Chapter 253: Chapter 253 Another Family al Chapter 253: Chapter 253 Another Family al Aunt Bao was quite nervous; she went early in the morning to prepare the vegetables.
“Hey, where’s your niece?” Li Shirui asked.
“Oh, she’s been sent back to the county town by Old Bao again.”
“What did she do wrong?”
Aunt Bao then told Li Shirui what Bao Min had done.
Li Shirui couldn’t help feeling angry, “Bao Min is so young, yet she is quite scheming.”
“She wasn’t like this before. I don’t know why, but ever since Xiao Su arrived, she’s been targeting her, probably coveting Captain Gu. But how could Captain Gu possibly fancy her?”
“Indeed, Bao Min can’t compare to Xiao Xi in any aspect.” Li Shirui changed the subject, “Speaking of Xiao Su, I was thinking of visiting her ho. Mrs. Bao, why don’t we go together?”
Suddenly, Aunt Bao realized sothing, “You ca specifically to see your goddaughter today, didn’t you?”
“Ah, I don’t know if it’s convenient.” Li Shirui laughed, “I felt awkward asking, so I thought I’d take the opportunity while visiting your ho to drop by hers. Sister-in-law, you wouldn’t fault for being nosy, would you?”
“Not at all, not at all. Your curiosity is well-intentioned; how could I fault you? I was actually thinking of visiting her ho myself,” said Aunt Bao.
…
Su ixi and Gu Wei slept in late today, not getting up until 10 am, so they just ate so bread for breakfast.
After breakfast, they watched TV in the living room. They had just sat down when the doorbell rang.
Gu Wei went to open the door and was slightly surprised to see Aunt Bao and Li Shirui at the door, but then he thought: they must be here to see Su ixi.
“Gu Wei, you’re ho today too,” Li Shirui said with a springlike warmth at the doorway.
There was a feeling akin to a mother-in-law who grows fonder of her son-in-law with every glance.
“Good day, Mrs. Xi,” Gu Wei politely invited them in.
Li Shirui smiled and said, “Call ‘Godmother’ like Xiao Xi does, no need for ‘Mrs. Xi.'”
“Godmother,” Gu Wei called out smoothly.
After all, he was just playing along with the act.
Su ixi, sitting on the couch, quickly stood up when she saw Li Shirui, “Godmother, what brings you here?”
Li Shirui said, “I was originally visiting Mrs. Bao’s ho. She said she wanted to bring over to see you, so here I am.”
Aunt Bao: Wasn’t this your own idea?
However, Aunt Bao didn’t want to offend, so she went along with it, “Yes, yes, I brought her over since I know she’s very fond of you, and we wanted to get to know the place.”
“Godmother, please have a seat, Aunt Bao, you too,” Su ixi quickly went to pour tea.
anwhile, Li Shirui observed Su ixi and Gu Wei’s house.
The house was a bit ssy, likely because she is busy with work and can’t bother to tidy up, with so delivery boxes just left on the floor.
Su ixi, noticing Li Shirui scrutinizing her house, said awkwardly, “I’m so sorry the house is so ssy.”
“It’s okay, you young people are busy with work and don’t have ti to clean. A bit of ss is fine as long as you can live with it,” Li Shirui sipped her tea.
Although it was just ordinary tea, it tasted exceptionally good to her.
“Gu Wei, have you had lunch yet?” Li Shirui asked.
Gu Wei replied, “We only had so bread and were planning to go out for lunch.”
Li Shirui then said, “Why go out when it’s so much trouble? Why don’t we all go to Mrs. Bao’s ho for lunch?”
Gu Wei and Su ixi said in unison, “No, that would be too much trouble.”
Aunt Bao quickly said, “It’s no trouble at all, just two more pairs of chopsticks. Besides, we’ve prepared a lot of food, and the three of us at ho won’t be able to finish it.”
Aunt Bao didn’t mind Li Shirui taking the initiative. She felt honored that Li Shirui could co, and she liked Gu Wei and Su ixi as well.
After a lot of persuasion, Gu Wei and Su ixi finally agreed to go.
…
A group of people set off to Aunt Bao’s house.
As soon as they entered, Li Shirui received a call from Xi Huarong.
Without avoiding anyone, she switched to speakerphone, “Old Xi, I’m at Aunt Bao’s house.”
“Are you eating at her place?”
“Yes, Gu Wei and Xiao Xi are here too, everyone’s having a al together, it’s lively here, why don’t you co too?”
Xi Huarong replied without hesitation, “Sure, but won’t it be too much trouble?”
“Not at all, you can bring so food over when you co, and we’ll all eat together.”
“Okay.”
Everyone heard the conversation, especially Aunt Bao, who said, “Just co over directly, there’s no need to buy anything.”
“I insist, later you can tell your housekeeper to cook two dishes less, with so many people eating we can’t wear you out.” Li Shirui knew how to be polite.
Half an hour later, everyone was ready to eat and Xi Huarong arrived right then, bringing seven or eight disposable food containers.
He said with a smile, “I didn’t really buy much, just picked up so pastries from a restaurant.”
The seven or eight large containers were filled with enough pastries to satisfy several people, and since restaurant pastries are expensive, Aunt Bao was a bit embarrassed.
“You should’ve co as you are, without bringing anything.”
“It’s the right thing to do.”
Xi Huarong took his seat, which was conveniently between Li Shirui and Su ixi.
Su ixi noticed that among these pastries, there were her favorite fried coconut ones. Did this couple intentionally choose these, or had they already noticed sothing?
But upon closer observation, there didn’t seem to be any special emotion from them, not like they already knew the truth.
Su ixi had felt sowhat embarrassed before Commander Bao due to her complaint about Bao Min, who got sent back to the countryside the day before. But because Xi Huarong was there, she felt more confident and her sense of guilt disappeared.
Everyone happily enjoyed the al.
After eating, Xi Huarong and his wife stayed for a while before taking their leave.
Su ixi and Gu Wei also followed suit to say goodbye.
Passing by where Gu Wei and Su ixi lived, Li Shirui said to Xi Huarong, “Xiao Xi lives here. I ca by this morning, and it’s quite nice inside.”
Xi Huarong said, “It’s already afternoon, and the two of them should take a nap. Otherwise, I would’ve gone in to sit for a while.”
“Then co next ti. There’s plenty of ti,” Li Shirui said.
Su ixi was indeed yawning; she was used to taking naps and would collapse without sleep, so she had no intention of asking them to stay.
Once ho, Su ixi said to Gu Wei, “Have you noticed that godfather and godmother seem to be spending more ti with lately? We’ve been eting more often.”
Gu Wei didn’t expose them and simply said, “Since they are your godparents, it ans you’re fated to be close, and when there’s fate, you’ll naturally et often.”
Su ixi thought for a mont and then said, “Su Qiang hasn’t called recently either.”
“He might be busy.” Gu Wei wasn’t planning to tell her the truth for now.
Su ixi leaned back on the sofa, hugging a pillow, and lazily said, “Actually, this is pretty good. I know they are my biological parents, and I can have a al with them from ti to ti without bothering each other.”
Gu Wei criticized inwardly: Yeah, they probably think the sa.
…
Monday.
Right when Su ixi started work, the departnt head approached her, “Xiao Su, next week our departnt has two spots to go to the military base, do you want to go?”
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