Chapter 160 A Turning Point
Chapter 160 A Turning Point
At nightfall, Xiao Li was just bringing the cooked dishes to the stone table in the yard when, at the same time, the sound of the courtyard door opening was heard.
Looking up, he saw that the little guy who had gone out happily was now like a listless puppy, looking extremely depressed.
Little Ruijing pursed his lips, looked very nervous, and took two steps to look at his younger brother, as if he was afraid that his younger brother would suddenly burst into tears.
Lu Yuan was facing the door sideways. When she heard the noise, she turned around. Seeing the little guy's dejected look, she felt distressed and helpless. "What's wrong with the baby?"
He was not worried that his son would be bullied. After all, Yu Qingshan was there. Even if someone wanted to bully such a little kid, they would have to consider their own weight.
"Little daddy..." Xiao Ruixue's usually energetic voice now sounded depressed.
His little appearance made the adults feel so distressed, not to mention his biological father Lu Yuan.
When he stood up and wanted to go over and hold the child, the little guy ran over and hugged his thighs and rubbed them, calling him pitifully: "Little daddy, hold the baby..."
"Okay, little daddy, hold our baby!" Lu Yuan picked up the little guy, then sat down and wiped the dust off his face with a handkerchief. "What did you do when you went out today?"
Little Ruixue nuzzled against him, sniffed, and then said gloomily, "Baby went to help the Taoist priest, and saw so many people, so many..."
As the little guy spoke, his eyes turned red and his voice choked.
Little Jingnian was sitting on a stone bench nearby. Seeing this, he reached out and took his hand, shaking it gently, and said softly and gently, "Don't be afraid, baby."
Normally, the one who was most interested in little Jingnian was little Ruixue. However, the little girl, who didn't know what kind of shock she had suffered, could only reluctantly say "hmm" to her brother, "Baby brother is not afraid, and neither is Nian Nian."
"Yeah." Xiao Jingnian's reaction is always a little slow, but it doesn't affect his expression.
Seeing that Xiao Ruixue still knew how to comfort her younger brother, Lu Yuan felt relieved, but couldn't help feeling a little distressed. She was still just a child, but she already knew how to act like a brother.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Xiao Ruijing, and felt even more uncomfortable.
No matter how sensible a baby is, he will change slowly, but his brother seems to have been the same from the beginning. I don’t know if he has taken on his father’s temperament.
Xiao Li's attention had always been on the children, but suddenly, as if he sensed something, he turned his gaze to his husband.
Noticing that Lu Yuan seemed distracted, he placed his hand on Lu Yuan's shoulder and squeezed it, "What's wrong, Yuan'er?"
"No, nothing." Lu Yuan didn't want him to know her immature thoughts, so she didn't tell him her true thoughts. She shook her head and said, "Don't worry, my husband. I'm fine."
"Yeah, I'm glad you're okay." He said this but didn't take his eyes off him, obviously not worried.
However, his attention was not on Xiao Li, otherwise he would have noticed something strange about his husband.
He looked down at Xiao Ruixue and sighed silently in his heart. In the end, he didn't ask what she wanted. He just asked gently, "Baby, are you hungry?"
Little Ruixue patted her belly and raised her drooping head a little. She looked much better. "I'm hungry!"
"If you're hungry, wash your hands and eat." Xiao Li picked him up, then reached out to hold little Jingnian's hand, and finally looked at the "calm" little Ruijing, "Jing'er, follow me."
"I understand, Daddy." Little Ruijing followed them slowly, and couldn't help but look at Little Ruixue frequently, obviously still worried about his younger brother.
Soon, Xiao Li came back with the three little ones who had washed their hands.
At the same time, Yu Qingshan appeared in front of him on time and briefly explained what happened today, why he sent the child back at this time, etc.
He had already sent the child to the gate of the courtyard, but his nephew had something to ask him, so he was delayed for a while, and little Ruixue had already run over here.
He told them to run carefully from a distance, and then watched them enter the yard before going to deal with the matter.
After hearing his words, Xiao Li was silent for a long time before asking him, "So you're here to eat for free?"
Yu Qingshan had spent quite a lot of time with him in the past few years, and had heard many strange words from him. He gradually understood the meaning of those words. He had known the word "freeloading" a long time ago.
Hearing this, he shifted his gaze slightly in embarrassment, then coughed lightly, pretending to be calm and composed, "What a coincidence."
"Ha!" Xiao Li sneered, "Do you think I believe it?"
It’s not that he dislikes the food in Qingshan Temple, but the food he eats in Qingshan Temple is hard to describe. At best, it is edible and will not kill people.
He had experienced everything at the end of the world, and no one had ever pampered him as a child, so he had never been a picky eater.
There was no such thing before, there is no such thing now, and probably will not be such thing in the future.
Having his thoughts exposed more than once or twice, Yu Qingshan had become increasingly shameless. He ignored Yu Qingshan's sarcastic tone and walked over to the stone table with a smile, sitting down. He said calmly, "Now that everyone's here, it's time to eat, right?"
He was so shameless that Xiao Li didn't bother to say anything to him. He sat down next to him slowly and said "hmm" indifferently.
Lu Yuan had made some progress in the past few years, but she was still not as shameless as him. Sitting among the children, she said a little embarrassedly, "Master Qingshan, please eat more. We didn't know you were coming today, otherwise we would have prepared more dishes."
Xiao Li looked at Yu Qingshan with increasingly cold eyes, making him feel guilty.
If Yu Qingshan hadn't been clear that he hadn't done anything he shouldn't have done, he would have suspected that he was having an affair, and that he was having an affair with a married man.
Under Xiao Li's death gaze, did Yu Qingshan dare to continue speaking? Obviously, he didn't dare.
Holding the bowl of rice, he smiled and refused: "No need to go to so much trouble, we are already so familiar with each other, just eat something casually, it won't be worse than the food in our Qingshan Temple."
"Oh, so that's it!" Lu Yuan recalled the food at Qingshan Temple, and his expression gradually became sympathetic.
But what others said was one thing, and what he said was another. He was not without some sense of propriety, so he smiled awkwardly and said, "Master Qingshan, eat more."
As we all know, at the dinner table, when you are speechless, just let the other person eat more.
Xiao Li glanced at him with a smile in his eyes, and his eyes gradually became playful as he looked at him.
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