On the way back to the ancient town, I asked Li Kun again: "By the way, Xiao Li, how are Mr. Wen's funeral affairs going?"
"Everything has been taken care of. I have completed everything Mr. Wen told me, so I called you."
I nodded, sighed heavily and said, "I just went abroad in the past few days, and my mother-in-law also passed away, hey!"
Li Kun also sighed softly and said: "I used to think that death was very far away from us, but after experiencing it, I discovered that it is so easy to lose life."
"Yes, this is a common sense. People will die when they grow old. It is inevitable in life."
"I have no relatives and have always regarded Mr. Wen as my relative. I have been feeling particularly unreal in the past few days since his death."
I smiled and said, "Who said you have no relatives? Now I am your relative."
Li Kun glanced at me, and we smiled at each other.
After a moment of silence, I asked him again: "By the way, how is An Siqi doing lately?"
"Fortunately, she was a little hard to accept, but after so many days, she has basically come out of it."
"It's really hard to accept. I just found out who my biological father is, but there is a separation between yin and yang. This is hard for anyone to accept."
Li Kun nodded and said, "Yes, but she has been helping with Mr. Wen's funeral affairs."
"That's good. Mr. Wen can rest in peace under the spring."
While I was chatting with Li Kun, my cell phone rang again. This time it was Cao Xiaoyu.
I hesitated for a while and answered: "Is something wrong? Xiaoyu."
"Mr. Chen, are you free tonight?"
I was stunned for a moment and said, "What's wrong?"
"Please come over to my house for a meal. My mother said that she must treat you to a meal."
"Why do you want to invite me to dinner?"
"Didn't you help us rent a house? I told my mother that you helped us rent it, and I am working in your company now... When my mother found out, she insisted that I give you a call.
Call me and ask you to come for a meal tonight."
It turned out that this was the case. I immediately smiled and said, "It's okay. Just tell Auntie and tell her not to cause trouble."
"It's okay, Mr. Chen. If you have nothing else to do, come here! My mother went to the vegetable market to buy a lot of vegetables and is cooking them now."
"This...is like this!"
I scratched my head and thought for a while, then said, "Okay then, let's have a meal at your house."
"Well, then we'll wait for you!"
I responded and ended the call.
Then I said to Li Kun: "Akun, please take me to the east gate of the ancient town. I'm going to have a meal."
"OK."
Li Kun nodded, but then gave me a strange look and said, "Brother Chen, why did you call me A Kun?"
"Uh... I think calling you Xiao Li is a bit unfamiliar. Is it okay to call you A Kun?"
Li Kun smiled and shook his head and said: "It's nothing, it just reminds me of the director calling me that when I was in the orphanage."
"A-Kun is more approachable. I will call you A-Kun from now on!"
"Okay, good brother."
I smiled again, it felt good.
To be honest, there are not many people I can trust here. Even Boss Tang and his sister, I don’t dare to trust them 100%.
But I can completely trust Li Kun. I don’t know why. Although I don’t have much contact with him, I feel very reassured.
This is probably why Mr. Wen keeps letting Li Kun stay with him!
Li Kun is really a reassuring person. He is the kind of person who is ruthless and doesn't say much. He is also very low-key. Just from his appearance, you would never know that he is so good at fighting.
If I were as good at fighting as he is, I would probably have been beaten to the sky by now.
After Li Kun sent me to the east city gate, I remembered where he lived now, so I asked him again: "By the way, Akun, where do you live now?"
"I have been living in Mr. Wen's home before, but now Mr. Wen's house has been transferred to An Siqi."
"That's it! Then go to the inn where I'm staying first. I'll call Boss Tang later and ask him to arrange a room for you. You can live with me from now on."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Chen."
"You're welcome, you go ahead and I'll call Boss Tang."
After Li Kun responded, we separated at the east city gate.
I immediately called Boss Tang and told him that Li Kun was moving in and asked him to pack up a room and come out.
Boss Tang is very good now. He is not like before. As long as it is my matter, he will try his best to handle it.
After settling the issue of Li Kun's residence, I went to the house I rented for Cao Xiaoyu last time.
After knocking on the door, it was Cao Xiaoyu who came to open the door for me.
As soon as he saw me, he smiled at me with a row of white teeth, and greeted me very enthusiastically: "Mr. Chen, come in quickly..."
She is different today than usual. How can I put it? She looks more mature.
Wearing a black dress with an open collar and a relatively high hem, and makeup, as a Cao Xiaoyu who always takes a lively, cute and sunny approach to others, this has to be said to be a big attempt.
, or rather a change!
She also wears a string of thin silver necklaces on her fair neck. Anyway, she looks more feminine than before!
It’s only been a few days since I last saw you, and the changes have really been huge! It’s so big that it surprised me!
I was stunned for a moment before walking in, and then I heard the sound of cooking and a woman's voice coming from the kitchen.
"Xiaoyu, is your leader here?"
"Well, Mom, it's Mr. Chen who's here."
Cao Xiaoyu's mother also hurriedly walked out of the kitchen. She was still wearing an apron. Her mother didn't look old, she looked like a woman in her forties.
Her mother also greeted me hurriedly: "Boss Chen, please sit down quickly and I will get you some fruit."
"Sister, don't bother, just do your thing." I thought about it for a long time, and decided to call her sister, after all, she seemed to be a few years older than me.
Her mother also kept smiling and said: "It's okay, Xiaoyu, hurry up and ask your boss to sit down."
Cao Xiaoyu enthusiastically took me to the sofa. After I sat down, her mother brought me a fruit plate.
I was really embarrassed by their enthusiasm, and her mother quickly returned to the kitchen and continued to be busy.
I looked around and remembered that the last time I came here with Boss Tang, it felt like a mess.
Now that the mother and daughter have moved in, everything is in order, the house is cleaned, and it looks much more pleasing to the eye.
Cao Xiaoyu and I were sitting on the sofa, chatting.
She asked me: "Mr. Chen, are you feeling better?"
"It's almost done." After a pause, I asked her again, "By the way, are you still used to living here?"
"It's good. My mother said it's quiet here. She likes it very much, and so do I... Mr. Chen, thank you so much for finding us such a good house."
"Just get used to it, there's no need to be so polite."
She smiled sweetly, and I glanced at the kitchen again and asked her, "Your mother looks so young? How old is she?"
"My mother is quite young. She had me when she was nineteen. I am twenty-two now and my mother is only forty-one."
I guessed right, he was indeed young, only five years older than me.
I laughed immediately.
Cao Xiaoyu asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Mr. Chen."
"It's okay, I'm just thinking of myself. Your mother is only five years older than me. You are already this old. My eldest child is only six years old this year."
Cao Xiaoyu smiled again and said, "That's because you had children late!"
"That's right! If I had a child when I was nineteen like your mother, my child would be seventeen now."
"Each has its own advantages. My mother was arranged in a marriage by her parents when she was young, so she got married early."
I nodded and asked her again: "By the way, is your dad still harassing you and your mom recently?"
"After my mother and I moved here, he couldn't find us. I also told my mother to turn off my phone and not answer his calls in the future."
"Well, if you need my help if you need anything, just tell me. Don't be polite to me."
"Mr. Chen, thank you so much. You have helped us a lot."
"Look, you're being polite again, aren't you? Besides, this is not a company, so don't call me Mr. Chen. Just call me uncle."
Cao Xiaoyu smiled sweetly, and his eyes narrowed into slits when he smiled.