"Ah?" Zhao Hongyu, who could remain calm in the face of all kinds of things, was also shocked when he heard the news.
"I don't know if there is a fraud in this. Tomorrow evening, the Prime Minister of the West Sea Dragon Palace will personally come to the East China Sea Dragon Palace to give gifts and then personally take Zeng Yitao back." Zhao Guang said.
"But with Xihai's style, he won't be so circuitous. If there is a gap in strength, there is no need for strategies." Zhao Hongyu analyzed softly.
Hao Ren stood nearby and couldn't understand why Xihai suddenly made a 180-degree change in attitude.
"Mom! The pot has been taken out, do you want to wash it?" Zhao Yanzi, standing at the other end of the living room, asked, holding a gray electric hot pot in his hand.
Zhao Hongyu turned to look at Zhao Guang, "Let's discuss it when we go back." She faced Zhao Yanzi again, "It's so dirty, of course it needs to be washed!"
"Okay!" Zhao Yanzi nodded, then ran directly in front of Hao Ren, holding the handle of the pot, and put the pot into Hao Ren's hand, his eyebrows raised, "Hurry up and wash it!"
"Azi, wash it yourself!" Zhao Hongyu glanced at Zhao Yanzi helplessly.
"I don't know how to wash their pots, so I finally dug them out of the storage room!" Zhao Yanzi said with shining eyes.
Seeing that there were some spider silk on her clothes and arms, Hao Ren dug out the hot pot that had not been used all year round from the garbage pile, so he didn't care about it and took the pot to the kitchen to clean it.
"Linlin, Lily, come with me to wash the vegetables!" Zhao Hongyu shouted to Lu Linlin and Lu Lili.
"Okay!" The Lu sisters replied in unison.
Although you eat hot pot, some vegetables need to be washed and soaked in advance, and some meat also needs to be chopped.
Like two obedient girls, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili followed Zhao Hongyu outside the garden at the back door of the first floor and helped Zhao Hongyu.
In this way, Zhao Yanzi really had nothing to do. When she saw her grandma talking to her father, she stood in the living room, which seemed empty.
She thought for a while, then ran into the kitchen and stood next to Hao Ren.
Hao Ren was holding a rag and vigorously scrubbing the dirty pot. When he saw Zhao Yanzi coming over, he deliberately ignored her.
Zhao Yanzi didn't say anything and stood aside looking at him.
"What?" Hao Ren turned his neck slightly and looked at her.
"Why not?" Zhao Yanzi curled his lips.
Hao Ren rinsed the pot with hot water and wiped away some stubborn stains with steel wool.
"Hey!" Zhao Yanzi suddenly called out.
Hao Ren ignored her and continued to scrub the pot seriously.
"Hey!" Zhao Yanzi couldn't help but shout again.
Seeing that Hao Ren ignored her, she suddenly said, "Shall I call your squad leader over?"
"You messed with me on purpose, right?" Hao Ren looked at her helplessly.
"I didn't offend you. Aren't you thinking about her in your heart?" Zhao Yanzi looked up at Hao Ren and said deliberately.
Hao Ren ignored her and scrubbed the pot inside and out.
"Give me your cell phone and I'll call her." Zhao Yanzi opened her palms towards Hao Ren.
"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Hao Ren took the pot and moved to another pool.
Zhao Yanzi chased after him, and when he saw Hao Ren holding a rag in one hand and a pot in the other, he simply reached into Hao Ren's pocket to retrieve his cell phone.
Hao Ren twisted his waist to dodge, but Zhao Yanzi's palm kept exploring his pocket, which immediately made Hao Ren panic.
Bang! Zhao Yanzi finally got the phone and took it out of Hao Ren's pocket.
"Hey, come back!" Hao Ren chased her with a pot, but Zhao Yanzi nimbly ran outside the kitchen and then directly outside the villa to make a phone call.
