"I'm fine. I eat well and sleep well at night. It's just that your ex-blind date can't sleep well," Shen Qiaoyue couldn't help but tease.
Lu Chen sighed helplessly, finding the words sarcastic and bitter.
He placed a piece of chicken in Shen Qiaoyue's bowl and said, "I promise my wife that I will never have any contact with her again, not now, and not in the future."
"So what did she say to you when she greeted you today?" Shen Qiaoyue asked casually.
"Commander Liu asked my sister if she knew Commander Lu, and my sister replied that she had known him for a long time. But Commander Lu said that they didn't really know each other." Jiang Jinyao responded to Shen Qiaoyue's question to Lu Chen, and added with satisfaction, "It's rare that my dad raised such a petty person who could hold back his anger!"
Shen Qiaoyue looked at Jiang Jinyao's expression; she seemed very happy.
"Did you and your sister have a falling out?"
Jiang Jinyao ate a steamed bun and a chicken leg while responding to Shen Qiaoyue's answer.
“I’ve never gotten along with her since I was a child. My parents adopted her, but they took away everything that I should have had. My dad gave her the best things from childhood to adulthood, and I got nothing. When I was little, my mom was busy with work, and when my dad came home, he only cared about my sister’s food, clothing and other necessities. I almost starved to death, and I was on the verge of dying when I was taken to the hospital!” When Jiang Jinyao mentioned that incident, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes. It was a past that she did not want to recall, but brought up again.
He was later taken to the hospital and received two injections of intravenous nutrition before he slowly recovered.
It was because of this that my parents got divorced.
Jiang Jinyao lives with her mother, Song Ting.
"Oh dear!" Hearing this, Grandma Zhao looked at Jiang Jinyao with heartache. "Little girl, you're so pitiful. Eat more!"
Grandma Zhao picked up a piece of braised pork for Jiang Jinyao.
"Thank you, Aunt Zhao. Please have some too," Jiang Jinyao said.
Hearing Jiang Jinyao say this, Ye Hualan stood up for Jiang Jinyao and said, "Yaoyao, your father is such a scoundrel, he doesn't even care about his own daughter!"
"My sister is the child of my dad's sweetheart, so of course he dotes on her." Jiang Jinyao was really unpretentious, revealing all about her family.
"Poor child! Your father is no human being," Old Mrs. Zhao chimed in with her own curses.
Shen Qiaoyue put some green vegetables on Jiang Jinyao's plate.
Looking at Jiang Jinyao, he teased, "You should pay attention to a balanced diet."
Since Jiang Jinyao sat down, she has only eaten meat.
"I don't eat vegetables when I have meat," Jiang Jinyao said seriously.
“I know you can eat to the point where you absolutely won’t stop; you can eat from morning till night.” Shen Qiaoyue had experienced this firsthand.
Jiang Jinyao's pockets are always full of food: steamed buns, biscuits, candy, and dried sweet potatoes—enough to last her a long time.
It seems that this habit was developed from almost starving to death.
"I did it because I was hungry. My hands and feet would shake when I was hungry. I would start eating the moment I woke up, so I ate most of my mother's job."
Jiang Jinyao's words were seen as a joke by everyone.
But for Jiang Jinyao, it might be true.
Even though she couldn't receive complete love after her parents' divorce, at least her mother loved Jiang Jinyao and would always remember her as her daughter first.
"No wonder you always wear clothes a size too big, they don't look right! I guess you're afraid of overeating and bursting!" Shen Qiaoyue teased, while also putting food on Jiang Jinyao's plate.
Jiang Jin spoke these words casually, which showed how much grievance she had suffered at home.
A banquet is just a meal. After it ends, men can't stop drinking and easily get drunk. In the end, they can only be helped away from there.
The women in the family compound helped with the cleanup.
Dai Fenghe, Xu Miaoya's husband, returned from outside at this time, carrying a gift.
"Xu Qianli, Dr. Liu, congratulations on your marriage! This is my wedding gift to you." Dai Fenghe entered with a smile.
"Thank you, Chief of Staff Dai. You're so busy, you haven't eaten yet, have you? I had Sister Xu take your portion home. Make sure you finish it all when you get back, or I'll be unhappy!" Xu Qianli said, taking Dai Fenghe's gift. He glanced at it; it was very well wrapped, but he couldn't tell what it was.
"Don't worry, I'll eat all the meat," Dai Fenghe replied with a smile.
He had to go to a meeting in the city at the last minute and missed Xu Qianli's wedding, so he bought a fountain pen as a gift.
"Uncle!" Xu Xiaosi saw her uncle, who treated her like a father, and excitedly ran over to hug him.
Dai Fenghe took off his hat, squatted down and hugged Xu Xiaosi in front of him. Before that, Xu Xiaosi had just washed her face and hands.
"Hmm," Dai Fenghe said with a laugh, weighing Xu Xiaosi in his hand. "Xiaosi, you've gotten heavier!"
"Uncle, I ate a chicken leg and some braised pork. Uncle Xu Qianli said I should take another chicken leg back for you to eat." Xu Xiaosi's childish voice rang out, and Dai Fenghe's expression was that of a loving father as he spoke.
Xu Xiaosi's parents are both gone, and Dai Fenghe and his wife treat Xiaosi like their own daughter, their eyes full of tenderness and love.
"Sigh~" Jiang Jinyao was sitting in the yard, originally there to help with chores. But seeing Xu Xiaosi's interaction with her uncle, she couldn't help but sigh, "So, people who aren't related by blood can get along like father and daughter!" In her heart, she was thinking about why her own father was unwilling to treat her, his own daughter, well.
Shen Qiaoyue was sweeping the floor when she heard Jiang Jinyao's voice and looked in the direction she was looking.
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