"Why are you here so late?" Su Yan asked.
Tao Yue's eyes lit up instantly when she saw her, and she stood up and said, "It's not late, it's just a short walk. I can take Grandma out for a stroll. She's been so bored in the hospital, and my brother also asked me to come and say hello to you."
Su Yan greeted Grandma Tao and then asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"
"Not yet, my brother is busy with work at home. He'll take us out to eat when he's done."
"No need to go out to eat, I'm about to cook. Why don't you stay and eat, and call your brother over too?" After saying that, Su Yan thought of something and asked, "You live across from my house?"
Tao Yue nodded. "It just so happens that the place across from yours is vacant. My brother rented it for a month. Actually, I knocked on the door this morning, but no one was home."
"I left home quite early," Su Yan said. "You guys sit here for a while, I'll go cook, it'll be ready in half an hour."
Grandma Tao wanted to refuse, but Tao Yue couldn't wait to follow her into the kitchen, "Then I'll help you!"
Grandma Tao: "..." When did her granddaughter, who never lifts a finger, learn to wash vegetables?
If there are guests, Su Yan plans to make a dish of stir-fried garlic sprouts with cured pork, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, shredded pork with garlic sauce, a plate of stir-fried bok choy, and an appetizing pork rib, tomato, and corn soup.
The vegetables were all from home. Tao Yue washed the vegetables, and Su Yan quickly prepared them and then started cooking.
The entire operation was performed smoothly and without any pauses.
Tao Yue swallowed hard, then asked in shock, "Have you studied this before?"
"Self-taught."
The four dishes and one soup were prepared in about twenty minutes.
Su Yan brought out the dishes and said to Tao Yue, "Go and call your brother over. We can start eating now."
"good."
About three or four minutes later, Tao Yue arrived with Tao Jin.
"I'm so sorry, Miss Su, I should be the one treating you to dinner," Tao Jin said apologetically.
Su Yan glanced at him and smiled, "Mr. Tao, you don't need to be so reserved. Just treat me like an ordinary friend. I don't like overly formal ways of getting along."
She doesn't care about etiquette; being too concerned about it would only make her uncomfortable.
“That’s right, brother, we’re all friends.” Tao Yue secretly glared at him.
Tao Jin: "..." How come his sister is getting more and more outrageous?
"I have to rush back to Beijing tomorrow. I'll come pick you up after Grandma has recovered."
Grandma Tao said, "You go back and get busy. Tao Yue and I will be fine here."
She is old, but her mind is not senile.
Tao Yue blinked. "Brother, remember to ask Assistant Feng to buy clothes and skincare products and send them to me. Oh, and I need two of each style."
Tao Jin responded, as he usually didn't fuss over such trivial matters.
After dinner, Su Yan went to the yard to distribute the medicinal herbs for making medicinal cuisine. Tao Yue and Grandma Tao felt that going back would be boring, so they sat next to her and watched her work.
"Xiao Su, are these the medicinal herbs you picked from the mountain today?" Grandma Tao asked curiously.
"Yes, the medicinal herbs in this big basket are what you'll be using."
Actually, Grandma Tao doesn't have any major health problems. It's just that she's getting old, and she's experiencing the problems that every elderly person goes through. The only serious issue is that she can't sleep well, but this problem is significantly improved after taking the medicinal diet.
"The first course of treatment involves three days of treatment followed by a three-day break. Observe how well you sleep during these three days, record it carefully, and bring it to me to see after three days."
Tao Yue: "So, we don't need to take any medicinal diet for these three days?"
“No need to eat it. I’ll decide how to adjust it after I check Grandma Tao’s sleep.” Su Yan explained, “I’m going to Beijing the day after tomorrow, and I can see the results when I get back.”
While speaking on an empty stomach, she had already planned out the medicinal meals that Grandma Tao had been eating for the past three days.
"Huh? You're going to Beijing?" Tao Yue was a little confused, and slowly said, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Su Yan looked at her strangely and said, "I'm going to take care of something and I'll be right back. Whether I tell you or not shouldn't matter, right?"
"That's not what I meant. I was just thinking of finding someone to show you the way, since it's your first time going to Beijing," Tao Yue quickly explained.
"No need for that, a friend will pick me up at the train station."
Tao Yue hummed in response, but seemed a little distracted.
When they got back, Grandma Tao asked her, "What's wrong with you?"
Tao Yue snapped out of her thoughts and forced a smile, saying, "Grandma, I'm fine."
Grandma Tao snorted coldly and said irritably, "You're someone I raised, do you think you can fool me? Tell me the truth, or I'll have Tao Jin take you back to Beijing. Don't be like a lost soul every time you see Xiao Su."
Tao Yue hesitated for a long time before she finally spoke: "Grandma, I don't know what's wrong with me, but I get nervous and happy when I see Su Yan. I like her very much. I liked her at first sight."
Grandma Tao: "..."
“Tao Yue, I know you were educated abroad and that people abroad are more open-minded, but it’s impossible for you and Su Yan to be together. You’re not normal, but is she not normal either? Give up on this idea as soon as possible, or if your parents find out, you won’t be able to come back to China.”
She truly regretted not stopping Tao Yue from going abroad to study.
Living in such a rotten environment, and you call that morally upright? Where's the moral high ground? Does getting a gilded diploma make you superior? Anyway, she didn't see any benefit in it.
Tao Yue's face instantly turned bright red, and she bit her lip, saying, "I understand, Grandma. I just think she's very outstanding, and I admire her. If we can't... then can I try to match her with my brother? I wouldn't mind having her as my sister-in-law!"
Tao Yue felt that it wasn't a bad idea for Su Yan to become her sister-in-law.
Grandma Tao: "...If you dare to say that to your brother, you'll lose your allowance for the whole year."
Tao Yue: "..."
Seeing her aggrieved expression, Grandma Tao had a terrible headache.
In a small place like Anping Town, Su Yan is indeed an outstanding girl.
But once she left this place, there were many outstanding and capable people around, and she wouldn't be considered the most eye-catching one.
It's unclear where Tao Yue's appreciation came from.
“You’re not getting any younger. All the girls you grew up with are married now. After you go back from Anping Town, I’ll have your mother arrange for you to meet some boys. If this drags on any longer, it won’t be good for your reputation.”
Tao Yue's face paled, but she knew she couldn't refuse anymore.
"I understand, Grandma," she said sullenly.
Grandma Tao was satisfied and said, "Xiao Su is a very ambitious child. I don't object to you being friends with her, but you're not allowed to have any other thoughts in the future, understand?"
Tao Yue: "I understand, Grandma."
Grandma Tao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she had taken her words to heart.
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