"Auntie is good."

  Pais stretched out his hand and shook hands with Ximei Yu's outstretched hand.

  "Auntie?" Xi Mei Yu put her sunglasses back on, "I can't take this 'auntie' from you. You just called me that and I suddenly feel like I'm sixty already."

  Song Yuqiao heard from her mother's mouth about Pei Si Cheng's opinion, and didn't know where this opinion came from. She hurriedly went to the middle station, and with a sweet smile on her face, said "Mom, it's so hot today, let's go to the car first."

  Because previously, I didn't think Jessica would come too, so the two rooms in Song Yuqiao's Jinshui apartment were not enough. Moreover, her mother was too picky and directly refused to live in such a house, saying: "Either I'll go stay in a hotel, Xiao Qiao, where will you live?"

  "Live with Peisong together."

  Song Yuqiao saw the expression on her mother's face and regretted being so blunt, maybe she should have been more tactful? But her mother had been abroad for so many years, her thinking wouldn't be so outdated, would it?

  "Living together unmarried?" Xi Mei Yu leaned against the luggage with one hand, raising an eyebrow and looking at Song Yu Qiao.

  Song Yu-Heng also noticed, and stepped forward to pull her mother over, "Mom, come take a look at the good things I found in C City these past two days."

  Song Yu-Heng then led Pei Si-Cheng to the kitchen, casually closing the door behind them, while keeping an eye on Jessica who was tidying up in another room.

  "My mom is that kind of person. When she's doing research, she can be quite strict and rigid. Sometimes, she brings that harshness to the people around her too. She was like this with me and my sister when we were young."

  Song Yuqiao explained for two sentences, and saw that Pei Si Cheng was looking at her eyes with a smile, "What are you laughing at?"

  Pei Si Cheng slightly bowed his head. He stretched out his fingers to pinch her chin, lowered his head, and looked at Song Yu Qiao with a gaze that was even with hers, asking: "Then what do you explain?"

  Song Yuqiao shook his head: "No."

  She was just afraid that Pei Si Cheng would be embarrassed in front of his mother, because before, when Pei Si Cheng took her to the Pei's house, no matter if it was his older brother or parents he met, he would always follow closely behind, fearing that he would be bullied by others. So now, Song Yu Qiao's first thought was to stand in front of Pei Si Cheng and not let those unintentional words from her mother come out, causing Pei Si Cheng to feel embarrassed.

  Pei Si lowered his head, resting it against Song Yuqiao's forehead, then placed both hands on her waist, gazing at the bright colors in Song Yuqiao's pupils. He curved his lips and lifted his chin slightly upwards. A kiss landed on Song Yuqiao's eyelids.

  "Don't worry about me, just take care of yourself." Pei Si hesitated for a moment, "What I want to ask is, is that foreigner already married?"

  "Jessica?" Song Yuqiao shook his head: "No, but he has a steady girlfriend. However, the last time I saw him on Facebook, it seemed like they had broken up."

  Paisong's lips lightly touched Song Yuqiao's ear, speaking very slowly, his mouth opening and closing as if reading lip language: "Stay away from her."

  ………………

  In Song Yu-Huan's room, he asked his mother, "Actually, Pei Si-Cheng is quite good to my sister. I've been watching them for a while now."

  "Where is good?" Xi Mei Yu sat on the edge of the bed, casually flipping through the newspaper on the table. "You've never been in love before, how do you know what's good or not?"

  "I can tell, for example," Song Yu-Heng paused, "when my sister is cooking in the kitchen, he will stand at the kitchen door and watch, and even come forward to help."

  Xī Měi Yù couldn't help but smile, "Is this what you call being good to your sister? Usually it's your sister who cooks for all of you, has Pei Si Cheng ever cooked for your sister?"

  Song Yu-Hang was taken aback for a moment, but this wasn't it.

  "I didn't see him being particularly good to your sister," Xi Mei Yu slapped the book in her hand shut, "Where's your older sister?"

  "She went to the countryside for confinement and said there was a sanatorium with a better environment."

  "Have you met anyone here with her?"

  "Who is it?" Song Yu-Heng seemed as if he hadn't heard his mother's words.

  "For example, people who come to see your elder sister."

  "I've never seen him before, it's always just been me and Second Sister. Oh right, previously Su Chen from Second Aunt's house also came to visit once."

  Song Yu-Han had already brainwashed Song Shu-Ying multiple times, so even when facing Xi Mei-Yu, he absolutely wouldn't say an extra word and would answer with not a single leak. Whatever Xi Mei-Yu asked, Song Shu-Ying had already prepared a list, and Song Yu-Han just needed to recite from it.

  However, when Xi Mei Yu asked the same question, Song Yu Heng's admiration for his older sister Song Shu Ying rose to another level, and he simply understood her temperament thoroughly.

