"Your dad said he found the dish he wanted to eat most today, hehe, hehe..." Xu Yan chuckled as she walked to the table, picked up the plate of food, smelled it, and looked at Su Yue. "Xiao Yue, your cooking skills are getting better and better!"
Seeing this, Chuanrui chuckled and went over, sniffing and exclaiming, "It smells so good! I could smell it from far away! Xiaoyue, why don't we open another restaurant? We're sure to make money!"
Xu Yan and Chuan Rui praised Su Yue's cooking skills to the skies, making Su Yue a little embarrassed. However, besides being embarrassed, she was also a little confused. Did her uncle and aunt mean that they had found it?
"Yes, I also think Sister Yue's cooking is delicious."
Chuanwen smacked his lips, agreeing wholeheartedly.
Xu Yan and Chuan Rui breathed a huge sigh of relief. The wrinkles were gone! Luckily, their daughter was sometimes quite carefree!
Then, as if only then, Chuan Rui asked, "Who is this person?"
As he spoke, he began to scrutinize the beggar, trying to find a resemblance to his brother Su in him.
The beggar had only wanted some food, but now he was surrounded by a group of people. He was so scared that he couldn't speak, his lips trembling. He regretted wanting to die of overeating.
"What is this gentleman's last name? Where does he live?"
Su Heng looked at the beggar and asked politely.
Then everyone remembered that Su Heng had said the man looked familiar, but Su Yue and the others were puzzled. When did their second brother become acquainted with a beggar?
Su Yue wondered if it was her second brother's classmate or some colleague who had suffered a misfortune.
Su Yu wondered if this person was really their savage companion. No wonder he felt that the person looked familiar when he first looked at him!
While the two were having their own thoughts, Chuanwen was also excitedly thinking, "Yes! Ask him his name! He'll tell me soon enough! But..."
Chuanwen's gaze fell on the beggar, Uncle Su. [I wonder if Er Gou and the others can handle it after they find out they have an extra father...]
Su Heng: Thank you! (Known!)
When Su Heng asked him, the beggar quickly told him everything, fearing that he would be arrested as a bad guy.
"My name is Su Li, and I am from Qingshui Town, Heyang County, Mengzhou..."
As Uncle Su spoke, Su Heng gradually came to terms with it. He had only heard it from Chuanwen, but hearing his own father say it from his own mouth felt different.
At this moment, Su Yue and Su Yu were a little surprised. What a coincidence! They were actually from the same hometown!
Huh? Wait a minute!
Su Yue suddenly woke up with a start. Su Li? Wasn't her father named Su Li?!
“I am not a bad person. I have a wife and children, and I am a scholar who came to the capital to take the imperial examination! However, I fell ill on the way, and my fellow villagers abandoned me. I was alone and didn't know the way. It took me many years to finally arrive in the capital. I had spent all my travel expenses, so I became a beggar and am a bit dirty and filthy. Please see clearly, I am definitely not a bad person!”
Uncle Su swore an oath to the heavens, his attitude sincere.
But the courtyard was silent. Apart from Qingmu, Xiaohei and Xiaohong, everyone else was staring at him. Suddenly, Su Yu took two steps forward, knelt down, hugged his leg, and called him "Dad!"
Uncle Su was terrified. What... what's going on?
"Brother Dali, look at me, it's me, Chuanrui!"
Chuan Rui, his face full of emotion, grabbed Su Li's shoulders and shook him. Su Li was so shaken that he saw stars and could no longer see Chuan Rui's face clearly. However, after thinking about it, the name Chuan Rui sounded quite familiar.
Su Yue was a little confused. Her father had died more than ten years ago.
When her father left home, she was three years old and her younger brother was a little over one year old. Neither of them had any memory of their father. Only her six-year-old older brother might have some memory of their father.
Su Yue looked at her older brother, who was crying his eyes out, and then at the beggar who looked just as bewildered as she did. She felt that this world was so surreal. So, her father wasn't dead?
"You...you are Da Rui?"
Su Li looked at Chuan Rui for a while and finally recognized him somewhat, but after more than ten years, he was still not quite sure if he recognized him.
However, Chuan Rui got excited, exclaiming, "It's me! It's me! Brother Da Li!"
Su Li's eyes gradually filled with tears. His family! He had finally seen his family!
He looked down at the burly man clinging to his leg and wailing, and asked hesitantly, "You...who are you?"
"Father! Waaah! It's me, Father! Waaah! It's me, Yu'er!"
Su Yu, a burly man, was crying like a baby. Su Li was puzzled. He remembered that his Yu'er was delicate and frail. How did he grow into such a strong and robust man?
However, upon seeing his own son, he hesitated for a moment before finally breaking down in tears, clutching Su Yu's head and sobbing uncontrollably, "Yu'er! My Yu'er!"
The two embraced and wept bitterly. Chuanrui, who was watching from the side, also shed tears and joined them in tears.
The author, speechless, wrote: "...Why is my dad getting involved when other people are reuniting as father and son?"
However, Chuanwen still managed a smile, saying, "Finally, we've recognized each other!"
The three of them cried for a while before gradually stopping. Su Yu then pulled his father aside to introduce Su Yue and Su Heng.
"Dad! This is my little sister Xiaoyue, and this is my little brother Xiaoheng! Xiaoyue, Xiaoheng, this is our dad!"
Su Heng already knew, so he wasn't too upset and called out "Father" without any difficulty. However, Su Yue found it a little hard to speak.
Seeing his children all grown up, Su Li was filled with joy. Especially when he saw that the handsome youngest son in his official robes was actually his own son, his old face trembled with excitement. He wanted to hug his son but was afraid of getting his son's beautiful and majestic official robes dirty.
And then there's his daughter, who's already a beautiful young woman, dressed neatly and prettyly. He instantly felt ashamed, realizing he'd become like this, bringing shame to his children!
Su Yu then introduced him to his wife and children. Su Li readily agreed, and looking at Qingmu, Xiao Hei, and Xiao Hong, his withered and weathered old face showed even more satisfaction. He already had grandchildren! And they looked... cough! So healthy and strong!
Su Li's gaze fell on Xiao Hei's two rows of white teeth. Knowing that these two little wild children were his grandchildren, he suddenly wasn't so scared anymore. Hehe...hehe...
Chuanrui also introduced Xu Yan and Chuanwen to Su Li. Su Li sighed again. He still remembered Xu Yan, but he didn't remember Chuanwen. After all, Chuanwen was still in her mother's womb when he left home.
However, this girl is really beautiful. I wish she could be my daughter-in-law!
After the introductions, the group asked Su Li why he disappeared without a trace after going there all those years ago, and why people thought he was dead.
Su Li sighed and recounted his experience of falling ill and fainting, dreaming of the Wangxiang Terrace, waking up in the mortuary, and then setting off alone but always getting lost. The others were deeply shocked and didn't know whether to be shocked by Su Li's terrifying experience in the mortuary or by the fact that he hadn't returned for more than ten years because he got lost!
However, overwhelmed with shock, everyone wiped away tears. It's good that they're back! It's good that they're back!
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