Luo Shixi was shocked by the word "mother" from He Yu's mouth. He was silent for three seconds, but he still followed his heart and kicked He Yu away, "Shut up."

He Yu smiled and said, "Maybe you would rather call me mother-in-law?"

Luo Shixi: “…”

Seeing him getting angry and irritated, He Yu immediately stroked his fur skillfully, "I like whatever you call Luo Luo."

Luo Shixi curled his lips, "What's the point of you liking it?" Your mother has to like it!

He Yu smiled but said nothing.

When Luo Shixi thought about meeting He Yu's mother, he began to feel anxious. "Let's go buy some supplements for Auntie first. I don't know what she likes. Please help me come up with some ideas."

He Yu: "She likes everything you buy."

Luo Shixi: "...Don't you know what she likes?"

He Yu was silent. After a while, he picked up his phone and sent a very straightforward message to his wife, Ms. Yu: [Mom, what do you like? ]

His wife, Ms. Yu, was even more straightforward: [I like money, please transfer the money to me [grin]]

He Yu showed his phone to Luo Shixi.

"..." Luo Shixi held it in for a long time, and finally managed to compliment her, "Auntie is so honest and frugal."

He Yu hugged him and laughed like crazy.

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The two discussed about He Yu's family in Chapter 28.

He Yu's family lives in the north, and it snowed heavily near the end of the year. The roads were difficult to travel on, and the two of them almost got stuck in traffic when they drove into the city.

Although he was tough and didn't show his fear to He Yu, Luo Shixi was still scared.

He held the seat belt tightly, licked his lips and asked the man in the driver's seat, "How long will it take us to get there?"

"Half an hour left."

Luo Shixi was dissatisfied, "You replied to me without even checking the time."

He Yu was helpless, "Little Ancestor, you just asked me the same question three minutes ago, I didn't even need to check the time."

This is the truth, but Luo Shixi refused to admit it. "How can it be three minutes? You just got off the highway when I asked you last time."

"I remembered it wrong," He Yu obeyed. He looked at Luo Shixi beside him and noticed that his fingertips were clenched white. "Nervous?"

"Not nervous." Luo Shixi shook his head.

He Yu smiled. He said he wasn't nervous, but his voice was almost breaking.

He said: "My mother was quite rebellious when she was young. She fell in love early and found my father. She broke off relations with her family and wanted to marry him. She was only 20 years old when she gave birth to me. Because she had no source of income, she worked part-time during that period of time when she was pregnant."

Luo Shixi didn't expect that He Yu's mother's experience was so bizarre, and listened very carefully.

He Yu continued, "Then they often quarreled and divorced. She took me back to her parents' home. After taking care of me for a while, she met her love again. He is her current husband, my uncle. He is a good person, but he lives in Country Y and doesn't come back often."

"Then did you grow up abroad when you were a child?" Luo Shixi asked.

He Yu shook his head, "No. I was too young, and my grandmother was worried about me so she left me in China. My mother came back two or three times a year. My grandmother passed away a few years ago. She wanted to take me to Country Y, but I wanted to enter the entertainment industry at that time, so I didn't listen."

Luo Shixi listened to He Yu's story of his past twenty years in a few words. He looked calm, but he knew He Yu was not happy when he was a child. He pulled at his seat belt, not knowing what to say to comfort him.

But He Yu obviously didn't need comfort. He said all this just to let Luo Shixi understand his mother and distract his attention at the same time.

"Squeak—" the brakes sounded, and He Yu turned off the engine. "We're here."

"We're here?!" Luo Shixi suddenly changed his mind from comforting He Yu and looked at the red double doors in front of him. "Why are we here so fast?"

He Yu jumped out of the car first, walked around to the back of the car and opened the trunk, then called out to Luo Shixi who was sitting in the car, "Go knock on the door, I'll get the things down."

Luo Shixi jumped out of the car and looked around He Yu's old house.

The vermilion wooden door was decorated with iron lions, polished by wind and rain until it was shiny. On the door were last year's Spring Festival couplets, which had faded to dark red, with white and curled edges, and the words "May blessings shine upon the family and bring prosperity to all" could be vaguely seen.

Luo Shixi put his hand on the Jiaotu door knocker, and just as he held it, he let it go. He turned to look at He Yu.

He Yu was moving luggage and gifts from the trunk. The sun was shining brightly today, and he was wearing a slim-fitting lead-gray long coat. He was rolling up his sleeves to his elbows and moving the sundry things Luo Shixi had bought out. He looked up when he noticed Luo Shixi was looking at him.

"What's wrong?"

Luo Shixi took two steps at a time and walked down the stairs to He Yu, "Um... I'll move with you."

He Yu glanced at the door knocker and laughed without exposing him.

