The crystal chandeliers hanging from the roof of the living room were bright and shining brightly. Xia Chaolu looked straight at the man entering the door, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was filled with joy. Unfortunately, her hot eyes fell into the other person's eyes and did not arouse any ripples in him.

Gu Yining's cold face did not rise or fall at all. After taking off his coat and hanging it, he went straight to wash his hands. When he stepped past Xia Chaolu, he seemed to treat her as a stranger.

cut!

Faced with the cold reception of the man, Xia Chaolu hummed in dissatisfaction. After so many years, Gu Yining's bland energy still has no tendency to reduce.

After a moment, Ji Shengge took out the bottom of the hot pot and placed it in the middle of the dining table. She looked up and saw the man who had washed his hands and was stunned, "...Second brother."

"Yeah." Gu Yining's eyes were faint, and he walked to the sofa and picked up a bag with exquisite packaging and handed it over, saying, "Gift."

"Second brother, you are too polite. Why do you bring gifts when you come here to have a meal?" Ji Shengge smiled and teased, then glanced at Mr. Gu in his own family. She took the bag after seeing Gu Weishen nodding.

"My second brother is very kind." Gu Wei smiled deeply, pulled Ji Shengge to her side and sat down, and gave a wink at her.

When Ji Shengge read the look handed over by Gu Weishen, she almost understood it in seconds. She pushed Xia Chaolu over there without any trace, and then sat happily beside her husband.

"Let's have a meal."

With Gu Weishen's call, everyone was eager to try it out. Today, the temperature was cold, and eating hot pot was just right. Especially the hot pot with red oil and spicy bottoms made people drool.

Xia Chaolu has a spicy taste. She usually likes to eat spicy hot pot. When she was helping in the kitchen, she kept swallowing her saliva. When she saw the pot was open, she didn't care who was sitting next to her, and just wanted to eat it quickly.

"Wow, it smells so good!"

The rich aroma of spicy hot pot gradually spread throughout the room. Xia Chaolu put the ingredients of tofu, bean skin, potatoes, and mushrooms into the bottom of the pot one by one. These things are what she likes to eat, and she feels happy when she thinks about it.

The man in the seat next to him caught a glimpse of the woman beside him constantly lifting his chopsticks and stuffing things into the pot. His beautiful sword eyebrows were slightly frowning. Why is her problem still the same as before? It is like this every time she eats hot pot, throwing many ingredients into the bottom of the pot, and it seems like she hasn't eaten enough in eight lifetimes!

On the side of the dining table, Gu Rui still stood behind Gu Weishen's head, with a dark expression. However, he glanced at the two people in front of him from time to time, and always felt that the dining table was a bit unusual tonight.

A few minutes later, the ingredients that had been put down were cooked. Xia Chaolu was the first to pick up the chopsticks, greeted everyone enthusiastically, and said, "It's okay to eat."

Ji Shengge also drooled in this pot of food. Her taste was similar to Xia Chaolu, and the ingredients they liked were similar. Xia Chaolu took out the cooked tofu, put it in her mouth after cooling it, and immediately sighed comfortably.

“This tofu is delicious.”

"It's delicious, I think it's delicious, too." Ji Shengge also picked up a large piece and put it in his mouth, and said with a smile: "This is a store Zhenzhen told me. The owner of this store grinds tofu himself every day, and it is absolutely handmade."

“The bean peel is delicious too.”

"Yes, and Doupo, they are all his signature brands."

“…”

Seeing that the two women were having a good meal, Gu Weishen and Gu Yining exchanged glances, and a hint of disgust appeared in their eyes. Why are two beautiful girls so satisfied with the hot pot?!

Can't figure it out!

"Be careful!" Gu Weishen quickly grabbed his beloved wife's arm with his eyes and lowered his head to cool her tofu in the chopsticks, "Eat slowly, there are still a lot of them here."

