The Villain and the Cannon Fodder’s Mother

Chapter 189 – That would be the little secret between the two of them (2)

When Ms. Lin Ping and Mr. Gu Chengyi turned around to leave, the baffled Mr. Gu asked, “How come I don’t see you having such a hard time parting from Little Yuran and Shanshan? They’re your grandchildren.”

She was nicer to someone else’s nephew than to her own grandchildren. Anyone who didn’t know better would thought Zhe was her real grandchild!

“What do you know!”

Ms. Lin Ping casted him a glance. “Little Yuran and Shanshan have Yiyi, their real mother, around. As incompetent as Yiyi is, she’s still a living person. Zhe is the pitiful one. Any child without their parents is pitiful. Let alone that fact that he’s stuck with his useless uncle!”

Most importantly… Zhe was quite good looking and that softened the heart of this old aunty!

Truth was, she was quite happy with Lu Xun. But she kept calling him useless…

Oh, woman!

Mr. Gu sighed and shook his head.

This couple was bickering even when they were departing. They didn’t seem to be bogged down by any sadness from being away from their family.

Lin Yiyi turned and looked at Lu Xun. “You sure know how to butter them up.”

She could tell that the two elders were quite fond of him despite the fact that they have never verbalized it.

Her stepdad had always been fond of him. As for Ms. Lin Ping, she was disgruntled with him at the beginning, but judging from the recent way she had been acting around him, her stance toward him had softened up a lot as time went on.

She must say, Boss Lu’s strategy was somewhat effective after all.

He might not have a lot of emotional quotient, but he made up for that with his intelligence quotient.

Lu Xun had now earned the silent approval from both Ms. Lin Ping and Mr. Gu Chengyi.

As he had been visiting the Lin’s more and more, he had been getting progressively more confident.

“Well, they will, after all, be my future….”

“Future what?”

Lin Yiyi stared at him.

I dare you to finish that sentence.

Lu Mingzhe pursed his lips with mockery.

Lu Xun kept his mouth shut tightly.

He looked around and spotted Meng Shanshan, who was standing next to Lin Yiyi and looking up eagerly at the two of them. He squatted down, scooped her up, and carried her in his arms.

“What would Shanshan like for dinner? Uncle Lu will get them for you, okay?”

Within the entire Lu’s, little kiddo Meng Shanshan was probably the one who was most fond of him second to Mr. Gu Chengyi.

This little girl was way too honest. Ever since Lu Xun brought the fish over to their house the very first time and she had that wonderful meal of barbeque fish, she had developed a natural fondness toward her Uncle Lu.

The world of a foodie was always quite simple.

Meng Shanshan thought about it for a little while and said, “I want to have Kentucky Fried Chicken. I want chicken wings and French fries…”

“No!” Lin Yiyi vetoed the junk food immediately.

Lu Xun sneaked a peek over at Meng Shanshan, gave her a we-are-in-the-same-boat frowny face and said, “Your mom says no…”

The little girl was frowning as well. Albeit being a little bit disappointed, she still lifted her little hand and patted him on his shoulder in an effort to comfort him.

“… it’s alright. We will bring home chicken wings and potatoes, so your mom can make you chicken wings and fries,” Boss Lu quickly whispered into the little girl’s ear with a smile.

Meng Shanshan looked at him, dazed.

We could do that?

The little girl felt that the door to a whole new world had just been opened for her. All of a sudden, she felt that her silly brain had been dragging her down this entire time!

“Don’t tell your mom just yet.”

Lu Xun winked at her. That would be the little secret between the two of them.

The adult and the child exchanged a look and a smile with tacit understanding.

Lin Yiyi, “……”

She heard it already!

***

Lin Yiyi made a turn and drove into an underground parking garage when they drove past a shopping center on their way back.

The shopping center has a huge supermarket that sold fresh ingredients, both domestic and foreign ones.

They took the elevator onto the first floor and ran into one of Lu Mingzhe’s classmates, who was drinking coffee at Starbucks.