgeous, and the air is so fresh. Wouldn't it be amazing to build a villa here?"
Su Meng thought about it for a moment, and her eyes immediately lit up.
"Yeah, living here would be wonderful.
We could have someone rebuild the road and pave it with concrete. Then we could drive all the way up the mountain straight to the villa entrance.
Boss Jiang leased this place from the government for fifty years, and only three years have passed. That's more than enough for us to live here comfortably for the rest of our lives."
Jiang Ning nodded.
"Alright, wife. Later, tell Miss Li to arrange for people to start repairing the road, and find a good designer to properly plan the villa.
No matter how much it costs, I'll pay for it."
Su Meng smiled.
"Okay. Let's make the villa spacious and grand. Then we can bring both our parents here to live together.
It's quiet here, nobody would disturb us, and the air is excellent.
In the future, we can cook and drink using this mountain spring water. We can even build a swimming pool and fill it with spring water. Just thinking about that life feels amazing."
Jiang Ning quickly waved his hand.
"The swimming pool can use normal groundwater. Using spring water would be too wasteful, and the water's too cold for swimming anyway."
At that moment, Mengmeng's little face was flushed red with exhaustion, sweat dripping down as she panted heavily.
"Daddy… Daddy… I can't walk anymore. Can you carry me?"
"Of course, baby girl. No problem. Climb onto Daddy's back."
Jiang Ning spoke in English as he crouched down.
"Hehe, thank you, Daddy! Daddy, here, kiss kiss~"
Mengmeng answered in English too and planted a loud kiss on his cheek.
Ding!
"Congratulations, Host. You received 20 Daddy Points from Mengmeng."
Hearing the system notification in his mind, Jiang Ning was overjoyed.
If Mengmeng wanted him to carry her every day, he'd gladly do it countless times.
Unfortunately, he could only earn Daddy Points when Mengmeng genuinely thought of him fondly and he spoiled her unconditionally.
Watching Jiang Ning pamper Mengmeng so lovingly, Su Meng couldn't help feeling a tiny bit jealous.
She suddenly wanted to kiss him too—
but with Mengmeng right there, she felt too shy.
Soon, the family of three continued chatting and laughing as they admired the beautiful scenery along the way while climbing toward the mountaintop.
Finally, after reaching the summit, they looked to the left—
and saw an enormous circular lake.
The lake covered over fifty to sixty thousand square meters, an incredibly magnificent sight.
In reality, the lake was formed from accumulated spring water.
From afar, it looked like a dazzling pearl embedded atop the mountain.
"Wow! Daddy, Mommy, the lake is so pretty!"
Mengmeng pointed excitedly at the water, dancing around happily.
Jiang Ning smiled.
"Yeah, it really is beautiful, Mengmeng. What do you think about us building a villa beside the lake so we can watch the sunrise and sunset every day?"
Mengmeng's eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Can we really do that?"
"Of course we can. Has Daddy ever lied to you?"
Mengmeng tilted her head and thought carefully before shaking it.
"It feels like Daddy always keeps his promises."
Ding!
"Congratulations, Host. You received 5 Daddy Points from Mengmeng."
Su Meng gently rubbed Mengmeng's head.
"Don't worry, Mengmeng. Mommy will arrange for people to build the road and the villa. In about half a year, we'll be able to move in."
"Yay! Yay! Daddy, Mommy, Mengmeng loves you both so much! Super, super much!"
The little girl was so excited she nearly jumped into the sky.
"Come on, let's go look by the lake."
Jiang Ning led the way.
"Daddy, Daddy, after we move here, can we go fishing and boating every day?"
"Of course.
Mommy and Daddy plan to lease this whole place, open a winery, and build a villa here. We'll live here often from now on.
You can fish whenever you want, go boating whenever you want, and do anything you like."
"That's amazing! Then Mengmeng wants to catch a suuuper huge fish for Daddy to make fish soup!"
She stretched out her arms exaggeratedly while imagining the delicious soup.
Just as the family reached the lakeside, an old man emerged from the nearby woods.
He wore ragged clothes, carried a firewood knife in his hand, and had a bamboo basket strapped to his back. His appearance was extremely shabby.
The moment he saw Jiang Ning's family, he froze.
His eyes locked onto Jiang Ning, filled with shock and excitement.
His trembling hand pointed toward him.
"Y-you… are you Commander Jiang?"
Jiang Ning was startled too, wondering why someone else was on the mountain.
"Sorry, Grandpa, you must've mistaken me for someone else. I'm not some Commander Jiang.
Did you mean Factory Manager Jiang?
He's down at the water plant at the foot of the mountain. Maybe you pronounced it wrong."
Jiang Ning assumed the old man had mixed up the pronunciation of "Jiang."
But the old man kept staring at him blankly while muttering to himself,
"That makes sense… fifty years have already passed. Commander Jiang couldn't possibly still look this young…
But they really look so alike…"
"Child, are you from Kyoto?"
The old man looked at Jiang Ning with a gentle yet eager expression.
Jiang Ning patiently replied,
"No, Grandpa. I came from Cangnan City."
"Not from Kyoto?"
The old man looked puzzled.
"That's right. My hometown is Qingyun City next door. I'm definitely not from Kyoto."
The old man continued asking,
"Child… is your grandfather named Jiang Xiong?"
Jiang Ning smiled helplessly.
"Grandpa, you really have the wrong person. I never met my grandfather growing up, but I know his name was Jiang Tao.
Alright, Grandpa, we're leaving now. The mountain roads are slippery, so be careful going downhill too. Goodbye."
After saying that, Jiang Ning led Su Meng and Mengmeng toward the lakeside.
The old man watched Jiang Ning's fading figure, his eyes gradually turning moist.
"Could it really be such a coincidence…?
Jiang Tao… Little Tao…
Is it really you…?
Commander Jiang's cousin…
Time truly flies… it's already been fifty years since we last met…"
As he spoke, he lifted his pant leg, revealing an old bullet wound scar on his thigh.
His thoughts drifted back to the terrifying battlefield from fifty years ago.
Meanwhile, Su Meng quietly held Jiang Ning's arm and whispered,
"Husband… that old grandpa felt kind of strange.
Could it be like my brother Su Che… maybe you were also secretly raised away from your real family?"
Jiang Ning laughed carelessly.
"Wife, stop imagining things. I grew up with my parents since childhood. If I had been adopted or raised away from home, they would've told me long ago."
To Jiang Ning, being mistaken for someone else simply wasn't worth thinking about.
If he really had been raised away from his original family, now that he was already grown up, there'd be no reason for his parents to continue hiding it.
Besides, he had grown up in the village since childhood.
If something like that were true, there definitely would've been gossip about it.
But all these years, nobody had ever said he was adopted or picked up from somewhere.
He was certain he was his parents' biological son.
After all, when he was little, he'd been extremely mischievous and caused all kinds of trouble—
yet his parents had always spoiled and loved him dearly, never even willing to hit him.
No matter how he looked at it, he definitely didn't seem like someone else's child.
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