Yu Kexin walked toward the reception room while calling out, "Jiajun, co and eat with us."
"Coming."
Feng Jiajun tidied up his desk and followed her.
After chatting with Zhang Caide last night, his admiration for Xue Yang had grown even more.
"Cui Hao, after we finish the roast duck, rember to create a tutorial for each hero. Send it to every blogger and have them share it on Weibo. Update the official website, too."
From inside, Cui Hao’s wail could be heard. "I knew it! You wouldn’t invite us for roast duck out of kindness. This is basically a setup. I want two duck legs!"
...
In the following days, the trendy clothing brand continued to run its street stall in Yanbei.
With things slowly getting on track, Xue Yang no longer needed to co over every day as he had at first. Instead, he shifted his focus back to the studio. He was still incredibly busy every day.
...
On Sunday, Zhong Hailan was up at the crack of dawn.
She nudged Xue Yuanqing, who was sound asleep.
"Lao Xue, don’t sleep anymore. Get up. You need to go to Hai Yan’s place and get the chickens."
Xue Yuanqing mumbled, his words slurring with sleep, "It’s still early. Let sleep a little longer."
"It’s six o’clock, that’s not early! Get going! After you bring them back, we have to slaughter them. There are so many of them. We need to finish the slaughtering this morning and prepare them this afternoon. Tonight, you’ll take them to the courier station to be shipped."
"Honey, it’s Sunday. We finally have a day off. Just let sleep for one more hour."
"No. You can sleep in next week, but today you have to get up early."
"Just five more minutes."
Five minutes later, a squinting Lao Xue finally got out of bed.
He splashed his face with cold water to wake himself up, then drove over to Hai Yan’s house. Zhong Hailan stayed behind to start a fire and boil water.
A little after nine o’clock, Xue Yuanqing returned with the chickens.
He deftly slaughtered them while Zhong Hailan handled the rest of the preparation.
"Auntie, why are you preparing so many chickens?" Xue Xing asked as he passed by the door, noticing the row of slaughtered chickens on the ground.
"Your brother said he was craving chicken legs and asked to make extra to send to him."
"Huh? Does my brother really want that many? Don’t tell they’re for my sister-in-law!"
"Your sister-in-law?" Mrs. Zhong imdiately captured the keyword. "Xing Zai, have you t your sister-in-law? Tell your auntie, quick!"
"In that case, Auntie, can I have a chicken leg today?"
Auntie’s salt-baked chicken is so delicious!
"You tell everything you know, and I’ll reward you with two big chicken legs."
A certain young man nad Xing was successfully bribed by the two big chicken legs and blurted out everything he had seen and heard over the New Year.
"Auntie, my sister-in-law is so pretty!"
"What does a kid like you know about ’pretty’?"
"Auntie, I’m not a kid! I’m already in my second year of high school."
"Then tell , what’s the deal with this sister-in-law of yours?"
"Well, during the New Year, I was always hanging out with my brother, right? I saw a photo of a really pretty girl on his phone, so I asked him if she was my sister-in-law, and he said yes. Auntie, you have no idea. My sister-in-law is just so beautiful, like a fairy."
"A fairy? I think your brother’s just pulling your leg."
Xue Xing’s dramatic actions and expressions successfully dispelled Mrs. Zhong’s suspicions.
Rather than believing her future daughter-in-law was a fairy, it was more believable that her son was being kept by so wealthy woman. After all, her son was so handso; being kept by a wealthy woman seed almost normal. No! How could her son be kept by a wealthy woman? He needed to study hard and serve the country in the future!
Mrs. Zhong stopped preparing the chickens and hurriedly called Xue Yang.
On Sunday, Xue Yang was enjoying a rare chance to sleep in when his phone was bombarded by a call from his mother.
"Xue Yang!"
Hearing that shout, Xue Yang’s drowsiness instantly fled.
"Mom, what’s up?"
Xiao Yang when nothing was wrong, Xue Yang when there was trouble. That was always Mom’s way. He wracked his brain. He hadn’t done anything to offend Mrs. Zhong, had he? How on earth had he provoked her?
"Tell , who exactly are all these chicken legs for, the ones you want to send over?"
"They’re for your daughter-in-law. Didn’t we talk about this before?"
"They’re not for that rich woman?"
Xue Yang choked for a second. In a way, Lin Xi really was a rich lady.
Seeing Xue Yang fall silent, Zhong Hailan understood.
"I knew it. They’re for that rich woman."
Zhong Hailan felt her head spin. Her son... her own son... was living off a woman.
"?"
Xue Yang had no idea what was wrong with his mother today. All he knew was that he was incredibly sleepy and wanted to go back to bed.
"Mom, if there’s nothing else, I’m going back to sleep."
"What ti is it? And you’re still sleeping?"
"I’ve been exhausted lately. It’s finally Sunday, so I wanted to sleep in a little."
Was he so tired because he was keeping company with that rich woman?
"Xue Yang, I’m warning you. I sent you to college, not for you to... to..." As a traditional woman speaking to her own son, Mrs. Zhong found it difficult to say the words "live off a woman."
However, Xue Yang seed to understand what his mom was getting at.
"Mom, you don’t actually think I’m being kept by so rich lady and selling my body, do you?"
Xue Yang’s words were so blunt that Mrs. Zhong nearly dropped her phone.
"Well, aren’t you?"
"Of course not! Mom, I already told you I’ll bring her ho to et you during the sumr vacation. Have you ever heard of a rich woman who would go ho to et the family with her boy toy?"
That actually made so sense.
"If you dare lie to , I’ll break your legs when you co back for sumr vacation."
"I wouldn’t lie to you. Your son would still like to keep his legs. By the way, don’t forget the chickens."
Xue Yang held the phone to his ear, flopped onto his stomach, and soon drifted back to sleep.
Zhong Hailan wanted to say more, but she heard the sound of steady breathing from the other end of the line.
"He really is that tired!"
Her heart ached for him as she hung up the phone.
Xue Xing waited cautiously until she was off the phone before he dared to speak. "Auntie, my brother isn’t that kind of person. My sister-in-law is very pretty, but she seems very sweet, too. I believe the two of them are truly in love."
"Is that so?"
"Absolutely. Auntie, do you rember that girl my brother used to like?"
"I vaguely rember."
Although she rembered, Zhong Hailan didn’t like that girl. During that period, she could clearly feel her son had lost himself. As a mother, she wanted her son to be with soone he loved, but she couldn’t stand to see his efforts go completely unreciprocated.
"On Valentine’s Day, she actually ca looking for my brother."
Zhong Hailan said in surprise, "You’re saying that girl ca over?"
Xue Xing nodded. "But she didn’t see him. She left later looking dejected. It seed like she knew he has a girlfriend now."
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