Her gaze fell on Suisui, then returned to Chi Yu’s face, still full of gentleness.
"By the way, there’s sothing else... I’ve already gone through your profile. Although your educational level isn’t particularly high, you did graduate from a reputable college, and you don’t have any bad history. Most importantly..."
Chi Yu looked at her.
He heard her speak each word clearly: "Suisui likes you very much, and that’s enough."
Chi Yu suddenly thought of sothing, slowly moved his gaze away: "A child’s affection changes all the ti. It’s here today, but not necessarily tomorrow."
A child’s affection is pure, but it cos and goes quickly.
After all, he’s not her real dad; she likes him now, but the next second she might not.
As Chi Yu was lanting sadly in his heart, he heard Gu Yuan say sothing.
She said—
"With you, it’s different."
Chi Yu brought his gaze back imdiately.
He heard Suisui’s soft voice: "Mom said it’s different, I super, super like you, just like, just like, just like..."
She said "just like" three tis without completing the sentence.
Chi Yu asked Suisui, "Like what?"
Suisui bit her cheek and then tried her best to speak clearly: "Just like a mouse always likes rice, I will always like you."
Chi Yu first let out a small laugh.
Then a tide of joy swept across his heart.
He didn’t say anything, bent down and kissed the little girl’s forehead, then held her even tighter.
Watching this, Gu Yuan: "..."
Chi Yu, upon returning, hadn’t even kissed her yet.
It’s only the beginning, and she’s already jealous of her daughter.
What will she do in the future?
Sigh, it’s worriso.
And what Suisui just said wasn’t taught by Gu Yuan; it was all from Suisui herself. Gu Yuan felt that in Suisui’s eyes she had already accepted him as her dad.
Seeing the father and daughter so cozy, Gu Yuan couldn’t help but say sourly: "What about ?"
After saying that, she realized it wasn’t what she should have said.
Jealousy really clouds judgnt.
In Chi Yu’s current understanding, he wouldn’t interpret Gu Yuan’s "what about " as what he thought it ant, and he foolishly asked: "What?"
Gu Yuan turned and went upstairs: "Nothing, you play with Suisui for a bit, I have a video conference."
Then she went upstairs.
Chi Yu: "..."
Tonight’s dinner might be a bit late.
Chi Yu knew he’d be staying for dinner tonight, and although things were progressing quickly, it still wasn’t enough for him; he wanted to stay overnight.
He didn’t know when that wild man would co back.
He also wanted to show off in front of that wild man... Of course, from when this thought ca to him until now, Chi Yu hadn’t considered his actions as those of a male interloper.
Morals couldn’t restrain him anymore.
So he secretly made a decision.
He dialed a number.
On the other end, soone answered cautiously: "Young Master, what do you need?"
Chi Yu: "Is it possible to arrange a brief artificial rain in Sui City at nine o’clock? Any issues with that?"
The other end: "..."
The last ti, it was acquiring shares in the Eastern Restaurant, almost enough to buy it out.
Now it’s an artificial rain???
What is the young master planning in Sui City???
"Young Master, are you serious?" The person on the other end almost forgot Chi Yu’s identity, instinctively questioning it.
Chi Yu: "Am I serious? Do I have to be with you?"
The person on the other end: "..."
"Young Master, please hold on for a minute, I’ll check for you."
"Make it quick."
"Yes, Young Master."
In that one minute, Suisui painted two more colors on Chi Yu’s nails, the index, and middle fingers, purple and blue. However, Suisui couldn’t distinguish colors well, so she just randomly called them colors: "This is red, this is green, does it look good?"
Chi Yu looked down at the rainbow colors on his nails.
A grown man with nail polish in all sorts of colors made Chi Yu’s temples throb.
He couldn’t stand it.
However, seeing Suisui’s eager, hopeful eyes waiting for his praise, he couldn’t resist, smiling so much that wrinkles around his eyes almost appeared:
"It looks good." He added two emphatic words: "Really good."
Suisui’s eyes curved into crescents: "Do you like it?"
Chi Yu: "I like it!"
Suisui: "Can I paint this hand too?"
Chi Yu: "...Okay."
While Chi Yu was on the phone, Suisui painted all ten of his fingernails with nail polish. He couldn’t manage to get angry at her, and just let the little girl do her thing without losing his temper.
Chi Yu felt that his affection extended well to everything related to it.
The person on the other end of the phone called out several tis: "Young Master? Young Master? Young Master, are you still listening?"
The call brought Chi Yu back to his senses.
He lightly cleared his throat and responded, "Yeah, go ahead."
The caller reported, "Young Master, the old lady said she can arrange it. It’s just a phone call for her; you know the old lady’s influence. But she has one request."
"What request?" Chi Yu didn’t think his generous grandmother would have any difficult demands.