Luo Shixi and He Yu moved all the things down together, and Luo Shixi followed He Yu forward with a big box in his arms. He Yu stopped.

Luo Shixi was stuck behind, his hands were too heavy to hold steady, and he quickly asked, "What are you doing? Why did you stop?"

He Yu looked at Ms. Yu who happened to be going out and called out, "Mom."

Luo Shixi stuttered for a moment, "Ah, Auntie?" He poked his head out from behind He Yu and looked at Yu Xiao who walked out of the house.

The woman wore a slim-fitting alpaca knitted dress with a thick brown shawl on the outside. Her long hair was gently cascading behind her ears. She looked like an intellectual woman in her thirties, and she walked with light lotus steps.

Yu Xiao's eyes lit up when she saw the two of them. She ignored her son and walked straight towards Luo Shixi. "I thought you guys would come at this time. Why did Zhuan buy so many things? He Yu, help Xiaoxi quickly. What do you want to do with your hands?"

Luo Shixi quickly said: "Auntie, no need, I can do it myself."

"My hands are busy. If you don't want to help, just make way." He Yu moved the things in his hands into the house first, then turned around to help Luo Shixi move.

The house is a two-story building with a small yard, but unfortunately it has been abandoned. The pomegranate tree in the corner has long since died, but there are some unknown weeds growing around it, which look like they will grow well in the summer.

Yu Xiao rolled his eyes at He Yu, said "how disrespectful" and helped the two of them carry the suitcases in.

Luo Shixi thought that his aunt was not the same as He Yu described. He felt that He's mother should be a person with a strong personality, but he didn't expect her to be so gentle. He blew on his red hands and put them on his face to warm them up. Seeing this, He Yu held his hands and put them in his pocket.

"The central heating in my hometown is not as warm as at home, so Xiaoxi will make do," Yu Xiao said, pulling Luo Shixi to sit on the sofa and looking at him carefully. The more he looked, the more satisfied he became. The more he looked, the more he liked him. "Xiaoxi is so cute, has a good personality, and I heard that he is also good at studying. My He Yu is really marrying up."

He Yu's mouth twitched, "Can you change the word?"

"Why, am I wrong?"

He Yu was too lazy to argue with her, "Why didn't uncle come?"

Yu Xiao said angrily, "What is he doing here? There is no place for him in our gathering of three people."

He Yu understood that they had quarreled again. He estimated that in a few days, he would hear about his uncle's miserable deeds of traveling thousands of miles to find his lover.

Luo Shixi's hand was held by Yu Xiao, and he felt that the other person's hand was colder than his. He asked, "Auntie, aren't you cold?" She was wearing only this little.

He Yu laughed out loud and looked at his mother leisurely.

Yu Xiao was strangely silent for a few seconds, with a strong face, "It's not cold."

He added: "Even if I freeze to death on the road, I won't say it's cold."

Women should be beautiful! What is cold?

have no idea!

Luo Shixi's words "I envy your aunt's hot temper" got stuck in his throat and he couldn't spit them out. He was not good at dealing with elders to begin with, and now he was at a loss, looking at He Yu for help.

He Yu received Luo Shixi's request for help and helped him out, "We just got here and haven't packed our things yet, so don't bother talking to him yet."

"Look at me, I forgot about this," Yu Xiao said quickly, "Xiao Xi and He Yu can live in the same room, okay?"

Luo Shixi nodded, and before going upstairs, she pointed at the things on the ground and said, "Auntie, those are gifts for you. I didn't know what you like, so I bought a little of everything."

"I like whatever Xiaoxi buys," Yu Xiao went to look at the gifts. Her eyes lit up immediately after just one look. "These are limited editions that I didn't get! Xiaoxi, you are so nice. Auntie likes you so much."

Luo Shixi blushed at Yu Xiao's straightforward and bold words, "As long as Auntie likes it."

"I like it, I'll take a look at it, you guys go and get busy."

Luo Shixi went upstairs to pack his things and whispered to He Yu, "When I first saw Auntie, I thought she was very gentle, but I didn't expect her to be quite... lively." He found a word.

"It's just not right," He Yu said, "She is suppressing her true nature in front of you now. You will know after a few days."

Luo Shixi said "Oh", and then laughed as he thought about it, "I think Auntie is so cute."

"She'll be happier if you say it to her face."

Luo Shixi ignored him, walked to the bedroom window and opened it, "It's so beautiful outside."

There was still a thick layer of snow on the eaves. Footprints of passers-by could be seen in the alley. A truck was parked in front of the neighbor's door, unloading New Year's goods. Luo Shixi watched as sacks of cabbage were being moved home like wholesale, and his eyes widened with curiosity.

"Can they finish it?"

He Yu walked to the window, hugged Luo Shixi from behind, and looked out with him.

