Chapter 443
This meal left some families happy and some families upset. After finishing the meal, they stayed behind and had some fruit together.
It wasn’t until the four little ones sitting beside Su Xiaoxiao yawned continuously that she hurriedly stood up and said, “It’s nap time now, Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle and Aunt, you should rest first. My parents and I will head back.”
“No! I want Auntie!” The two-year-old’s eyes were barely open, but she stubbornly clung to Su Xiaoxiao, unwilling to let go.
Su Xiaoxiao had no choice but to pull her clothes away from the little girl’s hands and gently coax, “Be good, go to sleep, okay?”
“I don’t want to sleep, I want Auntie.” The little one pouted pitifully, whining and throwing a tantrum.
Seeing her like this, the second cousin-in-law immediately became angry.
“Gu Jingyun!” she gritted her teeth and called out, word by word.
The little one, who was originally so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open, shivered in fear and quickly sat up straight. With a pitiful look, she said, “Mom, I want to sleep with Auntie. I’ll share half of the bed I bought with Auntie.”
After saying this, the little one tilted her head, thought for a moment, and in a very serious tone said, “As long as Auntie is willing to sleep with me, I can give her everything. I only need a small, tiny place.”
Su Xiaoxiao found her words strange, like a line from a manipulative guy or a “simp” quote from modern times.
But the little one didn’t think there was anything wrong with what she said.
The other three little ones happily clapped their hands. “Yay! We also want to sleep with Auntie! Sister’s bed is big enough for all four of us!”
“Idiot, adding Auntie makes five people!” The eldest scolded the younger brother seriously.
The second brother lowered his head, counted on his fingers, and then nodded very seriously, “Right, five people! But five people should be fine!”
Jiang Yexun, who was standing by, looked at them with a dark face. After they finished counting, he said softly, “Auntie and Uncle should sleep together, and they should sleep together every day. Not a single day should be missed.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the four little ones immediately turned to look at him.
But they all showed deep disdain in their eyes. The second brother again lowered his head to count.
“Doesn’t that mean six people would have to sleep on sister’s bed? Is sister’s bed big enough?” The second brother asked uncertainly.
The little one still holding onto Su Xiaoxiao’s clothes nodded very seriously, “It’s enough! Yun Yun’s bed is big, and we can add two more uncles.”
“Poof!” Zhu Peini couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
She quickly covered her mouth apologetically and openly laughed for a while.
Then, she hurriedly picked up her little granddaughter and walked toward the child’s room.
Su Xiaoxiao’s two cousins also picked up their remaining children and hurried back to their rooms.
Jiang Yexun’s face turned black, but since these were his little in-laws’ children, he didn’t say much.
“We should go.” He extended his hand to Su Xiaoxiao.
To calm him down, Su Xiaoxiao quickly put her hand in his.
Their ten fingers immediately intertwined tightly.
“Grandpa, Grandma, we’ll leave first,” Su Xiaoxiao waved to the elderly with her other hand.
The elderly smiled and got up, sending them to the door.
Looking at Su Xiaoxiao, who was about to leave, Grandma Chen reluctantly grabbed her, “Our sweetheart has grown up and is so considerate. Grandpa and Grandma are very happy. If you have time in Shanghai, come and visit us old folks more. During the New Year, we’ll go to the small house to have dinner with you.”
“Okay!” Su Xiaoxiao answered sweetly and then got in the car to leave.
Since they were going to have dinner at the Su family’s house in the evening, they drove directly back there.
But since it was still early, Mr. and Mrs. Su started carefully checking again to see if there was anything they needed to take, only to find they hadn’t packed anything.
Although their two homes were close and it was easy to get there, since they were going to stay for one or two months, they still wanted to save time and make fewer trips.
Jiang Yexun helped, but he wouldn’t let Su Xiaoxiao lift a finger.
Not only did he not let her do anything, but he also specially made a cup of Wheat Milk, placed snacks and fruit on the coffee table, to make sure his little wife wouldn’t feel bored even if she did nothing but sit there.
Su Hongchen didn’t have much to tidy up. After helping to search for a couple of times, he stood to the side, quietly watching his brother-in-law, who was busy, trying to win favor with his parents.
“Sis, you should let your husband relax. He’s so active, it makes me almost scared of marriage,” Su Hongchen stood beside Su Xiaoxiao and took the apple slices from her hand to bite.
“Huh? Why?” Su Xiaoxiao looked at him with confusion.
Su Hongchen sighed, “Because I can’t guarantee that I’ll be as active as him with another woman. If I can’t do that, I’ll definitely question my feelings. Isn’t that just being a jerk?”
Su Xiaoxiao tilted her head, somewhat speechless as she looked at him, “You’re overthinking it. Once you really like a girl, you’ll be just as active. Besides, with your current military position, even if you really wanted to do this, you wouldn’t have time for it, would you?”
So, people shouldn’t engage in involution.
Look at her brother; she didn’t think much of it on a daily basis, but the moment another man gets involved, he starts thinking he’s falling behind.
If women get competitive, they might be just like her brother and Su Hongchen.
“True! But I’m not in a hurry right now.” Su Hongchen withdrew his thoughts, deciding not to think about it any further.
There was nothing he could do anyway. The mastermind behind trying to harm their family was getting deeper and deeper.
Although he had uncovered many spies, the person who wanted to harm their family was still very far away.
Su Hongchen couldn’t help but worry about how powerful that mastermind was.
But no matter what, all the evidence he had found pointed directly to Beijing.
But after racking his brain, Su Hongchen couldn’t figure out who in Beijing wanted to destroy his family.
Before he could figure that out, he just wanted to catch the person and protect his family well.
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Because lunch had been a bit late and everyone had been talking while eating, the meal took longer.
So, the Su family wasn’t in a hurry for dinner.
Mrs. Su was still doing a big cleaning with Jiang Yexun.
Even though they wouldn’t spend the New Year there this year, they still wanted to clean up and welcome the new year.
None of them would let Su Xiaoxiao help, so Su Xiaoxiao had to sit in the balcony pretending to carefully tend to her cut tea tree branches.
In reality, her gaze kept wandering downstairs, watching the employees returning.
But after waiting until six-thirty and all the day shift workers had returned, Su Xiaoxiao still hadn’t seen Qian Junwei.
So, he’s working the night shift today?
Su Xiaoxiao squinted her eyes and thought for a moment, figuring it was possible.
“Xiaoxiao, come eat,” Mrs. Su called from inside.
“Coming.” Su Xiaoxiao quickly answered and didn’t linger outside any longer.
They ate while chatting, and after finishing around seven, Su Xiaoxiao said, “It’s getting late, let’s head back first. We still need to unpack and take a shower. If it gets too late, we won’t be able to sleep for a while.”
“Alright, let’s go back then.” Mrs. Su agreed, since there were still many things to do once they got there.
Jiang Yexun was driving a military-style pickup truck now, so all their things could be placed in the back trunk.
After returning to the small courtyard, under everyone’s envious gaze, Mr. and Mrs. Su immediately began to pack up.
Even Su Hongchen took his luggage upstairs.
Jiang Yexun then leaned over to Su Xiaoxiao, bent down, and whispered in her ear, “Did you see clearly?”
“Mm, he’s working the night shift today. He has to be at the factory by nine, so he must leave around eight-thirty and be on the road by then.” Su Xiaoxiao lowered her voice as well.
“Good, now that the time is almost right, we just need to tell the family.” Jiang Yexun quickly made the arrangements.
Su Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes, then shouted upstairs, “Mom, Dad, I forgot to bring the small box with the hair ties. I’ll go back and get it.”