The person on the other end said, "The old lady hopes you can make a video call to her. She wants to see if you’re doing well in Sui City."
Chi Yu: "Call now?"
"Yes, now. As long as the Young Master makes a video call, the artificial rain will be arranged imdiately."
Chi Yu: "..."
This wasn’t a difficult matter.
The reason he hadn’t contacted anyone in Yanjing was that he still needed to adjust. Facing his grandmother’s concern, he rely responded with a perfunctory tone.
But in order to have a chance to stay overnight at the Gu Mansion tonight...
He glanced around. There wasn’t anyone else; it was his and Suisui’s private ti, and Yuanyuan was still upstairs in a video conference.
After hesitating for only a few seconds, shortly after the call ended, Chi Yu dialed Yu Rujin’s WeChat video call.
The other side answered almost instantly.
Turns out they’d been waiting for it.
"Jin."
On the phone screen appeared Yu Rujin’s face, still vigorous, with bright eyes. Her hair, slightly graying at the temples, was ticulously grood, and her complexion was great.
The unfamiliar na was still sothing Chi Yu wasn’t used to.
But the kind old lady in the video didn’t make him feel distant as if they weren’t family. Only he knew he was an extra presence, but in their eyes, he was the most cherished one.
"Grandma," Chi Yu called out.
When Chi Yu called out grandma, Suisui, who heard it, stood on tiptoes and also called out sweetly, "Grandma~"
The little girl’s voice was crisp; her call of grandma left Yu Rujin on the other side of the video stunned. If it weren’t for the good network connection, and the video image could understand, Chi Yu would have thought the video call had frozen.
After several seconds, Yu Rujin exclaid, "Whose child is this? Whose child is this? Whose child is this?"
The repeated questions left Chi Yu at a loss for words to respond.
Little Suisui, with her sweet voice, heard the old lady’s voice asking whose child it was, and she announced herself: "I’m from mommy’s house, I’m mommy’s child."
Chi Yu pondered how to explain it to his grandma.
He couldn’t just admit he was trying hard to be a stepdad.
The old lady had old-fashioned views, and knowing about this would definitely cause so trouble. He was just starting out and didn’t want to stumble halfway through.
Moreover, he really hadn’t expected Suisui to respond just now.
Yu Rujin, having received the video call from her grandson, was in a great mood. Even though it was achieved through a deal, she was still happy. Seeing that handso face in the video, Yu Rujin felt heartache, worried he might have lost weight in Sui City.
Her young grandson grew up abroad and couldn’t integrate into the Quan Family upon returning. Just thinking about it made Yu Rujin uncomfortable, and she constantly regretted sending him abroad back then.
She originally intended to take advantage of the opportunity to have a good chat with him, but was interrupted by the sound of a little girl calling grandma from the video.
At this mont, a bold thought suddenly popped into Yu Rujin’s mind—
"Jin, tell the truth. Whose child was talking just now?" Yu Rujin asked.
"It’s..."
Suisui was trying to climb up on tiptoes, her short legs not quite reaching, repeatedly making efforts and saying, "It’s , it’s ~"
Chi Yu was amused by Suisui’s effort to climb up on his lap, and with a long arm, he easily lifted Suisui up with one hand.
This was an easy task for Chi Yu, a simple move.
For Suisui, it was like riding a rocket, zooming up. She opened her bright eyes in surprise and clapped, saying, "Wow~"
Wow~
Wow~
Wow~
At this mont, Chi Yu’s mind was filled with one thought: Humans’ little ones are really cute.
After Chi Yu picked up Suisui like this, Yu Rujin on the other side of the video finally saw the cute little girl, though it was just the side of her face. Especially when the girl clapped her hands and said ’Wow,’ it ward her heart.
"This delicately carved little girl, whose family is she from?" Yu Rujin asked again repeatedly, growing more fond. This was just over video.
If the little girl were here in front of her, she’d have to kiss her a few tis—oh wait, she’s an old woman now, couldn’t kiss children, but she’d surely hug her.
Chi Yu casually said, "From a friend’s family."
Once he said it was from a friend’s family, Yu Rujin had no doubts.
However, when Yu Rujin saw the girl’s full face in the video call, the smile on her face disappeared.
This face is confird to be from a friend’s family?
Confird not from our family??
Just by looking at Suisui’s face, Yu Rujin saw her grandson’s resemblance!!!
Chi Yu noticed his grandma’s expression was off and asked, "What’s wrong?"
Yu Rujin brought the phone closer, ignoring the person beside her reminding her to maintain a distance for the call, and said to Chi Yu on the other side of the cara, "Grandma’s not old-fashioned or stuck in feudal thinking. No matter who the other person is, I can accept it. Don’t hide it from Grandma any longer, when are you bringing the little girl back to recognize her roots and ancestry?"
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