Holding the pot, Hao Ren couldn't chase her out of the kitchen, so he could only watch her standing outside on the phone.
A few minutes later, Zhao Yanzi took Hao Ren's cell phone and returned to the kitchen again.
"Is the beating finished?" Hao Ren looked at her.
"Tch, I'm lying to you, I didn't call her!" Zhao Yanzi put the phone back into Hao Ren's pocket, then ran out of the kitchen with a beep, and went to the back garden outside to see Zhao Hongyu and the Lu sisters.
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Hao Ren didn't believe her lies. He wiped his arms, took out his cell phone, and looked through the records. Sure enough, he found that a minute later, there was a call record of Xie Yujia.
He dialed Xie Yujia's number. The phone rang twice and was picked up.
"Yujia?" Hao Ren asked proactively.
"Well, it's me." Xie Yujia answered on the other end.
"Did Zhao Yanzi call you just now?" Hao Ren asked.
"Well, I got a call suddenly." Xie Yujia replied calmly.
"You said...what?" Hao Ren asked cautiously.
"I didn't say anything, just asked me to come over to eat hot pot or something." Xie Yujia paused for a few seconds, "Is she with you?"
"Well, she is at my house. And her parents."
"oh……"
A moment of silence.
Hao Ren hurriedly asked her again, "What are you doing?"
"Reading some books."
"Home alone?" Hao Ren asked again.
"Yeah." Xie Yujia replied softly and calmly.
"Why don't you come over and have hot pot? Lu Linlin and Lu Lili are here anyway."
"No, I'll cook some food by myself."
"Oh..." This time, it was Hao Ren's turn and he didn't know what to say.
"Have fun, I'll continue reading." Xie Yujia said, and there were already signs of hanging up the phone.
"Okay. Well... grandma asked you to come over and play some time." Hao Ren said.
"I know." Xie Yujia replied softly and hung up the phone.
For a moment, Hao Ren felt melancholy and had no place to go.
It can be imagined that Xie Yujia was reading quietly in that narrow windowless room with a yellow desk lamp on.
Seeing Zhao Yanzi playing with Zhao Hongyu outside the north gate of the villa again, Hao Ren really didn't know whether Zhao Yanzi's call to Xie Yujia was an unintentional joke or a deliberate attempt to stimulate Xie Yujia.
"Aren! Have you finished washing the pot?" Grandma shouted from outside.
"Well, it's cleaned!" Hao Ren hurriedly answered grandma and walked out with the pot.
Just like this, they started making fun of each other, and a lively family hotpot started. Everyone gathered around grandma, talking and laughing, and all of them got closer to each other.
Zhao Guang was in a happy mood, eating a lot, drinking a lot, and talking a lot. Grandma had rarely had so many people eat with her in these years, so of course she was extremely happy.
As night fell, Zhao Hongyu and the Lu sisters helped Hao Ren clean up the table, and it was almost time to go back.
Grandma stood at the door, reluctant to leave them.
There were still two empty seats in the car, and the Zhao Guang family could just bring Lu Linlin and Lu Lili back to the city. Broadly speaking, since Lu Linlin and Lu Lili were Lu Qing's "granddaughters", they could be considered the same family as Zhao Guang.
The black Chevrolet slowly left in the night. Grandma looked at the direction they were leaving and sighed softly.
After the excitement, there must be loneliness.
Hao Ren knew what grandma was thinking, so he gently supported grandma and asked her to return to the house.
"I called little girl Yujia today, but unfortunately she said she had something to do and couldn't come over." Grandma said regretfully as she entered the room.
"She... must be quite busy," Hao Ren said helplessly.
"That's all, that's all, nothing in this world is perfect." Grandma waved her hand and staggered into the bright villa.
Just when Hao Ren was sighing softly along with his grandma, in the small room, Xie Yujia, who was rubbing his head, closed a thick professional book, looked at the alarm clock on the table, relaxed his shoulders, and stood up, "Well, it's time.