  In the end, Jessica stayed with Song Yu-Hwan on this side, while Xi Mei-Yu followed Song Yu-Qiao to live in Hua Yuan.

  Of course, there is also this little guy Pei Hangyu.

  Pei Si Cheng waited until they had split up and then called the high-speed rail station to ask about Hua Zhen's situation.

  "They've already left, it seems like they knew each other."

  ………………

  It's indeed an acquaintance, thanks to Zheng Rong, and it can be said that they are familiar with each other.

  However, Hua Zhen had no good impression of Zheng Rong's girlfriend at all, feeling that she was just a proud and arrogant rich girl with no upbringing.

  Similarly, Pei Ying also didn't appreciate Hua Zhen because of Zheng Rong's relationship.

  Perhaps Zheng Rong didn't tell Pei Ying when she was coming back, but told Hua Yun instead, which led to some unpleasantness.

  So, a meal is eaten without relishing the flavor.

  Lu Lu held the child in her arms, because the child was too noisy. After sitting down, the child started crying nonstop in Lu Lu's arms. Lu Lu frowned and tested the temperature of the milk bottle to feed him. He turned his face away and refused to drink. The nipple was inserted into his mouth, but he directly spat out the milk in his mouth, which flowed down his neck and instantly wetted his clothes.

  "What exactly do you want to do?!"

  Lu Lu was anxious too, and directly held A Fei's two hands up in front of him, the child suspended in mid-air, his two legs stretching out unconsciously, possibly because there was nothing underfoot, he cried even harder.

  "One more cry and I'll throw you out."

  Zheng Rong furrowed her brow upon hearing this, while Hua Zhen, who was sitting beside Lu Luan, hastily took the child from Lu Luan's arms. "Why are you scolding a little kid? He doesn't understand anything."

  Lu Lu picked up A Fei and as soon as her hand touched A Fei's exposed skin, she felt something was off.

  "How come it's so hot?" Lu Luan put the back of her hand on A Fei's forehead and touched it, "He has a fever, you've been holding him for so long and didn't realize that his whole body is burning up now?"

  Lu Lu seemed to have really not noticed, her expression a bit dull, "No."

  Hua Yun shook her head, this is probably the most careless mother ever.

  "Go to the hospital."

  Huazhen turned around and said to Zheng Rong, "I'll accompany Lu Lu to the hospital. We'll get in touch another day. Later on, Yuqiao will probably give you a call. She's going to the airport to pick up her mother today, so she can't come over."

  Zheng Rong nodded.

  Even if Lu Lü's son is not having a fever and crying non-stop now, Hua Shuang would still want to find an excuse to leave. She didn't want to vent her bad mood on Zheng Rong because of her unpleasant impression of Zheng Rong's girlfriend.

  Pei Ying didn't say anything, quietly eating the whole time. Even when Hua Zhen left, she still didn't say a word. It wasn't until they were having dinner that Pei Ying took out a tissue to wipe her mouth and then looked at Zheng Rong saying: "So, the Yu Qiao you mentioned earlier was Song Yuqiao."

  Zheng Rong was slightly stunned and didn't understand why Pei Ying suddenly mentioned Song Yuqiao.

  Pei Ying mentions Song Yuqiao because she is Pei Si Cheng's girlfriend, the woman who always excitedly calls her "Third Sister".

  Pei Ying paused for a moment before continuing: "Actually, it's not Song Yuqiao you like, but Hua Zhen, right?"

  Zheng Rong's bone china chopsticks accidentally knocked against the plate, her gaze had already turned very calm, looking at Pei Ying sitting across from her.

  "Hua Yun shouldn't know, but you didn't show it obviously. However, I can tell because when I treated you like Hua Yun, you didn't treat me the same way as you did with her." Pei Ying's gaze fluttered for a moment, considering whether to speak, then pursed her lips and said, "And your friend Lu Luan also noticed it."

  It is said that those in power are confused, while bystanders see clearly, and this should be the reason.

  After dinner, Zheng Rong and Pei Ying walked out of the restaurant one after another, but unexpectedly ran into Shen Yi Feng who came to attend a banquet.

  Pei Ying, who was originally walking behind Zheng Rong, took a step forward and hooked her arm around Zheng Rong's, smiling at Shen Yifeng, "Brother-in-law, you're here for dinner too?"

  Shen Yifeng's gaze lingered on Pei Ying's face for a moment, then he whispered a few words to a well-dressed man beside him. After the man left, he walked over to Pei Ying with a warm and refined smile on his face, "Little sister, is your boyfriend back?"

  Pei Ying tilted her head, a smile spreading across her face: "That's right, now that we're on vacation, you won't have to supervise me to eat on time anymore, I've got a boyfriend now."

