"...You should just call me Brother Yue. The name Lingyun is usually only used by my parents." Yue Lingyun shook his head.
"Me too, Xiaojiu, you can just call me Brother Chenxuan." Chen Yunxuan was not used to being addressed as "brother". In his previous life, he was more accustomed to being addressed as senior or junior brother.
To celebrate Xiaojiu's arrival, Lin Tongxi planned to bring the other four people to Fulai Inn to have a big meal.
Of course, in order to prevent Xiaojiu from being recognized on the street, Su Ruoxue had already bought clothes for him and disguised his appearance.
As soon as they arrived at the inn, the innkeeper Bai Yunshan noticed the young guest and said, "Hey, four young men, you've come to our inn again today. Welcome, may I know who this is?"
"This is Brother Su's cousin Xiaojiu. His elders asked us to take care of him." Lin Tongxi explained Xiaojiu's identity according to the agreed unified statement.
Everyone ordered dishes, which were quite sumptuous. Xiaojiu usually ate leftovers, so where had he seen such delicious food?
As soon as the food arrived, he devoured it ravenously. If it weren't for his image, Xiaojiu would have thrown away his chopsticks and eaten directly with his hands.
Just when everyone was enjoying their meal, Gan Xingfan happened to bring A Tao and A Wei to Fulai Inn.
"Hey, what a coincidence, brothers." A Tao was the first to recognize Lin, Chen, and Su. He then observed the two people next to him and said, "This... should be Brother Yue Lingyun. Long time no see!"
Gan Xingfan and Awei heard A Tao greeting others, turned around and greeted them too.
It is not strange for these four people to have dinner together, but it is very abrupt to have an extra child among them. He is only a few years younger than Chen Yunxuan and the others.
Logically speaking, children of this age should be at home with their parents, not with Lin Tongxi and his group of young people.
With doubts, Gan Xingfan asked for Xiaojiu's information.
Lin Tongxi knew that Gan Xingfan's cousin identity wouldn't completely resolve his doubts, so he took Gan Xingfan aside and whispered in his ear, "Master Gan, this is the child we four took in. We've declared him to be Brother Su's cousin. As for the details... since it's involved in the recent theft case, I suggest we discuss this elsewhere after dinner."
Hearing Lin Tongxi's answer, Gan Xingfan was overjoyed. He finally had a clue in this troublesome theft case.
He currently has too many government affairs to attend to and has no extra staff to investigate this matter.
Fortunately, Lin Tongxi and the others were very helpful and gave him such a big surprise on the second day after he arrived! Gan Xingfan couldn't help but sigh inwardly that he had not misjudged the person.
"Let me guess... he should be Brother Tongxi's younger brother, right?" Awei began to guess Xiaojiu's identity.
A Tao beside him also joined in the fun: "I think it should be Brother Chenxuan's. You see he is very handsome, and it suits his temperament better."
"There's no need to argue. Tongxi told me that this is Xichen's cousin." Gan Xingfan came back, then booked a room and let several people in to eat.
The meal was finished in no time, with Xiaojiu's performance being the most outstanding.
"Brother Xichen, your cousin is really good at eating. He's even better than A Tao when he was a kid." A Wei said, sharing interesting stories about A Tao.
A Tao was the most greedy when he was young, so he looked rounder than A Wei.
"You kid can't eat less! Your brothers and sisters at home are so thin. I suspect that you stole their food, which is why they are so thin!" A Tao was not polite about A Wei's behavior of exposing his dark history, and he also talked about the other's childhood.
"No way... They said the food was too disgusting, so they stuffed it into my mouth." Awei argued.
Everyone chatted while eating. After Xiaojiu had finished his meal, he looked at this scene and felt very warm.
In his previous life, he couldn't even have a full meal.
When he was a beggar, he could only fill his stomach by relying on others to give him bread, steamed buns or leftovers.
But this was only when he was lucky; most of the time he had to go hungry.
Once, he almost starved to death, but fortunately a mute old beggar appeared and fed Xiaojiu the food he had begged for.
For this, he was very grateful to the mute old beggar and vowed to repay him, but unfortunately the old beggar had already died.
When Xiaojiu was doing shady work in the Song Mansion, although his life was better, he could only eat leftovers. He usually found a place to eat and could not eat at the table like he does now.
What's more, the worst thing is that Xiaojiu will face beatings...If he fails to steal anything, he will be punished and humiliated, such as eating the leftovers thrown on the ground by the people in the Song Mansion like a dog.
Not only he had experienced these things, but also his peers.
When being beaten, Xiaojiu vowed that one day he would return the pain to the people in the Song Mansion.
In the afternoon, he finally got this opportunity!
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