Chapter 497 Who Are You
Du Yunkai steadily caught Chacha, who was running towards him like a cannonball, and picked him up. Chacha hugged Du Yunkai's neck, and the uncle and nephew rubbed their foreheads against each other, looking very affectionate.
"Charles, why are you here?"
"My mother brought me here! Are you surprised, uncle?"
“I was so surprised!”
"Uncle, do you miss me?"
Du Yunkai kissed Cha Cha hard on the cheek: "Uncle missed you so much!"
Cha Cha kissed back: "I missed you so much too!"
The yard was filled with the laughter of the uncle and nephew.
Then Cha Cha hugged Du Yunkai's neck, leaned her head on his shoulder, and greeted Xu Qingsong: "Uncle Xu, hello."
Xu Qingsong raised his hand and waved at him: "Xiao Cha Cha, you too."
"Hehe." Chacha smiled and nuzzled Du Yunkai. When he turned his head, his eyes fell on Richard's face and saw the tear falling. He whispered in Du Yunkai's ear, "Uncle, why is this uncle crying?"
Du Yunkai had also noticed it and was about to ask when he was interrupted by colleagues who came over to say hello.
When Cha Cha ran over shouting "Uncle", many colleagues heard the voice and looked over curiously.
Everyone had heard that Du Yunkai had a nephew, because every time they went out for team building, Du Yunkai would go shopping and buy everything for his nephew. But everyone had only heard of him and had never seen this kid, so when Cha Cha suddenly showed up, everyone couldn't help but take a look, whisper to each other, and then come over to say hello.
Richard quietly raised his hand to wipe away his tears and temporarily stepped aside.
After the greetings were almost over, Liu Wangxue, Du Yunxiang and Anding also came over. Du Yunkai briefly introduced them to each other. After everyone greeted them, they did not disturb them too much and went into the small cafeteria to have dinner.
Du Yunkai saw Richard was still there, so he turned sideways with Chacha in his arms. Before he could speak, Chacha spoke first.
Chacha asked Richard in English naturally: "Uncle, why were you crying just now?"
When Chacha asked this question, everyone's attention was focused on Richard again.
As soon as they came in, Liu Wangxue and the other two noticed Richard standing aside. Liu Wangxue even asked Xu Qingsong quietly, and Xu Qingsong shook his head and said he didn't know either.
Richard still had a dazed expression on his face, as if he had not yet recovered from the trance of seeing Chacha. He did not answer Chacha's question, but asked another one, speaking cautiously.
Richard asked Chacha: "Who are you?"
Chacha answered him: "I am Charles."
Richard asked again: "Can you tell me who your parents are?"
Richard didn't understand the greetings just now. It would be more accurate to say that he turned a deaf ear to them. Those sporadic familiar words became unfamiliar at this moment. His mind and eyes were filled with the child in front of him.
Cha Cha pointed at Du Yunxiang and said, "This is my mother."
However, the word "dad" puzzled the child. Cha Cha looked at Du Yunxiang and then at Du Yunkai. Seeing that they had no intention of speaking, she told Richard the truth: "I don't have a dad."
Richard's face went blank for a moment. He didn't believe it, and his tone became a little anxious: "How is it possible? Without a father, how did you come here?"
Cha Cha answered as a matter of course: "Because my mother missed me, so I came."
Richard looked at Chacha with sadness in his eyes, as if talking to himself: "How is it possible?"
Du Yunkai moved Cha Cha from his left arm to his right arm and asked Richard, "What's wrong?"
Richard didn't know what to say for a moment. He turned his gaze from Cha Cha to Du Yunxiang and said, "I know it's rude of me to ask this. Is he really..."
Richard wanted to ask Du Yunxiang if Cha Cha was her biological child. Halfway through the question, he suddenly realized that the child was still present, so he changed the question: "I want to ask, your husband, or your boyfriend, I mean, Charles' father, can you tell me who he is, and can you let me meet him?"
Although Du Yunxiang was confused, he still answered Richard's pleading eyes, the same as what Cha Cha said: "He has no father. He is my child alone."
"How is that possible?" Richard still didn't believe it.
The emotions in Richard's eyes at this moment were very complicated. Chacha didn't understand all of them, but he clearly saw the "sadness" in them.
Cha Cha didn't understand why the uncle was so sad when he heard that he didn't have a father. He just felt that he would be sad too.
Cha Cha said to Richard, "Uncle, don't be sad. I didn't lie to you, and my mother didn't lie to you either."
Richard smiled at the child very reluctantly.
At this time, Liu Wangxue received a message from Gu Xuelan, asking her whether Cha Cha had seen her uncle and when she would go back, as the meal at home would be ready soon.
When Liu Wangxue led Du Yunxiang and the others from home to the studio, Liu Nanshan had already left for home. When he arrived in the morning, he asked for leave from Du Yunkai and said hello to the two chefs in the canteen, saying that they had guests at home and had to go back early in the evening to cook. So they prepared the ingredients for dinner in advance, and when the time came, Chef Wang would help, and according to the requirements of his colleagues, all kinds of noodles could be easily cooked.
