Chapter 546: The Boy is My White Moonlight (3)
As expected, upon hearing what her daughter said, Li Ling’s mother Ying Xinxin flew into a rage, her fingertips almost poking at Li Ling’s head, “Raising you as a brat, the family is already stretched to the limit, and you brought one back, are you going to make your father and I starve?”
The other relatives burst into laughter upon hearing what she said. Ying Haohao, who had always been on bad terms with Ying Xinxin, bowed her head and teased Li Ling, “If you want your mother to give you a sister, you should have told her earlier. Your mother is still young, and she can have a few more.”
“Second sister, if you keep talking nonsense, I’ll go to my second brother-in-law to complain.” Ying Xinxin took the opportunity to push the children away. The other adults obviously didn’t take the matter to heart, and continued to chat.
Li Ling held Shi Yi’s hand, her palm-sized face full of sadness. It was the first time she had made such a serious request to her mother, and she was rejected so casually.
"Let her live in my house." Chu Xu stood in the dark, the light barely shone on the tip of his expensive leather shoes, making it impossible to tell his true emotions.
Li Ling's heart tightened. She actually didn't like other girls around her brother, but she looked at Shi Yi who was looking down with no expression on his face, and she opened her mouth but didn't say no.
If she didn't even help a homeless girl, then her brother would definitely not believe that his Ling Ling was innocent and kind, right?
After the birthday party, Li Ling was asked by Chu Xu to stay. The other guests and relatives had already dispersed in twos and threes. Chu Xu summoned all the people in the Chu family to inform them of his decision, and no one came out to object.
Chu's mother had long been dissatisfied with the fact that her son and Li Ling were closer than their own siblings. With Xu Shi Yi in the family, it would not be so conspicuous.
And Mrs. Chu always loved her grandson, and this was the first time Chu Xu made a request, so how could she not agree. Besides, the Chu family was large and powerful, and raising one more child was just a piece of cake.
But everyone was in a dilemma about where Xu Shiyi should live.
Although there were many rooms in the Chu family's old house, Mrs. Chu lived on one floor, Mother Chu and Father Chu lived on one floor, and Chu Xu lived on one floor alone, so the three floors were occupied.
Mrs. Chu loved quietness, and except for the personal nanny, no one was allowed to live on that floor. Mother Chu and Father Chu lived on the floor where important guests occasionally stayed, so it was not appropriate for Xu Shiyi to live there. Chu Xu had always loved Li Ling since he was a child, so he arranged a fixed room for Li Ling next to his room, and the other rooms had long been filled with his daily necessities since he was a child.
Li Ling, who was standing aside, was a little nervous. She was afraid that the room she lived in would be given to Xu Shiyi by her brother, but in front of so many adults, she couldn't say her little thought.
"I'll live in the utility room."
Mother Chu looked at Shiyi unexpectedly, with a moment of heartache between her eyebrows. What a sensible child, but she was hurt by her mother.
Chu Xu looked up at the fallen crystal chandelier in the living room, as if he was thinking, or distracted, he didn't say yes, nor did he say no.
Li Ling thought that the matter was settled, and breathed a sigh of relief. Father Chu, who had been sitting there without saying anything, spoke up, "Let the child live next door to Chu Xu, and squeeze in when Li Ling comes."
The light in Li Ling's eyes suddenly shattered. She knew that her uncle never liked her very much, but there was no need for him to give up his room to a stranger. She sobbed softly and turned away.
Mother Chu was also a little surprised by her husband's decision, but he was the one who was in charge of the family, and since he had spoken, she naturally wouldn't ruin his place. She looked at the two little girls in the living room, one had a calm and mature look on her face, neither surprised nor happy, and the other
was trying to hold back her sadness, but her trembling shoulders had already shown her sadness. I really don't know how it will develop in the future. "It's getting late, go to bed quickly, you still have to go to school tomorrow." She urged, turned around and helped Mrs. Chu upstairs.
Although Li Ling was sad that her room would no longer belong to her, she still had to be sensible in front of adults. She wiped her tears and took Shi Yi's hand, saying generously: "I'll take you to your room."
Shi Yi looked up at Chu's father and got his approval. Then she held Li Ling's hand. Li Ling saw it with her eyes and remembered it in her heart. Her uncle felt sorry for a child without a home, but not for her, which made her even sadder.
Chu's father saw the traces of his old friend on the face of the seven-year-old girl. He looked a little tired. He raised his hand and rubbed his temple and said to his son: "You go back to your room and sleep too."
"Are you going on a business trip again tomorrow?" Chu Xu looked at him fixedly.
Chu's father nodded, "Let's go at five o'clock to Italy."
"Oh." Chu Xu lowered his head and turned to walk towards the stairs, but the extent of his tender shoulders drooping down was so obvious that Chu's mother, who was going downstairs, felt so distressed.
"There are 365 days in a year, and you spend more than 300 days on business trips. The child only has one birthday a year, so can't you spend more time with him? You came here in a hurry yesterday, and you have to leave before dawn. You might as well not go home!" She spoke softly, but the three children on the stairs could hear it clearly.
"Let Xu Shiyi go to school with Chu Xu tomorrow. She will be our child in the future." Chu's father closed the newspaper and walked straight to the room.
Chu's mother was a little angry that he didn't answer her question directly, but she was used to being a wife and didn't want to see the Chu family's business affected, so she pretended to be nothing and followed him.
Chu Xu on the stairs unexpectedly glanced at Shiyi. He had a good relationship with Li Ling since he was a child, and he had never seen his father say such things to the family, but what right did she have when she came for the first time?
Li Ling's heart seemed to have overturned a bottle of five flavors, and the mixture of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty was about to drown her whole body. How much she wanted to get the recognition of her uncle-in-law, and be regarded as a member of the Chu family by him.
Arriving at the room, Li Ling pointed to the dolls on her big bed, smiling sweetly, "These are all given to me by my brother. They are also my favorites." She didn't say "You are not allowed to touch them at all", but she knew from Xu Shiyi's expression that he understood what she meant.
She pointed to the various ornaments in the room again, raised her eyebrows slightly, "These are all picked by my brother for me personally, and each one has important meaning to both of us."
"Can I take a shower first? I'm a little sleepy?" Shiyi rubbed her tired eyes. She is only a seven-year-old child now. It's almost two o'clock. She really can't get up to go to school tomorrow.
"Go, go." Li Ling pointed to the location of the bathroom, sat on the big bed angrily, and her mouth was pouting so much that you could hang a bottle of oil on it.
She and her brother have such a good relationship, but they can't study in the same aristocratic school, but Xu Shiyi came and went.
It's all because of the favoritism of the uncle.
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