"Zhou Mingjie, you're living a leisurely life!" Gu Yanbai gave him a cold glance as soon as he sat down.

"What's wrong with you? You two... aren't you getting along?" He looked at him excitedly, his eyes burning with even more intense gossip.

"What kind of nonsense is this? I'm sorry to disappoint you, my husband and I get along very well."

No, why am I talking to you about this? I'm here to settle scores with you!

You bastard, you don't even know how to be discreet in front of the kids, aren't you afraid of getting out and being embarrassed?

Of course, your face has long been thrown on the ground and trampled into pieces.

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Gu Yanbai unleashed a torrent of abuse, giving him a thorough dressing-down.

Zhou Mingjie was completely stunned by the scolding.

It took him a while to realize what was happening, and he said awkwardly, "Your little girl is too clever for her own good."

"I only... she told you about this little thing?"

"Who cares about your petty affairs!"

"Hey Zhou Mingjie, you better watch your step from now on. If you corrupt my daughter, I'll never forgive you." His gaze fell coldly on him.

"Okay! I'll be more careful next time!" Seeing that he had stopped scolding, he picked up the kettle again. "Want a cup?"

"Nonsense, is that even a question? Is this how you treat your guests?"

"You still know you're a guest? I've never seen a guest come to a house and start cursing the host." Zhou Mingjie muttered under his breath.

It's only because this person is Gu Yanbai. If it were someone else, with his explosive temper, beating him up would be the least of their worries.

"So what if I scold you? Your son hangs out at our house every day, the two of them are practically tearing the roof off!"

"Yanbai, we have to speak from the heart. Do you dare say that this wasn't started by your daughter?"

Gu Yanbai...

That's the logic.

But, "So what if she takes the lead? If she were alone, would she be this mischievous?"

Zhou Mingjie really couldn't respond to that. His son was just like his family.

Even if people scold him, he has no choice but to endure it. After all, what family doesn't have a good son?

He could only awkwardly say, "It will be fine in a while. After the New Year, I will send them to school."

"Yes, I definitely have to send it." Gu Yanbai picked up his teacup and took a sip.

But when the day actually came to send their children to school, the adults felt a pang of sadness.

When I'm at home, I always find them noisy.

They left so suddenly, and the whole family felt something was off.

Xiaxia is a bold and outgoing child. She quickly became friends with the other children after arriving at the school.

Little Stone was about to cry, but seeing Xiaxia there, he quickly forgot about his parents.

As usual, Su Nianxue planned to go to the restaurant to take a look.

These days, Xiaxia has gone to school, so she only needs to take care of Yuchu.

Unlike Xiaxia, he wasn't as mischievous; he was a quiet child and didn't cause her much trouble.

Fearing she would be bored, Gu Yanbai entrusted her with managing the town's restaurant so she could practice and learn how to run it.

Therefore, she would go to the shop whenever she had time.

“Come on, Yuchu, Mommy has to go do some chores. How about you come with your auntie?” Gu Yanliu held out her hand to him.

Gu Yuchu nodded sensibly and obediently stretched out her hands.

Gu Yanliu hugged him tightly, saying, "Our Yu Chu is such a good boy."

Su Nianxue looked at her sensible son and smiled, "Let's go!"

The three of them walked together toward the restaurant entrance.

"Su Nianxue." A high-pitched, slightly shrill voice came from behind.

The voice sounded familiar. She turned around abruptly. "You are... Su Jiaojiao?"

The Su Jiaojiao in front of her was much thinner than she remembered.

But her complexion had improved significantly, making her look much younger.

She hadn't seen her since the Wang family sent her to the brick factory; roughly three years had passed.

If her voice hadn't remained unchanged, she really wouldn't have recognized her.

While she was sizing up Su Jiaojiao, Su Jiaojiao was also sizing her up.

She was even more beautiful than when she was in the Su family. She was dressed appropriately and elegantly, and it was clear that she had been living a very good life all these years.

This realization left Su Jiaojiao feeling powerless.

She originally thought that she would be poor and destitute for the rest of her life after marrying such an idle man.

Unexpectedly, she is now the one living the best life in the Su family.

This truly proves the saying, "Man proposes, God disposes."

"What is this?" she asked, pointing to the child.

"My son."

Looking at the beautiful child, her expression was complex.

If that child were still alive, he would probably be this age now, no, perhaps even older than him.

"Stop dawdling, are you coming or not?" The man beside her looked quite impatient as she continued chatting.

However, there was a hint of amazement in his eyes when he looked at Su Nianxue.

Judging from her demeanor and speech, she doesn't look like a country girl at all.

I wonder where Su Jiaojiao got to know such a rich person?

His intuition told him that he couldn't afford to mess with this woman.

"Come on, come on, look at me, I can't help but chat a bit more when I see someone I know."

"You must be tired. Come on, let's go inside and rest for a while!" She smiled ingratiatingly at the man.

"You're such a pain. It's just a birthday celebration, why do you have to come all this way to eat here?"

"I was just thinking that you've been working hard these days, so I wanted to take this opportunity to treat you to a nice meal. As for your birthday, that's just something I did on the side."

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