As soon as Su Ruoli opened the door, Lu Chen stood up from the stool.
Fang Yi and Jian Zhongyi looked at each other, turned around silently and went back to the room, leaving the space to Lu Chen and Su Ruoli.
"Xiao Li'er, you're back." Lu Chen walked to Su Ruoli's side.
"You come so early." Su Ruoli said.
"Well, where do you want to go today? I'll accompany you." Lu Chen asked cautiously.
"I'm just angry at myself. I can't even protect my family, so you don't have to be so cautious." Su Ruoli looked at Lu Chen.
"I'm sorry, Xiao Lier..." Lu Chen blamed himself. If it weren't for him, his grandparents wouldn't have been kidnapped.
"Okay, okay, don't blame yourself. Fortunately, grandma and the others are all fine." Su Ruoli held Lu Chen's hand, "Let's go read a book?"
Lu Chen nodded and followed Su Ruoli back to the room. The two did not enter the space.
Su Ruoli took out two books, handed one to Lu Chen, and took the other one for herself, leaning on the bed and reading.
Lu Chen sat beside her on the bed, quietly accompanying her, without turning a page of the book in his hand for a long time.
The sunlight shines through the window onto the two of them, and everything is so quiet and beautiful.
As time passed, Su Ruoli gradually immersed herself in the world of the book.
Lu Chen looked at her focused expression and felt a warmth in his heart.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Ruoli stretched and put down the book in her hand.
She turned to look at Lu Chen, a smile flashing in her eyes.
"Let's take a break and go out for a walk?" Lu Chen asked.
Su Ruoli nodded, "What time is it now?"
Lu Chen raised his hand and looked at his watch. "It's Beijing time now, three o'clock in the afternoon."
Su Ruoli smiled and said, "If you don't know me, you might think you are a news anchor."
"I'm hosting this just for you." Lu Chen tapped Su Ruoli's forehead.
Su Ruoli smiled.
It's three o'clock now. It gets dark early in winter, so we usually start eating dinner at around four o'clock. I haven't eaten in a state-owned restaurant since I came back.
"Let's go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner and bring grandma and grandpa with us." Su Ruoli said to Lu Chen.
"Okay!" Lu Chen rubbed Su Ruoli's hair, "Then you clean up first, I'll go call grandma and grandpa."
After saying that, Lu Chen turned around and went out, closing Su Ruoli's door.
Su Ruoli didn't have anything to pack, so she just tidied up her hair and clothes casually.
I opened the door and went out, and Fang Yi and Jian Zhongyi also opened the door and came out.
As soon as Fang Yi saw Su Ruoli, she started to say, "Kid, isn't the food cooked at home better than outside? Why do you have to go to the state-owned restaurant to eat?"
"Grandma, I just want to eat. We haven't eaten yet since we came back." Su Ruoli hugged Fang Yi's arm and acted coquettishly.
Lu Chen's eyes were full of smiles. It was a rare opportunity to see Xiao Li'er acting coquettishly, so he had to watch her for a while longer.
As soon as Su Ruoli started to act coquettishly, Fang Yi softened her heart. She had been reluctant to say anything to Su Ruoli in the first place, and now she was even more reluctant.
He could only tap Su Ruoli's forehead and said, "You, there's really nothing I can do about you."
Su Ruoli leaned her head on Fang Yi's arm and said, "I know that grandma loves me the most."
"Hmph! Grandpa doesn't love you?" Jian Zhongyi said a little jealously.
"Grandma, look, grandpa is jealous again." Su Ruoli covered her mouth and laughed.
The courtyard was filled with joy.
Several people went to the state-owned hotel together, talking and laughing along the way.
When they arrived at the state-owned restaurant, Lu Chen ordered some home-cooked dishes and the braised pork that he always ordered. Everyone ate and chatted in a harmonious atmosphere.
Suddenly, a dirty, chubby little boy came running over with braised pork in his hand and was about to run away, but was caught by Lu Chen.
The little boy struggled and yelled, "Let me go, let me go!"
As the New Year was drawing to a close, there were more people on the streets, and the doors of state-owned restaurants were instantly crowded with people.
"Stand still!" Lu Chen shouted with a stern face.
The little boy was so scared that he shrank his neck and stood there obediently, staring at the braised pork in his hand and swallowing his saliva.
Su Ruoli took a closer look and recognized the little boy. Wasn't this the boy who snatched her braised pork while eating here before she went to the countryside? Why was he snatching the meat again? He really only remembered the food and not the beating.
"Lu Chen, I know him. Before I went to the countryside, he stole my braised pork here." Su Ruoli said.
People around him also started saying, "This kid is a habitual offender. Whenever someone orders meat, he'll definitely come out and grab it. His grandmother isn't a good person either. She just throws tantrums and makes a scene."
"Who says it's not true? Look at us, every time we go out to eat, we don't even dare to order meat dishes."
"Last time I brought my grandson here for dinner. He had been ill for a month and wanted to eat roast pork.
Who would have thought that the meat was snatched away by him as soon as it was placed on the table, and I couldn't catch up with him with my child.
That was the last bit of money my family had left, just enough to buy a plate of braised pork. Poor grandson, he didn't even get to eat a bite.
That’s not all. When he finished eating the meat and returned the plate, he called me an old fool and said my grandson was a short-lived ghost and didn’t deserve to eat meat at all.”
As the old man was talking, he sat on the ground and started crying, "Pity my grandson, don't give him a bite of meat before he leaves."
"Ah! No one can handle him."
"His grandmother is a scoundrel, there's nothing you can do about her."
When Lu Chen heard this, his face turned extremely gloomy. He picked up the little boy and said coldly, "Come with me to find your grandma."
The little boy was so frightened that he burst into tears and could only tremble as he showed Lu Chen the way.
Seeing this, everyone applauded and said they wanted to go together to seek an explanation.
Seeing this, Su Ruoli asked the waiter to buy a few lunch boxes to pack up the food, and asked Fang Yi and Jian Zhongyi to carry them home first. She hurriedly chased after them.
Fang Yi and Jian Zhongyi were carrying things, looking worried.
When the group arrived at the little boy's home, they saw an old woman sitting with her legs crossed and eating melon seeds.
When she saw Lu Chen and the others, she immediately started cursing, "You bastard, let my grandson go."
Without saying anything, Lu Chen threw the little boy to her, just like throwing a sandbag.
The little boy fell on the old woman.
"Grandma's dear grandson, how are you? Did they beat you?" The old woman struggled to get up and held the little boy to check him up and down.
"Grandma, they beat me and stole my braised pork." The little boy hugged the old woman and started to confuse right and wrong.
"My dear grandson, you've suffered." The old woman hugged the little boy. "There are so many of you, and you bully just one little child from my family. Is there any justice in the world?"
After hearing this, not only Su Ruoli wanted to hit someone, but everyone following behind her also wanted to go up and hit him. Who bullied whom? Your grandson stole someone else's things, and you still think you're right.
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