381: You're jealous about this? Are you alright?

Seeing Xiao Niannian supporting her Adoptive Mother, Gu Ying quickly stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Niannian, go play with Ma Xue. You just came back not long ago, and you don't really know the friends in the Compound yet. With Xue'er leading you, you'll get to know them quickly..."

Hearing her adopted daughter's words, Grandma Gu felt she was right and said with a smile.

"Niannian, since you just returned, it's true that you should interact with them more and make more good friends..."

Grandma Gu felt her Granddaughter was too quiet now. She was clearly still a child, yet she protected the country like an adult and rarely acted spoiled... Perhaps if she interacted more with the young girls in the Compound, she would change a bit.

"Maybe later, Grandma. I have some things to do today."

Even if Xiao Niannian wanted to interact more, she had no intention of interacting much with Qiao Zhu.

She indeed had some things to be busy with recently.

Tomorrow, she had to go to the Arms Factory to deliver the blueprints for the pistol, as well as other blueprints.

"Alright, alright, alright."

Grandma Gu knew her Granddaughter was very busy, and they had also told her Granddaughter about the matters concerning the Gu Family, the Lu Family, and other families in the Compound.

Gu Ying frowned upon hearing Xiao Niannian's words.

Her good intentions were completely unappreciated by Xiao Niannian. She had originally thought that by being nice to Xiao Niannian in front of her parents and elder brother, she could get closer to Xiao Niannian and find out her origins.

Now, with Xiao Niannian being so disrespectful, it would only make her parents and elder brother realize how arrogant Xiao Niannian was, not even putting her, an aunt and Older Female Cousin, in her eyes.

Ma Xue and Qiao Zhu's words reached Xiao Niannian's ears.

"Zhuzhu, look at my Younger Female Cousin, relying on our Maternal Grandparents' affection, she's incredibly arrogant..."

"She probably just came back and isn't quite able to integrate into the family yet."

"She's just a hick."

Xiao Niannian smiled.

After returning home, Grandma Gu looked at her Granddaughter and said with a smile.

"Niannian, go upstairs and get busy."

"Okay."

Gu Ying heard this and asked with some confusion.

"Mom, what is Niannian busy with? Didn't she just finish her final exams?"

Hearing Gu Ying's words, Grandma Gu said.

"Some things for her unit, I'm not sure about it either."

What?

Some things for Xiao Niannian's unit?

Gu Ying recalled that Xiao Niannian went to Military Academy after serving in the Yangcheng Troops.

But what could Xiao Niannian, a mere soldier, be so busy with?

Could it be that Xiao Niannian had already been promoted?

But even if Xiao Niannian was promoted, what kind of matters would there be in an ordinary Military Unit?

Could it be that Xiao Niannian was using military matters to deliberately put on an act in front of her parents and elder brother?

It must be so.

Today was the weekend, and her elder brother hadn't come back either.

Otherwise, she could really let her elder brother see Xiao Niannian's true colors.

Her elder brother was truly deeply deceived, now doting on Xiao Niannian. Her two Nephews also spoiled Xiao Niannian terribly. Her parents were the same now, spoiling her immensely.

Even in the past, her parents and elder brother had never doted on her daughter this much.

The more Gu Ying thought about it, the more jealous she became.

Xiao Niannian returned to her room and immediately got busy.

It wasn't until she heard a knock at the door that Xiao Niannian stopped her work.

Xiao Niannian had already recognized her father from the footsteps and breathing.

And Gu Ying had also followed him up.

"Father, Aunt."

Xiao Niannian called out to them.

"Dad just got back. I heard your aunt and them say you've been busy for several hours. Go downstairs and rest for a bit first."

Chief Gu looked at his daughter with a pained expression. He had long heard from the Research Institute and the Arms Factory that whenever his daughter got busy, she would work extremely hard, forgetting day and night, forgetting time.

"Mm."

Xiao Niannian was about to close the door when Gu Ying squeezed in and said with a smile.

"Niannian, since you came back, Auntie hasn't given you a gift yet. The last one doesn't count. This is a gift Auntie prepared for you."

Gu Ying took out a large velvet box.

She also walked into the room.

Seeing Xiao Niannian's room so neat and tidy, as if it had been specially cleaned. Everything was placed in perfect order; one could say that the rooms of her parents and elder brother that she had seen at home were all like this.

Could it be that the family's maid helped Xiao Niannian tidy up?

Xiao Niannian saw Gu Ying's gaze surveying her room, a look of surprise on her face.

Xiao Niannian didn't say anything.

"Elder Brother, look how well Niannian tidied her room, it's so neat..."

Gu Ying praised Xiao Niannian.

Although she had returned to the Gu Family a few times a month over the years, she had not spent a single night in the Gu Family for these past ten or twenty years.

Xiao Niannian, an impostor, could actually have a room in the Gu Family and live in it every day.

"It's very good."

Chief Gu nodded with a smile.

Chief Gu had been to his daughter's room a few times. He had thought about tidying his daughter's room before, but found he didn't know where to start, as the room was even cleaner than his own.

Gu Ying carefully surveyed the room, finding nothing suspicious. She still wanted to look closer, but her elder brother had already spoken.

"Xiaoying, downstairs."

Hearing this, Gu Ying withdrew her gaze.

Anyway, there couldn't be any secrets in Xiao Niannian's room.

After Xiao Niannian closed the door, she locked it.

Gu Ying heard the sound and rolled her eyes in anger.

At home, who was Xiao Niannian guarding against?

In fact, Xiao Niannian did this for her father to see. She was currently a Researcher at the Research Institute and held positions in two Arms Factories. Everything she was involved with now was confidential.

Therefore, she had to pay attention to confidentiality at all times and have a sense of secrecy.

Xiao Niannian heard Gu Ying's cold snort and went downstairs directly.

"Precious, you've been busy for so long, you must be hungry. Come and have some mung bean porridge."

This morning, Grandma Gu had asked the maid to stew mung bean porridge, which had cooked for several hours. Now, after cooling, it had been chilled in the refrigerator.

"Thank you, Grandma."

Gu Ying drank the mung bean porridge, looking at her Adoptive Mother's loving expression towards Xiao Niannian, and felt even more uncomfortable.

When her mother had called her to drink it just now, her tone had been indifferent.

But towards Xiao Niannian, she was so gentle and coaxing.

Xiao Niannian looked at Gu Ying and saw the jealousy in her eyes. She felt a bit speechless.

You're over forty years old, why are you still jealous of me?

You've enjoyed the Gu Family's resources for so many years and lived so well. Now you're here being jealous of me, a biological Granddaughter, eating mung bean porridge. You're even jealous of this, are you alright?

Xiao Niannian truly didn't understand Gu Ying and Ma Xue's thoughts.

Grandma Gu looked at her Granddaughter, her heart filled with joy.

Not only had her Granddaughter achieved great merit in the Military Unit, but she was also studying at the Military Academy, and she was a Researcher at the Research Institute, as well as a designer at the Arms Factory... Truly worthy of being their Gu Family's Granddaughter, exceptionally outstanding.