the next day.
Yan Mo was awakened by the sound of a door being pushed open. Si Ze, wearing a gray sportswear and with a faint smile on his face, walked in with a glass of milk, eggs and whole wheat bread in his hands, looking very excited.
"Momo, wake up." He put breakfast on the table and said lovingly, "Hurry up and eat breakfast before going to sleep."
The scene was exactly the same as last time, except that at breakfast today, Yan Mo didn't wait for him to feed him like last time.
"I'm not going to sleep anymore." She rubbed her sleepy eyes, checked the time, jumped out of bed, and ran to the bathroom: "I'll wash up and go downstairs with you to eat."
He said he didn't know her once, but now he slept until noon the second time and asked Si Ze to bring breakfast to her room to feed her. That was too inappropriate.
She couldn't take advantage of her in-laws' favor and recklessly squander the kindness shown to her by the Si family elders. One day, their good impression of her would disappear completely, and what would be left? Endless disappointment, even disgust. This was not what she wanted to see.
Relationships between people are mutual. If the elders treat her well, she should respond with respect and filial piety, fulfill her duties as a daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law, serve Si Ze's parents, take care of the children, and take care of their small family.
Yan Mo was afraid that the Si family members downstairs would mistakenly think that she would not go downstairs to eat breakfast like last time, so she hurriedly brushed her teeth, washed her face, ran out of the bathroom, went to the bedside table, picked up the untouched breakfast on the table, and said to Si Ze who was leaning against the table reading the morning paper, "Let's go!" After that, she was the first to leave the room.
Si Ze smiled dotingly, put away the newspaper in his hand, followed his wife out of the room and went to the first floor.
As soon as he got downstairs, Yan Mo met an old man who was about to go into the kitchen to have breakfast. The old man looked at Yan Mo holding something in his hand, his eyes became stern, he pursed his lips and said nothing, raised his hand and swept his crutch, hitting his grandson who had just caught up with him.
Si Ze was caught off guard and let the old man's cane hit him by mistake. He looked at the old man and asked, "What do you think?"
"Grandpa, why did you hit me?"
Yan Mo looked at the old man in confusion. He was fine early in the morning, so why did he suddenly get beaten without any warning?
"Why did I hit you?" the old man said angrily, "You little brat, what are those eyes of yours for? You have no eyesight at all, not even as good as your father. Didn't you see what your wife is holding? Can't you hold it yourself? What if such a heavy thing makes my granddaughter-in-law tired?"
These words happened to be heard by Si Jiawei who was about to go to the restaurant for dinner. He looked at his father and felt like he was shot while lying down. In order to avoid being used as a negative example again, he quickened his pace and walked into the restaurant.
Yan Mo was a little confused, looking at the milk bread in his hand, not understanding what was so important about it?
Now is not the time to discuss whether it is heavy or not. Seeing the old man waving the cane in his hand towards Si Ze again, Yan Mo took a step forward, blocking in front of Si Ze, and said quickly: "Grandpa, I'm not tired! I want to take this myself, it has nothing to do with Si Ze."
Si Ze was beaten one after another, and Yan Mo felt distressed when he saw it!
Upon seeing this, Mr. Si lowered his raised arms, immediately changed his expression, and said with a smile: "Mo Mo, from now on! Don't do anything, let that brat do it." Then, he lowered his head to glance at the untouched breakfast in Yan Mo's hand, and asked worriedly: "Is breakfast not to your taste? Then I will ask the kitchen to prepare it for you again. Is there anything you especially want to eat? Talk to grandpa." As he said, he was about to raise his hand to call the housekeeper over.
"Grandpa, that's not necessary." Yan Mo immediately stopped him. She glanced at Si Ze behind her, walked to the old man's side, held his arm, and said with a smile, "Grandpa, it's not that I don't like it. I just want to eat with my uncle, aunt, and you."
"Okay." The old man smiled and patted her hand, saying lovingly, "My grandson's wife is really filial. Let's go have breakfast."
On the way to the restaurant, the old man kept talking non-stop, all of which were words of concern for Yan Mo. He said that she was too thin, and told her to eat more and do less heavy work, look at her phone less and read more, etc.
Yan Mo smiled and did not respond to the old man's words. She seriously suspected that the old man wanted to treat her like a pig. She only dared to think about it in her heart and did not dare to say it out loud.
When she helped the old man in, all the other members of the Si family were already seated, including Si Ze's parents, An An, his aunt Si Mei, and Ning Xin.
Ning Xin greeted Yan Mo with a smile. Yan Mo smiled faintly and nodded, then helped the old man sit down in the main seat.
"Mom." An An saw Yan Mo coming, slid down from her seat, and rushed over excitedly.
Just when An An was about one meter away from Yan Mo, the old man placed his crutch across An An's chest to stop him from moving forward.
"An An, you've grown up now. You are not allowed to ask Aunt Yan to hold you anymore. Go back to your seat!" Mr. Si said solemnly, his tone leaving no room for refusal.
"Momo, you sit there too." Master Si pointed to Yan Mo. The only extra space was for a bowl of something that looked very thick. The breakfast on other people's tables was very ordinary, the same as the one Si Ze brought into her room.
Looking at the old man at the main seat, and then at the extra bowl of bird's nest in front of her seat, was she being treated preferentially? But she also felt strange in her heart, why was the old man different from yesterday?
The old man spoke in front of so many people. Even if she had some thoughts in her mind, it was not convenient for her to say them out loud now. She hesitated for a moment, then obediently sat in the seat pointed by the old man. Si Ze also sat down next to her, and grabbed her little hand with the hand on the table, holding it in his hand, as if silently comforting her.
"That kid Si Heng hasn't come back today?" After sitting down, the old man asked his grandson.
"Dad, Heng'er is filming a drama in another place recently! He can't come back temporarily." Tang Ping explained to the old man on behalf of her youngest son.
"Hmph." The old man snorted coldly and scolded him dissatisfiedly: "What kind of movie are you filming? It's almost the New Year and you haven't come back yet."
"Dad, aren't we talking about Ze'er and Momo today?" Tang Ping quickly changed the subject. She had no way to deal with her youngest son's rebelliousness and confrontation with the old man.
"Yes, we have to go pick up the in-laws later, so let's eat quickly!" The old man waved his hand, signaling everyone to start eating.
"Grandpa, I can go by myself." Yan Mo said with a faint smile.
Today is the day for the two heads of state to meet. The Si family has booked the meeting at their own Regal Hotel. It happened that she and Si Ze stayed at the old house last night. She must be going back to the Yan family to pick up her grandfather and others. The Si family should not be idle either. It is enough for her to go alone. There is no need for so many people to go.
"Yeah." The old man nodded: "Let Ze'er go with you, otherwise I won't be at ease."
"Oh." Yan Mo was a little puzzled and picked up a piece of whole wheat bread and started to eat it.
But I felt more and more strange in my heart.
What's there to worry about when picking someone up?
Usually, the old man was nice to her, but was he being too attentive today? He'd given her extra food, given her all sorts of instructions, and even forbidden her from hugging An'an? Everything about it was a little unusual.
It was as if she was a key protected person.
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