When Yueyue followed Su Zhen upstairs, she already held several boxes of handmade chocolates brought back from abroad. When she was about to happily run to her room, she was suddenly stopped by Huo Qiran.
Of course Yueyue knew what her brother meant when he called her, so she reluctantly showed her face, "Brother..."
Jing Li was playing with Xi Xi not far away with candies. When she heard the brother and sister starting to communicate, she raised her head and saw Su Zhen walking up.
"Just let her keep it!" Su Zhen said, "The little girl has been thinking about her for so long. If you don't tell me and I won't tell her, how will Aunt Qianqian know?"
"Believe me, my mother will know everything she wants to know." Huo Qiran shrugged at her, and then looked at Yueyue, "What do you think?"
Yueyue obviously felt the same way, and the expression on her face turned aggrieved in an instant.
Su Zhen seemed to have remembered something and couldn't help but laugh and said: "That's right, it seems that nothing can be hidden from Aunt Qianqian... So what should I do? How about I help you keep it first?"
"Sister Su Su, you won't stay in Tongcheng often!" Yueyue said, "What if you go back to Huai City?"
Su Zhen thought for a moment and pointed at Huo Qiran, "Then you can only ask your brother!"
"Brother..." Yueyue immediately accepted the suggestion, pulling Huo Qiran while shaking her head and praying.
Huo Qiran had never been able to do anything with his sister, so he could only reach out and take the chocolate box in her hand, "I can only eat one box a month."
"Wait a minute! I want to think about which box I should eat first!" Yueyue stared at the boxes of chocolates in front of her, thinking about it, but couldn't make up her mind after all.
"Eat the red box first, then the blue one. The last two are optional!" Seeing her so entangled, Jing Li, who was not far away, finally couldn't help but speak out and gave her advice.
"Really?" Yueyue turned to look at her.
Jing Li smiled and nodded, "These chocolates have their own characteristics, so you can't go wrong eating them this way."
Yueyue immediately walked up to Jing Li and said, "Sister Jing Li, you seem to be very knowledgeable about snacks and candies!"
When Jing Li heard this, her eyes seemed to freeze for a moment, and then she smiled again: "Because when I was a child, I loved eating candies just like you!"
"Brother, look!" Yueyue immediately grasped a life-saving straw, "Sister Jingli also likes to eat candies. She has not turned into a chubby girl, and she has no tooth decay!"
Huo Qiran was a little helpless. Before he could speak, Jing Li had already said: "That was when I was a child. When I grew up, I really didn't dare to eat more. Now I don't eat much."
"So if you like something to eat, can you just give it up?" Yueyue said, "How did you do it?"
Jing Li listened and still smiled, "Some things, when it's time to give up, you have to give up after all."
After hearing this, Huo Qiran couldn't help but take a deep look at Jing Li, but saw that her face was calm, her smile was bright, and she didn't seem to think of any unpleasant past events.
He looked at Jing Li, and Su Zhen behind him looked at him, and finally said suddenly: "What should we eat at night? After staying abroad for so long, it's hard to come back. Huo Qiran, you want to treat me to something delicious!"
Huo Qiran turned to look at her: "Let's eat at home tonight. If Yueyue goes out, she will eat a lot of messy things."
After Yueyue heard this, she couldn't help but bared her teeth at her brother.
"That's fine." Su Zhen said, "Anyway, I also like your aunt's cooking. It's been a long time since I had home-cooked food!"
Huo Qiran then walked up to Jing Li and Xi Xi and said, "Let's stay and have dinner together tonight. There are no elders at home, so it's just us."
After hearing this, Jing Li chuckled and said, "If it won't disturb you too much, then we will!"
…
There were indeed only a few of them at the dinner table. Xi Xi liked Huo Qiran and wanted to rely on him, so Huo Qiran took over the task of taking care of her during the meal.
Seeing how skillful and meticulous he was, Jing Li couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so good at taking care of children?"
Su Zhen couldn't help but laugh after hearing this: "Isn't it possible? He and his father have been fighting to take care of Yueyue since he was a child. He is afraid that he will take less care of him. No one is better at taking care of children than him. Xixi leaves it to him.
Just don’t worry!”
Jing Li smiled and turned around to see Xi Xi clinging to Huo Qiran even more tightly. She quickly picked up a tissue and wiped Xi Xi's mouth, "Xi Xi, eat well and don't disturb brother Qi Ran too much."
Huo Qiran heard this and said: "Xi Xi is much easier to take care of than Yueyue when she was a child. My sister -"
Yueyue immediately became dissatisfied, "Brother!"
Huo Qiran chuckled: "Okay, okay, I won't say anything."
Yueyue still pursed her lips and snorted, while Su Zhen laughed beside her, "Oh, brother, don't you always love your sister the most? Isn't it a little evil to make fun of your sister's embarrassment now?
Huo Qiran?"
Huo Qiran glared at her slightly and said, "Stop talking nonsense."
Su Zhen also snorted slightly, "You don't want to listen to me now!"
Huo Qiran picked up a piece of fish and put it into her bowl, "The more you talk, the less you eat. Don't you want home-cooked food?"
Su Zhen raised her eyebrows, "I don't like eating this fish anymore!"
Huo Qiran gave her a helpless look, and finally picked up another piece of crab meat and put it into her bowl.
Su Zhen then started eating with satisfaction.
Jingli wiped Xi Xi's mouth and hands with a wet wipe. Looking back, Yueyue seemed to be still insisting on her giving up eating sweets, "Sister Jingli, do you still like to eat sweets now?"
Jing Li hesitated for a moment, then nodded again and said, "I love you."
"Then you can bear not to eat?"
"Yes." Jing Li smiled slightly, "Because I know in my heart that if I eat more, I may get cavities and gain weight... When the time comes, I will be the one who makes a fool of myself after all."
Yueyue seemed to understand, and frowned slightly.
Su Zhen raised her eyes and glanced at Jing Li, then just smiled and said, "Ignore this girl now and eat more food."
Jing Li also smiled and said, "Okay."
…
After dinner, Huo Qiran drove Jing Lixixi and Su Zhen home.
"Let's see Jing Li and Xi Xi off first." Su Zhen sat in the passenger seat and said, "Then you go sit at my house for a while and I'll show you something."
Huo Qiran responded lightly.
A few people were chatting while driving, and they arrived at Jing Li's residence unknowingly. Huo Qiran parked the car, got out of the car, took Xi Xi from Jing Li's arms, then watched Jing Li get out of the car, and said, "If you want to see Candy,
Call me anytime and bring Xi Xi over to play."
"Okay." Jing Li smiled and hugged Xi Xi, "Xi Xi, say goodbye to my brother and sister."
"Goodbye, brother and sister." Xi Xi was already a little tired after playing all day, so she lay on Jing Li's shoulder and softly said goodbye to the two of them.
Jing Li said goodbye to Su Zhen alone, turned around and walked towards the community with Xi Xi in her arms.
Xi Xi lay on her shoulder, and when he entered the community gate, he suddenly said to her: "Aunt, Xi Xi likes brother Qi Ran."
"Yeah." Jing Li responded with a smile, "Brother Qi Ran is so nice, isn't he?"
"Does aunt also like brother Qi Ran?"
"I like it," she said, "but it's just that I like it..."