When Liu Nanshan went home, he did not take the usual main road, but took a shortcut through a field and went home in a straight line. When he returned to the courtyard, Gu Xuelan had already washed and prepared all the vegetarian dishes, arranged the seasonings by the stove, and steamed the rice. The couple worked together to prepare the remaining meat dishes, and soon finished, and started to fry them.
When Gu Xuelan sent a message to Liu Wangxue, only two meat dishes and a sweet soup were left to be cooked.
Liu Wangxue looked at the people in front of him and couldn't figure out what was going on. Richard's question seemed to be out of context, but it was obvious that there must be something going on, maybe something important related to his life. Perhaps it was not convenient to talk about it in this situation, and Richard still had a hint of hesitation on his face.
She shook her phone and simply asked, "How about we go back and eat first? My mom sent a message saying that the meal is ready. It gets cold quickly in winter. How about we talk after dinner?"
She asked questions in English and was looking at Du Yunxiang and Richard. She thought that the courtyard could provide a private space, and if it was inconvenient to chat here, they could chat there after dinner.
Du Yunkai shook Cha Cha in his arms and asked Xu Qingsong with a smile, "I was wondering why you suddenly asked me to go back for dinner and even thanked me. It turns out that you had planned this all along."
"I have no choice," Xu Qingsong spread his hands. Liu Wangxue asked him to come up with a random excuse, and he really just said it casually, "Let's go, let's go eat first, I'll treat you to a thank you meal later." After saying that, he turned around and asked Richard. Like Liu Wangxue, he also sought the opinions of Cha Cha's family - the parties involved: "Let's go together?"
Du Yunkai was worried about Richard when he saw his expression. He wanted to make sure nothing happened to him, so he asked him to join them.
Richard didn't know why he had a hunch that Cha Cha must have some kind of relationship with him, otherwise why did the child look exactly like him when he was a child? He had a lot of questions in his mind and wanted to figure them out, so he nodded and agreed, and went to the courtyard with them.
Du Yunkai still carried Cha Cha and walked out with everyone else. Cha Cha asked him caringly, "Uncle, are you tired?"
Du Yunkai keeps exercising regularly all year round, so how could there be any problem in holding a four-year-old child of standard size? He deliberately shook the child twice, causing Cha Cha to giggle and say, "Uncle is not tired."
Cha Cha was holding a small cake in his hand, which Tao Huaxin had brought to him when he came out to greet him. The small cakes in the cupboard of the bar were all cut into pieces and served on porcelain plates, which were heavy. Tao Huaxin was worried that the child could not hold them steadily, so he replaced them with disposable ones and placed a small fork next to them.
The small cake is fruit flavored, with a layer of blueberry jam on top, which was made by Qiu Xiangrong himself. In the middle is a thick layer of fresh blueberry chunks wrapped in cream. The sweet smell goes straight into his nose. Cha Cha has wanted to eat it for a long time, he likes blueberries.
Therefore, when he asked Du Yunkai if he was tired, besides because he really cared about his uncle, he also had some little thoughts of his own - if he was tired, he could eat a small cake and he would have more energy after eating it.
Cha Cha held the plate in one hand and the fork in the other: "Uncle, you must be tired. Let me feed you some cake."
Du Yunkai saw through it and cooperated: "Okay, before you feed it to me, please let Cha Cha taste it first to see if it tastes good."
They have played this game countless times.
Du Yunxiang restricted Chacha's sweets. Eating too much sweets is not good for her, so no one in the family would help Chacha. Chacha was also well behaved and would not make a fuss. Sometimes, when she really wanted to eat something, she would think up excuses, such as "Let me try it for you first to see if it tastes good."
Cha Cha smiled and said to Du Yunxiang, "Mom, I'm just trying it for my uncle." He had already finished his portion of dessert at lunch, but the cake Auntie Tao gave him was so fragrant that it tasted better than anything he had ever eaten before. He was a little greedy when he smelled it. He didn't eat too much, just a little bit.
Du Yunxiang raised his hand to touch his little face and said with a smile: "Eat, there is no limit today."
Cha Cha was even happier. She took a small fork and scooped a mouthful of cream with blueberry jam. She leaned forward and handed it to Du Yunxiang. "Mom, you eat first."
Du Yunxiang ate the cream and nodded, "Mm, it's delicious."
Cha Cha happily took another bite and tasted it herself: "Wow, it's delicious!"
Then he took another big bite and fed it to Du Yunkai: "Uncle, please eat it. It's really delicious."
Du Yunkai ate it in one bite with an exaggerated “Ahhh” and commented in a show-off manner: “Oh my god, how can there be such a delicious little cake? It must be because our little cutie Cha Cha fed it to uncle!”
Cha Cha was amused by him and laughed non-stop. The uncle and nephew finished the cake, taking small bites each.
Xu Qingsong held the cat and walked beside them, holding Liu Wangxue's hand, watching the interaction between the uncle and nephew with a smile on his face. Gu Gua also flew over to join in the fun, and Cha Cha specially put a piece of blueberry in her palm to feed it.
