Susie quickly wiped her eyes and said with a smile, "It's nothing... I just heard Grandma talking about Auntie and it made me miss my mom."
Hearing her older sister's feigned cheerfulness, Xiao Ruanruan felt a tightness in her chest.
Actually, compared to her older sister and Su Lei, and even Qin Huan, she was truly lucky, both before and after her time travel.
Before she transmigrated, although she was abandoned by Qin Miaoxian when she was one year old, she met a very kind director at the orphanage and also met her brother Shi Yu.
After she traveled back in time, except for the brief period at the beginning when her brothers were unwilling to accept her, she was always pampered and cherished by them.
Moreover, she actually has no memories of her parents anymore. Sometimes when she thinks about them, she feels a little regretful, but she is not sad.
"Sister, do you still remember your mother?" the little girl asked in a soft, sweet voice. Sometimes, dry words of comfort cannot stop a person's longing and sadness. Guiding the other person to speak out is a better way to resolve their inner conflict.
Su Xixi blinked blankly, looked at Xiao Ruanruan, and after a long while, scratched the back of her head, "Xiao Ruanruan, I don't remember..."
After saying that, she suddenly jumped up, "Yes, I can't even remember what my mother looks like, why am I so sad?"
"However, if my mother were still alive, she would definitely love me very much. Even after she died, she came back to help me deal with Su Quan and Zhang Fen!"
Little Softie: ……
It was she and her brother who used the photos of her sister and Su Lei's brother and mother to deal with Zhang Fen and Su Quan. Didn't her sister know that?
She always assumed that her older brother must have already shown off his gourd with the sawed-off mouth to his older sister and Su Lei, but she never expected that her older sister still didn't know...
Susie said, still conflicted, "But now that my brothers and you, Xiaoruanruan, are so good to me, it seems like there's nothing to regret. Come on, Xiaoruanruan, Grandma has finished cutting the paper-cut window decorations, let's go put them up!"
Little Ruanruan watched her older sister stride out with great pride, her bright eyes blinking blankly. "Is this even possible?"
She had originally planned to comfort her sister after she finished reminiscing about their mother, but...
That's it...
She only let out a soft sigh after her sister had completely disappeared from sight.
Okay, just like her brother, my sister has a strong self-healing ability, so she really doesn't need any comforting.
Although Su Xixi was eager to put up the paper-cut window decorations herself, she was naturally not allowed to do such a dangerous activity. So, she could only stand below and gesture to direct her cousin Xiao Genggeng.
Little Softie had already gone to the kitchen to help.
Because it was Chinese New Year, Su Yiqing gave most of the servants in the house a holiday, so only a small number of servants who were willing to stay at the manor remained.
Chef Liu has already gone home for the Chinese New Year.
The people currently busy in the kitchen are Shi Yu's older brother and second cousin.
When Xiao Ruanruan went in, her brother Shi Yu was cooking, while her second cousin handed him the prepared side dishes in perfect harmony.
Every time Shi Yu received the side dishes from his second cousin, the two would exchange a glance, and in that instant, their eyes would visibly soften and brighten.
Although the two did not exchange any words, the atmosphere was inexplicably harmonious.
Xiao Ruanruan, who had already stepped into the kitchen, silently withdrew one foot, sensing the atmosphere between her second cousin and Shi Yu...
It doesn't seem appropriate for her to go in and cause damage now.
Just as she was leaving the kitchen, she bumped into someone with a "thud." Turning around, she was about to look up to see who it was when a handsome face appeared before her eyes.
Gu Chen squatted down in front of her, gently rubbed the back of her head, and asked tenderly, "Did you hurt yourself?"
Little Ruanruan shook her head, her smile as sweet as honey, "Brother Gu Chen, why are you back so early? Grandpas said you went to the company. I thought you wouldn't be home until New Year's Eve dinner!"
Gu Chen reached out and gently pinched Xiao Ruanruan's delicate little nose. "I was just worried that after Uncle Liu left, my brothers' cooking skills wouldn't be good enough, and that a certain picky little girl wouldn't enjoy the New Year's Eve dinner properly. That's why I rushed to finish up my work at the company and came back."
Little Ruanruan's big, bright eyes sparkled. "So, Brother Gu Chen, did you come back specifically to cook for me?"
Gu Chen nodded.
"Hmm~~" Little Ruanruan frowned and thought for a moment, "But Brother Shiyu and Second Cousin are cooking in the kitchen. Let's not disturb them. Let's go to your house to cook, and then bring it over to eat together."
As she spoke, Xiao Ruanruan pulled Gu Chen and walked outside.
The brothers, who were keeping a close eye on Xiaoruanruan's movements, immediately noticed that Xiaoruanruan and Gu Chen were holding hands.
Su Yan was the first to rush over, picked up Xiao Ruanruan, and looked at Gu Chen warily, asking, "Xiao Ruanruan, it's almost New Year's Eve dinner, where does this brat Gu Chen want to take you?"
Seeing her fourth brother's wary look at Gu Chen, Xiao Ruanruan said helplessly, "Fourth brother, whether it's you, or the eldest brother, the second brother, or the third brother, your cooking skills are all terrible. Uncle Liu and the others are on holiday, so only the second cousin and Shi Yu are busy in the kitchen."
With so many of us eating, when do you think we'll be able to have our New Year's Eve dinner?
"So, Gu Chen and I plan to go to his place to cook some dishes, and then bring them over to eat together."
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