"Generally, the food we buy now is enough to last for half a month. If we have guests at home, we will buy more. My grandmother used to do this too. If she were still alive, I would go out with her to buy New Year's goods now."

Luo Shixi turned around to look at the expression on He Yu's face. He Yu looked very calm, but there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

He said, "Then let's go on a big shopping spree tomorrow and stock up on supplies!"

He Yu smiled and scratched his nose, "There are only three of us, how can we eat so much?"

Luo Shixi was not convinced, "Just stock up as much as you can eat, are you stupid? Are you going or not? If not, I'll go by myself."

He Yu: "Of course."

"Okay, then I'll quickly think about what to buy." Luo Shixi thought about it one by one and planned to think about it carefully after dinner.

When the two of them went downstairs, they told Yu Xiao about this. Yu Xiao happily suggested buying more hot pot ingredients and stocking them up together.

"I must eat hotpot on snowy days." Yu Xiao hasn't been back to China for a long time, and besides dumplings, hotpot is what he wants to eat the most.

"Okay, then we'll go buy it tomorrow." Luo Shixi's eyes curved up, and the teardrop mole at the corner of his eyes fluttered, which made Yu Xiao's heart soften, and he touched Luo Shixi's head.

He Yu cooked dinner. It was the end of the year and he couldn't find his aunt, so it was more convenient to cook by himself. Three people couldn't eat much, so he cooked three dishes and a soup.

At the dinner table, Yu Xiao hardly moved her chopsticks. She rested her chin on her hand and watched Luo Shixi eat with a smile. Occasionally, when Luo Shixi wanted to pick up something with chopsticks, she would immediately help put it into the bowl.

"Xiao Xi, eat more. You are so thin. Does He Yu usually skimp on you?" She glared at He Yu.

He Yu was innocently wronged, and Luo Shixi rushed to redress his grievances, "No, auntie, I just can't gain weight, and I usually consume a lot."

"I'm so envious." Yu Xiao sighed.

During the meal, Yu Xiao kept picking food for Luo Shixi and occasionally asked him some questions. When she knew that Luo Shixi was the only one left at home, her eyes were full of pity. Luo Shixi felt uncomfortable under her loving gaze and looked at He Yu quietly.

He Yu was helpless. He was like a transparent person at this table. According to Yu Xiao, "eat your food and talk less."

By the time Luo Shixi got up from the table, touching his round belly, he and Yu Xiao had become as close as mother and son.

When he went to bed at night, He Yu found that the lamp on the bedside table was out of repair. They walked to the grocery store in front of the alley and bought a light bulb, then came back to turn it on.

He Yu was installing a light bulb over there when Luo Shixi suddenly called him.

"Come and see, it's snowing!"

He Yu tightened the light bulb and asked, "Why is it snowing again?"

Luo Shixi excitedly opened the window, and the north wind whistled into the bedroom, mixing with ice chips and covering Luo Shixi's face. He quickly closed the window again, and spat out the snowflakes that had entered his mouth with a few "Puh-Puh" sounds.

He Yu laughed at him from behind.

"Stop laughing!" Luo Shixi reached out to pinch He Yu's face, and He Yu fell on the bed behind him. Luo Shixi accidentally fell on him.

"What are you doing?" He put his hands on both sides of He Yu and looked down at him.

He Yu adjusted himself to a comfortable position, and said lazily, "It's more comfortable to watch this way."

"I'm too lazy to do that." Having said that, Luo Shixi also lay down and stood next to He Yu.

The two of them looked at the snowflakes outside the window together, speechless for a moment. The air was quiet and peaceful.

The snow fluttered down on the ground, and the street lights at the entrance of the alley illuminated a dim corner. At this moment, just lying there, without saying much, made people feel very beautiful.

Luo Shixi rested his head on He Yu's shoulder and became lazy. "I feel like I don't want to do anything on a snowy day. I just want to lie down like this."

He had been working hard for a whole year and finally had a rare moment of leisure, so he began to give up with peace of mind.

He Yu felt the same way, and he combed Luo Shixi's hair with his fingers from time to time, occasionally wrapping his fingers around it and letting the hair pass through.

Luo Shixi yawned and looked at the time. It was only eight o'clock in the evening. As expected, time slowed down in a small town.

"I'm a bit bored, but I don't want to play with my phone," he said.

"Hmm..." He Yu pretended to be in deep thought and poked Luo Shixi's soft face, "Then let's do some evening exercise?"

Luo Shixi understood immediately, "No, Auntie is still downstairs!"

He Yu turned over and pressed him down, chuckling, "Then just keep your voice down so she doesn't hear it."

Luo Shixi widened his eyes and wanted to call him a beast, but his lips were blocked and he could only make a mumbling sound.

However, the sound of the struggle gradually weakened and turned into a subtle, suppressed cry.