After eating, Li Shuhe ordered a few of her favorite dishes.
The Beijing-style Buddha Jumps Over the Wall dish immediately won over Wang Xiuxiu and Xu Ruantang.
The soup base is very rich and flavorful, and the ingredients, such as sea cucumber and abalone, are carefully selected.
Served with a small bowl of rice, the rice is soaked in the broth, and every bite is so delicious it'll make your eyebrows fall off.
Xu Ruantang likes to eat bamboo shoots, so she ordered warm-dressed bamboo shoot strips.
Wang Xiuxiu ordered pineapple shrimp balls and Amon's signature roasted lamb chops. She is a typical carnivore who enjoys tasting and cooking all kinds of meat.
"Who are you planning to invite to your wedding banquet?"
Xu Ruantang looked at Li Shuhe and asked.
Li Shuhe thought for a moment and replied, "Family and friends, but as for my parents' friends, forget about them."
The Li family's close relatives and Li Shuhe's friends would easily fill three tables.
"I've already looked at the menu. This one has the banquet options. Let's go with this one."
Xu Ruantang took the menu from Li Shuhe, glanced at the prices, and gasped, "Over 800 per table! If we have three or four tables, Shen Qingwen will go bankrupt!"
Li Shuhe laughed and said, "He doesn't have that much money."
While gnawing on a lamb chop, Wang Xiuxiu took a moment to ask, "How about we go to another place?"
She actually felt it was unnecessary and a waste.
You can host a dinner party elsewhere.
Li Shuhe smiled slightly and insisted, "No need, this place is fine."
She wanted the Shen family to remember that she, Li Shuhe, was not someone easy to marry, and she also wanted to test how much sincerity Shen Qingwen truly had for her.
Money can be earned back, but if she discovers after the child is born that Shen Qingwen is not someone she can entrust her life to, that would be truly tragic.
......
Xu Ruantang and Wang Xiuxiu were eating and drinking to their hearts' content.
On the other side, two men, each holding a child, looked at each other with unspoken emotions in their eyes.
Chen Ji held Xiao Bao in one arm, his brow twitching slightly. "Take Xiao Zhao to my office."
Lu Shishen grunted in agreement and quickly followed Chen Ji's steps.
Xu Ruantang said she had important things to do and it was inconvenient to bring Xiaobao along, so she handed the child over to Chen Ji early in the morning.
Chen Ji had official business to attend to today, so he had to bring his child to the military base.
Lu Shishen was even more wronged. Wang Xiuxiu only made a phone call to the army, saying that she couldn't pick up the child in the afternoon, without even saying what she was going to do.
Xiao Bao blinked his big eyes, looking around curiously, his eyes almost too busy to take it all in.
Lu Xiaozhao hugged Lu Shishen's neck and pointed to Xiaobao in front of her, saying, "Daddy, I want to play with my sister."
Lu Shishen lowered his head to look at him, his tone low and deep: "You like Xiaobao?"
Lu Xiaozhao nodded without hesitation, "Yes! Little Bao is round and fair-skinned, with such long eyelashes, so cute, I like her!"
Lu Shishen raised an eyebrow, feeling a sense of relief.
My son seems to resemble his mother more, which is wonderful.
When they arrived at Chen Ji's office, Xiao Bao cried out to get down and kept struggling in Chen Ji's arms.
"You can come down, but Daddy wants to make it clear first: you can only play in the room, you can't go outside, understand?"
Chen Ji unconsciously lowered his voice and whispered to Xiao Bao.
Xiao Bao nodded his little head and obediently agreed, "Okay."
Chen Ji then let her go.
Unexpectedly, the child dashed to the office door and nearly bumped into Lu Shishen, who was following him in.
Fortunately, Lu Shishen braked in time.
Xiao Bao looked up at Lu Shishen, then took several steps back.
She was still somewhat afraid of people like Lu Shishen, whose face was dark and gloomy.
Before, when Xiaobao saw Qiu Liang, she would open her mouth wide and howl, unless Qiu Liang stood at a safe distance from her.
"Xiao Bao, come here."
Chen Ji's voice was deep and resonant, but Xiao Bao was not afraid of him at all.
After Lu Shishen entered the office, she started standing at the door looking out again, then turned back and gave her father a flattering smile.
Chen Ji's cold attitude had no effect on her.
As soon as Lu Shishen put Lu Xiaozhao down, she ran towards Xiaobao, "Little Bao, do you want to play with me?"
As he spoke, he reached out to take Xiaobao's hand.
Xiao Bao blinked and quickly put his hands behind his back. "No!"
Lu Xiaozhao: "......"
Little Bao's sister doesn't like him, and his world is collapsing.
As soon as Lu Xiaozhao pouted, Xiaobao ran towards him, took Lu Xiaozhao's hand, and mumbled something unintelligible.
Chen Ji poured Lu Shishen a cup of tea, which Lu Shishen quickly accepted, saying, "Thank you, Chief!"
"If you don't have anything else to do, you can stay here for a while."
Chen Ji said to Lu Shishen, "Let the two children play together."
At least I have a companion, so I don't have to worry about him all the time.
Chen Ji began to bury himself in his official duties, while Lu Shishen sat on the sofa with a teacup in his hand, staring at the two children beside him who still had difficulty communicating.
Xiao Bao is very clever. She took out the snacks and cookies that Chen Ji brought for her, one in her left hand and one in her right.
Lu Xiaozhao also wanted to eat, so Chen Ji told her to share one with her brother Xiaozhao.
Xiao Bao first took a bite out of the one in his left hand, and then handed the one in his right hand to Lu Xiaozhao.
Lu Xiaozhao reached out to take it, "Thank you, little sister Xiaobao."
Before he could even get it, Xiao Bao withdrew his hand and offered his bitten left hand to Lu Xiaozhao.
Lu Xiaozhao didn't mind and reached out to take it.
But Xiao Bao withdrew his hand again.
Chen Ji coughed lightly, and Xiao Bao immediately stuffed the biscuit in his left hand into Lu Xiaozhao's hand.
Lu Xiaozhao received the cookies and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.
Two children sat on small stools under the eaves eating cookies, while a group of men on the training field watched with envy.
It wasn't that I was craving cookies, but rather my little one, so chubby and fair-skinned, like a little rice ball.
Most of them were only sixteen or seventeen years old, and seeing Xiaobao reminded them of their younger siblings at home.
Or you might think Xiaobao is cute and want to play with her, touching her round face.
The training ground echoed with orderly shouts. Xiao Bao, clutching a small cookie, ran out in the blink of an eye as Chen Ji ducked.
Xiao Bao stumbled and swayed as he rushed to the open space in front of the training field, staring intently at the greenhorns sweating profusely.
This made it impossible for everyone to concentrate on training, and they kept turning their heads to look over.
"Focus on training! Now, everyone will do an additional five kilometers of weighted running!"
The whistle blew, and the young soldiers all turned back.
Xiao Bao was fascinated by what he saw, and he kept chewing on a cookie.
After a while, she finished the cookies and got tired of standing, so she simply squatted down on the spot.
Chen Ji, in his office, finally realized that Xiao Bao was missing.
Lu Shishen had fallen asleep on the sofa at some point.
Chen Ji: "......"
He stood up and walked out of the office, only to see Lu Xiaozhao when he turned around.
Lu Xiaozhao sat properly on the stool, slowly eating her biscuits.
"Xiao Zhao, where did Little Bao go?"
A hint of urgency crept into Chen Ji's voice.
The training ground is safe for adults, but it is still dangerous for children like Xiaobao.
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