Chapter 356 Their whole family is sabotaging me!
"Aaron?"
Upon hearing this title, Chi Heng's head buzzed for a moment.
In fact, he hadn't heard the name Li Rong for many years, let alone heard anyone call him that name so affectionately.
I glanced over instinctively, only to see Li Rong grinning widely, his expression utterly unrestrained.
I took several deep breaths, reminding myself that Li Rong was getting married, and this was normal. Only then did I feel a little more normal. I picked up my teacup and drank it all in one gulp. It was the first time I'd ever seen someone clink teacups together, but I have to admit, the tea was sweet and had a fruity aroma; it was quite delicious.
However, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt: "Sister-in-law, what exactly do you mean by that? Has that boy Chen Shu offended you in some way?"
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at him with a smile: "Brother Chi, what did you want him to do? Have you forgotten?"
Chi Heng suddenly realized something and her heart skipped a beat.
He just wanted Chen Shu to give his sister-in-law a subtle warning, to prepare her. It shouldn't be a big deal, right? But thinking of Chen Shu's unreliability, his heart still skipped a beat.
Before he could speak, Jiang Nuanzhi said, "When Chen Shu comes back later, you can have a good talk with him. But it's all in the past now."
Chi Heng thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so she could only nod.
"Mother! He's bullying Baozhu!"
Baozhu saw her mother talking to that annoying person and immediately pouted in anger.
Jiang Nuanzhi rubbed her little face and winked mischievously.
The next second, Xiao Baozhu was stunned and then obediently stopped talking.
Jiang Nuanzhi handed her daughter directly to Li Rong: "Arong, why don't you introduce her to the children? They should have met their uncle by now."
Li Rong was still immersed in the word "A Rong" when he saw Jiang Nuanzhi looking over. His grin was so wide he couldn't close his mouth. He said, "Yes, this is Chi Heng. You can call him Uncle Chi. He's a good friend of Father's. Ping'er and Xiao Er should have met him before."
"Uncle Chi."
The children spoke in unison.
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled and said, "Greet Uncle Chi."
Although they didn't know why Jiang Nuanzhi said that, the children still did as she was told. Ping'er and Baozhu both clasped their hands in greeting, but Xiao Er genuinely wanted to kowtow. Chi Heng was startled and immediately grabbed Xiao Er's clothes, lifting the boy up.
“This child, there’s no need for such a grand gesture.”
The waiter blinked and said, "Oh, I see."
Then they obediently stood in a row with their brother and sister: "Hello, Uncle Chi."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Chi Heng's smile stretched so wide it almost reached her ears.
To my utter astonishment, Li Junping actually bowed to me obediently.
And then there was Xiao Baozhu. The little girl was quite dissatisfied and was about to bow when he was overjoyed. He waved his hand and said, "Wait, Uncle Chi will give you a gift."
After saying that, he reached into his pocket.
After touching it for a while, the expression on his face suddenly froze.
"Ahem, wait a minute." After saying that, he immediately turned to Sun Wen and Sun Wu: "Give me the money."
“Master, all the money is with you,” Sun Wen said in a low voice.
Sun Tzu nodded hurriedly.
Chi Heng choked, but he had given all the large sums of money he had previously given to Li Rong so that he could go and appease his wife!
However, it wouldn't be right to ask Li Rong for money to give to the children now.
"Give me whatever you have on you, hurry up and give it to me."
“Master, this is my dowry for my wife.” Sun Wen took out the silver pouch, but held on to it tightly, unwilling to let go.
I'll make it up to you tenfold later!
Chi Heng snatched it away, turned around, cleared his throat with a smile, and then opened the silver pouch. After rummaging through it, he found only a little over three hundred taels of silver, and his heart sank.
He glanced at the three children, then at Li Rong, then at Jiang Nuanzhi, and finally forced a smile that looked more like a grimace: "Well, Uncle Chi has three hundred taels here. I'll give you each one hundred taels first. When Uncle Chi returns to the capital, I'll definitely make up for this gift!"
After saying that, he secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead.
If people found out that he, Duke Chi, only gave his nephews and nieces a hundred taels of silver as a gift, he would be too ashamed to face anyone! He glared at Sun Wen, thinking, "This kid, is he doing this on purpose? He's my personal bodyguard, and this is all he has?"
And Li Rong, he's a real scoundrel. He actually swallowed all his money. He should have at least left some so he wouldn't have lost face in front of his sister-in-law.
Wow, so many!
When Baozhu received the silver note, she was completely dumbfounded, staring at Chiheng in disbelief.
Chi Heng: "."
You brat, are you mocking him?
For a moment, his face was filled with resentment.
"Mother, this is too much, we can't accept it." The waiter was also startled.
Even Jiang Nuanzhi was taken aback and looked at Li Rong questioningly.
Li Rong nodded to Jiang Nuanzhi, then smiled and said, "It's alright, keep it. Your Uncle Chi will make it up to you later."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Children, why don't you thank Uncle Chi?"
The children said in unison, "Thank you, Uncle Chi."
Chi Heng: "."
Their whole family is sabotaging me!
The next second, Jiang Nuanzhi handed the orange basket on the table directly to Chi Heng.
Chi Heng was taken aback, and subconsciously took it.
Then Jiang Nuanzhi said with a smile, "Arong and I will go prepare the meal. We'll trouble Brother Chi to look after the children for a while. Baozhu loves oranges, thank you for your help."
Chi Heng: "."
So, this is where they were waiting for him?
They secretly thought to themselves that this sister-in-law, who was much younger than them, was truly protective of her own and held a grudge.
"Uncle Chi, oranges!"
Little Baozhu looked over triumphantly, as if she had won a battle.
Uncle Shengchi called out willingly, one hundred taels! That's one hundred taels! Baozhu's smile widened.
Chi Heng: "."
Fine, he's broke, so I'll just peel oranges for him. At least I should call him "Uncle," right?
Here, eat it.
"Uncle Chi, Baozhu doesn't like the bitter white stuff on top."
Chi Heng ground her teeth as she cleaned it up: "Is this okay now?"
Baozhu frowned, but did not take it; she simply opened her mouth obediently.
Chi Heng's lips twitched; "Hey, little girl, you don't expect me to feed you, do you?"
Baozhu blinked her beautiful big eyes: "Is that not allowed?"
Chi Heng: "."
The next second, he took a deep breath and stuffed half an orange into Baozhu's mouth.
But the next second, Baozhu spat it into her little hand: "It's too big!"
Chi Heng: "."
He's really about to lose his temper!
Grinding his teeth, he tore an orange in half and stuffed it into Baozhu's mouth.
Finally, the little girl ate it.
Chi Heng breathed a sigh of relief, only to see the little girl looking at him with a beaming smile: "Uncle Chi, great!"
Chi Heng: "!!!"
Hey? You got praised?
"Well, another one has fallen." Ping'er glanced at him and then tugged at Xiao Er: "Let's go, let's help Father and Mother with some work."
The waiter frowned: "But it's my sister."
"Uncle Chi is here, so it's alright."
Xiao Er was still a little worried and told Fu Man to keep a close eye on his younger sister before heading to the kitchen, looking back every few steps.
In the blink of an eye, Chi Heng fed Baozhu half an orange, but she refused to eat any more and got up to run to the kitchen.
Chi Heng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, stretched, and the next second, her nose twitched.
What smells so good?
At that moment, I couldn't help but walk towards the kitchen.
Upon entering the kitchen, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets at the sight of the dazzling array of items on the table. He looked at Li Rong and the other man, and after a long pause, managed to stammer, "No, don't tell me you two were actually cooking in the kitchen just now?"
(End of this chapter)
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