Li Zhou gave up on food and heroically stepped in to rescue a poor little husky.
To comfort the little one, he also brought Big Smart inside for so snacks, conveniently staying away from the crazy senior brother.
Gu Che stopped eating with great restraint, so all the food left on the table went to Ji Zhangzhuo.
"Thank you, senior brother!"
Ji Zhangzhuo hugged a plate of roast at contentedly and chowed down.
Accidentally getting too excited while eating, he started teasing others again.
Duan Xiayou’s face turned dark.
Ji Zhangzhuo was completely oblivious and kept blabbering.
Tuanzi passed by, biting a skewer of roast lamb, and fist-bumped, "Senior brother, Miaomiao is on your side, hit him!"
She carefully glanced at Ji Zhangzhuo and added, "Don’t worry, Miaomiao and Third Brother will help you in secret."
In terms of martial prowess, Duan Xiayou couldn’t match Ji Zhangzhuo, and this was why Ji Zhangzhuo loved to tease Duan Xiayou. Ji Zhangzhuo practically embodied the internet phrase: ’I enjoy seeing you disapprove of but can’t beat .’
Usually, people who owe like that end up getting beaten.
Duan Xiayou, who had been emotionally unstable all day, raised his hand, and a wooden sword leaning against the wall was drawn to him.
He directly used the Listening Wave Swordsmanship, with a diagonal thrust, the wooden sword successfully lifted the plate from Ji Zhangzhuo’s hand.
With a slight force, the plate and the roast at flew out together.
"Such a waste!" Ji Zhangzhuo exclaid, jumping up in the air.
Duan Xiayou quickly stopped him, chuckling, "It won’t be wasted."
As the plate and roast at flew together, Tuanzi, biting the skewer, gracefully leaped into the air.
She caught the plate at the first mont, twirled deftly in the air, and the roast at obediently returned to the plate.
"Phew," after landing safely, she took a deep sniff, "The temperature is just right, Miaomiao won’t stand on ceremony then~ Mmm, delicious."
Ji Zhangzhuo’s heart was about to break.
The group playfully bantered.
Having eaten and drunk to their fill, Gu Che brought out a deck chair and lounged leisurely.
Soon after, the little husky, coaxed with snacks, happily trotted over, trying hard to climb onto the lounge chair.
Outside the courtyard.
Jin Shilin, carrying lots of bags, was a bit dazed.
He rarely had such leisure monts, being busy with work.
From ti to ti, Tuanzi would jump in to ensure the senior brother wouldn’t lose too quickly, circling the entire yard excitedly.
When she reached the courtyard gate, she suddenly saw a young man with many items, and her first reaction was, "Hey brother, senior brother, who ordered delivery?"
Taken as a delivery man, Jin Shilin went along with it, "It’s an inter-city package from Wen Qi, would you like to sign for it?"
"Wen Qi Brother?"
Tuanzi still rembered the biscuits Wen Qi had specially sent last ti and couldn’t help but drool a little.
With big, moist eyes fixed on several cake boxes, she couldn’t help but cheer, "It must be cake, Wen Qi Brother is so nice, Miaomiao really likes him!"
Gu Che had already sat up, looking suspiciously in that direction.
A delivery man not in uniform and looking very relaxed?
He had a bad feeling and walked straight to the courtyard entrance, "I’ll sign for it, where’s the delivery slip?"
Jin Shilin couldn’t produce it, but he stayed calm.
"If you don’t believe , you can contact Wen Qi."
Tuanzi had already wiped her greasy hands and dialed Wen Qi’s number.
"Cousin, thank you for the cake!"
Wen Qi, who had been nervous since Jin Shilin set off, cautiously asked a few questions.
"Delivery man?"
Wen Qi didn’t know this cousin had such a childish sense of humor and could make this kind of joke.
He rembered that Jin Shilin’s motto was ’ti is money’. So after Jin Shilin left, his nervousness mixed with the guess that he would visit his annoying little brother, who would then call to mock him. He never imagined Jin Shilin would actually bring the cake to visit his cousin.
Thinking of his long-held anxiety, Wen Qi retaliated by revealing the other’s identity.
"No, he’s the younger son of my second uncle, your cousin, and also a temporary part-ti courier," Wen Qi lowered his voice, "After all, cakes don’t courier well, they need soone to personally deliver them."
The young boss thought, would his cousin think he valued her too much for doing this?
Then again, he did value her a lot, and showing it wouldn’t hurt. If he hesitated, his annoying brother would just laugh at him.
"Thank you, cousin, Miaomiao has a package for you too, don’t forget to sign for it."
When Wen Qi asked what the package was, Tuanzi mysteriously refused to say.
"Anyway, it’s a gift that will make cousin happy!"
She happily ended the call, and Wen Qi also happily hung up.
It’s an amazing feeling. Having one’s efforts reciprocated ans he didn’t need to be anxious and could boldly continue giving.
Even though he never insisted the other person must respond when giving, getting a response felt truly joyful.
When hanging up, the young boss’s mind flashed through scattered images.
He lovingly used his earnings from crafting to buy his parents a birthday cake, only to be scolded to quickly get back to study instead of doing such frivolous things while they arranged work over the phone.
There was also the ti during his school days when he prepared a gift for a friend, who laughed and said it was corny for a guy to give gifts. Yet, the friend accepted it, but not long after, he saw the thermos in the trash.
Looking back, his brother was the only one who ever sincerely responded to him.
But when it ca to his brother’s big mouth... Wen Qi shook his head vigorously, walked to the sink to wash his hands, and then returned to the production area.
Gu Mansion.
Upon learning the delivery man’s identity, Tuanzi temporarily resisted the cake’s temptation, quietly moving behind her second brother, poking her head out to sneak a peek at him.
Also handso and scholarly looking, with gold-rimd glasses, this cousin gave off an impression of being shrewd and not to be trifled with. In contrast, the research-obsessed Gu Mo was easy to bully, as Gu Chi often teased him.
Jin Shilin absorbed Gu Che’s wariness and Tuanzi’s curiosity.
He exuded the charm of a mature man, "I just got back from abroad, stopped by to see Wen Qi, and brought the cake along."
Besides the cake, he brought so gifts bought abroad.
He had only one biological brother, but many cousins. As soone who planned ticulously, in the absence of knowing everyone’s interests, he would purchase multiple gifts just in case.
The spare gifts ca in handy this ti.
A relative bringing gifts and being turned away at the door would be too rude, so Gu Che, despite his wariness, invited him in.
Seeing his little sister acting like a Little Glutton, quietly tailing behind, practically glued to the cake box with her eyes, he helplessly held his head.
Ji Zhangzhuo, having evaded Duan Xiayou’s pursuit, passed by and spoke a truth.
"Little junior sister has more and more brothers now, don’t you feel a sense of crisis?"
Gu Che glanced at him sideways.
Inside the house.
Jin Shilin, new to the scene, changed his shoes and sat down leisurely, naturally glancing around.
On the other hand, as the host, Tuanzi was a bit reserved, pouring him a cup of lemon water, her little face all scrunched up.
[Ancient Martial System: What’s up? You seem a bit afraid of him]
[Miaomiao: I’m not afraid! It’s just, he exudes this aura of ’I’m a mature adult, don’t joke with ’]
She really wasn’t good at dealing with this type of person, boohoo.
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