"Well." Because of Mr. Gu's little move, Ji Shengge instantly became the target of attention on the dining table. Seeing everyone's eyes looking at each other, she immediately lowered her head embarrassedly.

After Gu Weishen cooled the tofu she had been clamped in the chopsticks, she dripped it into her mouth. Well, why did this tofu become more delicious the more you eat?

The couple showed their love, making Xia Chao look red naked. She pursed her lips and looked at the man beside her unconsciously. But Gu Yining looked at the nose and nose, but she just ate the food in her bowl quietly and elegantly, without any emotional changes at all.

Taking a deep breath, Xia Chaolu expressed unhappiness and was not convinced. Her bright black eyes turned around, suddenly remembered something, then picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of tofu from the pot.

Before she could blow the cold, she put it directly into her mouth and suddenly exclaimed in pain, "Ah!"

The sudden scream attracted everyone's attention again. Ji Shengge hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hand and asked with concern: "Sister Lu, is it okay? Is it burned?"

Gu Weishen also stopped chewing and looked at her.

Gu Rui took the initiative to hand over the tissue and put it in front of Xia Chaoliu.

It seemed that everyone had a response, but only Gu Yining still lowered his head and continued to eat his food. Seeing this scene, Xia Chaolu felt a little discouraged and sad in her heart.

When they were in love, not to mention that she was burnt when eating, even if she choked when drinking water, Gu Yining would be extremely nervous and hugged her in her arms for a long time. But now...

It's really different.

Restraining the loss in his heart, Xia Chaolu smiled politely at everyone and said, "I'm fine, I just got burned with my lips, it's okay."

Ji Shengge stared at her and looked carefully, and then he breathed a sigh of relief when he was sure that there was no serious injury.

Bang!

The man in the side chair put down the chopsticks in his hand, then raised his face and asked, "Is there any ice-cold Coke?"

"Yes." Hearing Gu Yining ask, Gu Rui immediately took out the iced Coke from the refrigerator and put it on the table.

"Thanks."

Gu Yining thanked softly and reached out to pour himself a cup of Coke. However, when he put down the Coke can, he seemed to unconsciously get in front of Xia Chaoliu.

puff!

In the chair opposite, Gu Weishen almost couldn't help laughing when he saw his second brother's small movements. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk, he obviously cared about others, so he pretended to be cold and noble, really!

Seeing the coke cans pushed over there, Xia Chaolu pretended not to see them. She bit her chopsticks and scolded, "What kind of coke should I drink when eating hot pot? I really don't taste it!"

Gu Yining: “…”

After the words came, Xia Chaolu turned to Ji Shengge and asked, "Shengge, do you have red wine?"

"some."

Ji Shengge brought the red wine and wine glass and put it directly in front of Xia Chaolu, "This bottle of wine is not bad, does Sister Lu like it?"

Looking at the origin and year of the red wine, Xia Chaolu nodded immediately, "It's not a bad thing that Mr. Gu, the red wine at home is all fine products, and it's really delicious."

Gu Yining: “…”

In the chair opposite, Gu Weishen kept an elegant smile on his face, but he was already laughing so hard that he couldn't hold it in his heart. Hahaha, he just wanted to see how Xia Chaolu's sharp mouth criticized his cold second brother? Usually no one dared to speak to Gu Yining like this, except Xia Chaolu.

The atmosphere on the dining table gradually became abnormal. Ji Shengge glanced at his husband from time to time, feeling a little unstable. Gu Yining's iceberg face was obviously getting worse and worse. If he continued...

"Hey, why don't you drink?" Xia Chaolu held the wine glass and found that she was the only one drinking.

"Ahem."

After Ji Shengge coughed softly, he bent down his face embarrassedly and whispered near Xia Chaolu's ear, "We are having children, so we can't drink."

"Child?" Xia Chaolu's expression changed in her eyes, and something seemed to flash. Ji Shengge's mood was a little abnormal, but before she could speak, Xia Chaolu's face returned to normal.

