"Haha, did you like the food today?" The group laughed, trying to steer clear of the topic that Tang Xubai had brought up.
They were also puzzled because Little Sweet Bean's recent thoughts had been quite strange, including things like missions and that she was still alive and well.
Ye Zhi looked at Grandpa Song's forced, awkward smile, then at Ye Jingyu's hair, which had become somewhat flat due to his disappointment, and then at Song Yuanqing's seemingly clueless but actually surprisingly bright eyes.
Ye Zhi's eyes met those of the beautiful mother, and she awkwardly looked away.
Should I tell Mom and Dad that I caused the changes to the villa? Seeing how pitiful Grandpa and Dad looked, it breaks my heart. And Mom's eyes just now seemed to say she knows what happened and is just waiting for me to confess.
The three old men, Mr. Song and his companions: ! What a series of surprises today! It seems we won't have to have a meeting tonight.
Seeing the others' reactions, Wang Yao reached out and poked Tang Xubai in the back.
Tang Xubai's back stiffened. "It's especially delicious, it tastes like home. We'll be going now, we still need to get your crystal cores."
Did he ask something he shouldn't have? Is it too late to escape?
Ye Jingyu stepped forward to see the guest off, saying, "Come back soon."
Ye Zhi echoed, waving her hand with an air of generosity, "Take care on the road, I'll treat you to a big meal when we get back."
Seeing that they were about to see their guests off so soon, Lu Ben and Zhang Dongliang waved goodbye, even though they didn't understand why. "See you next time."
After exiting the Ye family villa, Tang Xubai and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment. Tang Xubai couldn't help but ask first, "Did I say something wrong just now?"
He touched his chin, which had sprouted a bluish stubble. The stubble was because he had been so busy these past few days that he hadn't had time to take care of his appearance.
"They were trying to persuade us to stay before, so why are they now so eager for us to leave?"
Lu Xingxiao and Tang Xubai were about the same age and often bickered. He hugged his trembling self and then glanced at Tang Xubai, "You know, I wanted to stay in the warm villa a little longer, but we were kicked out because of what you said."
Tang Xubai got anxious. When he wasn't training or fighting, he showed his truest self. He was just a young man in his twenties. "I don't know either. I just asked casually to start a conversation. Who knew I'd have such a big mouth?"
After saying that, he slapped his mouth twice, very lightly, without it hurting.
Wang Yao thought the two would fight again, but to his surprise, Tang Xubai backed down first. It seems that Tang Xubai really knew that he had said the wrong thing.
Meanwhile, Ye Zhi was handing gift boxes to Grandpa Song and the others, thanking her five old friends, Tang Xubai, Wang Yao, Lu Xingxiao, Chen Yunhao, and Chen Yuanzheng, for the ten million crystal cores they had sent.
"Take some tea leaves, your grandfather loves them. Sweet Bean, you've worked hard." Old Master Song said, reaching out his hand.
"Get some strawberry lollipops, drinks, bread, or something; your Uncle Yunhao loves them." Ye Jingyu came to Ye Zhi's side and patted her little shoulder.
"Get some other food. Those three uncles from earlier seemed to eat everything."
"Hurry, hurry, they need to get on the bus."
Ye Yubai lay beside the glass enclosure of the villa, observing Tang Xubai and the other two's every move, reporting their situation to them constantly, and waving to them with one hand to urge them on.
Looking at the thieves' behavior, Lu Ke couldn't help but shake his head. He clearly liked these people so much, so why did he agree to let them leave? However, he was also very curious about who had created the control room that suddenly appeared in the villa and the barbed wire that had become more powerful.
Lu Ke's probing gaze fell on Ye Zhi, who was surrounded by Grandpa Song and the others. Little Sweet Bean was very clear about the changes in the villa. Was it Little Sweet Bean who did it?
Ye Jingyu and Grandpa Song handed the gift boxes they couldn't carry to Zhang Dongliang and the others who were empty-handed, saying, "Alright, let's go."
Ye Jingyu said to Lu Ben and Zhang Dongliang, who had just joined their family, "Our family doesn't follow the feudal rule of making women do all the work."
Grandpa Song then turned to Ye Zhi and said, "Grandpa will give these things back to Tiandou next time."
"Okay." Ye Zhi, who was busy in the space, was rejecting Song Yuanqing's embrace. She took a moment to look up and smile affectionately at Grandpa Song.
Grandpa thought, "Then let him do it."
When Grandpa Song saw the smile that often appeared on Ye Zhi's face, and combined it with Ye Zhi's inner thoughts, he suddenly felt something was off. Wasn't Tian Dou'er the real child?
"Mom, you've worked hard today too. Let Uncle Bai carry me." Ye Zhi refused Song Yuanqing's outstretched hands and turned to Ye Yubai, who was carrying a gift box, asking for a hug.
Ye Yubai screamed inwardly again, "System, I dare not hug the big boss!"
System 857 was having a friendly exchange with Ye Zhi's System 001 when it heard its host's cowardly words.
The electronic voice carried a hint of confusion, "Didn't the host hug you before? I remember you used to really like getting close to the big boss."
Ye Yubai's neck visibly shrank back. "I did hug her, but I feel she's even more formidable now, so I don't dare."
The contradictory nature of Ye Yubai—fearing powerful people yet wanting to be close to them—is vividly embodied in him.
System 857 glanced at System 001 in front of it and realized that its host's behavior was influenced by it.
It tentatively asked, "When did you first start feeling this way, host?"
Ye Yubai thought for a few seconds, "When your main system appeared?"
System No. 857: "...Host, you've worked hard."
But it was those few seconds that Ye Yubai wasted that made Ye Zhi change her target for a hug, "Uncle Bai won't hug me, Grandpa Lu will."
Ye Zhi's childish voice sounded like a sad background music to Lu Ke's ears: "Sweetie, Grandpa will hug you."
Ye Yubai, who was being glared at by Old Master Song and the others, changed the subject, "Tang Xubai and the others are leaving soon!"
Song Yuanqing was the most aggrieved. Little Sweetie wouldn't let her hold her and insisted on Uncle Bai holding her, but her Uncle Bai actually refused to hold her!
Ye Jingyu glared at Ye Yubai, opened the glass cover of the villa, and shouted, "Wait a minute!"
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Mini-drama: The pressure from her parents makes Xiao Yezhi tremble.
Grandpa Song: Huh? Am I pitiful? I just got tired of laughing at the dinner table and my face got stiff.
Ye Jingyu: Huh? He's living such a happy life now, he's not pitiful at all. His hair just got blown flat outside today.
Song Yuanqing: The reason your eyes are bright is because you've been crying.
Ye Zhi, who over-interprets parents' expressions: ...
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