Chi Yu was still pondering over the phrase "acknowledge one’s ancestry," when Suisui reached out to grab the phone. Unable to reach it, Suisui suddenly fell forward—
The unexpected incident scared Chi Yu into a cold sweat.
His first reaction wasn’t to worry about the phone, but to hastily reach out and pull Suisui, who was about to have a close encounter with the carpet, back into his arms.
Suisui was also stunned.
Her little face was sowhat pale.
Chi Yu held Suisui in his arms, feeling very apologetic, thinking that Suisui must have been frightened.
He was afraid she would cry and even planned to take her to Gu Yuan to comfort her if she did. But Suisui didn’t cry. After recovering, she even rembered to grab the phone.
The video call was still going, and Suisui saw a kind elderly lady on the screen, mimicking the earlier tone and calling out, "Grandma~"
Yu Rujin, having been startled by the earlier commotion, was worried that sothing unexpected had happened.
The screen shifted, revealing an adorable little face, straight bangs, hair braided into two fishtail braids, big and round eyes as clear as water-washed grapes. When calling out ’grandma,’ Suisui’s cheeks puffed up.
"Oh, you little darling." After responding, Yu Rujin suddenly realized, "What am I doing, you shouldn’t call grandma, you should call grandmother."
Suisui looked innocent and curious, "What’s a grandmother?"
Yu Rujin explained, "My dear, a grandmother is your daddy’s grandma, so you should call grandmother, not follow your daddy."
Suisui gave a confused "Oh," seed to understand but didn’t, turned to Chi Yu and instructed, "Quick, you call her grandmother."
Chi Yu: "..."
Suisui didn’t understand, and could only express her understanding based on her own interpretation.
Yu Rujin on the other end of the video was laughing happily. For so ti now, she had been feeling quite depressed due to her grandson running away to Sui City and refusing to be managed.
But now things were fine.
Now things were completely fine.
"My dear, your daddy calls grandma, you should call grandmother." Yu Rujin explained patiently.
Suisui seed to understand, but also did not, as the term "grandmother" was unfamiliar to her, sothing she’d never encountered before.
So now she was quite puzzled.
Chi Yu noticed Suisui’s confusion and wanted to patiently teach her how to address people, but upon reconsideration, thought better of it. If the truth were to be known by Grandma, even the strongest physique would be disheartened for a while.
If he didn’t clarify, Grandma would surely investigate right away, making things even more troubleso.
He adjusted the position of Suisui holding the phone so that his figure appeared on the screen, and said to the person on the other side, "Grandma, you misunderstand, Suisui is not my daughter."
Yu Rujin, hearing this, tried to persuade, "Rest assured, Grandma isn’t a harsh person. Please bring the little darling back to acknowledge our family roots soon, after all, she’s the first great-granddaughter of our Quan Family."
"What does acknowledging our family roots an?" Suisui curiously poked her head over, filling the screen with her little face and squeezing Chi Yu out.
Yu Rujin, seeing Suisui, was overjoyed, uncharacteristically happy: "Acknowledging the family roots ans returning to where one truly belongs. My dear, do you want to co to grandmother’s place?"
Suisui shook her head, "No."
She turned and hugged Chi Yu, snuggling into his arms, "I have friends here."
Chi Yu patted Suisui’s hair, her light brown hair thin and soft, and said to the person on the other end of the video, "Suisui is just a friend’s daughter and has nothing to do with ."
The stepfather status is still under consideration, he will only acknowledge it once things are settled.
Yu Rujin: "Cut from the sa mold, and you’re telling it’s unrelated?"
Chi Yu: "..."
At that mont, Yu Rujin stared at the video call screen, at Suisui’s face that was identical to Jin.
This was being called a friend’s daughter?
Yu Rujin, at her age, was having an existential crisis.
At that mont, Fu, beside Yu Rujin, gave her a reminder, "Madam, there’s a popular saying on the internet, sothing called ’I have a friend series,’ and generally the ’friend’ in this series is actually oneself."
Chi Yu, upon hearing this: "..."
You’ve said sothing even I hadn’t thought of.
Fu continued, "The young master surely has his own difficulties."
There are difficulties, but it’s the difficulty of being a stepfather.
Yu Rujin thought a little, then imdiately asked Chi Yu, "Is there sothing about the young lady’s mother that isn’t presentable?"
"No."
"Don’t lie to Grandma, Fu just reminded , you must have your own difficulties."
"..."
There are difficulties, but it’s not this situation.
Moreover, Chi Yu then realized, Grandma said Suisui resembles him...
Do they really look that alike?
Gu Yuan ca downstairs, and Chi Yu saw her silhouette. He spoke to the person on the video, "Grandma, we’ll talk next ti, I have sothing to do, don’t forget what you promised."
What she promised refers to the matter of artificial rain.
Before Yu Rujin could say anything, the video call ended.
Yu Rujin: "..."
She looked at Fu beside her, "What do you think?"
Fu said, "The young master is probably henpecked."
...
When Gu Yuan ca down, it was alti.
Tonight’s dinner was late.
Chi Yu arrived at five, waiting for an hour, only for it to be eight thirty now. Gu Yuan intentionally delayed seeing him for an hour to make him wait longer for a natural excuse to stay.
"I saw you video calling soone when I ca down just now." Gu Yuan said as she walked over.
Chi Yu remained composed, "My family."
Gu Yuan raised an eyebrow, suddenly recalling the identity Chi Yu had set for himself: "Your family seems to have had it rough, and you, having just entered the entertainnt industry without any backing, it must be difficult going."
"Starlight doesn’t ask those on the road, whether I beco famous isn’t sothing I have control over. I have no background, no money. Soone like , a bare-footed guy in the entertainnt circle, can barely stand — I can only take it one step at a ti," said Chi Yu as his expression turned more forlorn.
No wonder he was once a gastar.
Although sotis his acting was terrible and obvious to her.
But when he perford earnestly, it seed so genuine.
"Your conditions... they really are tough." Gu Yuan filled in the lines according to his lodrama script, "Seems you need help."
Chi Yu suddenly looked at Gu Yuan.
The plea in his eyes was obvious.
Gu Yuan almost couldn’t hold back from breaking character. If he hadn’t concocted such a backstory to act out with her, how possibly would she have ntioned marriage?
Moreover, even if she said she was married, the husband she spoke of was referring to Chi Yu himself.
But he didn’t know that.
"I’m not in the habit of being charitable." Gu Yuan shrugged, "Get along well with Suisui, and I’ll try to pay you more."
Chi Yu: "..."
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