"..." Su Ronggui blushed, speechless. Should he admit it or not?
It turned out he didn’t need to speak; Grandma ca to deliver zongzi, smiling widely, "That’s right! My grandson, when he was young, loved to talk. Even when he couldn’t speak yet, he’d babble to anyone who’d listen, and they couldn’t understand him! By the ti he was eight or nine months old, he could say many words! He spoke earlier than other kids! With him around, the whole house was like a buzz of activity! That’s why we called him Gugu!"
Really? Tu Hengsha stole a glance at him, finding it hard to imagine this man of few words used to be a little chatterbox. But when talking about childhood, she instantly recalled the boy with the rainbow lollipop, who, upon their first eting, told her, "Grandma said, when you’re sad, your heart is sour, but eating a piece of candy can make it sweet again."
Back then, he was a warm-hearted little fellow...
So the Grandma he spoke of was indeed this Grandma Xu in front of them! Looking at the kindly smiling Grandma, she secretly equated the sentence that had ward her entire childhood and affected her lifelong eating preferences with Grandma’s smile.
As for Grandma exposing his "dark" history so openly, Su Ronggui was utterly helpless, "Grandma..."
Grandma hurriedly placed the zongzi down and laughed, "Alright, alright, I won’t say any more! Eat the zongzi! Grandma’s going to make noodles! I won’t disturb your chatting!" Seeing Fan Yue get up, she imdiately understood her intention, signaling her to sit down, "Yueyue, and girl, don’t think about helping Grandma, just chatting with Gugu is the biggest help to Grandma!"
Su Ronggui had already given up trying to deal with the na "Gugu"...
Tu Hengsha and Fan Yue were both journalists, making them extra sensitive to people’s expressions and surroundings due to their profession. They vaguely noticed that Grandma Xu seed both happy and cautious in front of Su Ronggui, afraid of not hosting him well. This was evident from the plate of zongzi on the table; Grandma had already peeled them, so they only had to eat.
Especially Tu Hengsha, who knew how difficult it was to communicate with Su Ronggui, feared that Grandma rarely had much to say to him. So, accompanying him in conversation was already the top priority for Grandma.
Fan Yue was rather straightforward and voiced what Tu Hengsha was thinking, "So he really is called Gugu! I have to say, you don’t seem like soone who loves to babble now!"
Su Ronggui had no words in response and picked up a zongzi to eat.
Tu Hengsha thought of his comnt: I don’t eat zongzi...
Apparently, he just didn’t eat her zongzi! Thought it was dirty...
Even though she had told herself he was just Su Ronggui, not Xu Gui, rembering this still left her feeling a bit choked up, and when she got choked up, she wanted to stir up trouble, continuing Fan Yue’s words, "Do you think I’m lying to you? I chatted with Grandma all morning."
"Oh? What else did you talk about?" Fan Yue asked.
With previous experience, Su Ronggui had a hunch it wouldn’t be good news, and even stopped his zongzi-biting speed, but before he could stop her, he heard her say, "Grandma said, Xu Gugu was still wetting the bed at six years old!"
"..." Su Ronggui’s zongzi fell onto the table.
Fan Yue struggled not to burst into laughter and also greatly admired Tu Hengsha’s boldness. Even she, who was so naturally friendly, wouldn’t share such an embarrassing story at a first eting as a joke. Besides, this Xu Gugu clearly had "Do not ss with strangers" written all over his face, so was it that Little Sha had bad eyesight today or did she eat Seven-step Life-Lossing Powder?
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