Richard also watched their interaction, his eyes were always hot, and he felt that the people and scenery in front of him were as unreal as a dream.
On the way back, I inevitably met people from the village and greeted them along the way.
When they arrived at the courtyard, the last stir-fry had just been put into the pot and the sweet soup was cooking on another stove. Liu Nanshan was stirring the pot with one hand and could not leave, so he just greeted them and asked them to wash their hands and sit down first. Gu Xuelan took them to the living room on the other side of the small building.
The small building has a large space, and the living room and dining room are very spacious. Liu Wangxue specially chose a larger dining table, thinking that if there are many relatives and friends coming, they can sit down. However, usually Liu Wangxue and the other four will eat in the kitchen, which is convenient.
Several people took turns washing their hands in the bathroom on the first floor. When they went to the dining table, they saw that the dishes and food had already been laid out.
Liu Wangxue's excuse that the food cooled down quickly was all just an excuse. She had already bought a food insulation board, which was placed right in the center of the dining table with a thermal cover on it. The air conditioner in the living room was also on high, and when the cover was lifted, the dishes and soup were not cold at all but were still steaming hot.
None of them sat down, but stood aside chatting, waiting for Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan to come over.
Xu Qingsong went to the kitchen to take another look, then came over with the two elders, carrying the dishes and soup. Everyone sat down at the invitation of the two elders.
Liu Nanshan heard Gu Xuelan talk about Cha Cha's picky food, and Gu Xuelan also asked in advance about the foods that Cha Cha should avoid. So Liu Nanshan put a lot of effort into this meal, and basically made everything according to the child's taste.
I heard that Cha Cha likes to eat bamboo shoots in old duck soup because it doesn’t have any strange taste. Liu Nanshan didn’t know what strange taste bamboo shoots had, so he thought of making a dish of cold salad and a dish of stir-fry and let Cha Cha try them.
During this meal, Liu Nanshan's attention was entirely on Cha Cha. He asked him to try this and that, fearing that he would not eat well.
The child doesn't care about face or anything like that. He is usually like this. If something he likes, he will eat a few more bites. If something he doesn't like, he will swallow it in one bite and will never take a second bite.
Most of the dishes on Liu Nanshan's table received positive responses from Cha Cha. Cha Cha especially liked the cold-mixed shredded bamboo shoots. If he wasn't for being forbidden to eat more because of the fear that it was too cold, he would have finished half a dish by himself.
After finishing the meal, Cha Cha touched her round belly and said, "Mom, I'm so full."
Du Yunxiang also touched his belly and decided to take him out for a walk to help digest the food. He asked him, "Are the dishes cooked by grandpa and grandma delicious?"
Cha Cha nodded: "It's super delicious!" Then she thanked Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan.
The two elders liked children to begin with, so they couldn't take their eyes off such a pretty and well-behaved girl. When they were called "Grandpa and Grandma", they felt their hearts melt. Especially Liu Nanshan, who had only heard Gu Xuelan talk about Cha Cha before, and today was the first time he saw her. The child also showed his support, and he smiled from ear to ear.
After the meal, everyone sat and chatted for a while, and then a few people stood up to help clear the table.
Du Yunxiang had never done these things since she was a child. Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan didn't let her help. She herself really didn't know where to start, so she just stood aside with Cha Cha to avoid causing any trouble.
Du Yunkai didn't know how to do it before, but since he came to Taojia Village, he learned it after helping out a few times. Now he does it very smoothly, and Du Yunxiang even looks at him with admiration.
All the dishes were put into the dishwasher, leaving only the stove and the dining table to be cleaned. Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan did not let them interfere, and just chatted, took a walk, and did what they needed to do.
The meal was generally enjoyable, with the adults chatting and the children showing their support. It seemed that only Richard had lost his appetite. Really, even the delicious food could not divert his attention, and his eyes would fall on Cha Cha's face from time to time.
After packing up most of the things, Du Yunxiang said he wanted to take Cha Cha out for a walk, as he was worried that he would not sleep well at night if he ate too much.
The boss was going to take his son out, so as his assistant, Anding had to follow them. He immediately went to get clothes and a scarf and handed them to Du Yunxiang, while helping Chacha to put them on.
When Richard saw that they were about to go out, he seemed to be hesitant to speak. Didn’t they agree to chat after dinner?
Liu Wangxue saw all of this and winked at Xu Qingsong. She accompanied Du Yunxiang out and asked Xu Qingsong to stay and see if Du Yunkai wanted to talk to Richard. If so, she would take them to the sunroom upstairs to make a pot of tea. There was a heating fan in there, so it wouldn't be cold if they turned it on. Or she could take them to Xu Qingsong's place next door.
Xu Qingsong nodded to indicate that he had received it.
Liu Wangxue also put on his coat, called the three children, and went out for a walk with Cha Cha together with Du Yunxiang and Anding.
I'll stop here for now. I wanted to finish writing this story, but my phone suddenly stopped working and kept restarting. I have to fix it () I hope it's not a big problem
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