"Oh, then congratulations first."

"Thank you, Sister Lu."

Ji Shengge did not drink alcohol, and even Coke did not drink it, and only brought a glass of warm water. She attached great importance to the child's issue and had read a lot of information before, so she quits all things that are harmful to the baby recently.

The originally warm dinner atmosphere has become cold since I don’t know when. Xia Chaolu has become taciturn since drinking, and has just lowered her head to eat the things in the bowl.

But Gu Yining never said much, but just glanced at the people around him from time to time, but he pretended to be inadvertent.

Ji Shengge tried to liven up the atmosphere at first, but later she saw that everyone was not very upright, so she shut up. Alas, originally she only wanted to invite Xia Chaolu over to have a hot pot happily, but Gu Yining suddenly appeared and messed up all the plans.

Thinking of this, she glared at her Mr. Gu unhappily, complaining in her heart that he was taking his own actions.

Compared to Ji Shengge's unhappiness, Gu Weishen was very happy. It was such a rare opportunity to see Gu Yining's face turned pale and unable to attack. He really wanted to take out his mobile phone and take a photo, which would become a plan to threaten Gu Yining in the future.

"I'm full." Xia Chaolu put down her chopsticks and took out a tissue to wipe her mouth.

I vaguely noticed that something was wrong with Xia Chaolu's emotions. Ji Shengge did not think deeply, but thought that it was because Gu Yining was there that it affected her mood.

After dinner, Xia Chaolu didn't stay for long and said she wanted to leave. Ji Shengge grabbed her arm and told me carefully, "Sister Lu, you can't drive after drinking, so let Gu Rui take you back."

Xia Chaolu thought for a while, then nodded, "Okay."

After a moment, Gu Rui came to the courtyard with the car keys and was about to get in the car but was pulled by the man behind him.

"I'm just right on the way."

"ah?"

Gu Rui didn't understand at first, but after seeing Gu Yining's cold face, he realized it, "Since that's the case, I'll ask the Second Young Master to send Miss Xia back."

"Um."

Gu Yining's answer was still cold, Gu Rui sighed secretly, wondering when the second young master's arrogant temper could be restrained. Fortunately, he was smart just now, otherwise he would not be able to guess the second young master's little thoughts!

When Xia Chaolu put on her coat and came out, she saw Gu Yining standing in front of the car in the courtyard. She looked around suspiciously and asked, "Where is Gu Rui?"

"Gu Rui hasn't had dinner yet, please take my car." The man opened his mouth softly, opened the car door and got in directly, without looking at Xia Chaolu for a long time.

Tsk tsk tsk!

Xia Chaolu hummed silently and walked forward with a smile. Gu Yining's bad habit is really the same as before, and there has been no change in the past so many years.

Before the time came, the black car opened the door of the villa. Gu Rui stood in front of the door, staring at the car disappearing before opening the door of the living room and entering.

Ji Shengge also stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. When she saw Xia Chaolu take a seat in Gu Yining's car and leave, she endured her smile all night before she showed her pride. She looked at Gu Rui who had just entered the door, and her eyes suddenly sank.

"Mrs. Gu, do you have any instructions?" Gu Rui had already figured out Ji Shengge's temper after getting along during this period, especially when he saw her showing such eyes, he was in an instant.

Taking a deep breath, Ji Shengge walked over with a smile, looking at Gu Rui, "Gu Rui, do you have a deposit? Do you have a house?"

"Well……"

Unexpectedly, Ji Shengge suddenly asked these questions. Gu Rui pondered for a moment and answered truthfully: "I have followed Mr. Gu to buy a house over the years. Now I have three houses in the city center under my name. I have also bought a villa for my parents in my hometown. As for the savings..."

He looked down at his fingers, "The deposit should be seven digits, and there are some fund stocks bought by Mr. Gu. I don't know how much money it has."
To be continued...