  Pei Ying said, still holding onto Zheng Rong's arm tightly. Zheng Rong didn't move, allowing Pei Ying to hold him like that, and nodded slightly towards Shen Yifeng.

  Shen Yi Feng smiled, his eyes sweeping across Pei Ying and Zheng Rong's faces. "Just eat on time, I have a dinner appointment, so I'll go first. Little sister, tonight I might get drunk and forget to call you goodnight, so I'm saying it early, goodbye."

  Zheng Rong felt Pei Ying's fingernails brush against his arm.

  Although I didn't want to say anything, when we arrived at Zheng Qing's apartment, Zheng Rong still said one more sentence: "Actually from the first year of college, when I went to your house for dinner, your brother-in-law must have seen that we were fake, he just didn't say it."

  Pei Ying suddenly shook off Zheng Rong's hand, "I don't need you to tell me!"

  It's better to deceive oneself than to hear the truth from others.

  Zheng Rong and Pei Ying were in a senior-junior relationship at university, but they weren't close. One rainy night, Pei Ying didn't return home all night, so Zheng Rong was sent by their counselor to find her. After finding Pei Ying, she suddenly asked Zheng Rong to pretend to be her boyfriend and accompany her back home during the New Year's holiday.

  Zheng Rong was also being pestered by his brother Zheng Qing about finding a girlfriend at that time, so he agreed and gave his brother an explanation.

  Because Zheng Qing thought that Zheng Rong had always liked Song Yuqiao, even though Song Yuqiao went to Canada for a few years, he never forgot about Song Yuqiao. Zheng Rong didn't explain much, anyway, emotional things like this are all the more wrong the more you explain them.

  However, Zheng Rong received a call from his brother Zheng Qing half a year ago, saying that when he saw Song Yuqiao in the company, Zheng Rong was still quite surprised and asked where Song Yuqiao was now and how she was doing.

  As for later, Zheng Qing specially transferred to the small company under Ye's flag to cooperate with Song Yuqiao in order to get close to her. At first, any trivial matters had to be entrusted to Song Yuqiao. These things that happened at Shallow Language Company, Zheng Rong didn't hear from his brother and had no idea about them. It turned out that his brother also wanted to help him win back Song Yuqiao for his own sake.

  It's just a pity that perhaps he didn't show it clearly enough. In fact, the one he liked all along wasn't Song Yuqiao, but Hua Zhen.

  ………………

  China Garden

  At dinner time, Pei Sicheng had already booked a private room in a high-end restaurant and invited Song Yuqiao's mother to dine there. However, Xi Mei Yu said: "I'm tired of bones, don't want to go out for dinner, just want to eat some home-cooked dishes, I've had enough of Western food abroad..."

  Just as Song Yuqiao was about to say "I'll go do it", his mother had already spoken up: "I want to try my future son-in-law's cooking skills, I wonder if he will give this aunt a bit of face?"

  Xī Měi Yù pronounced the words "nǚ xū" (daughter-in-law) and "ā yí" (aunt) with an especially heavy accent.

  Song Yu Qiao suddenly didn't understand, they had already called him son-in-law, why did they still call her aunt.

  Pei Si chuckled and asked, "Auntie, what would you like to eat?"

  "It seems I underestimated my future son-in-law. You can still order, huh? Don't need to make it too difficult, today's the first time, I just want a bowl of noodle with meat sauce, no scallions, ginger or garlic, and no soy sauce, fresh noodles only."

  "Mom, scallions, ginger and garlic are for flavoring, soy sauce is for coloring. At this time, where can we get fresh noodles? Aren't you making things difficult for people?"

  "Not even married yet and you're already elbowing your way out, stand there and don't speak," Xi Mei Yu's slightly stern gaze shifted from Song Yu Qiao to Pei Si Cheng, "My daughter says I'm making things difficult for you, do you think it's difficult or not?"

  "It's not difficult." Pei Si Cheng is now particularly calm, with a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, his sleeves rolled up, and his long legs wrapped in dark suit pants, making him look slender and elegant.

  Xī Měi Yù's gaze lingered on Péi Sī Chéng's face for two seconds too long, meeting Péi Sī Chéng's eyes, and curled the corner of her lips before looking at Sòng Yǔ Qiáo again. "See, your future son-in-law has already said he won't make things difficult."

  Song Yuqiao had nothing more to say.

  Pei Shichen can't cook, this is what Song Yuqiao knows. Once before, when cutting green pepper shreds, it was still Song Yuqiao who taught him how to cut them, almost cutting his hand.

  Xī Měi Yù raised her head, walked to the wall, and touched a mural on the wall with her fingers. "Yú Qiáo, accompany me to take a look around this house, it looks not bad, help me tidy up things."

  "Oh."

  Song Yuqiao accompanied her mother upstairs and made an OK gesture with her hand behind her back, then mouthed "wait for me to come down".